Kimberly Peirce as Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'

Jon Lewis as Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'

David Ansen as Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'

Martin Garbus as Self - First Amendment Attorney

Wayne Kramer as Self - Director of 'The Cooler'

Paul Dergarabedian as Self - Box Office Analyst

Kevin Smith as Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'

John Waters as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'

Matt Stone as Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'

Richard Heffner as Self - Former Rating Board Chairman

Bingham Ray as Self - Co-Founder of October Films

Joel Federman as Self - Author of 'Media Ratings'

Kirby Dick as Self - Filmmaker and Interviewer

Jay Rosenzweig as Self - Private Investigator

Paul Huebl as Self - Private Investigator

Clark Baker as Self - Private Investigator

Becky Altringer as Self - Private Investigator

Cheryl Howell as Self - Private Investigator

Cookie Schwartz as Self - Private Investigator

Lindsey Howell as Self - Junior Private Investigator

Jay Landers as Self - Former MPAA Rater

Stephen Farber as Self - Former MPAA Rater

Dottie Hamilton as Self - Author of 'Hollywood's Silent Partner

Maria Bello as Self - Actress in 'The Cooler'

Mark Urman as Self - Head of U.S. Theatrical Thinkfilm

Allison Anders as Self - Director of 'Gas - Food - Lodging'

Mary Harron as Self - Director of 'American Psycho'

Jamie Babbit as Self - Director of 'But I'm a Cheerleader'

Joan Graves as Self - Rating Board Chairperson (voice)

Joann Yatabe as Self - Senior Rating Board Member

Darren Aronofsky as Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'

Theresa Webb as Self - Southern California Prevention Research Center at UCLA

Michael Tucker as Self - Co-Director of 'Gunner Palace'

David L. Robb as Self - Author of 'Operation Hollywood'

Lawrence Lessig as Self - Copyright Attorney and Author

Anthony 'Tony' Hey as Self - Senior Rater

Barry Freeman as Self - MPAA Rater

Arleen Bates as Self - MPAA Rater

Matt Ioakimedes as Self - MPAA Rater

Jane Worden as Self - MPAA Rater

Scott Young as Self - Senior Rater

Howard Fridkin as Self - MPAA Rater

Atom Egoyan as Self - Director of 'Where the Truth lies'

Rachel Blanchard as Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'

Michael McClellan as Self - Appeals Board Member

James Wall as Self - Appeals Board Clergy Member since 1968

Eddie Schmidt as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Kirsten Johnson as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Javorn Drummond as Self - From Fayetteville N. Carolina (archive footage)

William H. Hays as Self (archive footage)

Eric Johnston as Self - MPAA President for 1945-1963 (archive footage)

J. Parnell Thomas as Self (archive footage)

Jack Valenti as Self - Founder of MPAA Rating System (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ann Curry as Self - 1999 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dan Rather as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)