Lot 47, the film's distributor, lost its appeal, and released the film unrated (it was later cut for video and was given an R rating).

This is because the film was unrated and Italy has rules concerning minors attending unrated films.

Accordingly, a movie theater may either not be allowed to program an unrated film, or voluntarily refrain from that.

The NC-17 or unrated films are such a small percentage of the broad selection we offer in our store.

A studio cannot release an unrated film.

"Our policy is that we consider each unrated film on a case-by-case basis," Mr. Knief said.

In video stores unrated films can create confusion for dealers and customers who don't know what to expect.

The unrated film is in French with English subtitles.

The film could go out unrated, but many theaters in this country won't show unrated films, and some newspapers won't advertise them.

This section notes what was deleted from the unrated, original French film to produce the American version.