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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gosling-movie-gets-rating-reprieve.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Ryan Gosling has welcomed a rating change for his film Blue Valentine" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-gosling-movie-gets-rating-reprieve.jpg" alt="Ryan Gosling has welcomed a rating change for his film Blue Valentine"/></a></p>
<p>Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling&#8217;s marital drama Blue Valentine has won a rare appeal of its adults-only NC-17 rating in the US and will go into cinemas with an R rating instead.</p>
<p>Motion Picture Association of American spokeswoman Elizabeth Kaltman said the rating was changed after the group&#8217;s appeals board viewed the film and heard arguments from Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co is releasing it.</p>
<p>The drama initially drew the NC-17 rating for a &#8220;scene of explicit sexual content&#8221;. The film now carries an R rating for &#8220;strong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am so appreciative that the MPAA was gracious enough to reconsider their rating of the film,&#8221; Ryan said in a statement. &#8220;I can&#8217;t express how grateful I am to those in the media who stood up for the film and put their reputations on the line in using their voices to support something they believed in.&#8221;</p>
<p>An NC-17 rating would have prohibited those under 17 from attending and could have been a kiss of death for the film, as that rating is equated with pornography in many theatre owners&#8217; and movie-goers&#8217; minds.</p>
<p>With an R rating, those younger than 17 can see the film if they&#8217;re accompanied by an adult.</p>
<p>Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance said the rating change was a win for &#8220;free speech and artistic integrity&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;We believed in presenting relationships and sexuality with an honesty and truthfulness often lacking in the grand tradition of Hollywood sensationalism,&#8221; Cianfrance said. &#8220;I am thankful the MPAA saw the light and were humble enough to reverse their decision.&#8221;</p>
<p>The film hits US cinemas on December 31, just in time to qualify for the Academy Awards. </p>
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