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I love movies, but recently, I've discovered movies are getting more scary. Not because of horror, but the overall slide toward coarse language, vulgarity, and sexuality - even in movies marketed as "family" films. The current movie rating system began in 1968 and called for four rating categories:
- G for General Audiences, all ages admitted;
- M for mature audiences - parental guidance suggested, but all ages admitted;
- R for Restricted, children under 16 would not be admitted without an accompanying parent or adult guardian; (later raised to under 17 years of age, (and varies in some jurisdictions)
- X for no one under 17 admitted.
Then, in 1984 they made another adjustment. The industry split the PG category into two groupings, PG and PG-13. PG-13 meant a higher level of intensity than PG. And in 1990, X was replaced by NC-17. You can find detailed explanations of each category at the Motion Picture Association's website at www.mpaa.org.
But today, we're seeing what insiders call "ratings creep" as more and more objectionable content is allowed in G and PG rated films...
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Films are funded by whoever believes in a project and is willing to
take a risk. It is the producer's job to find the funding for a
movie. I've heard of films being underwritten by grandparents, by a
group of dentists, even by churches!
Films are usually funded by either the Hollywood studios (Paramount,
Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony, Disney) or independently through a
wide variety of sources. Often times, the studios will seek to
minimize their risk but selling off the rights to the film before it
is made. These rights might include the box office receipts from
foreign countries, television screenings, or the DVD release. For
example, The Matrix...continued
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- In 1910, the first movie ever shot in Hollywood was called In Old California after director D. W. Griffith and his troupe ran into Hollywood by accident. The film made Hollywood a place filled with beauty and wonder that other film-makers there after began to film there as well.
- Celebrities began to leave their hands and footprints outside the Chinese Mann theatre after screen star Normal Talmadge didn't know they had just freshly cemented the floor, when she walked out of the movie and stepped into it. "Her foot left a permanent impression in the concrete and a tradition was born."
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Another Wife Show
The Ex-Wives Club. The Starter Wife. Footballer's Wives. The Real Housewives of Orange County. Desperate Housewives. Army Wives. I'm not sure, but I think someone senses a demographic that needs to be tapped into.
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