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.
Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Kimberly Peirce
Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
Jon Lewis
Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
David Ansen
Self - First Amendment Attorney
Martin Garbus
Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
Wayne Kramer
Self - Box Office Analyst
Paul Dergarabedian
Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
Kevin Smith
Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
John Waters
Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
Matt Stone
Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Richard Heffner
Self - Co-Founder of October Films
Bingham Ray
Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'
Joel Federman
Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Kirby Dick
Self - Private Investigator
Jay Rosenzweig
Self - Private Investigator
Paul Huebl
Self - Private Investigator
Clark Baker
Self - Private Investigator
Becky Altringer
Self - Private Investigator
Cheryl Howell
Self - Private Investigator
Cookie Schwartz
Self - Junior Private Investigator
Lindsey Howell
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Jay Landers
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Stephen Farber
Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
Dottie Hamilton
Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
Maria Bello
Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
Mark Urman
Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
Allison Anders
Self - Director of 'American Psycho'
Mary Harron
Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Jamie Babbit
Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)
Joan Graves
Self - Senior Rating Board Member
Joann Yatabe
Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Darren Aronofsky
Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
Theresa Webb
Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'
Michael Tucker
Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
David L. Robb
Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Lawrence Lessig
Self - Senior Rater
Anthony 'Tony' Hey
Self - MPAA Rater
Barry Freeman
Self - MPAA Rater
Arleen Bates
Self - MPAA Rater
Matt Ioakimedes
Self - MPAA Rater
Jane Worden
Self - Senior Rater
Scott Young
Self - MPAA Rater
Howard Fridkin
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Atom Egoyan
Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Rachel Blanchard
Self - Appeals Board Member
Michael McClellan
Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
James Wall
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Eddie Schmidt
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Kirsten Johnson
Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)
Javorn Drummond
Self (archive footage)
William H. Hays
Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)
Eric Johnston
Self (archive footage)
J. Parnell Thomas
Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Jack Valenti
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Brokaw
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Curry
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dan Rather
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon