Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a movie rating indicating that admission will not be granted to anyone under the age of 18.
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- adjective Only
suitable foradults .
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Comments (82) 'Réalité': Angels and cavemen on 'SYTYCD'; NC-17 horror on 'DWTS'; blackface on 'Top Model'; boredom on 'Runway'; and justice on 'Top Chef' by Michael Slezak
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Remember back in February we learned that director Marc Vorlander was planning to release a sequel to the 1995 NC-17 rated box-office-bomb-turned-cult-classic film Showgirls entitled Showgirls: Exposed?
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The MPAA had their way with the film, removing a solid 3 minutes from the opening murder-scene to bring the rating down from NC-17 to R for American theatrical audiences.
TEN of TERROR #6: Haute Tension « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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With so many movies this year competing in a race to have the skankiest smutfest, and with X and NC-17 movies somehow managing to get in with “R” ratings, it is refreshing to see one of the few funny, truly entertaining movies, all without having to roll my eyes at the gifted but perverted writers in Hollywood.
'Cloudy with a Chance of...' adult entertainment | EW.com 2009
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But what has perhaps overshadowed Blue Valentine is the story of how the Motion Picture Association of America originally gave Blue Valentine an NC-17 rating, meaning that no one under the age of 17 would be allowed to see the film even if accompanied by their parents.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Blue Valentine -- NC-17? Really? Jonathan Kim 2011
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The full NC-17 cut was however released on an unrated DVD.
TEN of TERROR #6: Haute Tension « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Rating: Adult, some chapters NC-17 with graphic sex
Fic Update amberfocus 2009
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Rating: Adult, some chapters NC-17 with graphic sex
Fic Update amberfocus 2009
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As an aside, they cleaned up Zobmondo, which when I first bought it 10-15 years ago had some really crude questions in it; now you can buy the “classic” [aka clean] version, a junior version, and a NC-17 version.
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'Réalité': Angels and cavemen on 'SYTYCD'; NC-17 horror on 'DWTS'; blackface on 'Top Model'; boredom on 'Runway'; and justice on 'Top Chef' | EW. com
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