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Motion Picture Association of America
Availability: Aside from lasting over three decades, it's pretty rare. It recently appeared at the end of the IMAX version of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Scare Factor: None.
Availability: Common.
Scare Factor: None.
1st logo
(1968-1970)
Logo: On a blue or black background, we see the words "THE MOTION PICTURE CODE & RATING ADMINISTRATION HAS RATED THIS MOTION PICTURE". Below it is one of four ratings, all in a square unless otherwise noted:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. It can be seen on MPAA-rated films in the rating system's infancy and can also be seen on trailers from the period, including True Grit and Girl on a Motorcycle.
Scare Factor: None, though the announcer on the Girl on a Motorcycle trailer may startle those used to these rating cards being silent.
2nd logo
(1970-2002)
Logo: On a blue background, we see a white stripe. Above that stripe, we see the words "THE MOTION PICTURE CODE & RATING ADMINISTRATION HAS RATED THIS MOTION PICTURE". On the stripe we see the following words and rating, depending on the film:
FX/SFX: None
Music/Sounds: None.
(1968-1970)
Logo: On a blue or black background, we see the words "THE MOTION PICTURE CODE & RATING ADMINISTRATION HAS RATED THIS MOTION PICTURE". Below it is one of four ratings, all in a square unless otherwise noted:
- General Audiences: G
- Parental Guidance/Parents Strongly Warned: M
- Restricted: R
- No One Under 16: X (in a circle)
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. It can be seen on MPAA-rated films in the rating system's infancy and can also be seen on trailers from the period, including True Grit and Girl on a Motorcycle.
Scare Factor: None, though the announcer on the Girl on a Motorcycle trailer may startle those used to these rating cards being silent.
2nd logo
(1970-2002)
Logo: On a blue background, we see a white stripe. Above that stripe, we see the words "THE MOTION PICTURE CODE & RATING ADMINISTRATION HAS RATED THIS MOTION PICTURE". On the stripe we see the following words and rating, depending on the film:
- General Audiences: G
- Parental Guidance: PG (or GP)
- Parents Strongly Warned: PG-13 (or GP*)
- Restricted: R
- No One Under 17: NC-17 (or X)
FX/SFX: None
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Aside from lasting over three decades, it's pretty rare. It recently appeared at the end of the IMAX version of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Scare Factor: None.
3rd logo
(1974-present)
Logo: On a blue background, we see the words "THIS MOTION PICTURE HAS BEEN RATED". In a white square, either one of there ratings will be seen, along with the MPAA logo:
FX/SFX: None
Music/Sounds: None.
(1974-present)
Logo: On a blue background, we see the words "THIS MOTION PICTURE HAS BEEN RATED". In a white square, either one of there ratings will be seen, along with the MPAA logo:
- General Audiences: G
- Parental Guidance: PG
- Parents Strongly Warned: PG-13
- Restricted: R
- No One Under 17: NC-17
FX/SFX: None
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Common.
Scare Factor: None.