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6 unusual facts about Motion Picture Association of America


Doug Frith

From July 1996 to January 2008, Frith served as president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, which is affiliated with the Motion Picture Association of America.

From July 1996 to January 2008, Frith served as president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, which is affiliated with the Motion Picture Association of America, and represents the interests of the American film industry in Canada.

Marvel Rating System

However, the Motion Picture Association of America complained, as it holds a trademark on such classifications as PG and PG-13 (see MPAA film rating system).

Michael Berenbaum

Berenbaum's wife, Melissa Patack Berenbaum, is the Vice President and General Manager of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), California Group, and president of the California chapter of the MPAA.

Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center

Jack Valenti: former president of the Motion Picture Association of America, special assistant to US President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Will H. Hays

In the postwar period, this organization would be renamed the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).


A Different Story

The film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Beethoven's Big Break

The film was rated PG by the MPAA for some mild rude humor, being the first Beethoven film to be rated PG by the MPAA since 1993's Beethoven's 2nd.

City of Lights, City of Angels

COLCOA was created in 1996 by The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaborative effort of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Writers Guild of America, West, France’s Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique.

Eirin

Eirin is similar to the Motion Picture Association of America ratings system in the United States, the British Board of Film Classification in the United Kingdom, and the Office of Film and Literature Classification in Australia; it classifies films depending on their suitability for minors, depending on whether they contain sexual or violent material.

GVU

In March 2008, a request by the MPAA umbrella organization caused that the GVU has started investigations against the operator of an internet portal, that offered primarily latest films like "Rush Hour 3".

How Kitchener Was Betrayed

Pressure was also successfully exerted on William Hays of the Motion Picture Association of America to ban the film in the United States and the French authorities also refused to screen it.

Movie4k.to

In 2011, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) classified Movie2k.to as a "notorious market" for piracy in a letter to the United States House of Representatives.

Warlords of Atlantis

Warlords of Atlantis received a Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating of PG.


see also

Bernards

Kori Bernards (born 1953), Vice President of Corporate Communications for the Motion Picture Association of America