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"Rated X" redirects here. For the film, see Rated X (film). Rated X is a 2000 film starring brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, with the latter also directing. For the Channel 4 UK documentary series, see Channel 4 Banned season. The Channel 4 Banned season was a series of Television documentaries on the UK 's Channel 4 in 2004 - 2005, examining the

X-rated (also known as X certificate or X classification) is a film rating indicating strong adult content, typically sexual content and nudity, or violence and profanity. A motion picture rating system categorizes films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex violence substance abuse profanity impudence or other types An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual Nudity is the state of wearing no Clothing. The term' "nudity" can also occasionally be used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes The original meaning of the adjective profane (from the Latin for "in front of or outside the Temple " was to refer to items not belonging to the church

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Australia

The current rating symbol for the X classification
The current rating symbol for the X classification

In Australia, X-rated is a legal term. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), a government institution, issues ratings for all movies and television shows sold or aired. The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a Statutory Censorship and classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification Movies showing explicit, non-simulated sex are rated "X". "X" rated movies are not permitted to be sold in most States, but possession of such movies is legal in the Australian Capital Territory; the constitution forbids restraint in goods and trade between the States, so they are available in all States by mail-order. } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory An attempt to change the classification ratings such that some of the material in the "X" category would be banned and the remainder would be available under the new category "NVE" (an abbreviation for Non-Violent Erotica), failed in the Senate partly due to the belief of some Senators that the new categories were less restrictive than the old.

The proposed category of NVE held tighter restrictions of content in sexually explicit films. Although the new rating was rejected, all States and Territories agreed in a review of the OFLC's guidelines to introduce the new, tighter content restrictions in the "X" category. The new guidelines make unambiguous statements relating to fetish and violence in this category. This article concerns the concept of fetishism in Anthropology. Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes "Fetishes such as body piercing, application of substances such as candle wax, 'golden showers', bondage, spanking and fisting are not permitted" and "No depiction of violence. Wax play is a form of sensual play involving warm or hot wax usually dripped from candles or ladled onto a person's naked skin Urolagnia (also urophilia, undinism) is a Sexual activity in which participants derive sexual pleasure from Urine and/or Urination Fisting is a Sexual activity that involves inserting a hand into the Vagina or Anus. . . is allowed in the category"[1]. If such content is in a film, particularly violence in a plot development context (i. e. separate from sexually explicit scenes), it is often edited out prior to submission to the OFLC to avoid being "Refused Classification" (effectively banning the film). The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a Statutory Censorship and classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification

France

Films may be shown in theaters in France only after classification by an administrative commission of the ministry of Culture. In 1975, the X classification (officially: "pornographic or violence-inciting movies") was created for pornographic movies, or movies with successions of scenes of graphic violence. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The commission has some leeway in classification, it may for instance take into account the artistic qualities of a movie not to count it pornographic.

Movies with a X rating may only be shown in specific theaters (which hardly exist nowadays in France); they bear special taxes and tax rates, including a 33% tax on revenue.

In 2000, some conservative associations sued the government for granting the movie Baise-moi, which contained graphic, realistic scenes of sex and violence, a non-X classification. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Baise-moi is a novel by French author Virginie Despentes, first published in 1999. The Conseil d'État at litigation ruled that the movie should have been rated X. This article is about the present-day French institution For institutions with the same name during the Ancien Régime in France see Conseil du Roi. The decision was highly controversial and some suggested changing the law.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, replacing the H certificate, the X certificate was issued between 1951 and 1982 by the British Board of Film Censors. This article chronicles the history of British film certificates. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD It was introduced as a result of the Wheare Report on film censorship. From 1951 to 1970, it meant "Suitable for those aged 16 and over", and from 1970 to 1982 it was redefined as meaning "Suitable for those aged 18 and over. " The X certificate was replaced in 1982 by the 18 certificate. The 18 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC to state that in its opinion a film or video recording should not be seen or purchased See History of British film certificates. This article chronicles the history of British film certificates.

United States

In the United States, the X-rating originally referred to a non-trademarked rating that indicated a film contained content unsuitable for minors such as extreme violence or explicit sex and thus was for adults only. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual In law the term minor (also infant or infancy) is used to refer to a person who is under the age in which one legally assumes Adulthood and is legally Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract

When the MPAA film rating system began on November 1, 1968 in the U. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. , the X-rating was given to a film by the MPAA if submitted to them or, due to its non-trademarked status, it could be self-applied to a film by a distributor who knew beforehand that their film contained content unsuitable for minors. In the late 1960s to mid 1980s, several mainstream films were released with an X-rating such as Midnight Cowboy, A Clockwork Orange, and Last Tango in Paris. Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 Drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 Satirical Science fiction Film adaptation of a 1962 novel of the same name, by Anthony Last Tango in Paris ( Ultimo Tango a Parigi) is a 1973 film directed by Italian Bernardo Bertolucci which tells the story of

Because the X-rating was not trademarked, anybody could apply it to their films, including pornographers, which many began to do in the 1970s. As pornography began to become chic and more legally tolerated, pornographers placed an X-rating on their films to emphasize the adult nature of them. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Some even started using multiple X's (i. e. XX, XXX, etc. ) to give the impression that their film contained more graphic sexual content than the simple X-rating. In some cases, the X ratings were applied by reviewers or film scholars, e. g. William Rotsler, who wrote "The XXX-rating means hard-core, the XX-rating is for simulation, and an X-rating is for comparatively cool films. William "Bill" Rotsler ( July 3, 1926 - October 8, 1997) was an American author of several Science fiction Hardcore pornography is a form of Pornography that features explicit sexual acts. Softcore (or soft porn) is a form of Pornography, either video or nude Glamour photography, that is less explicit than hardcore material " [2]Nothing beyond the simple X-rating has ever been officially recognized by the MPAA.

Because of the heavy use of the X-rating by pornographers, it became associated largely with pornographic films and thus non-pornographic films given a X-rating would have fewer theaters willing to book them and fewer avenues for advertising. This led to a number of films being released unrated sometimes with a warning that the film contained content for adults only. In response, the MPAA eventually agreed in 1990 to a new NC-17 rating that would be trademarked and thus could only be applied by the MPAA itself. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U

Notable X-rated films in the United States

See also

References

  1. ^ OFLC Guidelines
  2. ^ Rotslter, William. The original meaning of the adjective profane (from the Latin for "in front of or outside the Temple " was to refer to items not belonging to the church The USCCB film rating is issued by the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. This Film Is Not Yet Rated is an independent Documentary film about the Motion Picture Association of America 's rating system Pornographic films are Motion pictures with the purpose of promoting sexual arousal in the viewer often featuring depictions of sexual activity Contemporary Erotic Cinema. New York: Penthouse/Ballantine Books, 1973. Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials The Ballantine Publishing Group, better known as Ballantine Books, is a major American book Publisher founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine. page 251.

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Dictionary

X-rated

-adjective

  1. Pornographic or indecent.
  2. Denoting a film given an X classification.
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