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This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)
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NC-17
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1 hr 37 mins
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Documentary
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Released: 9/1/2006
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Box Office Total:
$0.3M
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Synopsis:
The MPAA, a lobbying organization for the movie industry, maintains a rating system first implemented in 1968 by longtime president Jack Valenti. This system, with its age based content classification using letter grades G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 (formerly X), has become a cultural icon. But behind its simple façade is a censoring process kept entirely secret. Board members are anonymous; deliberations are private; standards are seemingly arbitrary. Thus, the trade organization for the largest media corporations in America also keeps a trademarked lock on content regulation over our most unique and popular art form. Filmmaker Kirby Dick asks whether Hollywood movies and independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether sexual content in gay-themed movies is given harsher ratings penalties than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R, while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally, whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leaves the MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.
Full Cast & Crew
Theatrical Release
9/1/2006
Director
Credit
Kirby Dick
Director
Cast
Credit
John Waters
Interviewee
Kevin Smith
Interviewee
Matt Stone
Interviewee
Kimberly Peirce
Interviewee
Atom Egoyan
Interviewee
Darren Aronofsky
Interviewee
Mary Harron
Interviewee
Maria Bello
Interviewee
Bingham Ray
Interviewee
Allison Anders
Interviewee
David Ansen
Interviewee
Jamie Babbit
Interviewee
Stephen Farber
Interviewee
Martin Garbus
Interviewee
Richard Heffner
Interviewee
Wayne Kramer
Interviewee
Lawrence Lessig
Interviewee
David L Robb
Interviewee
Mark Urman
Interviewee
Dr Theresa Webb
Interviewee
Becky Altringer
Herself
Cheryl Howell
Herself
Lindsey Howell
Herself
Production Credits
Credit
Jessica Wolfson
Supervising Producer
Alison Palmer Bourke
Executive Producer
Eddie Schmidt
Producer
Megan Parlen
Associate Producer
Evan Shapiro
Executive Producer
Production Companies
Credit
Chain Camera Pictures
Production Company
IFC Originals
Production Company
Distribution Companies
Credit
British Broadcasting Company
Foreign TV Distributor
IFC Films
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
IFC (Independent Film Channel)
Domestic TV Distributor
Netflix
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Film Camera
Credit
Shana Hagan
Cinematographer
Kirsten Johnson
Cinematographer
Amy Vincent
Cinematographer
Music
Credit
Dondi Bastone
Music Supervisor
Sound
Credit
Frank Smathers
Supervising Sound Editor
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