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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