HARVEY WEINSTEIN - MPAA OVERTURNS NCO-17 RATING

MPAA OVERTURNS NCO-17 RATING

In a rare reversal, the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board has removed the NC-17 rating from Kevin Smith's latest comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and will replace it with an R rating. The MPAA said that it had agreed to overturn the rating after hearing arguments from Smith and attorney Alan Friedman, representing The Weinstein Co., which is distributing the movie. In a statement, Weinstein Co. Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein said, "This is a great day for Kevin Smith fans and we are grateful that the MPAA's appeals board was able to overturn what we felt was an unwarranted and overly restrictive rating."

07/08/2008