Gaami is a 2024 India adventure thriller by Vidyadhar Kagita Starring Vishwak Sen, Abhinaya
and Chandini Chowdary
BBFC
category cuts were required for a BBFC 12A rated cinema release in 2024.
Summary Notes
A reclusive Aghori, who has a rare human condition goes into uncharted territory to find a cure to
it.
Versions
cut:
run:
144:10s
pal:
138:24s
UK: BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, injury detail, threat, references to sex
and suicide after BBFC category cuts:
2024 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 07/03/2024)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to remove scenes of violence and medical detail in order to achieve their desired 12A rating. An uncut 15 classification was available.
uncut
run:
144m
pal:
138m
Australia: Uncut and ACB M rated for human experimentation and sustained threat:
Gainsbourg is a 2010 France music biography by Joann Sfar Starring Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon and Laetitia Casta
Director Joann Sfar elected to shorten the Original Version for the
Director's Cut
Summary Notes
Lucien Ginsburg, a rebellious French Jewish boy with a grotesque imagination, hates playing the piano like his father, a bar professional, and manages to
be admitted to Montmartre Academy as a painter, where he befriends an SS officer who helps him survive the occupation. After the war, he chooses to become a performing artist and adopts the stage name Serge Gainsbourg. His unorthodox songs bring him
success, even his parents's approval, and lots of lovers, yet his marriages are all utter failures.
Director's Cut
Director's Cut
run:
121:43s
pal:
116:51s
UK: The Director's Cut/International Version was passed 15 uncut for:
From IMDb . A new cut of the film, runs 14 minutes shorter then previous version and is Joann Sfar's preferred one. Changes include -
Deletion of the scene where young Serge persuades in vain for his mother to buy him a gun to play with, even attempting to bribe her by saying he'll work harder on the piano.
Deletion of the
scene where Serge and Boris Vian walk to his apartment and the two lie in the road in an effort to stop a cab. While they wait Serge reveals he has an double that follows him around to which Vian replies his is a werewolf. However two policemen soon end
the conversation short. (This proceeds Serge arriving at Boris's apartment and explains a later scene where drunken Serge lies in the road before having the police escort to his concert
Longer scene of the Baby
Pop groupies, as Gainsbourg wakes up in bed with two naked women as his Mug joyously tosses bank statements at him revealing how rich he is from Poupe'e de cire, poupe'e de son alone!
The groupies and
party to Qui Est In Qui Est Out is cut short, removing Serge narrating about the mouth being the primary sexual organ . His narration reveals the girls in the room he has slept with and how he was with them. It reveals Gainsbourg's
occasional cruel streak.
After Gainsbourg recites La Marseillaise at the press conference, we then see young Serge repeating it and triumphantly rising his fist to the audience.
Deletion of an short exchange in the nightclub when a reveller comments to Gainsbourg about him being parodied on a French TV show. The new version removes these lines either because the show is unknown outside of France or because it doesn't tie in as being the night Gainsbourg met his wife, Bambou as that TV show wouldn't air until years later.
Original Version
uncut
run:
135:19s
pal:
129:54s
UK: The Original French Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
The Gallows is a 2012 USA horror thriller by Chris Lofing. Starring Price T Morgan and
Mackie Burt.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Original Version
Promotional Material
Twenty years after an accident caused
the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small town school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but ultimately find out that some things are better left
alone.
Versions
Original Version
77:30s
UK: The Original Version was passed 15 uncut for strong psychological threat for:
2015 Warner Home Video RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 23rd November
2015
2015 Warner Home Video R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 23rd
November 2015
US: The Original version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2015 Warner Home Video [Original + Theatrical] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
Versions
From article from en.wikipedia.org . During production, New Line Cinema acquired distribution rights to the film. Though the film is
set in Lofing's hometown of Beatrice, Nebraska, all of the scenes in the theatrical version of the film were shot in Fresno, California. Several scenes in the first cut of the film were shot in Beatrice, but those scenes were dropped when Blumhouse
Productions picked up the movie. Those scenes will be featured in the DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Gallows and will be noted as the Original Version
Theatrical Version
77:24s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong psychological threat for:
2015 Warner Home Video
2015 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated for:
2015 Warner Home Video [Original + Theatrical] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
The Gambler is a 1980 USA TV western by Dick Lowry. With Kenny Rogers, Christine Belford
and Bruce Boxleitner.
BBFC category cuts for 1986 VHS. Uncut for DVD.
Summary Notes
Brady Hawkes, The Gambler, receives a letter from his
son indicating he needs help. This sends Brady to the rescue. Along the way Brady meets up with Billy Montana, a young man who thinks he knows everything about playing cards.
Versions
uncut
95:27s =91:38s
UK: Passed PG uncut for mild violence for:
2013 Delta Music video
1990 castle VHS
category cuts 1s
91:34s
UK: Passed PG after 1s of BBFC category cuts for:
1986 VPD VHS
A Game for Six Lovers - 1960 France comedy romance by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. See L'eau a La Bouche
Game of Death is a 1978 Hong Kong film by Robert Clouse. With Bruce Lee, Gig Young and Colleen Camp.
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release. Fight scenes were substituted for banned nunchuks for 18 rated VHS. Uncut and 18 rated for DVD and 15 rated for 2023 cinema release. The film is uncut in the US but there also exists various
regional variance for a Hong Kong Version, a Chinese Version and a Japanese Version.
Summary Review: A Fitting Tribute
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to
kill him.
Game of Death, a Frankenstein concoction of bits and peices of Bruce Lee's final performance in a movie originally shot in 1972-73 and a later film shot in 1978 after Lee's death is really two movies in one.
The first, a crime/revenge caper helmed by Robert Clouse is not as bad as you may have heard. The scenes are intercut badly and Lee's many doubles do look bad, but as a movie on it's own merit it isn't that bad.
Versions
US Version
run:
100:16s
pal:
96:15s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong violence, bloody images, suicide references:
2023 Arrow Film cinema release (rated 25/05/2023)
UK: The US Version was passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived:
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Log fight
Long-lost unseen footage of the celebrated log fight scene from the Bruce Lee film Game of Death is to be released as bonus material in the Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest box set marking the 50th
anniversary of the famed actor and martial artist's death.
The log fight scene, so called because of the large piece of wood that one of actors wields at the start of the sequence, is part of the approximately 100 minutes of raw footage that Lee shot
in 1972, before production was halted to enable Lee to take up Warner Bros' offer to make Enter the Dragon . The scene features Chieh Yuan, as one of Lee's allies, in combat with Dan Inosanto, who plays a master of Filipino martial art eskrima.
The log fight scene was known from photographs taken on the set, and from very brief excerpts used in the 1978 version. It appears to have become separated from the rest of the Game of Death footage after Lee's death, and was discovered in 2016 in the
Hong Kong archives of film studio Fortune Star, which now owns the catalogue of Game of Death producers Golden Harvest.
UK: A version pre-cut by 3:59s was further cut by 2s by the BBFC for:
2005 Universal DVD
1997 4 Front VHS
1996 Blue Chip VHS
1986 Rank VHS
Missing was the sight of nunchuks:
Comparison of the UK Rank video and a Video-CD from Malaysia reveals that an entire 4
minute fight scene has been substituted. Late on in the film the Chinese version shows a nunchucks fight between Bruce Lee and a villain dressed all in black. In the Rank Video, this is replaced with a far less savage battle between Bruce Lee and a
different guy dressed all in white with no nunchucks to be seen.
cut
cut:
run:
92:49s
pal:
89:06s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
1978 cinema release
v Game Of Death II
- 1980 Hong Kong/South Korea action mystery by See-Yuen Ng, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Corey Yuen
Game Of Death II is a 1980 Hong Kong/South Korea action mystery by See-Yuen Ng, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Corey Yuen Starring Bruce Lee, Tae-jeong Kim and Jeong-lee Hwang
Exists as the original Hong Kong Version and an extended International Version.
Summary Notes
After Billy Lo is killed while seeking the murderers of his friend, his
brother Bobby goes all out to bring the perpetrators to justice.
International Version
International Version
run:
95:49s
pal:
91:59s
UK: The
International Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, sex references, sexualised nudity:
2023 Arrow Film Blu-ray (rated 17/07/2023)
UK: The International Version is uncut and BBFC 18 rated:
1993 Polygram VHS (rated 12/11/1993)
1988 Rank Home VHS (rated 02/02/1988)
From IMDb:
Existing Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee related stock footage has been used to create new scenes.
The most prominent addition is the greenhouse fight between Casanova Wong and
Bruce Lee (actually Kim Tai Jong doubling for Lee) which was shot by Sammo Hung for the Hong Kong cut of Game of Death.
Other scenes include:
a childhood montage of Billy Lo, which is actually comprised of old footage from Bruce Lee's childhood films.
a funeral dedication which uses footage from Bruce Lee's real funeral, but is
done more tastefully than its use in Game of Death as it plays off as more of a real tribute to Bruce Lee than a movie funeral.
a proper end credits montage.
Hong Kong Version
uncut
run:
72:09s
pal:
69:16s
UK: A short version is BBFC 15 rated for strong violence:
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[International + Hong Kong Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
The promotional materials suggests that this may a variant of the Hong Kong Version
uncut
run:
86:56s
pal:
83:27s
UK: The Hong Kong Version is uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence:
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at UK Amazon #ad
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2001 Medusa Comms. & Marketing DVD (rated 31/10/2001) titled
Game Of Death 2
1983 Sino Cine Co cinema release (rated 17/03/1983) titled Tower Of Death
v Game of Death
- 2010 USA action adventure thriller by Giorgio Serafini.
Game of Death is a 2010 USA action adventure thriller by
Giorgio Serafini. Starring Wesley Snipes and Aunjanue Ellis and Zoë Bell.
Exists as an original version and an extended German version.
Summary Notes
A diplomat's bodyguard and company are injured in a botched assassination attempt. They're all taken to the same hospital, where the bodyguard teams up with a nurse to protect the
diplomat from a team of ruthless assassins. The nurse soon learns that there is more to this sticky situation than expected.
Versions
uncut
Germany
Germany: There is an extended German Version
See pictorial version details from
movie-censorship.com . There is a German version of the film that is longer by 9:31s. This adds uncontentious plot details, but this ends up detracting from the film
uncut
run:
97:43s
pal:
93:48s
93:48s
UK: Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for strong violence and language:
Slaughter in the South Bronx Tenement: Game of Survival
Game of Survival is a 1985 US action horror by Roberta Findlay Starring Joe Lynn, Mina Bern and Walter Bryant
Banned by the BBFC for 1987 VHS. Later passed 18 uncut for 2005 DVD.. Uncut and X rated
in the US.
Summary Review
A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.
Tenement's TOO
VIOLENT TO BE RATED! tagline lives up to its name as well: people are dropped off windows, electrocuted, impaled, castrated, raped with broomstick handles, sliced on the jugular, etc. It's definitely one of the most violent 70s/80s
grindhouse/exploitation flicks I've seen, but it was definitely entertaining if also brutal. Recommended.
Versions
uncut
run:
94:07s
pal:
90:21s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
2005 Blackhorse R0 DVD at UK Amazon titled
Tenement: Game of Survival
In June 2012 American politicians called for a boycott of Game of Thrones after the creator's despicable decision to include former President George W. Bush's severed head in several scenes. In the tenth episode of the first season, Bush's decapitated
head is seen impaled on a wooden spike, covered in filthy long hair.
HBO and the show's creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, have apologized for the incident. Benioff and Weiss, who noted the appearance in the series' DVD commentary, insist it
wasn't a political statement - just a prop.
HBO said in a statement that the scene was:
unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste. We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for this inadvertent
careless mistake. We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production.
Games that Lovers Play is a 1971 UK comedy by Malcolm Leigh. With Joanna Lumley, Penny Brahms and Richard Wattis.
Cut by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release.
Summary Notes
In the 1920s, two rival brothel madames have a bet on who has the sexiest girls.
Not released on home
video until 2014 but a nude scene featuring Joanna Lumley was featured in mens' magazines and in the Electric Blue series of softcore adult video
Gandeevadhari Arjuna is a 2023 India Action, Thriller Film by Praveen
Sattaru Starring Manish Chaudhari, Nassar and Vimala Raman
BBFC category cuts were required
for a 12A rated cinema release in 2023.
BBFC Notes
A ruthless executive attempts to prevent evidence of his company's deadly waste dumping activities from coming out in this
action-packed Telugu language thriller, which contains scenes of moderate and impactful violence.
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
136:32s
pal:
131:04s
UK: BBFC 12A rated with a trigger warning for moderate violence, injury detail, threat, domestic abuse,
strong language after BBFC category cuts:
2023 Dreamz Entertainment cinema release (rated 22/08/2023)
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to scenes of violence and drug misuse in order to achieve their preferred category of 12A. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 15
classification was available.
v The Gandhi
Murder - 2018 UK historical drama by Karim Traïdia and Pankaj Sehgal (co-director).
The Gandhi Murder is a 2018 UK historical drama by Karim Traïdia and Pankaj Sehgal (co-director). Starring Stephen Lang, Luke Pasqualino and Joseph K Bevilacqua.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2019.
Summary Notes
Solar Eclipse is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that
led to the eventual assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop of a non-violent Gandhi, and hard-line fanatic mindsets beginning to grow roots in an India divided on the basis of religion. The feature is a
story of three police officers in different parts of India, who, well aware of the intelligence that Gandhi's life in under threat, must take key decisions that would eventually either save the Mahatma, or the country.
Versions
BBFC category cuts 1:19s
117:20s =112:38s
submitted 118:39s =113:54s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, bloody images, scene of
torture after 1:19s of BBFC category cuts:
2018 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to remove bloody detail, during and in the aftermath of violence, in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
Cut by the
BBFC in 2004 with the following explanation: Cut required to remove a scene of clear and instructive detail on the preparation of illegal drugs.
If you're familiar with the works of the danish directors who've
signed the DOGMA charter, GANG TAPES may please you with its improbable camera movements and its documentary style. If not, stay away from this movie.
I must admit that the scenes of violence of GANG TAPES are, in my opinion, far more impressive than
those shown in the Hollywood thrillers. You never know what will happen next on the screen and you really feel in your guts the paranoia which is the life's companion of these people. And the impacts of the bullets in the body of the victims will hit you
as if you were present in the hot streets of the city of the angels.
Gangster Squad was delayed from its original 2012 opening date after the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater. A shootout scene set in a movie theater was cut and re-shot in a different Chinatown location for the film's eventual 2013 release.
Ganja & Hess is a 1973 USA horror drama by Bill Gunn. Starring Duane Jones, Marlene Clark and Bill Gunn.
Uncut by the BBFC for the complete version released on 2015 Blu-ray.
Originally shortened in the US for cinema but partially restored for 1998 video and fully restored for 2006 home video
Version History
Bill Gunn's original cut was 113 minutes, but the producers wanted a shorter film, and
released a 78 minute version titled Blood Couple.
This film was mostly restored in 1998 and released by Image. This version was just missing a two minute sequence of George Meda stabbing Dr Hess Green.
The complete film was restored in 2006, and it
is this complete version that is featured on this Eureka release.
Promotional Material
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn s revolutionary
independent film Ganja & Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Later recut and released in an inferior version, this edition represents the original release, restored by The Museum of
Modern Art with support from The Film Foundation, and mastered in HD from a 35mm negative.
Duane Jones ( Night of the Living Dead ) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable
assistant (director Bill Gunn ), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant s beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja ( Marlene Clark ) comes searching for her vanished
husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power there is in the blood.
Versions
Complete Version
112:44s
UK: The Complete Version was passed 18 uncut for:
2015 Eureka Entertainment Ltd RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon released on 26th January 2015
Partially Restored Version
~111:00s
US: This film was mostly restored in 1998
and released by Image. This version was just missing a two minute sequence of George Meda stabbing Dr Hess Green.
Shortened Version
~78:00s
US: Bill
Gunn's original cut was 113 minutes, but the producers wanted a shorter film, and released a 78 minute version titled Blood Couple.
Garden Of Torment is a 1976 France drama by Christian Gion Starring Roger Van Hool, Jacqueline Kerry and Tony Taffin
Banned by the BBFC for 1976 cinema release under the title Garden of
Torture but passed X uncut the next year with the title Garden of Torment.
Summary Notes
In the 1930's a young doctor is forced to flee from Paris because he is involved in a drug
scandal. On his passage to China he meets a beautiful, eccentric woman. After their arrival in China, she introduces him into a circle of decadent Europeans which created a torture garden for their amusement. While the bored imperial upper class is
torturing the locals the revolution is rising.
Versions
uncut
run:
90:24s
pal:
86:47s
UK: Passed X (18) uncut:
1977 cinema release
banned
UK: Banned by the BBFC:
1976 cinema release titled Garden of Torture
v Garfield 2
- 2006 UK / USA family animation comedy by Tim Hill.
Garfield 2 is a 2006 UK / USA family animation comedy by Tim Hill. Starring Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Billy Connolly.
Exists as a theatrical version and a longer extended version on home video.
Both were passed U uncut by the BBFC. In the US the theatrical version is PG rated and presumably the extended version is MPAA unrated
Summary Notes
Garfield is back and this time Garfield and his
canine sidekick Odie follows their owner, Jon Arbuckle, to England, the U.K. may never recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat who has inherited a castle. Garfield savors the royal treatment afforded by his loyal four-legged
subjects, but his reign is in jeopardy! The evil nefarious stubborn Lord Dargis is determined to do away with Garfield, so he can turn the castle into a resort. Garfield's bigger, better, more perfect world is soon turned upside down in this tale of two
kitties.
Versions
Extended Version
Unrated
82:06s
UK: The Extended Version was passed U uncut for very mild crude language for:
This
very curious completely silent comedy includes some dramatic sequences and some fairly pornographic ones. The movie is made with titles, very much in the manner of early silent films.
The Gathering is a 2002 UK horror thriller by Brian Gilbert Starring Christina
Ricci, Ioan Gruffudd and Stephen Dillane
A longer version (about 10 minutes extra) of the film was shown on German TV (ZDF) which included more dialogue between Cassie and Dan, a sex scene and numerous
other scene extensions. According to the ZDF, they bought this version directly from Granada before Miramax/Dimension picked it up and reedited the movie in their usual way.
Summary Notes
Amnesiac Cassie Grant has a premonition that someone or something wants the family that's helping her recover dead. She investigates the secrets of the town they live in and uncovers darkness, both human and supernatural.
v Gator Bait
- 1974 USA action thriller by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian.
Gator Bait is a 1974 USA action thriller by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian. Starring Claudia Jennings, Sam Gilman and Douglas Dirkson.
BBFC category cuts were required for an AA rated cinema release in 1977.
Compulsory cuts were required for an 18 rated VHS release in 1986. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Desiree lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. Ben
and deputy Billy hope to get a little sexual comfort from the "Cajun swamp rat" when they catch Desiree trapping 'gators, and give chase. Desiree outsmarts them but Billy accidentally shoots Ben and tells his sheriff dad that Desiree did it. Ben's dad
and sons join them in the search party and quickly get out of control. Soon the hunters become the hunted as Desiree exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.
Note that Claudia Jennings keeps her clothes on
throughout the film.
UK: Passed 18 after 3:08s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
1986 CIC VHS titled Gator Bait
UK: The same cut version was released on pre-cert video for:
1986 CIC VHS titled Gator Bait
Presumably CIC had submitted the film for an unofficial BBFC rating which were not legally mandated at this time. The unofficial rating became an official rating when submitted after the Video Recordings Act had commenced.
From IMDb:
The cut were to reduce the killing of Julie
cut
57:36s
UK: A much shortened version was released on pre-cert video for:
Action Films VHS titled Swamp Bait
FLK VHS titled Swamp Bait
category cuts 4:05s
shortened
76:49s =73:45s
UK: A shortened version was passed
AA (14) after BBFC category cuts for:
1977 cinema release titled Swamp Bait
The shortened version submitted to the BBFC is missing a lengthy speedboat chase.
