Film with 30 Uses of F-Word Gets PG-13 Rating

[LynneSin]

Apparently if Michael Moore had done this movie it would have received an NC-17 rating. But I'm glad that this movie will be available for children to see. They need to understand the truth about what is going on over there!!

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-03-03/#film1

Film with 30 Uses of F-Word Gets PG-13 Rating


Apparently agreeing with producers that any young person old enough to be recruited by the military should be able to see what life in the military is all about, the MPAA has decided to allow the documentary Gunner Palace to open with a PG-13 rating, instead of an R. The film, about a group of U.S. soldiers living in a bombed-out palace that had once been owned by one of Saddam Hussein's sons, reportedly features more than 30 scenes in which the f-word is uttered. Although the MPAA has previously rejected demands to provide additional detailed information about its movie ratings, it did so for what may be the first time in the case of Gunner, noting specifically that the film uses "strong language not heard in previous PG-13-rated films." It added, "We want parents to take note of this important cautionary warning so they can better guide their children's movie viewing."

[da_chimperor]

1. Why would soldiers be talking about Bill Frist so often?

:shrug:

[Left Is Write]

2. I remember when...

A single F-bomb was enough to get an automatic "R" rating.

[Hobarticus]

3. From what I've read, it isn't a sanitized version of events in Iraq...

If it means that teens approaching enlistment age are able to get in to see it, then so much the better. They'll certainly get a more accurate idea of what awaits them, than if they talk to a recruiter. Maybe the MPAA is doing its job after all.