‘Year One’ Shockingly Gets Cut, MPAA Rewards With PG-13 Rating

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 10, 2009

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Last week we didn’t report that the upcoming Judd Apatow produced, Harold Ramis directed comedy Year One was hit with an R-rating by the MPAA, who cited the film as having “some sexual content and language,” but apparently it was big news around the web. It has been alleged that the film also went through the appeals process, but to no avail, as the R-rating could not be overturned. Cut to this week when the filmmakers returned to the MPAA with a new cut of the film and that cut has earned a PG-13 rating. Now this is news…

The new PG-13 rating for “crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong language and comic violence.” And now, before you completely lose interest in this story, here’s the trailer for Year One, which looks like fun — R-rating or not.

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Nick Gerz

I'm starting to get really sick of this "recut from R to PG-13" trend that's going on. I guess only intellectual films aiming for Academy Awards can be R, now.

Cole_Abaius

Oddly enough, the MPAA made me re-cut myself to go down from an R-rating to a PG-13. Now I can only drop the F-bomb twice my entire life, I have to cover myself awkwardly with a sheet during sex, but I can still shoot a guy's eyeball off with an RPG - so that's cool.

BethanyP

:) i saw the preview for this movie a few weeks ago and i'm so, so undeniably pumped. as for the awkward sheet, i'm sure you could find a way to make it part of your boyish charm. because at least you can still see flashes of boob, am i right?

nomar

MPAA are a bunch of snobbish prudes

Bill O'Reilly

Aww PG-13, that means it's gonna suck

H247

MPAA are starting to drive me away from the theater. I mean, I go to the movies to see the movie the director wanted, not some cut up piece of crap (which this does look quite funny). I mean why not just wait to watch it in high def at home, UNrated.

790

Yeah the MPAA practice extortion and censor creative material. Its what they do. Oh and they have Federal connections. What's that tell ya. (Big Brother)

There efforts to save the children from being mentally scared should fall under the parents ability to control and raise there kids.

The MPAA have way to much power. They need to be crushed and disbanded.

Funny how there's a double standard when it comes to re submitting films. As independent films don't always get this privilege.