Erb said it would just be better if Hollywood offered edited versions of its own movies, such as including different rated options on DVDs sold for home use.

"Why is the editor's cut readily available to those who want it, while the edited cut is hardly available to the millions of parents and families who want it?" Erb said. "The demand is there, why isn't the supply? Why are the voices of millions of Americans who live value-centered lives going unheard?"

Aho said he has spoken with directors who do not like to see their work edited for television, cruise ships, airlines or even television broadcast and would likely not agree to create multiple versions of a movie for people to watch at home.

Robin Bronk, executive director of Creative Coalition, an interest group that represents actors, actresses, directors and other artists, said "to edit movies can change their effect or their meaning."

"Filmmakers even get in enormous fights about edits with the studios, which are paying for production, because edits change the essence of the art," Bronk said. "That's why it is so important to my members that their art not be altered without their permission and then marketed under their artists' names without permission."

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