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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
- Director: Kirby Dick
- Writer: Kirby Dick; Eddie Schmidt
- Producer: Alison Palmer Bourke; Nick Fraser
CGiii Comment
The MPAA are anonymous...so, why not hire a few private investigators and infiltrate their exclusive shrine.
As a documentary, it's too long...the same thing is repeated over and over again. Lawyer and independent filmmakers harp on and on about how unfair it all is...how unsurprising and, frankly, rather tedious.
In truth, most of the films that receive a NC-17 rating don't deserve to be seen by anyone - hearing Matt Stone moan about his diabolical film 'Orgazmo' is hard to take - this film should have been marketed with a huge label explaining that all those that pay to see it are simply burning their money.
It all boils down to money - the NC-17 rating can knock millions off the box office...but, what the filmmakers don't realise is that their shitty films wouldn't earn anything if they didn't get such a rating - because, with some notable exceptions, they are mostly crap.
Children and young people should be protected from these exploitative farts who churn out substandard (usually offensive) material in order to make money.
Now...that should rattle a few cages - we here at CGiii are against censorship...and, admittedly, the rating system does favour studio (heterosexual) productions rather than the (homosexual) independent equivalents.
But...do we need to hear the word 'f**k' 50 times and witness unsimulated sex at every independent turn?
Stop moaning and make better films!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Kimberly Peirce as Herself - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry';
Jon Lewis as Himself - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore';
David Ansen as Himself - Film Critic at 'Newsweek';
Martin Garbus as Himself - 1st Amendment Attorney & Filmmakers Representative at Appeals;
Wayne Kramer as Himself - Director of 'The Cooler';
Paul Dergarabedian as Himself - Box Office Analyst;
Kevin Smith as Himself - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl';
John Waters as Himself - Director of 'A Dirty Shame';
Matt Stone as Himself - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America';
Richard Heffner as Himself - Former Rating Board Chairman;
Bingham Ray as Himself - Co-Founder of October Films;
Joel Federman as Himself - Author of 'Media Ratings';
Kirby Dick as Himself - Filmmaker and Interviewer;
Jay Rosenzweig as Himself - Private Investigator;
Paul Huebl as Himself - Private Investigator