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Subject: Speilberg:Violence in Indiana Jones - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 00:37:00 EDT
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In the May 18 issue of USA Today, it was mentioned that Speilberg and Lucas
have voluntarily added "disclaimers" about intensely violent scenes which
appear in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."  Speilberg was quoted as
saying if he had children around the age of 10, he would not allow them to
see parts of this film, particularly about 20 minutes in the middle.  Some
scenes mentioned as particularly gruesome involve child slavery, lava pits
and other fun things.  It would seem that if more than a few parents catch
wind of this, there are going to be a great number of youngsters that wont
see IJ&TOD, which may take a small chunk out of Paramount's expected profits..
A member of the ratings board thought PG was too light, yet an R was too
severe as a rating........I would hate to see such a potentially great movie
spoiled by gratuitous violence...Any comments?

David E. Whitney
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