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Did you know that there are people in this world who watch movies and count the curse words? Among those who count is the FamilyMediaGuide.com, which not only tracks profanity in movies, but also sex, violence and tobacco use. It claims to make no judgment on a movie's value, but simply to track those criteria so parents can use the results as a guide. Just in time for Oscar, here's the latest tally of naughty words.
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It's up for several honors at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, but "Crash" already has taken first prize for the most curse words in a film nominated for best picture, with 182 expletives, including 99 utterances of the F-word. Here, Thandie Newton and Matt Dillon are shown in a scene from the film.
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"Brokeback Mountain," starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger (shown here), ranked second among best picture nominees with 92 curse words.
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"Munich" ranked third among best picture nominees with 22 curse words. (According to FamilyMediaGuide.com, 17 Best Picture winners have contained the F-word since 1960. In the same time span, 16 Best Picture winners have contained graphic violence.)
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"Good Night, and Good Luck," starring David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow, was cited for only 6 instances of profanity. But it didn't do as well with smoking, which is also tracked at FamilyMediaGuide.com. They counted 67 tobacco incidents, not surprising considering Murrow's legendary fondness for the habit.
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"Capote" only has five curse words, by this count. Of all the criteria tracked at the Web site, "Capote" (with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener, at left) scored highest under tobacco use (30 incidents) and lowest under sexual content (three incidents).
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Oliver Stone, shown here at a movie screening in New York Nov. 22, 2004, directed "Platoon," the movie that holds the record for most profanities (329) in a film to win the best picture Oscar. The Vietnam War drama was released in 1986. "The Deer Hunter" (1978) is second with 208 curse words.
