"hard R" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1979 January 11, Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, “Sugar Cookies”, in Program archive:",
          "text": "Sugar Cookies would probably rate a 'hard-R' today, but six years ago it got an X, made a brief appearance on the 42nd Street porno circuit, and disappeared without a trace.",
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          "ref": "1996 February 18, Trip Gabriel, “The Ratings Game At the Cineplex”, in The New York Times, page Section 2, Page 1:",
          "text": "For a \"soft R\" like \"Four Weddings and a Funeral,\" which features a smattering of profanity, a theater might check identifications only lightly. But it will turn tough for a \"hard R\" like Oliver Stone's \"Natural Born Killers,\" one of the most violent movies of recent years.",
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          "ref": "2003, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Marketing Violence to Children: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, September 13, 2000, page 51:",
          "text": "I believe we'll hear later from the movie industry's lobbyist, Mr. Valenti, that not all \"R\"s are really \"R\"s. More specifically, and I quote from Mr. Valenti's written testimony: \"Some R-rated are hard \"R\"s and some are soft \"R\"s.\"",
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          "ref": "2018 July 28, Caitlin Lovinger, “Three in One; Will Nediger’s puzzle breaks it down for us, in a funny way.”, in DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN, The New York Times:",
          "text": "A HARD R rating would seem to be between “R” — which has meant restricted to adults, because of various elements — and “NC-17.”",
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        "a movie that is intentionally written to be R-rated (\"Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.\") by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), typically due to having multiple scenes of violence or nudity."
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        "(US, film) a movie that is intentionally written to be R-rated (\"Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.\") by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), typically due to having multiple scenes of violence or nudity."
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          "ref": "1979 January 11, Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, “Sugar Cookies”, in Program archive:",
          "text": "Sugar Cookies would probably rate a 'hard-R' today, but six years ago it got an X, made a brief appearance on the 42nd Street porno circuit, and disappeared without a trace.",
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          "ref": "1996 February 18, Trip Gabriel, “The Ratings Game At the Cineplex”, in The New York Times, page Section 2, Page 1:",
          "text": "For a \"soft R\" like \"Four Weddings and a Funeral,\" which features a smattering of profanity, a theater might check identifications only lightly. But it will turn tough for a \"hard R\" like Oliver Stone's \"Natural Born Killers,\" one of the most violent movies of recent years.",
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          "ref": "2003, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Marketing Violence to Children: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, September 13, 2000, page 51:",
          "text": "I believe we'll hear later from the movie industry's lobbyist, Mr. Valenti, that not all \"R\"s are really \"R\"s. More specifically, and I quote from Mr. Valenti's written testimony: \"Some R-rated are hard \"R\"s and some are soft \"R\"s.\"",
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          "text": "A HARD R rating would seem to be between “R” — which has meant restricted to adults, because of various elements — and “NC-17.”",
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        "(US, film) a movie that is intentionally written to be R-rated (\"Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.\") by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), typically due to having multiple scenes of violence or nudity."
      ],
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