- Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson
TNT Jackson is a 1974 US/Philippines action film by Cirio H Santiago With Jeannie Bell, Chiquito and Stan Shaw.
Cut by the BBFC for VHS. Uncut on UK DVD and in the US Summary Review:
Topless kung-fu Jeannie Bell is TNT Jackson! She's on the trail of the scum-suckin' pigs who killed her brother! Watch out! TNT's not just beautiful, she's a martial arts master with vengeance on her mind!
Yes, this movie does contain our heroine's topless kung-fu battle! There is a nice butterfly-knife sequence that was presumably cut by UK censor and enough nudity and charm to make things bearable. Not bad...
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To Kill a Priest is a 1988 France / USA historical thriller by Agnieszka Holland. Starring Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris and Joss Ackland.
Cut by the BBFC for both category and animal cruelty for a 15 rated cinema
release in 1988. The animal cruelty cuts were retained for 1987 18 rated VHS. Uncut elsewhere in the world and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes A young priest speaks out against the Communist
regime in Poland and is killed for it.
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uncut | | 90:54s | 1985 Mexican/US thriller by Juan López
Moctezuma Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005 | 42s | | 83:58s |
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- Jian hua yan yu Jiang Nan
Jian hua yan yu Jiang Nan is a 1977 Hong Kong / South Korea action drama by Wei Lo. Starring Jackie Chan, Hui Lou Chen and Ching Hsia Chiang.
No BBFC cuts but the 2001 DVD was shortened. Summary
Notes Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.
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To Make a Killing is a 1988 Australia thriller by Karl Zwicky. Starring Tamblyn Lord, Craig Pearce and John Godden.
Cut by the BBFC for 1991 VHS. Uncut and R18+ rated in Australia. There seem
be 2 versions of the film titled Vicious and To Make a Killing Promotional Material Four years before Romper Stomper seized the attention of Australian audiences in a flurry of controversy, Karl
Zwicky and P.J. Hogan executed an intense thriller that according to David Stratton is a terrifyingly nasty film... the more terrifying because it is so believable. To Make a Killing (aka Vicious) is a harrowing
exploration of inner suburban crime, a dark world where it is difficult to tell your friends from your enemies. What starts as a burglary soon turns into a killing spree. ... Versions
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Thanks to Gary for his comments and the BBFC cuts: [ Spoilers! hover or click text ]
- At 47˝ mins When gangleader Terry is given drink by woman, restore the overcut exchange of looks between them by inserting two extra close-ups from the earlier version (i.e 'VICIOUS') so that she smiles first and he responds
instinctively before retreating into impassivity to protect his vulnerability; then return to her again in TO MAKE A KILLING as she is still trying to smile before he shoots her.
- At 52 mins When Terry tells hero
that they are all going to have sex with Sondra, reduce shot of her legs kicking in protest as she is held by other boy, removing first part of shot as it pans down from her thighs and resuming on her feet kicking.
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At 52˝ mins Shortly after, reduce shot of Terry pulling down top of her T-shirt by removing first part, resuming to see him clutching top of dress between her breasts.
The second two cuts are definitely intact in the Australian DVD, so I've no reason to doubt that it's uncut. I've reason to believe that the earlier version called Vicious may have been differently edited, as
per the comment on the first cut. It is not the last time the BBFC have actually reedited part of a film instead of simply cutting it. It is an interesting film, though rather milder now than its reputation was at the time. I
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Daughter is a 1976 UK/West Germany horror by Peter Sykes. See Hammer Films List: To the Devil a Daughter
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24s | | 96:01s | 1995 US action film by Raymond Martino The 1996 video from Imperial Entertainment was cut as was the 2003 ILC Prime DVD but somehow the DVD released was actually uncut.
The BBFC explained their cuts: Cuts required to remove sexualised violence in scene where man fondles and exposes woman's breasts prior to strangulation and subsequent sight of her lying dead with breast exposed.
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon The
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To the Limit is a 1995 USA action crime thriller by Raymond Martino. Starring Anna Nicole Smith, Joey Travolta and John Aprea.
Cut by the BBFC for VHS and DVD (although the DVD cuts seem to have not
been implemented). Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes Colette is an attractive ex-CIA agent seeking revenge against a ruthless villain and his organization of trained assassins for the
murder of her husband while the man is also after mobster Frank Di Vinci for his own personal reasons. It isn't long before the paths of both Colette and Frank meet whom they share the same vendetta against the same man and they reluctantly try to
co-operate with each other to bring him down.
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To the Wonder is a 2012 USA romance by Terrence Malick. With Ben Affleck, Olga
Kurylenko and Javier Bardem.
In the US two version were submitted to the MPAA. Both were passed R for some sexuality/nudity. Only the latter version was distributed Summary Notes After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come
to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
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- Tobrouk, commando pour l'enfer
Tobruk is a 1967 USA war drama by Arthur Hiller. Starring Rock Hudson, George Peppard and Nigel Green.
Category cuts were required for an A rated cinema release in 1967.
Passed PG uncut for 1988 VHS and later the BBFC rating was increased to 12 for 2017 home video. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes September 1942 - With Erwin
Rommel's Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between both, kidnap a Canadian officer who is an expert topographer and who is held
prisoner by the Vichy French in Algeria. The officer, Donald Craig, must negotiate a company of British and German-Jewish commandos through 800 miles of the Sahara to aide a pending amphibious landing against Tobruk's massive fuel storage base - a
mission that sees one impediment after another, and which discovers an undetected German armored force ready to win the battle of Egypt.
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- Topâzu
- Topaz
- Sex Dreams of Topaz
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| | | 1992 Japanese erotic drama by Ryû Murakami. With Miho Nikaido and Sayoko Amano.
There is talk of a longer Hong Kong VCD that runs at about 135 minutes. However this version seems elusive. | uncut |
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| UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
- 2011 ArrowDrome R0 DVD at UK Amazon
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2007 Freemantlemedia R2 DVD
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Summary Review: Perverse Sex and Cocaine Very erotic and sick at the same time. This movie leads you down the dark allies of human sexuality. But it touches more than the loins. This is mostly because of the innocence
of the Ai, the main character. Her quest for true love and happiness stands in a deep contrast with the dark nighttime of Tokyo, ridden with perverse sex and cocaine.
This movie is a must for people interested in culture, sexuality and gender
roles. It gives perfect examples of how power play somehow gets us excited, but mainly rests upon images of gender and sex we have invented inside our culture. It's a little Foucault, it's a little de Sade, it's just very interesting. |
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BBFC cuts for:
- 2002 MIHK DVD
- 2001 cinema release
From IMDb :
- Opening scene is longer.
- The scene with Mr. Satoh before he talks to his girlfriend is longer, including the scene showing him actually inserting the vibrator into Ai after she came out of the shower.
- Ai licking both Mr. Satoh and
his girlfriend as they are having sex.
- Before Ai arrives to Mr. Satoh's room, they are slow-motion scenes showing Yakuza storming into Mr. Satoh's room, yelling at him for being a failure and restrains him. Despite his pleas, the Yakuza tie his
girlfriend up and hooks her up with drugs, with him watching and being helpless to help her. The Yakuza then take turns sadistically raping and beating her.
- Shortly after the guy says 'Let her go' referring to Ai, the scene returns to Satoh's
bedroom where the Yakuza slashes the right side of her face with a tanto knife to show who's the boss, explaining why later her face is bandaged when she returns the ring to Ai. The scene then goes back to the lobby showing Ai running into the elevator
scared. Miyuki, who was waiting for her, meets up with her after she gets out of the elevator. Seeing her terrified, Miyuki asks her what was wrong. Ai shakes her head saying everything was all right, it's just he wasn't home that's all. They then go to
the young client's room.
- The scene where the young client asks to be strangled is longer, showing Ai and Miyuki walking into his room being addressed as Mistress and Mistress Ai.
- The masochism scene with Saki is longer.
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Tom Horn is a 1980 USA crime western romance by William Wiard. Starring Steve McQueen, Linda Evans and Richard Farnsworth.
Originally cut by the BBFC for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1980. This same cut version was then 15 rated for VHS in 1986. Some cuts were waived for 15 rated DVD in 2006 but animall cruelty cuts continue. Uncut and MPAA R rated in
the US. Summary Notes A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well.
Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.
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Tom Jones is a 1963 UK comedy adventure by Tony Richardson. Starring Albert Finney, Susannah York and George Devine.
Passed X uncut by the BBFC for 1963 cinema release. BBFC have required
animal cruelty cuts for all releases since 1971. The animal cruelty cuts were waived by the BBFC for 12 rated home video in 2018. The film exists in a longer original version and a shortened Director's Cut. Both versions are uncut and MPAA Unrated in the
US. Summary Notes In eighteenth century England, "first cousins" Tom Jones and Master Blifil grew up together in privilege in the western countryside, but could not be more different in nature. Tom,
the bastard son of one of Squire Allworthy's servants Jenny Jones and the local barber Partridge, was raised by virtuous Allworthy as his own after he sent Jenny away. Tom is randy, chasing anything in a skirt, he having a sexual relationship on the sly
with Molly Seagrim, the peasant daughter of Allworthy's gamekeeper. Tom is nonetheless kind-hearted and good-natured, he who is willing to defend that and those in which he believes. Blifil, on the other hand, is dour, and although outwardly pious, is
cold-hearted and vengeful.
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UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate sex references, violence, language with previous cuts waived for:
- 2018 Bfi [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2018 Bfi Woodfall [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
- 2018 Bfi Amazon Prime VoD [UK only] at UK Amazon
UK: Passed X (16) uncut for:
There does not seem to be a record of this in the BBFC database. From IMDb. When the film was first submitted to the BBFC, director John Trevelyan suggested to Tony Richardson that the film would pass as an A if he removed a shot of
Mrs Waters cradling an oyster on her tongue before swallowing it during the famous eating sequence. Richardson refused and the film was passed as an X. US: The Original Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
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| 121:30s =116:38s | UK: The Director's Cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate
sex references, violence, language with previous cuts waived for:
- 2018 Bfi Woodfall [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK
Amazon
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
- 2018 Criterion Collection [Original Version + Director's Cut] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
- 2018 Criterion Collection [Original Version + Director's Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon
See article from movie-censorship.com : The Director's Cut is slightly shortened but it makes little effect to the film. |
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| 123:16s submitted 128:23s =123:15s | UK: The Original Version was passed
PG after 12s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
The BBFC commented:
- Compulsory cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (cockfighting) in accordance with the Cinematograph Films [Animals] Act 1937.
UK: PaThe Original Version was passed AA (14) after category cuts for:
| Director's Cut compulsory cuts 6s |
| 116:48s
submitted 116:18s
| UK: The Director's Cut was passed PG after 6s of further BBFC compulsory cuts for:
The film was shortened by the director for reasons of pace whilst the BBFC censor cuts are for animal cruelty. |
| Tom yum goong is a 2005 Thailand action film by
Prachya Pinkaew See Warrior King
| Tomb Raider is a 2001 USA/UK/Japan/Germany action fantasy adventure by Simon West See
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
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- La Noche del Terror Ciego
- Crypt of the Blind Dead
- Night of the Blind Dead
- La Noche de la Muerta Ciega
Tombs of the Blind Dead is a 1971 Spanish/Portugese horror by Amando de Ossorio. With César Burner, Lone Fleming and María Elena Arpón.
Cut in the US for a PG rating. Cut by the BBFC for all home video releases.
The US Unrated version is uncut Summary Review: Wicked Ending In the 13th century there existed a legion of evil knights known as the Templars, who quested for eternal life by drinking human blood
and committing sacrifices. Tombs Of The Blind Dead is the first, the originator, and it RULES. Church bells become dinner bells, as the ominous tolling of the chimes signals the rising of the dead Templar Knights, an undead
sect of religious warriors who weren't that nice when they were alive. A few centuries in the grave hasn't tempered their humors much, and now they're blind to boot, hunting by sound (and they hear REAL good), seeking fresh human blood to sustain their
lumbering, unholy existences. The Templars are horror icons, and deservedly so. And the wicked ending is the perfect finish to a movie like this.
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on IMDb : The Director's Cut restores about nine minutes of uncontentious footage. The most noticeable are:
- a scene showing the depths of Mattie's addiction to laudanum and her jealousy over Josephine
- a sombre soliloquy by Doc quoting Kublai Khan;
- a scene explaining Kate's sudden disappearance from the film, with Doc stressing the
importance of friendship;
- a scene with McMasters and the Cowboys meeting one last time. A small scene showing the graphic result of that meeting has been re-inserted with the line "They got McMasters!" being moved into this small
insert.
The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available
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Tomorrow Never Dies is a 1997 UK/US James Bond action film by Roger Spottiswoode. With Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce and Michelle Yeoh.
Some cuts were made by the MPAA for theatrical release. More cut by the BBFC for a 12 rated cinema release. The BBFC made further cuts for 12 rated VHS and 2001. The BBFC cuts were dropped for the 15 rated 2002 DVD but original US cuts
still apply. This is the International Version and is the best available. The Inernational Version was rated 12 by the BBFC in 2012. See the full story of censor cuts to Tomorrow Never Dies in the article
Tomorrow Never Dies...It Just Gets a Little Shorter by Gavin Salkeld Versions
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| 114:18s | UK: The International Version was
passed 12 without BBFC cuts for frequent moderate action violence:
UK: The International Version was passed 15 after all BBFC video cuts were waived for:
- 2007 20th Century Fox Ultimate Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
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2006 Sony Ultimate Edition R2 DVD
US: The International Version is cut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
The International Version includes some cuts made at the rough cut stage to secure an MPAA PG-13 rating. It was substantially less cut than the UK cinema release and has now become the definitive version. |
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- 2001 MGM R2 DVD
- 1998 MGM VHS
- 1998 Warner VHS
The BBFC commented on their video cuts: Tomorrow Never Dies followed the pattern of the recent Bonds of being slightly too violent for its intended audience. When it opened in the cinema, the Board considered that, on
grounds of violence, the film had just scraped through as a 12, yet to our surprise, the British public, for all their reported concern about screen violence, lapped it up, content to treat James Bond as fantasy violence. The producers were alerted to
the probability that, if 12 were to remain the target category on video, the film might need further cuts in violence, since the Video Recordings Act laid down the need to assess the likelihood of underage viewing, which in this case was a virtual
certainty. The additional BBFC video cuts were:
- Cuts to scene where Michelle Yeoh dispatches one of the bad guys by means of a throwing star.
- Removed scene of Michelle Yeoh taking throwing star from a hidden compartment in her shoe
- Cuts to scene where Bond stamps on a man's face
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119:08s =114:22s | UK: Passed 12 after BBFC suggested cuts at the rough cut stage were implemented for:
There have been sound cuts throughout the video.
- Reduced impact sounds in fight at Carver's (Jonathon Price's) studio party
- Bond gets hit by a baseball bat twice instead of four times
- Reduced impact sounds in Chakra torture scene
- Reduced impact sounds in fight in bike
shop
- Reduced impact sounds of Wai Lin's (Michelle Yeoh's) kung-fu kicks
- Reduced sound of man being scalded by steam
- Reduced sound of Carver being hit by an engine and then his death scream
- Reduced impact sounds of
Bond's (Pierce Brosnan's) climatic fight scene
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- Tong hau goo si
- Tang kou gu shi
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Passed 18 after 13s were pre-cut for:
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2:15s | | 67:48s | 2006 US cartoon by Johnny Darrell The BBFC cut 2:15s from the 2007 Scanbox DVD:
Compulsory cuts were required to remove sight of animated child characters lighting and throwing fireworks at other people. |
| Tony Manero is a 2008 Chile/Brazil crime drama by Pablo
Larraín. See Hardcore 18s List: Tony Manero |
Too Hot to Handle is a 1977 US/Philippines action drama by Don Schain with Cheri Caffaro, Aharon Ipalé and Vic Diaz.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1977. Uncut and MPAA R
rated in the US. Summary Review: Sexy Adventure Sexy adventure film has international hit lady Cheri Caffaro involved in James Bondish escapades in Manila. She accepts a mission to
kill a group of gangsters in the Philippines, but problems arise when she falls for the detective investigating the murders. Caffaro is very sexy in an aggressive sort of way, and the director eroticizes the violence (Caffaro is
virtually turned on by pain and death). That is quite a daring thing for a movie to do, and the people here deserve some credit for even attempting it. The climax of the film is surprisingly suspenseful.
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| Toofan Singh is a 2017 India action film by Baghal Singh
and Gurcharan Virk. See Banned International: Toofan Singh
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R Rated | 94:52s =91:04s | 2004 US horror mystery by Tobe Hooper With Angela Bettis,
Brent Roam and Marco Rodríguez.
UK: The cut R Rated version was passed 15 for strong violence and language without BBFC cuts for:
US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:
From IMDb. The US R Rated version was heavily cut to avoid an NC-17:
- The "drill kill" of the girl in the apartment was about 20-30 seconds longer, showing much more blood fly out of the back of her head, and the drill going all the way through her mouth. After the killer retracts the drill, he then begins
drilling again into her head. Also, this scene is well-lit as opposed to the darkened version in the "R" rated cut.
- The man getting his head sawed in half; this scene was much longer. More blood and grue flies out as the killer saws,
and the aftermath of the top half of the man's head being ripped off was shown, and the camera lingers longer on it when it hits the ground.
- The man being strapped to the table and killed was a bit longer. There were more hits with the hammer,
more screams from the man, and a better view of the powder being poured on his head. A more grisly after-view of the man's lye-laden head was present afterward.
The cut violence has appeared as DVD Extras but there is no sign of an uncut release, so for the moment this is the best available version. |
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The Toolbox Murders is a 1978 US horror by Dennis Donnelly. With Cameron Mitchell and Pamelyn Ferdin.
Cut by the BBFC for 1979 X rated cinema release. Banned as a video nasty on
VHS in 1983. Cut by the BBFC for VHS and DVD from 2000 until the BBFC cuts were waived for 2017 18 rated DVD and Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. Summary Review: Grisly The Toolbox
Murders starts out with 20 minutes or so of grisly and very well done kill scenes, all of which involve tools. If you like violence, then you'll love the introduction of this film. If you're a sucker for nudity in horror films, then you'll appreciate
the introduction to this film for that as well. After the kills are complete, the middle portion of this movie is a lot of talk with little or no gore. However the dialog between the killer and the kidnapped girl is very
interesting. If you have the attention span to sit through 'slower' moments of this film, then you'll find something to enjoy in it. Versions
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violence, sexualised nudity with all previous BBFC cuts waived for:
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
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- 2009 Cornerstone R2 DVD
- 2003 Vipco R0 DVD
- 2000 Horror Video/Vipco VHS
See article from movie-censorship.com . The BBFC cuts were:
- A scene was cut showing a naked woman fleeing from the masked attacker with a nail gun. as he pursues her around a bedroom. He shoots her in the back. She slumps to the ground and he shoots her in the head.
The film has been playing uncut on Zone Horror channel so presumably the BBFC would not cut the film if it were to be resubmitted. | cut
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Released on Pre-VRA video by Hokushn in November 1981 and made it onto the video nasties list in November 1983. It was removed from the list in May 1985 as it was a BBFC approved version. There are conflicting reports about versions released by Hokushin. The best theory seems to be that there were two versions released:
- A cut version missing around 6 minutes of footage. This seems to be in excess of the often quoted cinema version which was missing around 2 minutes. This seems to the most common version with a runtime noted as 83:56s. Maybe there is a possibility
that it was doubly speeded up during NTSC to PAL conversion
- There are also reports of an uncut version on pre-cert VHS. See article from
movie-censorship.com
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Thanks to Scott who obtained the BBFC cuts list: Reel 1
- Remove close-shots of bloody drill as killer advances on his wounded victim and all shots of her being chased around flat with blood oozing from her arm.
Reels 1 and 2
- Remove two shots of Debbie lying bloody on floor when police photographer is filming at end of Reel 1 and beginning of Reel 2.
Reel 2
- Eliminate all shots of girl victim masturbating in bath before murderer enters.
- Considerably reduce nail-gun murder by deleting most shots of nude victim being chased around flat and the
complete section in which she is cornered naked on her bed.
- Implication of girl's death from nail-gun in head may remain, but remove all sight of blood running down her face.
- After girl's death, remove flashback cross-cut shot of her nude and bloody.
- Remove further shot of girl's nude dead body at the end of crosscut sequence.
- Remove sight of bloody girl as police investigate her murder.
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Tooned 50 [Part 3] is a animation video by Henry Trotter and Chris Waitt. With Jenson Button, Sergio Perez and Alexander Armstrong. Cut for category by the
BBFC for 2013 DVD Versions
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18:48s | UK: Passed PG for mild bad language after 1s of BBFC category cuts for:
- 2013 Abbey Home Media Group plc video
The BBFC commented:
- Company chose to remove an inadequately obscured use of strong language in order to obtain a PG classification. Cut made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 12 classification was available.
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Tootsie is a 1982 USA comedy romance by Sydney Pollack. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange and Teri Garr.
BBFC category cuts for a PG rated 1983 cinema release, then uncut and 15 rated for home video. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Promotional Material Michael Dorsey (Dustin
Hoffman) is an unemployed actor with a reputation for being 'difficult'. Desperate for work, Michael dresses up in drag in an attempt to land a part in a daytime soap as a mature woman. He succeeds, and achieves instant fame as Dorothea Michaels.
However, complications develop when he falls in love with Julie, a female cast member (Jessica Lange), while simultaneously having to fend off the amorous advances of both Julie's father (Charles Durning) and male actors on the set.
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Top Gear is a 2002 - present, UK TV motoring show Starring
Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
Long running TV series has many controversial moments for to non-political correct jokes. These haven't troubled the BBFC though. Summary Notes
Jeremy, Richard and James talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.
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was passed 15 for strong language for:
Summary Notes The boys embark on a trip across Australia's Northern Territory in a BMW M6 Gran Coupe, a Bentley Continental GT v8 and a Nissan GT-R. Kiefer Sutherland is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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51:45s | UK: Top Gear Greatest Movie Chases Ever passed 12 after BBFC category cuts for:
- 2007 BBC Worldwide R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
- Cuts required to remove BBFC classification symbols and accompanying text which does not accurately reflect the terms of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
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Top Gear Season 24 is a UK 2017 TV series Starring Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris
and Rory Reid.
It appears that there are two versions of each episode, both censored. One has strong language bleeped out, in the other it is blanked or edited out entirely. Versions
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25:46s | UK:
- Season 24, Episode 1 Passed 12 for bleeped strong language
- Season 24, Episode 1 Passed 12 for infrequent disguised strong language
- Season 24, Episode 2 Passed 12 for bleeped strong language
- Season
24, Episode 2 Passed 12 for moderate sex references
- Season 24, Episode 3 Passed 12 for infrequent bleeped strong language
- Season 24, Episode 3 Passed PG for mild bad language
- Season 24, Episode 4 Passed
12 for bleeped strong language, moderate sex references
- Season 24, Episode 4 Passed PG for mild bad language
- Season 24, Episode 5 Passed PG for mild bad language
- Season 24, Episode 5 Passed 12 for bleeped
strong language
It appears that there are two versions of each episode, both censored. One has strong language bleeped out, in the other it is blanked or edited out entirely. |
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- Swinging Young Seductresses
- The Seducers
Top Sensation is a 1969 Italy drama by Ottavio Alessi. Starring Rosalba Neri, Edwige Fenech and Eva Thulin.
Banned by the BBFC for 1970 cinema release. passed 18 uncut for 2016 DVD.
Uncut and X rated in the US but later cut for an MPAA R rating. There is also a German version and mentions of additional footage shot in 1970. Summary Notes Attempting to cure her mentally
handicapped son's virginity, his mother and several friends embark on a cruise which strands them on nearly deserted island where lust and murder are on the menu!
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Topaz is a 1969 USA thriller by Alfred Hitchcock. With Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin and John Vernon.
There are 3 alternative endings. Versions
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136:25s | UK: The Version with the Airport Ending was passed PG uncut for:
- 2013 Universal R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2013 Universal Vol 2 [7 films] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
- 2001 Universal R2 DVD
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120:16s | UK: The Version with the Suicide Ending was passed PG uncut for:
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There is also a version ending with a duel at a sports stadium. This was disliked by preview audiences and so was replaced with the Airport ending |
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Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 US/Japan war film by Richard Fleischer & Kinji Fukasaku
With Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura and Jason Robards.
Exists in 2 verions, US and the longer Japanese Extended Version Versions
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cut | | 87:31s | 2009 UK comedy horror by Jon Wright The BBFC suggested cuts for the 2009 cinema release and 2009 Pathe DVD.
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 18 classification but that the requested 15 certificate could be achieved by
making reductions to a number of scenes. In particular the BBFC suggested that the number of blows in a fight scene should be reduced; an aggressive use of very strong language should be removed; sexual bullying of a naked young male in showers should be
significantly reduced; sexualised killing of a partially naked young male should be significantly reduced; visual element of a severed penis in condom in comic context should be reduced; focus on a screwdriver embedded in hand should be reduced; focus on
screwdriver in neck should be reduced, along with subsequent closer focus on neck wound as blood flows. When the finished version of the film was submitted, all the reductions had been made satisfactorily and the film was classified 15 .
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- Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio
- Maniac at Large
- Death Carries a Cane
Tormentor is a 1973 Italy/Spain horror mystery thriller by Maurizio Pradeaux. With Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro and George Martin.
Cut by the BBFC for 1974 X rated cinema release. Uncut and MPAA R rated in
the US Promotional Material Ketty, a photographer living in Rome, accidentally witnesses the murder of a young woman at the hands of a razor-wielding maniac. Ketty and her fiance, Alberto, go to
the police--only to learn that two other witnesses to the crime have been slashed to death. Ketty fears that she will be the next victim when her ballerina friend Magda is brutally killed by the same elusive culprit. The police are baffled, unable to
find a motive. It is Alberto who discovers the connection: all the murdered girls were dancers. Investigating further, Ketty finds a photo identifying the killer. But before she can warn Alberto, Ketty is trapped in a lonely greenhouse, stalked by the
homicidal madman! Versions
uncut | R rated |
~90:00s | US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
| cut | |
| UK: Passed X after BBFC cuts for:
- 1974 cinema release titled Maniac at Large
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- I Corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale
- Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence
- Carnal Violence
Torso is a 1973 Italy horror mystery thriller by Sergio Martino. Starring Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont and Luc Merenda.
The Italian Version was shortened for an English language version. This
English version was MPAA R rated in the US but was cut by the BBFC for an X rated cinema release in 1975 and 18 rated VHS in 1990. The BBFC cuts were waived when the Italian Version was released on 18 rated DVD in 2007. Summary Review:
Worth the wait Someone is strangling coeds in Perugia. The only clue is that the killer owns a red and black scarf, and police are stumped. American exchange student Jane and her friends decide to take a break from
classes by going up to Danielle's uncle's villa in the country. Unfortunately the killer decides to follow, and the women begin suffering a rapid attrition problem. This is one of those Italian horror classics that's actually
worth the wait. Not as well put together as Argento or Fulci, but packed with really great jazz tinged music and some totally unforgetable scenes, mainly the beautifully shot murder in the woods and the final showdown in the house with Suzy Kendall and
the masked killer. Almost a classic.
Italian Version
uncut
| | UK: The Italian Version was passed 18
uncut after previous cuts waived for:
US: The Italian Version uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2018 Arrow [English + Italian versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon released on 30th October
2018
- 2018 Arrow Amazon Prime VoD [US only] at US Amazon
- 2011 Blue Underground
(English + Italian Version) R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
- 2011 Blue
Underground (English Version) R0 DVD at US Amazon
Note that the Italian Version has missing subtitles for the scenes that were dropped from the English Version. The 2018 also includes a choice of titles, Italian, and English. |
The Joseph Brenner Cut/US Theatrical Version
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Torture Garden is a 1967 UK horror fantasy by Freddie Francis. Starring Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith and Beverly Adams.
Not cut by the BBFC or MPAA but an Extended TV Version has been released on
DVD. Summary Notes A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. One by one, skeptical customers stand before the Fate
Atropos to be shown the greed and violence they're hiding behind their respectable facades.
Extended Version
uncut
| | UK: An Extended TV Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate
horror and violence for:
- 2017 Powerhouse Films [Theatrical + Extended TV Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2005 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment video
UK: An Extended TV Version was passed 15 uncut for:
- 1989 RCA/Columbia Pictures VHS
From IMDb. The Extended Version has 7 minutes of additional material. The additional footage consists of more scenes of Dr. Diablo introducing devices of torture, a longer electric chair scene, and more footage in the Terror Over Hollywood sequence.
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Theatrical Version
uncut
| | UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
- 2017 Powerhouse Films [Theatrical + Extended TV Version] R0 Blu-ray at UK
Amazon
Publicity material states that the film has been re-mastered and the running time suggests the Theatrical Version, but this is not yet confirmed. UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (18) uncut for:
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| Tortured For Christ Tortured For Christ is a 2018 USA biography by John Grooters. Starring Emil Mandanac, Raluca Botez and Eduard Adam.
Rated PG-13 by the MPAA for disturbing thematic content including depictions of torture. Note that this is the second submission, and the MPAA notes that the content is different to the original submission. Both submissions were made prior
to theatrical released and both were rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic content including depictions of torture. Summary Notes A cinematic retelling of the testimony of 'Voice of the
Martyrs' founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand , as written in his international bestseller "Tortured for Christ".
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Total Recall is a 2012 USA/Canada action adventure sci-fi thriller by Len Wiseman. With Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine and Bryan Cranston.
There is a Theatrical Version and an Extended Director's Cut. Nothing controversial about the differences. There was a rumour that there is also a version that clothes the topless 3 breasted woman. However this seems to be more to
do with a censored publicity photo shoot rather than the film itself. Versions
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Total Recall is a 1990 US action film by Paul Verhoeven With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside.
Cut for an MPAA R rated theatrical release, and this cut version has persisted ever since. The film was further cut in Australia for an M rated theatrical release.
Summary Notes
Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory
implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie Cutting Edge
Season 5 Cutting Edge Episode 61:
Total Recall Australian cuts examined
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best available
run: | 113:04s | pal: | 108:33s |
cut
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Australia Australia
| UK: The R Rated Version was passed
15 without BBFC cuts for:
UK: The R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
- 2020 Studiocanal 30th Anniversary Steelbook (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
- 2020
Studiocanal 30th Anniversary (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2020 Studiocanal 30th
Anniversary R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad
- 2012 Studio Canal Ultimate Rekall Steelbook
Edition RB Blu-ray+R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2012 Studio Canal Ultimate Rekall Edition RB
Blu-ray+R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2010 Optimum Schwarzenegger Collection RB Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
- 2007 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD
- 2001 Momentum R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
- 2001 Carlton R2 DVD
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2000 Universal R2 DVD
- 1990 Guild VHS
- 1990 cinema release
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
See article from bbfc.co.uk : Punchy Violence
The distributor had requested a 15 rating for the 1990 cinema release but the examiners' reports show that BBFC examiners had concerns about scenes of violence at this category. They also recommended against cuts to a
film expertly and technically executed . Examiners considered the impact on the audience of the combination of action and violence as well as the likely appeal of the film to teenagers. But ultimately the examiners concluded that the levels of punchy and upfront
violence would best be represented by an 18 certificate.
From IMDb. The film was initially given an X-rating by the MPAA. The following are the scenes that were trimmed to receive a R-rating:
- Benny's death is optically cropped to remove the exiting drill erupting from his stomach.
- The innocent bystander used as a shield was bloodier before trimming.
- The stabbing of Helm in the bar had the bowie knife slicing up his
stomach. Stills of this were actually featured in Fangoria magazine at the time of the film's release.
- Several shots of the scientists being killed by Quaid after he breaks free from the implant-machine were shortened.
- The scene of
Richter's arms being severed was shortened.
This R Rated Version seems to have become the definitive version | cut |
Australia | Australia: The film was extensively cut in Australia for Theatrical Release and VHS. The uncut
was version was also available on VHS with an R 18+ rating. See the detailed cuts in Cutting Edge Episode 61: Total Recall |
| Touch Me Not is a 2018 Romania / Germany / Czech
Republic / Bulgaria / France drama by Adina Pintilie. See Hardcore 18s List: Touch Me Not
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Touch of Evil is a 1958 USA crime thriller by Orson Welles. Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles and Janet Leigh.
The BBFC cut the Theatrical Version for an A rated 1958 cinema release. Home video releases are uncut. In addition there is also a preview version and a reconstructed version. Orson Welles created the first cut known as the Preview
Version. It did not impress the studio and they gave the editors job to somebody else to produce the Theatrical Version. Orson Welles sent the studio a 58 page letter describing his visions for the film. This letter was used to create the Reconstructed
Version which is felt to be the version closest to Director's wishes for the film. Summary Notes A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
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| A Touch of Sin is a 2013 China drama by Zhangke Jia
See Banned International: A Touch of Sin
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- Don't Touch the White Woman
Touche pas a la femme blanche is a 1974 France/Italy biography comedy western by Marco Ferreri. With Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli.
Versions
uncut | | 105:02s
| UK: Passed 18 uncut for:
- 2006 Nucleus [with Tales of Ordinary Madness] R2 DVD via UK
Amazon
| 7s | | 105:01s
| UK: Passed 18 after 7s of BBFC cuts for:
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Tough and Deadly is a 1995 USA action thriller by Steve Cohen. Starring Billy Blanks, Roddy Piper and Richard Norton.
Uncut for 2003 Hollywood DVD but an unknown pre-cut version was used for other VHS
and DVD releases Summary Notes Elmo Freech is a private investigator and was contracted by John Portland, a CIA agent who suffers amnesia, in oder to reveale a dubious case of drug smuggling in which are involved
big fishes of the CIA and from Washington.
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| 1977 Hong Kong/Taiwan martial arts film by Hsueh Li Pao See
Iron Monkey Strikes Back
| The Tough Ones
- Roma a mano armata
- Rome Armed to the Teeth
- Assault with a Deadly Weapon
The Tough Ones is a 1976 Italy action crime thriller by umberto lenzi Starring Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy and Giampiero Albertini
The original Version/Director's Cut was significantly shortened for US release. 88 Films are releasing a Grindhouse Version but it is not yet clear what this means. Summary Notes
A tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice. Versions
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Tourist Trap is a 1979 USA horror mystery thriller by David Schmoeller. With Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones and Jon Van Ness.
Not cut by censors but US and UK Blu-ray releases from 2014 have been shortened by about 4 minutes. 2020 US Blu-ray releases are also uncut. DVD releases are all uncut.
Promotional Material
An eerie and deserted wax museum, SLAUSEN S LOST OASIS, is the site for spine-tingling terror where four unsuspecting young travelers (Including TANYA ROBERTS from Charlie s Angels & A View to a Kill ) are lured into a very deadly
TOURIST TRAP. Slausen (CHUCK CONNERS, Soylent Green ) is the reclusive and bizarre owner of this attraction, which is actually more like a macabre chamber of horrors. The grotesque and frightening mannequins in this sordid side-show are only the
beginning of the murderous mayhem and nightmarish madness to come.. Versions
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UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
| shortened
cut: | 4m | run: | 85:02s | pal: | 81:38s |
| | UK: A shortened version was released for:
There's no sign of this shortened version in the BBFC database. 88 Films say that they used the Full Moon print and that there is no other uncut high definition version source available US: A shortened version was released for:
- 2014 Full Moon RA Blu-ray
Edits have been made to delete and relocate 5 scenes adding up to about 4 minutes. |
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- Beyond the Fog
- Horror on Snape Island
Tower of Evil is a 1972 UK/USA horror by Jim O'Connolly. With Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release, Uncut for home video. The 2006 UK release noted as re-edited which is a restoration and deletion of print damage Summary Notes: A group of
experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders... A trash classic from the heyday of British exploitation. if you're an admirer of raw,
vicious and undiscovered horror. This film is so much fun
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Tower of London is a 1962 USA historical horror thriller by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price, Michael Pate and Joan Freeman.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1962 cinema release. Uncut and 12 rated for
2017 Blu-ray. Uncut in the US. Summary Notes On the death of his brother King Edward IV, Richard of Gloucester conspires to get the throne for himself. The late King had two young sons, his heir,
Edward V and the younger Prince Richard, but they are not of age and so names his other brother, Clarence as Lord Protector of the Realm. Gloucester soon kills his younger brother but is haunted by his ghost and what he has done. As he continues to kill
those around him, Gloucester is haunted by those he has betrayed hearing voices and slowly descending into madness. He spreads rumors that the late King's two sons are illegitimate and therefore not eligible to ascend to the throne. He assassinates the
young princes and is crowned King Richard III. The ghosts from his past have the final say however.
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The Town is a 2010 USA crime thriller by Ben Affleck. Starring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm.
Exists as a Theatrical Version, an Extended Version, and the Extended Version with an alternative ending Summary Notes As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance
his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
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The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 USA action comedy horror sci-fi by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman. With Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen and Jennifer Prichard.
Heavily cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This R rated version was
released without BBFC cuts for cinema release, VHS and DVD. A pre-cut version based on the Director's Cut was also passed without BBFC cuts for 20013 DVD. The Director's Cut and an extended Japanese Version were released uncut in 2014 but no BBFC details
yet. The Director's Cut and an extended Japanese Version are available in the US and are MPAA Unrated. Promotional Material Welcome to Tromaville, New Jersey -- a small American town, terrorized by
criminals. The town's corrupt mayor sits idly by while muggers, robbers and teenage punks victimize helpless citizens. Among the residents of Tromaville is Melvin, a nerdy, emaciated janitor at the local health club. That is, until he becomes The Toxic
Avenger! A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin is cast through a third story window and into a vat of hazardous toxic waste. However, an unexpected metamorphosis takes place. As the chemicals take hold of his body, Melvin
turns into the Toxic Avenger, doer of good and brutal mauler of evil! The rest, as they say, is history. The excitement is non-stop as the hero sets out to single handedly wipe out the forces of evil that torment the people of Tromaville. THE TOXIC
AVENGER is non-stop entertainment that will leave the viewer s glowing from the fun. Versions
Director's Cut |
Unrated | ~87:00s =~84:00s | UK: Uncut but no BBFC details yet for:
- 2016 88 Films [The Complete Toxic Avenger] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2014 88 Films [Director's Cut + Japanese Version] Limited Edition Steelbook R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
- 2014 88 Films [Director's Cut + Japanese Version] R0
Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2014 88 Films R0 DVD
at UK Amazon
UK: Temporarily and accidentally sold in a UK uncut version for:
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
Thanks to Andrew and Chris, April 2008: Zone Horror The Toxic Avenger is being shown on Zone Horror in the uncut version. All the gore and nunchaku scenes are included-even the famous head squash in the gym!
Graphic yes, but its so badly done that to me it just becomes a moment of black comedy genius, a la Bad taste , Braindead etc.
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Japanese Cut |
Unrated | 98:00s =~94:00s | UK: Uncut but no BBFC details yet for:
- 2014 88 Films [Director's Cut + Japanese Version] Limited Edition Steelbook R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
- 2014 88 Films [Director's Cut + Japanese Version] R0
Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: The Japanese Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
See article from rockshockpop.com : Cool to
See But... The Japanese cut is longer and it has some alternate plot development and character development footage but don't go in expecting much more in the way of sex or gore when compared to the director's cut
version. If you don't already have the director's cut DVD, this is probably the one you want to go for as it is the longest, but it doesn't necessarily flow better. |
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MPAA
| 75:42s | UK: A Pre-cut Version, presumably the
R rated version, was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
- 2005 Prism R2 DVD
- 1996 Allied Troma VHS
- 1986 Palan VHS
- 1986 cinema release
In response to a query to the BBFC: Toxic Avenger was never actually cut by the BBFC. However, the version submitted to us was heavily pre-cut by the distributors before it was sent in. The version classified (without
cuts) by the Board runs at about 75 minutes, whereas the full version runs about 90 minutes. From what we understand a number of sequences of gore and violence were toned down throughout and a scene involving the use of chainsticks was also removed
because, at the time, it was well known that the Board did not allow the use of these weapons in films). It is entirely possible that it might be possible to classify a stronger version of the film now - perhaps even the full version, but we cannot say
for sure without a formal resubmission. Cuts for an R rating were as follows:
- Dialogue cut heavily from the scene in the locker room, where Slug, and Wanda talk about hit-and-run pedestrians.
- Slug, and Wanda screwing, is briefly shortened.
- Heavily cut; the famous head-crushing. The hit-and-run kid moving, and
the crew backing up with the car, and crushing his head, and Wanda and Julie going out to take pictures of the corpse, and then the crew driving away, are all cut out in a row.
- Shinbone alley; Cigarface kicking O'Clancy, who's on the ground.
- Shinbone alley; Toxie repeatedly punching Cigarface, lasts longer.
- Shinbone alley; Toxie bashing Knuckles' nose off, is cut out.
- Shinbone alley; Toxie gouging the transvestite thug's eyes, is completely cut out.
- Shinbone alley; Knucles passing out.
- Shinbone alley; Toxie punching Cigarface into the barrel, is shortened.
- Shinbone alley; Toxie bashing Knuckles, and the transvestite thug's heads together, is no more.
- Taco-bar; Leroy shotgunning a guy, is reduced.
- Taco-bar; the shot man squirming on the floor.
- Taco-bar; Frank ripping Sarah's panties off, and some dialogue, like I did always wanted to poke me a blind bitch.
- Taco-bar; Frank's hand-stump splattering blood.
- Taco-bar; Frank trying to get up from the floor, with his one
hand only.
- Taco-bar; Toxie stuffing Frank to the oven, is shortened.
- Taco-bar; a brief body shot of Leroy's mangled face, is gone.
- Taco-bar; a shot of a dead dog is deleted. And a bunch of dialogue has also gone for continuity.
- A brief close-up of Rico's boiled hands, is deleted.
- The drug-dealer's body squirming around in the weight machine, along with a juicy close-up of the mangled head, is no more.
- Wanda's ass boiling, is shortened.
- Toxie
ducking down, and making a thug slash his friend, and Toxie pushing a thug's knife to its owner, have been completely deleted.
- Cigarface squirming after he's shot, is no more.
- Slug beating the old granny with her cane has been cut from
four hits to just one.
- When Toxie nears the mayor, flashbacks of a close-up of Frank's arm being pulled off, and the weight machine murder (now shown from a more grisly angle), have been cut out.
- The mayor digging his own guts, is
reduced.
- The body shot of the dead mayor, is omitted
| pre-cut
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| 87:32s =84:02s | UK: A pre-cut version of the Director's Cut was passed 18 without further BBFC
cuts for:
Reported as missing gore ie the killing of the boy on the bike, heavy cuts to the restaurant robbery including the use of nunchakus |
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Toxic Avenger Part II is 1989 US comedy horror by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman. With Ron Fazio, John Altamura and Phoebe Legere.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This cut version was further cut by
the BBFC for VHS. The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for DVD and Blu-ray since 2003. Promotional Material Toxie's mean, green, and back on the screen! Melvin Junko was a nerdy 98lb weakling
until he fell into a vat of toxic waste, turning him into the first ever superhuman superhero from New Jersey. This time the hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength takes on Tokyo.
Versions
uncut
| | UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 with
previous BBFC cuts waived for:
- 2016 88 Films [The Complete Toxic Avenger] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2014 88 Films R0
Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 17th November 2014
- 2014 88 Films R2 DVD
at UK Amazon released on 17th November 2014
- 2003 Hollywood DVD
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
- 2015 Troma Toxic Avenger Collection R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
- 2015 Troma
Entertainment R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
Denmark: The Director's Cut was released for:
Netherlands: The Director's Cut was released for:
From IMDB. The Unrated Director's Cut is 7:27s longer than the cut US R Rated Version:
- The wheelchair death is gorier and quite longer. He squeezes his body till his intestines burst out of his stomach (along with buckets of blood). Then Toxie takes the wheelchair, picks it up and throws it aside.
- The villain who gets choked
with the vine and has roses shoved into his eye sockets is gorier and longer. It shows Toxie choking him more and also blood squirting out his neck (he also spits out blood) and it also shows Toxie shoving the roses in his eyes.
- A gorier version
of the scene when Toxie punches the Black villain's face in showing blood run down his face and also his body dropping to the ground, showing what's left of his head.
- When Toxie bashes the two villains; heads off, it usually cuts to them
dancing; in the uncut print their bodies first drop to the ground, causing blood to splash out of their necks (and it also shows toxie tearing hair from their scalps!)
- The Indian villain's death shows Toxie tearing his ears off his head
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Toxie chases down 3 rapists and kills 2; in the R-rated version the 3rd one (a woman) is never shown. In the uncut print he chases her to a radio station where he shoves cords, microphones in her body
- A scene showing Toxie and the Japenese chick
playing a game.
- A new scene of Toxie complaining that everyone in Japan is staring at him.
- Two fights scenes are added. One between two warriors (one gets crushed by Toxie's foot and the other gets thrown on some stand) and a Japanese
drag queen who keeps trying to rape Roxie
| total
cut: | 8:34s | run: | 94:06s | pal: | 90:20s |
1:07s
7:27s
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| UK: The cut US R Rated Version was passed 18 after a further 1:07s of BBFC cuts for:
- 1996 Allied Troma VHS
- 1991 Virgin VHS
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The BBFC cuts were:
- Cut to remove Toxie defending himself with a mop whilst being attacked by a bad with nunchukas
- Cut shots of woman ripping open Masami's top to reveal her naked breasts
- Cut to remove shots of banned weapons. In this case 2 fish used
by Toxie as nunchakus against a bad guy wielding a real versio0n of the weapon.
- Cut to remove Toxie being attacked by a ninja with throwing stars
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The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation
of Toxie is a 1989 USA action comedy horror by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman. Starring Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere and John Altamura.
The Theatrical Version was cut for an MPAA R rating but the Director's Cut
is unrated and uncut. The director later said that he prefers the Theatrical Version and recent releases since Blu-ray have been reflected his preferences. Both versions have been passed 18 uncut in the UK. Summary Review: Untempting
Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. So he decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.
Toxie is told that his blind girlfriend Claire, has a chance to see again, but it costs a lot of money. Then Toxie gets the opportunity to work as a spokesman for his enemy Apocolypse Inc. He says "yes" so he can get money
for Claire. Not knowing what he was doing, Apocolypse Inc. takes over Tromaville and makes everyone slaves to work for them. After Claire's surgery, she opens up Toxie's eyes and he has too battle with The Devil himself. Generally
found disappointing but a few reviewers found the funny side somewhere.
Versions
uncut
| | Denmark: The Director's Cut is rated 15
for:
UK: The Unrated Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
| cut
cut: | 1:08s | run: | 102:07s | pal: | 98:02s |
| | UK: The director approved Theatrical Version was
cut for an R rating by 1:08s for:
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2015 Troma Toxic Avenger Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
Approximately 1:08s of violent footage is missing from the opening sequence. And not everyone is quite convinced that the director really prefers this version. Thanks to Jon Dracup 88 Films have said that they got
the HD print from Troma in the USA, and that the version they and 88 Films released on Blu-Ray, is Lloyd Kaufman's preferred Director's Cut of the film, and it is alleged, Kaufman says that the missing gore was never meant to be included !
(Hmmmmm! Really?) Sadly, it's missing a fair bit of violence, mostly from the opening, 10 minute sequence set inside a Tromaville Video Rental store. The cuts noted are:
- someone having a broom handle, shoved through their head, and once through the head, the head is then forcibly separated from the body
- someone having their intestines removed, and being
strangled with them
- a scene featuring someone having their hand and fingers squashed in a videocassette-deck
All these scenes appear in previous (non-UK) DVD versions. A shame, as the cuts are really noticeable in the UK Blu-Ray! And according to someone else, the UK audio commentary goes off-kilter and out-of-sync with what's
on-screen, for about 20 seconds too. |
| The Toxic Avenger Part
IV is a 2000 USA action comedy horror by Lloyd Kaufman. See Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV |
- Toy Story 2: Collector's Item
Toy Story 2 is a 1999 USA family animation comedy by John Lasseter, Ash Brannon (co-director)... Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack.
There are minor variant versions for regionalisation and different fake
outtakes in the credits.
Summary Notes While Andy is away at summer camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn"!
In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm springs into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they'll never
see him again!
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Toys is a 1992 USA family comedy fantasy by Barry Levinson. Starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon and Joan Cusack.
BBFC category cuts were required for a PG Rated video release in 1993.
Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US. Summary Notes An eccentric toymaker's last wish is that his brother takes over the running of the business. The brother is a military General,
and is out of touch with toymaking, and out of touch with reality too. The business should really have been given to Leslie, who was much more like his toymaking father. When the General starts making weapons instead of toys, Leslie decides to take
action.
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Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos and Rafi Gavron.
Rated R for some violence by the MPAA in May 2014. The producers wanted a PG-13 and appealed the MPAA decision. The appeal was successful and the CARA appeals board re-rated the film PG-13 for some intense violence, perilous action, sexual
content and language. Summary Notes Wanted by the mafia, a new York City bike messenger escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger.
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Traces of Death is a 1993 USA horror documentary by John Alan Schwartz. Starring Damon Fox, Maritza Martin Munoz and Emilio Nunez.
Banned by the BBFC for 2005 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. Summary Notes Traces of Death is a collection of archive film and borrowed stock footage. In its opening you see
the death of a woman named Maritza Martin, who was gunned down by her ex-husband on Spanish language television. We then witness British SAS troopers storming the Iranian Embassy in 1980, this is followed by a police chase of a criminal in a pick up
truck and the deadly finale. It then goes to footage of animal experiments with a grizzly scene of a live pig being burned alive with a torch. Autopsy footage is then shown of an Asian individual. We are then shown a very graphic presentation on a male
to female sex change operation. One interesting scene has a man who had his nasal cavity removed and replaced with a prosthetic, the footage is most interesting and worth the price of admission. The producers then suddenly return to the death theme with
the well known footage of R Budd Dwyer and his on air suicide with a .357 Magnum, followed by a look at one of the most notorious Nazi villains...
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~78:00s =~75:00s | US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2003 Brain Damage 9th Anniversary Collector's Edition R1 DVD
| banned | |
72:17s | UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
The BBFC explained their ban: Traces of Death comprises a compilation of uncontextualised clips showing real killings, suicides, medical operations, fatal accidents, autopsies and other distressing images
. The work presents no journalistic, educational or other justifying context for the images shown. Rather, the work presents a barrage of sensationalist clips, for what appears to be the underlying purpose of providing prurient entertainment. That this
is the essential purpose of the work is reinforced by the addition of a sparse but sensationalist voice-over, which deliberately makes light of human death, pain and suffering. Some of the most graphic clips are needlessly repeated in slow motion,
further underlining the prurient and exploitative nature of the work.
The Board carefully considered the work in the light of our Guidelines and the tests set down by the Video Recordings Act. A key consideration is the question of any harm that
might be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society because of the manner in which the work deals with violence and "horrific behaviour or incidents". The Board has concluded that the video is potentially harmful because of the
influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of at least some intended or potential viewers. By presenting actual human death, mutilation and suffering as entertainment, the work has the potential to desensitise viewers, and perhaps even to
incite some to harm others. The work invites the viewer to take sadistic pleasure in death, injury, mutilation and pain and encourages callousness towards victims. Given the flippant and sensationalist nature of the occasional voice over, the work is
perhaps especially likely to appeal to the juvenile humour of young and impressionable persons (whatever its classification). The Board considers that the work may have a significant brutalising effect on their attitude to human life and pain.
Given the potential for the work to deaden the sensitivity of viewers to pain and suffering and to impair the moral development of younger viewers in particular, the Board also considers that the work raises serious concerns about possible breach of the Obscene Publications Act. This Act makes it an offence to distribute any work that, taken as a whole, has a tendency to deprave and corrupt (i.e. make morally bad) a significant proportion of those likely to see it.
A further consideration for the Board is that of public acceptability. (This is the ground on which, for instance, the Board has regard to issues of bad language.) In this case the combination of the shocking and distressing images in the work,
the lack of any justifying context, the editorial treatment, and the and the possible appeal to a young audience, all appear to the Board to raise serious concerns about the acceptability of the work to public opinion. Taken together with the harm
issues, and potential breach of the law, these concerns about acceptability strengthen the basis for refusal of classification.
The Board considered whether cutting the work would be a viable alternative to refusing a classification certificate.
However, the essential difficultly with Traces of Death lies not so much with any particular images (most of which would have been acceptable in a different, more serious, context) but with the manner in which the images are presented, and with the
underlying, exploitative purpose of the work. Cuts would therefore be unlikely to modify the tone and overall effect of the work acceptably.
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USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. See Blood Bath
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The Trade Off is a 2013 USA drama by Sean Weathers. With Sean Weathers, Okema Moore and Waliek Crandall.
The Uncut Version is 5m longer and proclaims: The Uncut Version goes all the way Summary Notes A man is forced to re-evaluate the choices he's made in his life.
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21s | | 54:30s | 1934 US western by Ray Bradbury This
John Wayne film suddenly started getting cut from the Cinema Club version of 2003 (29s). Similar cuts for the Classic Entertainment release and slightly less for the Latest WHE International version (21s). The BBFC statement reads:
Compulsory cuts required to real animal cruelty, sight of horses being ridden off cliff into water and to horse falls. | uncut |
| 54:42s | The 1934 cinema release and all video versions from 1987 to the Delta Music version of 2004 were all uncut |
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~98:00s =~94:00s | Trailer Park of Terror is a 2008 USA horror thriller by Steven Goldmann. With Nichole Hiltz, Lew Temple and Jeanette Brox.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Summary Review: Good and Gory Based on the Imperium Comics series. Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor get stranded in the middle of the Trucker's Triangle, a forgotten
locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere. The hapless group seeks shelter for the night in a seemingly abandoned trailer park they find down the road. However, when the sun sets, it's not refuge they find. Instead, terror finds them in the form
of Norma, a damned redneck reaper with a killer body who dispenses vengeance and death aided by her cursed companions, a bloodthirsty brood of Undead trailer trash. The acting is good. Some of the deaths are very brutal and gory
but if you can stomach stuff out of say the Saw films then you will be alright with this. The deaths are actually very good and it is a very gory, sexy film with a great soundtrack. |
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R rated | 93:12s | UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
- 2009 Kaleidoscope R2 DVD
- 2008 cinema release
See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com . The Unrated Version is
about 40s longer than the Theatrical Version. The main difference is that the skinning of the boy is loess detailed in the Theatrical Version. Other deaths are also less detailed, but this does not diminish the cruelty of the torture scenes. |
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Train is a 2008 USA horror thriller by Gideon Raff. Starring Thora Birch, Gideon Emery and Kavan Reece.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rated release. The uncut version has been
released in France and Austria. Summary Notes In Europe, a group of American college athletes unknowingly board a train that will become one deadly ride.
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Trainspotting is a 1996 UK drama by Danny Boyle. Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller.
The 1996 UK release was uncut and BBFC 18 rated. However the BBFC asked for cuts for the follow up VHS. The film was also cut in the US for an R rating and this version was released on UK 18 rated DVD without further BBFC cuts. The
film was released uncut on 18 rated DVD and Blu-ray in 2009. Cut by the BBFC for 1996 18 rated VHS. Cut in the US for an R rating. Summary Notes A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the
darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old
girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them...
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Trainwreck is a 2015 USA comedy by Judd Apatow. Starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader and Brie Larson.
Exists as an Extended Version and an Theatrical Version. Summary Notes Producer Director Judd Apatow from Knocked Up, Bridesmaids, and This is 40, directs breakout comedienne Amy
Schumer from Comedy Centrals Inside Amy Schumer in a new comedy about a young woman with a cool job and a busy social schedule, whose personal life is somewhat of a trainwreck
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Trans-Europ-Express is a 1967 France/Belgium thriller by Alain Robbe-Grillet. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier and Nadine Verdier.
Informally banned by the BBFC in 1967. X rated in in 1977 for cinema release. 15 rated in 2013 on DVD Summary Review This stylish, cult 1966 erotic thriller stars French new wave
icons Jean-Louis Trintigant. He plays a drug courier smuggling a stash of cocaine from Paris to Antwerp on the Trans-Europ-Express. Matters are complicated by surreal encounters with police, three filmmakers who are also on the train making a film about
drug-traffickers and erotic-fantasy sequences featuring Pisier being bound and subjected to Trintignant's will. One of the most entertaining and involving films I've ever seen, managing to be cerebral and clever as can be while
never giving into being impenetrable for the sake of being impenetrable. Versions
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| 93:45s | UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence and sexual fetish images for:
UK: Passed X (18) uncut for:
See article from filmjournal.net
: The film was eventually granted an X certificate in 1977, having already been granted a certificate by the Bristol authority and screened successfully at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
US:
Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
| banned | informally banned |
| UK: Informally rejected by the BBFC for:
Some reports suggest that the film was formally banned by the BBFC but there is no record of this in the BBFC database See
article from filmjournal.net :
The film was first screened privately for Trevelyan by the distributor, Connoisseur, to gauge his personal opinion. He indicated that all references to and depictions of sexual sadism would have to be removed: This kind
of sexual perversion is a dangerous one and I am sure we would not pass anything that might stimulate a pervert of that kind. When officially submitted to the BBFC the film was rejected, a ruling which this time was backed by the GLC and other
councils.
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 USA action Sci-Fi
adventure by Michael Bay. With Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Big Screen Edition with extra material used to show off IMAX Summary Notes Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled
with cryptic symbols, the Deceptions target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
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8:28s | | 77:34s | 1994 US film by Michael DiPaolo. Transgression is probably the most recognisable underground film to appear on the Screen Edge label to date, and has also been the most problematic , with the original release being delayed after the BBFC demanded that ten minutes of footage be removed. After much negotiation and discussion, a revised print that DiPaolo himself oversaw - lacking about 8 minutes, and with some scenes replaced with previously unseen footage - was approved.
Having seen the full version, I can understand the BBFC's attitude (though hardly to condone it). In fact, Screen Edge were probably lucky that the film wasn't rejected outright as it deals with the censor's main bone of contention - sexual violence -
in a forthright and uncompromising way. In many ways, the film is the latest in a stream of low budget movies which look into the mind of the serial killer, eg Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer & Schramm. Transgression differs from these movies
in its stylised treatment of the killers fantasies. We see women tied up and tortured (including in the original, some severe knife/nipple interaction)... and we see it from the point of view of the killer. The images are eroticised, because that's how
the killer sees his acts. Hardly surprising then, that the censors were appalled. Taken from an article by David Flint in Flesh & Blood issue. |
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The Transporter is a 2002 France / USA action crime thriller by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen (as Cory Yuen). Starring Jason Statham, Qi Shu and Matt Schulze.
The film was cut in the US for a PG-13 rating. This cut version was passed 15 without further cuts by the BBFC for 2002 film and 2003 DVD. There is also an uncut International Version. Summary Notes
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise--from one place to another. No
questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW, Frank adheres to a strict set of rules, which he never breaks. Rule One: Never change the deal. Rule Two: No names--Frank doesn't want to know whom he's
working for, or what he's transporting. Rule Three: never look in the package. Cutting Edge Quick Trims
The Transporter By Gavin Salkeld
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84:22s | 2005 France/US action film by Loius Leternier.
The Extended Version/French Version was passed 15 uncut for:
There is also a longer German TV Version | 25s
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PG-13
| 83:59s | The cut
European Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
- 2006 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray
- 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
- 2005 cinema release
From IMDb:
- The Theatrical Version was edited by the MPAA for violence (the scene where Frank fights with an iron bar, digital removal of blood)
- and sexuality ie shots of Kate Nauta's naked butt
The US Theatrical Version has an additional edit
- digital retouching of shots where you could see Kate Nauta's nipples through a see through bra
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Transsiberian is a 2008 Spain / Germany / UK / Lithuania crime mystery thriller by Brad Anderson. Starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley.
BBFC category cuts were required for 2009 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in
the US Summary Notes A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Cutting Edge Quick Trims
Quick Trims 24: Transsiberian on YouTube. See more from
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uncut | |
~111:00s =~106:00s | US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
| category cuts 9s | |
106:21s
submitted 106:31s
| UK: Passed 15 for strong violence and threat after 9s of BBFC category cuts for:
The BBFC commented:
- Company have chosen to remove shots of strong bloody violence within a torture scene, in order to achieve a 15 classification. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 18 was available.
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The Trap is a 1966 UK / Canada western romance by Sidney Hayers. Starring Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed and Rex Sevenoaks.
BBFC cuts were required for 1966 'A' rated cinema release. The BBFC noted
that the cinema cuts persisted to the VHS releases to 1996. The 2018 DVD seems likely to be the same cut version but this is unconfirmed. Summary Notes A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his
unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods.
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category cuts |
| 101:51s '101:44s 101:29s submitted 109:52s =105:28s
| UK:
Passed 15 for strong threat, sexual threat, injury detail without further BBFC cuts for:
- 2018 Strawberry Media R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 1996
Carlton Home Entertainment VHS
- 1988 Missing in Action VHS
UK: Passed A (PG) after category cuts for:
BBFC cuts were required for 1966 'A' rated cinema release. The BBFC noted that the cinema cuts persisted to the VHS releases to 1996. The 2018 DVD seems likely to be the same cut version but this is unconfirmed. |
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10s | | 83:40s | 1995 release by Arthur Allan
Seidelman |
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Trash is a 1970 USA drama by Paul Morrissey. Starring Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn and Geri Miller.
Banned by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release but after extensive cuts it was
passed X for 1972 cinema release. Further heavy cuts were demand for 1991 VHS. It was less cut for 1996 VHS and the cuts were waived for 2005. DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Review: Trash is a classic
The story of Joe [Dallesandro] and his lover-protector, Holly [Woodlawn], who is something to behold, a comic book Mother Courage who fancies herself as Marlene Dietrich but sounds more like Phil Silvers. Joe and Holly try to make a
go of things in their Lower East Side basement, from which Holly goes forth from time to time to cruise the Fillmore East and to scavenge garbage cans, while Joe's journeys are in search of real junk... Trash is true-blue movie-making, funny and
vivid.--Vincent Canby, The New York Times. Written and directed by Paul Morrissey, "presented" by Andy Warhol. It is a film that could only have been made in the early '70's. It captures people, locations and
scenarios that existed then. This type of guerilla filmmaking is less about a script and more about capturing a moment. I can't imagine these actors sitting around rehearsing scripted lines. We will never see the likes of
this type of filmmaking again. It is an era unto itself. See this film. At times it can be banal and boring and insane but so is life. Versions
uncut |
MPAA | 109:33s =105:10s | UK: The full version was passed 18 uncut with previous cuts
waived for:
Italy: Uncut for:
- Raro Video [Flesh + Trash + Heat] R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on
US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
The BBFC commented about the waived cuts in article from sbbfc.co.uk : Not Instructional
The only consideration this time was whether or not the two famous injection scenes could be released intact. Since James Ferman's departure from the Board in 1998 fresh advice had
been taken from experts working in the field of drugs. Having viewed other films previously cut by Ferman they concluded that the type of material shown in Trash was not in fact likely to be instructional. The fact that heroin is injected is widely known
and no genuinely useful information (eg how to dissolve the heroin, what quantities to use, etc) could be gained from the film. |
2:20s | | 103:16s | UK:
The complete film was submitted and passed 18 after 2:20s of BBFC cuts for:
- 1996 First Independent VHS
The BBFC cuts info:
- The BBFC waived their previous cuts to fellatio and masturbation with a beer bottle
- The original cinema cuts for drug taking were retained
- The original cinema distributor cuts to drug taking scenes were retained
- The 1991
video cuts to drug taking were also retained
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93:39s | UK: The extensively cut cinema version was passed 18 after a further 1:48s of BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC explained the additional cuts that were specified by James Ferman himself, overruling the advice of his examiners and senior staff who argued that these additional cuts were not required. The unilateral intervention of Ferman was not well
appreciated by the rest of the board and resulted in a formal internal committee investigation. The committee concluded that Ferman's intervention was 'improper'. Ferman's cuts were: Two scenes in this film are
problematic. the scenes at 19 minutes and 55 minutes contain so much detail that they are both instructive and also seductive in immersing the viewer in the ritualistic process of fixing heroin, mixing it in a spoon, using a tourniquet, finding a vein
and actually puncturing it and injecting it .
- At 19mins: Reduce detailed use of tourniquet to establish only, removing latter part of shot when it is tightened
- At 20mins: Reduce details of puncturing vein with needle by removing close
shot altogether as well as the front medium shot which follows, resuming to hear woman's line: My girlfriend's married...
- At 21mins: Reduce later close shot with needle inserted and remove bad cut from
censored film, resuming on panning shot of addict's arm in close up.
- At 55mins: After pan away from syringe in glass of water, cut away before woman's offscreen line Oh, can I do anything to help? so as to
remove shot of spoon containing heroin with needle approaching it.
- At 56mins: Remove sight of arm clenching to find the vein, replacing it with the following two visuals while couple argue: tight panning shot from
shoulder to face and close shot of addict with woman's arm draped over his shoulder to, resuming on the tight shot of tourniquet on upper arm.
- At 57mins: Reduce sustained shot of needle puncturing vein and drawing
blood as syringe is emptied, as follows:
- a) shorten dialogue by cuttings (sounds only) from man's voice saying Will you look at what's happening to woman's voice saying ooh to before man says Look at that, Jane.
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b) then remove (vision only) emphasis on needle puncturing vein after man's voice says every fucking one of them by replacing shot with close reverse angle of syringe in arm which pans up to tight profile of addict and then
down again to syringe, resuming on wider shot of needle pressing vein to hear woman's offscreen line in re-edited track You hate my in-laws.
- c) finally, remove last half of shot altogether, cutting away after
man in re-edited dialogue says Jane, I hate the sound of your voice , resuming on tight profile of addict's face
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distributor ~8:00s |
| 94:50s submitted 109:41s =105:18s
| UK: Passed X (18) after 2:48s of
BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC required 2:48s cuts to:
- the opening fellatio scene [in fact masked fellatio] (23s)
- the first heroin injection scene (43s)
- Holly's masturbation with a beer bottle. (1:42s)
The distributor then cut an additional 8 minutes without BBFC permission. The additional cuts were to remove material the distributor thought was boring or offensive UK: The same cut version was released on pre-cert video for:
See article from sbbfc.co.uk : Discussing Cuts Denied a London release, the next opportunity to gauge public and critical opinion would be at the London Film Festival, where the film was shown to critics first and then to a public audience on 19th November 1971 at the National Film Theatre. Questionnaires were issued to the audience by the film's distributor asking whether or not they thought the film should be classified and the critics were also encouraged to review the film. Of those members of the public who filled in the questionnaire, only seven were opposed to the classification of the film.
Although the reaction to the Festival screening had gone some way towards reassuring the Board that the film was not regarded as a glamorisation of drugs, there was still a serious concern over its potential offensiveness
and therefore its unacceptability to local authorities. BBFC Director Stephen Murphy felt that the self selecting nature of the NFT Festival audience ruled it out as an indicator of general public opinion and therefore
decided to commission some research of his own from the University of Leicester's Centre for Mass Communication. This research, undertaken at the end of 1971, involved showing the film to a group of 86 individuals and asking for their reactions. In
addition to a number of university students, the researchers also bussed in a group of middle aged housewives to seek their views. The results, presented to the Board in February 1972, showed that the majority (58%) were in favour of passing the
film as it was and did not think that it promoted drugs (only six people expressed concerns in this regard). However, there were substantial reservations about the offensiveness of certain scenes (which perhaps not coincidentally included two of the
sequences that would later be cut when the film was finally classified). In June 1972 the distributor again asked the BBFC to reconsider the ban. Unsurprisingly, the BBFC simply restated its view that, in its full version,
the film was not acceptable. However, Murphy conceded that it might now be possible to pass the film if its most offensive moments (as singled out in the Board's own research) were toned down. Sensing that there was little
alternative but to go along with the Board the distributor accepted cuts as an option but stated that he could not make changes without the permission of the director. Accordingly Paul Morrissey flew to London on 15th July and cuts were discussed. An
edited version was prepared and presented to the BBFC with 1:08s cut from three scenes. However, the cuts were still considered insufficient by Murphy and the board upped the cuts to 2:48s In a further twist, it was
brought to Murphy's attention in 1973 that the version of Trash playing in cinemas might not be the same as the version he had passed. Murphy received a highly defensive letter admitting that the film had in fact been subject to further cuts after it had
been passed by the BBFC. Distributor Jimmy Vaughan explained that During the re-editing of Trash to meet the requirements of your Board, I felt I might as well make certain cuts of my own [...] I would also like to mention that I myself removed two
scenes of blood going into the syringe and several other cuts which I felt myself were either boring or possibly distasteful . |
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banned | | UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
See article from sbbfc.co.uk : Bad Timing The drugs theme was nominally
the justification for the ban, but in fact timing was also an issue. Stephen Murphy was coming in for nutter pressure at the time. A series of controversial films such as The Devils put the BBFC under nutter scrutiny from the likes of Mary Whitehouse's
Festival of Light. According to the only surviving examiner report, the BBFC was concerned by its effect upon those young people who are not intimately involved in the hard stuff. We think that any cautionary message it might
have is outweighed by the undoubted degradation and its destructive effect upon those who are not intimately involved in the drug scene, or even upon the fringes of it . In considering whether cuts, as Stephen Murphy had initially suggested, might
provide a remedy, the examiners concluded that We do not think that cutting would be a good solution as we would still incur the rage of many ordinary cinema goers without satisfying the progressives . UK: Banned by
the Greater London Council (GLC) for:
- 1971 London cinema release
Possibly the GLC were also coming under nutter pressure for passing controversial films for exhibition in London. UK: The film was also banned by Essex and Sussex council, although it was approved for local exhibition
by Berkshire council after 2 cuts. |
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alternative | | ~109:00s | 1992 Italy/US thriller by Dario
Argento with Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento and Piper Laurie.
An Italian version runs for 109m but this was trimmed of uncontentious material by the distributor by 7m for overseas distribution. The extra material doesn't add much to the film:
- a new introduction of the Aura and David characters: David (Chris Rydell) drives Grace (Laura Johnson) at the airport and sees Aura (Asia Argento) being beaten by a man whose plane ticket she tried to steal;
- a new scene features Grace
visiting David at the TV station and asking him about Aura; David invites Grace to his house and then calls Aura at home to ask her if she needs any food; Aura lies to him and tells she's already eaten;
- Aura visits a market and is spotted by Dr.
Jarvis (Frederic Forrest), who tries to catch her;
- After David and Aura escape from the Marigold, she tells him she's taken a little souvenir from Nurse Volkmann's purse; another new shot shows the Marigold's owner talking to the police;
- David checks into a hotel after following Linda Quirk's car and asks for a room overlooking the parking lot;
- David asks for information about Dr. Lloyd in a saloon;
- After David calls Grace and asks her for prescription forms, she
meets and confronts him, trying to make him face the fact that he's become a junkie;
| alternative |
R Rated | 102:00s | The shorter International Version was passed 18 with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
- 2010 Lions Gate Online
- 2010 Lions Gate video
- 2005 Optimum R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
- 2002 Tartan R0 DVD
The US release featuring the International Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
Summary Review: Argento on the Up A young man tries to help a teenage European girl whom escaped from a clinic hospital after witnessing the murder of her parents by a serial
killer and they try to find the killer before the killer finds them. Dario Argento has been making stylish, intelligent thrillers for four decades now. As is to be expected with a director who has close to twenty films in the can,
his output has been a little inconsistent over the years. Trauma is on the up side of things, but it's not one of his best efforts. | 6s |
| 101:53s | The International Version was passed 18 after 6s of BBFC cuts for:
- 1999 Tartan VHS
- 1994 High Flyers VHS
The BBFC cuts were:
- Cut: A brief glimpse of a wire cutting into Linda's (Hope Alexander-Willis) neck
- Cut: Same wire being used to cut Adriana's (Piper Laurie) throat in two shots
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| Rings of Fear is a 1978 Italy/West Germany/Spain mystery thriller by
Alberto Negrin. See Rings of Fear
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The Tree of Life is a 2011 USA fantasy drama by Terrence Malick. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain.
The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US, and BBFC 12
rated in the UK. There also exists an Extended Version. Summary Notes The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the
innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father.
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Extended Version
run: | 188:40s | pal: | 181:07s |
| | UK: The Extended Version was passed 12
uncut for scenes of potentially dangerous behaviour:
- 2018 Sony/Criterion Collection [Theatrical + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2018 Sony/Criterion [Theatrical + Extended Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
- 2018
Sony/Criterion [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R1 DVD at US Amazon
The additional footage will reveal more from the backstory of Pitt's family and will add further background to Sean Penn's character too. Malick considers the Theatrical Version still his 'Director's Cut' but he says this new Extended Cut will shed
some light on a few things. See version details from movie-censorship.com |
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run: | 138:42s | pal: | 133:09s |
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UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12A uncut for potentially dangerous behaviour for:
- 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. video
- 2011 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version was rated PG-13 for some thematic material |
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Triangle is a 2007 China/Hong Kong action film by Ringo Lam, Johnnie To... With Louis Koo, Simon Yam and Honglei Sun.
A longer version was shown at Cannes Film Festival but was replaced by the shorter
Theatrical Version Summary Notes Told in three 30-minute segments, three friends seek out the buried treasure of a mysterious stranger.
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The Trip is a 1967 USA drama by Roger Corman. With Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg and Bruce Dern.
Banned 4 times by the BBFC in 1967, 1971, 1980 and 1988. Passed uncut for TV in 2002 and DVD in 2004. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. Summary Review: Far out man! Paul Groves
(Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis. His wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) has left him and he seeks the help of his friend John (Bruce Dern), a self-styled guru who's an advocate of LSD. Paul asks John to
be the guide on his first "trip". John takes Paul to a "freak-out" at his friend Max's (Dennis Hopper) pad. The superb title music by Electric Flag sets the scene for one of the most adventurous of
cinematic offerings. Just why it was banned is unknown and seemingly absurd, of course it portrays drug taking with little emphasis on the dangers surrounding such indulgence, but to argue depiction of such behaviour
promotes others to follow suit would suggest that all films with any violence or portrayal of war should also be banned. Besides the beauty of the film renders all objections irrelevant. It offers stunning visuals and
great actors. A real slice of psychedelic culture and despite seeming slightly dated, has it's heart in the right place. Far out man!
Inspiration for Easy Rider See
article from finance.yahoo.com Peter Fonda recalls that when attending a film exhibition convention in Canada in
1967 to promote his new LSD-fueled Roger Corman-Jack Nicholson film The Trip . Jack Valenti , the head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) who was quickly developing a reputation as morals watchdog as the content of films was
becoming edgier in the late-'60s, issued a plea to those in attendance. And he got up there, and he said, My friends, and you are my friends, and I thought, That's so far out. And he said it twice, as if we didn't hear it the first time,
Fonda. And like a TV evangelist he says, It's time we stopped making movies about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and more movies like Doctor Dolittle, but he's looking right at me. Later that day, when Fonda was at an autograph booth, he was
handed a photograph from The Trip to sign. The image depicted him and co-star Bruce Dern riding a Harley in pure silhouette on the Venice Beach bike path. We were so small and fully backlit and looked like we were riding in the sand, said Fonda. And I
looked at the photograph, and I thought, That's it! It's not about 100 Hells Angels going to a Hells Angels funeral, it's two guys riding across John Ford's West. No! They're going east. Oh, that's perfect. A journey to the east. An homage to Hermann
Hesse. Fantastic. I love that story. And I began, and within four hours, I had the whole story, basically. Versions
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- 2016 Signal One Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2004
MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2002 Channel 4 unreleased,
submitted to allow an uncut showing on TV
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
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75:52s | UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
- 1988 Rank VHS
- 1980 cinema release
- 1971 cinema release
- 1967 cinema release
James Ferman was quoted as saying In the wrong hands, a tremendous advertisement for LSD Senior examiner Richard Falcon commented: The Trip was rejected on video in 1983 because of its almost advocatory depiction of
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93:00s | 2006 US horror by David Arquette.
The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . There's 3 shots
where the Unrated version shows more entrails than the R Rated Version Summary review: Here's Ronnie! From the opening quote by Ronald Reagan to the intensely sadistic violence in the first few minutes of the film, you know
The Tripper will be loaded with sex, drugs, and rock n roll - as well as extreme political jabs and hippie killing. The Tripper's strongest point of originality lies within its psychopathic murderer who dons a suit, a tie, and a
President Reagan mask as he metes out his vicious carnage. Worth checking out for slasher/horror afficiondos. |
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- 2009 Technicolor/Momentum Online
- 2008 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD
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- Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors
- Il trionfo di Ercole
The Triumph of Hercules is a 1964 Italy / France fantasy adventure by Alberto De Martino. Starring Dan Vadis, Marilù Tolo and Pierre Cressoy.
BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1965 cinema release. Uncut
in the US Summary Notes Hercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.
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- Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori
Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori is a 1964 Spain / Italy / France action drama by Nick Nostro. Starring Dan Vadis, Helga Liné and Stelio Candelli.
Cut by the BBFC for a U rated 1965 cinema release. Uncut in the US. Summary Notes The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if
Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.
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7s | | 85:45s | 1982 Spain/US/Canada western by John Hough
The BBFC cut the 1987 Xtasy video by 7s.
- A scene showing 2 horses tumbling after being ridden down a steep slope has been deleted for animal cruelty.
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| Trolls is a 2016 USA musical animation comedy by Mike Mitchell and Walt
Dohrn. Starring Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel and Justin Timberlake.
Not cut by censors but exists in UK and US versions (maybe more) presumably to allow localisation of dialogue. Both version was passed U uncut by the BBFC. Summary Notes From the
creators of Shrek comes the most smart, funny, irreverent animated comedy of the year, DreamWorks' Trolls. This holiday season, enter a colorful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly
optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach. Featuring original music from Justin Timberlake, and soon-to-be classic mash-ups of songs from other
popular artists, the film stars the voice talents of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand, James Corden, Kunal Nayyar, Ron Funches, Icona Pop, Gwen Stefani, and many more. DreamWorks' TROLLS is a fresh, broad comedy filled with music, heart
and hair-raising adventures. In November of 2016, nothing can prepare you for our new Troll world.
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Troma's War is a 1998 US action adventure by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman. With Carolyn Beauchamp, Sean Bowen and Rick Washburn.
Massively cut in the US to achieve an R rated theatrical release. This
version was released on VHS in the UK without further cuts. However the BBFC cut the Director's Cut for 1992 cinema release. The Director's Cut is available on US DVD. Summary Review: Truly demented A small group of typical Tromaville citizens find themselves in the path of a terrorist army controlled by the power elite. The freedom of Tromaville and the world is at stake! Troma's War creates a new kind of hero to become saviours and soldiers.
This is a truly demented military-action epic. The film goes off in a direction best described as G.I. Joe on amphetamines, with bloodier-than-Rambo battles, a pig-nosed villain, martial arts, human-ear necklaces,
facially-conjoined twins, tongue-removal-torture and an ASTONISHINGLY offensive henchman named Senor Sida, who's special power is something I probably can't discuss on a family webpage. ANY sensibilities you may have, this
movie will offend... and it's probably the most constantly violent movie in even the Troma library, so it makes one GREAT party tape. Stick around after the credits.
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massively cut US R Rated Version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
- 1996 Allied Troma VHS
- 1990 Virgin VHS
See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com See
article from houstonpress.com . Lloyd Kaufman was not
impressed with the MPAA. He explains: Troma's War is a very underrated movie, and it got totally fucked by the MPAA . Richard Heffner , who just made a noise like a frog and was president of the MPAA, told Michael Herz
over the phone that our movie stunk. The MPAA is not supposed to do that, and they disemboweled our movie. They took out punches and jokes and things that were perfectly acceptable in movies like Die Hard . I think Heffner's words were "No fuckin
good, or something. It was very unpleasant. Our violence is, as you know, cartoon violence. That movie followed The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High , so we had built up some steam. But the only way we could get into movie
theaters in 1986 was with an R rating. And the film was cut down to something like a G-rated movie. I'm very bitter about it; I hope Dr. Heffner burns in hell, quite frankly. And I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but the nerve, the arrogance, the
hubris of his comments!
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Tropic of Cancer is a 1970 USA biography by Joseph Strick. With Rip Torn, James T Callahan and David Baur.
Banned by the BBFC for 1970 cinema release. Later the film was granted a London X certificate but hasn't been released since. Uncut on 2010 DVD is the US. Summary Review: Fairly Explicit
Henry is an ex-pat in Paris, cadging drinks and meals and places to sleep, giving advice about women to clueless men, flirting with the wives of acquaintances, burning bridges, and making philosophical observations. In vignettes we
see his wife Mona come to Paris and leave immediately when she tastes Henry's vagabond life; he tries teaching English at a school in Dijon, takes the son of a wealthy Indian to a bordello, gets a job as a proofreader at the Herald Tribune, and helps out
a pal who's in and out of an asylum and deeply in love with a whore. Can Henry make his own discovery of ecstasy? The movie had difficulty synthesizing Henry Miller's sense of sacred and profane in harmony. It tried now with
a Rip Torn voiceover reading from Miller's work, then with some poetic shots of the beauty of Paris. It never really seemed to succeed. The movie could never find anything to focus on. It represents a string of vignettes,
and they don't seem to lead to any common goal. Many scenes seem to concentrate on the minor characters for much too long, and without apparent purpose. Such picaresque efforts rely on the charm of characterization for impact, and this film has some of
that, but not enough. It's structured as if somebody said let's make a film of Tropic of Cancer without actually feeling any passion for why they wanted to do that. It was certainly interesting to see Rip Torn so
young and so good-looking, and to see Ellen Burstyn in such a flagrant display of nudity. Some of the locales are accurately evocative, and Torn is reasonably credible in the lead. It is fairly explicit in the sexual scenes, and extremely explicit in its
use of language. Versions
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US: Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated for:
Thanks to Gary. After the BBFC ban, the film was given a GLC X certificate. It was shown on Sky in the early 1990s. Its most recent UK showing was in November 2009, as part of the Barbican's directorspective of
the work of Joseph Strick. Trivia point: It's almost certainly the first US major-studio film to feature the word 'cunt' in its dialogue - earlier than the usual film so credited, Carnal Knowledge .
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Banned by the BBFC for:
After the BBFC banned the film the distributors tried their luck with local authorities. In March 1971 the film was viewed by Glasgow licensing magistrates who decided to ban the film. It was reported that one magistrate referred to the film as filthy, disgusting, depraved..
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Tropic Thunder is a 2008 USA / UK / Germany action war comedy by Ben Stiller Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
Exists as an MPAA R rated Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. This Director's Cut was initially MPAA Unrated but seems to have been MPA R rated in 2021. Both versions were 15 rated by the BBFC.
Summary Notes Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
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US: IN 2021 an edited version, presumably the Director's Cut, was MPA R rated for pervasive language, crude sexual references, violent content, drug material and brief nudity. US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
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15 without BBFC cuts for strong language, sex references and comic bloody violence for:
- 2008 Paramount R2 DVD
- 2008 cinema release
See detailed cuts from movie-censorship.com . The significantly edited
version has lost a fair amount of scenes for timing an pacing reasons but also for cuts to violence especially in the opening war sequence. |
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- Trouble with Eve
- In Trouble with Eve
Trouble With Eve is a 1960 UK comedy by Francis Searle. Starring Hy Hazell, Robert Urquhart and Sally Smith.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 1960 U rated cinema release. The
running times suggest that these cuts persist for PG rated DVD release in 2018. Summary Notes Comedy set in the quiet English village of Warlock. Louise Kington has turned her quaint
cottage into the Willow Tree Tearooms. The villagers can foresee nothing but scandal however, as Louise is soon found in an innocent though compromising situation with the local inspector, Roland Axebridge. The arrival of her daughter Eve provides
further opportunities for innocuous sexual jokes and double entendres.
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- 2018 Screenbound Pictures video
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Unrated | 187:57s | 2004 UK/Malta/US action romance by Wolfgang Peterson.
The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:
The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com : The
Director's Cut of Troy completes many parts of the story line. The characters are much more interesting and many subplots are more suspense-packed, even though the Director's Cut is longer. |
| R Rated
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- 2004 Warner R2 DVD
- 2004 cinema release
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- L'amour chez les poids lourds
- Erotic Encounters
- Convoi spécial
- I grossi bestioni
- Traveling Companions
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| | 87:25s | 1978 France/Italy sex comedy by Jean-Marie
Pallardy No BBFC cuts to the 18 rated 1986 Stablecane video The uncut region 1 DVD is available at
US Amazon The uncut region 1 DVD is available via
UK Amazon See
review from IMDb : Eye Turner There is nothing on the sleeve of the DVD
to suggest this was other than standard soft porn fare. Whilst it's hardly great, the ingenuity with which the makers translate the Greek classic Odyssey deserves some praise.
Ulysse is a truck driver who gets lost in the desert after his
middle-aged co-driver is lured away by a mirage of beautiful women (The Sirens). They are rescued by a beautiful woman who lives by an oasis (Calypso) who falls in lust with Ulysse and keeps him with her for weeks. Meanwhile Ullyss' wife Pamela
(Penelope) finds her restaurant gradually filling up with bachelor truckers who think Ulysse is dead and fancy claiming his wife and his business. The plot alternates between Ulysse trying to make the difficult journey home, encountering a one-eyed
ogreish woman (the Cyclops), whilst back at the café the suitors and local whores stage drunken sex games and circle around the resourceful Pamela.
All the women, Cyclops excepted, are beautiful and sexy, whilst the men are generally hairy
and rather gnomic looking. The dubbing is haphazard on the English version but even with that obstacle, Elizabeth Turner gives an elegant, sensuous performance as Pamela, making her a woman well worth crossing a desert
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Truck Stop Women Truck Stop Women is a 1974 USA action crime drama by Mark L. Lester Starring Claudia Jennings,
Lieux Dressler and John Martino
Cut by the BBFC for X rated cinema release in 1975. Uncut and 15 rated for 2021 Blu-ray. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes A mother and
daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.
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Truck Turner is a 1974 USA action crime thriller by Jonathan Kaplan. Starring Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto and Alan Weeks.
Cut by the BBFC for 1974 cinema release. Later uncut on 18 rated home
video. uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes Truck is a bounty hunter who gets a job to track down a guy named Gator. When he and his partner find him, a chase ensues and Gator is killed.
This makes Gator's woman, Dorinda, very angry and she puts a hit on Truck. The man who agrees to kill Truck is named Blue. The question is whether Truck can survive with Blue and his gang on his trail.
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The True Adventures of Wolfboy The True Adventures of Wolfboy is a 2018 USA drama by Martin Krejcí. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Jaeden Lieberher and Chris Messina.
The film was originally rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, teen drinking, language, and some violence. Prior to release the film was edited and resubmitted, this time PG-13 for mature thematic content, drinking, some
strong language, sexual references and violence - all involving teens.
Summary Notes Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
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- Su Qi-Er
- Beggar Su
- The Legend of Beggar Su
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22s | | 114:37s
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The BBFC cut 22s for
The BBFC noted:
- Cut required to remove sight of unsimulated animal cruelty (in this case, a horse being tripped).
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True Lies is a 1994 USA action thriller by James Cameron. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold.
Cut by the BBFC for 1994 cinema release. Further cut for VHS and DVD. Uncut since 2010. Uncut in the US Summary Notes Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States
Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by the terrorists.
Cutting Edge
Gavin Salkeld separates the fact from the fiction about the BBFC cuts Cutting Edge Episode 12: True Lies
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| 137:08s | UK: Passed 15 uncut with BBFC
cuts waived for:
- 2010 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
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2010 20th Century Fox Online
UK: Unofficially uncut for:
- 2008 Greatest Ever Action Heroes R2 DVD at UK Amazon
- 2001 Universal R2 DVD
When re-released on Universal DVD in 2001 the cuts somehow had been forgotten about and this release is uncut. This version can also be identified by the old style 15 certificate image. It was not taken off the market despite both the BBFC and Trading
Standards knowing about it. This version was an Australian dual region 2/4 version repackaged US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:
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- 2003 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD
The True Lies DVD with copyright notice 2003 and new style certificate image is cut. The same cuts were specified as for the VHS video but were implemented differently ending up with 20s of cuts and substitutions Cuts compiled and compared to VHS
cuts by Gavin Salkeld
- In the bathroom fight, the headbutt delivered by Schwarzenegger right after he pulls the terrorist's coat down has been disguised by cutting away to a shot of the old man in the toilet cubicle. Unlike the video version, we hear the sound effect
- When Arnie and the bad guy pair fall onto the floor, the shots of Schwarzenegger clapping the bad guy's ear, just before kicking him back, have been disguised by once again cutting to a shot of the old man in the cubicle
- Just after
Schwarzenegger pulls the hand dryer off the wall, he should hit the terrorist three times hard in the face. However, all the hits have been terribly disguised by cutting away to a shot of Schwarzenegger hitting the terrorist in the neck with his arm from
earlier in the fight; the terrorist flinging his coat on the floor from earlier in the fight, and a slowed-down shot of the old man wincing. This looks very bad indeed, with four frames of the terrorist's bloody face inserted into a mass of edited
footage that looks positively awful
- Just after this, Schwarzenegger pulls the bad guy's head into a urinal, and his head clangs into the porcelain. He should then force his head back into the bowl with another loud clang just before flushing it,
but we fail to see both hits as we, again, cut away to a slowed-down shot of the old man that was used earlier in the fight
- During the sequence where Schwarzenegger is test-driving Bill Paxton's car, he has a vision of smacking him in the face
as he makes comments about Arnie's wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Paxton's bloodied face falls backwards into shot, the shot should hold for about three seconds but we only get a quick glimpse lasting a few frames before cutting away to the zoom-in on
Arnie from right before the punch. This looks totally awful, as the camera cuts back to the same shot from the footage after the punch, and is noticeable by the change of background and Arnie's head jumping position and sudden change of expression. This
looks very, very amateurish and isn't doing poor James Cameron any favours at all
- During the scene where Schwarzenegger is held captive by the torturer and guard, his escape from their company has been cut. When Schwarzenegger throws the trocar
at the guard, we don't see the implement make contact at all, and the camera cuts away during the whip pan. The resulting sound effect has also being entirely cut
- Immediately afterwards, the neck break of the torturer has been removed in its
entirety, and we now cut from the aforementioned whip pan to a shot of the man's neck already broken. However, the snap of the neck still plays over this static shot which looks atrocious
- When Arnie rams the tyre iron in the next bad guy's
chest, the second shot of him yanking the iron upwards and cracking his ribs has been removed as per the UK video. This is the only cut that doesn't look obvious in the whole DVD
- Shortly after, Schwarzenegger begins to take out numerous random
terrorists. At one point, he slides down a rope to break one terrorist's neck. In the DVD, the sequence does not cut away as per the video, but the profile shot of the bad guy's head being twisted with a loud crack has been removed. The remaining footage
has been slowed down to fill up the gap left by the now-cut profile shot, and looks dreadful. Just as Arnie makes contact with the bad guy's head, we hear the sound effect of the neck snapping and cut to a profile shot of the guard falling forwards in
slow motion with the sound playing, which looks laughably appalling.
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True Lies, one of the more popular action movies of the 1990s, had some trouble at the BBFC (like a lot of the more popular action movies of the 1990s!). The cinema version escaped with only a single one second cut to remove a double-ear clap. However
on video, due to the possibility of underage viewers in the home, more violence was removed. Director James Cameron was open about his dislike for the BBFC's intervention, and took it upon himself to implement the cuts personally.
- In the bathroom fight, the headbutt delivered by Schwarzenegger right after he pulls the terrorist's coat down has been removed
- When the pair fall onto the floor, the shots of Schwarzenegger clapping the bad guy's ear, just before kicking
him back, have been sliced
- Just after Schwarzenegger pulls the hand dryer off the wall, he should hit the terrorist three times hard in the face. However, this has been reduced to just one hit in this version
- Just after this,
Schwarzenegger pulls the bad guy's head into a urinal, and his head clangs into the porcelain. He should then force his head back into the bowl with another loud clang just before flushing it, but the second hit has been removed entirely
- During
the sequence where Schwarzenegger is test-driving Bill Paxton's car, he has a vision of smacking him in the face as he makes comments about Arnie's wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Paxton's bloodied face falls backwards into shot, the shot should hold for
about three seconds but we only get a quick glimpse lasting a few frames before cutting away to Arnie. This looks very awkward and unusual and spoils the rhythm, and joke, of the scene
- During the scene where Schwarzenegger is held captive by the
torturer and guard, his escape from their company has been cut. When Schwarzenegger throws the trocar at the guard, we don't see the implement lodge itself in the guard's eye, his head snap back, or his fall off-screen
- Immediately afterwards, a
few frames have been removed from the start of Schwarzenegger breaking the torturer's neck, in order to lessen the impact of the snap
- When Arnie rams the tyre iron in the next bad guy's chest, the second shot of him yanking the iron upwards and
cracking his ribs has been removed
- Shortly after, Schwarzenegger begins to take out numerous random terrorists. At one point, he slides down a rope to break one terrorist's neck. This sequence has been cut in half and footage rearranged to
lessen the tension and relish for violence. Also, the profile shot of the bad guy's head being twisted with a loud crack has been removed, and instead we hear the sound effect from a high shot as the guard falls forward onto a crate
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True Romance is a 1993 USA/France crime thriller by Tony Scott. With Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette and Dennis Hopper.
Cut by the MPAA for an R rating and further cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases. The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for 1997 VHS and DVD and is Unrated in the US. Summary Review :
A great movie Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it. This is a great movie, a cool movie, a funny movie and an action movie. The path to true love never runs smooth and a battle of wits ensues between Clarence, the police and the mob leading to a classic finale in this action packed film.
There are classic scenes that unmistakeably bare Tarantino's hallmark. The opening scene where the heterosexual Clarence (Slater) states that he'd sleep with Elvis if he were still alive, or the showdown
between Clarence and dreadlocked gangster (Oldman). Or the showdown between the mob boss (Walken) and Clarence's Dad (Hopper).
Director's Cut
uncut
run: | 120:51s | pal: | 116:01s |
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uncut for strong bloody violence:
UK: The Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
- 2012 Lions Gate Tarentino XX (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
- 2006 Warner Movie & More R2 DVD
- 2005 Warner R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
- 2003 Warner Special Edition R2 DVD
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1999 Warner VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
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9s | | 88:25s | 1957 US western by Nicholas Ray The
BBFC cut the 2007 Optimum DVD by 9s: A cut was required to remove sight of animal cruelty (horses plunging from a cliff edge into water below). From
cuts details on IMDb : This was the same fatal cliff-top jump that resulted in the
death of a horse in the 1939 Jesse James | cut | | |
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| The Truth is a 1961 movie by Henri-Georges Clouzot. See
La Verite |
- Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
Truth Or Dare is a 2018 USA horror thriller by Jeff Wadlow. Starring Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey and Violett Beane.
Exists as a cut Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. It seems that the
UK cinema release was the cut version and home video releases are the uncut version. Summary Notes A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone -- or something -- begins
to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.
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Director's Cut |
| 96:22s | UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong threat, violence for:
US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
- 2018 Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
- 2018
Universal [Director's Cut + Theatrical Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon
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| UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for
strong threat, violence for:
US: T he Theatrical Version was rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing content, alcohol abuse, some sexuality, language and thematic material See
pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com : The film was cut by 32s for an MPAA PG-13 rating. Basically all aspects that the MPAA
doesn't like too much in PG-13 films was toned down or replaced: violence, language, sex and drinking. |
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