More than 20 Members of Congress and prominent celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees have thrown their support behind a campaign started by a bullied Michigan high school student, urging the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to change the “R” rating of the movie “Bully” to “PG-13.” Katy Butler,… Read More »
Following a hearing this morning, The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced that it has lost an appeal of the R rating given to its forthcoming documentary BULLY by the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA’s Classification and Rating Administration originally bestowed the R on the basis of some language that is used in the film,… Read More »
The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today plans to appeal the MPAA’s decision to assign an “R” rating to its forthcoming documentary BULLY, an urgent and intimate look at America’s bullying crisis by award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch. The “R” rating was made on the basis of “some language,” and restricts children under 17 from seeing the… Read More »