rent movie cuts

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 4:46pm

what are your predictions for what was cut. keep in mind that its an R rating.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 4:58pm

It is? Is this site for this movie up yet? Where has everyone been getting this info?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 4:59pm

1) They haven't even begun to film yet. They're still casting.

2) No rating can be assigned to a film until a final cut is submitted to MPAA.

3) I don't think it will receive an 'R' rating, as I don't believe the producers would want a limited audience. PG-13 would be my guess as to what they are aiming for.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:00pm

Anthony Rapp said it will be rated R if I remember right.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:00pm

I don't think it's possible to do RENT without it at least being R for language. I would hope they don't try to cut the language, as it would ruin the entire feeling of the environment.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:00pm

I believe this will get an "R" rating also if for nothing else, the language. The MPAA's guidelines are very strict on that rule, and if they were to rate the Broadway version, that is the rating it would receive.

But why do I have the feeling we're going to have to deal with this Evelyn person on this thread and her tirades?

[meagan9848]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:03pm

Evelyn is actually Chris Columbus trying to feel everyone out and get reactions

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:03pm

"Evelyn person?"

Yes, I would say the Broadway version would be rated 'R' - however I would think the producers would want to keep their younger audience. This would be the first movie musical to be given an 'R' rating, I believe.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:04pm

A PG13 RENT would be an absolute disaster. It's an adult concept, and that's all there is to it.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:04pm

I think it will get a PG-13 rating...an R-rating for just language is a little extreme.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:04pm

FAME received an "R" rating.

But as Anthony said, Columbus isn't going to shy away from ANYTHING in this. It's going to get an "R" rating and that's a good thing in this case.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:06pm

Ah Matt_G once again wins this debate

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:06pm

Also, at least the Chbosky screenplay deals with rape, sex, and nudity in what appears to be a very graphic way. It keeps with the grittiness of the show wonderfully, but there is no way it will get a PG13 if that's kept it. Which I hope it is.

[broadwaybound3]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:06pm

well- its not a kiddy show in the first place.. i dont know any familys running to take their 8 yr. olds to see Rent. I wouldnt be suprised uf it was R. According to passed posts, Contact is going to be cut and they might just cut to angel funeral.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:07pm

WickedROCKS, you also have drug use, homosexuality, sex, and adult situations, and suicide (April)

[Matt_G]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:08pm

Exactly. All those themes are taken into account when rating. But the language alone would give it that, also.

It will be a fresh interesting take on the show that I can't wait to see. With this cast, maybe it will remind people what it used to be and sadly shows no resemblance to anymore.

[broadwaybound3]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:08pm

yea- if the movie wasnt rated R, then it wouldnt be rent!

[zoran912]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:09pm

How are the cuts already known? They haven't even completed casting.

[Alix]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:10pm

If RENT is rated PG-13 it will simply not be the movie it should be. RENT is a dark show that deals with very heavy issues and, while an R rating may limit the audience a bit, I think it is the only way to transfer the story to the screen without losing the gritty feel it should have.

Alix

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:11pm

where is there nudity in the chbosky script? which character?

[broadwaybound3]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:12pm

this are rumored cuts that i have gotten from other posts. Not for sure, but most likely.

[pab]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:16pm

In this interview, Columbus say he want it to remain "very real, very gritty". To me that's an "R" rating:

What’s next for you?

"Rent."

Really, you are dong it?

Yeah, I’m definitely doing it, I’m committed to it. It’s my next film.

How is it going to look?

I literally just started on it.

What are your ideas?

My ideas are to make it very real, very gritty but to preserve the - there was a chance that Rent was going to go to television and I found out about that. I’ve been a fan of it for about 7 years, and I wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be homogenized, preserve Jonathan Larson’s initial play in tact. So what you will see on screen will be that play come to life with all of New York City as its star. So we’ll open it up a little bit, but I think in terms of atmosphere we’ll try to find new people, people you’ve never seen before, put a cast together of stars who can act and sing.

You’re not considering any of the original cast members?

Well it depends. These people are anywhere fro 19 to 23 years old, so certainly we’ll talk to them. I saw the original cast, one of the cast I cast in my very first film, Anthony Rapp, he was in “Adventures in Babysitting.” And he’s the quintessential Mark, I mean they all are to me, but it’s a question of age. Because part of the tragedy is the youth. You see these people as younger kids. So we’ll see. It’s basically how they’ve aged.

Have you done a musical before?

I did the blues bar sequence in “Adventures in Babysitting.” I’ve been a fan of musicals for years, I’ve always wanted to do a musical and I’ve been fan of rock and roll longer than that, so it sort of brings it all together for me.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 5:22pm

http://www.tnmc.org/dp/0904011.shtml

a review of chboskys original script, talking about how over the moon and contact were cut

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:13pm

"Younger audiences" meaning they want the teens. Back when RENT was new, it was teenie-boppers who were singing "Seasons of Love" for auditions all the time. Rent-heads. Remember? Sure, adults did like it, but its the middle school thru high school level that also enjoys it - and that was the popular audience in the late-mid '90s.

Columbus has no say. If Miramax says its gotta be a PG-13 because that's where the money is, then that is what Columbus will have to deliver. Remember, its Columbus who cares about the story, NOT Miramax.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:18pm

When Evelyn comes, please queue the wicked witch music...


It will most likely be rated R.