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The first movie to be rated R.

posted 13 years ago by blazerfan40
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Just thought it needed to be posted. this was the first film the mpaa gave an R rating to.

[–] YouToober 12 years ago

Haahaa!! On Turner Classic Movies now, it gets a TV-14 "L" (Language) and "V" (Violence) (PG) rating!

How times have changed.

[–] petegatt 9 years ago

Watching it now on TCM Australia it's rated PG

[–] dreamonforever1 8 years ago

Interesting factoid (if it's true). I saw it for the first time, 9-17-16 on TCM.