This Film Is Not Yet Rated. US 2006 Dir Kirby Dick
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Film Is Not Yet Rated is a documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick and producer Eddie Schmidt - a breakthrough investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound effect on American culture.
The documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated 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.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated was kept under wraps by the filmmakers during more than a year of research into the MPAA's rating practices. Director Kirby Dick ("Twist of Faith," "Derrida") interviews filmmakers, critics, attorneys, authors and educators. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover Hollywood's best-kept secret - the identities of the ratings board members themselves.
Key cast / credits: Dir Kirby Dick
Interviews with: John Waters ("A Dirty Shame"), Kevin Smith ("Clerks"), Matt Stone ("South Park"), Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry"), Atom Egoyan ("Where the Truth Lies"), Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream"), Mary Harron ("American Psycho"), actress Maria Bello ("The Cooler") and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and former President, United Artists).
Running time: 90 mins
Release date: September 2006 (UK)
Language: English
Certificate: Not Rated
Format available: 35mm/digi
"A terrific documentary" Rolling Stone
5/5 stars "Brilliant... It's vital that everyone who cares about film see this documentary." Film Threat
"If there were a prize for the [Sundance Film] Festival's most rabble-rousing film, documentary or otherwise, it would go hands down to This Film Is Not Yet Rated." Newsday
"A light-hearted but ultimately serious exploration of the cultural chill imposed by the Motion Picture Association Of America's rating system, Kirby Dick's new documentary exposes the process for the sham it is." Screen
"This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Kirby Dick's raucous assault on the MPAA and the studios that support it, climaxes in the brazen identification of clandestine appeals-board members-including a top Searchlight exec whose "gotcha!" outing drew gasps and giggles from the press screening crowd." Village Voice
"...a delightfully acerbic skewering of the Motion Picture Association of America and its rating system... " indieWIRE