The Weinstein Company has announced its intention to appeal the MPAA's decision to assign an "R" rating to its forthcoming Bully , a documentary on America's bullying crisis by award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch.
The "R" rating was made on the basis of "some language," and restricts children under 17 from seeing the film unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. As a result, Bully could not be screened in U.S. middle and high schools, where it is the hope of the filmmakers that it might reach a mass national audience of students and be used as a tool to stop an epidemic of physical, psychological and emotional violence.
The Weinstein Company's Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein will appeal the MPAA rating, and will be joined by Alex Libby, one of...
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