Solaris rating battle over George Clooney's naked butt
Steven Soderbergh is wrestling with the MPAA ratings board to get a PG-13 rating for the upcoming Solaris. The main sticking point is George Clooney's bare ass. An unnamed "Solaris insider" says, "We trimmed down most of the sex scenes, and we are not taking out George's butt, which is basically all that remains--and which is actually pretty nice. You can show women's breasts and butts and still get a PG-13; why can't we?" Soderbergh himself says, "Believe me, there is nothing here that is worse than what has been on NYPD Blue." (Nov 2002)
The MPAA ratings board gave Solaris a PG-13 rating despite brief shots of George Clooney's bare buttocks. Or as Zap2It's headline puts it, Clooney's Butt Wins Ratings Battle. Clooney himself suspects that Fox orchestrated the ratings clash to generate some sexy advance publicity. (Nov 2002)
