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Upcoming Movies; Which ones look cool to you?
Topic Started: Jul 22 2004, 12:03 AM (2,471 Views)
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WOW!! Finally another NC-17 movie!!


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'Dirty Shame' Becomes Latest Film to Take on NC-17
Friday September 24 9:56 PM ET


Director John Waters' new film "A Dirty Shame" on Friday became the latest movie to open with the NC-17 adult rating, long considered financial death by Hollywood studios but applied to several films recently.

NC-17 bars anyone 17 years old or younger from seeing a film in the United States. When introduced in 1990, it was equated to an X rating, conjured notions of pornography and caused some theaters and video stores to bar the films.

Since 1990, few movies have appeared on the market with the NC-17, but there have been two so far this year. Fox Searchlight rolled out Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" and Sony Pictures Classics released "Young Adam."


John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Owners, told Reuters it was wrong to think most theater owners would not show NC-17 films and newspapers would not advertise them -- a problem that hurt films in the past.

"There are no blanket bans against NC-17," Fithian said, "But there's been such a scarcity of NC-17 it's been difficult to reveal (that is a) myth."

However, major video and DVD retailers Blockbuster Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores remain steadfast in their refusal to sell or rent the movies. Representatives of both Wal-Mart's online DVD service and Blockbuster told Reuters their policy of not showing NC-17 films remains intact.

That irks Waters and others because videos and DVDs make up the lion's share of a film's profits.

"If we are going to rehabilitate NC-17, well then, help me make it so it's not economically censored," Waters said.

His film is issued by Blue Line Cinema, which is owned by Time Warner .

Waters, Bertolucci and "Young Adam" director David Mackenzie have argued that there is nothing pornographic about their films, and the frank depictions of sex are central to telling their stories.

In the case of "The Dreamers," the movie depicted a sexual coming-of-age for three youths, and "Young Adam" dealt with marital infidelity. In "Dirty Shame," Waters spotlights sexual taboos in a bid to challenge how society thinks about sex.

None of the films' distributors said they encountered problems marketing or promoting the movies, but one reason is the films were aimed at art house fans who are generally considered more accepting of their content.

"The Dreamers" racked up $2.5 million at domestic box offices and "Young Adam," slightly over $767,000 -- both respectable amounts for the films and their markets.
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^ A Dirty Shame looks kind of lame ... mane, train, game. But I love Johnny Knoxville ('Let's go sexing'). Anyway, we don't have NC-17 rating here, just R.

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Sep 25 2004, 01:33 AM
Hey, has anyone here seen [size=4]CRIMINAL[/size]?  I want to see it (I love Maggie Gyllenhaal), but I want someone to tell me it's worth my $8.

I LOVE Maggie Gyllenhaal as well, she is flawless. But I haven't seen Criminal, actually I don't think it's released here yet. Dammit.
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any of u seen 'Paparazzi'????? What did u think of it? I liked it
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Paparrazi has a very low tomatometer reading. Just a warning.
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The Incredibles looks greeeaaaaaat! I love Pixar/Disney, they are genius! Genius I tell you!

Oh, and Shaun of the Dead.
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Sep 25 2004, 05:56 PM
Paparrazi has a very low tomatometer reading. Just a warning.

i thought it was good like, but was very obvious what was gonna happen in it, but if ur board and want something 2 do check it out!!! lol
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Sep 26 2004, 01:36 PM
The Incredibles looks greeeaaaaaat! I love Pixar/Disney, they are genius! Genius I tell you!

Oh, and Shaun of the Dead.

i no i love disney/pixar its a pity that they dont work together anymore!!!!

Did u like toystory bride???? Cos disney r making a Toy Story 2 in 2006(or somewere around that time)


I hated Shaun of the dead, i thought it was gonna be really good and the only funny bits were in the ads for it!!! and they didnt turn out 2 be that funny, but thats just my opinion
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Okay, [size=7]I want to see THIS[/size] really, really bad!

Loved the first one so much!
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Oh My God..Check out the new SAMURAI FLICK from Zhang Yimou..director of hero....starring Zhang Ziyi...as a FEMALE ZAOTICHI!!!..LOL!!!!! She plays a blind revolutionary!! This is the 'HOUSE OF THE FLYING DAGGERS'!! AWESOME!!

Check out the trailers and clips on this page

Movie..House of Flying Daggers


USA RELEASE DATE....12/3/2004
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Sep 24 2004, 07:11 PM
I wanna see this Spanish Flick called 'Motorcycle Diaries'..its got great reviews

whats that about? i saw DD it was sooo good! see that movie, and pi and requim of a dream, and thirteen<sooooo amazingly true! i also want to see this indie film, city of god, its suppose to have great reviews!
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Sep 29 2004, 01:44 AM
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I wanna see this Spanish Flick called 'Motorcycle Diaries'..its got great reviews

whats that about? i saw DD it was sooo good! see that movie, and pi and requim of a dream, and thirteen<sooooo amazingly true! i also want to see this indie film, city of god, its suppose to have great reviews!

Motorcycle Diaries is based on the memoirs of the great cuban revolutionary ERNESTO 'CHE' GUEVERA...it focuses on his travels before he bacame famous.
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looks real good then, think i can find it at hollywood video?
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Sep 29 2004, 01:57 AM
looks real good then, think i can find it at hollywood video?

Not yet released in theaters..has had a limited release in NY and LA
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OMG! YES! The "Birth" trailer's finally up! I can't wait for this one! I've been hearing so much buzz about how contraversial it is: [size=11]BIRTH[/size]
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I thought the movie sounded awful when I first heard about it, but the trailer looks great. Thanks KD. :hot
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