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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 American gangster film based on the 1929 mass murder of seven members of Chicago's Northside Gang (led by George "Bugs" Moran) on orders from Al Capone. The picture was directed by Roger Corman , written by Howard Browne , and starring Jason Robards as Capone, Ralph Meeker as Moran, George Segal as ...
Motion picture rating systems are issued to give moviegoers an idea of the suitability of a movie for children and/or adults in terms of issues such as sex, violence and profanity. In some jurisdictions, they may impose legal obligations of refusing the entrance of children or minors to certain movies; in others, while there is no legal ...
A motion picture rating system was proposed in the Film and Video Act of 2007, and was passed on December 20, 2007 by the Thai military-appointed National Legislative Assembly, replacing laws which had been in place since 1930. The draft law was met with resistance from the film industry and independent filmmakers.
The film rating system has had a number of high-profile critics. Film critic Roger Ebert called for replacing the NC-17 rating with separate ratings for pornographic and non-pornographic adult film. [87] Ebert argued that the system places too much emphasis on sex, while allowing the portrayal of massive amounts of gruesome violence.
It was beneficial to everyone to avoid bloody turf battles. In addition, the gangsters were able to pool their political power and their soldiers in the streets. O'Banion accepted the agreement and was given control of the North Side, including the desirable Gold Coast. The North Siders now became part of a huge Chicago area bootlegging combine.
A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime. It is a subgenre of crime film, that may involve large criminal organizations, or small gangs formed to perform a certain illegal act. The genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre.
Call Northside 777 was shot extensively in Chicago. Views of the Merchandise Mart as well as Holy Trinity Polish Mission can be seen throughout the film. Aside from Chicago, locations for Call Northside 777 included Santa Monica and also the Illinois Stateville Prison "Roundhouse" annex, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which was closed in 2016 but briefly reopened ...
Two main types of crime films were released during the period: the gangster picture and the prison film. A triumvirate of gangster pictures were released in the early 1930s—Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932)—which were built on the template created by the first gangster movie, 1927's Underworld. All featured ...