More On The Dreaded NC-17…

July 25th @ 8:21 am | | Scooped by John Whiteaker, John Couture

At the start of next weekend, Kevin and Scott will sit before the MPAA and watch “Zack & Miri Make a Porno” together. Afterwards, they will stand before the audience and explain the reasons they feel that the film deserves an “R” rating. So far, we’re fairly certain that the cuts Kevin has made were cuts he’d have made anyway, so at this point, we don’t have a sanitized film. Let’s hope it stays that way. Of course, we’ll see it all on the eventual DVD, but who wants to wait that long? And, who wants to see some major funny stuff excised? Not us.
Other sites are also behind the movement, as this is the first NC-17 rating that’s been getting public notice in some time.
Our friends at VideoETA suggest that folks send kind emails to the MPAA’s head of classification showing support for Kevin and the film. They note that so far, Kevin has not yet been forced to make an MPAA-required cut to make a rating (all previous edits have been of his own decision).
Cinematical notices that the MPAA’s ratings site doesn’t even mention the film at all anymore.
The Movie Blog wonders what might be so offensive that the film is going through this process, considering the donkey scene in “Clerks II” made it through without issue.

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