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St. Trinian's: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold

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  • St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
  • St Trinian's II
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold is a 2009 UK comedy adventure by Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson.
With Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and David Tennant. YouTube icon IMDb
BBFC category cuts were for a PG rated 2009 cinema release. These cuts have persisted to all worldwide home video releases.

Summary Notes

The girls of St. Trinians are on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate.

Versions

BBFC cut
advised
category
cuts
PG cert 100:59s UK: Passed PG for mild language, sex references and violence after BBFC suggested cuts for:
  • 2010 EIV RB Blu-ray
  • 2010 EIV R2 DVD
  • 2009 cinema release

The BBFC suggested cuts for PG

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a 12A classification but that the requested PG certificate could be achieved by making changes to four scenes, including dialogue. In particular the BBFC suggested that the company:
  • remove a phallically placed dart on a newspaper picture;
  • reduce the enthusiasm with which an electric chair and death is presented;
  • remove any imitable detail of household products being mixed to create a weapon; and
  • remove an aggressive use of bitch .

When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made and the film was classified PG .

Thanks to Gavin who points out that the same cuts also apply to region 1 DVD releases so presumably applies worldwide.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is a 1967 USA crime historical drama by Roger Corman.
Starring Jason Robards, George Segal and Ralph Meeker. Melon Farmers link    BBFC link 2020   IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1967. Uncut and 15 rated on 2006 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 99:44s
pal: 95:45s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
  • 2022 Powerhouse Films/Indicator Standard Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 25th April 2022
  • 2022 Powerhouse Films/Indicator Amazon VoD [UK] at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2018 Powerhouse Films/Indicator Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2013 Altitude Film Distribution R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2006 2 entertain Video Limited video
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut:  
run:  
pal:  
sub: 99:45s
X pre 1970UK: Passed X (16) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1967 cinema release
Stagecoach

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  • Martin Rackin's Production of Stagecoach
Stagecoach is a 1966 USA action western adventure by Gordon Douglas.
Starring Ann-Margret, Alex Cord and Red Buttons. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated cinema release in 1966. Passed 12 uncut for 2016 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

A group of unlikely traveling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thrown out of town, a professional gambler, a traveling liquor salesman, a banker who has decided to embezzle money, a gunslinger out for revenge and a young woman going to join her army captain husband. All have secrets but when they are set upon by an Indian war party and then a family of outlaws, they find they must all work together if they are to stay alive.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
12

MPAA
Unrated

114:02s
=109:28s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence after previous film cuts waived for:
  • 2017 Signal One Entertainment RB Blu-ray via UK Amazon released on 20th March 2017
  • 2017 Signal One Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 20th March 2017
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
category cuts
A pre 1970 submitted
113:57s
=109:24s
UK: Passed A (PG) after category cuts for:
  • 1970 cinema release titled Stagecoach
StageFright

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  • Deliria
  • Aquarius
  • Bloody Bird
  • Sound Stage Massacre
  • Stage Fright: Aquarius
  • Stage Fright
StageFright: Aquarius is a 1987 Italy horror by Michele Soavi (as Michael Soavi).
With David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti and Domenico Fiore. YouTube icon IMDb

A pre-cut version was passed 18 for 1987 UK VHS. All releases since have been uncut.

Summary Notes

A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should until one of the cast members turns up dead. In a panic, the others try to get out, only to find they are now locked in the theater with the killer! Which one of them committed the murder, and who will get out alive?

Firstly, this film is bloody but not all that gory, it's certainly not as over the top as some of the slasher movies out at around the same time, instead this movie tries to offer an intense and suspensful atmosphere delivered with plenty of style.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

86:29s UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2014 Exposure Cinema Limited Edition RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2009 Cornerstone R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2002 Vipco R2 DVD
  • 1995 Redemption VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
11s

1886:21s UK: A version pre-cut by 11s was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Avatar VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The 11s pre-cuts were:

  • A pick-axe penetrating betty's mouth
  • lost a power drill being bored through a man's stomach
  • cuts to Laurel being stabbed and then the knife being removed
Stagecoach Run

1936 US western by Mack V. Wright

See Winds of the Wasteland

Stallone's Law: Making of Judge Dredd

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Versions

12s 12 cert19:47s 1997 release by Danny Cannon
The Stand

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  • Stephen King's The Stand
The Stand is a USA Sci-Fi horror TV mini series by Fraser C Heston.
Starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and Jamey Sheridan. IMDb
Exists as a cut Broadcast TV Version and an uncut Extended Version.

Summary Notes

When a government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, most of the population of the world is wiped out. Survivors begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a foreboding, scary man. As the story tracks various people, we begin to realize that the two figures exemplify basic forces of good and evil, and the stage is set for a final confrontation between the representatives of each.

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
run: 360:47s
pal: 346:21s

MPAA UnratedUS: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
This release has been re-mastered for Hi-Def. The picture looks great, and some of the special effects have been enhanced.
US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated:

Thanks to Jon. The extended version includes a couple of minutes of stronger violence, and an extended sexual assault sequence. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut

cut
cut
TV Version

cut:
run: 359:41s
pal: 345:18s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The cut TV Version was passed 15 without BBFC ciuts for:
  • 1994 Warner VHS
A Star is Born

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  • A Star is Born - Encore
  • A Star Is Born
  • Nace una estrella
A Star is Born is a 2018 USA romance by Bradley Cooper.
Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Sam Elliott. IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Encore Version.

Summary Notes

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer - until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

Extended Encore Version

BBFC uncut
Encore Version
run: 147:21s
pal: 141:27s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Encore Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, drug misuse:
  • 2019 Warner Bros [Extended + Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

About 12 minutes of new footage has been added most notably:

  • Bradley Cooper recording a song at the recording studio
  • Lady Gaga singing an a cappella version of Is That Alright
  • A new performance of the song Clover,

See version details from movie-censorship.com

Theatrical Version

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 135:33s
pal: 130:08s
15

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, drug misuse US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Ascent

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Versions

0s U cert43:45s 1997 release by Allan Kroeker
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: To the Death

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Versions

6s

15 cert43:12s

1996 US TV by Levar Burton

Cut when submitted in 1996.

  • A neck break and the sound effect have been cut

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sons and Daughters

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Versions

25s PG Cert43:04s 1998 US TV by Jesus Salvador Trevino

Cut when submitted in 1998

The blood-brothers ritual whereby partners cut their palms with a knife and clasp hands is now on the BBFC list of no-no's probably due to some AIDS awareness reasoning.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 US Sci-Fi by Robert Wise.
With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The film exists in 3 versions. The Theatrical Version. There was an extended version for TV and then a Director's Edition was created in 2001.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 136:16s
pal: 130:49s

U cert

MPAA Unrated

UK : The Director's Edition was passed U uncut for:

US: The Director's Edition is uncut and MPAA Unrated:

  • 2021 PARAMOUNT The Original 4 Movie Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad

See version details on IMDb

TV
uncut
run: 144:23s
pal: 138:36s
U certUK: The TV Version/Full Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 CIC VHS

See version details on IMDb

uncut
uncut
run: 130:06s
pal: 124:54s

U certUK: The Theatrical Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray
  • 2009 Paramount R2 DVD
  • 1992 CIC VHS
  • 1987 CIC VHS
  • 1979 cinema release
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

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  • Star Trek 2: The Vengeance of Khan
Star Trek II is a 1982 US Sci-Fi film by Nicholas Meyer.
With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley.
YouTube icon IMDb
The Theatrical Version was cut by the BBFC by 6s for a and PG ratings in 1982 and 1987. The Theatrical Version was later passed 15 uncut for 1989 and 1989 VHS. The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for 2003 DVD. The Theatrical Version was also passed 12 uncut for 2009 Bu-ray. In the US the Theatrical version is uncut and PG rated. The Director's Cut is presumably MPAA Unrated.

Director's Cut

uncut
Director's Cut
run: 116:19s
pal: 111:40s
12 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK : The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate horror and threat for:

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

The difference between the 2 version is uncontentious. Plot elements have been added for the Director's Cut.

Theatrical Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 113:01s
pal: 108:30s
12 cert

15 cert

MPAA PG

UK : The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate horror and threat for:
  • 2016 Paramount Steelbook [Theatrical + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2016 Paramount [Theatrical + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2013 cinema release
  • 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray
UK : The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for:
  • 1992 CIC VHS
  • 1989 CIC VHS

US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA PG Rated for:

  • 2009 Paramount RA Blu-ray
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 6s
run: 111:28s
pal: 107:00s
PG Cert

A cert

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed A/PG after 6s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 CIC VHS
  • 1982 cinema release

Two related scenes have been deleted from the PG version. The BBFC cuts list reads:

  • Reel 2: Remove close shots of slugs burrowing into ears
  • Reel 4: Remove two close-ups of slugs crawling bloodily out of Chekov's ear. Idea may be established by wider shots of ear and subsequent shooting of slug
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 USA action Sci-Fi adventure by Nicholas Meyer.
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley. IMDb

Exists as in 3 versions, a special edition, an extended version and the theatrical version.

Summary Notes

After an explosion on their moon, the Klingons have an estimated 50 years before their ozone layer is completely depleted, and they all die. They have only one choice - to make peace with the Federation, which will mean an end to 70 years of conflict. Captain James T. Kirk and crew are called upon to help in the negotiations because of their experience with the Klingons. Peace talks don't quite proceed, and Kirk and McCoy are convicted of assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor, and imprisoned on Rura Penthe, a snowy hard-labor prison camp. Will they manage to escape? And will there ever be peace with the Klingons?

Versions

uncut
alternative
PG Cert

MPAA PG
MPAA

108:39s UK: The Special Edition was passed PG Uncut for:

US: The US release featuring the Special Edition is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

Contains uncontentious plot variants to the Extended Version

uncut
alternative
PG Cert108:39s

UK: The Extended Version was passed PG uncut for
  • 2003 Paramount R2 DVD
  • 1993 Paramount VHS
  • 1992 Paramount VHS

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

Contains approximately 3:00s of additional plot material

mpaa cut
cut
PG Cert105:22s UK: The Theatrical Version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2009 Paramount Blu-ray
  • 2009 Paramount R1 DVD
  • 1991 cinema release
Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

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Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 US Sci-Fi adventure by George Lucas.
With Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman.
YouTube icon IMDb

Never cut by censors but it has been upgraded for special effects

Versions

uncut
uncut
U cert

MPAA PG

136:10s
=130:43s
UK: The Blu-ray Version was passed U uncut for:
  • 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Blu-ray Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . Most notably the Yoda puppet has been replace by CGI.

uncut
uncut
U cert

MPAA PG

130:33s UK: The DVD Version was passed U uncut for:
  • 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
  • 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: The DVD Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

From IMDb:

The DVD reinstates footage into the feature and increases its running time by 3 minutes. Restored footage includes:

  • the Coruscant air taxi sequence,
  • extended starting grid sequence and
  • extended lap two sequence.
uncut
uncut
U cert 132:43s
=127:24s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed U uncut for:
  • 1999 cinema release
Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones

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Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 US Sci-Fi film by George Lucas.
With Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen.
YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for PG rated 2002 cinema and DVD release. The cuts were waived for PG rated 2011 Blu-ray. This Blu-ray release also saw special effects being upgraded.

Also covered in podcast from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Notes

Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is facing a Separatist movement and the former queen and now Senator Padmé Amidala travels to Coruscant to vote on a project to create an army to help the Jedi to protect the Republic. Upon arrival, she escapes from an attempt to kill her, and Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker are assigned to protect her. They chase the shape-shifter Zam Wessell but she is killed by a poisoned dart before revealing who hired her. The Jedi Council assigns Obi-Wan Kenobi to discover who has tried to kill Amidala and Anakin to protect her in Naboo. Obi-Wan discovers that the dart is from the planet Kamino, and he heads to the remote planet. He finds an army of clones that has been under production for years for the Republic and that the bounty hunter Jango Fett was the matrix for the clones. Meanwhile Anakin and Amidala fall in love with each other, and he has nightmarish visions of his mother. They travel to his home planet, ...

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 142:18s
pal: 136:36s
PG Cert

MPAA PG

UK: The Blu-ray Version was passed PG uncut for moderate fantasy violence with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
  • 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Blu-ray Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
run: 142m
pal: 136m
MPAA PGUS: The DVD Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1s
run: 142:16s
pal: 136:35s
PG CertUK: The DVD Version/Theatrical Version was passed PG after 1s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2002 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented: Company chose to cut sight of a head butt to achieve a "PG". A "12" uncut was available

  • The cut head butt was in the fight scene between Obi-Wan and Jango Fett.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

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Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA
PG-13

=134:17s 2005 US Sci-Fi adventure by George Lucas.
With
Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. IMDb

UK: The Blu-ray Version was passed 12 uncut for:

  • 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Blu-ray Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . A minor change to revert to the Theatrical Version transition effect towards the end of the film

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA
PG-13

134;18s UK: The DVD Version was passed 12 uncut for:
  • 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
  • 2005 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: The DVD Version is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

From IMDb:

Some transition effects changed from a wipe to a straight cut.

BBFC uncut 12A cert139:59s
=134:23s
The Theatrical Version was passed 12A uncut for:
  • 2005 cinema release
Star Wars : Episode 4: A New Hope

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  • Star Wars
Star Wars is a 1977 US space action film by George Lucas.
With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. YouTube icon IMDb
No censorship issues in the UK or US. All version has have been passed U uncut whilst in the US, the MPAA rated the film as PG. Exists in several version related to technical improvements and new scenes.

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Versions

uncut
uncut
U cert119:35s

UK: The Blu-ray Edition was passed U uncut for
  • 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
U cert119:35s UK: The Special Edition was passed U without BBFC cuts for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
U cert

MPAA PG
MPAA

115:57s UK: The Original Theatrical Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
  • 1986 Fox/CBS VHS
  • 1977 cinema release

See BBFC Archives: Comments about U rating from bbfc.co.uk

Star Wars: Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back

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  • The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 USA action Sci-Fi fantasy by Irvin Kershner.
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. IMDb

No censorship issues beyond noting that the film was U rated from 1980 until 2011, but was PG rated in 2020. There have been a few minor tweaks to plot and special effects over time.

Summary Notes

Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi Master's help will Luke survive when the Dark Side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader.

Versions

uncut
Special Edition
run: 127:11s
pal: 122:06s
PG

U cert

UK: Passed PG uncut for moderate violence, mild threat:
  • 2020 cinema release

UK: The Blu-ray Edition was passed U uncut for mild violence and threat

  • 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

UK: The Special Edition was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
  • 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 1998 20th Century VHS
  • 1997 cinema release

The Special edition is basically a rework of the special effects with a couple of minor tweaks to the plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
Original Theatrical Version
run: 124:34s
pal: 119:35s
U certUK: The Original Theatrical Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 Fox/CBS VHS
  • 1986 Fox/CBS VHS
  • 1980 cinema release
Star Wars: Episode 6: Return of the Jedi

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  • Return of the Jedi

Versions

uncut
uncut
U cert 134:47s
=129:24s
1983 Sci-Fi action film by Richard Marquand.
With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. IMDb

The Blu-ray Edition was passed U uncut for

  • 2011 20th Century Fox The Complete Saga RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

Some special effects have been upgraded for this release. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
U cert129:13s The Special Edition was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD via UK Amazon
  • 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
  • 1998 20th Century VHS
  • 1997 cinema release

The Special edition is basically a rework of the special effects with a couple of minor tweaks to the plot. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
U cert126:08s The Original Theatrical Version was passed U without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1991 Fox/CBS VHS
  • 1986 Fox/CBS VHS
  • 1983 cinema release
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a 2015 USA action Sci-Fi fantasy by JJ Abrams.
Starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Youtube link IMDb

Passed 12A uncut by the BBFC for moderate violence, threat. Only the 2nd in the series to get a 12 rating after Revenge of the Sith.

Listen to BBFC Podcast from bbfc.co.uk

For comparison,:

  • The Irish film censor, IFCO, also rated the film 12A for sci-fi action violence consistent with the franchise.
  • In the US the MPAA rated the film PG-13 for sci-fi action violence.
  • In Australia the Classification Board opted for M (PG-15) for Science fiction themes and violence
Star Wars: episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker is a 2019 USA action Sci-Fi fantasy by JJ Abrams.
Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver and Billie Lourd. IMDb

No cuts in the UK or US but a lesbian kiss was cut in UAE and Singapore

Summary Notes

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1

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Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert 94:19s 2008 US cartoon by Dave Filoni.
With Matt Lanter, Nika Futterman and Tom Kane. IMDb

The Director's Cut was passed PG uncut for:

There is also a shortened TV version

Starflight One

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  • Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Starflight One is a 1983 USA Sci-Fi TV movie by Jerry Jameson.
Starring Lee Majors, Hal Linden and Lauren Hutton. IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually leaving the Earth's atmosphere and orbiting around the globe. A lack of heat-resistant tiling prevents the plane from simply re-entering the atmosphere. With oxygen (and therefore time) running out, the crew of the plane and the crew on the ground must figure out a way to return the plane and its passengers to safety.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
U 109:54s

UK: The Extended Version was passed U uncut for:
  • 1986 Rank Video Library VHS
  • 1982 cinema release
uncut
Theatrical Version
103.31 US: There is also a shorter Theatrical Version.

See pictorial cersion details from movie-censorship.com

The Theatrical Version lacks a some plot, the violence remains uncut though.

Stargate

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  • Stargate, la porte des étoiles

Versions

uncut
uncut
PG cert

MPAA
PG-13

124:59s 1994 US/France Sci-Fi action film by Roland Emmerich.
With Kurt Russell, James Spader and Alexis Cruz. IMDb

UK: The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed PG uncut for mild language and fantasy violence:

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

  • 2009 Lions Gate 15th Anniversary Edition [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2003 Lions Gate Ultimate Edition [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon

From version details on IMDb. Additional scenes in the Director's Cut:

  • An additional scene added straight in at the beginning immediately after the opening titles (originally it faded to the dig at giza) shows the entirety of the scene where Ra takes over the body of the caveboy showing the cavemen running from the light in the sky and showing him walking towards it. From this point it fades to the original opening scene at the Giza dig.
  • Moments after the stargate has been hoisted up by the workmen at the Giza dig, people notice that there is something underneath it: a group of the Hora guards encased in the stone. The director's commentary on the DVD states that these are other guards that have come through the gate after it was sealed and were re-integrated straight into the stone.
  • In the scene after the stargate has been opened for the first time and the military are checking the pictures of the marking of the gate on the other gate, after James Spader says he is 'positive' he can decipher the symbols, Kurt Russel's character turns and says "it's your call" in the theatrical version. In the special edition the line has been re-dubbed by him saying instead now "he's full of shit" - presumably this was done for rating purposes of the theatrical release.
  • An additional scene before Kurt Russell is gearing up with the group about to go through the stargate, shows him going to a secured area to look at the stone/fossil Hora's.
  • When the army group are setting up the camp in the desert there is a longer scene where the group discuss more about how the stargate works and how they are going to get back to Earth. The scene during the sandstorm inside the pyramid is also extended with more footage of them talking about the sandstorm and how they are going to get back to earth.
  • When the sandstorm initially hits at the nagada village and Kurt Russell, James Spader and the others are locked inside the city, they decide that they do not want to stay and decide to leave; when the natives try to stop them Kurt Russell shoots at the ground to frightem them off. The boy (whom he later befriends) takes him up above to see the sandstorm approach. After this, a native that they were holding at gunpoint is released and Jackson comments "Sandstorm, that would have been a brilliant reason to shoot everyone".
  • The scene when James Spader awakes in the sarcophagus after being killed is extended, showing him walking towards Ra's chamber, seeing a cat sitting on Ra's throne.
  • When James Spader turns and shoots at Ra instead of his comrades so that they can flee, there are several extended cuts put in. Originally they were just ushered away by the natives, in the special edition they ride away on one of the Mastadges. Kurt Russell and James Spader are then seen lost in a sandstorm and found by the boys, and taken to the caves (which is in the theatrical edition); an additional scene after this sees the boys feeding the Mastadges outside the caves.
BBFC uncutPG cert 115:56s The Theatrical Version was passed PG uncut for:
  • 1995 Guild VHS
  • 1994 cinema release
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods

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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods is a 1998 US/Canada TV action adventure by Mario Azzopardi
Starring Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb

A TV pilot was cut for TV and further cut for PG rated VHS but was released uncut on 18 rated DVD. There is also a later Final Cut which was BBFC 15 rated.

Summary Notes

An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search of the missing soldier in order to find out how Ra could still be alive. Meanwhile, the alien Gou'ald kidnap Sha're and Skaara, implanting them with symbiotes and making them Gou'ald hosts.

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BBFC uncut

cut
Final Cut
pre-cut

cut:
run: 92:04s
pal: 88:23s
15 certUK: The Final Cut was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

From IMDb:

  • In 2009 MGM released a re-edited version Certain scenes have been trimmed slightly to make the pace of the film flow faster
  • One new scene has been added.
  • Scenes with violence have been toned down
  • The infamous full frontal nudity shots of actress Vaitiare Bandera have been removed.
  • Also,the visual effects have been enhanced
  • Composer Joel Goldsmith has re-scored the entire film with new music instead of the re-used David Arnold score from the 1994 feature.
BBFC uncut
Original Version
run: 96:59s
pal: 93:06s
18UK: The Original Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2000 MGM R2 DVD
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
PG Version

cut:  
run: 88:45s
pal: 85:12s
PG certUK: A shortened cut version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1998 Warner VHS

Thanks to Jon:

The PG version removed all the nudity, all the salaciousness, all the seedy violence and elimates all of the Goa'uld ritual in the second-half of the episode through reframing or repeating other reaction shots.

cut
pre-cut
TV Version
TVUK: The TV broadcast was cut

Thanks to Jon:

The TV broadcast removes all of the nudity, but leaves in most of the Goa'uld ritual,

Starlet

Starlet is a 2012 USA/UK drama by Sean Baker

See Hardcore 18s List: Starlet

Starship Troopers

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Starship Troopers is a 1997 USA action Sci-Fi film by Paul Verhoeven.
Starring Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and Dina Meyer. Youtube link IMDb

Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This version has been distributed for all releases since. The BBFC initially awarded a 15 rating for cinema release but changed this to 18 for home video releases.

Summary Notes

In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.

Versions

BBFC uncut

mpaa cut
cut

best available
best
available

18

MPAA R

123:57s UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for: UK: Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1997 cinema release

The BBFC felt that their 15 rating for the cinema release was too lenient and changed their minds to 18 for the subsequent video.

US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:

From IMDb:

To avoid an NC-17 rating, 4 seconds had to be trimmed from a decapitation during the last battle at the military base.

The missing scene has been spotted in a TV version but no sign of a restoration to DVD/Blu-ray. So for the moment this is the best available.

State of Divinity: Episodes 25-28

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3s 15 cert179:46s 1996 release by Chan Sheung Kuen
Station Six-Sahara

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  • Station Six - Sahara
Station Six-Sahara is a 1963 UK / West Germany drama by Seth Holt.
Starring Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck and Ian Bannen. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1962. Hopefully uncut for 2020 15 rated DVD and Blu-ray

Summary Notes

Five dysfunctional individuals man an isolated oil pipeline station in the Sahara, their mutual contempt only overshadowed by their desire for female company. Without warning, a car drives out of the desert night and crashes in front of the station - the driver is badly injured but the passenger, a gorgeous blonde, stirs up the tension amongst the men to unbearable levels.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 101:49s
pal: 97:45s
15UK: Passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, strong sex references, brief sexual threat:
BBFC cut
cut
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 101:39s
X pre 1970UK: Passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1962 cinema release titled Station Six - Sahara
Stay

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  • El umbral
Stay is a 2005 USA mystery thriller by Marc Forster.
Starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Youtube link IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for for 15 rated cinema release but was uncut for 18 rated DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.

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BBFC uncut
uncut
18

MPAA R

94:50s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for references to suicide for: US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
15 94:50s

UK: Passed 15 for strong language, bloody images and references to suicide for after BBFC category cuts :
  • 2006 20th Century Fox video not released
  • 2005 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Stay was cut to remove a verbal description of a suicide technique that we felt was unsuitable at '15'. The company removed the line in question and replaced it with another, so no running time was lost.
Stay Alive

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  • Death Game

Versions

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

15 cert

MPAA
PG-13

82:44s 2006 US horror by William Brent Bell

The BBFC passed the US PG-13 Rated Theatrical Version without BBFC cuts for the 2006 cinema release and 2007 Film Flex DVD.

The PG-13 was substantially cut by about 14 minutes. Cuts were made to achieve the low rating and to shorten the running time.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Killer Video Game

I seem to be in the minority, but I thought this movie was awesome. Maybe it's because I play a lot of computer games and I thought the premise of a killer video game was really clever (maybe not unique, but well done.)

The plot revolves around a mysterious video game being tested by a couple of game testers. No one seems to know its origin, but it soon becomes apparent that when you play the game and your character dies, you soon meet the same fate in real life.

The game is based on the real-life serial killer Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th century Hungarian countess who killed and tortured hundreds of girls. The movie takes some liberty with the facts, such as having The Countess, as she's called, move to America, where she finds the requisite spooky old manor to inhabit.

I found the blending of game and reality very well-done and intriguing. I won't spoil the ending, but the heroes eventually find the body of the actual Countess, and guess what- she's not dead! (surprise) There is a pretty cool final scene where they battle this vicious vixen, who I thought was one of the coolest movie monsters I've seen in a while.

Steel Dawn

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Steel Dawn is a 1987 USA action Sci-Fi adventure by Lance Hool.
Starring Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi and Anthony Zerbe. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for the 18 rated 1988 VHS. The BBFC waived its cuts for 2003 15 rated DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

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uncut
uncut
run: 100:13s
pal: 96:12s

15 cert

MPAA R

UK: Passed 15 uncut after all previous BBFC cuts were waived for: US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 21s
run: 99:50s
pal: 95:50s
18UK: Passed 18 after 21s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1988 Virgin VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • A scene featuring nunchuka was deleted
The Stendhal Syndrome

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  • La Sindrome di Stendhal
  • Stendhal's Syndrome
The Stendhal Syndrome is a 1996 Italy horror mystery thriller by Dario Argento.
Starring Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann and Marco Leonardi. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1996 VHS and 1999 DVD. Uncut and 18 rated since 2004 DVD. There is narrative scene missing from the English version as compared with the Italian version.

Summary Review

Anna Manni is a policewoman trying to capture a vicious serial rapist and killer. The problem is that she suffers from "Stendhal's syndrome", a psychosomatic disease that gives her dizziness and hallucinations when she is exposed to the sight of paintings and artistic masterpieces. When the maniac lures her into a trap inside Florence's famous Uffizi museum, her troubles are just beginning...

This movie is definitely one of Argento's best. As usual the movie features Argento's masterful camerawork and artistic set design.

The movie also features enough scares to satisfy any horror fan. Where this movie truly shines, however, is in it's psychological aspects. It is unbearable at times to watch the tortures which Argento puts his daughter Asia through.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
Unrated

114:32s UK: The Original Italian Version was releases 18 uncut for:
The 2010 Arrow DVD is said to be the full uncut Original Italian Version but no mention of a longer version on the BBFC database.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut18 118:01s
=113:18s
UK: The English Language Version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2004 Arrow R2 DVD

T he uncut English Version marketed outside of Italy but is missing 2 minutes of uncontentious scenes present in the Italian version.

From version details on IMDb :

  • Missing scene where Anna calls the husband of one of Alfredo's victims
  • Missing scene where Anna meets Marie's mother (Veronica Lazar).
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
2:47s

18110:42s UK: A pre-cut version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 1999 Marquee DVD
  • 1996 Guild VHS

The Marquee DVD released in May 1999 contains all the material which had been pre-cut from the UK video version. Since the uncut version wasn't submitted to the BBFC, this version was withdrawn and re-released in a cut form. The new cut release has a colour graphic on the disc itself, whereas the uncut version had a black and white label.

There were 11 pre-cut s totalling 2m:47s:

  1. In the rape of Anna (Asia Argento) by Alfredo (Thomas Kretschmann) 12s are removed that show Alfredo rolling a razor blade around in his mouth and then removing it. A couple of response shots from Anna are also effected.
  2. 14s have been removed from the subsequent rape of another woman whilst Anna is still watching. A shot of Alfredo holding a gun next to the victims face. The infamous slow motion close up of a bullet being fired through the victims mouth and face has been removed along with the view though the newly made hole. This cut is rather ineptly done as Anna screams and then gets covered in blood without any obvious reason.
  3. An entire scene lasting 100s has been eliminated showing Anna returning home to a rather cold and unfriendly reception from her family. Scene setting only.
  4. Alfredo moves on to another rape of a woman in a dress shop.10s of Alfredo hitting the woman in the face have been cut along with another 6s of a slow motion bullet going off by the woman's head. The bullet reflects an image of Alfredo as it passes him by.
  5. Anna gets raped again in Alfredo's hideout but we miss 11s of the action, Some screaming by Anna, s hot of Alfredo from Anna's point of view and Anna being hit in the face.
  6. In this version, Anna suffers 10s less of a razor blade being drawn down her cheek and she loses a view of Alfredo.
  7. Eventually Anna gets the upper hand and she gets to give Alfredo a beating with her gun. She hits him 6 times in the original but only 4 times in this version.
Step Brothers

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uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

101:10s 2008 US comedy by Adam McKay

The US Unrated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2008 Sony DVD/Blu-ray

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

93:45s The US R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2008 cinema release and 2008 Sony DVD/Blu-ray
Step Up 4: Miami Heat

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Step Up 4: Miami Heat is a 2012 US musical drama by Scott Speer.
With Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman and Cleopatra Coleman. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated cinema release. Uncut for UK 12 rated video and all releases in the US at PG-13

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA PG-13

94:57s UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate language, mild sex references and violence with cinema cuts reinstated for:

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

BBFC cut
5s
PG cert 99:03s
=95:05s
UK: Passed PG for mild language, sex references and violence, after 5s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2012 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

  • The company chose to remove language (in this case, an inadequately obscured use of motherfucking and an aggressive use of bitch') in order for the work to be passed at PG . An uncut 12A was available to the company.
Step Up: All In

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Step Up: All In is a 2014 USA romance by Trish Sie.
Starring Alyson Stoner, Briana Evigan and Adam G Sevani. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC advised category cuts were required for a PG rated 2014 cinema release but uncut on 12 rated home video. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes

All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

Versions

uncut
uncut
12

MPAA PG-13

107:38s UK: Passed 12 uncut for infrequent strong language for:

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

BBFC cut
advised category cuts
PG 111:44s
=107:16s
UK: Passed PG for mild bad language, rude gestures, sex references after pre-cuts for:
  • 2014 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • This film was originally seen for advice. The BBFC advised the company that it was likely to be classified 12A, but that their preferred PG could be achieved by removing two uses of strong language ('fuck'). When the film was submitted for formal classification, both uses of strong language had been removed.
The Stepfather

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uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

97:55s The Stepfather is a 2009 US horror by Nelson McCormick.
With Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh and Sela Ward. YouTube icon IMDb

UK: The Extreme Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

Germany: The Extreme Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 16 uncut for:

US: Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

MPAA
48s
MPAA
PG-13
~101:00s
US: PG-13 rated versions are cut by 48s

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . Even though all the cuts include violent content, the unrated version of the thriller still isn't a bloodbath.

BBFC
advised
cuts

MPAA
48s

15 cert101:20s
=97:17s
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 15 after further BBFC suggested cuts were implemented for:
  • 2009 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 explained the 15 rating further:

The Stepfather is a psychological horror/thriller about a serial killer who finds his victims by marrying young divorced or widowed women with children. It has been passed 15 for strong psychological threat and menace and violence.

The main protagonist in the film commits a number of murders in order to protect his anonymity and, while these murders do not contain strong detail, they are all strong in terms of the brutal and callous nature of the killings. There is also an unrelenting sense of threat and menace as the killer's new family start to suspect him and, consequently, place themselves in danger. The Guidelines at 12A only allow for moderate physical and psychological threat and these scenes are stronger and more disturbing and, consequently, most appropriately placed at 15 . Stronger and bloodier violence occurs at the film's climax and contain some focus upon injuries and blood which also secure the 15 classification.

The US release

Stepfather II

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  • Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy
  • Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy

Versions

BBFC uncut1883:56s 1989 UK/US horror by Jeff Burr.
With Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster and Caroline Williams . IMDb

The US R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

  • 2002 Carlton/ITV R2 DVD
  • 1990 Virgin VHS
  • 1990 cinema release

There is a German X Rated DVD with English audio) with deleted material reinserted. Available via UK Amazon

Steve O: Don't Try This at Home

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  • Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video

Versions

2:14s 1830:43s 2001 US stunt video

Cut when submitted by ILC Prime in 2002. The BBFC justified their decision as follows: Company was obliged to cut sight of Steve-O engaged in activities likely to harm potential viewers by imitation (intravenous vodka injection and surrounding himself in lighted fireworks)

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Cut scenes:

  • Steve O ignites mini rocket firework with the stick in his mouth
  • Steve O dancing on a car adorned by fire crackers going off. Then standing near the car which explodes in a ball of fireworks
  • Steve O and friend suffering the smoke from a firework lit in a car

Replacement scenes:

  • Steve O licking a hairy chested man's nipple
  • Steve O drinking bong water

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Steve O: Don't Try This at Home: The Tour

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  • Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video Vol 2

Versions

2:52s 1848:19s 2002 stunt video by Nick Dunlap

The BBFC justified their decision as follows: Cuts required to remove scene in which a woman has flammable liquid spread on her breasts and set alight and a further scene in which an apparent bystander appears to be genuinely assaulted with a skateboard. The distributor was also required to place a warning caption after the main title.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The uncut Region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Steve O: Gross Misconduct Uncensored - Bonus Materials

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Versions

11s 1871:54s
Not known (Ventura International)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove non-UK classification statement from caption at start of work

Steve-O - the Early Years

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Steve-O: The Early Years is a 2004 USA stunt video and biography by Steve-O.
Starring Dimitry Elyashkevich, Cindy Glover and George Hanneford III. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 2004 DVD release. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

The story of Steve-O's life before fame.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA Unrated

~44:00s

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory BBFC cuts
22s
18

44:06s

submitted
44:28s

UK: Passed 18 for dangerous stunts after 22s of BBFC compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 2004 ILC Prime [Some cuts substituted] DVD
The BBFC commented:
In addition to obviously dangerous activities, the video work contained stunts which were potentially fatal, but which were presented as fun, easily copied and without any apparent harmful consequences. Most notably Steve-O was choked in a headlock until he lost consciousness. The Board took the view that the potential for imitation with possibly fatal consequences was too great and cuts were required.

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

Steve O: Out on Bail

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  • Steve O: Vol 3: Out on Bail

Versions

18117:41s 2003 US stunt video

Cut when submitted in 2003 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts to choking, for public indecency, drug preparation and use were required from the original submission. On receipt of the cuts list, the distributor chose to withdraw that submission from the classification process. This version was then submitted as a new work. It lacks the scenes which would have been cut from the original submission but includes some new material and other minor changes. It was passed without cuts.

In particular the BBFC cut a scene where Steve-O was choked in a headlock until he lost consciousness.

Uncut on Region 1 DVD available at US Amazon

Stick

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  • Jugando con fuego
Stick is a 1985 USA action crime thriller by Burt Reynolds.
Starring Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen and George Segal. IMDb
Animal cruelty cuts were required for a BBFC 18 rated VHS in 1986. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Ernest 'Stick' Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Hired by a rich investor, he tries to walk the line, but trouble follows him throughout as he tries to collect a debt and make up for lost time with his daughter. Stick also finds a new flame with a financial wiz and gets set to enjoy a new life, but Chucky and Nestor, the two hoods who owe him the debt, have other plans for Stick.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 109m
pal: 105m
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 13s
run: 108:45s
pal: 104:24s
18UK: Passed 18 after 13s of compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1986 CIC VHS

The BBFC cuts were to:

  • remove footage of a cockfight during the opening credits.
Stick It

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Versions

1s PG Cert98:53s 2006 German/US comedy by Jessica Bendinger

The cinema release was cut by 9s in 2006 and the Buena Vista DVD was cut by 1s in 2007 (presumably to achieve the same end)

The BBFC commented: Company chose to remove a partial use of strong language, "Motherf...." in order to obtain a PG. An uncut 12A was available.

The distributor appealed an initial 12A decision. The reconsideration team, which included both the Director and Head of Policy, determined that the work could be awarded the PG category if a partially obscured use of strong language was removed from the lyrics of a rap song.

The uncut US DVD is available at US Amazon with a PG-13 rating

Still the Water

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Still the Water is a 2014 France / Japan / Spain romance by Naomi Kawase.
Starring Nijirô Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga and Miyuki Matsuda. Youtube link IMDb

Cut for 2015 cinema release to avoid a ban for animal cruelty.

Summary Notes

On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

Versions

BBFC cut
advised category cuts
15 118:41s UK: Passed 15 for infrequent strong sex after BBFC advised pre-cuts for:
  • 2015 Soda Pictures. [Subtitled] video
  • 2015 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • Scenes from this film were originally shown to the BBFC for advice. The company was informed that one scene was likely to be in breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 and was therefore unlikely to be suitable for classification. When the film was submitted for formal classification, this scene had been cut.
Sting of Death

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Sting of Death is a 1966 USA Sci-Fi horror by William Grefé.
Starring Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins and John Vella. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1966. Later passed 15 uncut for 2020 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

College girl Karen visits her dad, a marine biologist, at his island compound in the Florida Everglades. Her partying friends show up, dance to Neil Sedaka tunes, and taunt the doctor's creepy assistant, Egon. Soon they're victims of a wetsuit-wearing. bipedal jellyfish monster. Jealous of Karen's boyfriend, Egon kidnaps her and carries her to his secret underground lair.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 80:00s
pal: 76:48s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong horror: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts:
  • 1966 cinema release
Stingray

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  • Abigail Wanted
Stingray is a 1978 USA action crime comedy by Richard Taylor
Starring Christopher Mitchum, Les Lannom and William Watson IMDb

Cut in the US for an MPAA PG rating. The cuts were restored 40 years later for the Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Lonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a used car lot. When they attempt to recover their stash with their leader, Abigail, they find out that two happy-go-lucky dudes, Elmo and Al, have bought the car. They quickly pursue the two along with the police who think that the car's new owners are the criminals.

Director's Cut

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA Unrated US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2021 Dark Force Blu-ray

Theatrical Version

mpaa cut
cut
Theatrical Version
MPAA PG US: The Theatrical Version was cut for an MPAA PG rating.

From IMDb:

The original director's cut of the movie (which was restored last year for its 40th anniversary) included two additional dialogue scenes and extra shots not found in the theatrical version:

  • The first one has Elmo in a gas station bathroom counting the bags of heroin he found in the Corvette earlier in the movie and
  • the second is an extended scene where Al, Elmo, and the hitchhiker are waiting in a nearby office for the new paint job to be done and the hitchhiker tries to persuade Elmo not to peddle the heroin for money.

The original cut also included the graphic death scenes that had to be edited down for a PG rating.

Stitch! The Movie

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  • Disney's Stitch! The Movie

Versions

20s U cert57:52s 2003 US cartoon by Tony Craig & Roberts Gannaway

The BBFC cut the Buena Vista DVD by 20s in 2003: Distributor chose to cut sight of imitable technique (cartoon character misusing electric wires) to gain a U. A PG uncut was available to the company.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Stolen Goods

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1934 US western by Robert N Bradbury

See Blue Steel

Stolen Kisses

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  • Baisers volés

Versions

BBFC uncut15 cert86:59s 1968 France drama by François Truffaut . With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade and Delphine Seyrig. IMDb

No BBFC cuts noted for:

  • 2007 Cinema Club DVD
  • 1994 Artificial Eye VHS
cut X certThe BBFC cut the 1969 cinema release.

The submitted running time was noted as 90:50s = 87:12s

Stone

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  • Snutjakten
Stone is a 1974 Australia action mystery drama by Sandy Harbutt
Starring Deryck Barnes, Sandy Harbutt and Hugh Keays-Byrne BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The original Australian theatrical cut ran 132 minutes, but was soon shortened for the Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutts timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of regegades riding Kawasaki 900s.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 102:11s
pal: 98:06s
18 1980UK: Passed 18 uncut for scene of strong bloody violence & one use of very strong language:
  • 2008 Severin Films video

From IMDb:

The original Australian theatrical cut ran 132 minutes, but director Sandy Harbutt was unhappy with this version: due to the film's hastened post-production, he was unable to properly view it in its entirety, and deemed the finished result overlong. When optioned for video release by Roadshow Home Video, Harbutt requested that he re-cut the film so that it reflected his original vision. The original Australian video release (circa 1985) runs 98 minutes and carries a Director Approved message coupled with Harbutt's signature.

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 103:21s
pal: 99:13s
X 1970UK: Passed X (18) uncut:
  • 1980 cinema release
uncut
Original Version
run: 132m
pal: 127m
Australia R18+
Australia
Australia: The original Theatrical version was R rated

 

The Stone Killer

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  • A Complete State of Death
  • L'assassino di pietra
The Stone Killer is a 1973 Italy / USA action crime thriller by Michael Winner.
Starring Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam and Jack Colvin. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1973 cinema release. Uncut on 18 rated VHS and later, 15 rated DVD and Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

Top detective Lou Torrey is transferred to Los Angeles and uncovers a plot by a Sicilian mafioso to use Vietnam veterans to murder all his enemies in a rerun of the "Sicilian Vespers" when the previous generation of Sicilian mafiosi were all killed on a single day. Torrey gets various clues that something big is about to happen but will he discover what is planned before the big day ?

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
15

18

MPAA R

91:08s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
  • 2017 Powerhouse FIlms (RB) Blu-ray/(R2) Combo at UK Amazon
  • 2010 Sony video

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1986 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X submitted
95:19s
=91:30s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1973 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

  • The footage of Lawrence darting round the room shooting the dead/injured mafia dons with a pistol (to ensure all are dead) was cut.
Stoner

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  • Tie jin gang da po zi yang guan
Stoner is a 1974 Australia / Hong Kong / USA action thriller by Feng Huang.
Starring George Lazenby, Angela Mao and Betty Ting Pei. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1974 cinema release. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

Stoner, an Australian cop, has been investigating the spread of a mysterious addictive drug that acts like an aphrodisiac and a hallucenogen on anyone who takes it. When his own sister falls under its influence, he travels to Hong Kong to hunt down the man behind the drug trade, the evil billionaire Mr. Chin. At the same time, a Taiwanese officer has also been sent to stop Chin's drug empire. Together, She and Stoner battle the drug kingpin's dealers and henchmen.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R rated
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
  • 2014 Shout! Factory Angela Mao Ying Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon
BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X after compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1974 cinema release
Stop Me Before I Kill!

Stop Me Before I Kill! is a 1960 UK mystery drama by Val Guest.

See The Full Treatment

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

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  • Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer!
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is a 1992 USA action comedy romance by Roger Spottiswoode.
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty and JoBeth Williams. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for a 1992 PG rated cinema release. Uncut and PG rated on home video. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
PG

MPAA PG-13

83:29s

UK: Passed PG uncut for:
  • 2016 Media Sales/Final Cut Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2016 Media Sales/Final Cut Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2003 Universal Pictures (UK) video
  • 1992 CIC VHS
From IMDb. All UK video releases were uncut.
US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
BBFC cut
category cuts
6s
PG 87:28s
=83:58s

submitted
87:34s
=84:04s
UK: Passed PG after 6s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1992 CIC VHS
  • 1992 cinema release

From IMDb. The original UK cinema version was cut by 6s by the BBFC:

  • to remove shots of a man's hand being crushed in a door and
  • to edit the sounds of a man's scream and crash as he is thrown from a window.
Storage 24

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Storage 24 is a 2012 UK Sci-Fi horror by Johannes Roberts.
With Noel Clarke, Colin O'Donoghue and Antonia Campbell-Hughes. YouTube icon IMDb

BBFC advised category cuts for a 15 rating. Presumably these cuts were carried over into the US release

Summary Notes

In London, a military plane crashes leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in lockdown, a group of people become trapped inside a storage facility with a highly unwelcome guest.

Versions

BBFC cut
Advised category cuts
15 cert 83:19s UK: Passed 15 for strong language, threat and horror after pre-cuts for:
  • 2012 Universal R2 DVD
  • 2012 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 level of gore was reduced in some scenes [including Ned Dennhey's death] by cutting or visual darkening
Stories of Our Lives

Stories of Our Lives is a 2014 Kenya by Jim Chuchu.

See Banned International: Stories of Our Lives

Storm Rider

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  • The Grand Duel
  • Il Grande Duello
  • Drei Vaterunser fur vier Halunken
  • Le Grand Duel
  • Hell's Fighters
  • The Big Showdown

Storm Rider is a 1972 Italy/France/West Germany/Monaco western by Giancarlo Santi.
With Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice and Jess Hahn. YouTube icon IMDb

All UK releases are cut for a horse fall. The film was rated 18 in 1988 and 15 since 2008. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. There is also an Extended German Version.

Summary Notes

Philipp Wermeer has been framed for the murder of a powerful figure known as The Patriarch. Wermeer escapes, but the three Saxon brothers, sons of The Patriarch, have arranged for a large bounty on Wermeer's head. Clayton is a grizzled ex-sheriff stripped of his office in Jefferson after refusing to acknowledge Wermeer's guilt. During a series of fire-fights, Clayton contrives to help Wermeer escape from attacks of bounty-hunters. Together, the two make their way to Jefferson, where they can confront the three powerful Saxon brothers, and reveal the surprising truth about who killed The Patriarch.

International Version

uncut
uncut
run: 97:46s
pal: 93:51s
Germany flag
Germany
Germany: There is an Extended German Version

This version features 5:22s of footage not seen in the International Version but loses 1:31s of content from the International Version.

uncut
uncut
run: 94m
pal: 90m
MPAA RUS: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 3-5s
run: 93:08s
pal: 89:24s
15 cert

18

UK: Passed 15 for strong violence, sexualised nudity after 5s of compulsory BBFC cuts ( 93:36s ):

UK: Passed 15 after 5s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 2008 Pegasus R2 DVD titled The Grand Duel

UK: Passed 18 after 3s of BBFC cuts for:

  • 1988 Drumfire VHS titled Storm Rider

The BBFC commented:

  • Distributor was required to remove a shot of an illegal horse fall.
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com
Stormhouse

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Stormhouse is a 2011 UK horror by Dan Turner.
With Grant Masters, Patrick Flynn and Grahame Fox. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a 15 rating. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

In 2002, 11 months before the invasion of Iraq, the military captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a secret underground base. This film documents the final four days of that experiment. 'Ghost whisperer' Hayley Sands is brought to Stormhouse by the government to make contact with the captured entity. Her arrival triggers a series of events which lead to the entity's escape, plunging the base into a horrific nightmare.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
~87:00s US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
BBFC cut
category
cuts
1s
15 cert 86:56s UK: Passed 15 for strong language and bloody violence after 1s of BBFC cuts for category for:
  • 2012 High Fliers R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

  • The company chose to remove a crude and aggressive use of very strong language in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available.

The BBFC cut was:

  • A possessed Justin Rourke tells a distraught Jayley: Justin want to fuck you in your dirty little cunt. The volume of music is turned up obscure the word 'cunt'
The Stormriders

Link Here
  • The Storm Riders
  • Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha
  • Feng yun
  • Feng yun xiong ba tian xia

Versions

uncut
uncut
12 cert

MPAA
Unrated

127:39s 1988 Hong Kong action film by Wai-keung Lau.
With Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng and Sonny Chiba. IMDb

UK: The Director's Cut/Hong Kong Version was passed 12 uncut for:

  • 2001 MIA Special Edition (Director's Cut + US Version) R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Director's Cut/Hong Kong Version is MPAA Unrated for:

  • 2009 Discotek Special Edition (Director's Cut + US Version) R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb. The original Hong Kong version runs 38 minutes longer than the butchered American version.

  • The scenes with Wind and Cloud as young children are cut the most
  • The bamboo forest battle between Lord Conquer and Wind's father is one of many scenes missing altogether.
  • The American version offers an English translation of the onscreen character names that accompany each character's first apperance in the film
  • The cuts for violence, presumably made to secure a PG-13 rating, render much of the film incomprehensible.
BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
37:30s

12 cert89:12s The International Version was passed 12 uncut for
  • 2001 MIA Special Edition (Director's Cut + US Version) R2 DVD
The Story of Chinese Gods

Link Here
  • Feng shen bang

The Story of Chinese Gods is a 1975 Taiwan / Hong Kong action animation comedy by Chih Hui Chang.
Starring Chung-Kuang Pai and Ted Thomas. IMDb

Exists in a shortened version and a long version.

Summary Notes

You've never seen Bruce Lee like this before. In this rare animated martial arts film, the legendary Bruce Lee is resurrected as a god with a third eye who helps a group of good gods defeat some bad demons.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 82:26s
pal: 79:08s
FSK 6 ratingGermany: The longer version was passed 6 uncut by the FSK
cut
pre-cut
run: 90:51s
pal: 87:13s
12 1980UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence:
  • 2004 Firefly Entertainment [Dubbed] DVD

The film was shortened but then slowed down resulting in a longer running time than the uncut version.

The Story Of Looking

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The Story Of Looking is a 2022 UK documentary by Mark Cousins
Starring Mark Cousins BBFC link 2020 IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for a 15 rated cinema release in 2021.

BBFC summary

THE STORY OF LOOKING is a British documentary in which filmmaker Mark Cousins considers the significance of visual experiences as he prepares to undergo cataract surgery.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut:  
run: 88m
pal: 84m
15UK: Passed 15 for brief strong threat, sexual images, gore, images of real dead bodies after BBFC category cuts:
  • 2021 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The distributor chose to make edits to the film to achieve a 15 classification. A sequence featuring strong sexual images was replaced with less detailed imagery. An uncut 18 classification was available.

The Story of O

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  • Story of O
  • Histoire d'O
  • Die Geschichte der O
Story of O is a 1975 France / West Germany / Canada drama by Just Jaeckin.
Starring Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier and Anthony Steel. IMDb
Notably banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release. A shortened English language version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for 2000 cinema release and DVD. The English Version is MPAA X rated in the US. The French version is uncut with more philosophising but makes more sense.

Summary Review

The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion. Rene discharges a personal debt by transferring possession of O to his step-brother, Sir Stephen.

It is most certainly worth viewing the French original, for its insight into the world of BDSM, although as with the book it is fantasy, but that clearly shows its faithfulness to the book, and is most certainly worth watching, and a valued addition to my DVD collection.

Versions

uncut
French Version
France flag
France
100:48s France: The French Version is uncut for:
BBFC uncut

cut
shortened
English Version

18

MPAA
X rated

92:45s

UK: A shortened English version was passed 18 uncut for:
  • 2000 Arrow Film Distributors video at UK Amazon
  • 2000 cinema release
US: Uncut and MPAA X rated for:

From IMDb. The U.S. English-dubbed print is missing 6 scenes and runs approximately 8 minutes shorter than the original French version. However, the missing footage appears to have been removed for pacing reasons rather than any risque content.

From Amazon. As the UK/US edit stands; it leaves many gaping holes in its poor dialogue dubbing, missing the sense of Réage's story, and at times makes very little sense indeed. The French version easily scores 5 stars for me on the basis it makes sense

banned
banned
Rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1975 cinema release
Storytelling

Link Here

Versions

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

best available
best
available

18

MPAA
Unrated

83:16s Storytelling is a 2001 US comedy drama by Todd Solondz.
With Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick and Robert Wisdom. YouTube icon IMDb

UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

US: MPAA Unrated for:

From article from en.wikipedia.org :

The original version of the film featured a third story, concerning, among other things, a closeted football player played by actor James van der Beek. But for unknown reasons, possibly that the character had an explicit sex scene with a male partner Steve Rosen, the entire story was cut from the final version.

See also article from ultraculture.co.uk suggesting that the 'unknown reasons' for the missing segment were down to the MPAA.

MPAA
40s
MPAA
R Rated
~87:00s
=~83:00s
US: The cut US Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

A big red block was used to obscure 2 shots of Vi and the professor talking dirty whilst making out against the wall in a darkened room. This was cut to avoid the NC-17 rating initially awarded.

See article from en.wikipedia.org :

Initially the red box was to have had the word Censored on it, but the MPAA also deemed this unacceptable because they do not consider themselves censors.

Solondz described the addition of the box as a political statement: I was prepared to make that political statement. This is something I've always been prepared to do, as long as the audience is aware of what it's not allowed to see. That's how I feel politically about that.

Straight on Till Morning

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  • Dressed for Death
Straight On Till Morning is a 1972 UK horror by Peter Collinson.
With Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant and James Bolam. YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1972. It is unknown if these cuts persist to 18 rated home video. MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Incredibly bleak

A timid, withdrawn woman meets a man she believes is finally the love of her life, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer.

Incredibly bleak psychological thriller from Hammer really captures the darkest side of the sexual revolution.

Tushingham is excruciatingly naive as the beleaguered mouse-child, Briant impossibly fey as the brooding beast-man, and the whole drama is absurdly lighthearted and gruesome at once. By far the best thing Hammer ever churned out.

Versions

BBFC uncut1891:44s UK: An unknown version was passed 18 for strong sex and violence without BBFC cuts for: US: An unknown version is MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
X cert submitted
96:01s =92:11s
UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release
Straight Outta Compton

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Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 USA music biography by F Gary Gray.
Starring O'Shea Jackson Jr, Lex Montgomery and Corey Hawkins. Youtube link IMDb

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 for 2015 cinema release whilst the Director's Cut was passed 18 for 2016 home video. In the US the Theatrical Version was MPAA R rated whilst the Director's Cut was MPAA Unrated

Also mention in Podcast 93 from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Notes

The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes pop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
run: 173:29s
pal: 166:33s
18

MPAA
Unrated

UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong sex, drug use for:
  • 2016 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2016 Universal [Director's Cut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
The BBFC commented in its Annual Report covering 2015:

Although the level of sexual detail was permissible at 15 on film, the subsequent DVD release contained an extended Director's Cut featuring a threesome incorporating drug use, and a scene in which characters watch a porn film; neither of these scenes were present in the cinema version. Therefore, the DVD release is classified 18 for strong sex and drug use.

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2016 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version

mpaa cut
cut

cut:
run: 146:39s
pal: 140:47s
15

MPAA R

UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 15 for strong language, sex, violence, drug use without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2016 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray at US Amazon
  • 2015 cinema release
US: Cut and MPAA R rated for:
Straight To Hell

Link Here
  • Straight to Hell
  • A Caminho do Inferno
Straight To Hell is a 1987 UK action comedy western by Alex Cox.
Starring Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer and Dick Rude. IMDb
Uncut and 15 rated by the BBFC for all releases. A Director's Cut turned up in 2018 which is MPAA Unrated.

Summary Notes

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee. The townspeople are hostile to the outsiders at first, but seem to accept them once they've killed a couple of people. After a while, a mysterious man named Dade arrives, who seems to have unpleasant business to settle with the robbers. A free-for-all shoot-em-up ensues.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Director's Cut
MPAA Unrated ~91:00s
=~87:00s
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC uncut
uncut
15 82:36s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for moderate violence for:
  • 2005 BFI video
UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2001 International Licensing And Copyright video
  • 1987 Embassy Home Entertainment VHS
  • 1987 cinema release
Strait-jacket

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Strait-Jacket is a 1964 USA horror thriller by William Castle.
Starring Joan Crawford, Diane Baker and Leif Erickson. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1964 cinema release. Uncut and 12 rated for 2018 video release. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Lucy Harbin has been in an asylum for twenty years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. While trying to renew ties with Carol, who is now a young woman about to be married, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past?

Versions

uncut
uncut
12

cert_mpaa_unrated.jpg

~93:00s UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence, threat, horror for:
  • 2018 Powerhouse William Castle Vol 2 [Uncut Version (colour + b&w} + UK Version] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2018 Powerhouse Films UK [16:9] video

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X pre 1970submitted
92:59s
=89:16s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
Strange Behaviour

Link Here
  • Dead Kids
  • Human Experiments
  • Small Town Massacre
Strange Behavior is a 1981 Australia/USA/New Zealand Sci-Fi horror mystery by Michael Laughlin.
With Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher and Dan Shor. YouTube icon IMDb

Released uncut on pre-cert VHS and was seized by the police during the Video Nasties Panic but did not make the Video Nasties list. Then released uncut on 1986 VHS. Cut by the BBFC for DVD. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA
R rated

94:48s

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1986 Mighty Fair VHS titled Small Town Massacre

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

BBFC cut
26-41s
18 98:34s
=94:37s
UK: Passed 18 for strong violence after 26-41s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2008 Optimum DVD titled Dead Kids
  • 2004 International Trading DVD titled Strange Behaviour
  • 1993 Vipco VHS titled Human Experiments

The BBFC commented:

  • Cut was required to remove sight of vertical wrist slashing, on grounds of imitability

Thanks to Daniel:

The complete suicide scene can be found on YouTube. It's much more shocking than I remember and does kind of blunt the scene, mainly because you have no idea who she is or why she's doing it. Rewatching the movie with this knowledge reveals just what a cruel scene it is. Still, It's kind of a brilliant film.
uncut
uncut
Section 3 seizure95:24s UK: Uncut on pre-cert video for:
  • 1982 IFS VHS

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 Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Miss Osbourne

Link Here
  • The Blood of Dr Jekyll
  • Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
  • The Bloodbath of Doctor Jekyll
  • The Experiment
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne is a 1981 France / West Germany horror by Walerian Borowczyk.
Starring Udo Kier, Marina Pierro and Patrick Magee. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1984 cinema release and further cut for 1987 VHS. The cuts were waived for 2015 DVD/Blu-ray.

Summary Notes

The film takes place before, during and immediately after the engagement party of Dr.Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osborne, attended by numerous highly respectable guests (a general, a doctor, a priest, a lawyer), the last of which informs the company that a child has been murdered in the street outside. While the others watch a young dancer perform, Dr.Jekyll instructs the lawyer to alter his will, leaving everything to a certain Mr.Hyde. Shortly afterwards, the dancer is found murdered, and the guests realise that one of their number must be a maniac with a prodigious sexual appetite...

Versions

uncut
uncut
18 91:09s
=87:30s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex, sexual violence, gory images after previous BBFC cuts waived for;
BBFC cut
2:35s
18 84:22s

submitted
84:54s
UK: Passed 18 after 44s of further BBFC cuts in addition to the cinema cuts so totally 2:35s for :
  • 1987 SID VHS titled The Blood of Dr Jekyll
From IMDb. The British censor seems to have taken offense to all the scenes involving Mr Hyde's ridiculously fake 35cm 'organ' and any reference to it. The BBFC cuts were:
  • Several shots of Mr Hyde beating a little girl to death are missing.
  • The scene between Mr Hyde and the General's daughter is missing several organ shots.
  • A brief shot of Hyde's organ is missing during his attack on Jekyll's male guest.
  • A whole scene showing the doctors examining the dancer's dead body is missing.
  • The General whipping his daughter is greatly reduced.
  • A scene where the doctors discover the male guest's body is cut to avoid references to the dreaded organ.
  • The climax where Mr. Hyde and his "wife" Fanny burn down the house is missing two incredibly graphic shots of dead bodies.
  • Finally the scene where Fanny murders her mother has been shortened.
BBFC cut
1:51s
18 89:31s
=85:56s

UK: Passed 18 after 1:51s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1984 cinema release titled The Blood of Dr Jekyll
cut
cut
pre-cert VHS 85:09s UK: An unknown but short version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1984 VTC VHS
Strange Days

Link Here

Strange Days is a 1995 USA crime Sci-Fi mystery by Kathryn Bigelow.
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett and Juliette Lewis. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1995 cinema release and further cut for all UK home video releases to date (2017). Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Uncut and FSK 16 rated in Germany.

Summary Notes

Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case?

This is a movie people either love or hate. This is a gutsy film that takes a lot of chances in terms of plot, performance and presentation. If nothing else, you will love Angela Bassett. She's amazing not for the kung fu moves -- her character is the voice of reason, and her performance is stunningly genuine.

At its most basic level, "Strange Days" is a thriller -- futuristic film noir, with all of the traditional characters. But don't let the title or the plot summaries fool you -- this is a film that is less about new technology, science fiction and the future, and much more about the volatility of race and police relations in the USA. This is a character-driven movie, not an effects-driven one.

Cutting Edge

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Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 30:
Strange Days

Versions

uncut
uncut
FSK 16
Germany

No Cert

MPAA R

~145:00s
=~139:00s
Germany: Passed FSK 16 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

UK: The 1997 UK widescreen VHS is reported to have been accidentally issued uncut.

UK: Thanks to Daniel, May 2008: Uncut on TV

From what I could tell, ITV4 recent screening of STRANGE DAYS was uncut, including the cinema cuts removed from the Point of View rape / murder for the 1995 theatrical release, though this needs confirmation.

BBFC cut
14s
18139:00 UK: The BBFC have updated its consumer advice as passed 18 for sexual violence, strong violence, sex, The film has not been resubmitted for this release, and so previous cuts still stand. This has been confirmed in online forums for:
  • 2017 Mediumrare RB Blu-ray
  • 2017 Mediumrare R2 DVD

UK: The pre-cut cinema version was passed 18 after a further 13s of compulsory BBFC cuts which now total 14s for:

  • 1997 CIC widescreen VHS
  • 1996 CIC pan & scan VHS

The BBFC provided the following justification for their cuts:

The already reduced rape-murder scene in Strange Days was also found unacceptable on video, where the murder was further reduced to remove sexualised images of forcible breast exposure in a medium which could permit the repeated viewing of such scenes out of context. The scene was designed to convey the dangerous pleasures purveyed by 'snuff movies', but it seemed to the Board to have come perilously close to providing those same pleasures itself. (What a load of bollocks! its my favourite film of the year!)

All the BBFC cuts apply to the rape and murder of Iris in the hotel room:

  • 3 seconds of the stun-gun being applied to Iris's crotch (totally cut, we jump immediately from Nero sitting in the car to a shot of Mace looking in the rear-view mirror)
  • 5 seconds of the 'forcible breast exposing' have been cut
  • 2 seconds of the killer cutting open Iris's trousers are gone (just before he opens his trousers)
  • The rape itself loses 2 seconds in one of the short sequences (we miss at least 1 thrust)
  • A shot of 1 second showing Iris's breasts while being suffocated is missing
  • At the end, another breast shot of 2 seconds has been replaced with Nero's face in the car Well, that's it, 15 seconds
BBFC cut
1s
18 145:00s
=139:12s
UK: Passed 18 after 1s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1996 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
  • The Point of View rape scene was reduced. The killer (shown from his point of view) looks at the victims naked breasts prior to assaulting her. James Ferman noted that it had been board policy for 20 years to cut such visuals.
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

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  • Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh
  • Next!
  • The Blade of the Ripper

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh is a 1971 Italy/Spain giallo by Sergio Martino.
With George Hilton, Edwige Fenech and Conchita Airoldi. IMDb

Banned by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release. It was eventually unbanned for 2011 DVD which was rated 18 uncut. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US but there are also shortened versions to be aware of.

Summary Review: Well-Crafted

A solid, well-crafted giallo that delivers the goods without achieving classic status.

The characters are interesting without being in any way sympathetic. The men are manipulative predators and the women play dangerous games. In the last act, the sado-masochistic undercurrents make way for a series of plot twists. While these are not too predictable, the final solution is unremarkable.

Sergio Martino stages some impressive set-piece.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 100:41s
pal: 96:39s

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and violence for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
mpaa cut
shortened
cut:
run: 81m
pal: 78m
MPAA RUS : There are shorter US versions released as Next! and The Blade of the Ripper.
banned
banned
rejectedUK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1971 cinema release
Stranger by the Lake

2013 France gay drama by Alain Guiraudie

See Hardcore 18s List: Stranger by the Lake

Stranger from Canton

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  • The Karate Killer
  • Guai ke

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
Stranger from Canton is a 1973 Hong Kong action film by Yeo Ban-Yee.
With Hao-ran Chen, Yuan Chen and Yi Feng. YouTube icon IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Summary Review: Downright visceral

The film features a solid cast of Hong Kong film luminaries and fight after brutal, bone-crushing fight.

Jason Pai Piao plays a dapper hero who catches knives in his teeth and takes bites out of them. The imposing Thompson Kao Kang plays the lead villain, a dangerous fighter who wields his queue--or pigtail--as a weapon.

The fights in this movie are downright visceral. If you enjoy the dark, violent martial arts films of this period, Stranger from Canton will be right up your alley.

BBFC cut
35s
1887:11s UK: Passed 18 after 35s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 VPD VHS
BBFC cut

cut
shortened

X cert76:03s UK: A shortened version was passed X (18) after further extensive BBFC cuts for:
  • 1976 cinema release
banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1976 cinema release
Stranger in the House

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  • Der Fremde im Haus
Stranger in the House is a 1967 UK crime drama by Pierre Rouve.
Starring James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin and Bobby Darin. IMDb
Cu by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1967. Presumably it was the UK cinema version that was passed 15 for 2019 DVD/Blu-ray

Summary Notes

John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.

Versions

BBFC cut
compulsory BBFC cuts

best available
best
available

15

X pre 1970

103:45s

cinema
submitted
111:30s
=107:02s
UK: Passed 15 for strong sex references:
The run time seems too short to be uncut so perhaps this is the UK cinema version
K: Passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1967 cinema release
The Strangers

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The Strangers is a 2008 USA horror mystery thriller by Bryan Bertino.
Starring Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler and Gemma Ward. IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
run: 87:20s
pal: 83:50s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong psychological horror, violence and language for:
  • 2020 Second Sight Limited Edition [Theatrical + Extended Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2008 Universal [Extended + Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDb. This US Unrated/Extended Version includes one additional scene:

  • Kristen, after being stabbed and left for dead, is crawling on the floor of the house to reach Mike's ringing cell phone, only to have it ring off before she can answer it. Then the Man in the Mask appears again, takes the phone away from her, and walks out the front door with it, leaving Kristen dying on the floor.
uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 85:00s
pal: 81:36s
15 cert

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong psychological horror, violence and language for:
  • 2020 Second Sight Limited Edition [Theatrical + Extended Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2008 Universal [Extended + Theatrical Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2008 cinema release
The Strangers: Prey at Night

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  • The Strangers 2
The Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 USA horror by Johannes Roberts.
Starring Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison and Martin Henderson. IMDb
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended MPAA Unrated Version. There is also an Alternative Ending.

Summary Notes

A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Unrated Version
MPAA Unrated ~86:00s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2018 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical Versions + alternative ending] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2018 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical Versions + alternative ending] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See article from movie-censorship.com . The Unrated Version features 4 scenes with added CGI blood. There's no change to running time and the changes would hardy affect the rating and do not add to the viewing experience.

BBFC uncut
Theatrical Version
15

MPAA R

85:12s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong threat, violence, injury detail, language for:
  • 2018 Universal Pictures UK R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2018 Universal Pictures UK Amazon Prime VoD [UK only] at UK Amazon
  • 2018 cinema release
The Strangler

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The Strangler is a 1964 USA horror by Burt Topper.
Starring Victor Buono, David McLean and Diane Sayer. Youtube link IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1964 cinema release. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses. He feels that in some twisted way, that he is getting back at his overbearing shrew of a mother. Leo also kills the nurse who is taking care of his mother in the rest home she is staying at. As a result, Mrs. Kroll dies from a heart attack. He also kills an arcade worker whom he feels can identify him.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~89:00s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X pre 1970submitted
88:59s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
The Stranglers of Bombay

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  • Die Würger von Bombay
The Stranglers of Bombay is a 1959 UK action historical horror by Terence Fisher.
Starring Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson and Andrew Cruickshank. IMDb
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A" rated cinema release in 1959. These cuts have persisted to all releases since. Further animal cruelty cuts were required for a 15 rated VHS release in 1996, but these video cuts were waived for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2018.

Summary Notes

A murderous religious cult is way-laying travellers and stealing goods in nineteenth century India. As the disappearances mount and trade becomes difficult, the British East India Company is forced to act. But they give the job to an upper-class officer completely out-of-touch with the country rather than the obvious candidate who has been in India for years and well understands the people and culture.

Versions

best available
best available
cut:
run: 79:43s
pal: 76:32s
sub: 80:41s

BBFC cut
cinema
category cuts

15

A pre 1970

MPAA Unrated

UK: The cut cinema Version was passed 15 for moderate violence, threat, injury detail, gory images with the previous video cuts waived: UK: Passed A (PG) after category cuts for:
  • 1959 cinema release
US: MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDB:

  • BBFC Edits to the kicking of Lewis by thuggees in an alleyway
  • Removal of reaction shots of Karim watching men being branded and strangled.
  • Missing shots of Marie Devereux destined for the Continental Version
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut: 7s
run: 79:36s
pal: 76:25s
sub: 76:32s
15UK: The cut cinema version was passed 15 after a further 7s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1996 Encore VHS

From IMDB:

  • The cinema print was cut by a further 7 seconds with the additional edits being to remove a scene of a mongoose fighting a snake.
Straw Dogs

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Straw Dogs is a 1971 USA / UK thriller by Sam Peckinpah.
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George and Peter Vaughan. YouTube icon IMDb

Censorship History

The BBFC advised cuts on seeing early rough cuts of the film. The advise was adopted for the 1972 cinema release which became the definitive version of the film.

The film was cut in the US for an R rated theatrical release. The cuts were to the 2 rape scenes, and famously seemed to convert Susan George being taken from behind into a scene of anal rape.

The definitive version was released several times on pre-cert VHS between 1980 and 1985.

The BBFC procrastinated for several years over a post VRA video release, effectively banning the video. The BBFC particularly objected to the first rape scene where the Susan George character ended up enjoying the sex. The cut US R rated version was eventually formally banned twice in 1995.

The cut US R rated version was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for a 1995 cinema release.

The film was unbanned on video in 2002 when the definitive version was passed 18 uncut for DVD.

Summary Notes

Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.

Essentially, what we have is a movie that uproots some of the values, morality and themes governing the mythic cinematic western and transplants them into an English backwater community. The locals are restless, being envious of and despising the American strangers (Dustin Hoffman and wife Susan George) who intrude on their redneck world. The fact that Hoffman's wife used to be one of their own serves to make matters worse, increasing both tension and conflict.

Hoffman wants to avoid trouble and remain peaceable, but ultimately is pushed too far when his cat is killed, wife is raped and his homestead is laid siege to by his tormentors. He stubbornly offers shelter to Niles, the village idiot, who has just inadvertently killed a young girl. His refusal to surrender the man to the (lynch) mob initiates the violent finale. The stage is set for a man doing what a man's gotta do, and this translates as holding the fort whilst killing and maiming as many of the attacking natives as possible.

Cutting Edge

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Straw Dogs

Versions

best available
best
available
run: 117:33s
pal: 112:51s
18

pre-cert VHS

X cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The pre-cut cinema version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 2011 Freemantlemedia 40th Anniversary RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  • 2011 Freemantlemedia 40th Anniversary R0 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2004 Prism R2 DVD
  • 2002 Pearson Television/Freemantlemedia R2 DVD
  • 2002 Pearson Television/Freemantlemedia VHS
UK: The pre-cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
  • 1985 VCI VHS
  • 1983 Guild VHS
  • 1980 Guild VHS
There are reports that some dialogue may be missing through print damage
UK: Passed X (18) after unofficial BBFC suggested cuts were implemented prior to submission for:
  • 1972 cinema release
BBFC secretary Stephen Murphy saw the film unofficially at rough cut stage and recommended cuts. The cuts were to:
  • reduce the 2nd party of the rape scene when Norman rapes Amy particularly where Norman takes Amy from behind
  • reduce the death of Charlie in a bear trap.

Even before US censors further compounded the problem, commentators suggested that Murphy's cuts transformed rear entry vaginal sex into forced sodomy.

The cut version became the final version and was not cut further by the BBFC. It is suspected that longer footage of the second rape scene exists only on the cutting-room floor.

US: The pre-cut cinema version is MPAA Unrated for:

This version has now become the definitive version of the film

The BBFC issued the following statement when the video was unbanned in 2002:

When Straw Dogs was previously considered by the BBFC for video release in 1999, it was refused a classification certificate. This was because its distributor at the time declined to make the cuts requested by the Board to the film's rape scene. The version on which the Board then based its judgement was a pre-cut American print of the film.

In the central scene, Amy, played by Susan George, is raped by her former boyfriend and then by another man. The pre-cut American version deleted most of the second rape in which Amy is clearly demonstrated not to enjoy the act of violation. The cuts made for American distribution, which were made to reduce the duration of the sequence, therefore tended paradoxically to compound the difficulty with the first rape, leaving the audience with the impression that Amy enjoyed the experience. The Board took the view in 1999 that the pre-cut version eroticised the rape and therefore conflicted with the concerns expressed in the Video Recordings Act about promoting harmful activity.

The version considered in 2002 is substantially the original uncut version of the film, restoring much of the unambiguously unpleasant second rape. The ambiguity of the first rape is given context by the second rape, which now makes it quite clear that sexual assault is not something that Amy ultimately welcomes.

For the current submission, the Board showed the video to leading clinical psychologists specialising in work with sex offenders and to a panel of members of the public. The response of the clinical psychologists was that the present version of Straw Dogs was not harmful and was not likely to encourage an interest in rape or abusive behaviour towards women. The psychologists agreed that the ambiguous first rape was in fact a fairly realistic depiction of a quite complex situation. They also agreed that, by the end of the second rape, any general messages reinforcing 'rape myths' were undermined by the lack of ambivalence shown in Amy's reaction to the second attack. It was also noted that Amy's flashbacks later in the film further undermined any impression that she might welcome rape or that it has no serious effect on its victims. The psychologists commented that the scene was filmed in a relatively discreet manner, with limited potential today for titillation.

The issue of context was also important to the members of the public to whom the video was shown as part of a research exercise into the acceptability of images of sexual violence. A focus group of 26 people viewed Straw Dogs , with 20 people accepting '18' uncut as the most appropriate category, 5 suggesting only minor cuts, and only one favouring rejection. No respondent asked for major cuts of the kind required by the Board in 1999.

Significantly, respondents saw the manner in which Amy copes with her experience as essentially positive and concluded that the present version of the scene - as well as the flashbacks shown afterwards - reinforced the idea that rape is not to be taken lightly because of the serious effect it can have on individuals. No concerns about possible harmful effects were identified.

The Board recognises that the rape scene in Straw Dogs has lost only part of its power over the years, despite the age of the film. Nonetheless, in this restored version, and in the light of the evidence of expert opinion, our own conclusion now is that the film has no significant potential to cause harm to viewers or, through their actions, to society as a whole. We have also taken account of the evidence of the public acceptability of the work.

The Board maintains a strict position on depictions of sexual violence that endorse or eroticise harmful behaviour, and will continue to do so. The Board does not believe that the present version of Straw Dogs is in breach of that policy.

The film had previously been passed 'X' uncut for cinema release in 1971 and '18' in the pre-cut version for cinema reissue in 1995.
BBFC cut
cut

mpaa cut
cut

run: 116:02s
pal: 111:24s
18

MPAA R

UK: The cut US R-rated version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1995 cinema release

US: The cut UK cinema version was further cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. The additional cuts were:

  • 24s cut from first part of rape scene: Cut to shot of Amy reacting to implied initial penetration by Charlie. Cut to 2 shots of Amy seemingly enjoying the sex.
  • 30s cut from second part of rape scene: Shot of Amy screaming in anticipation of further rape as as Norman unbuttons his pants. Shot of Norman raping Amy whilst Venner holds her down. Further cuts mean that the pumping of Amy from behind is reduced to an establishment shot which gives a perspective suggesting anal rape.

This R rated cut has become notorious as it ended up making the first 'rape' scene look worse than it originally did. The uncut version makes it as clear as you can get without going hardcore that rear entry vaginal sex is involved, while the R rated version looks more like forcible sodomy!

banned
banned
run: 115:42s
pal: 111:04s
rejectedUK: The uncut Version was banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1999 VCI VHS

VCI tried again with a submission in 1998, but the BBFC took so long to produce its 200s list of cuts that the rights had expired before a cut version could be created.

UK: The cut US R Rated Version was banned by the BBFC for:

  • 1999 Total Home Entertainment VHS
After an inordinate delay for procrastination, The film had been submitted in 1996) the BBFC commented:
The BBFC offered a list of cuts to the video's distributor but because their period of rights had elapsed, they were unable to consider making the requested cuts.

UK: Later in 1995, the BBFC told Polygram that there was no chance of a video release noting also a new law allowing the BBFC to be stricter when censoring films for home video.

UK: The BBFC told the BFI in 1995 that although it had passed the cut R rated version for cinema, there was no chance of the same version being released on video.

UK: The uncut version was unofficially banned by the BBFC for:

  • 1990 VCI VHS

UK: The uncut version was unofficially banned by the BBFC through delaying tactics for:

  • 1987 VCI VHS
This submission was made doubly impossible due to the bad timing of coinciding with The Hungerford Massacre and the press clamour to ban violent videos, particularly those featuring Rambo.

UK: The uncut version was unofficially banned by the BBFC through delaying tactics for:

  • 1986 Futurevision VHS

After the BBFC were appointed as state censors through the 1984 Video Recordings Act, the film censors assumed a policy of being particularly strict on sexual violence. Straw Dogs was perhaps the most high profile example and simply could not be allowed to pass. Ferman and co spent 14 years stretching out their ludicrous unofficial ban implemented by refusing to get on with the job of examining the film.

BBFC examiners continually recommended a relaxation of the ban throughout the period yet Ferman would never sway from his ban .

The Strawberry Statement

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The Strawberry Statement is a 1970 USA romance by Stuart Hagmann.
Starring Bruce Davison, Kim Darby and Bud Cort. YouTube icon IMDb

The International Version is uncut by the BBFC. There is also a shorter US Version

Promotional Material

The phone rings in the college president's office. A coed, one of many students in the room, picks up. "We're sorry, the president will not be in today. The university is under new management." Set to anthemic songs of the time, The Strawberry Statement is both about and from the era of protests that swept campuses in the 1960s and '70s. Bruce Davison plays Simon, an athlete drawn to the excitement of a demonstration, to a girl (Kim Darby) he meets and ultimately, to the cause. The film ends with a police-and-National Guard raid on protesters that gave viewers of the day a knowing unease: student demonstrators had been shot – some fatally -- at Kent State University and Jackson State College in the month prior to the film's release.

Versions

uncut
uncut
X cert

MPAA
R rated

108:36s UK: The International Version was passed X uncut for:
  • 1970 cinema release

US: The International Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

  • 2012 Warner Archive [International + US Version] R0 DVD-R
cut
shortened
MPAA
R rated
101:52s US: The short US Version is MPAA R rated for:
The Stray

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The Stray is a 2017 USA family drama by Mitch Davis.
Starring Sarah Lancaster, Michael Cassidy and Connor Corum. IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated video release in 2018. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightning.

Versions

BBFC cut
BBFC category cuts
39s
PG 83:27s

submitted
83:50s
UK: Passed PG for mild threat, sex references after 39s of BBFC category cuts:
  • 2018 4Digital Media video
The BBFC commented:
  • Company chose to reduce two scenes of moderate threat in order to obtain a PG classification. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 12 classification was available.
BBFC uncut
uncut
12

MPAA PG

83:50s

UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate threat, sex references:
  • 2018 4Digital Media video not released
US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for thematic elements including a perilous situation.
The Street Fighter

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  • The Streetfighter
  • Kung Fu Streetfighter
  • Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken
  • Clash! Killer Fist
The Street Fighter is a 1974 Japan action crime thriller by Shigehiro Ozawa.
Starring Shin'ichi Chiba, Goichi Yamada and Yutaka Nakajima. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1976 but was uncut for 18 rated DVD fn 2005. Originally uncut and X rated in the US but was then heavily cut for an MPAA R rating, leaving the uncut version MPAA Unrated.

Summary Notes

Terry is a tough, mercenary, master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family's bloodfeud with Terry over a disputed debt.

Uncut Version

uncut
uncut
run: 90:36s
pal: 86:59s
18

MPAA Unrated

MPAA X

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated/Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
run: 90:05s
pal: 86:29s
X certUK: Passed X (18) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
  • 1976 cinema release titled Kung Fu Streetfighter

US Version

mpaa cut
cut
cut: 17:39s
run: 72:13s
pal: 69:20s
MPAA R

Australian M rating
Australia

US : There is also a shortened and cut US R rated version to avoid.

Australia: The cut US Version was also released in Australia with an M (15) Rating.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

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uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is a 2009 Canada/India/USA/Japan action fantasy by Andrzej Bartkowiak.
With Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough and Michael Clarke Duncan. IMDb

US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

MPAA
49s
MPAA
PG-13
92:13s UK: The cut Theatrical version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for strong martial arts violence and threat for:
  • 2009 Optimum RB Blu-ray
  • 2009 Optimum R2 DVD

The violence was toned down by 49s for a PG-13 rating for the US Theatrical release. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle

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  • Streetfighter
  • Street Fighter
  • Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo
  • Street Fighter: The Movie
Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle is a 1994 US action film by Steven De Souza.
With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia and Ming-Na.
YouTube icon IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for a 12 rated cinema release and further cut for VHS and DVD. Uncut and PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes:

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

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Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 101:17s
pal: 97:14s
12 cert

No Cert

MPAA PG-13

UK: The film with a commentary track was passed 12 uncut for:
There is no record of the standalone film being passed 12 uncut though.

Based on article from dvdcompare.net. The very first 2004 DVD release with a red banner on the front cover reading A Widescreen Presentation was erroneously released uncut.

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

The Extreme Edition refers to technical upgrade for Blu-ray rather than any new content.
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 14s
run: 100:20s
pal: 96:19s
12 certUK: Passed 12 after 14s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 Sony R2 DVD
  • 1998 Columbia/TriStar VHS
  • 1995 Columbia/TriStar VHS

The cinema cuts were re-applied albeit edited differently. An additional video cut was added to the list:

  1. During a prison escape a soldier loses his handgun and suffers a blow to his stomach which was cut.
  2. Another cut to the Vega vs. Ryu fight - this time part of a shot of Ryu headbutting Vega has been trimmed.
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 27s
run: 100:11s
pal: 96:11s
12 certUK: Passed 12 after 27s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1995 cinema release

The cinema cuts were:

  1. The opening credits sequence, has been cut to remove Bison's (Raul Julia) two brief neck breaks of the captured soldiers.
  2. A view on a security screen showing a man being shot has been removed
  3. The boardroom scene - when a villan serving coffee attacks Van Damme - is missing a shot of J.C.V.D chopping the bad guy's throat.
  4. The prison break has been cut in three places: in order to remove what looks like a mild ear-clap; a shot of Ken (Damian Chapa) punching - and being punched by - an Allied Nations soldier; and a shot of Ken kicking said soldier out of a moving vehicle.
  5. When the good guys arrive on Bison's fortress - a few frames have been trimmed from Cammy's (Kylie Minogue) twisting of a henchmen's neck.
  6. A shot of Vega slashing at Ryu's (Byron Mann) stomach with his metal claw has been cut.
Street Fighter II: Night Action in Hong Kong

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Versions

2s 12 cert23:45s (AD Vision UK)
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

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  • Sutorîto Faitâ II gekijô-ban
  • Street Fighter II Movie
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is a 1994 Japan anime by Gisaburo Sugii.
With Kôjiro Shimizu, Kenji Haga and Miki Fujitani. YouTube icon IMDb

The uncut Japanese version was passed 15 by the BBFC and released Unrated in the US. There is also a cut Unrated Version and a further cut PG-13 rated verion.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

101:13s UK: The full Japanese Version was passed 15 uncut for:

US: The full Japanese Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut

15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

98:22s UK: A pre-cut version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 Manga R2 DVD
  • 1995 Manga VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The cuts were:

  • Chin Li naked taking a shower has been deleted
  • Numerous other uncontentious shortened scenes
cut
cut
MPAA
PG-13
97:37s US: There is also a further cut PG-13 rated version
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

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  • The Streetfighter's Last Revenge
  • Gyakushû! Satsujin ken
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge is a 1974 Japan action crime drama by Shigehiro Ozawa.
Starring Shin'ichi Chiba, Reiko Ike and Etsuko Shiomi. IMDb
Uncut and 15 rated for 2004 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US but there is also a cut R rated version.

Summary Notes

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.

Japanese Version

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 83:17s
pal: 79:57s
15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence and moderate sex:

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated/Unrated for:

  • 2019 Shout! Factory [The Street Fighter Collection] [Japanese + US Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

US Version

mpaa cut
cut
run: 80m
pal: 77m
MPAA RUS: Cut for an MPAA R rating
Street Knight

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Versions

uncut
uncut
1886:34s 1990 US crime action film by Albert Magnoli with Jeff Speakman and Christopher Neame. IMDb

The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1993 Warner VHS
MPAA
27s
MPAA
R Rated
~91:00s
=~87:00s
The US R Rated release is cut by 27s. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com
Street Law

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  • Vigilante II
  • Il cittadino si ribella
  • Anonymous Avenger
Street Law is a 1974 Italy action thriller by Enzo G Castellari.
Starring Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete and Barbara Bach. IMDb
There is a significantly shortened US Version titled Street Law. The full length Italian version was released on UK pre-cert VHS and more recently on MPAA Unrated DVD and Blu-ray.

Promotional Material

The legendary Franco Nero (Django, The Mercenary, The Salamander, Enter the Ninja) stars as Carlo Antonelli, an average citizen until the day he is brutally beaten during a violent robbery. When the police drop the case and the suspects remain free, Carlo is pushed beyond his breaking point. Now one man will launch an all-out war against the criminal scum who plague our cities, where justice has its own rules, vengeance needs no badge and the only thing that matters is Street Law. Barbara Bach (The Spy Who Loved Me, The Unseen, The Great Alligator, Screamers) and Giancarlo Prete (Warriors of the Wasteland, Escape from the Bronx) co-stars in this vicious Death Wish-inspired crime thriller (also known in Europe as Vigilante II) directed by Italian action maestro Enzo Castellari (The Heroin Busters, The Big Racket, Keoma, The Inglorious Bastards).

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
Italian Version
run: 101:36s
pal: 97:32s
pre-cert VHS

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Italian Version was released uncut on pre-cert video:
  • Stateside/IVS VHS
  • Mr Video VHS

US: The Italian Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

cut
shortened US Version
cut:
run: 76:20s
pal: 73:17s
MPAA UnratedUS: Heavily shortened for US VHS release.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Street People

Street People is a 1976 Italy action crime drama by Maurizio Lucidi and Guglielmo Garroni.

See The Executors

Street Trash

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Street Trash is a 1987 US comedy horror by Jim Muro Jr.
With Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil and Vic Noto. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1987 VHS. Uncut on home video since 2001 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: Lots of Fun

When a liquor store owner finds a case of Viper in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties. The drinks causes its consumers to melt, very messily. Two homeless lads find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, as well as going head to head with Bronson a Vietnam vet with sociopathic tendencies, and the owner of the junkyard they live in.

The ultra-low-budget exploitation flick Street Trash certainly lives up to its name in more ways than one. Not only is it rather trashy when it comes to generally poor or histrionic acting, bawdy humor, gore, and several lingering flashes of T&A, but it is also one of the few films set in New York City's skid row that was actually filmed almost entirely in authentic skid-row venues.

For those who enjoy exploitation horror flicks from the 1970s and 1980s, Street Trash is definitely one of the best.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 100:59s
pal: 96:57s

18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gory horror and strong language and nudity for:

UK: Passed 18 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

  • 2001 Maingrip/Midnite Movies R0 DVD
  • 2001 Maingrip/Midnite Movies VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 6s
run: 100:24s
pal: 96:23s
18UK: Passed 18 after 6s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1987 Avatar VHS

From IMDb:

  • edits to a close ups of a severed penis and it spinning through the air
A Streetcar Named Desire

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Versions

uncut 12A cert126:27s 1951 US drama by Elia Kazan

The Restored Version was passed 12A uncut for a 2008 cinema release.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

uncut 15 cert119:42s The Restored Version was passed 15 uncut for the 1995 Warner video
cut 15 cert116:42s The 1951 cinema release was cut in the US and further cut by the BBFC. The same version was released on Guild Home Video in 1986

See Cuts details from angelfire.com :

This 1951 original was heavily cut after a protest from The Catholic Legion Of Decency for very light sexual content. The cuts are to:

  • scenes depicting the sexual tension between Blanche and Stanley
  • a scene depicting Stella's carnal (yikes!) attraction towards her husband (the scene where Stella walks down the stairs to Stanley is heavily edited).
The Streetfighter

The Streetfighter is a 1974 Japan action crime thriller by Shigehiro Ozawa.

See The Street Fighter

The Streetfighter's Last Revenge

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  • Gyakushû! Satsujin ken
  • Street Fighter Counterattacks!
  • The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Versions

uncut 15 cert79:57s 1974 Japanese action film by Teruo Ishii

Uncut for a 15 certificate when submitted in 2004

From imdb

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge has only been available in America in a cut R-rated version. Cuts include a fight scene in which Terry rips out an opponent's heart using his bare hands.

However, an uncut version was finally released on Region 2 DVD in England in January of 2005, featuring all of the violence cut from all non-Japanese prints of the film. Prior to this release, the only video version containing this cut was a first-release VHS in Japan. Despite this being the "X rated" cut in America, this version of the film was only given a "15" certificate in England.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon

The third instalment in the Street Fighter trilogy has the best plot yet. A gang of mobsters wants a formula for synthetic heroin. The gang double crosses Terry (big mistake), murders his girlfriend (bigger mistake) and fails to kill him (biggest mistake). So as expected Terry goes after them and gets his revenge. The gang realizes too late it is bad for one's health to ... off Terry Tsurugi. I liked the action even though I had a pretty good idea what was going to happen after they killed his girlfriend. The action was cool and brutal. I recommend this as well as the first two, Street Fighter and Return of the Street Fighter, whether you are a fan of Bruce Lee or Sonny Chiba.

31s 18 75:03s The Stablecane version was cut when submitted in 1986
  • Sonny Chiba stamping on a guy's throat was cut out
Streets of Gold

Versions

15 cert88:01s 1986 US drama by Joe Roth

The BBFC passed the 2007 Lions Gate DVD without cuts but noted this version as slightly re-edited

15 cert 89:24s The BBFC passed the 1987 Locus video and 1991 VCI videos 15 without cuts.
uncut 15 cert95:16s The BBFC passed the 1987 cinema release 15 uncut
Strike Commando

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Strike Commando is a 1986 Italy / Philippines action war adventure by Bruno Mattei (as Vincent Dawn)
Starring Reb Brown, Christopher Connelly and Louise Kamsteeg IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is captured and subjected to a variety of tortures. Eventually he escapes to continue his mission despite being hampered by a traitor in his own ranks.

Version

uncut
Extended Version
run: 102:09s
pal: 98:04s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated:

Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 91:49s
pal: 88:09s
MPAA RUS: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated:
Strike Commando 2

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  • Trappola diabolica

Strike Commando 2 is a 1988 Italy / Philippines action war adventure by bruno mattei (as vincent dawn), claudio fragasso (uncredited)
Starring Brent Huff, Mary Stavin and Richard Harris Melon Farmers link IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

Michael Ransom's Vietnam squad leader, Vic Jenkins, is captured by terrorists demanding ten million dollars worth of diamonds in return for his release. Michael, reluctantly aided by local tough-girl Rosanna Boom, is dispatched by the C.I.A. to recapture Jenkins, and put a stop to his heroin-smuggling captors. But not all is as it appears.

Version

BBFC uncut
Extended Version
run: 96:08s
pal: 92:17s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated:

See article from movie-censorship.com .

Three new plot scenes have been added:
  • Ransom sneaks through the warehouse, takes out two bad guys and sees a woman dragged to Huan To.
  • Ransom walks through the jungle with Jenkins and delivers a quote from Predator.
  • There is more dialogue between Ransom and Jenkins after the latter reveals himself to be a drug lord.

The Predator quote is funny and so the the extra material is worth having

Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 90:18s
pal: 86:41s
MPAA RUS: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R rated:
Strike of the Panther

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  • Fists of Blood
Strike of the Panther is a 1988 Australia action film by Brian Trenchard-Smith.
Starring Edward John Stazak, John Stanton and Rowena Wallace. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1988. The BBFC waived the cuts for 18 rated DVD in 2002. Uncut and M rated in Australia.

Summary Review

Jason Blade is a man who can't bring himself to commit fully to his woman, and who spends all his time with a special crime task force taking on assignments to fight crime and right wrong do-ers. When his love is kidnapped by his arch-enemy the race is on to get into the power station where she is being held and battle an army of ninjas. Only then can he face Baxter, his arch-enemy, and stop a bomb from exploding to save his sweetheart, and show her that he is a man. A man who can commit. A man who is strong.

Another gem of a film which I came across staying up yet another night.

The final sequence in an abandoned electricity plant is thrilling, with great fight sequences. Along with an old woman psychiatrist, who thinks she's a commando, and a veteran martial arts instructor, Strike of the Panther is great.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 87:41s
pal: 84:11s
18

Australian M rating
Australia

UK: Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived: Australia: Uncut and M (PG-15) rated:
  • 2019 Umbrella [Day of the Panther + Strike of the Panther] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 1:38s
run: 85:58s
pal: 82:32s
18UK: Passed 18 after 1:38s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 Guild VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cut to remove a fight with nunchaku
  • Cut to remove the sight of throwing stars
Striking Back

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  • The New Kids

Striking Back is a 1985 US horror thriller by Sean S Cunningham.
With Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin and James Spader. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated VHS release in 1988. Later uncut and 15 rated for 2020 release. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Review: Underrated gem

A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.

This very interesting but sadly underrated gem directed by Sean S. Cunningham ( Friday the 13th ) offers an original variation of both the revenge thriller and vigilante action movie, since it has ordinary common high school teenagers in the lead roles. Basically this means the film begins with harsh but fairly harmless bullying but yet ends with extreme violence and relentless murder.

The New Kids is a competently made and occasionally very suspenseful thriller with tons of action, likable performances and an irresistibly charming 80's atmosphere.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 89:19s
pal: 85:45s

15

MPAA R

UK: Passed 15 uncut for sexual threat, very strong language, drug misuse, strong violence, nudity:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 54s
run: 88:17s
pal: 84:45s
18UK: Passed 18 after 54s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1988 RCA/Columbia VHS

BBFC cuts from IMDb:

  • cut to edit drug scenes
  • cut shot of a girl's underwear being removed
  • Cut scene of girl being covered in lighter fluid

Strip Down, Rise Up

Strip Down, Rise Up is a 2021 USA documentary by Michèle Ohayon
Starring Sheila Kelley,Jenyne Butterfly,Elizabeth Mihelich IMDb

Originally rated R for language, sexual material and brief graphic nudity. Before release the rating description was changed to rated R for language, sexual material, brief graphic nudity and some descriptions of sexual abuse.
Strip Nude for your Killer

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  • Nude per l'assassino
Strip Nude for your Killer is a 1975 Italy mystery thriller by Andrea Bianchi.
Starring Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo and Femi Benussi. Melon Farmers link  IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for X rated 1979 cinema release. Later uncut and 18 rated on 2008 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Review: Lots of Nudity

A young model dies of a heart attack during a back-alley abortion. After her death a mysterious series of bloody murders take place. Each of the victims are connected to the same studio that Evelyn worked at and each are viciously murdered by the knife wielding killer.

Strip Nude for Your Killer is a sleazy and violent Italian giallo that will surely please fans of Italian cinema.

There is lots of nudity provided by Edwige Fenech, Femi Benussi and Erna Schurer. The jazz score by Berto Pisano is pretty good and the plot is actually very gripping. The killings are quite gory and sadistic and the cinematography by Franco Delli Colli is excellent.

Versions

uncut
run: 97:50s
pal: 93:55s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex, nudity and violence for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
cut:  
run: 88:49s
pal: 85:16s
X certUK: Passed 18 after compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1979 cinema release
Strip Poker

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1969 UK crime film by Pete Walker

See The Big Switch

Strip Show

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Versions

34s 1887:17s 1996 release by Richard Styles (High Fliers Video Distribution )
Strip Tease Murder

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  • Strip-tease Murder
Strip Tease Murder is a 1961 UK crime drama by Ernest Morris.
Starring John Hewer, Ann Lynn and Jean Muir. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1961 cinema release. Probably the same cut version was released on 15 rated DVD.

Summary Notes

The stripper Rita is trying to blackmail her former lover, the wealthy Carlos Branco, threatening to reveal his illegal dope trade for the police. Branco responds by hiring the hit man Perkel, an eccentric technician, who has invented a sophisticated technical device for killing people at some distance with the help of a transmitter.

Versions

BBFC uncut

cut
cut

best available
best
available

1563:27s

UK: A short version, maybe the cut cinema version, was passed 15 for moderate sexualised nudity without BBFC cuts for:
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
X pre 1970submitted
76:52s
=73:48s
UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1961 cinema release titled Strip-tease Murder
Stripes

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Stripes is a 1981 US war comedy by Ivan Reitman
Starring Bill Murray, John Candy and Harold Ramis Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
run: 122:44s
pal: 117:49s

15 cert

MPAA R

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

The extra 19 minutes really do make the movie funnier and complete it nicely

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 122:44s
pal: 117:49s
15 certThe Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:UK
  • 2007 UCA R2 DVD
  • 1992 VCI VHS
  • 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS
  • 1981 cinema release
Stripped to Kill II

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  • Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls
  • Stripped to Kill 2

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
~83:00s
=~79:00s
1989 US thriller by Katt Shea with Maria Ford and Eb Lottimer. YouTube icon IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

Summary Review: Pretty Good

When the razor blade slasher begins his reign of terror in the alleys behind the Los Angeles strip clubs, the most famous stripper in the spotlight must walk a tightrope between her own fragile sanity and the inescapable murderer's blade

There are some real nice aspects to this film, which make the confusing editing and the sudden, mediocre ending to be real disappointments.

There are a lot of topless scenes. This movie also features B-movie queen Debra Lamb doing a fire breathing act. Pretty good.

BBFC
27s
1878:38s Passed 18 after 27s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1989 MGM/UA VHS
Striptease

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Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

112:15s 1996 US crime drama by Andrew Bergman
With Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds and Armand Assante. IMDb

UK: The Unrated International Version was passed 18 uncut for:

  • 2001 Warner R2 DVD
  • 2000 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1997 Columbia/TriStar VHS
  • 1996 cinema release

US: The Unrated International Version is MPAA Unrated for:

MPAA
~2:00s
MPAA
R Rated
~115:00s
=~110:00s
US: There is a cut US R Rated version to avoid.
Stromboli

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  • Stromboli Terra Di Dio (stromboli: Land of God)
  • Dopo l'uragano
Stromboli is a 1950 Italy / USA drama by Roberto Rossellini.
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale and Renzo Cesana. IMDb
A short version re-edited by RKO was cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1950 cinema release. The full length version has been released in English (1998 VHS) and Italian (2015 DVD) but both versions were cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty. BBC TV broadcasts are uncut.

Summary Notes

Karen, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prisoners camp. But the life in Antonio's village, Stromboli, threatened by the volcano, is a tough one and Karen can not get used to it.

Versions

uncut
uncut
TV
BBC
101:55s UK: Uncut on BBC TV. Thanks to Gary:

The BBC have shown this film several times since 1963 (which Radio Times, via the BBC Genome site, billed as an English version of this Italian film). The film was shot without direct sound and the cast are clearly speaking their lines in different languages: Ingrid Bergman in English, the Italian actors in Italian. In 1990 the BBC showed a copy which the Radio Times billed its complete, original form . This print has English audio and has been shown several times since, most recently in 2013, and the scene with the rabbit and ferret is intact. See Gary Couzen's review from film.thedigitalfix.com

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
12s
PG95:46s

submitted
96:00s
UK: The Italian Version was passed PG for mild sex references, violence, threat after 12s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 2015 BFI Video [Full Frame] video titled Stromboli Terra Di Dio (stromboli: Land of God)
The BBFC commented:
  • Cuts were required to remove all sight of a ferret being set on a rabbit to kill it.
BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
10s
PG 101:45s

submitted
101:55s
UK: The English language version was passed PG after 10s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1998 Second Sight Films VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • To remove the rabbit and ferret scene as per the 2015 BFI release
BBFC cut
category cuts
A pre 1970 submitted
80:59s
=77:45s
UK: Passed A (PG) after category cuts for:
  • 1950 cinema release

Thanks to Gary:

Passed with cuts in 1950 for an A certificate. No running time on the BBFC site, but this was the version of the film re-edited by RKO which runs 81 minutes, as per the review in the June 1950 Monthly Film Bulletin. No indication as to the extent of the cuts, but if the animal cruelty was included in this version it would no doubt have been cut.

Strongest Man in the World

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  • Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
  • Maciste, l'uomo piu' forte del mondo
The Strongest Man in the World is a 1961 Italy romance by Antonio Leonviola.
With Mark Forest, Moira Orfei and Paul Wynter. IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release in 1964. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~90:00s US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
BBFC cut
category
cuts
A Cert   UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts for:
  • 1964 cinema release
Stryker

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Stryker is a 1983 Philippines action Sci-Fi film by Cirio H Santiago.
Starring Steve Sandor, Andrea Savio and William Ostrander. IMDb

The full length film was cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1983 cinema release. Meanwhile the US release was shortened. This shortened version was passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for 1983 VHS. The full length version is available uncut on German DVD.

Promotional Material

In the future, after the last breakdown of technology there s debris everywhere, but the most devastating consequence of the state of the post apocalyptic world is the shortage of water. Several groups of marauders, men who have banded together for survival on the parched planet, battle each other in raids for water. In the midst of these savages is a group of brave and beautiful women who have made the most important discovery in the world they have located a water source, but soon their source is exposed and the band of savages are determined to take over the water supply at any cost - the women turn to lone road warrior, Stryker (Steve Sandor, Fire and Ice) for help.

Versions

uncut
Extended Version
  Germany flag
Germany
85:39s
=82:13s
Germany: The Extended Version is uncut for:
  • Schöder Media [Extended + US Versions] DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com : The US version was shortened by 1:55s in 6 plot scenes. The German Schöder Media DVD includes the full length version but the restored material is from a low quality source.

BBFC uncut

cut
US Version
shortened 1:55s
 

18

MPAA R

80:43s UK: The shortened US Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • 1983 Thorn EMI VHS
US: The shortened US Version is MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
44s
18 84;36s
=81:13s
UK:  The Extended Version was passed 18 after 44s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 1983 cinema release
A Study in Terror

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A Study in Terror is a 1965 UK crime drama horror mystery thriller by James Hill.
With John Neville, Donald Houston and John Fraser. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Uncut on home video and in the US.

Summary Review: Gritty

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack The Ripper.

The harsh colour and ghostly music adds to the gritty realism of the period.

Versions

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

90:14s UK: Passed 15 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

BBFC cut
cut
X cert submitted 94:17s
=90:31s
UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC cuts for;
  • 1965 cinema release

From IMDB. The BBFC cuts were:

  • to reduce shots of blood in the trough
  • to shorten a repeated stabbing
  • shorten scenes of Annie Chapman struggling with her assailant.
Stunt Squad

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  • Vigilante Squad
  • La polizia e' sconfitta

    Stunt Squad is a 1977 Italy action crime thriller by Domenico Paolella.
    Starring Marcel Bozzuffi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Riccardo Salvino. YouTube icon IMDb

    Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS.

    Promotional Material

    Shopkeepers have been terrorized by a protection racket in Bologna, and the racketeers have found sneaky ways of planting explosives in the businesses of those who won't pay. Police Inspector Grifi (Marcel Bozzuffi, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) tries to get information from witnesses and criminal informants, but they're all brutally murdered. Grifi has no choice but to form a special squad -- one not bound by the red tape that restricts other cops -- who chase the racketeers with daredevil stunt driving and fight them with precision gunplay.

    Versions

      MPAA
    Unrated
    ~92:00s US: A restored but short version is MPAA Unrated for:
    BBFC cut
    ~2:22s
    18

    X cert

    89:17s

    submitted
    95:28s
    =91:39s

    UK: Passed X/18 after BBFC cuts for:
    • 1987 Mighty Fair VHS titled Vigilante Squad
    • 1979 cinema release titled Stunt Squad
Stunts Gone Wild!!

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Versions

Uncut 1823:07s Not known (IPC Media Ltd)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company required to supply warning caption concerning dangerous imitable techniques

The Suckling

Sewage Baby is a 1990 USA horror by Francis Teri.

See Sewage Baby

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad is a 2016 USA action crime fantasy by David Ayer.
Starring Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne and Will Smith. Youtube link IMDb

The film caused a little bit of a stir as a few film censors from around the world decided that the US PG-13 rating was a little low. In New Zealand there was a viewer complaint about the default Australian advisory rating of M (PG-15) being used, which resulted in a re-rating to the restrictive age rating, R13

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
15

MPAA PG-13

Australian M rating
Australia

122:44s
=117:49s

UK: Passed 15 uncut for sustained threat, moderate violence for:
  • 2016 cinema release

US: MPAA rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language.

Australia: Rated M (an advisory PG-15) for violent and offensive language content.

New Zealand: To keep the cost of film censorship down, New Zealand by default accepts the lower Australian rage ratings, unless challenged. In this case a viewer complaint led to a re-rating by the New Zealand film censors at the OFLC, to the restrictive age rating R13 for violence, horror and cruelty.

Rest of the World: And the world censors seem to have mostly sided with the American film censor. Netherlands (12), Norway (12) , Singapore (PG-13) and Ireland (15A) all being lower than the UK. Russia opted for a higher 16 rating though.

Sukiyaki Western Django

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Sukiyaki Western Django is a 2007 Japan action western by Takashi Miike.
Starring Hideaki Itô, Kôichi Satô and Quentin Tarantino. IMDb

Exists as a shortened International Version and an Extended Cut

Summary Notes

A revolver-wielding stranger crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth.

Versions

BBFC uncut
Extended Cut
run: 121m
pal: 116m
MPAA UnratedUS: TheExtended Cut  is  MPAA Unrated:
  • 2020 Mvd Marquee [International Version + Extended Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon  
cut
shortened
International Version
cut: 23m
run: 98:23s
pal: 94:27s
15 1980

MPAA R

UK: The International Version was passed 15 uncut for moderate bloody violence, sexual violence and strong language: US: The International Version is  MPAA R rated for strong violence, including a rape
  • 2020 Mvd Marquee [International Version + Extended Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon  
  • 2020 Mvd Marquee [International Version only] R0 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb. The international cut version, shorter by 23 minutes, omits several scenes for pacing reasons and also all the scenes where the big Genji/Minamoto henchman after having his balls shot off develops a crush for his leader Yoshitsune.


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