Warning: Parental Advisory (TV 2002)

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.

Director:

Mark Waters

Writer:

Jay Martel

Stars:

Jason Priestley, Mariel Hemingway, Dee Snider

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

heavy metal | censorship | music industry | 1980s | free speech | 

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Taglines:

Censorship is a dirty word.

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 April 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

PMRC

Filming Locations:

Houston, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charter Films Inc., Haft Entertainment, R.O.I. Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Senate hearing room is actually the Houston City Council chambers, located on the second floor at the Houston City Hall building, 901 Bagby, in Houston, Texas. The council members names were digitally erased during filming at City Hall. A brief scene takes place in front of the Sam Houston statue at Hermann Park, which resembles part of Washington, D.C.

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Goofs

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, but the songs are tracks 1 and 5; they are not consecutive.

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Crazy Credits

During the final credits, the movie cuts back and forth between the video for the Twisted Sister song "We're Not Gonna Take It" and shots of the movie's cast and crew dancing and singing along with the song.

User Reviews

Wonderful refresher course on The PMRC For Those who Forgotten

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.