|  | Posted by Adam H. Kerman on 03/22/07 21:32 
At 1:08pm -0700, 03/22/07, Nick Xylas <nickxylas@wmconnect.com> wrote:>On Mar 22, 1:22 pm, "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
 
 >>Is it your contention that blockbusters are more likely to have R ratings
 >>than PG ratings? That Casino Royale would have made as much money in the
 >>United States with an R rating?
 
 >Given that the Bond audience is typically the oldest of any major
 >movie franchise, I don't see that an R-rating would do that much
 >damage in the US.
 
 If Bond had been R-rated when I was a kid, I wouldn't have seen the movies
 in theaters. And if anyone says he saw me sneak into R-rated movies when I
 was a kid, he's mistaking me for someone else.
 
 >It might to more harm to the box office in countries
 >like Britain that have an age-restricted ratings system.
 
 Children cannot accompany parents?
 
 >LTK's 15
 >certificate almost certainly hurt its take there, and the 18
 >certificate that they were threatening had the film not been cut prior
 >to release would have been the kiss of death. And that, children, is
 >why Quentin Tarantino should never be let near a Bond film.
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