G-GP-R-X:

Short animated clip explaining MPAA movie ratings (from 1970). Also an exhortation to return the drive-in speaker to its stand.

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http://tulsatvmemories.com/gccvill.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• mpaa
• gmrx
• movie
• ratings
• valenti

[Watcher3223]

A joke for 39 seconds into this video...

"Sizzling hot dogs, bursting with juicy goodness" has been rated "NC-17" by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude sexual innuendo.

[lovemylogics]

The 1980 film "Xanadu" was the very last movie rated "GP." I think only the original MCA DiscoVision LaserDisc release contained the rating card at the end of the film.

[TaTgurl1003]

ooohhh pretty lights

[oldschoolbx1970]

@lovemylogics Once again,thanks.

[lovemylogics]

@oldschoolbx1970 I don't know why Xanadu got the GP rating - at the time it came out on LaserDisc, I had never heard of GP and had to look it up. But it was officially rated GP for about the first few days of its short theatrical run - then it was re-rated PG and later artwork reflected that - but all the home video releases used the MPAA's blue GP rating card at the end of the film, and its the last film ever to be given the GP rating.

[oldschoolbx1970]

@lovemylogics Thanks for that info. I was never aware of that one. By the way,why was Xanadu about to be given a GP rating?

[lovemylogics]

@oldschoolbx1970: here's a quote from a site about XanaduL " It’s interesting to note that Xanadu was the last film to receive the GP rating from the MPAA. It would be officially re-rated with a PG rating just in time for the advertising material, like the official movie poster. You can see the old GP bumper at the very end in the laser disc and early videotape copies."

I have a one-sheet poster for the pre-release publicity that shows the GP rating.

[lovemylogics]

@oldschoolbx1970 : I don't know - I never cared, but I do know that Xanadu in 1980 was the last GP rated film. The MCA DiscoVision LaserDisc as well as the MCA Videocassette releases carried the MPAA GP rating card at the end of the film and it was listed as rated "GP" in MCA's 1980 and 1981 catalogs as well as Pioneer LaserDisc's catalogs. Check them out for yourself.

[oldschoolbx1970]

@lovemylogics Then where was the rated GP being used until 1980? By the way,what was the first movie to be rated GP in 1970 and what was the last one to be rated GP in 1972?

[lovemylogics]

@oldschoolbx1970 : Yes, PG was brought to life in 72, but GP was kept too and was still used up until 1980 when Xanadu was the last film to receive the GP rating. The film prints, one-sheets and video's all list it as GP rated. GP and PG existed together - GP was a film that was for all audiences that might have a small amount of adult content while PG was for films with adult content but tame enough for all audiences. They existed together until 1980.

[oldschoolbx1970]

@lovemylogics GP was transformed into PG back in 1972,not 1980.

[JeterSwisherFan88]

@Watcher3223 LOL!