Harry Potter and the Curse of the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system
[November 1, 1968] the voluntary Motion Picture Association of America film rating system took effect. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot…
TIL the famous picture of Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn into office aboard Air Force One also includes Jack Valenti. Valenti was a longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America, creator of the MPAA film rating system, and among the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jac…
The Motion Picture Association of America has given an R-rating to a film staring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as elderly gay newly weds despite there being no sex, nudity, violence or drug use in the film nj.com/entertainment/inde…
Depictions of smoking in movies will now be a factor when deciding what a film's rating will be, possibly making a PG-13 movie R-rated, the Motion Picture Association of America said yesterday. washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn…
[WP] You've joined the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings department and are privy to the truth: Every movie ever filmed has been TRUE and its the MPAA's job to clean up the aftermath, including memory wipes.
TIL the only Motion Picture Association of America ratings rule about sex is that it is not allowed in G rated movies. You can make a PG movie with as much sex as you want as long as it doesn't contain "sexually oriented nudity". filmratings.com/content/d…
Christian Leaders, Oscar Winners Slam Motion Picture Association of America's R-Rating of Pro-Life Movie 'Unplanned' breitbart.com/entertainme…
Erst die Oscar-Nominierung für den besten Film – und jetzt das: Als erster Streamingdienst überhaupt ist Netflix zum Mitglied der prestigeträchtigen Motion Picture Association of America erhoben worden. faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaf…
MPAA accused of homophobia over R-rated sex-free gay romance: Motion Picture Association of America under fire for awarding restrictive rating to snuggles-only drama starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina theguardian.com/film/2014…
The Motion Picture Association of America said that it would scrutinize smoking more closely as part of its ratings criteria usatoday.com/life/movies/…
TIL that movies produced in the US from 1930 onward were subject to the Motion Picture Production Code, which spelled out what content was acceptable for a public audience. Effectively a measure of censorship, the code was succeeded by the MPAA film rating system in 1968 after declining enforcement en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot…
Motion Pictures Association changing its rating system to include more information on violence foxnews.com/entertainment…
The Fall of Physical Media: The Motion Picture Association of America reveals a near-50% decline in global physical media sales. Down from $25.2B in 2014 to just $13.1B in 2018 thedigitalbits.com/column…
Netflix Joins Motion Picture Association of America thewrap.com/netflix-to-jo…
TIL The Motion Picture Association admitted to making illegal copies of "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" even after the director Kirby Dick had told them not to . arstechnica.com/uncategor…
Netflix Becomes First Streamer to Join the Motion Picture Association of America hollywoodreporter.com/new…
Netflix Joins the Motion Picture Association of America hollywoodreporter.com/new…
Netflix joins the Motion Picture Association of America engadget.com/2019/01/22/n…
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is trying to block access to books for blind people in non-English speaking countries. washingtonpost.com/politi…
Netflix Joins the Motion Picture Association of America [US] variety.com/2019/biz/news…
Netflix joins the Motion Picture Association of America engadget.com/2019/01/22/n…
The Motion Picture Association of America relaxes their morals a bit, Variety celebrates with a lewd poem.
>After Jack Valenti became president of the Motion Picture Association of America in 1966 and began relaxing Production Code rules, Variety published a poem entitled “Ode to Revised Motion Picture Code”:
>>In urban nabes and drive-in glades,
>>The screen at last is free.
>>Four-letter words, explicit verbs
>>Titillate tots of three.
>>With derrieres and pubic hairs
>>Blithely exposed today,
>>When they say “he went thataway,”
>>Means the hero turned gay.
Source:
Boller, Paul F., and Ronald L. Davis. "The Sexual Revolution." Hollywood Anecdotes. New York: Morrow, 1987. 425. Print.
Original Source Listed:
Jack Vizzard, Life Inside a Hollywood Censor (N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1970), p. 340.
Further Reading:
[Variety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(magazine)
FilmOntario and the Motion Picture Association - Canada Highlight the Economic Impact of the Film Industry in Ontario newswire.ca/news-releases…
Netflix joins the Motion Picture Association of America | Engadget engadget.com/2019/01/22/n…
TIL the Motion Picture Association of America trained dogs to potentially detect pirated DVD's and CD's abcnews.go.com/Technology…
Netflix Becomes First Streamer to Join the Motion Picture Association of America hollywoodreporter.com/new…
Motion Picture Association of America building, 1969 imgur.com/ONzW7xW
