A 12!!! NUDITY IS NOT 12 MATERIAL!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AlbertTheFlasher — 17 years ago(May 24, 2008 07:31 AM)
I have to admit I was a bit surprised to learn that Walkabout got a PG rating considering the full frontal nudity. But the fact that it was natural and not in a sexual or exploitive nature was probably the basis for which it won the appeal. Still, I bet this raised quite a few eyebrows at the time.
Actually, 1971 was an odd year for movie ratings. Other PG-rated movies released that year that had nudity include Billy Jack and The Vanishing Point. And then there was the Dario Argento movie Cat O' Nine Tails which not only had a topless Catherine Spaak but also some graphic violence, which makes the original PG rating all the more questionable. -
L0GAN5 — 17 years ago(May 25, 2008 07:58 AM)
I think the meaning of the certificate has changed over time. 'PG' denotes 'parental guidance' and taken at its most literal interpretation most films fall within the remit of parental guidance. However it's treated as a 'U' these days whereas U itself is treated primarily as a children's certificate.
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ricec-2 — 17 years ago(July 04, 2008 08:50 AM)
I thought that the nature of the nudity was the entire point. It's been a little while since i saw the movie, but I quite well remember the distinction between her nude swimming being presented as her accepting life in the outback and the picnic scene in which the woman in a skirt is subject to hopeful glances from the men every time she moves her leg. I'm not necessarily defending the cinematic practice of evoking emotion just to get us to question ourselves for reacting as we do, as I frequently find it a bit pretentious on the filmmaker's part, but I do think that's what this movie was doing.
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Benedict_Cumberbatch — 17 years ago(September 27, 2008 07:03 PM)
Oh yes, what a mature comment. Nudity is shown in a very natural way in this movie, there are no sex scenes. I think the rating is fair. Now, tell me: would violence be 12 material?? Would you rather have your 7 yr-old brother watch "Hostel" instead?
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Gloede_The_Saint — 17 years ago(November 04, 2008 11:10 AM)
I have no problem with nudity but a 12 for a movie with high criticism of modern society and with scenes involving a father trying to kill his son, two suicide and the cynicism of the world are something completely different. How can you for one second say that nudity is worse for a child than this? The nudity in this film wasn't even sexual.
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millenniumgroup — 14 years ago(December 19, 2011 01:57 AM)
American eh?
What's with you sick people? (only aimed to the loser americans who finds sex/naked bodies to be a bad thing)
You have no issues with violence, but you find a naked woman body sick????
seek help, stats.
Another one of you retards made a topc on hostel 2 if there was any nudity. if not then their 10 year old could watch the movie
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millenniumgroup — 14 years ago(January 02, 2012 04:16 AM)
Name another country where they ban or age limit ONLY sex but severe violence is okay.
Even Germany who bans certain words and violence accepts sex.
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