The MPAA gave it an NC-17 rating for a shot of a female Deadite being decapitated early on in the film.

When the film was re-submitted in the US for a rating in 1994, the MPAA classified it with an NC-17 rating.

In addition, the Occupation Statute of 1949, which granted partial independence to the newly created Federal Republic of Germany, specifically forbade the imposition of import quotas to protect German film production from foreign competition, the result of lobbying by the American industry as represented by the MPAA.

However, neither film was actually submitted to the MPAA, and it is not likely that either feature would have received an X rating.

Bacon and director Atom Egoyan have condemned the MPAA ratings board decision to give the film their " NC-17 " rating over the preferable " R ".

* 1921 – Jack Valenti, American film executive, created the MPAA film rating system ( d. 2007 )

FBI agent Dan Codling informed Sheen and the MPAA that the FBI and the Japanese authorities were already investigating the film makers, who were forced to prove that the murders were fake.

Unlike his prior films ( or any that would follow ), The Straight Story was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures after a successful debut at Cannes, was given a G rating by the MPAA and is the only Lynch film for which Lynch himself did not have a hand in the screenplay ( although it was co-written by his recurring associate, Mary Sweeney ).

When the MPAA film rating system began on November 1, 1968 in the U. S., the X rating was given to a film by the MPAA if submitted to them or, due to its non-trademarked status, it could be self-applied to a film by a distributor who knew beforehand that their film contained content unsuitable for minors.

In his review of The Exorcist, Ebert said it was " stupefying " that the film received a rating of " R " from the MPAA instead of an " X " ( suitable only for adults ).

Three months later, the film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA.

This came about after a successful screen test, financed by Michael Ovitz, led to Seagal being offered a contract by Warner Bros. Set in Chicago, the film was rated R by the MPAA.

The film has received a MPAA rating of R for strong violence, and for language and brief nudity.

This is the first and ( as of the present ) only Steven Seagal film not to be rated R ( the film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA ).

At the behest of the MPAA, a line was inserted into the film ; when Helen asks Klaatu whether Gort has unlimited power over life and death, Klaatu explains that he has only been revived temporarily and " that power is reserved to the Almighty Spirit.

Gibson toned down the film's battle scenes to avoid an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, with the final version being rated R for " brutal medieval warfare.

Eventually, more cuts were made, supposedly to keep a " G "- rating from the MPAA.

The Terror of Godzilla was heavily edited to obtain a " G " rating from the MPAA.

* 1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

When The Wild Bunch was re-released for its 25th anniversary, it received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, proving the film's continued impact after so many years.

Hooper limited the quantity of onscreen gore in hopes of securing a ' PG ' rating, but the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) rated it ' R '.

Hooper reportedly hoped that the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) would give the complete, uncut release print a " PG " rating due to its minimal amount of visible gore.

After several minutes were cut, it was resubmitted to the MPAA and received an " R " rating.

In response, the MPAA eventually agreed in 1990 to a new NC-17 rating that would be trademarked, and could only be applied by the MPAA itself.

He wanted his films to be rated R ( by the MPAA rating system ) to keep children out of his audiences ; he did not believe they had the patience and attention for his films.

He has frequently argued that the MPAA is more likely to give an " R " rating for mild sexual content than for highly violent content.

The MPAA rating system is a voluntary scheme not enforced by law ; and films can be exhibited without a rating, though many theaters refuse to exhibit non-rated or X-rated films.

The MPAA rating system is one of various motion picture rating systems used to help parents decide what films are appropriate for their children.

The MPAA system has been criticized for the secrecy of its decisions as well as for perceived inconsistencies.

Slash fiction, like other fan fiction, sometimes borrows the MPAA film rating system to indicate the amount of sexual content in the story. Not all slash fiction has explicit sexual content – the interaction between two characters can be as innocent as holding hands or a chaste kiss, or even contain nothing but unfulfilled yearning ; stories may be labeled " UST " for " unresolved sexual tension ".

It was the first R-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture since the introduction of the MPAA film rating system.

The studio like any other independent studio or theater at that time, was under attack from " The Big Three ", MPAA, who had formed a trust to block out Independents and enforce the monopolistic studio system.

As a method of combating this alleged problem, the PMRC suggested a voluntary move by the RIAA and the music industry to develop " guidelines and / or a rating system " similar to the MPAA film rating system.

The Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association ( MPPDA ), which later became the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ), adopted the code in 1930, began enforcing it in 1934, and abandoned it in 1968, in favor of the subsequent MPAA film rating system.

The MPAA began working on a rating system, under which film restrictions would lessen.

The MPAA film rating system went into effect on November 1, 1968, with four ratings: G, M, R, and X and Geoffrey Shurlock stepped down from his post.

During his 38-year tenure in the MPAA, he created the MPAA film rating system, and he was generally regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists in the world.

Illegal materials are rated " EC-10 " for " emotional content " ( a reference to the MPAA film rating system ), and destroyed by incineration.

After the formation of the MPAA rating system in the United States and prior to the 1980s, numerous softcore films, with a wide range of production costs, were released to mainstream movie theatres, especially drive-ins.

In response to this and to similar complaints about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg suggested that the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) alter its rating system, which it did within two months of the film's release.

Its subsequent outstanding critical and box office success proved to be one of the final events that led the code to be finally abandoned in 1968 in favor of the MPAA film rating system.

Jack Valenti, long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America and creator of the MPAA film rating system, received his B. B. A.

In October 1999 the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ), learned of the availability on the internet of DeCSS, a program intended to allow DVDs to be viewed on operating systems that lacked commercial DVD players, and to that end, bypassing the encryption system known as the Content Scrambling System ( CSS ) generally used on commercial DVDs.