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Calorie Rating: 136
Released: 2006-01-26
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Revenue 302179
Studios: BBC, Independent Film Channel,


Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

Director / Directors

Kirby Dick
Director


Cast

Kimberly Peirce
Character: Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Jon Lewis
Character: Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
David Ansen
Character: Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'

Martin Garbus
Character: Self - First Amendment Attorney
Wayne Kramer
Character: Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
Paul Dergarabedian
Character: Self - Box Office Analyst

Kevin Smith
Character: Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
John Waters
Character: Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
Matt Stone
Character: Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'

Richard Heffner
Character: Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Bingham Ray
Character: Self - Co-Founder of October Films
Joel Federman
Character: Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'

Kirby Dick
Character: Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Jay Rosenzweig
Character: Self - Private Investigator
Paul Huebl
Character: Self - Private Investigator

Clark Baker
Character: Self - Private Investigator
Becky Altringer
Character: Self - Private Investigator
Cheryl Howell
Character: Self - Private Investigator

Cookie Schwartz
Character: Self - Private Investigator
Lindsey Howell
Character: Self - Junior Private Investigator
Jay Landers
Character: Self - Former MPAA Rater

Stephen Farber
Character: Self - Former MPAA Rater
Dottie Hamilton
Character: Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
Maria Bello
Character: Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'

Mark Urman
Character: Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
Allison Anders
Character: Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
Mary Harron
Character: Self - Director of 'American Psycho'

Jamie Babbit
Character: Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Joan Graves
Character: Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
Joann Yatabe
Character: Self - Senior Rating Board Member

Darren Aronofsky
Character: Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Theresa Webb
Character: Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
Michael Tucker
Character: Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'

David L. Robb
Character: Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
Lawrence Lessig
Character: Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Anthony 'Tony' Hey
Character: Self - Senior Rater

Barry Freeman
Character: Self - MPAA Rater
Arleen Bates
Character: Self - MPAA Rater
Matt Ioakimedes
Character: Self - MPAA Rater

Jane Worden
Character: Self - MPAA Rater
Scott Young
Character: Self - Senior Rater
Howard Fridkin
Character: Self - MPAA Rater

Atom Egoyan
Character: Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Rachel Blanchard
Character: Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Michael McClellan
Character: Self - Appeals Board Member

James Wall
Character: Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
Eddie Schmidt
Character: Self - Interviewer (voice)
Kirsten Johnson
Character: Self - Interviewer (voice)

Javorn Drummond
Character: Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
William H. Hays
Character: Self (archive footage)
Eric Johnston
Character: Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)

J. Parnell Thomas
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jack Valenti
Character: Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Character: Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite
Character: Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Curry
Character: Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Rather
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon
Character: Self (archive footage)


Production and Crew



Shana Hagan
Director of Photography
Kirsten Johnson
Director of Photography
Amy Vincent
Director of Photography