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- From: mritchie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael S Ritchie)
- Subject: Re: ?? about poltergeist
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.231352.25480@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:13:52 GMT
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- About the rating of Poltergeist: the film was always rated PG,
- but I remember some debate about that. I think they defended the
- rating because one of the gorier effects wound up being a
- hallucination, and the rest were mostly "scare" effects. Poltergeist
- II and III were both rated PG-13.
- --Michael
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