Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen Forward Into the Past (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Forward Into the Past (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

By the 1970s, Americans were undergoing fundamental societal changes. Many US communities banned films such as A Clockwork Orange and Carnal Knowledge. 'Stanley Kubrick (I)' re-edited A Clockwork Orange as a result. The film Deep Throat ...See moreBy the 1970s, Americans were undergoing fundamental societal changes. Many US communities banned films such as A Clockwork Orange and Carnal Knowledge. 'Stanley Kubrick (I)' re-edited A Clockwork Orange as a result. The film Deep Throat was controversial and popular and was at the vanguard of the the rise of pornographic films. Under the new MPAA rating system, an X rating soon became associated with pornographic films and Last Tango in Paris (Last Tango in Paris) was the last major studio release to carry an X rating and it wasn't until 1990 that a new adult film category, NC-17, was created. In June 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court returned to local communities the right to set their own standards. European films meanwhile continued to push the limits with films like Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The invention of the VCR changed the pornographic film industry and such films became available everywhere. Written by garykmcd See less

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48 cast members

Name	Known for
Raquel Welch Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1973)
Kip Addotta Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Crocodile (2000)
Jason Alexander Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Seinfeld (1989)
Michael Apted Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Amazing Grace (2006)
Dan Aykroyd Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
Peter Bart Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Shari Belafonte Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Hotel (1983)
Lara Flynn Boyle Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Happiness (1998)
Lloyd Bridges Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
James Coburn Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Dabney Coleman Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	WarGames (1983)
Robert Costanzo Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Total Recall (1990)
Robert Culp Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	I Spy (1965)
Keene Curtis Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Sliver (1993)
Brian Dennehy Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	First Blood (1982)
Hector Elizondo Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Anita Garner Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996)
Kelsey Grammer Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Judd Hirsch Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Taxi (1978)
Sally Kellerman Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	MAS*H (1970)
Maurice LaMarche Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Futurama (1999)
John Landis Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Sharon Lawrence Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	NYPD Blue (1993)
Jane Leeves Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Frasier (1993)
Michael Lerner Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Barton Fink (1991)
Shelley Long Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Joe Mantegna Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Godfather Part III (1990)
Barney Martin Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Producers (1967)
Roddy McDowall Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Fright Night (1985)
Malcolm McDowell Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Cathy Moriarty Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Raging Bull (1980)
Martin Mull Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Clue (1985)
Sydney Pollack Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Tootsie (1982)
Kevin Pollak Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Usual Suspects (1995)
Carl Reiner Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Rob Reiner Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Allan Rich Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Disclosure (1994)
John Ritter Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)
Alan Rosenberg Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Wanderers (1979)
Patrick Stewart Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Logan (2017)
Jeffrey Tambor Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Transparent (2014)
Marisa Tomei Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Eli Wallach Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Lesley Ann Warren Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Victor/Victoria (1982)
Amy Yasbeck Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Mask (1994)
Michael York Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Logan's Run (1976)
Billy Zane Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Titanic (1997)
Edward Zwick Self - Quote Reader (voice) (as Ed Zwick) Self - Quote Reader (voice) (as Ed Zwick) See fewer	Thirtysomething (1987)