beverly hills cop was the 1984 film that had the first pg-13 rating.
beverly hills cop was the 1984 film that had the first pg-13 rating.
what 1984 film had the first pg-13 rating?
beverly hills cop
along with "indiana jones and the temple of doom", also rated pg, "gremlins" was one of two films in 1984 to influence the mpaa to create the pg-13 rating, with "red dawn" being the first film released in theaters that was given the new rating in august 1984. the scene in which a gremlin explodes in the microwave was particularly influential to the idea that some films too light to be rated r are still too mature to be rated pg. the change to the rating system was not insignificant; the rating pg-13 turned out to be appealing to many film patrons, as it implied some excitement without being too explicit.
gremlins
"revenge of the sith" is the first "star wars" film to receive a pg-13 rating from the motion picture association of america (mpaa), officially for "thematic elements sci-fi violence and some sensuality intense images", namely for the scene in which darth vader is set aflame by lava and molten rock. lucas had stated months before the mpaa's decision that he felt the film should receive a pg-13 rating, because of anakin's final moments and the film's content being the darkest and most intense of all six films. some critics, including roger ebert and richard roeper, later responded that children would be able to handle the film as long as they had parental guidance, hence a "pg rating". all previously released films in the series were rated pg. the pg-13 rating had not existed when the films in the original trilogy were released; however, the original trilogy's films were later re-submitted to the mpaa due to changes in the re-released versions and once again received pg ratings. when "revenge of the sith" was released in canada, it was given a pg rating in most provinces, excluding quebec, where it was rated g. in the united kingdom it received a 12a rating by the british board of film classification (bbfc). in australia, the film was rated m for mature audiences by the australian classification board (acb).
star wars: episode iii – revenge of the sith