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Summary:

Kirby Dick's provocative film investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films. Kirby looks at some of the controversial rating decisions of the past four decades, hires a private eye to find out who these anonymous raters are and puts his own film through the rating process.

Contributors:

Dick, Kirby , director, screenwriter

Schmidt, Eddie , producer, screenwriter

Patterson, Matt , screenwriter

Waters, John, 1946- , interviewee

Smith, Kevin, 1970- , interviewee

Stone, Matt, 1971- , interviewee

Aronofsky, Darren , interviewee

Peirce, Kimberly , interviewee

Kramer, Wayne, 1965- , interviewee

Bello, Maria, 1967- , interviewee

Harron, Mary

Ray, Bingham

Egoyan, Atom, 1960-

Bastone, Dondi

Hagan, Shana

Vincent, Amy

Johnson, Kirsten (Kirsten Boyd)

Clarke, Matthew

Chain Camera Productions

IFC Films

Netflix, Inc.

British Broadcasting Corporation

Genius Entertainment

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Motion Picture Association of America

Motion pictures — Censorship

Arts — Censorship

Motion pictures — Ratings

Motion picture producers and directors — Censorship

Motion picture authorship — Censorship

Motion pictures

Arts

Motion picture producers and directors

Censorship

Motion picture authorship

Genres:

Documentary films

System Details:

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.

Performers:

Interviews with John Waters, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Kimberly Peirce, Atom Egoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Harron, Wayne Kramer, Maria Bello, Bingham Ray.

Production Credits:

Music, Dondi Bastone ; directors of photography, Shana Hagan, Amy Vincent, Kirsten Johnson ; editor, Matthew Clarke ; written material by Kirby Dick, Eddie Schmidt, and Matt Patterson.

General Notes:

Originally released in 2006 as a motion picture.
Documentary.
Special features: audio comentary ; Q&A with Kirby Dick at 2006 SXSW Film Festival; deleted scenes.

Audience:

MPAA Rating: Not rated

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PN1995.62 THI 2006 DVD

ISBNs:

1594444536
9781594444531

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 796019798679
Publisher Number, Genius: 79867

OCLC Numbers:

78773796
74671253 [Invalid]