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RoverSuswade

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17. I've often wondered about "The Summer of 42" (1971).

Reply to B Calm (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 07:19 PM

Dec 2014

I doubt it could be made today. I bought the DVD re-release a few years ago and noticed the very explicit copulation scene between the 14-yr-old boy and the 39-yr old woman was taken out.

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Was the 1980 film 'Blue Lagoon" child pornography? [View all] B Calm Dec 2014 OP

More importantly, When will "Guardians of The Galaxy" 2 be out? Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #1

Lego Movie II, Also. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #19

Agree! Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #24

I've never seen it JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #2

There was a 1949 version as well Electric Monk Dec 2014 #6

I saw that when I was a little kid on TV PCIntern Dec 2014 #10

Minor nitpick. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #3

There were nude prepubescent children in it too. B Calm Dec 2014 #5

Yes Arcadiasix Dec 2014 #4

..... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2014 #7

Her picture in the bathtub when she was 10 caused more problems jakeXT Dec 2014 #8

Brooke Shields was only 12 Cirque du So-What Dec 2014 #9

Things like that are seriously creepy. dawg Dec 2014 #11

pretty baby was worse. Mosby Dec 2014 #12

Yep. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2014 #15

No it wasn't child pornography and no, that version could not be made today. nt onehandle Dec 2014 #13

Highly doubtful. hifiguy Dec 2014 #14

like AOL, that is the market her mother and those film makers were servicing reddread Dec 2014 #16

I've often wondered about "The Summer of 42" (1971). RoverSuswade Dec 2014 #17

Forget THAT� What about "Pretty Baby"? MrMickeysMom Dec 2014 #18

Never saw it. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #20

could blazing saddles be made today? the progression has reversed. it's a frickin' crazy ass world... spanone Dec 2014 #21

Could KISS/Gene Simmons publish "Christine Sixteen" hexola Dec 2014 #22

Yes and Yes. Rex Dec 2014 #23