Sources Claim New 'Bully' Re-Cut Will Be PG-13

Why not just bleep out the MPAA deemed unacceptable profanity like
they do on television for a PG version? This film is too important not
to be seen by youth. The Unrated release prevents many from seeing it
at all. -T

From Coleman:

Sources Claim New 'Bully' Re-Cut Will Be PG-13

Sources Claim New 'Bully' Re-Cut Will Be PG-13
The MPAA still won't grant Bully anything less than an "R" rating, and
in the face of its obstinacy the Weinstein Co. now suggests it might
re-cut the film, sans profanity, to secure a rating of "PG 13." This
is from "two people familiar with the company's plans who were not
authorized to speak about them publicly," according to the Los Angeles
Times. Officially, however, the Weinstein Co. still plans to release
the film in mid-April with no rating at all. From the Times:

The Weinstein Co. denied that changes were being made now but allowed
for the possibility in the coming weeks. "At this time, there are no
plans to change the film for a PG-13," Stephen Bruno, the company's
head of marketing, told 24 Frames on Friday. "We are in constant
conversation with the MPAA and hope a compromise can be reached." The
MPAA has been steadfast that the existing cut wll not be given
anything lower than an R.

The Times explains a weird quirk of the MPAA rating system: That
merely bleeping profanity isn't enough to lower a film's rating,
presumably because even impressionable kids are sufficiently worldly
to know what ugly noises are being made beneath the beeps. Which makes
one wonder why they need to be protected from profanity in the first
place, but never mind.

Removing all profanity from Bully will pose difficulties for Weinstein
Co., because one of Bully's most important scenes is full of the
stuff:

The scene that earned the film an R features one teen threatening
another as the two sit side-by-side on the bus, with profanities
interwoven throughout the scene ... Weinstein and filmmaker Lee Hirsch
have been adamant that the scene remain in the film as is to show the
full force of what bullied kids face

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