Released on: 2003
Rating: 5.50
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5 Other Best Picture Winners Downgraded to PG-13
In an effort to capitalize on its recent Best Picture triumph at the Oscars, the makers behind "The King's Speech" are releasing a stripped-down, "family-friendly" version of the movie, rated PG-13.
Among the edit casualties: A string of obscenities rattled off by Colin Firth's stammering-conquering monarch that includes plentiful f-bombs and the memorable closer "and tits," in a scene that counts as, oh, just the film's single funniest.
It's a bold move, altering an award-winning film so that the 13-16 crowd can join in the fun (as if 13- and 16-year-olds who wanted to see the film in the first place were deterred by that R rating).
It's also a move we're glad hasn't happened very often in Hollywood before, especially with Best Picture winners. Because this folks, is what they might've looked like…
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- NextMovie Staff
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Interview | Patricio Guzmбn: "Television has stagnated, while the documentary has evolved"
Currently the subject of a week-long retrospective (April 1-7) at Brooklyn's Bam Cinematek, Patricio Guzmбn came into prominence in the 1970s with “The Battle of Chile,” his epic documentary trilogy recounting Pinochet’s coup to power. The film established him as one of the leading voices in a boom of Latin American Cinema, an independent movement of politically active and socially conscious filmmakers who challenged, questioned and defined the historical moment »
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