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Post by mikef6 on Oct 6, 2020 0:07:18 GMT
Probably whatever was the first R-rated film. However, it is unknown what the very first R-rated film was. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966) is widely considered the movie that kicked the old Production Code to the ground and stomped on it. The final nail in the coffin. It was the spur that led to the creation of the MPAA and the ratings so might be considered itself to be the first (honorary) R-rated film. I saw it when it was released. I was of college age. The ratings system became official in November 1968. Several great movies released the next year got the "R" or higher. 1969's Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, got an X-rating even though that was to be reserved for pornography (which never got submitted for rating in the first place). It was re-rated "R" in 1971. The Wild Bunch and Easy Rider (both also 1969) were also early "R" films. Saw all of these upon their initial release. The first R-rated movie was “The Split,” a 1968 noir starring Jim Brown and Gene Hackman. The last time (two or three years ago) that I researched the question, there was uncertainty about the first. Anyway, I saw "The Split," too.
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