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.
Kimberly Peirce
Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Wayne Kramer
Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
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'
Kirby Dick
Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Maria Bello
Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'
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'
Darren Aronofsky
Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Lawrence Lessig
Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Atom Egoyan
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Rachel Blanchard
Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'
Kirsten Johnson
Self - Interviewer (voice)
William H. Hays
Self (archive footage)
Jack Valenti
Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
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)