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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006, Jan 26
1h 38m
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.
Directed by
Kirby Dick
Written by
Eddie Schmidt, Matt Patterson, Kirby Dick
Maria Bello
Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
Rachel Blanchard
Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Matt Stone
Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
Walter Cronkite
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Rather
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Ann Curry
Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Brokaw
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
William H. Hays
Self (archive footage)
Lawrence Lessig
Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Jack Valenti
Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Jon Lewis
Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
Martin Garbus
Self - First Amendment Attorney
Paul Dergarabedian
Self - Box Office Analyst
Richard Heffner
Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Bingham Ray
Self - Co-Founder of October Films
Joel Federman
Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'
Jay Rosenzweig
Self - Private Investigator
Paul Huebl
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
Joan Graves
Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
Joann Yatabe
Self - Senior Rating Board Member
Theresa Webb
Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
David L. Robb
Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
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
Michael McClellan
Self - Appeals Board Member
James Wall
Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
Javorn Drummond
Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
Eric Johnston
Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)
J. Parnell Thomas
Self (archive footage)
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