ReelReveal #75

Ireland gave it an 18 certificate — its strictest — for "abortion, incest and drugs", at a time when the first of those was banned by the constitution; the UK let twelve-year-olds in. Its author adapted his own novel, won the Oscar for it and wrote a whole book about the ordeal called My Movie Business. Since 2011 its theme has played under the "Pure Michigan" tourism adverts.