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Tin Monkey · 22-06-2007, 12:14

The US is different to the UK in terms of censorship and certificiation. In the States films do not have to have a certificate in order to be released, whereas in the UK all films (for example) have to be certificated by the BBFC.

In the US the MPAA is a mysterious organisation that awards certificates to films, but as I said before, films can be released without such a certificate. The issue is then, will cinemas (and particularly cinema chains) exhibit the films without a certificate, and the answer is no. Therefore, in order to recoup the money from a film and hopefully make a profit, the film has to be certificated, even though it doesn't legally have to have one.

22-06-2007, 12:14	#3
Tin Monkey Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 4,769 Liked: 160 times Rep Power: 1140	Re: Fear of the censors? The US is different to the UK in terms of censorship and certificiation. In the States films do not have to have a certificate in order to be released, whereas in the UK all films (for example) have to be certificated by the BBFC. In the US the MPAA is a mysterious organisation that awards certificates to films, but as I said before, films can be released without such a certificate. The issue is then, will cinemas (and particularly cinema chains) exhibit the films without a certificate, and the answer is no. Therefore, in order to recoup the money from a film and hopefully make a profit, the film has to be certificated, even though it doesn't legally have to have one. __________________ T.M. Last edited by Tin Monkey; 22-06-2007 at 12:16.