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6.6/10   288 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Jay Martel (written by)
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Release Date:
21 April 2002 (USA) more
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Censorship is a dirty word.
Plot:
The story of the 1985 Senatorial hearings to place "Warning: Parental Advisory" labels on music albums with "obscene" lyrics and themes - and the rockers who tried to fight it. | add synopsis
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Wonderful refresher course on The PMRC For Those who Forgotten more (19 total)

Cast

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Jason Priestley ... Charlie Burner

Mariel Hemingway ... Tipper Gore
Dee Snider ... Himself
Deborah Yates ... Pamela Stone
Lois Chiles ... Susan Baker

Tim Guinee ... John Denver

Deborah Jolly ... Shirley

Lee Burns ... Andrew Norris

John S. Davies

Griffin Dunne ... Frank Zappa
Jim Beatty ... Al Gore
Richard Dillard ... Senator Sam

Gail Cronauer ... Sen. Paula Hawkins
Joe Berryman ... Donald Bean

David Born ... James Baker
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PMRC (USA) (working title)
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100 min
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By the filming of this movie, Dee Snider was the only one of the three musicians who testified before Congress that was still alive to play himself in the film. John Denver had died in a plane crash in 1997, and Frank Zappa died in 1993 of prostate cancer. Their parts were both played by actors, while Snider played his own part. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The end credits state none of Frank Zappa's albums received a Parental Advisory sticker, when in fact "Jazz From Hell" (ironically a purely instrumental album) was tagged with a Parental Advisory warning by the distributor. more

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Wonderful refresher course on The PMRC For Those who Forgotten, 21 April 2002
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Author: zackys from Norco, Ca

After just watching this VH1 Movie that rocked, I must say that It was pretty good. In Fact It's the best movie that VH1 produced...of course that's not saing much. Of course there are some set backs. Frank Zappa is Portrayed as this Guru and the actor that played him was not very good and the congressional hearings could have been a little longer (The transcripts had some great questions after All the prepared speeches between the Witnesses and the seneate comittee) But this is a really fine movie for what it is.

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