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Babylon grossed $15.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $48 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $63.4 million. [6] [5] Deadline Hollywood noted that with a combined production and promotion budget of around $160 million, Babylon would need to gross $250 million worldwide in order to break-even. [45]
Despite this, an internal critic of the early workings of the ratings system is film critic and writer Stephen Farber, who was a CARA intern for six months during 1969 and 1970. In The Movie Ratings Game, [92] he documents a prejudice against sex in relation to violence.
The Hays Code banned the use of profanity outright, [5] but the Motion Picture Association established a system of ratings to use as a guide and have each films with inappropriate content in 1968. [6] In 1970, M*A*S*H became the first mainstream American film under the system to use the word fuck. [7]
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 ...
In response, the MPAA posted its ratings rules, policies, and procedures, as well as its appeals process, online. [65] According to the MPA, the ratings are made by an independent group of parents. [66] According to a 2015 study commissioned by CARA, ninety-three percent of parents in the U.S. find the rating system to be a helpful tool. [67]
Ira Sachs’ aching drama is the latest example of how a puritanical rating system can have a particularly devastating impact on LGBTQ+ offerings. The Initial NC-17 Rating For ‘Passages ...
Babylon is a 1980 British drama film directed by Franco Rosso. [2] Written by Franco Rosso and Martin Stellman ( Quadrophenia ), and shot by two-time Academy Award winner Chris Menges ( The Killing Fields ), Babylon is an incendiary portrait of racial tension and police brutality set in Brixton, London .
Under this rating system, content may be assigned multiple ratings, with one signifying a minimum age of attendance, and the other signifying the minimum age of unaccompanied attendance. [169] [170] In addition to the age ratings, content is also assessed for violence/horror, sexuality and negative examples i.e. drugs, vulgar and slang language.