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	Howstuffworks "What do movie ratings mean, and who applies them?"
		The Rating Board consists of eight to 13 full-time members and is part of the Classification and Rating Administration.
		Violence is minimal and the theme of the movie is deemed appropriate for young children.
		Rating organizations in other countries apply their own ratings to U.S. movies, and the Rating Board rates submitted foreign movies with its system, disregarding the film's rating in any other country.
	www.howstuffworks.com /question467.htm (904 words)

	Reasons for Movie Ratings (CARA) - Frequently Asked Questions
		The movie rating system is a voluntary system sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners to provide parents with advance information on films, enabling parents to make judgments on movies they want or do not want their children to see.
		The rating board uses the criteria you as a parent use when deciding what is suitable viewing for your child.
		This signifies that the rating board believes that most American parents would feel that the film is patently adult and that children age 17 and under should not be admitted to it.
	www.filmratings.com /questions.htm (886 words)

	Movie Ratings
		A G rating does not necessarily mean a film is for children, it just means that there is nothing in the film that would offend them.
		Movies may be rated R for a wide variety of reasons, from mild to really adult.
		A movie may be R because it shows some loving (nonexplicit) sexual behavior between two married people, unmarried people, or a gay couple, or because it shows a grueling rape or some kinkier stuff.
	www.theclyde.net /TheClyde_Ratings.htm (906 words)

	Regal Entertainment Group
		The movie rating system is a voluntary system sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners to provide parents with advance information on films, enabling the parent to make judgments on movies they want or don't want their children to see.
		Can a rating be changed?Yes, the rules permit movie producers to re-edit their films and re-submit them in hopes of receiving another rating.
		While the decision to enforce the rating system is purely voluntary, the overwhelming majority of theaters follow the Classification and Rating Administration's guidelines and diligently enforce its provisions.
	www.regalcinemas.com /movies/ratings.html (840 words)

	Movie Ratings - Chumbo.com
		Movie ratings are administered by the MPAA's Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA).
		This signifies that the film rated may contain some material parents might not like to expose to their young children - material that will clearly need to be examined or inquired about before children are allowed to view the film.
		This signifies that the rating board believes that most American parents would feel that the film is patently adult and that children age 17 and under should not be allowed to see to it.
	www.chumbo.com /Help.aspx?t=mpaa (661 words)

	MCN Press Release: CARA Goes Mobile
		“Movie ratings are determined by parents for parents with the goal of providing families with information about movies so they can make decisions about their children’s movie going experiences,” said MPAA Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman who oversees CARA.
		The rating system, which was established 38 years ago, includes a board made up of ten to thirteen parents who rate movies that are voluntarily submitted to CARA by filmmakers.
		RED CARPET RATINGS SERVICE: Each week, when new movies are released, the MPAA will email parents a “Red Carpet Ratings” alert providing them a list of movies premiering that week and their ratings and rating reasons, along with the ratings and rating reasons of films still in theaters.
	www.moviecitynews.com /Notepad/2006/061718_pr.html (577 words)

	Valenti father of movie ratings system - Boston.com
		The movie had been denied the Hays Code seal of approval, "whereupon MGM distributed the film through a subsidiary company, thereby flouting the voluntary agreement of MPAA member companies that none would distribute a film without a Code seal," Valenti recalled.
		The X rating, which had become synonymous with pornography, was changed to NC-17 in the 1990s.
		The ratings system has been hammered by critics and many filmmakers, who say it is overly permissive on violence and prudish on sex.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2007/04/26/valenti_father_of_movie_ratings_system (601 words)

	Actor and Movie Political Ratings Explained
		Movies: Movies receive a numerical rating that is just the sum of the ratings of the movie's actors.
		Negative ratings indicate that the actor is liberal (or that the movie stars liberal actors), while positive ratings indicate that the actor is conservative (or that the movie stars conservative actors).
		Movie's Overall Rating: A movie’s Overall Rating is the sum of the overall ratings of the actors who appear in the movie.
	www.celebpolitics.com /ratings.php (1083 words)

	Reasons for Movie Ratings (CARA) - Frequently Asked Questions
		The movie rating system is a voluntary system sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners to provide parents with advance information on films, enabling parents to make judgments on movies they want or do not want their children to see.
		The rating board uses the criteria you as a parent use when deciding what is suitable viewing for your child.
		Producers may also appeal a rating decision to the Rating Appeals Board, which is composed of men and women from the industry organizations that sponsor the rating system.
	www.movieratings.org /questions.htm (886 words)

	Movies are So Way Cool! - Should my child watch this movie: Figuring out movie ratings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Technically, movie theaters are suppose to ID children and verify that they have an adult with them but most of the time this does not happen.
		While movies do receive the NC-17 rating due to extremely sexually explicit situations, the NC-17 rating is meant to help a movie viewer know the difference between a crafted movie with a developed plot and characters and a movie whose sole purpose is to show sexually explicit scenes.
		With all movies, parents need to consider the emotional maturity of their children when deciding if a child is old enough to watch the movie.
	movies.sowaycool.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=2 (1000 words)

	Movie News- Jack Valenti, Movie Ratings Pioneer, Dies at 85 - AOL News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The ratings system has met with recent disapproval from many film critics, cinema fans and moviemakers, especially directors of independent films who say the system is stacked in favor of big studio productions and against edgier, low-budget fare.
		The X rating for adult films was transformed into the NC-17 rating in the 1990s.
		By the time he retired, the movie business had been on a growth spurt for more than a decade, with admissions climbing to their highest level since the late 1950s.
	news.aol.com /entertainment/movies/articles/_a/jack-valenti-movie-ratings-pioneer-dies/20070426191609990001 (1438 words)

	Motion Picture Association of America
		The movie ratings system is a voluntary system operated by the MPAA and the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO).
		The ratings are given by a board of parents who comprise the Classification and Rating Administration (CARA).
		The ratings are intended to provide parents with advance information so they can decide for themselves which films are appropriate for viewing by their own children.
	www.mpaa.org /FilmRatings.asp (173 words)

	MOVIE RATINGS
		The movie rating system sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America it is a voluntary and carries no force of law system and allows parents to make judgments on movies their children may want to see.
		Classification and Rating Administration is a committee of parents who as a group view each film, discuss, and vote on its rating.
		I have found from past experiences that the UR rating is a rating given to movies that are more graphic than the NC-17 rating and the NR rating is usually given to made for TV movies and cartoons.
	www.movie-man.com /mmviews/movie_ratings.htm (487 words)

	Motion Picture Association of America
		The PG rating, suggesting parental guidance, is thus an alert for examination of a film by parents before deciding on its viewing by their children.
		A PG-13 film is one which, in the view of the Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, or other contents, but does not quite fit within the restricted R category.
		This rating declares that the Rating Board believes this is a film that most parents will consider patently too adult for their youngsters under 17.
	www.mpaa.org /FlmRat_Ratings.asp (751 words)

	How Game and Movie Ratings Work - Kotaku
		Both systems are run by independent groups set up by their respective industries, both use similar systems to give out ratings, but only the ESRB has the ability to enforce the rating system.
		The movie rating system cannot be enforced by law or sanctions, it is purely voluntary.
		A nationwide scientific poll of the movie rating system conducted in December 2000, showed that 76 percent of parents with children under 13 found the ratings to be "very useful" to "fairly useful" in helping them make decisions for the movie going of their children.
	www.kotaku.com /gaming/top/how-game-and-movie-ratings-work-112690.php (934 words)

	PSP Movie Ratings
		PSP movies scoring in the high end of this range might have some first-rate elements, whereas the lower 7s have some serious shortcomings that keep them from ever achieving classic status.
		The other PSP movies are polite to the sixes, but they don't get invited to any of the parties.
		It's important to remember that the overall rating is not an average of the other five ratings.
	psp.ign.com /pspmovieratings.html (769 words)

	Movie Ratings
		Scary Movie, a parody of teen psycho-killer flicks, includes a scene—not untypical—where a boy begs his teen girlfriend for sex, then has an explosive orgasm that plasters her to the ceiling.
		Scary Movie 2 runs the gamut of sexual portrayals such as a clown being anal-ly penetrated by a giant penis, a woman thrown against a wall by an invisible ghost who forces her to have oral sex, and a man in a wheelchair who pleasures himself.
		And both movies are littered with derogatory dialogue and cruel actions directed at minorities or the handicapped.
	www.readersdigest.ca /mag/2002/11/movie_ratings.html (473 words)

	Epinions.com - Do movie ratings even matter anymore? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Now, the TV rating system isn't supposed to be a babysitter; if a show that comes on is rated "TV-M," it's still up to the parent to tell little Johnny, "Sorry, son, you can't watch South Park," and change the channel.
		The movie theater decides whether or not someone is old enough to see an "R" movie; if they're not, the movie theater refuses to sell them tickets, and they have to either get someone else to buy the tickets or they have to see something else.
		The movie rating system should work like the TV rating system does now; to let parents know if a movie's appropriate for kids, and to help them make a decision as to whether or not they can see it.
	www.epinions.com /content_1628610692 (763 words)

	Hollywood Movie Ratings - Movies - Report - New York Times
		Dan Glickman, chairman and chief executive of the motion picture association and overseer of the ratings administration, said that this round of changes wasn’t likely to be the last and that filmmakers were welcome to suggest others.
		The documentary, which was directed by Kirby Dick and released by IFC Films in September, also disclosed the closely held names of the ratings system’s appeals-board members and revealed that lay representatives from the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant National Council of Churches sit in on the appeals process.
		The association also said the ratings administration would work on clarifying how its ratings are defined so that, while adults would still be allowed to take children to R-rated movies, they would be made aware that many of those films were not appropriate for younger viewers.
	www.nytimes.com /2007/01/18/movies/18rati.html?ex=1326776400&en=4d6f33123f5e5fa7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (964 words)

	Meridian Magazine : : Arts and Entertainment : : Movie Ratings...
		After the screening, an LDS friend praised the movie then pointed out that if the film was submitted to the MPAA it might be rated "R." "MPAA" stands for Motion Picture Association of America, who by the power of their self-appointed omniscience rate every commercial film shown in the United States.
		As a courtesy, the museum posts a notice warning parents of young children that the film is an "authentic and graphic depiction of a culture at war." It leaves rating to parents and trusts their discretion to help children understand and learn from the experience.
		By implication, parents, teachers and church members inadvertently adopted the rating system of the MPAA as a standard consistent with the Church, or at least a reliable guideline for their own entertainment choices.
	www.meridianmagazine.com /arts/991105movieratings.html (2184 words)

	The promise and peril of movie ratings - The Boston Globe
		Star ratings boil down critical analysis -- the careful weighing of pro and con, the appreciation for the nuances of camerawork and performance, the baited hook of scorn -- into a snap judgment that can be instantly grokked by a harried parent or slapped across a two-page ad spread.
		Another, larger problem is that equal ratings are, in fact, not alike: Three stars for a grind-house horror movie is very different from three stars for the latest upmarket Miramax Oscar grab.
		Far more than the disservice that quickie ratings do to a critic's work is the diminution they wreak on the movies themselves.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/01/04/the_promise_and_peril_of_movie_ratings (1290 words)

	Movie-rating system to be overhauled - Movies - MSNBC.com
		The ratings system was established by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theater Owners, and is overseen by the Classification and Ratings Administration.
		The ratings board, which looks at about 900 films a year, has plenty of contact with indie filmmakers, because about 65 percent of the films it rates are produced by companies outside the studio system.
		The ratings in movie ads have been carrying brief explanations of the content that triggered a given rating since the late '90s.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/16696210 (893 words)

	Opinion: Better movie ratings
		As irresponsible movie studios and moralizing politicians battle over the line that separates free speech and exploitation of children, parents are caught in the middle.
		The sooner both sides take equivocation and demagogy out of the debate, the sooner both will give parents what they want: a sensible, honest system for rating movies, video games and music so that parents can make knowledgeable decisions about what is appropriate entertainment for their children.
		While the industry has created a rating system designed to warn of strong violent and sexual content and keep underage children out of R-rated movies, the measure is not well enforced.
	www.sptimes.com /News/100300/Opinion/Better_movie_ratings.shtml (468 words)

	Cracks in the ratings leave parents in the lurch \| csmonitor.com
		Their efforts are fueled in part by parental concern and at least one 2004 study suggesting that the PG-13 movies of today are approaching the content of the R-rated movies of 10 years ago.
		Of all the movies released between January 2000 and August 21 2004, 108 earned more than $100 million, and of those 62 were rated PG-13, and 20 were rated R, according to Exhibitor Relations Co., a box-office tracking firm in Los Angeles.
		A study by the Harvard School of Public Health recently pointed out signs of "ratings creep." The study addresses all the current MPAA ratings, and found in particular that PG-13 is approaching the average roster of foul language, violence, and nudity of the R-rated movies of a decade ago.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0903/p12s01-almo.html (1142 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Tweaks to movie ratings unveiled at Sundance
		The ratings system was instituted nearly 40 years ago to help theaters and movie studios police themselves without the interference of governmental censorship boards, Glickman noted.
		She noted that there have been increasing concerns over the R rating, especially in regards to violent horror movies such as the so-called "slasher" films.
		Young has been employed as a rater for several years, and he is expected to assist filmmakers with their questions about ratings and movie content.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,650225120,00.html (609 words)

	Movie ratings system changing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There will be no changes in letter ratings -- for instance, NC-17 still means that no one under 17 will be admitted -- and there is no decision yet on formalized language, which will be designed to give parents and theater staff more information about R-rated films.
		The ratings system will be discussed with filmmakers and other attendees "who are stakeholders in the process" Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, said MPAA spokeswoman Kori Bernards.
		The ratings system came under attack last year in "This Film Is Not Yet Rated," a documentary out of the Michael Moore school of "gotcha" filmmaking.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/07019/755129-254.stm (390 words)

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