HomeschoolrsRUs
06-21-2006, 07:33 PM
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Christians on Football Film: Give Us a G! - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-fi-giants21jun21,0,698170.story)
Supporters of 'Facing the Giants' criticize the PG rating given to the inspirational movie
By Jim Puzzanghera, Times Staff Writer
June 21, 2006
WASHINGTON — A low-budget, inspirational football movie made by Baptist pastors in Georgia has triggered a flood of attacks by Christian groups that accuse Hollywood's main trade association of penalizing the film by giving it a PG rating.
In the last week alone, the Motion Picture Assn. of America, which oversees the rating board, has been swamped with more than 15,000 e-mails arguing that "Facing the Giants" deserves a more family-friendly G rating. The complaints — the number of which may be 10 times the previous record for reaction to a ratings decision — say the movie is being unfairly targeted for its religious themes.
The filmmakers say they were told that those themes had prompted the PG rating. MPAA officials deny that was the reason.
Christians on Football Film: Give Us a G! - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-fi-giants21jun21,0,698170.story)
Supporters of 'Facing the Giants' criticize the PG rating given to the inspirational movie
By Jim Puzzanghera, Times Staff Writer
June 21, 2006
WASHINGTON — A low-budget, inspirational football movie made by Baptist pastors in Georgia has triggered a flood of attacks by Christian groups that accuse Hollywood's main trade association of penalizing the film by giving it a PG rating.
In the last week alone, the Motion Picture Assn. of America, which oversees the rating board, has been swamped with more than 15,000 e-mails arguing that "Facing the Giants" deserves a more family-friendly G rating. The complaints — the number of which may be 10 times the previous record for reaction to a ratings decision — say the movie is being unfairly targeted for its religious themes.
The filmmakers say they were told that those themes had prompted the PG rating. MPAA officials deny that was the reason.