Why is Blade Runner rated R?

I just got the director's cut but I can't watch it until I know wh its rated R. Anyone know? Language and violence doesn't really matter to me, but nudity, etc. does. Thanks.

Well, there is some nudity (Zhora in the shower, for instance), violence (some of it gory), profanity, and what I would generally refer to as "adult themes". However, if "Blade Runner" were filmed and released today, I think it might garner a "PG-13" rating as ratings and censorship standards have relaxed quite a bit in the past 20 years.

Even so, I really think it deserves that R. Some of the language is a bit harsh for kids. Watch it anyway though <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">.

I don't want to disregard your concerns, but if I may, I'll say this:<BR><BR>Watch it. You won't loose your soul or get your mind corrupted. <BR><BR>And you'll enjoy a cinematographic masterpiece like no other made to date.<BR><BR>That's IMHO, of course. But I think more than one here will agree.
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Who really cares about the rating anyways..
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I'm always interested in the differnt perceptions of people regarding things like whether or not they'd let 14-year olds watch certain movies. To me, simple nudity (without sexual association), is irrelevant - people sunbathe like that on the beaches all over the world, including the USA who seem to pretend to be prudish about such things, but have a sex-film industry that earns more money than Hollywood's main industry.<BR><BR>And there is strange concern at "naughty words". If I say "balls" am I being rude or am I describing the equipment for a sport? People get overly upset about such things that IMHO shoud be seen with a little more sensibility.<BR><BR>And violence. "No problem with violence" seems to be the current theme of TV and movies. Why is it okay for young people to see people being beaten and shot, but the sight of some female breasts is horrifying?<BR><BR>Well, my views aside, the low-down on Blade Runner is that in Europe it has a 15 rating and even that is probably out of date considering the change of views in the last 20 years.<BR><BR>There is a tiny amount of swearing.<BR>There is a view of one pair of female breasts for some seconds.<BR>There is beating, shooting, eye gouging, etc. which makes it fairly violent, and the only reason I wouldn't let my young daughter watch the movie.<BR><BR>So, those are the facts, you make up your own mind.<BR>
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Its rated 15 in the UK, but was rateing was the extra violance cut given? Where you actually see Roy's thumbs got into Tyrell's head.
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There is actually a really simple explanation for this. BR was made in 1982 and in 1982, there was no such thing as PG-13. There was only G, PG, and R.

niggenz is correct. I dont remember which movie it was, but one released shortly after BR was what created the PG-13 rating.
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The first movie to carry the PG-13 rating was DreamScape with Dennis Quaid.

Even a classic like Enter the Dragon would be PG-13 now.<BR><BR>Dreamscape: Yes, I loved that movie! Very original. It also reminds me of the movie Brainstorm with Christopher Walker.<BR><BR>

Dreamscape might have been the first movie with that rating, but several other PG movies that offended parents got the ball rolling for the rating to be created in the first place. One of the big ones for that was Gremlins. A lot of parents thought it was too scary and violent for young children, so they wanted those movies rated more mature than they were. The studios did not want to make things "R" rated because at the time it was a pretty serious thing to have an "R" rating, and it cut down on profit to have an "R" rating. Hence the PG-13 was invented.<BR><BR>Jarnor23

Not sure if everyone knows this but whenever a rating is assigned to a movie, the director or producer can still move it up higher if they so please to. Not sure if they did that here or if it were brandished with an R from the start, but they might have to give it that "Adult" feel and show that the situations in it were a bit complicated for children to understand. It's more of the situations and moral dilemmas in the movie that make it that adult rating, not the graphic blood or nudity. Besides, if something as trivial as nudity can't be taken maturely, you shouldn't even be watching Blade Runner in the first place.<BR><BR>_________________<BR>Technology Loves Misery.<BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: TekXombie on 2002-07-07 13:43 ]</font>