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Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (24228 Reviews)

Director:

Kirby Dick

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Kimberly Peirce Jon Lewis David Ansen Martin Garbus

Writer:

Kirby Dick

Eddie Schmidt

Matt Patterson

Fullplot:

In a rare and refreshing reversal of roles, filmmakers put the powerful Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA for short) under the microscope for inspection in Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick's incisive look at stateside cinema's most notorious non-censoring censors. Compelled by the staggering amount of power that the MPAA ratings board wields, the filmmaker seeks out the true identities of the anonymous elite who control what films make it to the multiplex. He even goes so far as to hire a private investigator to stake out MPAA headquarters and expose Hollywood's best-kept secret. Along the way, Dick speaks with numerous filmmakers whose careers have been affected by the seemingly random and sexual-content obsessed judgments of the MPAA, including John Waters, Mary Harron, Darren Aronofsky, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, and Atom Egoyan.

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