At one point in the film, Louella Parsons presents Louis B. Mayer with pictures of men in the film industry in heteosexual and homosexual sex acts as blackmail to stop the making of Citizen Kane. The images are seen and are very graphic. Nudity includes male full rear, and female full frontal nudity. Sex acts include fellatio, cunnilingus, anal, vaginal and rear-entry sex.

Instances of the words: c*cks*cker, f**k, sh**, fa**ot, n***er.

Anti-semitic remarks are read from a newspaper article.

We see numerous characters drinking.

Both Herman and Marion are alcoholics.