European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Expletives add up to parents guide for movie viewing by Michael Warren associated press it Artin Scorsese a Good fellas was a. Critical hit with Oscar Nornie i i nations for Best picture and Best a m director. But did you know that 282 expletives arc spoken in the film or that the movie about a new York mafia family depicts 14 bloody death scenes including shootings stabbings and the digging up of a Corpse. A a a a v a a a. A some people say it does no to matter How Many swear words there Are in a movie but other pc pie arc offended a said Robert f. Lake jr., a father of two in Boca Raton Fla. And he a one person who would like to know such details before he buys a ticket. A Lake 38, and two friends have launched a newsletter the entertainment research report aimed mostly at concerned parents and people who might think today a movies a too far with language and sex. The newsletter promises to Tell moviegoers what to expect in the Way of profanity violence sex and ethical said he got the idea when he took his wife to see Ferris bueller a Day off several years ago a on the advice of friends and glowing reviews. A they All said the movie was funny and great a said Lake. Quot but there were just a few words said by Young people in the movie that i did no to care to hear in the company of my wife. There should have been a Way to know about that unlike the Catholic news service which reviews movies based on ethical and religious standards and the conservative american family association which has pressured Heaters to remove films it considers morally offensive the entertainment research report takes no stands on whether movies Are Worth watching. Quot its a raw factual Content report. You make the judgment a said Rod Davies president of the Parent entertainment research group inc., which eventually Hopes to Analyse videos recordings and television As Well. Quot you know your kids. We feel parents should be Able to make informed decisions on their Davies Points to the teenage mutant ninja turtles u item in the March 29 Issue. It found no potentially objectionable language or adult situations but noted there is one a implied death not graphic a and one. Scene of a intense fright anticipation human hand shown reaching out of Gar a a a. A. A. New tin Clemo a the entertainment research report wants you to know there were 14 death scenes in a Good fellas a above and one a a implied death in a teenage mutant ninja turtles ii.�?�. Bage Quot i love it Quot said subscriber Ann Romney of Belmont mass., who has five boys. A a it a just wonderful to be Able to know before i take them to the movie what they re going to hear and this kind of quantitative analysis has never been provided to a National audience said George Gerbner a researcher of violence in television and film at the University of Pennsylvania a Annenberg school for communications. Gerbner compared the report to Labelling of a food and drugs. A i think that viewers Are entitled Worner Brothers inc. To know the film critic Roger Ebert said the movie Industry would react with indifference if at All to entertainment research report. Quot basically Hollywood is giving people exactly what they want. They be been doing it for 75 years and they re extremely Good at it a said Ebert who wrote the screenplay for the steamy movie beyond the Valley of the dolls most americans Don t seem to mind the increasing sex and violence in movies Ebert said pointing to thrillers Stich As the silence of the lambs which has made almost $70 million in its first five weeks. A those involved in entertainment research report say they be rebuffed requests to make value judgments in the eight Page newsletter mailed to the first 300 subscribers at Quot a Cost of $40 a year. Quot i done to feel so much like a reviewer As a casual observer Quot said Reed Mccolm a graduate at the University of Southern California who helps Luke Davies and editor David Winston View films. A i m not allowed to impose my opinions on the a you opinions about Hollywood about violence in movies these Are our personal opinions and we want to make sure they done to Cloud our publication a Lake said. A a that a part of the problem with censorship. We re saying a you make your own a a Davies said they Are Quot very sensitive about re mauling objective about movies they study. They take pains to distance themselves from Church based efforts to review movies he said. Lake said that if the newsletter takes off Quot it would create More of a family Market but that a not our Agenda. We re a consumer information 12 1991 sunday a Page 11
