"This Is It" officially Rated PG by BBFC

[bobmoo79]

On 9th October 2009, the British Board for Film Classification (BBFC) officially rated "This Is It" as 'Parental Guidance' (PG) with a running time of 111minutes, and rated the trailer for the film as 'U'.

With the trailer now officially rated we may see it being played on UK TV very soon!



The film is listed on their site with the following information:
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD align=right>http://www.bbfc.co.uk/icons/bbfc/sPG2003.gif</TD><TD>9 Oct</TD><TD>http://www.bbfc.co.uk/icons/bbfc/openingsoon.gif</TD><TD>MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/e8ea0df3a881175480256d58003cb570/844b111bf4636ffd8025764a005ce58e?OpenDocument)</TD><TD>Contains infrequent scary scenes</TD><TD>Kenny Ortega</TD><TD>Michael Jackson,Kenny Ortega,Orianthi</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


Source:
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/recent/index.php?media=film





Further details:


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BBFC reference AFF263023
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<TABLE id=MediaTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD vAlign=center width=605 bgColor=#ffffff>MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT</TD><TD vAlign=center width=132 bgColor=#ffffff>
Feature Film
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD vAlign=bottom width=605 bgColor=#ffffff>Classified 09 October, 2009 .</TD><TD vAlign=bottom width=132 bgColor=#ffffff>
Run Time 111m 0s
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Expected to open on 27/10/2009
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width=151 bgColor=#ffffff>Consumer Advice:</TD><TD width=680 bgColor=#ffffff>Contains infrequent scary scenes</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>This work was passed with no cuts made. </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>The BBFC has placed this work in the DOCUMENTARY genre(s). <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width=868 bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=2>The main spoken language in this work is English.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=868 bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=2>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=434 bgColor=#ffffff>Directed by Kenny Ortega</TD><TD width=434 bgColor=#ffffff>http://www.bbfc.co.uk/icons/ecblank.gif</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The cast for this work includes: Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega, Orianthi.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 111m 0s.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>The running time of this film was calculated from the measured length of 9990+0 ( feet + frames ).</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>This work was submitted to the BBFC by Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd. .</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>A film or video, together with associated trailers may exist in several versions and all versions known to the BBFC are listed below.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH noWrap align=left>Category</TH><TH noWrap align=left>Type</TH><TH noWrap align=left>Date</TH><TH noWrap align=left>Company</TH><TH noWrap align=left>Run Time</TH><TH noWrap align=left>Cut</TH><TH noWrap align=left>Title</TH></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD noWrap>http://www.bbfc.co.uk/icons/bbfc/sU2003.gif</TD><TD noWrap>FilmTrailer (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/c2fb077ba3f9b33980256b4f002da32c/46e2825acf6fe7ef8025762d002c8fe7?OpenDocument)</TD><TD noWrap>09/09/2009</TD><TD noWrap>Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.</TD><TD noWrap>2m 25s</TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD noWrap>http://www.bbfc.co.uk/icons/bbfc/sPG2003.gif</TD><TD noWrap>Film (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/c2fb077ba3f9b33980256b4f002da32c/844b111bf4636ffd8025764a005ce58e?OpenDocument)</TD><TD noWrap>09/10/2009</TD><TD noWrap>Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.</TD><TD noWrap>111m 0s</TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>Details are likely to be more complete and accurate for the version submitted most recently.
When a film is transferred to video the running time will be shorter by approximately 4% due to the differing number of frames per second. This does not mean that the video version has been cut or re-edited.</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD width=869 bgColor=#ffffff>This entry was last updated 09/10/2009




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[Rockin.]

:) 2.25s , Is that the full trailer that was shown at mtv?

[bobmoo79]

I think the MTV one was 2m31, but I'm not sure.

[Rockin.]

Ok, I just hope they show the full thing. Hopefully we'll see it soon. I've seen nothing promoting TII in the UK.

[bobmoo79]

Me neither, except for all the hoo-ha surrounding the 'new' song. The press were really duped by that song, expecting it to be brand new, expecting it to be released, reporting it was 'expected' to be the biggest selling single ever! LOL

I will be expecting to see the film during X Factor on Saturday or Sunday. It's the biggest show of the week and the last ones before opening night. BUT if tickets sell really well between now and then thanks to this song, they might not bother because there'd be no point if it's nearing sell-out status already. The cost of the ad might outweigh the potential benefit of running it.