This Film Is Not Yet Rated

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

98 mins | Documentary | Jan. 26, 2006

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.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

98 mins | Documentary | Jan. 26, 2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers BBC, Independent Film Channel
Original title This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Directors Kirby Dick
Writers Eddie Schmidt, Matt Patterson, Kirby Dick

Cast

Kimberly Peirce

as Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'

Jon Lewis

as Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'

David Ansen

as Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'

Martin Garbus

as Self - First Amendment Attorney

Wayne Kramer

as Self - Director of 'The Cooler'

Paul Dergarabedian

as Self - Box Office Analyst

Kevin Smith

as Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'

John Waters

as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'

Matt Stone

as Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'

Richard Heffner

as Self - Former Rating Board Chairman

Bingham Ray

as Self - Co-Founder of October Films

Joel Federman

as Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'

Kirby Dick

as Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer

Jay Rosenzweig

as Self - Private Investigator

Paul Huebl

as Self - Private Investigator

Clark Baker

as Self - Private Investigator

Becky Altringer

as Self - Private Investigator

Cheryl Howell

as Self - Private Investigator

Cookie Schwartz

as Self - Private Investigator

Lindsey Howell

as Self - Junior Private Investigator

Jay Landers

as Self - Former MPAA Rater

Stephen Farber

as Self - Former MPAA Rater

Dottie Hamilton

as Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner

Maria Bello

as Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'

Mark Urman

as Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm

Allison Anders

as Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'

Mary Harron

as Self - Director of 'American Psycho'

Jamie Babbit

as Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'

Joan Graves

as Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)

Joann Yatabe

as Self - Senior Rating Board Member

Darren Aronofsky

as Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'

Theresa Webb

as Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA

Michael Tucker

as Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'

David L. Robb

as Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'

Lawrence Lessig

as Self - Copyright Attorney and Author

Anthony 'Tony' Hey

as Self - Senior Rater

Barry Freeman

as Self - MPAA Rater

Arleen Bates

as Self - MPAA Rater

Matt Ioakimedes

as Self - MPAA Rater

Jane Worden

as Self - MPAA Rater

Scott Young

as Self - Senior Rater

Howard Fridkin

as Self - MPAA Rater

Atom Egoyan

as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'

Rachel Blanchard

as Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'

Michael McClellan

as Self - Appeals Board Member

James Wall

as Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968

Eddie Schmidt

as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Kirsten Johnson

as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Javorn Drummond

as Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)

William H. Hays

as Self (archive footage)

Eric Johnston

as Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)

J. Parnell Thomas

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Valenti

as Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite

as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ann Curry

as Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dan Rather

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage)