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MPAA Gives Film About Ratings an NC-17 Rating

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the defining-irony dept.

jtcm writes "An original documentary by Kirby Dick, called "This Film is Not Yet Rated" has been assigned an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. The film explores the MPAA's own film rating system and "its profound effect on American culture." The NC-17 rating was given due to "some graphic sexual content" and will likely limit the movie's distribution, as many theater chains will not show NC-17 movies. Among the filmmakers speaking openly in the movie are two of my personal favorites, Kevin Smith and Matt Stone. For those who are eager to view this exposé, fear not. The Independent Film Channel (IFC) will present the film uncensored and uninterrupted."

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  1. May I be the first to say.. by Flounder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Porn on a non-pay-per-view channel! WooHoo!!

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  2. Optioned yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So when do we get the film about the film about ratings getting an NC-17 rating?

  3. OH NO by matr0x_x · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that the film is rated 17+ all America's 13 year-olds are going to download it and watch it behind their parents back...

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  4. Stuck in paradox! by whois_drek · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This Film is Not Yet Rated" and has been assigned an NC-17 rating by the MPAA.

    Brain...stuck...in...paradox. Must...make joke about Soviet Russian movies rating YOU...to abort...

  5. a pr for a movie that is airing in fall 2006? by Comsn · · Score: 3, Funny

    thanks for the almost 1 year heads up!

  6. Re:Why No -NC-17? by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they won't show NC-17 movies because of worries, then the terrorists have already won.

  7. Re:Why No -NC-17? by scotch · · Score: 5, Funny
    Plus, the X is kind of a bad symbol to have as a marketing tool.

    Yeah, the Xbox, generation-X, X-men, X-games, are all marketing disasters.

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  8. Re:Won't Show? by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, america is full of conservative groups that believe every other movie to be directed by satan in order to corrupt our youth.

    Warning! Your objectivity is showing!

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  9. Re:Biased? by boarder8925 · · Score: 2, Funny
    [P]ut your f**king tin foil hats down for a second.
    The above post rated R for intense language. Anyone under the age of 93 reading this must shut down his monitor and report to the government immediately.

    ;)
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  10. Re:Don't show NC-17s? by LFS.Morpheus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe the laws in the UK are engraved in stone. Hard to repeal that way, though.

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