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This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Sep 1, 2006
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MPAA Rating
Rating surrendered; previous version rated NC-17 for some graphic sexual content.
Running Time
0 hours, 1 minute
Country USA
Production Companies
Independent Film Channel, NetFlix
Studio IFC Films
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• This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
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Genre: Documentary
Tagline: censorship, uncensored.
Plot: Passionate cinephiles can be found casting quizzical glances at the erratic and often conflicting decisions made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as they slap ratings onto movies. So in an attempt to make sense of their working methods--which, until now, have remained shrouded in mystery--one of those cinephiles, Kirby Dick (TWIST OF FAITH), has made this full-length motion picture about the inner workings of the MPAA. Dick begins by examining the MPAA's set-up as an anonymous group that is exclusively funded by the major Hollywood studios. Fundamentally established to prevent children's eyes from seeing anything society would consider unsuitable, the MPAA has blossomed into a powerful force, with the difference between an R and an NC-17 rating possibly leading to millions of dollars forfeited at the box office. Actors and directors such as John Waters, Maria Bello, Mary Harron, and Kevin Smith offer their forthright opinions on these decisions, and Dick highlights many of the clips that have fallen foul of the censors. The director also compares and contrasts similar scenes from indie pictures and films produced by major studios, with the latter seemingly allowed far more leniency when it comes to avoiding the dreaded NC-17. In a wonderful twist that adds a
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Kirby Dick
Guy, Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, Derrida | |
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| Cast |
Allison Anders
In the Company of Women, Brilliant But Cancelled: Pilot Season, Four Rooms |
 | Darren Aronofsky
Young Hollywood Awards, Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow, Hollywood High |
 | Maria Bello
Secret Window, Payback, A History of Violence |
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 | Mary Harron
Punk: Attitude, Hollywood High, In the Company of Women |
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 | Kirby Dick
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, Derrida, Guy | |
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