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What law requires movie ratings?
In 1968 the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) established a system of movie ratings for parents to use as a guide to determine the appropriateness of a film’s content for children and teenagers. The ratings system is voluntary, and there is no legal requirement that filmmakers submit their films for rating.
What are movie ratings in order?
Since 2014, the rating are:
- Rated G – General Audiences. All ages admitted.
- Rated PG – Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
- Rated PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned.
- Rated R – Restricted.
- Rated NC-17 – No one 17 and under admitted.
Is rated RA law?
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) created the rating system we know today in 1968. Having a film rated is entirely voluntary. There are no legal requirements to do so.
What R rated mean?
R: Restricted, Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian. This rating means the film contains adult material such as adult activity, harsh language, intense graphic violence, drug abuse and nudity.
What is TV 14 allowed?
It is equivalent to the MPAA film rating PG-13. Content may be unsuitable for minors younger than 14 years of age. This rating contains violence, sexual references (including censored and/or partial nudity, medium to high-level implied scenes of sexual intercourse, and sexual innuendo) and strong language.
Who pays for the privilege of having a film rated?
It is the movie industry that pays for the privilege of having a film rated; the producer of a film pays a fee for this service that is based on the cost of film production. The ratings system has critics. Filmmakers complain that the system is Arbitrary and point to instances in which films with similar content have different ratings.
Do movie producers have a right to know why movies are rated?
Movie producers have the right to know the reason behind the rating their film receives. However, directors and producers have complained that the board’s reasons are often unclear or too general, requiring them to edit a film several times before it receives the target rating.
What does a rating mean in a movie?
A classification given to a commercially released motion picture that indicates to consumers whether the film contains sex, profanity, violence, or other subject matter that may be inappropriate for persons in certain age groups. The idea for a nationwide movie rating system took root in the late 1960s.
What is a G rating for a movie?
The MPAA that year created the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA) to designate films with one of four ratings: G (general audiences), M (mature audiences), R (children under 16 years of age not admitted without parent or guardian), and X (children under 17 years of age not admitted).