![]() Also the movie was released in 1976 and there was no PG-13 then, I believe that classification came in the early 80s. The language (shit, bitch, son of a bitch and ***** are uttered) violence (a fist fight, domestic violence and a shooting) sex (bedroom scenes, talk of "making love" and references to condoms but no nudity) are all relevant to the story and not just needless instances of bad behavior, it showed the results of the choices made by each character. The original was rated PG but would definately be PG-13 by today's standards due to instances of language, violence and sexual situations. Bishop Jakes has already said that the movie will not as gritty as the original. It looks the movie is about to softened and with Bishop TD Jakes involvment the movie is going to get locked into PG territory. Looking at the still shots and what I've read about the Sparkle remake. The storyline will also be changed up a bit. The updated version will move the storyline up to the 1960s and over to Detroit. At the time the United States there was a strong sense of 1950s nostalgia and that worked to give the movie a very accurate 1950's despiction. The original movie was about three sisters in Harlem in 1958 trying to become singing stars. The movie's soundtrack is also remembered for giving Aretha Franklin's career a boost. The movie didn't do well at the box office and it has an average rating 6.7 rating on IMDB and a rather suprising 91% approval on rotten tomatos and is mostly remembered as a black cult classic and it was only recently released on DVD around or after the time Dreamgirls came out. On one hand I'm happy this movie is getting remade because the original was somewhat anti-climatic but I'm not happy about how it's shaping up and I'm not happy that Whitney Houston's death is gonna overshadow it and push the original further into the shadows.įor those of you who aren't into Blaxploitation movies, the original Sparkle movie was released in 1976.
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