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This Film Is Not Yet Rated

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

★ 7.1

Release Date:
Jan 26, 2006

Runtime:
1h 38m

Genres:
Documentary

Description

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.

Director: Kirby Dick

Writer: Kirby Dick, Eddie Schmidt, Matt Patterson

Stars: Kimberly Peirce, Jon Lewis, David Ansen

Production: BBC, Chain Camera Pictures

Cast

Kimberly Peirce

Kimberly Peirce

Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'

Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'

Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'

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

Self - Co-Founder of October Films

Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'

Kirby Dick

Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer

Self - Private Investigator

Self - Private Investigator

Self - Private Investigator

Becky Altringer

Self - Private Investigator

Self - Private Investigator

Cookie Schwartz

Self - Private Investigator

Self - Junior Private Investigator

Self - Former MPAA Rater

Self - Former MPAA Rater

Dottie Hamilton

Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner

Maria Bello

Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'

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'

Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)

Self - Senior Rating Board Member

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky

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'

Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig

Self - Copyright Attorney and Author

Anthony 'Tony' Hey

Self - Senior Rater

Self - MPAA Rater

Self - MPAA Rater

Matt Ioakimedes

Self - MPAA Rater

Self - MPAA Rater

Self - Senior Rater

Self - MPAA Rater

Atom Egoyan

Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'

Rachel Blanchard

Rachel Blanchard

Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'

Michael McClellan

Self - Appeals Board Member

Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Javorn Drummond

Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)

William H. Hays

William H. Hays

Self (archive footage)

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

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)

Crew

Kirby Dick

Director of Photography

Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Director of Photography

Amy Vincent

Director of Photography