Warning: Parental Advisory (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Mark Waters

Writer (WGA):

Jay Martel (written by)

Release Date:

21 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Music Industry | Censorship | 1980s | Free Speech | Senate Hearing

Cast

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

Also Known As:

PMRC (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Houston, Texas, USA

Company:

Charter Films Inc.

Trivia:

The music store depicted in the film is the interior of Sound Exchange, located at 1846 Richmond Avenue in the Montrose District in Houston, Texas. The "Sound Exchange" banner seen before the movie's end is actually the real banner used at the original location, at 1718 Westheimer, before the record store moved to its current location in 1997.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Tipper Gore says she was dancing with her kids to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy", and comments on the lyrics of the next song, "Darling Nikki". Both songs appear on the soundtrack to Purple Rain (1984), but the songs are tracks 1 and 5; they are not consecutive.

DEE SNIDER RULES

Dee Snider rules. He is fantastic. He is a real funny guy. Its too bad that MTV decide to do THE OSBORNS insted of THE SNIDERS.

Warning: Parental Advisory fails only in not to show the entire speech of mr.Zappa! If interested you should do a Google search to find a copy of this. Tim Guinee looks just like mr.Denver, and Griffin Dunne looks just like mr.Zappa, but in a shorty version.

The scenes involving the creation of the PMRC were ok,Mariel Hemingway is great as Tipper Gore and in general, the movie moved along at an ok pace. The senate hearing itself should have taken up a LOT more time. The most important part of the story was rushed.

Jason Priestley did his best job in years. Is good to see him working again, and he looks just like MCS, a friend of mine.

THIS MOVIE IS INDICATED FOR ANY FAN OF GOOD OLD GLITTER ROCK.

TWISTED SISTER AND JONH DENVER RULES.