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Eszterhas has urged teenagers to use fake IDs to get into his movie, to which Hollywood czar Jack Valenti declares, "Someone who would make that statement needs professional counseling--it's so palpably stupid." The screenwriter also insists the film has a modern, even feminist moral: "The message is that you don't have to sell your soul to make...
...school kids to hear a very moral message simply because it's set in the world of nude dancing is just pious nonsense," says Eszterhas, who suggests teens use fake IDs to get in. Many kids no doubt appreciate the tip, but Motion Picture Association of America head Jack Valenti doesn't. He told USA Today that Eszterhas is "desperately ill and in need of medical attention...
...films are suitable for adults only ("Bye, Bye Love"). "A-4" is for adults, with reservations and caution ("The Bridges of Madison County"). And the rating you've been waiting for, O, means morally offensive ("Die Hard With a Vengeance," "Exotica" and "Two Girls in Love"). Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, today responded that the current system "is for everyone: Jews, Catholics, heretics, agnostics. Everyone!" Photographs...
...real issue isn't a double standard; it's the censorious clout of the rating system. Jack Valenti, the MPAA boss who invented the system, insists it is "purely voluntary" and meant only as a guide to parents. If that were so, he would allow separate versions of a film (R and NC-17) to play in different theaters. Then smart, serious moviemakers like Stone, Smith and Megahey would be able to write and direct pictures to their own standards, and not a 16- year...
MPAA PRESIDENT JACK VALENTI...