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    2009    
    USA

    The documentary follows the sanitized movie industry from inception to collapse -- an industry born from the collision of Kate Winslet's bare breasts in Titanic and the Mormon film goers who didn't want to see them. Because Mormons are counseled by their religion's leaders to avoid R-rated films, dozens of businesses in Utah were able to create a niche in the DVD market by stripping Hollywood films of sex, violence, and profanity and then selling and renting "clean" versions of these films at retail stores not only in Utah, but throughout North America. When news of film sanitizing reached the likes of Steven Spielberg, Steven Soderbergh, Robert Redford, and Martin Scorsese, they and other members of the Director's Guild of America responded with outrage over what they saw as the desecration of their art and a violation of held copyright. In 2006, a US District Court judge ruled in accordance with the DGA's arguments, ordering the retailers of cleaned-up films to close their doors. However, dozens of sanitized-movie retailers defied the judgment and remained open...

    Directed byAndrew James

    Starring

    Ray Lines
    Allan Erb
    Curtis Hanson
    Michael Mann
    Steven Soderbergh
    Taylor Hackford
    Kate Winslet
    Spike Lee
    + MORE

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