Has Disney ever released a rated-R movie?

[gilapimp]

I was just wondering if Disney ever released a rated-R movie and what was it/were they?

[Kaiju]

Technically, yes. Through Touchstone and Miramax... but other than that, nope.

[Diesel]

There have been plenty of R-rated movies they have released under their different banners.

Keep in mind they aren't just Walt Disney Pictures, they also have/have had Touchstone, Miramax, etc.


Edit: Bah, bested by seconds

[cinemaphile]

...and Hollywood and Dimension

[metaridley]

Disney is a corporate behemoth; one of the largest games in town. Chances are, yes.

[gilapimp]

Thanks guys! I just think it would be funny if they did under the "Disney" name, and not one of their other companies.

[jasonjl]

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[gilapimp]

Originally Posted by jasonjl

how bout


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Wow, those are all Disney? I didn't think of those.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by bestblus

Wow, those are all Disney? I didn't think of those.

no, none are Disney.

As stated previously, Disney as the corporate parent is connected to those films, but they are released under Touchstone, Hollywood, Miramax, etc. If you're planning on listing any R-Rated movie released under their other studios, that will be a long, long, long... long list.

[gilapimp]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

no, none are Disney.

As stated previously, Disney as the corporate parent is connected to those films, but they are released under Touchstone, Hollywood, Miramax, etc. If you're planning on listing any R-Rated movie released under their other studios, that will be a long, long, long... long list.

I checked No Country For Old Men and it says the studio was Disney / Buena Vista.......?

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by bestblus

I checked No Country For Old Men and it says the studio was Disney / Buena Vista.......?

imdb lists Paramont Vantage, Miramax, and Scott Rudin Productions as the production companies for No Country for Old Men. They made the film; Disney/Buena Vista only distribute it. Same goes for things like Kill Bill, Sin City, Pearl Harbor (including the R-rated cut on DVD), etc.

I personally think it would be cool to have an R-rated Disney film, with the actual Disney logo at the film's opening, but to my knowledge, none have been made. Closest contenders we have are The Black Hole (has a few wicked deaths), but that's still just PG. The National Treasure and POTC movies are PG-13, for action violence, but nothing really hardcore. John Carter has a beheading and lots of creature violence, but it's still just Star Warsy type of violence.

I seriously doubt that Disney will ever release a R-rated film of any kind, because it's built its reputation for decades as a family-friendly franchise. An R movie would soil that reputation, at least in the eyes of the executives and stakeholders, so they would never take such a risk. Not that R movies are really necessary, but I would have admired such boldness.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

I personally think it would be cool to have an R-rated Disney film, with the actual Disney logo at the film's opening, but to my knowledge, none have been made. Closest contenders we have are The Black Hole (has a few wicked deaths), but that's still just PG. The National Treasure and POTC movies are PG-13, for action violence, but nothing really hardcore. John Carter has a beheading and lots of creature violence, but it's still just Star Warsy type of violence.

The National Treasure films are actually PG.

Disney's Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures are the closest they've come to releasing an R rated movie, since they're technically just labels under the Disney/Buena Vista name. They created Touchstone Pictures specifically because they wanted to release R rated features.

Disney bought the Miramax Films company in the '90s (side note: Dimension is just the genre label for Miramax), but later sold it after the Weinsteins left.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Seymour

Disney bought the Miramax Films company in the '90s (side note: Dimension is just the genre label for Miramax), but later sold it after the Weinsteins left.

In fact, during the Eisner-bashing era, it was popular to confuse the two where convenient:
If Miramax had their usual Oscar-bait nominee that year, "the Weinsteins continue to dominate their hold on Hollywood"--
If Miramax had a release that got firestorms of controversy, the headlines read, "Big blowup for Disney!...What would Mickey say? "
Apparently, Miramax/Dimension only released the good movies.

[Guydowood]

even though "Song of the South" was not R rated, it's one of Disney's most controversial films due to parts of the subject matter. In fact it's never been released on any home video format at all, legally speaking.....

[zafisher94]

Originally Posted by Guydowood

even though "Song of the South" was not R rated, it's one of Disney's most controversial films due to parts of the subject matter. In fact it's never been released on any home video format at all, legally speaking.....

what does being controversial have to do with being rated r? There is not one element in SotS that would qualify it for an r rating. And it was released in Japan on laserdisc (and vhs?)

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by zafisher94

what does being controversial have to do with being rated r? There is not one element in SotS that would qualify it for an r rating. And it was released in Japan on laserdisc (and vhs?)

And in other countries.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

And in other countries.

Us bonkers Brits, eh?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Us bonkers Brits, eh?

No, they're just racist already, so what would it hurt?

[Elandyll]

I think that The Watcher in the Woods and The Black Hole are as close to R as Disney itself (not its affiliates) as ever wanted to be.

TWitW in particular, considered too dark, was toned down a lot along the way.

[SwaggerJagger]

Didn't Fright Night end with distributed by Walt Disney Pictures?