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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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98 min
2006-01-26
Released
English
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Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
Self - First Amendment Attorney
Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
Self - Box Office Analyst
Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Self - Co-Founder of October Films
Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'
Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Self - Private Investigator
Self - Private Investigator
Self - Private Investigator
Self - Private Investigator
Self - Private Investigator
Self - Private Investigator
Self - Junior Private Investigator
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
Self - Director of 'American Psycho'
Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
Self - Senior Rating Board Member
Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'
Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Self - Senior Rater
Self - MPAA Rater
Self - MPAA Rater
Self - MPAA Rater
Self - MPAA Rater
Self - Senior Rater
Self - MPAA Rater
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Self - Appeals Board Member
Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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