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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Cast

Kimberly Peirce
Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
Jon Lewis
Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
David Ansen
Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
Martin Garbus
Self - First Amendment Attorney and Filmmakers Representative at Appeals
Wayne Kramer
Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
Paul Dergarabedian
Self - Box Office Analyst
Kevin Smith
Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
John Waters
Self - Director 'A Dirty Shame'
Matt Stone
Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
Richard Heffner
Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Bingham Ray
Self - Co-Founder of October Films
Joel Federman
Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'
Kirby Dick
Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer
Jay Rosenzweig
Self - Private Investigator
Paul Huebl
Self - Private Investigator
Clark Baker
Self - Private Investigator
Becky Altringer
Self - Private Investigator
Cheryl Howell
Self - Private Investigator
Cookie Schwartz
Self - Private Investigator
Lindsey Howell
Self - Junior Private Investigator
Jay Landers
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Stephen Farber
Self - Former MPAA Rater
Dottie Hamilton
Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner
Maria Bello
Self / Natalie Belisario
Mark Urman
Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm
Allison Anders
Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'
Mary Harron
Self - Director of 'American Psycho'
Jamie Babbit
Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'
Joan Graves
Self - Rating Board Chairperson
Joann Yatabe
Self - Senior Rating Board Member
Darren Aronofsky
Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Theresa Webb
Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA
Michael Tucker
Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'
David L. Robb
Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'
Lawrence Lessig
Self - Copyright Attorney and Author
Anthony 'Tony' Hey
Self - Senior Rater
Barry Freeman
Self - MPAA Rater
Arleen Bates
Self - MPAA Rater
Matt Ioakimedes
Self - MPAA Rater
Jane Worden
Self - MPAA Rater
Scott Young
Self - Senior Rater
Howard Fridkin
Self - MPAA Rater
Atom Egoyan
Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'
Michael McClellan
Self - Appeals Board Member
James Wall
Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968
Eddie Schmidt
Self - Interviewer
Kirsten Johnson
Self - Interviewer
Javorn Drummond
Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina
Eric Johnston
Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963
Richard Nixon
Self - Member of House Un-American Activities Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
Self - Chairman of House Un-American Activities Committee
Jack Valenti
Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System
Tom Brokaw
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster
Walter Cronkite
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster
Ann Curry
Self - 1999 TV Newscaster
Genevieve Hill
Self - Private Investigator

Produced By

Alison Palmer Bourke
executive producer
Nick Fraser
executive producer: BBC Storyville
Megan Parlen
associate producer
Evan Shapiro
executive producer
Jessica Wolfson
supervising producer: IFC

Cinematography

Shana Hagan
director of photography
Kirsten Johnson
director of photography
Amy Vincent
director of photography

Sound

Doug Ball
production sound
Nancy Barker
assistant sound editor
Izak Ben-Meir
production sound mixer
Jason Blackburn
production sound
Rick Brush
production sound
Luciano Dias
production sound
Alexander Gruzdev
re-recording mixer
Alder Hampel
sound editor
Matt Hedges
sound editorial coordinator
Eric Johnson
production sound
Jacob Riehle
sound editor
John Sember
production sound
John Slocum
production sound
Frank Smathers
supervising sound editor
James Morioka
dialogue editor

Editing

Visual Effects

Allen Kelly
visual effects

Art Department

Rita Valencia
illustration: Joan Graves' picture

Animation

Bil White
animator: Ka-Chew!

Editorial

Robert Benedict
assistant editor
Stephanie Hernstadt
assistant editor
Allen Kelly
colorist: Filmlook
Christine Khalafian
associate editor
Mike Roey
editorial project supervisor: Keep Me Posted
Simon Bjoergvin Veredon
high definition on-line editor: Keep Me Posted
Tricia Chiarenza
color timer
Matthew Mylander
assistant editor

Other

Sarah Allen
the producers wish to thank
Susan Allenback
the producers wish to thank
Becky Altringer
the producers wish to thank
Allison Anders
the producers wish to thank
David Ansen
the producers wish to thank
Gregg Araki
the producers wish to thank
Roger Arar
thanks: IFC
Darren Aronofsky
the producers wish to thank
Jamie Babbit
the producers wish to thank
Clark Baker
the producers wish to thank
Doug Baldwin
the producers wish to thank
Randy Barbato
the producers wish to thank
Steven Beeman
the producers wish to thank
Maria Bello
the producers wish to thank
Tom Bernard
the producers wish to thank
Andy Biench
the producers wish to thank
Rachel Blanchard
the producers wish to thank
Brad Bushman
the producers wish to thank
Greg Cantwell
the producers wish to thank
Brad Carlson
the producers wish to thank
Jennifer Caserta
thanks: IFC
Hugh Clarke
the producers wish to thank
Meredith Clarke
the producers wish to thank
Cathleen Colvin
thanks: IFC
Meredith Cooper
thanks: IFC
Anna Cordova
the producers wish to thank
Michael Cuesta
the producers wish to thank
Greg Curtner
the producers wish to thank
Dane A. Davis
the producers wish to thank
Sharon Davis
thanks: IFC
Dianne Dieli
thanks: IFC
Michael Donaldson
the producers wish to thank
Christina Donatelli
the producers wish to thank
Dody Dorn
the producers wish to thank
Lori Keith Douglas
the producers wish to thank
Cristina Dowdell
thanks: IFC
Atom Egoyan
the producers wish to thank
Sophie Evans
thanks: IFC
Robert Faber
the producers wish to thank
Stephen Farber
the producers wish to thank
Joel Federman
the producers wish to thank
Jane Fitzgerald
the producers wish to thank
Evan Fleischer
thanks: IFC
Glen Freyer
the producers wish to thank
Chad Gabriel
the producers wish to thank
Sheila Galante
thanks: IFC
Eddie Gamarra
the producers wish to thank
Liz Garbus
the producers wish to thank
Martin Garbus
the producers wish to thank
Anne Garefino
the producers wish to thank
Marcy Gerstein
the producers wish to thank
Dawn Girocco
the producers wish to thank
Ryan Gooden
the producers wish to thank
Elektra Gray
thanks: IFC
Jennifer Grega
the producers wish to thank
Jill Haag
the producers wish to thank
Dotty Hamilton
the producers wish to thank
Andrew Hanges
the producers wish to thank
Mary Harron
the producers wish to thank
Dan Hassid
the producers wish to thank
Kevin Hearst
the producers wish to thank
Richard Heffner
the producers wish to thank
David Heilbroner
the producers wish to thank
Susan Heimbeinder
the producers wish to thank
Marjorie Heins
the producers wish to thank
Nancy Hennings
thanks: IFC
Kathryn Himoff
the producers wish to thank
Nancy Hirsch
the producers wish to thank
Jed Horowitz
the producers wish to thank
Cheryl Howell
the producers wish to thank
Jennifer Howell
the producers wish to thank
Lindsey Howell
the producers wish to thank
Marcus Hu
the producers wish to thank
Dawn Hudson
the producers wish to thank
Paul Huebl
the producers wish to thank
Rowell Huesmann
the producers wish to thank
Rachel Kamerman
the producers wish to thank
Tim Kelly
the producers wish to thank
Robert Kessel
the producers wish to thank
Albert Khalafian
the producers wish to thank
Mimi Khalafian
the producers wish to thank
Yvette Khalafian
the producers wish to thank
Sam Kitt
the producers wish to thank
Jeremy Klavens
the producers wish to thank
Wayne Kramer
the producers wish to thank
Kara Krupnick
thanks: IFC
Jay Landers
the producers wish to thank
David Laub
the producers wish to thank
Ron Leone
the producers wish to thank
Lawrence Lessig
the producers wish to thank
Jon Lewis
the producers wish to thank
Blake Leyh
the producers wish to thank
Jeff Lipsky
the producers wish to thank
M.J. Loheed
the producers wish to thank
Craig Lucas
the producers wish to thank
Jennifer MacLean
the producers wish to thank
Doug Mankoff
the producers wish to thank
Charles Mastropietro
the producers wish to thank
Bud Mcdonough
thanks: IFC

Music Department

Dondi Bastone
music supervisor
Zigmund Gron
music editor

Camera Department

Ulli Bonnekamp
interview camera
Kirby Dick
additional Verite camera
Bruce Dorfman
interview camera
Volker Gläser
interview camera
Stephen Hudnell
interview camera
Gil Kofman
additional Verite camera
Amanda Micheli
interview camera
Matthew Mylander
additional Verite camera
Allan Palmer
additional director of photography
Megan Parlen
additional Verite camera
Mike Parry
interview camera
Eddie Schmidt
Verite camera
Ben Wolf
interview camera
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