Original sentence: Films released with a "NC-17" rating has more recently been limited to films considered to appeal to a limited audience where the limited distribution and advertising of such films is not considered a major obsticle.However, media outlets which refused ads for X-rated titles , viewed ads NC-17 rated films as equally unsuitable, despite studio claims of such films being non-pornographic art, and thus simply transferred that policy to NC-17 titles, as did many theater landlords.However, that has not stopped several "NC-17" movies from still accumulating artistic merit such as Requiem for a Dream in which 's lead actress, Ellen Burstyn was nominated for Best Actress in the 2000 Academy Awards.Pressure was placed on large video chains including Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video to refuse to stock NC-17 titles by a number of social conservitive groups and becuase of this these chains refuse to carry such films
Edited sentence: However, media outlets which refused ads for X-rated titles understood what was actually occurring, and simply transferred that policy to NC-17 titles, as did many theater landlords; large video chains including Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video refuse to stock NC-17 titles.However, that has not stopped several movies from still accumulating artistic merit; Requiem for a Dream's lead actress, Ellen Burstyn was nominated for Best Actress in the 2000 Academy Awards.In the end, however, the ratings are absolutely meaningless in terms of providing the sort of guidance, discipline and maturity of judgment to filmmakers which were a part of the old Production Code, and the MPAA has otherwise not involved itself with such issues; and this reflects in the downward quality of postmodern film as foremost an American amusement, rendering them dependent on foreign acceptance and home-ownership media to assure profits for the producers and other invested parties