The beheading, the impaling, the throat cutting, the view of a body with the throat cut and abdomen cut open showing entrails, then there is the native's not so fleeting nudity ( and the naked corpse). I seen R rated movies of the era that seemed milder than Papillon.
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It WAS rated R originally but it was lowered to a PG when the studio put in an appeal. I like the film but I agree with you--it deserved an R rating.
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I'd call it more like PG-13 (if they'd had it back then) since the language is mild and the gore/violence factor is fleeting and so NOT the main focus. As for the nudity, even though it's not fleeting, it's presented in a natural way that is not sexual at all. Nowadays, some R rated movies have constant gore and F-bombs every few minutes and women are portrayed in a very debasing way.
Indigenous nudity isn't treated the same way as regular nudity in movies. It has no effect on the rating.
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