Plot
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.
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Cast
Kimberly Peirce
Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Jon Lewis
Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
David Ansen
Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
Martin Garbus
Self - First Amendment Attorney
Wayne Kramer
Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
Paul Dergarabedian
Self - Box Office Analyst
Kevin Smith
Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
John Waters
Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
Matt Stone
Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
Richard Heffner
Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Bingham Ray
Self - Co-Founder of October Films
Joel Federman
Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'
Kirby Dick
Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Jay Rosenzweig
Self - Private Investigator
Paul Huebl
Self - Private Investigator
Clark Baker
Self - Private Investigator
Becky Altringer
Self - Private Investigator
Cheryl Howell
Self - Private Investigator
Cookie Schwartz
Self - Private Investigator
Lindsey Howell
Self - Junior Private Investigator
Jay Landers
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Stephen Farber
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Dottie Hamilton
Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
Maria Bello
Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
Mark Urman
Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
Allison Anders
Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
Mary Harron
Self - Director of 'American Psycho'
Jamie Babbit
Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Joan Graves
Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
Joann Yatabe
Self - Senior Rating Board Member
Darren Aronofsky
Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Theresa Webb
Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
Michael Tucker
Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'
David L. Robb
Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
Lawrence Lessig
Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Anthony 'Tony' Hey
Self - Senior Rater
Barry Freeman
Self - MPAA Rater
Arleen Bates
Self - MPAA Rater
Matt Ioakimedes
Self - MPAA Rater
Jane Worden
Self - MPAA Rater
Scott Young
Self - Senior Rater
Howard Fridkin
Self - MPAA Rater
Atom Egoyan
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Rachel Blanchard
Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Michael McClellan
Self - Appeals Board Member
James Wall
Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
Eddie Schmidt
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Kirsten Johnson
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Javorn Drummond
Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
William H. Hays
Self (archive footage)
Eric Johnston
Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)
J. Parnell Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Jack Valenti
Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Curry
Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Rather
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
