Fear and Loathing
in Las Vegas is a 1998 USA comedy adventure drama by Terry Gilliam. Starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire.
A Director's Cut has been released in Germany but strangely it does not seem to have been of interest anywhere else
Summary Notes
The big-screen version of
Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and
alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Director's
Cut contains 2:24s of extra non-contentious material and seems to have been commissioned by the Criterion Collection..
Theatrical Version
run:
118:10s
pal:
113:26s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for frequent drug use, strong language and sex references for:
Fear City is a 1984 USA crime mystery thriller by Abel Ferrara. Starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams and Jack Scalia.
Cut for a US R rating. Further cut for US TV ,and this TV version was further cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. The R rated version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts in 2000 and for 2008 DVD. In the US it is also available as an MPAA
Unrated Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip
club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
96:42s
pal:
92:50s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for sexualised nudity, strong bloody violence:
There was also an uncut French DVD that featured the TV version padding as an extra
cut
run:
94:55s
pal:
91:07s
UK: The R rated version was passed without BBFC
cuts for:
2007 2 Entertain DVD
2000 MIA VHS
Update from Starz Forum :
The US "R" rated video from Thorn EMI/HBO has a mixture of bits and pieces both from the edited for TV UK video release and the Dutch uncut video version.
Most of the dialogue is unchanged but Billy Dee Williams last line in the UK version, Maybe you are, take him home , is here, and not the one from the Dutch release, Get him out of here! As this alters the tone of the ending, maybe
this was requested by the distributors. Also, the music at the end is a reprise of the song "New York Dolls" heard in the UK version, not the instrumental heard over the Dutch version.
1:10s + pre-cuts 7:00s
cut:
~8:10s
run:
95:17s
pal:
91:28s
UK: The butchered US TV Version was further cut by the BBFC by 1:10s for:
1994 Lumiere VHS
1986 EMI VHS
1986 cinema release
Pre- Cut for US TV by approximately 7 minutes (but padded out by an extra 6 minutes of TV version material).
All strip club scenes have been shortened
All murders reduced especially that of Rae Dawn Chong.
The killer practising his nunchucks in his own room rather predictably gets the chop...
... as does their
use in attack on a woman in the park
Michael Gazzo's Shit, I'd give my only nut becomes Shoot, I'd give my only son
Fear is the Master is a 1983 documentary by Cynthia Connop.
Starring Osho.
Exists as a Censored Version and an Uncensored Version.
Summary Notes
In this hard-hitting cinematic document,
ex-followers reveal secrets of life under the domination of India's infamous free sex guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, self-proclaimed God of the Universal. We see how Rajneesh combines an eerie charisma with scientific mind control techniques to make his
disciples psychically dependent on him. For the guru, this web of control means a regal lifestyle (he had nearly a hundred Rolls-Royces at his disposal). But for his followers, called sannyasins, living in the shadow of the Master means giving up family
ties, working eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, for no pay and always being available to satisfy the sexual whims of the gurus hierarchy. Wielding millions of dollars with an iron fist, Rajneesh and his henchmen built a 100 square-mile separate
state in rural Oregon, U.S.A. complete with a highly armed sannyasin security force. Like the tragic residents of Jonestown, the inhabitants of Rancho Rajneesh were taught to fear law enforcement ...
US: There is also a similarly packaged version proclaiming itself as the Censored Version. Possibly for those Christian fundamentalists that prefer their strong language bleeped.
Fear No Evil is a 1981 USA horror by Frank LaLoggia. Starring Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman and Kathleen Rowe McAllen.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
18 yr old high school student Andrew looks human in every way but in reality he is the Incarnation of Satan himself. Two archangels name Mikhail and Gabrielle (who are
in human form) are sent from heaven to stop him before his evil takes over the world.
US Theatrical Version was cut to achieve a PG-13 Rating
Thai Theatrical Version featuring an extra fight with the Thai boxer called Bei Cha
Hong King Theatrical Version
Summary Review: Last for Jet Li
Fearless is inspired by the life of Huo Yuan Jia, real-life Chinese martial arts master. Jet Li plays this legendary figure, whose martial arts style and fearless fight
helped the people in China regain their pride in the early 20th century when China was intimidated and humiliated by the growing Western and Japanese powers.
In Fearless Jet Li has shown his best performance since Once Upon A Time In
China and the fight scenes (choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping) are all fantastic, sometimes visceral, and sometimes graceful, and always powerful. Good and smooth editing and gorgeous production designs also help greatly to create the background.
Fearless is a first-rate martial arts action film.
Unrated
99:22s
The UK Theatrical Cut/Western Cut/US Unrated
Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
2008 Universal (Director's Cut + UK Theatrical) R0 Blu-ray
Director Ronny Yu reduced the length of
'Fearless' from 143 minutes to 103 minutes to speed up the pacing of the movie. The subplot with Michelle Yeoh has been cut. In the original cut the story of Huo Yuanjia is told by Miss Yang an Olympic official. In the early part of the movie Huo Yuanjia
is in exile in a Thai village and to save a boy from being punished for stealing an ox, he is forced into a match with a local boxer, played by Somluck Kamsing. Ronny Yu made the cut after audiences from an internal screening criticized the film for
being too slow and the Olympic sub-story being too irrelevant to the main plot.
Fearless Hyena II is a 1983 Hong Kong action film by Chuan Chen. Starring Jackie Chan, Dean Shek and James Tien.
Always uncut and 18 rated in the UK. There exists in inconsequential
extended Japanese version.
Summary Notes
A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood. The movie opens with two members of
the brotherhood and their two male children being chased by Heaven, Earth, and miscellaneous bad guys. The two members get away separately with their children. Twenty years later, we see Chan Lung (Jackie Chan) as he hunts frogs and snakes and keeps them
in his pants. You learn he was one of the boys. The other is a lazy man who uses windmill-driven levers to deliver things to and from bedside, even a chamberpot and breakfast. Eventually, their respective paternal figures are killed, and they are forced
to fight Heaven and Earth.
The Fearless Vampire Killers is a 1967 UK comedy horror by Roman Polanski. Starring Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski and Alfie Bass.
Heavily shortened in the US for the original theatrical release. Cut in the
UK for an 'A" rated cinema release in 1967. Uncut and 15 rated for VHS in 1986 but 12 rated since 1995. US home video releases are uncut and MPAA Unrated.
Summary Review: Jokes and Atmosphere
The
film perfectly captures the atmosphere of a snow- covered Transylvania, plagued by the sinister menace of an evil that the locals would rather keep under wraps. When the hapless Alfred (Roman Polanski) and his master Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran)
arrive at an inn for the night, they stumble upon a community reluctant to discuss their embarrassing secret.
The exaggeratedly Jewish local innkeeper Shagal (played brilliantly by Alfie Bass) does his best to feign ignorance, as
nearly all of the villagers clam up tight, but the game is afoot. Add to the recipe the beautiful innkeeper's daughter (the simply lovely Sharon Tate) with whom Alfred falls instantly in love, and the scene is set for a wonderful tale of good over evil
in the twilight world of the un-dead.
There are many subtle jokes along the way, as well as some very obvious slapstick, but the lair of the vampires is truly menacing and with a haunting score to emphasise the plot, this film
simply works on many levels.
2019 Warner Archives (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon titled The Fearless Vampire Killers
2004 Warner R1 DVD
at US Amazon titled The Fearless Vampire Killers
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub:
108:16s
sub:
103:56s
Passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for category for:
1967 cinema release as The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 cinema release as Dance of the Vampires
From IMDB:
Heavy cuts were made by the BBFC to the scene of Von Krolock attacking Sarah in her bath in order for the film to receive an A certificate.
US Theatrical Version
shortened
cut:
20m
run:
87m
pal:
84m
approved
US: The US Theatrical Version was significantly shortened. From IMDb:
This film
was originally released in the United States in an edited version shortened by approximately 20 minutes. All actors voices redubbed to make them more American-sounding, the music was slightly altered and a cartoon prologue featuring Abronsius &
Alfred was added. This was done by producer Martin Ransohoff without Roman Polanski's approval. Other edits included the shortening of the trip to Krolock's castle, the shots of Shagal watching the maid cleaning the floor as he stomps the sauerkraut, and
Alfred searching for the mysterious voice in the castle corridors.
Upon seeing this American version, Polanski tried to have his name removed from the credits.
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds is a 2008 USA action comedy horror by John
Gulager. Starring Jenny Wade, Diane Ayala Goldner and Martin Klebba.
Generally distributed uncut but a cut version was created for release at US
Blockbuster were Unrated Version were banned.
Summary Notes
The monsters have made it into a small neighboring town in the middle of nowhere and the locals have to band with the survivors of the bar'
slaughter to figure out how to survive.
Versions
uncut
93:00s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and gore for:
Feast III: The Happy Finish is a 2009 USA action comedy horror by John Gulager. Starring Jenny Wade, Martin Klebba and Carl Anthony Payne II.
Generally released uncut and MPAA Unrated but there also exists a cut
version nominally for the R rating requiring Blockbusters.
Summary Notes
The survivors are saved by the mysterious prophet, Short Bus Gus, who seemingly has the ability to control the beasts. He leads
them into the sewers as they travel to the big city. Along the way they get help from karate expert Jean-Claude Seagal and learn that the beasts originate from a place called "The Hive." Armed with this knowledge, they decide to fight back and
destroy the beasts once and for all.
US: Nominally cut for an MPAA R rating for videos sold/rented through the likes of Blockbuster.
See
pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com reports that the producers of the series are rather gaming the censors with their Unrated Versions and suggests
that maybe all the Unrated Versions would readily qualify for an R rating if they were to be submitted.
A compulsory cut was required to a scene of animal cruelty (in this instance two birds goaded to fury and seen pecking and fighting each other during a cockfight)
v Felicity
- 1979 Australian erotic drama by John D Lamond
Felicity is a 1979 Australian erotic drama by John D Lamond Starring Glory Annen and
Chris Milne.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. There is a Director's Cut that was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC and is MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Glory Glory
An Australian answer to
Emmanuelle that is a bit short on plot but seems to have hit the mark with the innocent fresh sensuality of the lovely Canadian actress, Glory Annen.
The softcore action starts off in a boarding school and then off to the almost
mandatory Far East for further education.
Versions
Director's Cut
Unrated
93:57s =90:12s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:
2008 Severin DVD no sign of an actual release though
Fellini's Casanova is a 1976 Italy / USA historical romance by Federico Fellini. Starring Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont and Cicely Browne.
Passed X uncut for 1977 cinema release. A shorter version was passed 18 on
VHS then 15 on DVD and Blu-ray
Summary Notes
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person ? Is he
really alive ?
Versions
Video Version
147:44s
UK: A short version was passed 15 uncut for moderate sex and brief strong nudity for:
On the surface, this looks like one of those erotic 60s art-house flicks which were imported by American entrepreneurs solely for their sex
content. It even possesses the de rigueur subtext exposing the moneyed class for its decadence and its exploitation of the naive masses. However, it's all a scam -- it was intentionally made in Puerto Rico by these self-same American entrepreneurs to
resemble a European flick -- and quite successfully so.
The film is well enough constructed and filmed to be watchable, with plenty of nudity, though it's overly melodramatic and dully predictable for long stretches. As
well, there are a couple of psychedelic sequences for Swinging Sixties buffs. The star Angelique is quite a dish and is not averse to shedding her threads at the least provocation. At the same time, the filmmakers strive to offend conservative viewers
(in true pseudo-Euro style) by including a lascivious hypocritical priest among the sordid proceedings, by using a soda bottle as an erotic device, and by being a bit unsubtle about Angelique's relationship with her housecat.
v The Female Bunch
- 1971 USA action crime western by Al Adamson and John 'Bud' Cardos (uncredited).
The Female Bunch is a 1971 USA action crime western by Al Adamson and John 'Bud' Cardos (uncredited). Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Russ Tamblyn and Jennifer Bishop.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1973. Later uncut on 18 rated VHS. Uncut and MPAA R Rated in the US.
Summary Notes
After a string of bad times
with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, the leader of the gang, puts Sandy through her initiation and they get on with the real job of
running drugs across the Mexican border, hassling poor farmers, taking any man they please, and generally raising a little hell. Soon Sandy becomes unsure if this is the life for her, but it may be too late to get out.
Versions
uncut
run:
84:10s
pal:
80:48s
UK: Passed 18 uncut:
1986 Motion Pictures On VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated
uncut
run:
84:05s
pal:
80:43s
US: A version suffering print damage is MPAA Unrated for:
2020 Severin Films Al Adamson Collection Limited Edition RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
Some scenes suffered print damage and footage has been removed. The damaged footage can be seen in the disk extras
Female Trouble is a 1974 USA crime comedy horror by John Waters. With
Divine, David Lochary and Mary Vivian Pearce.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS releases but 18 uncut since 2007 DVD. Uncut and NC-17 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from
loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother, criminal and glamorous model before her inevitable rendezvous
with the electric chair...
It is occasionally vulgar but all for good measure and although gross out, it has a hard impact that makes you feel for the characters...and what characters they are, Aunt Ida is scene stealing.
It's basically a really dirty Carry On movie...only far classier...and arguably more enjoyable... It may offend some people.
A genuinely great film from the Pope of Trash John Waters who has to be one of my favourite
directors due to him taking the piss out of everyday life and pushing humor beyond the boundaries.
Versions
uncut
run:
97:32s
pal:
93:38s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and nudity for:
2020 Sony Pictures/Criterion Collection (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Female Vampire is a 1973 French/Belgian erotic horror by Jess Franco. With Lina Romay, Jack Taylor and Alice Arno. See
Cut by the BBFC for VHS and DVD until 2002. Passed 18 uncut for 2017 DVD.
There's a non-sex Erotikill Version, a softcore version, and a hardcore inserts version titles Les Avaleuses.
Versions
hardcore
run:
109:18s
pal:
104:56s
Germany: The hardcore version is available on X Rated Kult Video
softcore
run:
100:29s
pal:
96:28s
UK: The Softcore Version was passed 18
uncut for strong sex, nudity, sexual violence with all previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2017 Screenbound/Maison Rouge Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
2012 Redemption [softcore + Erotikill] R1 DVD
at US Amazon
US Image R0 DVD
cut
cut:
run:
72m
pal:
69m
US: The Erotikill horror version is MPAA Unrated for:
2012 Redemption [softcore + Erotikill] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
2012 Redemption
[softcore + Erotikill] R1 DVD at US Amazon
This version is missing the erotic elements
cut
cut:
1:51s
run:
98:20s
pal:
94:24s
UK: The softcore version was passed 18 after 1:51s of BBFC cuts for:
2002 Arrow R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
Cut required to remove sight of non-consenting woman being stripped and forced to engage in sex with two other women
cut
cut:
6:12s
run:
95:43s
pal:
91:53s
UK: The Softcore Version was passed 18 after 6:12s of BBFC cuts for:
1994 Redemption VHS
The softcore version has been well hacked by the BBFC but the film is notable because they missed a bit. One of the sex scenes retains about 1s of unsnipped fellatio.
Cut to heavily edit the lesbian/bondage scene
cut to remove shots of female masturbation
cuts to sexual close ups.
v Ferdinand
- 2017 USA children's cartoon comedy by Carlos Saldanha.
Ferdinand is a 2017 USA children's cartoon comedy by Carlos Saldanha. Starring Kate McKinnon, David Tennant and John Cena.
BBFC advised category cuts were made for U rated releases in 2017 and 2018.
Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Ferdinand, is a a giant bull with a big heart. he is mistaken for a dangerous beast and is captured and torn from his home and family.
Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team for the ultimate adventure. Set in Spain, Ferdinand proves you can't judge a bull by its cover.
Versions
uncut
~108:00s =~103:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
2018 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
UK: Passed U for mild threat, very mild bad language after BBFC advised category cuts:
2018 20th Century Fox video
2017 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice on how to secure the desired classification. Following this advice, certain changes were made prior to submission
The BBFC further commented in its annual report covering 2017:
The animation contained darker moments of threat, including a scene in which a bull escapes from an abattoir, and a scene which shows a
face-off in the bull ring between Ferdinand and the champion matador. The BBFC advised that these moments needed to be toned down in order to achieve the desired U classification.
Scenes of dangerous behaviour involving railway
tracks which could be copied were also removed to achieve the U classification.
The distributor resubmitted the film in which the cuts were implemented and the film is now classified U for mild threat, very mild bad language.
At 72.5 mins - In fight in store-room, close up of knuckle duster was removed.
At 73 mins - In outside assault scene featuring man in garden, close ups of throwing star in man`s hand and embedded in victim`s neck were removed,
resuming on victim falling backwards.
At 84.5 mins - In fight scene inside room, close up of man holding throwing star was removed.
At 86 mins - In same fight, close up of arm being broken with bloody results and
subsequent extreme close up of hand holding throwing star were removed, resuming on man in white top.
The region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon which contains original and overdubbed versions
The Festival is a 2018 UK comedy by Iain Morris. Starring Joe Thomas, Hammed Animashaun
and Claudia O'Doherty.
BBFC advised category cuts were made for a 15 rated cinema release in 2018. The cuts were carried over the follow up home video.
Summary Notes
When Nick's girlfriend dumps him at graduation, he has a colossal meltdown in front of the entire university. He's convinced his life is over, but his best mate Shane has the perfect solution: three days at an epic music
festival. With the help of "festival aficionado" and certified oddball Amy, Shane tries to get Nick to embrace the music, the mayhem and the mud. From the creators of the Inbetweeners comes The Festival, a movie about friendship, growing up, and going
mad in a field.
Versions
advised category cuts
cut:
run:
97:59s
pal:
94:04s
UK: Passed 15 for strong sex references, crude humour, sex, drug misuse, very strong language after BBFC advised category
pre-cuts for:
2018 EIV video
2018 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
This film was originally seen for advice. The company was advised the film was likely to be classified 18 but that their preferred 15 could be achieved by making reductions to three sequences of crude and sexual behaviour. When the
film was submitted for formal classification acceptable reductions has been made the film was classified 15.
The BBFC further commented in its annual report covering 2018:
Festival is a British comedy which follows the misadventures of a group of friends at an outdoor pop concert. We classified it 15 for strong sex
references, crude humour, sex, drug misuse, very strong language, but only after the company made cuts:
to remove a crude and realistically presented shot of implied ejaculation,
to reduce a scene of urination onto a man's face, and
to reduce to a minimum
a scene of implied sex with a goat, in the context of a pagan ceremony.
ffolkes - 1980 UK action adventure thriller by Andrew V McLaglen. See
North Sea Hijack
Fiebre is a 1971 Argentina drama by Amando Bo. With Isabel Sarli, Armando Bo and Horacio Priani.
Banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release
Summary review from
IMDB: Atmosphere of strangeness
In 1968 and 1969, Amando Bo and Isabel Sarli produced their three masterpieces: Carne , Fuego y Fiebre , three films that are unique in the world, three films
that influenced John Waters big time and were a clear precedent to his revolutionary work.
Fiebre is an amazing piece of experimental film-making. The idea is Isabel falls in love with a horse . An so we see shots of
her touching her breast over imposed with shots of the horse's organ for an hour nd a half. It sounds boring. It's not.
Bo's movies have an atmosphere of strangeness. They deserve a place in film history.
The Fiend is a 1972 UK horror by Robert Hartford-Davis. With Ann Todd, Patrick Magee and Tony Beckley.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated UK cinema release in 1972. Released uncut internationally and was MPAA R rated in the US. Passed 15 uncut by the BBFC for 2010 DVD.
Summary Review: Rampage of Redemption
As though enough pretty young women to fill a stadium haven't already been murdered in these films, a young man under the influence of a religious cult goes on a rampage of 'redemption,' murdering countless -- what else? -- young
women.
Something of a minor horror that is watchable rather than notable. The cinematic style has been likened to the British sex comedies of the time. Patrick Magee provides couple of plus points for the film.
2018 Vinegar Syndrome RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo titled Beware My Brethren at US Amazon
This release contains a scene comparison between the UK theatrical version and the uncut International version
cut
cut:
~1:42s
run:
89:46s
pal:
86:11s
sub:
91:33s
sub:
87:53s
UK: The cut UK cinema version was
released on pre-cert video:
1981 Derann VHS titled The Fiend
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
1972 cinema release titled Beware My Brethren
1972 cinema release titled The Fiend
US: The same cut version was released for:
2005 Redemption R1 DVD
From IMDb. Comparison of Derann video with uncut version shown on BBC in 2001:
The opening murder in the BBC version includes a more prolonged strangulation scene, as well as some further nudity as Kenny strips his dead victim (Janette Wild). There's also the sight of him removing a watch and necklace from the naked corpse,
adding a (slightly out of place) petty criminal element to Kenny's religiously motivated crimes.
The title scenes are slightly different, the BBC version plays the title over a still shot of the killer's boots (the rest of the credits appear the
same way). The Derann version plays the title over a blue box background.
When Kenny first plays the audio tapes back of his killings there is some cutaways to historical torture paintings. The older Derann version includes two brief shots of
the same painting, the BBC version contains the same two shots but lingers on them a little longer and goes on to another shot of a second (more graphic) painting.
The murder of the prostitute (Terry Quinlan) in toned down in the Derann version
(she's beaten around the head off-screen). The BBC version however includes some nasty shots of Kenny ramming his torch into the girl's mouth. Her death from being beaten around the head is no longer shown totally off-screen in the BBC version either.
The following scene where Quinlan's body is discovered in cement, is different in the two versions. The BBC version represents this scene with two shots of nudity (the actress obviously found it hard to hold her breath). The Derann version
represents it with an odd, (still photograph?) close-up on the girl's face.
The last difference is to the 'meat-hook scene' where one of Kenny's victims (Suzanna East) initially drowned is discovered hanging on a meat hook. Both versions play
the discovery slightly different, the Derann version includes a brief shot of the girl on the meat hook as well as a second shot that zooms in on the dead girls face. The BBC version begins with an additional long shot of the dead girl, and ends on a
second shot, that's actually the first shot we see of the body in the Derann version but is more drawn out. The zoom shot from the Derann version isn't included in the BBC version.
The 15:17 To Paris is a 2018 USA drama by Clint Eastwood.
Starring Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer and Jaleel White.
The film was submitted to the MPAA in December 2017 and was rated R for a sequence of violence and bloody images.
The distributors successfully appealed to the CARA
Appeals Board, and got the rating changed to PG-13 for bloody images, violence, some suggestive material, drug references and language.
Summary Notes
American soldiers discover a terrorist plot on a
Paris-bound train.
The Fifth Cord is a 1971 Italy mystery thriller by Luigi Bazzoni. With Franco Nero, Silvia Monti and Wolfgang Preiss.
Uncut for X rated cinema release in 1972 but cut for 18 rated VHS in 1988.
Later passed 18 uncut for 2019 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Atmospheric giallo
An alcoholic journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer after the police make him
a suspect in their investigation.
A stylish, atmospheric giallo. Great score, great locations, superb cinematography by the great Storaro. The story, however, is quite muddled, but here, the mood makes up for that to a
large extent.
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear is a 1965 Czechoslovakia war drama by Zbynek Brynych Starring Miroslav Machácek, Olga Scheinpflugová and Zdenka Procházková
The UK release is missing scenes present in US and Italian release. These scenes described as the Italian Prologue and the notorious Nazi brothel sequence are included as extras in the 2021 Blu-ray release.
Summary Notes
A Jewish doctor in Nazi occupied Czech Republic (then Bohemia and Moravia) risks his life and attempts to regain his identity by assisting a wounded political fugitive.
Versions
UK Version
run:
98m
pal:
94m
UK: The UK Version was passed 12 uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for domestic abuse, moderate sex references, language, injury
detail, threat:
2021 Second Run [UK Version + deleted scenes in disk extras] (RB) Blu-ray at
UK Amazon #ad
US/Italian Version
US/Italy: From promotional material. Two lost sequences: the Italian Prologue, and the notorious Nazi brothel sequence that appeared in the 1968 American and Italian release versions of the film.
These scenes running 11m and rated BBFC
15 have been included with:
2021 Second Run [UK Version + deleted scenes in disk extras] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
US: The US Version is cut by about 15m for nudity for an MPAA PG rating.
Nude scenes were cut featuring Sylvia
Kristel and Ursula Andress. Some violence was cut along with uncontentious material cut to reduced the running time.
55 Days at Peking is a 1963 USA action war drama by Nicholas Ray and
Guy Green Starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven.
Cut for a U rated 1963 cinema release and for later U rated videos. Uncut
since the PG rated DVD and Blu-ray release of 2014.
Promotional Material
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking
during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and the support of the Boxers by the Chinese Empress and her generals.
Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 USA comedy by Michael Tiddes.
The film was originally passed 18 uncut for cinema for very strong sex references. The film distributors appealed to the BBFC for a reconsideration of the 18 rating, asking for a 15 rating instead. The BBFC agreed, and the film is now passed
15 uncut for strong sex references.
Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2015 USA romance by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Jennifer Ehle.
No cuts in the UK or US. There exists a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version. Otherwise banned around the world
Promotional Material
Fifty Shades of Grey is the hotly
anticipated film adaptation of the no.1 bestselling book by E L James. Fifty Shades Of Grey follows the relationship of 27-year-old handsome billionaire Christian Grey and innocent college student Anastasia Steele .
Since its release, the
“Fifty Shades” trilogy has been translated into 51 languages worldwide and sold more than 100 million copies in e-book and print—making it one of the biggest and fastest-selling book series ever. Stepping into the roles of Christian
Grey and Anastasia Steele, who have become iconic to millions of readers, are Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. Fifty Shades of Grey is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and produced by Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti alongside E L James, the creator of
the series. The screenplay for the film is by Kelly Marcel.
Versions
Extended Version
Unrated
123:08s
UK: The Unseen Feature/Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex for:
2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released
on 22nd June 2015
2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R2 DVD at UK
Amazon released on 22nd June 2015
US: The Extended version is MPAA Unrated
The Extended Version contains 3:14s minutes extra. This is mostly extra plot and an alternative ending but there are also a few extra seconds of nudity and sex. See
pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com
Theatrical Version
120:01s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex for:
2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released
on 22nd June 2015
2015 Universal [Theatrical + Extended] R2 DVD at UK
Amazon released on 22nd June 2015
Fifty Shades Darker is a 2017 USA romance by James Foley. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Bella Heathcote.
The Theatrical Version is 18 rated in the UK and R rated in the US, but was
banned in India. An Unmasked extended version version is MPAA Unrated in the US and 18 rated in the UK.
Summary Notes
While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger
and envy of the women who came before her.
Versions
Unrated Unmasked Version
Unrated
125:58s
UK: The Extended/Unmasked/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for strong sex for:
Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Unmasked] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Unmasked] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Universal Pictures [Fifty Shades of Grey + Darker Unmasked] 4k RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
Universal Pictures [Fifty Shades of Grey + Darker] RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
Universal Pictures [Fifty Shades of Grey + Darker] R2
DVD at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2017 Universal [Theatrical + Unmasked] R0 4k Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon
2017 Universal [Theatrical + Unmasked] R0 Blu-ray/R0 DVD Combo at US Amazon
2017
Universal [Theatrical + Unmasked] R1 DVD at US Amazon
See article from movie-censorship.com : The Unrated version includes an extra 13 minutes of plot and a couple of extensions to sex scenes. However this
adds nothing that would be of interest to film censors as there is no full frontal nudity. Even breasts get routinely obscured up by deliberately placed props.
Theatrical Version
Australia
112:51s
UK: The
Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for strong sex for:
Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Unmasked] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Universal Pictures [Theatrical + Unmasked] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Universal Pictures [Fifty Shades of Grey + Darker Unmasked] 4k RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
2017 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version was rated R for strong erotic sexual content, some graphic nudity, and language.
Australia: Passed MA 15+ for Strong sex scenes. New Zealand: R18 for sex scenes, offensive language Canada
(British Columbia): 18A Germany: 16 Netherlands: 16 Philippines : 18-R Portugal: M/16 South Korea: 18
banned
India
India: Banned in March 2017
Banned by the CBFC. The film censors nominally noted that the film could be released with all the sex scenes removed but this option was not accepted by
the distributors Universal, so the film remains banned.
52 Pick-up is a 1986 USA crime thriller by John Frankenheimer. Starring
Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret and Vanity.
BBFC cuts were required for 18 rated VHS and cinema releases in 1987. Uncut on 18 rated 2004 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review : Little Gem
Harry Mitchell, an L.A.
manufacturer with a fancy car, a nice house, and a wife running for city council, has his life overturned when three masked blackmailers appear with a video tape of Harry and his young mistress. He's been set up, and they want $105,000.
I saw this in the theaters when it first came out in the 80s, not expecting much, but then - BAM! - this nasty little gem of a thriller delivers thrills in spades.
JOHN GLOVER creates one of the most
chilling, yet hilarious, villains in film history - and the film's most infamous sequence - the videotape replay of Cindy's snuff-movie murder that Glover forces Scheider to watch in horror SITTING THE SAME CHAIR WHERE SHE WAS KILLED! - still never fails
to disturb the viewer.
Versions
uncut
run:
105:44s
pal:
101:30s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and
violence after all previous cuts reinstated.for:
2016 Arrow Video RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
Fight Club is a 1999 USA / Germany drama by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt,
Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter.
Cut by the BBFC for 1999 cinema release and VHS. Uncut on DVD since 2005. Uncut in the US. The film was heavily cut for Chinese internet streaming in 2022 but some of the cuts were waived after widespread protest.
Summary Notes
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an
eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
Versions
uncut
run:
138:55s
pal:
133:22s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence with
previous cuts waived for:
2014 cinema release
2009 20th Century Fox 10th Anniversary RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
UK: Passed 18 for occasional strong violence after 4s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
2000 Fox Pathe VHS
1999 cinema release
The BBFC noted:
Substitutions were made of 3 seconds in addition to the cuts to running time
The film was cut by 7s by the BBFC. (4s cut and 3s subsitutions)
In the scene where the gangster beats up Brad Pitt, an overhead shot as Pitt receives a punch to the face is completely missing,
In the scene where Edward Norton beats Jared Leto's face to a pulp, the third punch in the first load of hits
has been cut and several hits as his face becomes bloodied during the last load of hits have been removed in two cuts
cut
China
China: Streaming giant Tencent briefly removed the ending in January 2022 but reinstated it a month later after widespread protest.
The original ending to the 1999 film Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, shows scenes of
explosions and relentless fighting. But China's version simply showed a message on screen saying the authorities won and saved the day.
The replacement version on Tencent reportedly restores about 11 of the 12 minutes that were cut. The scenes still
missing are those featuring nudity. The changes to the ending were: [ Spoilers! hover or click text below]
The film's original finale shows Norton's character killing his alter ego, before bombs destroy buildings in a subversive plot to reorder society.
China's version of the film, which was only released last month, cut all those
scenes, and instead explained that the police foiled the plot, arrested the criminals and sent Durden to a lunatic asylum.
Cut
when submitted for a cinema certificate in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
Distributor chose to remove violent elements from a work in order to achieve a '12A' category (in this instance, strong detail of
stabbings). A '15' uncut was available to the company.
Fight for your Life is a 1977 Canadian crime drama by Robert A Endelson. With Robert Judd, Catherine Peppers and Lela Small.
Banned by the BBFC for 1981 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty 1984.
Not seen since in the UK. Uncut in the US.
Summary Review : Disturbing Scenes
Strange entry in the list in that most of the video is taken up by talking about vengeance rather than getting on
with the job.
Three escaped convicts seek refuge at the home of a black minister and his family, there the family is humiliated and beaten. When his daughter is violated the family begin to embark on some vengeance.
A
film which has very little to offer other than racial hatred and some rather disturbing scenes of violence. But so became a grindhouse classic.
The 1982 uncut video release from Vision On was banned as a video nasty in September 1984 a nd remained on the DPP list throughout the panic and so became one of the
collectable DPP39's
The Fighting of Shaolin Monk is a 1976 Hong Kong / Taiwan action fantasy adventure by Fu-Ti Lin (as Fu Di Lin). Starring Sing Chen, Kathy Leen and Ling Chia.
Summary Notes
A female martial-arts fighter goes up against an evil Shao-Lin priest who has aligned himself with the Devil.
Versions
~91:00s =~87:00s
US: The R rated version is noted as running 91 minutes but it is not clear whether this is a cut version or not.
pre-cut
83:03s
UK:
A pre-cut version assed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
1987 Tamo VHS
The film has suffered significant an obvious cuts throughout.
Fighting With My Family is a 2018 UK / USA comedy biography by Stephen Merchant. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey and Vince Vaughn.
The film was cut in the US for an MPAA PG-13 rating. The uncut Director's
Cut is MPAA Unrated. The uncut version was distributed world wide. There also talk of a future Extended Version.
Summary Notes
A former wrestler and his family makes a living
performing at small venues around the country, while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.
Versions
uncut
run:
107:52s
pal:
103:33s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate bad language, sex references, violence:
2019 Lionsgate Home Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2019 Lionsgate Home Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
Director Stephen Merchant said that the movie version was a specially
adapted version for the USA so that the film could be released in cinemas with a PG-13 release. According to his statement, the Director's Cut will be released everywhere else.
Yoko Ono's experimental film from 1966 consists entire of close-up shots of male and female buttocks, as the people involved walk backwards to the camera and the soundtrack plays the thoughts of the participants. Part of the
problem was that the film occasionally afforded glimpses of male or female genitalia, seen from behind. These glimpses were hardly explicit.
The film was intended to be shown at the Albert Hall as part of a collection of
avant-garde filmmaking. Any exposure would have been projected at a vast size, and the event was likely to attract the press, looking for films to both scoff at and be outraged by. Film censor John Trevelyan reverted to type, and so the film was rejected
with the suggestion that it be submitted to the GLC instead, who approved it without concerns, though still with an X rating
So Number Four and the other films eventually played in a Charing Cross Road cinema club to a small but
appreciative audience. The film was never resubmitted to the BBFC. Perhaps the most sensible decision on the film came from Birmingham council, who passed this innocuous and harmless film with a U certificate.
Summary Notes
This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.
Filofax is a 1990 US comedy by Arthur Hiller Starring Jim Belushi, Charles Grodin and Anne De Salvo
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12 rated cinema release in 1991. UK video
releases are uncut with a 15 rating. US releases are uncut and MPAA R rated.
Summary Notes
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly
ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Versions
uncut
run:
107:56s
pal:
103:37s
UK: Passed 15 uncut:
2004 Walt Disney R2 DVD titled Taking Care Of Business at UK Amazon #ad
UK: Passed 12 after 22s of BBFC category cuts for language::
1990 cinema release titled Filofax
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list reads:
Reel 1 - Remove line "Shut the fuck up!" by black prisoner during baseball game in prison yard.
Reel 2 - As Jimmy enters opulent mansion remove "I'm on fucking 'Dynasty'!"
Reel 3 - Remove line "I got a great fucking job, don't I?" by Jimmy to men in tennis gear. After white-suited Jimmy admires himself in mirror remove "Fucking A, man!"
The Final Countdown is a 1980 USA action Sci-Fi film by Don Taylor. Starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and Katharine Ross.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated 1980 cinema and PG rated 1986 VHS. Uncut on PG rated DVD.
Summary Notes
An American nuclear aircraft carrier and its crew are caught
in a classic dilemma when a supernatural storm sends them back in time just before the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor.
Versions
uncut
run:
102:20s
pal:
98:14s
UK: Passed PG uncut for moderate violence for:
2015 Icon Home Entertainment video
2006 Optimum Releasing video
2002 Hollywood DVD video
IMDb notes that the BBFC cuts were waived in 2002.
Final Exam is a 1981 USA horror thriller by Jimmy Huston. Starring Cecile Bagdadi,
Joel S Rice and Ralph Brown.
Seized by the police during the video nasties moral panic. Passed 18 uncut on 1986 VHS. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students
are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Final Exam was made at the peak of the early 80's slasher period and I'm not surprised that this one been forgotten. The intro is
truly typical stuff with a teen couple making out in a car only to be killed (but in a crap off screen murder). During the next 50 minutes! or so you'll be wondering if you're actually watching a slasher as nothing happens.
The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore
subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.
The theatrical release features a shot that is missing from all DVD versions:
when one of the victims-to-be gets his hand stuck in his kitchen sink trying to retrieve his lost ring, the threatening disposal blades below are not shown.
The commentary track on the DVD mentions that this was a last moment add-on which heightened the menace and tension of the scene considerably.
The DVD commentary also mentions that the film lost a lot of gore when a preview version was found to
have alienated the audience.
90:03s =86:27s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following statement: Distributor chose to remove derogatory use of the words 'spaz' and 'spastic' in order to get a U. An uncut 12 was available to the distributor
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 2005 Japan children's action animation by tetsuya nomura, takeshi nozue (co-director) Starring Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Itô and Shôtarô Morikubo
There exists a Standard Version and a Director's Cut/Complete Version. A 23 minute 'Special Edition' was shown at the Venice Film festival.
Summary Notes
An
ex-mercenary is forced out of isolation when three mysterious men kidnap and brainwash the city's children afflicted with the Geostigma disease.
Versions
uncut
run:
126m
pal:
121m
UK: The Complete Version was passed 12 uncut
for moderate fantasy violence, bloody images:
2021 Sony Pictures R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad
US: The Complete Version is MPAA Unrated
uncut
run:
100:54s
pal:
96:52s
UK: The Standard Version was passed PG uncut for
mild fantasy violence:
2006 Sony video
US: The Standard Version is rated MPAA PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action violence
v Final Inquiry
- 2006 Italy / Spain / USA / Bulgaria / France historical mystery adventure by Giulio Base.
Final Inquiry is a 2006 Italy / Spain / USA / Bulgaria / France historical mystery adventure by Giulio Base. Starring Daniele Liotti, Dolph Lundgren and Mónica Cruz.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended TV Version.
Summary Notes
It is the year 33 A.D. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky
turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old gods have been annihilated. A new kingdom is about to rise in the East. The Emperor calls Tito
Valerio Tauro, the most prominent investigator in Rome, back from his exile. He was ostracized years earlier because he had discovered too much regarding the death of the great Emperor Augustus, the predecessor of Tiberius. Tiberius entrusts Tauro with a
mission that will require all his talent; should he conduct it successfully, his good name will be completely restored. He must discover the truth regarding the death sentence of a poor Judean rabbi. His name is Jesus of Nazareth and they say he has
resurrected from the dead.
Versions
Theatrical Version
111:16s
US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
Czech: The extended version premiered on Italian TV and is available on the Czech DVD edition.
From IMDb. The TV version is highly recommended due to its
complete script with a larger cast of relevant characters, which increases plot weight and eases the story understanding. Apart of some characters, a few secondary outlines appear despite of the cinema version. Sometimes, the short version seems to be
cut off, but some viewer's questions may be shown are fully solved in the most amusing TV version.
Final Score is a 2018 UK action film by Scott Mann. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Dave
Bautista and Ray Stevenson.
BBFC Category cuts were required for a 15 rated cinema and DVD release in 2018. Hopefully uncut and MPAA R rated in the US
Summary Notes
After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.
It is not confirmed that the US version is uncut but the running time is a little longer so it seems hopeful.
advised category cuts
cut:
run:
104:12s
pal:
100:02s
UK: Passed 15 for strong violence, language after BBFC advised pre-cuts for:
2018 Signature Entertainment video
2018 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
This film was originally seen for advice. The company was told it was likely to be classified 18 but that their preferred 15 could be achieved by making reductions to stronger moments of violence. When the film was submitted for
formal classification these moments had been acceptably reduced and the film was classified 15.
The BBFC further commented in its annual report covering 2018:
We awarded a 15 to Final Score only after the company made cuts to:
the stabbing of a man's groin and
sight of another's head being held beneath the surface of a deep fat fryer.
Sadistic violence like this is unlikely to be acceptable at 15.
The Final Terror is a 1983 USA horror by Andrew Davis. Starring John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed and Ernest Harden Jr.
Uncut for UK cinema release but cut by the BBFC for VHS. Uncut in the US.
There is an alternative Version called The Creeper and a slightly different International Version.
Summary Notes
A group of forest rangers go camping in the woods, and trespass into an area where a
backwoods mama likes to kill people who come onto her turf.
The Final Terror wasn't a bad movie but it was a bad slasher movie. Nary a drop of blood, ok maybe a drop or 2 but WEAK kills.
Great cast .Darrel Hannah, Rachel Ward and Joe Pantoliano were virtual unknowns at the time and lend to the credibility of the cast today.
International Version
International Version
run:
83:50s
pal:
80:29s
UK: The International Version was passed X (18) uncut for:
UK 1982 cinema release titled Campsite Massacre
The International Version contains an additional shot of gore during the attack on the skinny-dipping couple.
This film tends to touch base
on issues in several other of his films. In Vixen , the issue was marital bliss and touched on the concept of partner swapping. A similar notion is touched on in Finders Keepers in marital fidelity, and promoting the concept that no one
goes unpunished.
It contains the nudity and light humor of his other flicks. It's not one of his more known films, but is worth checking out even if only once. The movie actually has a good plot to it, with senses of
drama and a sense of urgency that keeps the pace going from start to finish.
52s
70:07s
The BBFC cut 52s from the 1999 Polygram video
Thanks to Bleach:
At 35 mins - In marital rape scene, after man begins to instigate sex with woman, and after her whispered dialogue line Oh God...no...please, remove all sight of him ripping open her night-dress to expose her breasts and lying on top of her
with her breast clearly visible. Resume on close shot of his back and arm.
At 62.5 mins - In robbery scene at bar, after woman is thrown onto pool table, and after man with red kerchief round neck shouts Stop it and man with acetylene
torch laughs, remove all subsequent long shot of her struggling as her clothing is pulled open to reveal her breasts and man forces himself on top of her. Resume on close shot of man with red kerchief shouting Stop it...the combination's taped under
the bar...
1978 US crime drama by James Toback. With Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow and Jim
Brown.
Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
1987 Hollywood Nights VHS
1978 cinema release
The film was cut for a US R Rating but the R Rated Version has become the definitive.
Toback said in the Las Vegas Weekly that his great experience with the people at Warner Bros. on Fingers, which had to be resubmitted 13 times before it got
the 'R' it needed to be released. That was 1978, so I don't think the original cut of Fingers even exists.
The Finishing School - 1970 Spain horror mystery thriller by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. See The House that
Screamed
Firepower is a 1979 UK action thriller by Michael Winner. Starring Sophia Loren, James Coburn and OJ Simpson.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated 1979 cinema release.
These cuts were waived for 15 rated 1986 VHS but a cut for cockfighting was required. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
A merc is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse
criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Firepower is a 1993 USA action crime film by Richard Pepin Starring Chad McQueen, Gary Daniels and George Murdock
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated home video in 1994 but uncut and 18 rated for 2003 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
In the near future,
street gangs have their own city zones where cops can't go. Two tough cops are sent undercover in one of them to investigate an illegal cure for AIDS. But they must first fight in a deathmatch, and the match is fixed.
Firepower
is one of those cheesy martial art movies that tries to take place in the future and the result is even more cheesiness that is just a 1980's looking future. But not all is lost. There are plenty of fights in this film, and it stars familiar faces
Chad Mcqueen and Gary Daniels.
The fights are really the only decent thing about Firepower . If you are into underground cage fighting with weapons and screaming spectators, this is that kind of movie. None of the
fights are exceptional, but most are good and solid for a martial arts film. Gary Daniels is definitely more skilled in Firepower than Chad Mcqueen.
Versions
uncut
run:
95:25s
pal:
91:36s
UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts
waived for:
Firewalker is a 1986 USA action comedy adventure by J Lee Thompson. Starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr and Melody Anderson.
BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated cinema release in 1987.
Passed 15 uncut for VHS and 12 uncut for 2016 DVD. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Max Donigan sets off on a treasure hunt with his friend Leo and newly-acquired partner Patricia, who
provided the treasure map. Along the way they encounter a few bar fights, evil "coyotes", and other obstacles they are able to overcome with ease. When they find the temple with the treasure, they also find the Firewalker, who wants to retain the power
of his ancestors and put an end to the trio's treasure hunt. In the end, Max and his two friends persevere and return home wealthy.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
100:35s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for
moderate violence, sex references for:
The Firm is a UK 1989 TV drama by Alan Clarke. Starring Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville and
Philip Davis.
Exists as the original TV Version and a Directors Cut. Both are 18 rated by the BBFC.
Summary Notes
This is the
story of rival "Firms" of football supporters, and how one man has a wish to team them up for the European Championships of 1988. However, when this is discussed, the opposing leaders are not happy, as they believe this is a challenge to their
authority. This Film shows how football violence has progressed from pure violence to a form of organized crime, to the extent that all the leaders know each others home phone / mobile phone numbers.
Versions
Director's Cut
68:02s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, strong sex for:
Bfi [Original Version + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
From promotional material. The Director's Cut re-instates a number of bold sequences previously considered too controversial for audiences for the original BBC TV broadcast version.
The First Great Train Robbery is a 1978 UK crime adventure thriller by Michael Crichton. Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down.
All UK releases have been cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train's safe in Victorian England. They need
wax impressions of keys, coffins, dead cats, and a great deal of planning in order to pull it off.
First Kid is a 1996 USA children's comedy by David Mickey Evans (as David M Evans). Starring Sinbad, Brock Pierce and Blake Boyd.
Extensive BBFC category cuts were required for PG rated video release in 1997. The cuts were waived for PG rated DVD in 2002. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Luke Davenport is the thirteen-year-old son of Paul Davenport, the President of the United States, and first lady Linda Davenport. Ill tempered Agent Woods is the secret service agent in charge of Luke. Woods is fired after
mistreating Luke in front of the press. Woods is then replaced by former boxer Sam Simms, who won a boxing title in 1977. Sam is eager to take the job - even though no one else wants it. Everyone thinks that Luke is just a brat when the only thing Luke
wants is to just fit in and be like every other kid at his school, the Georgetown Academy.
Versions
uncut
run:
100:45s
pal:
96:43s
UK: Passed PG uncut with all previous BBFC cuts
waived:
Spoiled US President's son slips away to a shopping mall to meet a mentally disturbed villain with a gun. The BBFC found this confrontation too violent for the target audience and extensively re-edited the scene with the following justification:
First Kid had to be cut to reduce the sense of threat as the hero was subjected to a psychotic gun attack in a shopping mall. The terrorisation of a
child character in a conventially safe environment was felt to be a violation of trust, as was the unexpected onset of violence so close to the end of the film.
Thanks to Ben. the BBFC cuts
list reads:
Considerably reduce violence and terror in shopping mall when secret service man Simms is trying to rescue First Kid Luke from former secret service man Woods, as follows:
At 87 mins When Woods says stand aside after initial confrontation, remove close-up of boy's frightened face pleading help me, help me, resuming on Simms saying He's just a kid man; then, after Woods tries to drag Lukeaway,
remove second close-up of frightened boy and shot of Simms reacting, resuming on Woods pulling boy's coat.
At 87½ mins After close-up of Simms following them, remove entire assault by Woods on man in wheelchair,
resuming on Woods turning to camera with gun.
After crowd panics and Woods threatens Simms who backs away, remove repeated threats with gun and build-up of panic as Luke becomes more terrified, resuming on close-up
of Woods with Simms telling him to calm down.
At 88 ½ mins After Simms says you don't want to shoot anybody, remove shot of boy's frightened face, resuming on Woods saying Yeah; then remove next close-up of boy
pleading please, please, please and shot of Woods saying I do. resuming on boy shouting No!
When Woods fires at Simms, who dives for cover, reduce gunfire by cutting away after gobstoppers fall from broken glass
ball, resuming on Simms lying on floor saying I feel like I'm working at the post office.
At 89½ mins When the two men fight over empty gun, remove all sight of Simms being kicked in the head, resuming on him getting
up from the floor.
After Woods hits head on pillar, remove punch to his face and kick to his stomach, resuming on wide shot of punch that knocks Woods into fountain.
At 90 mins
After boy screams Simms! when gun is pointed at him, reduce lengthy build-up of fear as Simms runs to save boy, resuming on Woods pointing gun at boy.
At 90½ mins After mid shot of boy panicking, (1) reduce close
side view of gun by removing most of shot and resuming to see it fire; (2) then remove entire shot looking down gun barrel as bullet comes straight to camera, resuming on panning shot of Simms running (vision only); and (3) remove frontal shot of Luke as
bullet travels straight towards him, resuming on low angle shot of glass roof as Simms leaps across frame to take the bullet.
After secret service man fires at Woods, reduce long shot of him swaying from bullet
impact, resuming on him falling into fountain.
First Choice is a 1996 Australia/Hong Kong/Russia/US comedy action film by Stanley Tong. With Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu and Annie Wu.
The International Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
1999 EIV R2 DVD
1998 EIV VHS
1997 cinema release
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . Shortened for
reasons of pace. Mostly dialogue has been cut but also some worthwhile action sequences. The original Hong Kong Theatrical Version is better and 23m longer.
F.I.S.T is a 1978 USA drama by Norman Jewison. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger and Peter Boyle.
Released in a Europe in a shortened version. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally
senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
UK: The
shortened European Version was passed PG uncut for:
2003 MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) video
1987 Warner Home VHS
UK: The shortened European Version was passed A (PG) uncut for:
1978 cinema release
About 15 minutes of uncontentious material has been removed presumably for timing reasons but this has lead to inconsistencies in the plot. See pictorial version
details from movie-censorship.com
Fist of Fun Series 2 is a 1996 UK TV comedy by
Nick Wood. With Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and Peter Baynham.
The BBC have made gofasterstripe.com cut their forthcoming dvd release of the 1996
BBC2 series Fist of Fun series 2. 5 minutes from the shows themselves and 3 minutes from a Richard Herring/Stewart Lee podcast extra! The cuts are:
Episode 3 - Lady Diana segment
Episode 4 - Parents suing a theatre segment
Episode 5 - Reference to the child in episode 4
Also removed the obsolete bbc email, post and web addresses from the end of each episode and the
address of the newsagent that Peter visits.
From the podcast-
Reference to drug taking
TV executives Stewart Lee's opinion of his poor treatment by the BBC
Richard Herring saying Stew would lose his audience if he had sex with a child
Section mentioning Alan Partridge rights
Section where they talk about buying back Fist of Fun for 2/3rds what the BBC paid them to do it in the first place.
There will be no jokes about pedophilia from the BBC!
Fist of Fury is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film by Wei Lo. With Bruce Lee, Nora Miao and James Tien.
UK cinema and VHS releases were cut by the BBFC. Uncut on 18 rated DVD in
2001 and for a 15 rated cinema release in 2023. The film was banned in Finland until 2001.
Summery Review : Don't miss this DVD
Chen Chen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of
his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher's murder.
The Bruce Lee film is famous for its legendary first nunchaku fight scene at the Japanese' training camp as Bruce shows for the first time his personal fighting tool and weapon, a pair of nunchakus. That fight scene even before
nunchakus is among the greatest ever filmed since the choreography and timing is totally marvellous as the one take lasts very long without edits, and Bruce kicks and hits about ten victims during that, and the timing and stunt men had to be really sharp
in order to not to get hurt for real. Also, the nunchaku fights in the film are incredible as Bruce uses his weapon without flinching an eye and with fierce look on his face. This all is even more powerful in his next film, Way of the Dragon.
Versions
uncut
run:
106:09s
pal:
101:54s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for infrequent strong violence, nudity:
2023 Arrow Film cinema release (rated 25/05/2023)
UK: Passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:
2023 Arrow Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon #ad
2023 Arrow Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
2015
Mediumrare RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
The lengthy nunchaku segment of Bruce Lee's first raid on the Japanese dojo has been cut out completely. The missing footage shows Lee twirling the nunchakus around his head and body, and fending off numerous attackers with blows to the head and
legs.
The film's second Nunchaku scene has also been cut. We no longer see Lee defending himself from the Japanese villain's sword, before disarming him and throwing his own weapon to the ground.
A second cut to the above
scene removes the bit where Lee leaps through the air delivering a kick to the villain's throat that sends him flying backward through a nearby shoji screen. Ending the fight rather abruptly.
uncut
UK:
An uncut cinema release slipped out in 1976 somehow without BBFC approval
run:
85:32s
pal:
82:07s
UK: A short version was passed X (18) without BBFC cuts for:
1973 cinema release titled Duel of Fists
1973 cinema release titled The Chinese Connection
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub:
105:38s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
1972 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
A cut to the second Nunchaku where Lee leaps through the air delivering a kick to the villain's throat that sends him flying backward through a nearby shoji screen. Ending the fight rather abruptly.
banned
Finland
Finland: Banned until 2001 when the film was 18 rated.
This is the Hong Kong Version omitting a 21 second sequence which has on-screen text telling the aftermath of Jing Wu followed by film of students running/training with Ting Yan.
A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italy / Spain / West Germany western by Sergio Leone. Starring Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté and Marianne Koch.
Originally cut in the US for an 'M' rated theatrical release. The US cut version was further cut by the BBFC for an X (16) rated 1967 cinema release and it seems the same version was released again in 1981 for an 'AA' rated cinema
re-release.
A slightly extended UK Theatrical version was released on pre-cert VHS in 1983 and 15 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut and 15 rated in the UK since 1999.
Meanwhile in the US the film was released uncut and MPAA Unrated on 1988 VHS. An R rating
was obtained for the uncut version in 1994 and applies to all subsequent releases.
Summary Notes
An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the
Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
Versions
uncut
run:
99:35s
pal:
95:36s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
2018 cinema release
UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate violence for:
2019 Warner Bros Signature Film Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2014 20th
Century Fox [The Man With No Name Trilogy] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Approximately 42 seconds were trimmed from the storeroom torture scene, including Esteban extinguishing his cigarillo on Joe's hand and tantalizing him with some water.
Joe lying on the
floor dizzy and bleeding for several seconds followed by Chico and another Rojo thug returning to the storeroom for some more only to be barreled to death; while the audio of that sequence remains, the video was overwritten by the shot of Joe crawling
down the ramp and out of the storeroom afterwards, along with a shot of the already-dead thugs.
Joe's reaction to seeing Ramon ram SIlvanito with the butt of his rifle, overwritten by Ramon saying And that's for
being his friend! (unheard due to another case of video overwriting).
An entire sequence of the Rojos massacring the Baxters as Joe watches from the safety of the coffin was removed.
Ramon placing the cigarillo in Silvanito's mouth wrong end first overwrites the tail end of the shot up to that point.
Joe taunting Ramon by sending his own words about shooting for the heart
back at him.
Miscellaneous snippets during the final scene, during Joe's triumphant return and Esteban's death.
pre-cut
cut:
run:
97:02s
pal:
93:09s
UK: A slightly extended UK
theatrical version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
1987 Warner VHS
UK: A slightly extended UK theatrical version was released on pre-cert video for:
1983 Warner VHS
Thanks to Ryan:
This release is a slightly-extended UK theatrical version which:
restores shots of Chico grinding Joe's hand into the floor with his foot at the end of the torture scene,
reinserts footage of Joe crawling out of the storeroom after barreling Chico and another Rojo thug to death (overwriting all video footage until the Rojos appear onscreen to investigate the
noise they'd just heard), and
Consuelo Baxter falling backwards after being shot.
Includes the shots of Ramon dripping
blood from his mouth after being fatally shot.
cut
cut:
~4:00s
run:
94:35s
pal:
90:48s
sub:
96:20s
UK: Presumably the cut 1967
UK cinema version was passed AA (14) without further cuts for:
1981 cinema release
UK: The cut US Theatrical Version was passed X (16) after further BBFC cuts for:
1967 cinema release
Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 4 - Reduce to a bare minimum the beating up of Joe [Clint Eastwood]. Also remove the kicks and stamping on his hand. Reduce the number of shots of his disfigured face, especially in close up.
Reel 4 - Reduce to a minimum the shots and
sounds of the beating up of the cantina's owner.
Reel 5 - Remove as far as possible all close shots of the massacre of the Baxters and shorten the rest, including the murder of Mrs Baxter. [All shots of men on fire were removed along with the
shot of Mrs Baxter falling backwards after being hit with a bullet].
Reel 5 - Shorten the episode in which the cantina's owner is strung up and tortured.
Reel 5 - Remove shots of Ramon dripping blood from his mouth.
A Fistful of Dynamite - 1971 Italian action film by Sergio Leone See
Duck You Sucker
Fists of Fury - 1971 Hong
Kong martial arts film by Wei Lo. See The Big Boss
Fit To Kill is a 1993 USA action thriller by Andy Sidaris. Starring Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez and Bruce Penhall.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1993 and 1997. Uncut and MPAA R rated
in the US.
Summary Notes
Chinese businessman Chang owns the fabulous Alexa diamond, stolen from Russia during WWII. He intends to return it to Russia during a gala dinner, but the
diamond is stolen by Kane, assisted by his lethal and seductive partner Blu Steele. The Agency, in charge of security at the event, go into high gear to try and recover the diamond. Gunplay, explosions, seductions, lethal remote control helicopters, and
general mayhem ensue.
Five Guns To Tombstone is a 1960 USA action crime western by Edward L Cahn. Starring James Brown, John Wilder and Walter Coy.
BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1960 cinema release. Uncut
and PG rated for 2016 DVD.
Summary Notes
Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Billy refuses but Matt frames him and
he is forced to ride off with the gang. Billy fights with his brother and accidentally kills him, while Matt's teen-aged son, Ted, who thinks his father had been paroled from prison, sees the shooting. Returning to town to explain the true situation,
Billy is almost lynched by the townsmen mob who think he was part of the robbery. He escapes and goes back to the gang, pretending to join them but actually looking for evidence to clear himself and turn gang leader, Ike Garvey, over to Marshal Sam
Jennings. Only his fiancée Arlene knows of his plan.
Five Minarets in New York is a 2010 Turkey/USA drama by Mahsun Kirmizigül. With Haluk Bilginer, Danny Glover and Gina Gershon.
Shortened for UK release and then passed 15 without further cuts. Uncut in
Germany
Summary Notes
Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in
there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder.
This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.
Versions
uncut
116:29s
Germany: Uncut on DTP Entertainment DVD
shortened
97:30s
UK:
Passed 15 uncut for strong bloody violence and infrequent strong language for:
Five Nights At Freddy's is a 2023 US horror by Emma Tammi Starring Josh Hutcherson, Mary Stuart Masterson and Lucas Grant
Not cut by censors but notably Belfast Council overruled the BBFC 15 rating with a local 15A rating. The film was MPA PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
A troubled
security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. During his first night on the job, he realizes that the night shift won't be so easy to get through. Pretty soon he will unveil what actually happened at Freddy's.
Versions
uncut
run:
109:15s
pal:
104:53s
Belfast 15A
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong threat,
violence:
Belfast: Uncut and 15A rated by Belfast City Council:
2023 Universal Pictures cinema release
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 15A rated for supernatural horror with jump scares and some scenes of bloody violence, injury detail depicted, theme of child abduction:
2023 Universal cinema release (rated 11/10/2023) titled Five Nights at Freddy's
US: Uncut and MPA PG-13 rated for strong violent content, bloody images and language:
2023 release (rated 26/07/2023) titled Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Shaolin Masters is a 1974 Hong Kong/Taiwan action drama by Cheh Chang Starring David Chiang, Lung Ti and Sheng Fu
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes
The story is simple (Shaolin vs. Manchu traitors), but the effect was anything but, as the screen's most charismatic action actors team with a legendary director and revered choreographers (Liu Chia-liang and brother
Liu Chia-yung) for scenes of unparalleled power.
An article from movie-censorship.com reports that in fact the Arrow restoration is missing a 2s scene showing a monk swinging an axe in an altercation
with Tsai Hung.
Flash and Firecat is a 1975 USA action crime drama by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian. Starring Roger Davis, Tricia Sembera and Dub Taylor.
BBFC cuts were required for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1977. The film
was rated 15 uncut for 1985 VHS. The film is uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
Flash Gordon is a 1980 UK action Sci-Fi adventure by Mike Hodges. Starring
Sam J Jones and Melody Anderson and Max von Sydow.
There are no censorship issues with this film but the BBFC suffered a little derision from the Daily Mail when it raised the rating from A/PG to 12A in 2021 nad
added a politically correct trigger warning: "moderate violence, language, sex references, discriminatory stereotypes". It seems that the BBFC consider the Emperor Ming baddie as a stereotypical Chinese characterisation.
v Flashback
- 2000 Germany horror mystery thriller by Michael Karen.
Flashback is a 2000 Germany horror mystery thriller by Michael Karen. Starring Valerie Niehaus, Xaver Hutter and Alexandra Neldel.
The film was cut in Germany for an FSK 18 rating and this cut version was
distributed worldwide. This cut version was passed 18 in the UK without further BBFC cuts. The uncut version has appeared o German TV.
Summary Notes
As a young child, Jeanette
witnessed her parents brutal murder. After years in a mental institution, the 22 year old is finally strong enough to leave the asylum and begin a life on her own. Soon, Jeanette discovers with horror that many of her new found friends have been
murdered. Does her painful past hide a mystery that could help her bring an end to the death around her?
Versions
uncut
run:
98:56s
pal:
94:59s
Germany
Germany : Uncut on German TV Austria: Uncut for theatrical release
cut
cut:
58s
run:
97:56s
pal:
94:01s
Germany
UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts:
2003 High Fliers Video Distribution VoD
2003 High Fliers Video Distribution [Dubbed] video
The film was cut in Germany to obtain an FSK 18 rating. This cut version has been distributed for all
home video releases since although the film has appeared uncut on German TV.
Flavia the Heretic is a 1974 Italy/France horror drama by Gianfranco Mingozzi. With Florinda Bolkan, María Casares and Claudio Cassinelli.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release and VHS. Uncut on DVD in UK and US
Summary Notes
Italy 1600: A convent of nuns are invaded by the Tarantula Sect on their annual pilgrimage. The cultists defile the place of worship, orgying in the chapel and desecrating the altar. One
nun decides she can't take the religious oppression any longer and flees the convent upset that all the leaders are male.
Flavia the Heretic is different from other exploitation films. Instead of being gore
and sex hidden under a thin shroud of message, Flavia the Heretic has a legitimate message (absurd as it might be at times), but gets grouped in with the sex and gore movies that the Italians are so famous for.
The movie is more than
nunsploitation. None of the scenes are all that violent. Movies like Behind Convent Walls were certainly more sexually graphic and dwelt much longer on the sex scenes in attempt to make the erotic. No such attempts were made in this movie.
Versions
uncut
run:
100:02s
pal:
96:02s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence, sexual
violence and torture for:
2020 Shameless (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 25th May 2020
2020
Shameless Amazon Prime VoD [UK only] at UK Amazon
Flesh+Blood is a 1985 Spain/USA/Netherlands adventure drama by Paul Verhoeven. With Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tom Burlinson.
Cut by the BBFC for 1986 cinema and VHS releases. Cuts waived for the 2005
DVD. In the US there is a cut R rated version and an uncut Unrated version.
Summary Notes
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the
betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
122:34s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence and sexual violence with previous cuts waived for:
2018 Eureka Entertainment Ltd RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
The Flesh and the Fiends is a 1960 UK horror by John Gilling. With Peter Cushing, June Laverick and Donald Pleasence.
The film was originally made with 2 variants, cut nudity for the UK and
uncut for the continent. The UK Version was further cut for a 1960 X rated cinema release. This cut UK version was later 12 rated for 2012 DVD. The film was released in the US in a shorter version titled The Fiendish Ghouls.
Summary Review:
Obscure masterpiece
This film deals with the infamous exploits of grave-robbers Burke & Hare, and the university professor surgeon Dr. Knox.
This is exploitative macabre
melodrama, more than a horror film; though it is more gruesome and horrific than other films of the terror genre.
This is still intense viewing today, the performances of George Rose as Burke, and Donald Pleasence as Hare,
are superb, powerful & really scary, if there is anything funny about them, it is the darkest of comedy. Peter Cushing is fine as Knox (NB. Cushing is not the principal protagonist, the film revolves on several characters) the quality of the
remaining cast vary, but at worst they are theatrical; which by no means mar the film.
The cinematography is first rate, and any Hammer fans amongst you might agree that the director John Gilling, who co-scripted it, never
made anything else quite like this.
Continental Version
Continental Version
US: The Continental Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2020 KL Studio Classics [Continental Version + US Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
UK: The previously cut UK Version was
passed 12 without further BBFC cuts for moderate threat, violence and horror for:
2012 Anchor Bay Peter Cushing Collection R2 DVD
The UK Version was passed X (16) after about 27s of BBFC cuts for:
1960 cinema release
From IMDb. The 1960 UK distributors prepared a version with topless shots replaced by more modest footage:
In a tavern scene with Burke and Hare, a female extra allows her blouse to slip revealing her breasts while B&H are talking (in the UK print the blouse doesn't slip)
When Billie Whitelaw takes John Cairney up to her room she has a brief
conversation at the foot of the stairs with a woman by an open door. In the UK print this woman is clothed - In the continental print her breasts are exposed.
When Cairney goes into the brothel and confronts Whitelaw various of the extras are
topless in the continental version (but clothed in the UK print). The Continental print also features a couple of unique shots preceding this of topless revelry.
The BBFC then cut some violent scenes:
The murder of the old woman is slightly differently edited and more explicit in the Continental print (additional close-ups of her being smothered by Hare's hand).
The murder of Daft Jamie is slightly extended and more violent
The
Continental version has a close-up of Burke's face when he is hanged which is missing from the UK print.
US Version
US Version
run:
74m
pal:
71m
US: The US Version is shortened and MPAA Unrated for:
2020 KL Studio Classics [Continental Version + US Version] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
Flesh for Frankenstein is a 1973 Italian/French horror by Paul Morrissey. With Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier.
Heavily cut by the BBFC for 1975 cinema
release. Then less heavily cut for 1982 cinema release. Banned as a video nasty in 1984. Less cut for 1996 VHS and uncut for 2006 DVD. Uncut and MPAA X rated in the US.
Summary Revie w: Perverse
A very good film from the Warhol/Morrissey partnership. It features a decent stab at the Frankenstein legend featuring a fair few intentional laughs
Udo Kier is astounding as the mad
Baron Frankenstein, Arno Juerging is great as his idiot assistant Otto, and Monique Van Vooren holds her own as Frankenstein's wife-sister, whose insatiable sexual appetite is fed by hunky Joe Dallesandro.
The quality
productions values add to the package and it justifiably gets rated as one of the best campy horrors of the time.
Versions
uncut
run:
94:51s
pal:
91:03s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence with
previous BBFC cuts waived for:
Cuts to shots of the Baron smearing blood across the breasts of a female corpse
and sexually caressing the body
cut
cut:
2:08s
run:
92:37s
pal:
88:55s
UK: The cut UK Cinema Version was released in November 1982 for:
1982 Vipco VHS
There is famous scene where the Baron has an orgasmic grope amongst his creations innards and proclaims that To know life you must fuck death in the
gall bladder . (or vice versa). This contributed to the wind up of the frenzied press and the video got added to the video nasties list in March 1984. It stayed on the list throughout
the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP 39s
cut
cut:
2:08s
run:
92:39s
pal:
88:57s
UK: Passed 18 after 2:08s of BBFC cuts for:
1982 cinema release
uncut
run:
94:58s
pal:
91:10s
Released uncut for:
1981 Video Gems VHS
cut
cut:
8m
run:
pal:
sub:
95:47s
UK: Passed X after about 8 minutes of BBFC cuts for:
There is also a US R Rated version missing a four-minute
montage of the three succubus ladies dancing and smearing blood all over their naked bodies during a ritual feeding after the last team member is killed.
v Flesh Gordon
- 1974 USA comedy Sci-Fi film by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm.
Flesh Gordon - Andata e ritorno... al pianeta Korno!
Flesh Gordon is a 1974 USA comedy Sci-Fi film by Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm. Starring Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields and Joseph Hudgins.
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release and 18 rated VHS. Heavily cut in
the US for an MPAA R rating although the Unrated Version is uncut. The 2001 UK DVD release is reported to be uncut without a BBFC certificate. There was also an X rated release with hardcore scenes in the US.
Summary
Notes
Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh
Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardent and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!
X rated Version
uncut
US: From IMDb
Several X-rated scenes were filmed and an X-rated version of the film was printed then supposedly destroyed (although it is known to have received at least a limited distribution). It seems that this version has been lost,
possibly as a result of prints being destroyed after a police raid.
Flossie is a 1974 Sweden erotic romance by Mac Ahlberg Starring Marie Forså, Jack Frank and Anita Ericsson
Banned by the BBFC from a 1976 cinema release. A significantly cut version was later
passed X for 1977 cinema release and 18 rated VHS in 1987. The film was released uncut in the US in 2022.
Summary Notes
A young embassy officer in Stockholm has an unexpected and
mysterious encounter with a strange woman who introduces the fascinating, yet inexperienced teenager Flossie to him with the intention to gently and softly seduce her.
Versions
uncut
run:
92:01s
pal:
88:20s
US: Uncut and presumably MPAA Unrated for:
2022 Dark Force [Flossie + Keep It Up Jack] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
pre-cut
run:
66m
pal:
63m
UK: A pre-cut version missing about 25m was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts:
1987 Sheptonhurst VHS titled Swedish Sex Kitten
The original version contains erections but no penetration. Presumably it was scenes with these hardcore elements that were cut.
pre-cut
run:
67m
pal:
64m
UK: A pre-cut version missing about 25m was passed X (18) without further BBFC cuts:
2006 UK/US comedy
animation by David Bowers & Sam Fell
Pre-cut when submitted in 2006 after a BBFC advice viewing. The BBFC commented: The animated tale originally contained uses of 'bugger' and 'bloody'. These were replaced by
'blinkin'' and 'bother' in the cut submitted for final classification
v Fly Away Home
- 1996 USA / Canada children's adventure drama by Carroll Ballard.
Fly Away Home is a 1996 USA / Canada children's adventure drama by Carroll Ballard. Starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin and Dana Delany.
The U rated 1996 cinema releaase was uncut but BBFC category cuts were
required for a 1996 U rated VHS release. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed in an auto wreck in New Zealand. She goes to Canada to live
with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life...that is until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when developers began tearing up a local forest. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes
"Mama Goose". The young birds must fly south for the winter, but who will lead them there? With a pair of ultralight airplanes, Amy, her dad and their friends must find a way to do it...
When Amy and her father fly low leading the flock of geese past the hunters, remove bearded hunter's exclamation holy shit! as he ducks, resuming on medium close up of Amy in plane.
v Fly Me
- 1973 Philippines / USA action drama by Cirio H Santiago (as Cirio Santiago).
Walking the Edge 1985 US action drama by Norbert Meisel, previously cut by the BBFC, set for uncut UK Blu-ray release on 6th March 2023 updated with BBFC cuts list
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Reservoir Dogs 1992 USA crime thriller by Quentin Tarantino, once held back by the BBFC, just released on US 4K Blu-ray
UK: Passed 18 after 2:51s of BBFC cuts for:
There is famous scene where the Baron has an orgasmic grope amongst his creations innards and proclaims that To know life you must fuck death in the
gall bladder . (or vice versa). This contributed to the wind up of the frenzied press and the video got added to the 
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