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Jack Valenti, Dead at 85

  • 27-04-2007 12:23pm
    #1
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070426.wvalenti0426/BNStory/Entertainment/home
    LOS ANGELES -- Jack Valenti, the former White House aide and film industry lobbyist who instituted the modern movie ratings system and guided Hollywood from the censorship era to the digital age, died Thursday. He was 85.

    Many will morn him but even more will see his death as the end of a age of extremely bad decisions with regards to rating systems and content management (DMCA anyone?).

    Further reading on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Valenti
    and one of his infamous quotes with regards to Betamax/VHS and the movie industry....
    "I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone."


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  • #2
    Running Bing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,841 ✭✭✭Running Bing


    RIP and my thoughts with his family but my god was he bad for the film industry.


  • #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    I'm amazed at the lack of replys to this, would have thought more people here would comment on his death,


  • #4
    Running Bing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,841 ✭✭✭Running Bing


    Cabaal wrote:
    I'm amazed at the lack of replys to this, would have thought more people here would comment on his death,


    Hopefully this will bring about some change in US ratings. The mpaa's rating system has to be one of the most nonsensical rating systems in the world.

    NC-17: Nobody under 17 years of age allowed which means no large cinema chain will touch your film with a bargepoll and Blockbuster wont stock your movie:eek: Eh why?

    R: Under 17 accompanied by an adult
    PG-13: Under 13 accompanied by an adult
    then PG and G

    So basically you have from R to PG basically meaning the same thing and NC-17 meaning your film is'nt worth the celluloid it's printed on.


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