As predicted through the actions of the boys in the film , there were numerous news reports of underage '' South Park '' fans engaging in unsuccessful attempts to gain entrance to the film at theaters . There were also reports of adolescents purchasing tickets into seeing Warner 's own '' Wild Wild West '' , but instead sitting in to see '' South Park '' . This came as a result of a movie-industry crackdown that would make it tougher for children to sneak into R-rated films , as proposed by President Bill Clinton at the time in response to the moral panic generated by the Columbine High School massacre , which occurred two months before the film 's release . '' South Park '' was cited , along with '' American Pie '' , as an explicit film released in the summer of 1999 tempting teens to sneak into theaters . When the film was released in the United Kingdom in August 1999 , there were similar reports of the film drawing an underage crowd
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
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