Posted by Impmon on 05/13/07 02:57

On Sat, 12 May 2007 11:54:36 -0400, "Rich Clark"
<rdclark2SPAM@TRAPcomcast.net> wrote:

>I'm more concerned about historical fiction. Does the director of any movie
>set in the 50s, when everybody smoked all the time, have to choose between
>an automatic R and a loss of realism? Is the MPAA saying "historical
>accuracy is restricted to people over 17?"

I'm wondering about that as well. It sounds like a documentary type
film would be exempt from the rule but fiction even if it takes place
in a time when smoking was common may get sacked with R rating. Like
the animated 101 Dalamations with DeVile who smokes in almost every
single frames of the film.

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