Story :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.
Cast
Kimberly PeirceSelf - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Jon LewisSelf - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
David AnsenSelf - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
Martin GarbusSelf - First Amendment Attorney
Wayne KramerSelf - Director of 'The Cooler'
Paul DergarabedianSelf - Box Office Analyst
Kevin SmithSelf - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
John WatersSelf - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
Matt StoneSelf - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
Richard HeffnerSelf - Former Rating Board Chairman
Bingham RaySelf - Co-Founder of October Films
Joel FedermanSelf - Author of 'Media Ratings'
Kirby DickSelf - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Jay RosenzweigSelf - Private Investigator
Paul HueblSelf - Private Investigator
Clark BakerSelf - Private Investigator
Becky AltringerSelf - Private Investigator
Cheryl HowellSelf - Private Investigator
Cookie SchwartzSelf - Private Investigator
Lindsey HowellSelf - Junior Private Investigator
Jay LandersSelf - Former MPAA Rater
Stephen FarberSelf - Former MPAA Rater
Dottie HamiltonSelf - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
Maria BelloSelf - Actress in 'The Cooler'
Mark UrmanSelf - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
Allison AndersSelf - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
Mary HarronSelf - Director of 'American Psycho'
Jamie BabbitSelf - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Joan GravesSelf - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
Joann YatabeSelf - Senior Rating Board Member
Darren AronofskySelf - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Theresa WebbSelf - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
Michael TuckerSelf - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'
David L. RobbSelf - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
Lawrence LessigSelf - Copyright Attorney and Author
Anthony 'Tony' HeySelf - Senior Rater
Barry FreemanSelf - MPAA Rater
Arleen BatesSelf - MPAA Rater
Matt IoakimedesSelf - MPAA Rater
Jane WordenSelf - MPAA Rater
Scott YoungSelf - Senior Rater
Howard FridkinSelf - MPAA Rater
Atom EgoyanSelf - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Rachel BlanchardSelf - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Michael McClellanSelf - Appeals Board Member
James WallSelf - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
Eddie SchmidtSelf - Interviewer (voice)
Kirsten JohnsonSelf - Interviewer (voice)
Javorn DrummondSelf - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
William H. HaysSelf (archive footage)
Eric JohnstonSelf - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)
J. Parnell ThomasSelf (archive footage)
Jack ValentiSelf - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Tom BrokawSelf - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter CronkiteSelf - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann CurrySelf - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)