Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!mit-eddie!barmar From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: GP rating of movies Message-ID: <2222@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 02:22:03 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.2222 Posted: Fri Jun 22 02:22:03 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jun-84 02:57:52 EDT References: <1435@pegasus.UUCP> <442@ihu1g.UUCP> Reply-To: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 18 In article <442@ihu1g.UUCP> fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) writes: > In this group [PG13], kids under 13 would not >be admitted without a parent or guardian. > Bob Fishell > ihnp4!ihu1g!fish Actually, the new PG-13 rating is not going to be a restriction, just a guideline, the way PG is. The theatre associations have stated that they are not planning to enforce it. It is a parental recommendation. In a related area, I read today that a state court ruled in favor of a movie theatre that was being sued for allowing children into an R movie. The standards are not legally binding on the theatres; they are just guidelines, and enforcement is voluntary. -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar