Forget R, how is this rated PG even now?
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Falconeer — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 08:05 AM)
If you think the injection scenes in this were explicit you should see "Christiane F." or Andy Warhol's "Trash." The latter was directly inspired by "Panic In Needle Park," and the injection scenes in film are almost fetishistic in their detail. All of these are great films by the way, that capture a time period that is no more..
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smoke_banshee — 17 years ago(March 02, 2009 05:20 PM)
I just watched this and was surprised, too, at the PG rating that flashed up before the film (via Cinemax HD, sometimes they throw some gems in amongst the other fare). But this is by no means a PG-rated movie by today's standards. If you're even watching films from the early 70s films to begin with, I doubt it will shock your sensibilities. Why even retro-rate such a film? You should have a good idea of what it's about going in.
I have not seen any other cut, so cannot compare. But this was definitely not a compromised movie when it comes to the content. Great performances, gritty reality, good flick. A great feel-good movie with the likes of 'Bad Lieutenant' or 'Requiem for a Dream,' but with a slightly more ambiguous ending. Enjoy! -
cesarat37 — 13 years ago(August 04, 2012 04:31 PM)
This is obviously an anti-drugs film, so they probably rated it PG so that a younger audience (teenagers) could watch it. But honestly, it deserved an R rating because it's quite crude and it has some disturbing images.
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bronzescag — 12 years ago(October 12, 2013 07:29 PM)
It's astounding - by today's standards - what passed for PG in the 70s. Films like Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY (violence and sexual abuse), ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (several uses of the F word) and KRAMER VS. KRAMER (with the F word and frontal nudity) were routinely rated PG. BURNT OFFERINGS, a very creepy horror film from the 70s was also rated PG. I wish we could go back to a 70s sensibility; the PG-13 rating has caused so much damage to studio films. They studios are all trying to shove R rated content into the PG-13 rating and adult films are either being cut down or not made all. On top of that, the PG-13 rating has become the equivalent of a soft R.
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pandora8 — 12 years ago(March 21, 2014 03:30 PM)
In 1971 PG replace the previous M rating for "Mature Audiences". PG was to signify that Parental Guidance was suggested and "some material May Not be Suitable for Pre-Teenagers", basically our PG-13. At the beginning the PG rating was very loose, and the movies that were rated PG in the 70s are not at all what we'd think of PG today.
Still it seems logical due to language and especially content that Panic in Needle Park should have gotten the R rating which did exist back then. Perhaps because it doesn't glamorize Heroin use the MPAA gave it the looser rating.
X was a self-inflicted rating. If you felt that your movie would not pass the MPAA restrictions you could rate it X and theaters could play it but weren't allowed to let anyone under 17 see it.
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griffinesq — 12 years ago(March 24, 2014 10:34 PM)
@pandora. Wasn't there a semi-acclaimed documentary a few years ago re: the MPAA and what a ridiculous scam it is? Any info is appreciated in advance. I saw it at a screening but don't recall much.
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Falconeer — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 07:54 AM)
A 'PG' rating for THIS film is ridiculous. the version i saw even has male nudity, (prison shower scene.) I thought showing male genitalia would be an automatic 'R.' Also those graphic injection scenes were so graphic because they were real. Some minor players in the film were actual addicts. I think the rating was some kind of error, like a mix-up of the 2 different versions.
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