“Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” (1970)įilmmaker Russ Meyer and screenwriter Roger Ebert cheekily outdid “Valley of the Dolls” with kink, drugs, violence, and the X rating.Click through the gallery for 28 films that originally earned the rating (all synopses provided by Quad). Visit the official Quad Cinema website for a full rundown of the Rated X Retrospective. Some films embraced the explicit rating, while others fought the MPAA, either with unrated releases or editing the film to earn an R rating. Starting December 14 and running through January 8, the Quad will screen 28 movies branded with the infamous X rating.
New York City’s Quad Cinema is celebrating the history of the X-rated movie with a provocative retrospective highlighting the films that challenged both the MPAA and viewing norms alike. Image Credit: Warner Bros/Hawk Films/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
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