CENSORSHIP, a conversation – Part 6: “The Flamingo Kid” (1984)

This is the sixth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings.

 Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”.

Future episodes will focus on John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986) and Philip Kaufmans’s “Henry & June” (1990).

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Referenced media:

• “Green Book” (Peter Farrelly, 2018)
• “Crash” (Paul Haggis, 2004)
• “Stand By Me” (Rob Reiner, 1986)
• “The Graduate” (Mike Nichols, 1967)
• “Arrested Development” (Mitchell Hurwitz, 2003-2006 and 2013-2019)
• “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (David Zucker, 1988)
• “Happy Days” (Garry Marshall, 1974-1984)
• “My Tutor” (George Bowers, 1983)
• “American Graffiti” (George Lucas, 1973)
• “Head of the Class” (Michael Elias and Richard Eustis, 1986-1991)
• “Eight is Enough” (William Blinn, 1977-1981)
• “Paris, Texas” (Wim Wenders, 1984)
• “The Terminator” (James Cameron, 1984)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “The Killing Fields” (Roland Joffé, 1984)
• “Supergirl” (Jeannot Szwarc, 1984)
• “Beverly Hills Cop” (Martin Brest, 1984)
• “City Heat” (Richard Benjamin, 1984)
• “The Cotton Club” (Francis For Coppola 1984)
• “Dune” (David Lynch, 1984)
• “1984” (Michael Radford, 1984)
• “A Passage to India” (David Lean, 1984)
• “Runaway” (Michael Crichton, 1984)
• “Starman” (John Carpenter, 1984)
• “The River” (Mark Rydell, 1984)
• “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” (Sam Firstenberg, 1984)
• “Blood Simple” (Joel Coen, 1984)
• “The Falcon and the Snowman” (John Schlesinger, 1985)
• “Fandango” (Kevin Reynolds, 1985)
• “Witness” (Peter Weir, 1985)
• “The Breakfast Club” (John Hughes, 1985)
• “Vision Quest” (Harold Becker, 1985)
• “The Sting” (George Roy Hill, 1973)