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NICK0022
Member

130 Posts
2/06
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 1:28PM
DO ALL PORN FILMS GET LEGALLY RATED WITH AN AGE CERTIFICATE OF 18 OR X IN THE US?
OREN
Anarchy Films

250 Posts
12/03
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 4:19PM
In the US, you have three ratings for adult:
XXX-Rated- penetration, cum shot
XX-Rated- penetration, no cum shot
X-Rated- no penetration, no cum shot, no multiples

Oren
Anarchy

phatbasey
Senior Member

1390 Posts
1/05
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 5:04PM
Oren, that is wicked interesting! Is that legit? or just a guideline.
NICK0022
Member

130 Posts
2/06
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 5:16PM
is it strict that all main stream porn is certificated?
OREN
Anarchy Films

250 Posts
12/03
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 5:23PM
Pretty much, since it is illegal to sell the " Bible States " XXX, or XX Rated.

Oren

 
NICK0022
Member

130 Posts
2/06
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 5:54PM
what sort of cost is involved to submitted a film for certification?
NudistCpl
Member

Southwest Michigan
37 Posts
4/06
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 7:01PM
Actually, there is no legal "X rating" in the US.

From Wikipedia: "In the United States, the X-rating originally referred to a non-trademarked rating that indicated a film contained content unsuitable for minors such as extreme violence or explicit sex and thus was for adults only.

When the MPAA film rating system was instituted in 1968 in the U.S., the X-rating was given to a film by the MPAA if submitted to them or, due to its non-trademarked status, it could be self-applied to a film by a distributor who knew beforehand that their film contained content unsuitable for minors. In the late 1960s to mid 1980s, several mainstream films were released with an X-rating such as Midnight Cowboy and A Clockwork Orange.

Because the X-rating was not trademarked, anybody could apply it to their films, including pornographers, which many began to do in the 1970s. As pornography began to become chic and more legally tolerated, pornographers placed an X-rating on their films to emphasize the adult nature of them. Some even started using multiple X's (i.e. XX, XXX, etc.) to give the impression that their film contained more graphic sexual content than the simple X-rating. Nothing beyond the simple X-rating was ever officially recognized by the MPAA.

Because of the heavy use of the X-rating by pornographers, it became associated largely with pornographic films and thus non-pornographic films given a X-rating would have fewer theaters willing to book them and fewer avenues for advertising. This led to a number of films being released unrated sometimes with a warning that the film contained content for adults only. In response, the MPAA eventually agreed to a new NC-17 rating that would be trademarked and thus could only be applied by the MPAA itself."

There is no board to submit a film to to determine X rating. There is no "certification". If this has changed, I'd like to see the info on it and I'd like to see the laws that make it illegal in the "bible states" (where-ever that is).

junglew
Senior Member

1042 Posts
12/02
Posted - Apr 18 2006 : 10:49PM
I have been told that in Mexico some films carry a xxxx trademark under the old rule that if xxx is dirty, xxxx must be even dirtier. My understanding is xx refers to nudie films where their is no penetration. To answer Nicks original question. Porno is not submitted to any goverment board. With around 10,000 titles each year, we would need a Department Of Porno to keep up. Even all regular films are not submitted to the MPAA. If it is not sumitted to the MPAA it is automatially expected to carry a NR label and it is up to distributors and local theaters as to whether they wish to play them. Blockbuster made a big pr campaign many years ago to not carry NC-17 but under consumer demand they now carry NR films and have not gone back on their word.
Wayne In Dallas



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