Finally, after a small Internet-only promo spot that was immediately forced down by the MPAA and some footage shown only at Comic-Com in July, we now have ourselves a good old approved red-band trailer for Kevin Smith‘s upcoming Zack and Miri Make A Porno.

Watch it here below! Note, for those of you who don’t know, “red band” means R-rated, so for those of you with youngsters, beware of the foul-language and obvious sexual suggestiveness of the trailer.

Smith had fought long and hard against the MPAA for an R rating for the film and won (see Victory For Kevin Smith In “˜Zack and Miri’ MPAA Battle). Zack and Miri was originally given an NC-17 rating, but after Smith trimmed the film a few times, he was given the R rating he needed (he was contractually obligated to the movie studio to turn in an R-rated movie).

After having been given an NC-17 rating for a third time for his upcoming movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Kevin Smith couldn’t go any further and decided to defend his case and try and change the very unforgiving MPAA’s mind. He succeeded. After bring the film up for appeal, watching it with the MPAA ratings board and pleading his case, they decided that he was right and they finally gave him the R-rating he so desperately needed.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is an amazing feat!

While an NC-17 rating is typically the kiss of death for comedies, there’s no way Zack and Miri would have kept that rating. Smith was contractually obligated to deliver an R-Rated film to the studios or face having the studio make the necessary cuts to the film themselves. All the more reason why this victory was so important for Smith.