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post #31 of 35
3/11/09 at 1:45pm

Re: HTF Blu-ray Review: Amadeus Director's Cut

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Originally Posted by Josh Steinberg
The PG-13 rating allows for what the MPAA calls "non-sexual nudity". I guess they felt that what was show in Titanic fell into that category, while whatever was in the DC of Amadeus didn't. The MPAA is pretty bizarre anyway, trying to understand their ratings completely will only lead to spontaneous combustion.

I just thought that even one naked breast automatically lead to an R rating. But the MPAA's attitude towards nudity has always been much stronger than towards violence, look at The Dark Knight, for example.
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post #32 of 35
3/11/09 at 6:14pm

Re: HTF Blu-ray Review: Amadeus Director's Cut

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Originally Posted by Josh Steinberg
The PG-13 rating allows for what the MPAA calls "non-sexual nudity". I guess they felt that what was show in Titanic fell into that category, while whatever was in the DC of Amadeus didn't. The MPAA is pretty bizarre anyway, trying to understand their ratings completely will only lead to spontaneous combustion.

Is that interpretation relatively recent or clearly stated from the very beginning when the PG-13 was first introduced? Remember, Amadeus was originally released to theaters back around autumn of 1984 just a couple months or so after the PG-13 was first introduced that summer. And Titanic didn't come out until well more than a decade later (in late-1997), so perceptions probably changed some over that time period -- and that might've allowed just enough leeway for a similar amount of nudity to get the pass at that point.

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post #33 of 35
3/12/09 at 2:35pm

Re: HTF Blu-ray Review: Amadeus Director's Cut

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Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
Is that interpretation relatively recent or clearly stated from the very beginning when the PG-13 was first introduced? Remember, Amadeus was originally released to theaters back around autumn of 1984 just a couple months or so after the PG-13 was first introduced that summer. And Titanic didn't come out until well more than a decade later (in late-1997), so perceptions probably changed some over that time period -- and that might've allowed just enough leeway for a similar amount of nudity to get the pass at that point.

_Man_

The Director's Cut (in which the nudity appeared) didn't release until 2002.
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post #34 of 35
3/12/09 at 2:51pm

Re: HTF Blu-ray Review: Amadeus Director's Cut

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Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
Is that interpretation relatively recent or clearly stated from the very beginning when the PG-13 was first introduced? Remember, Amadeus was originally released to theaters back around autumn of 1984 just a couple months or so after the PG-13 was first introduced that summer. And Titanic didn't come out until well more than a decade later (in late-1997), so perceptions probably changed some over that time period -- and that might've allowed just enough leeway for a similar amount of nudity to get the pass at that point.

_Man_
Amadeus was also originally released by an independent studio (Orion). I don't think it's necessary for me to get into a discussion of how independent films are treated by the MPAA vs. those from the major studios. Studios get away with more, plain and simple.
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post #35 of 35
3/13/09 at 9:36pm

Re: HTF Blu-ray Review: Amadeus Director's Cut

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Originally Posted by Brian Borst
The Director's Cut (in which the nudity appeared) didn't release until 2002.

Aaah. I had thought that rating was given back in 1984 when the film was originally submitted for review and release. If that rating was actually given in 2002, then that does definitely run contrary to the PG-13 rating given to Titanic (and maybe some others).

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Originally Posted by Stephen_J_H
Amadeus was also originally released by an independent studio (Orion). I don't think it's necessary for me to get into a discussion of how independent films are treated by the MPAA vs. those from the major studios. Studios get away with more, plain and simple.

But who actually released the director's cut in the USA in 2002 though? If the R rating was actually given in 2002 and Warner was already involved, then would this still be an issue? I couldn't really tell w/ certainty from IMDB's listing whether Warner actually released it to theaters in the USA, but that seems likely the case since they did for Japan and Germany (and was also the ones releasing the DVD worldwide at the same time).

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