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[sm]

Poltergeist "was" a PG, but wasn't the rating upgraded to R? It seems i remember something about this whole thing like they talked them down to a PG from an R initially.

Indiana jones and the temple of doom and red dawn came out the same year and both got PG-13. From what i've read around the internet, it was "Red Dawn" that seems to get the credit since it was released in August and indiana hit theaters in October. crazy. Honestly i think the rating system needs to go, it hurts movies in some cases and often is not a true determinate in if a film is watchable by certain age groups.

[jmc]

I didn't remember Indiana Jones coming out the same year as Red Dawn, so I checked the IMDB [not always reliable, but usually so when it comes to years of release and ratings.]  Indiana Jones came out in 1984, a year earlier, and was rated PG.  

According to the IMDB, Poltergeist was originally an R and changed to a PG.  It was definitely a PG when I saw it back in 1982 [my parents wouldn't have let me see it otherwise.]    The R was due to "intensity."  Spielberg fought for a PG and got it.  Sounds sort of like what happened with HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER except in that case the movie got an X for "moral tone" and the director decided to release it unrated.

[sm]

IMDB isn't always reliable, "red dawn" was released in 1984, Before the indiana jones movie. http://www.hollywood.com is a better source of exact info...but I also remember this because it fell in a year that I moved. I usually don't rely on one source on the net but do multiple searches from reliable sites to make sure.  

But the rating system is bogus. "Jaws" got a PG and probably has an equal amount of gore and blood than some movies that got R ratings. not to mention it was probably responsible the decline in beach tourism in the following years..lol

[beth]

Motel Hell........absolutely halarious!