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Topic: Age Restrictions?
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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 709
From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-29-2002 12:53 PM
<-has booted many teens out of several different 'R' rated films, including, but not limited to: Urban Legends, Dead Man On Campus, Varsity Blues, American Pie, South Park, Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, Urban Legends: Final Cut, et cetera et cetera...the rules are the rules, and I'd rather that they remained rules, instead of becoming laws!
also, as a person who doesn't care to have annoying interruptions whilst watching a film - I know how irritating it is when adolescents have snuck into an auditorium showing a film with mature content, then do little other than talk, giggle, throw things, and go in and out of the auditorium with frequency! 
If they could just sit down, shut up, and stay put, it wouldn't really be a problem, but that never seems to be the case, and they're usually in groups, amplifying the aggravation!
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Kyle Caudill
Film Handler
Posts: 92
From: Wichita Falls, TX
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-29-2002 10:09 PM
A couple of times the news stations around here have done a series on carding at movie theatres, where they will send teenagers in to buy tickets to R rated movies. Nothing like bad press. We have a scrict policy which my box office cashiers usually enjoy because it gives them a chance to ironically be anti-customer. To help reduce the problem of parents buying the tickets and leaving we use a simple method. If the Box Office cashier cards the customer and they are allowed to come in, they will check mark a part of the ticket. That way the usher tearing tickets will not card them, but if there is not a check mark, the usher will ID them. Carding can be nightmares, but it can also provide some entertainment. When we have found someone who has jumped, some of my kids fight over the opportunity to confront them. If you have to do, make it fun for yourself. Go sit down beside the jumpers and just watch them start to squirm in their seat for a minute or too, then comment on how good of a movie it is, then kindly mention they are not suppose to be in here. Or my personal favorite that will eventually get me in trouble is ask them if they cant read.
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Nick Catalano
Film Handler
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From: Whitefish Bay, WI, USA
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-30-2002 06:09 PM
There is a difference between partial nudity and just violence.I am the type of teenager that would go get a fake ID to vote in the next presidental election (actuially thinking about doing that, considering I will be 17 and 3/4 when the next election takes place). Honestly, I don't see the point of the ratings where there is nothing majorly inapproprate for America's teenagers. Honesty, what teenager over 14/15 is going to be emotionally harmed after watching South Park: The Movie (one of my favorite movies actuially.. not for the language and such, but for the message and how they choose to present it.....) any more so than an adult would. It's actuially the #1 reason why I don't go out to the theatre anymore (and just sit at home and download the movies online), because I can't get a parent to come with me to go see a movie. I can't even get into Insomnia or Unfaithful w/o a parent. WTF? Neither movie is marketed towards teenagers, both are (supposidly) very well protrayed films.. And most importantly both are expected to be Oscar contendors... If I owned a theatre I wouldn't follow ratings at all.. It's the parents responsibility to choose what their children can or cannot watch, not the Governments (and especially not the MPAA).... Can always kick people out later... Remember guys, movies like American Pie cause people to kill and mame others!! Saving Private Ryan is detremental to America's youth!! The Matrix is going to cause the rape of your sister/mother/wife/girlfriend!!! ------------------
- Nick Catalano
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Adam Martin
I'm not even gonna point out the irony.
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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-30-2002 07:49 PM
The problem is, many parents are NOT taking responsibility for their children. That is why the government has forced the responsibility on theater owners.If the situation were regulated by the government, little Johnny would sneak into Eyes Wide Shut (hey, it's only sex). Then his parents, who told him not to see the film, would find out (because little Johnny is too immature to keep his mouth shut about it). Then the parents would complain to the police, who would show up at the theater and arrest the manager for letting little Johnny into the R-rated film and arrest the projectionist for showing to him. All while neither manager nor projectionist had anything to do with little Johnny sneaking in with a ticket to Pokemon. So, in order to keep from getting thrown in jail, the industry has adopted certain policies and is enforcing them (for the most part) to the best of our abilities. If you don't like this situation, you could always write your congressman and tell him to get off of the movie industry's collective back and leave us the hell alone. Make sure you let him know that you're going to vote for him in the next election, when you'll be 17 3/4.
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Rachel Gilardi
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From: Peabody, MA, USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 05-31-2002 12:57 AM
At my theater no one under the age of 17 will be admitted to an "R" rated feature without the company of a parent or guardian....at the theater before that, a parent or guardian could purchase a ticket for an "R" rated feature for someone under 17 without having to go into the theater with them. ...at the theater before that, we would sell a ticket to anyone. I've been at all ends of the spectrum, the easiest and most sensible way for me seemed to be the theater that let parents buy tickets for their children without having to go in. I know not everyone agrees with that...
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