New Harry Potter "Too Intense" for PG
Filed under: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Newsstand, Movie Marketing
Though Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was already the first of the
franchise to earn a PG-13 rating in the US, the British Board of Film
Classification (which had dropped hints to Warners earlier this
year) had taken its own sweet time in coming to a conclusion. The
waiting ended today when Goblet of Fire was assigned a 12A
rating - which is basically the same as PG-13, except that lucky British
13-year-olds can see the movie alone.If the ratings remain as they are, one wonders if Warners' marketing approach will change to reflect the film's darker tone and, presumably, older average movie-goer. As it stands, a fairly large section of the movie's target audience will be locked out of theaters, unless they can get their parents to come with instead of just dropping them off at the mall. Or get fake IDs.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-20-2005 @ 3:49PM
Robert Newton said...
The MPAA's ratings are and always have been a guide for parents and not a law. Legally, a 5-year-old can buy a ticket for an R-rated movie, though a theater that did so -- and every theater operator has the right to impose whatever rules for admission that he or she sees fit -- would surely suffer some kind of scorn from parents and the community. Also, what kind of ID would a 13-year-old carry, anyway? This is all rather reactionary, and besides, an underage kid isn't going to leave a theater he's sneaked into when he realizes that the movie's rating suggests he's too young to see it unchaperoned.
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10-20-2005 @ 5:08PM
Timothy Bucker said...
Briton's don't have a national ID card system, so there is no such thing as a fake ID. Even with a 12A rating, it is inconceivable that an unchaperoned child of any age who wishes to go to the cinema, will be stopped.
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10-20-2005 @ 5:11PM
hecklerspray said...
That'd be great! The seventh movie could be R-rated and full of that ginger kid getting graphically killed. How old will Hermione be by the time the seventh film comes out?
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10-20-2005 @ 6:27PM
Scott Weinberg said...
In the U.S., the PG-13 is not an "enforced" rating like the R is. It was created as an advisory rating for parents. A 10-year-old can buy a ticket to a PG-13 movie, and the ticket-seller cannot refuse him/her.
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10-20-2005 @ 8:29PM
angela bell said...
i am a 27 year old womon who is a huge harry potter fan i have read all the books and have seen all the movies that r out.i dont think they should band kids from seeing the movies becuese i believe they show kids what a true friendship means.thank u.
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10-21-2005 @ 3:24AM
Jason Anderson said...
"How old will Hermione be by the time the seventh film comes out?"
She'll probably be at least 19 while filming. They'll probably film the 5th movie (Phoenix) next year to release by 2007 (1.5 year cycle.) at which she'll be 16. So I say 19 in 2009 when the 7th assumedly films. 20 when the film comes out. As long as it sticks to 1.5 years between each.
I just spent too much time on this.
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