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A BBFC card for a previously unknown 12 rated cinema certificate appears on eBay
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| 30th August 2024
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Billy Madison is a 1995 US comedy by Tamra Davis Starring Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
Thanks to Scott who commented:
A set of two original BBFC cinema black cards for this Adam Sandler comedy turned up on eBay recently - one for a 12 classification, the
other for a PG: However, the only classification for the film listed on the BBFC's website is the PG - cut for this cert. I emailed them to ask if it had initially been given a 12 - this was their response: The
film was originally classified uncut at 12. The film company later resubmitted it in order to secure a PG and asked for cuts to achieve this.
This cut PG rated version continued on 1997 VHS and 2002 DVD, but in 2008 the
film was released uncut on DVD with a BBFC 12 rating. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US. Versions
uncut
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BBFC cuts waived for:
US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
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cut: | 17s | run: | 89:19s | pal: | 85:45s |
| | UK: Passed PG after 17s of BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC commented:
- The cuts were Compulsory. Cuts required to remove strong language and images of blood spitting and man engulfed in fire for PG. According to BBFC policy, works of the same title passed after July 1994 should normally be given
the same category.
The BBFC cuts were:
- Billy Madisan's dialogue: You get your ass out of there and find the fucking dog loses the fucking
- A party clown injures himself after falling off his stilts but we don't get to see the blood running from his mouth
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There is a shot missing of a man in a kitchen in flames.
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cut: | 28s | run: | 89:11s | pal: | 85:37s |
| | UK: Passed PG after 28s of BBFC cuts for:
- 1997 Universal VHS
- 1997 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were
- Billy Madisan's dialogue: You get your ass out of there and find the fucking dog loses the fucking
- A party clown injures himself after falling off his stilts but we don't get to see the blood running from his mouth
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A schoolroom prank involving a card which says Yes I'm horny. The BBFC didn't see the funny side and removed the joke
- There is a shot missing of a man in a kitchen in flames.
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UK: Passed 12 uncut for:
- 1997 cinema release (unreleased)
Thanks to Scott who asked the BBFC to comment about this. the BBFC responded: The film was originally classified uncut at 12. The film company later resubmitted it in order to secure a PG and asked for cuts to
achieve this:
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An interesting article detailing the many versions of the film including the latest Ultimate Cut
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| 30th August 2024
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| See version details from desperate-living.com |
Caligula is a 1979 Italy/US historical drama by Tinto Brass Starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole and Helen Mirren
Originally cut in the UK and US for an 18 rated UK and R rated US theatrical release. There also exists Tinto Brass' Alternative Version which does not include the
hardcore footage added by the producers. The full uncut version was passed 18 uncut for 2008 DVD. This full uncut version is MPAA Unrated in the US. The Hardcore Version was banned in Australia in 2010. In 2018 Penthouse announced a plan running over
a couple of years for a 4k restoration of the Tinto Brass version. However the bankruptcy of Penthouse may have put an end to the idea. In 2023 Dafthouse Films announced a new Producer's Cut (arrogantly labelled the Ultimate Cut) by Thomas Negovan. This
will be reconstructed from previously unreleased footage and unpromisingly suggests that this will be a more 'civilised' take on the Caligula story. See
version details from desperate-living.com Summary Notes A dramatization of the
ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.
Ultimate Cut
Ultimate Cut
run: | 177:59s | pal: | 170:52s |
| | UK: The Ultimate Cut: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong real sex, sex references, nudity, sexual violence:
- 2024 Vertigo Releasing cinema release (rated 19/07/2024) titled Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
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Uncut Version
Uncut Version
run: | 156:00s | pal: | 149:46s |
| | UK: The Uncut Version was
passed 18 uncut for strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex with previous cuts waived for:
- 2012 Arrow Unlimited Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
- 2010
Arrow R0 Blu-ray
- 2009 Arrow Uncut Edition R2 DVD
- 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+alternative version +R Rated Version] R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
US : Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
From the BBFC: In 2008, the full uncut version of Caligula was resubmitted to the BBFC for DVD release. The passage of nearly 30 years had significantly diminished the film's impact and after careful consideration it
was decided that it could now be classified '18' uncut. This decision accords with the BBFC Guidelines, which state that At '18', the BBFC's guideline concerns will not normally override the wish that adults should be
free to chose their own entertainment, within the law. Although there are scenes in Caligula that some people will find shocking, offensive or disgusting, the film does not contain any material that is illegal in terms
of current UK law and nor does it contain any material that is likely to give rise to harm for adults audiences, most of whom will be well aware of its controversial reputation. The DVD version was classified '18' uncut
with the consumer advice Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex. | uncut |
Australia | Australia: The uncut version was banned in July 2010 See
article from refused-classification.com The Australian Censorship Board has a rich history of censorship of Caligula
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Tinto Brass Alternative Version/Imperial Edition
Tinto Brass Alternative Version
run: | 152:57s | pal: | 146:50s |
| | UK: The Alternative Version or Re-edited Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
- 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+uncut version +R Rated Version] R2 DVD
This version is perhaps is historically at the point where Bob Guccione edited together a version from the material directed by Tinto Brass but before he decided that it could be improved by adding hardcore footage. So orgy scenes etc are the original
softcore as directed by Tinto Brass. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com
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US R Rated Version
R Rated Version
cut: | 55:07s | run: | 102:37s | pal: | 98:31s |
| | UK: The heavily pre-cut US R rated version was
passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
- 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+uncut version +alternative version] R2 DVD
- 1998 Screen Multimedia VHS
- 1990 Electric VHS
A couple of brief shots of genital detail and sight of nurses cradling babies and phallic shaped bottles were reinstated from the the previous cut release and were allowed to remain. Many of the cuts were not related to sex & violence but to
shorten the running time and deal with continuity issues over sex and violent scenes that were cut. See details on IMDB |
UK Theatrical Version
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cut: | 11m | run: | 149:34s | pal: | 143:35s |
| | UK: Passed X after about 11
minutes of cuts for:
- 1982 Electric pre-cert VHS
- 1980 cinema release
James Ferman commented in Photoplay: Even before it could be considered for a certificate some 8.5 minutes had to be cut to make it legal. There are scenes of perverted violence that I
wouldn't have thought would ever have been seen in this country, in clubs or anywhere else. A lot of the sex was just straight sex, but more explicit than has ever been passed here. They took out another 3 or 4 minutes and replaced it with lesser
material to make it acceptable for the X certificate. 11 minutes of cuts including:
- Views of Drusilla's vulva removed from several pints in the film
- Sights of babies sucking phallic-shaped bottles removed
- Much reduced scene of bootlace being tied around soldier's penis.
- Hardcore action inserted into orgy
scenes taken out
- The sight of wine streaming out of soldier's bladder after being hacked with a sword removed.
- Torture shots deleted, a stake into a vagina and several bloodied genitals.
- Male blow job and masturbation deleted
- Priestess bathing loses hardcore cunnilingus and insertion
- Blood of recently ex virgin bride deleted as was greasing of the buttocks and suggestion of fisting for the similarly road tested bridegroom
- A Lesbian scene lost all
hardcore and explicit images
- Death of Proculus lost a stabbing and the subsequent humiliation of being pissed on and castrated.
- The sight of Caligula torturing a mouse was deleted.
- A childbirth scene is missing an emerging
head.
- Hardcore elements of prison scene deleted
- Hardcore elements of brothel scene deleted
- Explicit detail removed from scene of women with pearl adorned vulvas
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Kazakhstan action drama by Rustem Abdrashev are the latest video cut by the BBFC for a cock fight and horse falls
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| 23rd August
2024
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The Diamond Sword is a 2016 Kazakhstan/Mongolia action drama by Rustem Abdrashev Starring Kairat Kemalov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov and Doskhan Zholzhaksynov
Cut
by the BBFC for animal cruelty for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2024. Summary Notes Diamond Sword is a large-scale historical drama of first Kazakh Khans, which BBC called "Kazakh Game Of
Thrones". The action takes place in the XV century, and the plot demonstrates the key events in formation of Kazakh statehood under the leadership of Khans Zhanibek and Kerey.
Versions
| | UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail for strong violence, injury detail after BBFC cuts:
- 2024 Matchbox Films (RB) Blu-ray (rated 17/07/2024) at UK Amazon #ad released on 23rd September 2024
The BBFC commented: This work required compulsory cuts. Cuts were required to scenes of animal cruelty, including a cock fight and horse falls.
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The Golden Throne is a 2019 Kazakhstan action drama by Rustem Abdrashev, I. Kolyada, Prince Oak Oakleyski Starring Kairat Kemalov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov and Doskhan Zholzhaksynov
Cut by the BBFC for animal cruelty for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2024. Summary Notes Fifteenth century. In the vast expanses of Eurasia for several centuries, the
descendants of the great Genghis Khan have created their own and crushed the alien states. One of them is the legendary Abulkhair Shaibani, who usurped power in the White Horde. The two legitimate heirs...
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| | UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, threat for strong violence, injury detail, threat after
BBFC cuts:
The BBFC commented: This work required compulsory cuts. Cuts were required to scenes of animal cruelty in which horses were caused to fall.
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US senate causes mental distress in libertarians and the adult industry
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| 10th August
2024
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| See Creative Commons article
from eff.org The EEF implores: TAKE ACTION Don't let congress censor the internet |
The US Senate just passed a bill that will let the federal and state governments investigate and sue websites that they claim cause kids mental distress . It's a terrible idea to let politicians and bureaucrats decide what people should read and
view online, but the Senate passed KOSA on a 91-3 vote. Bill proponents have focused on some truly tragic stories of loss, and then tied these tragedies to the internet. But anxiety, eating disorders, drug abuse, gambling, tobacco
and alcohol use by minors, and the host of other ills that KOSA purports to address all existed well before the internet. The Senate vote means that the House could take up and vote on this bill at any time. The House could also
choose to debate its own, similarly flawed, version of KOSA. Several members of the House have expressed concerns about the bill. The members of Congress who vote for this bill should remember -- they do not, and will not, control
who will be in charge of punishing bad internet speech. The Federal Trade Commission, majority-controlled by the President's party, will be able to decide what kind of content harms minors, then investigate or file lawsuits against websites that host
that content. Politicians in both parties have sought to control various types of internet content. One bill sponsor has said that widely used educational materials that teach about the history of racism in the U.S. causes
depression in kids. Kids speaking out about mental health challenges or trying to help friends with addiction are likely to be treated the same as those promoting addictive or self-harming behaviors, and will be kicked offline. Minors engaging in
activism or even discussing the news could be shut down, since the grounds for suing websites expand to conditions like anxiety. KOSA will lead to people who make online content about sex education, and LGBTQ+ identity and health,
being persecuted and shut down as well. Views on how, or if, these subjects should be broached vary widely across U.S. communities. All it will take is one member of the Federal Trade Commission seeking to score political points, or a state attorney
general seeking to ensure re-election, to start going after the online speech his or her constituents don't like. All of these speech burdens will affect adults, too. Adults simply won't find the content that was mass-deleted in
the name of avoiding KOSA-inspired lawsuits; and we'll all be burdened by websites and apps that install ID checks, age gates, and invasive (and poorly functioning) software content filters. The vast majority of speech that KOSA
affects is constitutionally protected in the U.S., which is why there is a long list of reasons that KOSA is unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the lawmakers voting for this bill have hand-waved away those concerns. They've also blown off the voices of
millions of young people who will have their free expression constricted by this bill, including the thousands who spoke to EFF directly about their concerns and fears around KOSA. We can't rely solely on lawsuits and courts to
protect us from the growing wave of anti-speech internet legislation, with KOSA at its forefront. We need to let the people making the laws know that the public is becoming aware of their censorship plans -- and won't stand for them.
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More on the recent BBFC cuts to this 1970 western by Ralph Nelson
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| 10th August 2024
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Soldier Blue is a 1970 USA western by Ralph Nelson. Starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss and Donald Pleasence.
Reportedly cut in the US for an MPAA rating in 1970. These cuts have
long since been forgotten and the R rated version is the best available. The film was cut for an MPAA PG rating in 1974 but the R rating was restored in 1976. The R rated version was cut by the BBFC for the 1970 X rated cinema release and 18 rated
VHS. The BBFC cuts for sexual violence were waived in 2004 for 18 rated DVD releases but new cuts were required for horse falls. In 2024 further BBFC cuts were required for previously unnoticed indecent images of a child. Thanks to Mike who adds:
The BBFC Protection of Children Act cut is to the rape scene which happens as part of the village massacre. Despite the BBFC watching that scene so many times over the years, mainly for the purpose of cutting the
sexual violence, they failed to notice until 2024 that there was a child in view at the extreme right edge of the frame during the rape scene. The cut is to remove the child.
Summary Notes
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more
with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta, and his disgust for her anti-American beliefs. They reach the cavalry
campsite on the eve of an attack on a Cheyenne village, where Honus will learn which side has really been telling him the truth.
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The uncut version of the 1984 US horror film by Wes Craven is finally set for release in Ireland/UK on 30th September 2024
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| 4th August 2024
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 US horror film by Wes Craven. With Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund.
Uncut on VHS but the cut US Theatrical version was the only one available on BBFC 18 rated UK/US DVD/Blu-ray until BBFC 15 rated for the uncut version of 2024. The film was cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. The film has just been
passed by the IFCO, the Irish film censor with an 18 rating and a PAL running time of 87:33s. Summary Review: A new kind of Boogeyman In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer
Freedy Krueger stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him. The acting isn't always the greatest and it looks just the slightest bit dated, but it's still a really damn good movie. It's power lies in the
fact that sleep cannot be avoided. Robert Englund as Freddy is flawless, a new kind of Boogeyman - a smartass. Freddy is hideously burned, covered in scar tissue and has all the fashion sense of a wino, but he's cool. Not content
to simply disembowel his screaming victims, Freddy has to tease them a little first, flirting, humiliating or showing off.
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BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, gore, violence:
- 2024 Warner Bros 40th Anniversary Edition R0 4K Blu-ray/R0 Blu-ray Combo at UK
Amazon #ad released on 30th September 2024
The uncut Version is set for Warner 4K Blu-ray release at UK Amazon #ad
UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
- 1998 EIV VHS
- 1995 EIV VHS
- 1985 CBS/Fox VHS
- 1985 cinema release
Ireland: Uncut and IFCO 18 rated for strong violence, strong horror:
- 2024 Blu-ray (Uncut Version rated 22/07/2024) titled A Nightmare on Elm Street - Uncut Version
Thanks to Dave: I recently watched the 2 disc box set of A Nightmare on Elm Street which they say is cut to the death of the girl Tina via a blood splash as she hits the bed. The scene plays out on R2 Turkish
release. When Tina hits the bed we see the blood spurt all over her shocked boyfriend Rod. A pretty tame and lame MPAA cut by any standards to make an R and obviously it never offended Turkish censors for this new uncut DVD release! The A geyser of blood
spurting up from Glen's bed is also intact in this Turkish release
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cut: | 13s | run: | 91:08s | pal: | 87:29s |
| | UK: The cut US R Rated Theatrical Version was
passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
- 2020 Warner A Nightmare On Elm Street: Collection R0 Blu-ray [HMV exclusive]
- 2018 Warner Bros R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
- 2011 Warner A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
- 2010 Warner R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
- 2001 EIV R2 DVD
US: Cut and MPAA R Rated for:
The US Collectors Edition laserdisc (Elite Entertainment) details cuts made as the film went through the MPAA:
- 5s : Tina's corpse hitting the bed, and the resultant large splash of blood all over her boyfriend Rod
- 8s : A geyser of blood spurting up from Glen's bed and hitting the ceiling.
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