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.
as Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
as Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
as Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
as Self - First Amendment Attorney
as Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
as Self - Box Office Analyst
as Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
as Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
as Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
as Self - Co-Founder of October Films
as Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'
as Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
as Self - Private Investigator
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as Self - Junior Private Investigator
as Self - Former MPAA Rater
as Self - Former MPAA Rater
as Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
as Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
as Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
as Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
as Self - Director of 'American Psycho'
as Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
as Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
as Self - Senior Rating Board Member
as Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
as Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
as Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'
as Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
as Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
as Self - Senior Rater
as Self - MPAA Rater
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as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
as Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
as Self - Appeals Board Member
as Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
as Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
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as Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)
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as Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
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