Thalaivaa is a 2013 India action thriller by Vijay. With Vijay, Amala Paul and Santhanam.
Passed 15 uncut but immediately resubmitted and cut for a 12A cinema
release
Versions
category cuts
cut:
2:21s
run:
175:25s
pal:
168:24s
sub:
sub:
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence and
soft drug use after 2:21s of BBFC category cuts for:
2013 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Distributor chose to make cuts to obtain a 12A classification. Cuts made to remove a focus on violence and bloody injuries, including throat slittings and bloody stab wounds, as well as sight of
blood on swords and machete blades.
uncut
run:
177:46s
pal:
170:39s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence for:
2013 cinema release [unreleased, the distributors resubmitted a few days later for a cut 12A release]
Thallumaala is a 2022 India action comedy drama by Khalid Rahman Starring
Tovino Thomas, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Chemban Vinod Jose
Compulsory cuts and category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2022.
Summary Notes
Follows a youngster ready to get married, but funny events happen and changes his plans.
Versions
cut:
run:
147:28s
pal:
141:34s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, injury detail, infrequent strong language after BBFC cuts:
2022 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
This work had a compulsory cut made to a sequence of cockfighting. With this cut made, the distributor chose to make changes to the film to achieve their preferred 12A category. Sequences of bloody
violence were removed.
Thamizh Padam 2 is a 2018 comedy film by C S Amudhan. Starring Shiva, Iswarya Menon and Disha Pandey.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A cinema release in 2018.
Versions
category cuts 1:49s
143:14s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence after 1:49s of BBFC category cuts for:
2018 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Company made cuts to remove moments of strong bloody violence and verbal jokes about sexual violence in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
Thani Oruvan is a 2015 action thriller by Mohan Raja. Starring Jayam
Ravi, Nayantara and Aravind Swamy.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release
Versions
category cuts 1:16s
156:51s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, injury detail after 1:16s of BBFC category cuts for:
2015 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to cut scenes of strong violence and injury detail in order to achieve a 12A rating. The cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 15 was available.
Thank You is a 2022 India drama by Vikram K. Kumar Starring Raashi Khanna, Naga
Chaitanya Akkineni and Sai Sushanth Reddy
BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2022.
Summary Notes
After a dramatic event happens, a successful man reviews the impactful moments in his life.
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
126:07s
pal:
121:04s
UK: Passed 12A for infrequent strong language, moderate violence after BBFC cuts:
2022 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make changes to the film to achieve their preferred 12A category. Sequences of bloody violence were removed. An uncut 15 classification was available.
That Kind of Girl is a 1963 UK drama by Gerry O'Hara. Starring Margaret Rose Keil, Linda Marlowe and David Weston. Summary Notes
London is
in full '60s swing in THAT KIND OF GIRL, a shamelessly entertaining exploitation film that revels in sexual titillation while moralizing about the dangers of STDs (In HD).
Versions
best available cut
cut:
~46s
run:
76:48s
pal:
73:44s
sub:
77:36s
UK: The cut Cinema Version was passed 12
without further BBFC cuts for:
That Man Bolt is a 1973 US action drama by Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich Starring Fred Williamson, Byron Webster and Miko Mayama
Uncut for a BBFC X rated cinema release but the film was cut for 18 rated VHS in 1988.
Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
To take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, via Los Angeles, is it necessary to call on that man - Bolt? With the number of
dangerous spies and gangsters who are after that briefcase, maybe Jefferson Bolt is not enough.
I have waited many years for this to be released on DVD but have been sorely let down by the terrible new voiceover. The entire feeling of the film has been completely lost. I can't understand why this had to be done as the only
people who want to see this movie wanted it in it's original glory - no one else is interested. Surely they can release another version with the original voices as this one is shocking and unwatchable.
85:51s
A short
version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
That'll Be the Day is a 1973 UK music drama by Claude Whatham. Starring David Essex, Ringo Starr and Rosemary Leach.
BBFC category cuts were required for 'AA' rated 1973 cinema release. These cuts persisted for 15 rated VHS & 2003 DVD. Hopefully uncut since the 15 rated 2007 DVD. Hopefully also uncut for MPAA PG rated release in the US.
Summary Notes
Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine (David Essex) seems to have inherited the old man's restlessness. Despite his apparent intelligence, Jim decides
not to take the exams that would pave his way to university. He lives, for a time, a life consisting of dead-end jobs and meaningless sex, before returning home to work in his mother's shop. But still he can't settle down. He begins to think that the
life of a pop musician might be the thing for him.
Versions
uncut
run:
91:07s
pal:
87:28s
UK: Passed 15 for moderate sex without further BBFC cuts :
2007 Optimum Releasing video
It is unconfirmed but the running time best matches the version originally submited for cinema release before the cuts.
Theatre of Blood is a 1973 UK comedy horror by Douglas Hickox. With Vincent Price, Diana Rigg and Ian Hendry.
Cut by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release. Uncut in on home video. Uncut in
the US
Summary Notes
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
As incredibly good as this movie is, one must give pause before
attempting to review it; after all, Vincent Price plays an actor who murders the critics who panned his performances and cost him the acting award he felt he deserved. I find it something of a relief to have nothing at all negative to say about this
unusual, almost brilliant movie.
Theri is a 2016 action drama by Atlee. Starring Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Amy
Jackson.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 2016 12A rated cinema release
Versions
category cuts 1:12s
156:09s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, occasional bloody detail, references to sexual violence after 1:12s of BBFC category cuts for:
2016 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to reduce scenes of violence (by removing heavier blows, sprays of blood, and blood being coughed up), and remove more explicit verbal references to sexual violence, in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15
classification was available.
These are the Damned is a 1963 UK Sci-Fi horror drama by Joseph Losey. Starring Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field and Viveca Lindfors.
Cut prior to 1963 X rated cinema release over child concerns. It was
further cut for US theatrical release. The cuts were restored in 2010 for 12 rated DVD and MPAA Unrated home video release in the US.
Summary Notes
An American tourist, a youth
gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
Director's Cut
uncut
run:
95:09s
pal:
91:21s
UK: The Director's Cut/Restored
Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate violence for:
2021 Powerhouse Special Edition [UK Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray at UK
Amazon #ad
2019 Powerhouse Hammer Volume Four [UK Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 Blu-ray
at UK Amazon
This is the
original version created by the Director before it was edited down a little for UK cinema in 1961 Presumably the distributors were worried scenes involving children and violence It was further cut for the US release.
US Theatrical Version
cut
cut:
run:
87:07s
pal:
83:38s
UK: A shortened version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
1996 Encore VHS titled These Are the Damned
The shorter US Version replaces the shooting of Freya by Bernard with a scene showing the shots being fired by a helicopter gunman.
UK Theatrical Version
cut
cut:
run:
94:27s
pal:
90:40s
UK: The UK Theatrical Version was passed X (16) uncut for:
1961 cinema release titled The Damned
From IMDb:
Although submitted to the BBFC in 1961 the UK release was held back by almost a year after director Joseph Losey delayed making a requested censor cut which showed King beating Wells with his umbrella.
Losey eventually made the cut and the film was released in 1963.
At 24.5 mins - As man sits astride woman, sight of him twirling butterfly knife, later sight of his hand groping up her skirt and, after removing underwear, of his hand up skirt again were all removed.
At 31 mins - In barn with woman tied
up, two shots of man groping her groin over her skirt were removed.
At 40.5 mins - During fight by car, after head is pushed through windscreen, sound of head scraped against glass and shot of foot kicking victim and subsequent crunching sound
were all removed.
At 56.5 mins - After blonde woman is slapped, second slap, stomach punch and head butt were all removed.
At 76.5 mins - After bald man slaps woman twice, his headbutt to her was removed.
They Came From Beyond Space is a 1967 UK Sci-Fi adventure by Freddie Francis. Starring Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne and Zia Mohyeddin.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A" rated cinema release in
1967. Uncut and PG rated for 2012 DVD,
Summary Notes
Astronomers investigate a mysterious meteorite shower in a rural English farm field. The rocks which fell, landed in a
V-formation. Dr. Richard Arden, preeminent in the field of extraterrestrial study, is not permitted to accompany his colleagues, including his girlfriend Lee Mason, because he is still recovering from the effects of a recent motor accident. The
scientists are summarily taken over by some alien force, and others in the area are dying from a mysterious "crimson plague," which covers their bodies with drops of blood. Temple seems the only person immune to both maladies, so if he can
discover the reason for this immunity, he may yet foil the alien plan to take earthlings back to the moon for their own sinister purposes.
Versions
uncut
run:
85:25s
pal:
82:00s
UK: Passed PG uncut for mild violence with
previous BBFC cuts waived:
They Might Be Giants is a 1971 USA comedy romance by Anthony Harvey. Starring George C Scott, Joanne Woodward and Jack Gilford.
Widely released in a shortened version but there is a full length version
released in the US.
Summary Notes
They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a
psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point. Dr. Watson follows Holmes across Manhattan and is, against her better judgment, drawn into the master detective's world of intrigue and danger.
This is a sweet, goofy and fairly romantic film that asks the questions "Whose reality is right...and does it really matter?"
Thief is a 1981 USA action crime thriller by Michael Mann. Starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld and Willie Nelson.
No censor cuts. There is a Theatrical Version and a Director's Edition
Summary Notes
Becoming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the mafia, who have other plans for him.
Versions
Director's Edition
run:
124:41s
pal:
119:42s
UK: There are no database BBFC details
for the Director's Cut (perhaps passed as part of disk extras) for:
2015 Arrow Video [Theatrical + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2015
Arrow Video [Theatrical + Director's Cut] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: The Director's Edition is MPAA R rated for:
2014 Criterion Collection RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
From IMDb. The Director's Edition adds a new scene and tweaks others. Opinions are divided on whether this makes for any improvement. The new scene shows Wille Dixon on the bank on the Chicago river. The scene takes place directly after Caan's car
drives away from the opening heist. A slow dissolve has been added that transitions to this new scene (normally the film cuts directly to Frank at the car lot).
Thief of Hearts is a 1984 USA crime thriller by Douglas Day Stewart. Starring Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams and John Getz.
Cut in the US for an R rating. It was distributed uncut for European cinema
release and VHS. However the cut R rated version was distributed worldwide on DVD.
Summary Notes
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems
able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
US R rated Version
cut:
~1m
run:
99:38s
pal:
95:39s
UK: The cut US R rated version was passed 18 without
further BBFC cuts:
2002 Paramount video
From IMDb. Love scenes preent in the Continental Version were removed for the US R rated Version.
The Thin Blue Line is a 1995 UK crime comedy by Ben Elton Starring Rowan Atkinson, Mina Anwar and James Dreyfus
There are no film censor issues with this film but showings on BBC's
iPlayer were cut in 2021
Summary Notes
Various mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler.
Episode: Ism Ism Ism
uncut
run:
38m
pal:
36m
UK: Passed PG uncut:
1997 BBC Video
cut
UK: Cut
for iPlayer in 2021
Thanks to Captain Quince:
The programme has recently been made available for streaming. The episode Ism Ism Ism has two scenes missing possibly due to political correctness.
The first scene cut is where Melvyn Hayes' character (appearing very effeminate) meets Inspector Grim and Grim mentions he's married with kids just show he's not homosexual.
The second cut occurs right at the end, again with Melvyn Hayes'
character being removed.
Other episodes in the series feature racist language (within context) which is not cut. Also the BBC doesn't seem to have an issue with the camp Constable Goody character. So perhaps it is the notion that it is somehow preferable to be seen as
straight that has had to be censored by the BBC.
v Thin Ice
- 2011 USA crime comedy drama by Jill Sprecher.
The Director's Cut made a splash on the film festival under the title The Convincer. It was taken up for distribution but it was felt in need of a re-cut to make it a little pacier. The resulting Theatrical Version was not so well received. So best to
stick to the Director's Cut.
The Third Secret is a 1964 UK crime mystery thriller by Charles Crichton. Starring Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins and Richard Attenborough.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1964.
These cuts seem to have persisted into home video releases.
Summary Notes
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his
colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide, as this would go against all of the principles for which her father stood, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get
to the truth. The truth, however, turns out to be surprising and disturbing.
Versions
BBFC category cuts
98:30s
cinema submitted
105:41s =101:27s
UK: Presumably the cut UK cinema version was passed PG for mild violence and threat:
The Third Wife is a 2018 Vietnam drama by Ash Mayfair. Starring Long Le Vu, Mai Thu Huong Maya and Nguyen Phuong Tra My.
The BBFC identified material that may be found indecent in UK courts on
grounds of child protection. The distributors cancelled a 2019 cinema release and made cuts for a 15 rated video release. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
19th
century rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little did she know that her hidden desires will take her by surprise and force her to make a choice between living in safety and being free.
Versions
uncut
US:
Rated R for sexual content
BBFC advised pre-cuts
cut:
run:
95:48s
pal:
91:58s
UK: Passed 15 for strong sex after distributor pre-cuts:
2019 Eureka RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo
The BBFC commented in its annual report covering 2019:
We required cuts under Protection of Children Act to The Third Wife, a Vietnamese drama that follows the marriage, to a wealthy landowner, of a
fourteen-year-old girl, played in the film by a twelve year- old actress. We considered that courts were likely to find the scenes of sexualised activity involving the young actress indecent. The company decided not to release the film in cinemas but
subsequently submitted an amended home entertainment version, which we classified 15.
13 Assassins is a 2010 Japan/UK action adventure by Takashi Miike. With Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada and Yûsuke Iseya.
The shortened International Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
2011 Artificial Eye RB Blu-ray
2011 Artificial Eye R2 DVD
2011 cinema release
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The film was shortened from the
original Japanese Version by 15:42s for reasons of brevity, simplicity and to downplay supernatural elements. The original version is preferred by the movie-censorship.com reviewer.
v 13 Reasons Why
- 2017 US Internet TV series by Carl Franklin, Jessica Yu, Kyle Patrick Alvarez...
13 Reasons Why is a 2017 US Internet TV series by Carl
Franklin, Jessica Yu, Kyle Patrick Alvarez... Starring Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford and Christian Navarro.
Uncut on Netflix when first broadcast in 2017. Uncut and 18 rated on UK DVD. In 2019 Netflix decided to cut the suicide
scene in the finale.
Versions
uncut
run:
751:00s
pal:
720:58s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for sexual violence, strong bloody images, suicide scene:
2017 Netflix Services UK Limited VoD
cut
Worldwide:
Netflix decided to cut the finale suicide scene in July 2019:
The Netflix
series' creator Brian Yorkey decided to edit the scene after seeking the advice of medical experts, Netflix said in a statement to PEOPLE. Netflix continued:
As we prepare to launch Season 3 later this summer, we've been
mindful about the ongoing debate around the show, the statement continues. So on the advice of medical experts, including Dr. Christine Moutier, Chief Medical Officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, we've decided with creator Brian
Yorkey and the producers to edit the scene in which Hannah takes her own life from Season 1.
The scene, which takes place part way through the finale episode in the first season, no longer includes footage of Hannah, played by
actress Katherine Langford, dying by suicide. Instead, the scene goes from Hannah looking at herself in a mirror to her parents' reaction to her death.
'30 Days of Night' is the movie based on the best selling
graphic novel by Steve Niles. The story begins when a group of vampires flock to Barrow, Alaska where the sun sets for 30 days, allowing them to feed without the burden of sleep to avoid lethal sunlight. Because of the cold, the vampires' senses are
weakened and a few of the town's residents are able to hide. One resident is Sheriff Eben Olemaun (Josh Hartnett), who attempts to save the town and the lives of the few remaining townspeople, including his wife Stella (Melissa George).
This was
probably the film that I was most looking forward to in 2007 and when I finally got to see it, I wasn't disappointed at all. At the time when I first watched this film I hadn't read any of the comics, so the story was new to me, but I enjoyed it all the
same. I've read the comic since seeing this and the film version has a lot more added to it, which I feel was definitely necessary as only the beginning and the end are featured in the original. There's plenty of gore, a great storyline, good characters,
lots of scares and some excellent camerawork. The setting of Barrow feels very isolated and creepy and very, very atmospheric. The vampires have twisted, ugly faces and make eerie, high pitched wails to each other and speak in their own language, taking
the sexy, seductive image away from the over-used and tired character.
Overall this is without a doubt one the best films of 2007 and is definitely the best vampire film I have ever seen.
uncut
Passed 15 uncut for cinema in 2007 with the following explanation:
30 DAYS OF NIGHTS is a horror thriller set in a remote town in Alaska. As the long Arctic winter is about to begin the town receives some unwelcome visitors. The film was passed '15' for strong, bloody, horror violence and language.
The BBFC's Guidelines at '15' state that violence may be strong, but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. Strong threat and menace are permitted, but the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. The violence in this film
is certainly strong and gory, but the sequences are invariably brief and the fantasy nature of the work is a moderating factor. The BBFC's Guidelines at '15' also allow for the frequent use of strong language and this film includes the use of a moderate
number of strong expletives.
30 DAYS OF NIGHT also contains a couple of innocuous drug references and very mild verbal sex references.
31 is a 2016 USA horror thriller by Rob Zombie. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Elizabeth
Daily and Meg Foster.
Originally given an MPAA NC-17 rating but was then cut for an R rated Theatrical release. The Unrated Version was promised for home video but instead, the first home video releases feature the cut theatrical version.
Summary Notes
31 tells the story of five carnies in 1976 kidnapped on the morning of Halloween and held hostage in a remote industrial Hell. While trapped, they are forced to play a violent game called 31. The mission is to survive
12 hours against an endless gang of grease-painted maniacs.
Versions
uncut NC-17 Version
US: The original submission to the MPAA was NC-17 rated for sadistic graphic violence, bizarre sexuality/nudity, pervasive disturbing images and some strong language.
Director Rob
Zombie is running afoul of national ratings body, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), who, after reviewing two cuts of his latest movie 31 , refuse to give it anything lower than an NC-17 rating. Zombie commented:
Well, after two tries through the MPAA, our rating on 31 remains NC-17. Maybe three is the charm to get an R rating. Why R, you ask? Well, because your local theater will not show an NC-17. Even though you are a fucking adults...
things much be censored for your enjoyment.
Rod Zombie later confirmed that the uncut version will be used for the home video release but noted that he does not think the film suffers at all as a results of the cuts.
However Zombie
was wrong, the first home video release featured only the cut theatrical version.
cut Theatrical Version
UK: Presumably it was the cut US Theatrical Version that has been passed 18 for strong bloody violence
without BBFC cuts for:
2016 cinema release
US: Cut and MPAA rated R for strong bloody horror violence, pervasive language, sexual content and drug use for:
Both theatrical and video releases contain certain footage not seen on the other. The longer video release contains a slightly longer recreation of Elvis'
last night at Graceland, more 50's concert footage, more movie footage, more '68 Comeback Special material, and home movies from a movie cast party.
On the video release Love Me is substituted for Are You
Lonesome Tonight , which was on the theatrical version.
There is also an interesting moment captured on film of Elvis backstage making a few profound statements that are present on the theatrical version that were
later altered by overdubbing by an actor on the video release slightly censoring the conversation. This is the raise the dead dialogue he engages in backstage towards the end of the film.
The Two Disc Special Edition contains both the
Theatrical and video versions
The Special Edition region 2 DVD is available at
UK Amazon The Special Edition region 1 DVD
is available at US Amazon
143:49s
The 1986 Warner video is an Extended Version that was passed PG uncut
101:29s
The
Theatrical Version was passed A uncut for the 1981 cinema release
This is England is a 2006 UK crime drama by Shane Meadows.
Starring Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham and Jo Hartley.
Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC for all releases but this was overruled in Westminster, London when the council overruled the 18 rating and replaced it with a local 15
rating.
Summary Notes
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly
alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is
welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a
look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's
War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see ...
Versions
uncut
15
97:57s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for very strong racist violence and language for:
The only
film I can think of recently where a local authority has overruled our rating is This is England, a Shane Meadows film. We gave This is England an 18 for strong racist violence... And I know that Shane Meadows went to Westminster and said we think this
film has strong messages to teenagers about the dangers of gang culture and gang violence, so we think you should give it a 15.
Westminster council took the view that in their particular local authority area, where gang violence
may have been a live issue, then that trumped anything else. They were happy for the film to get a 15.
This is 40 is a 2012 USA comedy by Judd Apatow. With Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann,
Maude Apatow.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.
Summary Notes
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing,
they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Versions
Extended Version
Unrated
136:52s =131:24s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong
language, twice very strong, strong sex and drug references for:
2013 Universal Pictures UK [Extended + Theatrical] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
US: The Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:
2013 Universal [Extended + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . There's an extra 3.5 minutes of additional material. Nothing that is challenging on the
censorship front but there are a few extra jokes that hit the mark.
Theatrical Version
128:07s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed
15 uncut for strong language, twice very strong, strong sex and drug references for:
2013 Universal Pictures UK [Extended + Theatrical] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2013 Universal Pictures UK R2 DVD
2012 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is MPAA R Rated for:
2013 Universal [Extended + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
This Is My Street is a 1964 UK drama by Sidney Hayers. With Ian Hendry, June Ritchie and Avice Landone.
Cut by the BBFC for 1963 cinema release. The cuts presumably persisted into 2014 DVD
Promotional Material
Ian Hendry, June Ritchie,
John Hurt and future Randall and Hopkirk stars Annette Andre and Mike Pratt feature among an outstanding cast in this mid-sixties realist drama from noted director Sidney Hayers. This Is My Street is presented here in a
brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Jubilee Close, a drab street of decaying houses in London's Battersea, is home to a cross-section of working-class families. Yearning to escape
from this depressing environment is the pretty, ambitious Margery Graham; the victim of an enforced marriage, she is tied to a lazy, boorish husband and young daughter, Cindy. Margery lives next door to her widowed mother who, in order to make ends meet,
has taken in a lodger, Harry - a slick, unscrupulous salesman with a roving eye and a more-than-neighbourly interest in Margery...
Versions
category cuts
best available
90:32s
UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed PG without further cuts for mild sex references, bad language and implied suicide attempt for:
The Unrated Version will feature an additional 7:22s minutes of material. A comparison of the two versions identifies the Director's Cut as a bluff package. The only sexual content is a harmless intro in a James Bond style. The
most of the additional running time consists of an uncontroversial fake family scene . 'Fuck' can be heard twice in this scene. However, it is doubtful that this was the reason it was removed from the movie. More likely it was because the
scenes slows down the movie, which is already losing speed at that point..
cut
PG-13
93:30s
UK: The cut Theatrical Version was passed 12A without BBFC cuts for moderate violence & sex references & one use of strong language for:
2012 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
2012 cinema release
In the US Fox cut out a few sex jokes from actress Chelsea Handler. The cuts were to avoid the R Rating handed down by the US film censors and obtain a PG-13 instead. Before making cuts Fox did in fact try to appeal against the R Rating but the appeal
was turned down.
This Must Be The Place is a 2011 Italy / France / Ireland comedy drama by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch.
No censor cuts. The films exists as an International Version and a longer
Italian Version that was screened at Cannes
Promotional Material
Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is a former rock star who still dresses like a Goth. Now 50, he relives the days of superstardom with young fan
and best friend Mary. Living off his royalties he rattles around his grand Dublin mansion until the death of his estranged father calls him to New York. Reunited with his family, Cheyenne discovers a secret that will send him across America. On a journey
through the Midwest, full of surreal encounters with an eclectic mix of characters from New York socialites to ethical gun-shop owners, Cheyenne is on the road trip of his life.
Versions
Italian Version
113:15s
UK: The Cannes Version/Italian Version was passed 15 uncut for:
2012 Trinity Film [Cannes version + International Version] RB Blu-ray at UK
Amazon
2012 Trinity Film [Cannes Version only] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
International Version
106:31s
UK: The International Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language and sex references for:
2012 Trinity Film [Cannes version + International Version] RB Blu-ray at UK
Amazon
This Shocking World is a 1963 Italy musical music documentary by Gianni Proia. Starring George Sanders, Alexander and Maria Ansaldi.
Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1964 cinema release. In the US the film was
reworked in 1965 to produce a US version titled Ecco. This is set for an Unrated US release in 2019.
Summary Notes
A documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more
grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, a man who sticks long needles through his body, footage of reindeer being castrated, and more footage of lesbians and strippers.
Versions
Ecco US Version
~98:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2019 Severin Films [Ecco + Forbidden World] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
2019 Severin
Films [Ecco + Forbidden World] R1 DVD at US Amazon
From IMDb, US Version
The 1965 US version was re-edited with a new commentary by Bob Cresse, and with an Italian word for the title, Ecco, meaning look here. To compensate in running time for deleted scenes, this release version
incorporates scenes taken from World by Night No. 2 (1961), namely: Reno (Nevada) housewives enjoying a male body-builders' stage competition with live music from an all-women music band; San Francisco (California) body-builder showgirl singing a cheesy
song and ripping up a phone book; Los Angeles (California) Roller Derby's women teams; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Mardi Gras Carnival; Nyeri (Kenya) photographic safari at the Nyeri Game Reserve; Nairobi (Kenya) Samburu people perform a traditional dance,
and then join with tourists dancing the twist; Okayama (Japan) young men Saidachi Festival.
Shocking World Original
Italian Version
~110:00s
Italy:
compulsory BBFC cuts
submitted
107:09s
UK: T he Italian Version was passed X (16) after compulsory BBFC cuts:
This Sporting Life is a 1963 UK sport drama by Lindsay
Anderson. Starring Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts and Alan Badel.
Cut by the BBFC for 1963 cinema release. It is presumed that the cuts have persisted to all releases since
Summary Notes
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean,
tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able
to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
Versions
cut
best available
128:17s
UK: Presumably the cut Theatrical Version was passed 12 without further BBFC cuts for:
UK: A pre-cut Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for strong horror, bloody
violence and sex for:
2012 Lions Gate R1 DVD
The BBFC consumer advice for this version neglects the phrase sexualised violence after the offending scene had been pre-cut and the running time reduced by 1:02s
Thoongaavanam is a 2015 India thriller by Rajesh M Selva. Starring
Kamal Haasan, Prakash Raj and Trisha Krishnan.
BBFC category cuts required for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release
Summary Notes
Narcotics cops Diwakar aka CKD & Mani rob two drug peddlers of 10kgs of cocaine who work for the drug
lord Vittal Rao. To gain back his package, Vittal Rao kidnaps Diwakar's son. Just when Diwakar decides to return the stash and free his son, the package goes missing. How Diwakar frees his son by tackling the drug mafia and managing to evade corrupt cops
and an honest narcotics agent forms the crux of this edge-of-the-seat thriller.
Versions
category cuts 1:34s
125:22s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, occasional bloody images after 1:34s of BBFC category cuts for:
2015 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to remove shots of strong violence and bloodshed (in this instance, a scene of suffocation, shootings, sight of blood spurts and sight of bloody injury detail) in order to achieve a 12A rating. A 15 without cuts
was available.
The Thousand Plane Raid is a 1969 USA war adventure by Boris Sagal.
Starring Christopher George, Laraine Stephens and JD Cannon.
The 1969 cinema release suffered BBFC category cuts for a U rating. Uncut and 12 rated for 2014 DVD.
Promotional Material
Steeple Bassington, England, 1943. The United States
Army Air Force's 8th Air Force, 103rd Heavy Bombardment Group, is mired in moral-lowering night-time bombing missions that are simultaneously dangerous and relatively ineffective against the German war-making machine.
Hard-ass, by-the-book Colonel
Brandon gets the nod and he begins to re-build the sloppy 103rd, trying to weed out the incompetents and cowards.
Versions
uncut
89:24s
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate bloodshed, sex for:
2014 101 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 27th October 2014
The Three Avengers is a 1964 Italy / Tunisia adventure by Gianfranco Parolini. Starring Sergio Ciani, Mimmo Palmara and Lisa Gastoni.
BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1965 cinema release. Uncut
and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
(1964) Alan Steel, Lisa Gastoni, Mimmo Palmara, Rosalba Neri. Steel and his sword-wielding pals run head-on into the forces of a cruel tyrant. There's a bit
more intentional comedy than usual in this sword and sandal opus. All the usual court intrigue comes into play as the bad guys are eventually subdued. If you like lots of sword fighting, this ones for you. Color, 16mm.
3 Days to Kill is a 2014 USA / France action crime
thriller by McG. Starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld and Connie Nielsen.
Exists as a cut 12 rated Theatrical Version and an uncut 15 rated Extended Version
Summary Notes
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally
build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the
world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
Versions
Extended Version
Unrated
122:10s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity, moderate
violence, sex references, strong language for:
2014 Entertainment One UK video
US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2014 20th Century Fox [Theatrical + Extended] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
See article from collider.com . Director McG spoke of deleted footage
from a Paris cabaret.
Yeah, I think there will be some [deleted footage]. We shot that one scene in the Crazy Horse, which is a very famous cabaret that's visited by women as much as men. It's not vulgar, at all. It's
beautiful. It's like Cirque du Soleil. So, I tested the movie with a longer version of these women doing what I thought was this very, very beautiful dance, and American women were not really into it. I was saddened because I wasn't like, Ooh, look at
the nudity. I just thought it was beautiful. It was like looking at a painting. These women are from the Bolshoi. So, the director's cut will be more involved, and it will speak to this ethereal, otherworldly quality of the Vivi character.
cut Theatrical Version
117:10s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12A without further BBFC cuts for moderate violence, sex references, nudity, strong language for:
2014 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version is cut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
2014 20th Century Fox [Theatrical + Extended] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
The scene in the strip club has been blurred and/or cut for the Theatrical Version.
The Extended Version includes 5:00s of extra material including the uncensored strip club scene. The rest of the additional material is uncontentious
plot which makes for a slightly better film.
It is reported that
the Theatrical Version released in Germany and France has deleted a light hearted use of a doorstop as if it was a grenade. It does seem to be a Hollywood policy that action films should be stripped of humour as this does not seem to work so well in
international releases so it sort of is believable. However the running time suggests that the UK has the US Theatrical Version rather then this International Theatrical Version.
3 From Hell is a 2019 USA horror by Rob Zombie. Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig and Bill Moseley.
Passed 18 uncut for 18 rated video release in 2019. The film was cut in the
US for an MPAA R rating but the MPAA Unrated version is uncut. The uncut MPAA Unrated version has been distributed outside of the US, although maybe Germany got the cut version.
Summary Notes
Sequel to The Devil's Rejects.
Versions
uncut
run:
115:39s
pal:
111:01s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence,
sexual threat, very strong language:
2019 Lionsgate Home Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
2019 Lionsgate Home Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated:
2019 Lionsgate [Unrated + R rated Versions] R0 4k Blu-ray at US Amazon
2019
Lionsgate [Unrated + R rated Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
cut
cut:
41s
run:
115:06s
pal:
110:30s
US: Cut for an MPAA R rating
Germany: schnittberichte.com
suggests that the German Distributors have said they were going with the cut US theatrical version but this has not been confirmed
The cut version suffers 20 short cuts to reduce gore which add up to 41s total.
3 Generations is a 2015 USA drama by Gaby Dellal. Starring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon.
The film was originally given an R rating by the MPAA but was subsequently cut for the preferred PG-13 rating.
Summary Notes
Family living under one roof in New York must deal with a
life-changing transformation by one that ultimately affects them all. Ray is a teenager who has come to the realization that he isn't meant to be a girl and has decided to transition from female to male. His single mother, Maggie, must track down Ray's
biological father to get his legal consent to allow Ray's transition. Dolly, Ray's lesbian grandmother, is having a hard time accepting that she now has a grandson. They must each confront their own identities and learn to embrace change and their
strength as a family in order to ultimately find acceptance and understanding.
Three Immoral Women is a 1979 France erotic drama by Walerian Borowczyk. With Marina Pierro, Gaëlle Legrand and Pascale Christophe.
Cut by the BBFC. Uncut in the US.
Summary Review: Soft
Focus Morality Tales
A follow up to Walerian Borowczyk's earlier Immoral Tales.
It features 3 episodes. First a tale of a woman bedding her way to success amongst Renaissance painters and church
benefactors. The second features a girl and her white rabbit getting exploited in 19th century France. The third is about a woman being abducted in Paris.
Dreamy soft focus stuff with enough of a story to raise it above the norm.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
114:34s =109:59s
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2012 Severin Walerian Borowczyk Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon
cut
84:35s
UK: Unconfirmed but likely that the cut cinema version was released on pre-cert video for:
3 Ninjas is a 1992 USA family action comedy by Jon Turteltaub. Starring Victor Wong, Michael Treanor and Max Elliott Slade.
Cut in the US for a PG rating. Released uncut as an International Version.
Cut in the UK for a PG rated cinema release in 1993 and further cut for the follow up PG rated VHS.
Summary Notes
Each year, three brothers, Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visit
their grandfather, Mori Tanaka, for the summer. Mori is highly skilled in ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the F.B.I., it's time for the three ninja brothers! Using
their martial artistry, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
Versions
cut US Version
US: Cut for an MPAA PG rating
cut
cut:
1:44s
run:
82:55s
pal:
79:36s
sub:
81:13s
UK: Passed PG after 1:44s of BBFC cuts:
1993 Buena Vista VHS titled 3 Ninjas
Additional cuts were required for the video version to achieve a PG rating. The 1:44s of cuts includes the cinema cuts. The video was titled 3 Ninjas
Thanks to Scott. Total running time cut: 1 minute 44 seconds (some substitution)
At start In opening titles, remove the dotting of the letter i twice with metal throwing stars.
At 2 mins After old man is pulled up hill, remove sequence of boy twirling chainsticks while old man throws
apples at him and later sight of boy throwing stars at dart board.
At 3 mins After old man falls to ground, remove sight of boy in tree throwing stars.
At 18 mins After old man's line .... between
victory and defeat, remove demonstration pinpointing vulnerable parts of the body (throat, groin, etc), resuming on old man telling them to practise for an hour.
At 47 mins After boy is tossed onto bed, remove sight of him
kicking head of man in red cap.
At 48 mins After man in red cap is pulled through bannisters, remove all further sight of boy climbing up and tying him to bannister rail.
At 62½ mins Remove all sight of
ninjas using chainsticks as follows: (1) After ninja wields sword, remove both sights of 3 ninjas with one of them twirling chainsticks. (2) After ninjas reel back after being struck by drum, remove sequence of making and displaying chainsticks,
resuming on small boy in orange jacket laughing. (3) After ninja rushes towards camera, remove high angle shot of boys brandishing and using chainsticks and following shot of boy in blue shirt using them, resuming on ninja with raised sword
threatening boy. (4) After this shot, remove part of following shot in which boy hits ninja with chainsticks and kicks him on head, resuming as he faces second ninja. (5) After ninja crashes into wire netting, remove two shots of boy in blue
fighting with chainsticks.
At 65 mins Reduce fight between two ninjas and boy in white trousers by cutting away after he kicks them to ground and removing later punches to head, resuming on boy in orange.
At 66½ mins After ninja falls from wall, remove front of shot with punch to head by boy in green.
At 68 mins When small boy in orange punches large oriental in throat, trim end of punch so it looks as if he
only punches him in jaw, and then, after boy in khaki kicks large oriental on head for first time and lights appear on doll, remove kicks to crotch and head, resuming on second large close-up of doll's face.
At 74 mins After
shot of boy in green/blue jacket, remove sight of old man kicking man in red, resuming on long shot before punch to chin.
cut
cut:
34s
run:
84:11s
pal:
80:49s
sub:
84:37s
UK: Passed PG after 34s of BBFC cuts:
1993 cinema release titled 3 Ninja Kid
From IMDB. The BBFC cinema cuts were:
[Reel 2 at 3 mins] After boy swings from tree at man by car, cut shot of small ninja in tree holding metal stars, and subsequent sight of stars in ground. Resume on sight of old man getting up from ground.
[Reel 5 at 7½ mins] Remove prominent sight of boys wielding chain sticks in fight with 3 ninjas: 1) After boy pulls tube off wall remove all sight of boys improvising chain sticks and brandishing them,
resuming on comic episode where ninja inadvertently hits his partner with chain sticks 2) After ninja then rushes towards camera remove high angle long shot of the boys brandishing chain sticks 3) After ninja crashes
into fence remove complete sequence of boy in blue shirt and white cap fighting with chain sticks against ninja.
3 Ninjas High Noon At Mega Mountain is a 1998 US action comedy by Sean McNamara Starring Loni Anderson, Hulk Hogan and Jim Varney
Heavily cut by the BBFC for PG rated video release in 1998 and 2001.
Summary Notes
The three unstoppable Ninja brothers fight to save their hero (Hulk Hogan) and Mega
Mountain Amusement Park from the vicious kid-hating Medusa (Loni Anderson).
Versions
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cut:
2:45s
run:
90:16s
pal:
86:39s
UK: BBFC PG rated: after 2:45s of BBFC cuts
2001 Columbia/Tri-Star Home DVD (rated 24/05/2001) titled 3 Ninjas - High Noon At Mega Mountain
1998 Columbia/Tri-Star Home VHS (rated 26/11/1998)
Cut for video when submitted in 1998 (the same version was resubmitted in 2001)
The BBFC cuts were to:
Punches, kicks, head-kicks, head-butts, ear-claps, nunchaku, a throwing playing card - similar to a death star, a yo-yo
with blades sticking out of it, throwing darts, the list is endless. One cut removes a kid peeing himself when a villain yells in his face.
3 Ninjas Kick Back is a 1994 USA / Japan family action comedy by
Charles T Kanganis. Starring Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade and Sean Fox.
BBFC category cuts were required for U rated
cinema release, VHS and DVD. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan
is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
Thanks to a reader that reports that maybe an uncut version was released in the UK:
I'm not sure this is true? We know that Sony/Universal sometimes used the wrong masters for the DVD's in the early days (True Lies?),
and this might have happened with this film.
There is a point in the film where it is clear that the grandfather character says Your mom sounds pissed, and this is even shown in the subtitles. I just find it difficult to
believe that the bbfc would require 42 seconds of cuts for U and yet allow that usage through.
UK: Passed PG for dangerous behaviour, but in a slapstick context after
BBFC cuts for:
2012 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
This work was originally seen for advice. The company was advised that the film was likely to receive a 12A certificate but that their preferred PG classification could be achieved by
making cuts in five sequences. These were to remove four sequences showing everyday objects being used in a potentially dangerous manner that young children may copy:
a vegetable peeler used on a man's head,
a cheese grater used on a man's foot,
hair tongs used on a woman's tongue and
a man's head in a microwave and
a line of dialogue about teaching children to play with matches.
When the finished version of the film was submitted for formal classification, the recommended cuts had been made and the film was classified PG .
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy is a 2011 Hong Kong erotic drama by Christopher Sun Lap Key. With Hiro Hayama, Leni Lan Yan and Saori Hara.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. The Theatrical Version
was heavily cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release in 2011 and DVD in 2012.
Summary Notes
As a conceited scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Yangsheng believes that since life is short, one should
pursue the ultimate sexual pleasure as time allows. Wei Yangsheng encounters Tie Fei the Taoist priest's daughter, Tie Yuxiang, on an occasion. With the former's talent and the latter's beauty, they fall in love at first sight, and Wei Yangsheng is later
married into the Tie's family. Yuxiang is elegant and courteous under the influence of her father's faith, though her lack of passion cannot fully satisfy Wei Yangsheng's sexual needs. His disappointment is no less than his affection for her.
Versions
uncut Director's Cut
Hong Kong
~128:00s =~122:00s
Hong Kong: The Director's Cut is
Cat III rated for:
The Director's Cut contains extensions in graphic violence & sex scenes. It also extensively changes and expands the plot. The Director's Cut is the way better version. It's obvious that this is the originally planned version of
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy. Where the Theatrical Version seems to be bumpy here and there the DC fills in the blanks and contains more laughs, more visual appealing & the smoother plot.
The Director's Cut includes some rather extreme content which was excised because test audiences and the Hong Kong censorship thought it was too gross. This includes the Yangsheng character squeezing some lactating
lady's breasts during an orgy, causing milk to fountain out and cover the entire group. Also, the sequence where the Prince of Ning accidentally fucks a concubine to death during rough sex is a lot longer.
2:48s
105:16s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 for strong sex, violence, nudity and sexual violence after 2:48s of BBFC cuts for:
2012 Metrodome R2 DVD
2011 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cuts were required to two scenes of sexual and sexualised violence, which included elements with a tendency to eroticise and endorse sexual violence.
The BBFC further explained (ignoring a rather redundant explanation that the film goes beyond a 15 rating):
3D SEX AND ZEN EXTREME ECSTASY is a Chinese erotic period drama about a recently married young man who
embarks on a sexual odyssey when his wife is unable to satisfy his sexual desires. The film was classified 18 for strong sex, violence, nudity and sexual violence.
There are frequent sequences of strong sex and
nudity which include sight of a man sucking a woman's nipples, pubic nudity in a sexual context, sight of a man's erect penis, buttock thrusting implying penetration, and implied but masked fellatio and cunnilingus.
Before
the film was classified 18 , the BBFC required cuts in two scenes.
In the first scene, a man rapes a woman, with the woman then going on to enjoy the sex. The scene is shot in the same eroticised style as the rest of the film and creates the impression that rape can be an enjoyable and exciting
erotic experience. The scene was cut to remove the non consensual set up, leaving a purely consensual sex scene.
In the second scene, a man engages in violent sex with a woman. Although the sex is consensual, the man
beats and whips the woman during sex, before finally suffocating her to death as he thrusts into her. The scene, which is filmed in the same eroticised style as other scenes, creates a strong link between violence and sexual arousal. Although the BBFC
suggested that the scene could be reduced to an acceptable level by multiple cuts, the distributor chose to remove the scene in its entirety.
Both scenes breach the terms of the Guidelines at 18 which state the BBFC may cut any portrayals of sexual or sexualised violence which might, for example, eroticise or endorse sexual assault .
cut
Singapore/India:
There is a more extensively cut version with 18 minutes removed from the Theatrical Version:
Scenes were removed depicting group sex and oral sex
Scene showing a monk being seduced was removed
South Korea:
3 minutes removed from the two rape scenes, perhaps simialr to the UK cuts
Thriller: A Cruel Picture is a 1973 Sweden action thriller by Bo Arne Vibenius (as Alex Fridolinski). Starring Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf and Despina Tomazani.
The Original/Festival Version including director approved hardcore inserts was banned by the Swedish films censors for cinema release and was subsequently
significantly cut to obtain a cinema release. The film was also heavily cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. This US Version was banned by the BBFC from a 1974 cinema release. Heavy cuts were then made to obtain an X rated UK cinema release in 1976. There
are several other versions featuring a mix of material from the above versions.
Summary Notes
Gorgeous Swedish cult siren Christina Lindberg plays Frigga who cannot speak after a childhood trauma. A
rather shady character kidnaps her and after getting her hooked on heroine, he forces her to work as a prostitute, and gouges her eye out when she refuses her first client. Frigga saves her money and pays for lessons in martial arts, before taking her
revenge on those cruel customers and her pimp.
As the title suggests this is one viciously bleak film. From the barren wind swept Swedish landscape and eerie electric score to the hard core sex scenes and eye gouge scene
which was created using a real cadaver, Thriller is a truly potent cult shocker.
Lindberg is a truly striking and unforgettable cult figure, carrying a shotgun and dressed all in black she is enigmatic and certainly
makes shameless plagiarizer Tarantino's work look pale by comparison.
A long standing rumor surrounding the film was that a real corpse was
used for the scene where Madeleine's eye is taken out with a scalpel. In a March 2006 interview, Christina Lindberg confirmed this. The body was of a young girl who had committed suicide. Makeup was added to the eye, and the shot was filmed in the
hospital that had received the body.
Original Version/Festival Version
uncut Festival Version
run:
108:14s
pal:
103:54s
US: The Original Version is uncut and MPA Unrated:
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Includes the hardcore inserts plus an approximately 50-second sex scene featuring the real Christina
Lindberg ( not her double for the Hardcore scenes!) There is also extra exit music.
banned
run:
107m
pal:
103m
Sweden
Sweden: The Original Version was banned in Sweden for 1973 cinema release
From IMDb.
The original running time was 107 minutes. After being banned by the Swedish film censorship board, it was cut down to 104 minutes and then 86 minutes, but still banned. It was finally released after being cut down to
82 minutes.
Synapse Version
uncut
cut:
54s
run:
106:36s
pal:
102:20s
US: The Swedish Version is MPAA Unrated but shortened for:
The uncut version includes hardcore inserts of penetration and ejaculation, however it is missing an approximately 50-second sex scene featuring the real Christina Lindberg ( not her double for the Hardcore scenes!)
Vengeance Version
Vengeance Edition
cut:
3:36s
run:
103:01s
pal:
98:54s
US: The Vengeance Edition is cut
The US Synapse DVD identified as the Vengeance Edition is missing the
hardcore scenes, and has a shortened eye gouging scene, but contains the rest of the violence.
US: The Extended US Version is uncut and MPA Unrated:
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US R Rated Version
cut
cut:
run:
82m
pal:
79m
US: Cut for a US R rating
cut
cut:
run:
79:39s
pal:
76:28s
UK: Passed X after heavy BBFC cuts for:
1976 cinema release
Presumably this is based on the US Version: This was heavily cut to try and obtain distribution in the US. Madeleine was re-named to Frigga, the hardcore sex-scenes were all cut, and several scenes including violence were censored as well. Overall,
about 25 minutes of the movie were taken out.
banned
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
1974 cinema release
v Throwaways
- 2015 USA action fantasy thriller by Tony Bui.
Throwaways is a 2015 USA action fantasy thriller by Tony Bui. Starring Peter Brooke, James Caan and Noel Clarke.
The UK release is noted as an Internet Version but it is not clear what is
meant by this.
Summary Notes
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition - work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the condition that he can
form his own team, he puts together a group of "throwaways" - the people deemed expendable and seemingly the worst in the organization.
Versions
Theatrical Version
~90:00s =~86:00s
US: The Theatrical Version is noted as running longer than the Internet Version
Internet Version
83:44s
UK: The Internet Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, violence for:
Thunder And Lightning is a 1977 US action comedy romance by Corey Allen Starring David Carradine, Kate Jackson and Sterling Holloway
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1978. Uncut and BBFC 15 rated on VHS. Uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.
Summary Notes
A young man who
hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
Thunderball is a 1965 UK James Bond film by Terence Young. With Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi.
Cut by the BBFC for 'A' rated cinema release in 1965 but always uncut on PG rated home video
Summary Notes
James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim
to recover 2 stolen warheads. They've been taken by the SPECTRE organisation, and the world's held hostage as Bond heads to Nassau, Bahamas. Here, he meets Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emil Largo on-board his
boat, the Disco Volante.
Note that The Ultimate Edition release of Thunderball is missing the reddening effect when an incompetent henchman is thrown in as punishment. This is reported to be a processing error rather than an example of censorship.
cut
cut:
14s
run:
129:43s
pal:
124:32s
UK: Passed A after BBFC cuts for:
1965 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
The first of two short scenes where Bond is seen stroking the naked back of the spa employee with a mink glove was removed. This cut was reinstated for the video release, and has always been present in all home video versions in the UK
In April 1965 Eon Productions sent a shooting script of Thunderball to the BBFC for advice on how
the finished film might be considered for classification. The letter published here
[pdf] details the BBFC's lengthy response to the script. Mindful that an X certificate would not be consistent with the previous three Bond films, the letter specifies over thirty aspects of the script that could be problematic for an A certificate.
John Trevelyan sums up the general concern of the BBFC when he explains:
I get the impression that this screenplay has been deliberately hotted up with a view to its including more sex, sadism and violence than the
previous Bond pictures, and… it seems less light-hearted in tone.
In the end only one cut for an A was required – the sight of Bond stroking the back of a partially nude girl with a mink glove.
v Thunderbolt
- 1995 Hong Kong action comedy thriller by Gordon Chan.
Thundercrack! is a 1975 US adult comedy by Curt McDowell Starring
Marion Eaton, George Kuchar and Melinda McDowell
A cult film that was notably unreleased in the UK for many years except on the cinema club circuit. The film was finally BBFC 18 rated without cuts for 2024 release. The BBFC noted that it contains strong real sex. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in
the US.
Summary Review
With a killer gorilla on the loose, a group of strangers find themselves stranded at a remote mansion of a grieving madwoman one dark and stormy night. They
indulge in swapping bizarre personal backstories - and bodily fluids.
Imagine yourself a typical low-budget horror opening, in which random people gather around an old dark mansion during a nightly thunderstorm. They're all
slightly eccentric characters with unusual backgrounds and/or odd personalities and, naturally, the female owner of the mansion is the queen of all madness.
Her guests soon begin to physically experiment with themselves
and each other and these sexual outbursts become gradually odder. Masturbation and ordinary hetero-sex at first, but before you properly realize it; you're up to your neck in gay sex, voyeurism, sex with peculiar attributes and even bestiality.
This movie is available in two versions, but I can safely say already that even the cut Theatrical Version (120 minutes instead of 150) is more than weird enough for every avid fan of offbeat cinema on this planet.
Versions
uncut
run:
159:27s
pal:
153:04s
UK: Uncut and BBFC
18 rated for strong real sex, nudity:
Thunivu is a 2023 India action adventure thriller by H. Vinoth Starring Amir, Cibi
Bhuvana Chandran and Darshan
BBFC
category cuts were required for a 12A rated cinema release in 2023.
Summary Notes
A mysterious mastermind and his team forms a plan and commits bank heists across Chennai, but their
motive of the heists remains mysterious.
Versions
cut:
run:
143:48s
pal:
138:03s
UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, strong language after BBFC cuts:
2023 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
The distributor chose to make cuts to scenes of strong violence in order to receive their preferred 12A classification. An uncut 15 rating was available.
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Thuppakki - 2012 India action thriller by A.R. Murugadoss
The distributor chose to cut a scene of torture, in which it is implied that two of a terrorist suspect's fingers are cut off, together with images of strong violence (a blood spurt as an old lady is
shot in the head and a male character's arm being broken/dislocated with a long pole, and blood dripping from a male character's mouth) in order to achieve a '12A' classification. A '15' uncut was available to the distributor.
Thursday is a 1998 USA action crime comedy by Skip Woods. Starring Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart and Paulina Porizkova.
Generally uncut for worldwide release but the film was cut for an MPAA R
rating in the US. The film was later released uncut in the US as an MPAA Unrated Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
The movie opens in a Los Angeles convenience store one late Monday
night, where a smalltime drug dealer named Nick (Aaron Eckhart) is trying to decide what coffee brand to buy. His ex-lover Dallas (Paulina Porizkova) and fellow hitman Billy Hill (James LeGros) are getting impatient and tell him to hurry up. Conflicts
between Nick and the cashier (Luck Hari) ensue, resulting in Dallas shooting the cashier dead. Though the three attempt to cover up the crime, they are forced to also shoot a police officer (Bari K. Willerford) when he discovers blood on the ground.
Versions
uncut
run:
87:36s
pal:
84:06s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence, sex:
2017 Media Sales UK video
1998 Polygram Video Ltd VHS
UK: Passed 18 uncut for coarse language and strong violence:
1998 cinema release
US: Uncut and named the MPAA Unrated Director's Cut:
Tidal Wave is a 2009 South Korea action drama by JK Youn. Starring Ji-won Ha, Kyung-gu Sol and Jeong-hwa Eom.
Exists as an International Version and a longer Korean Version. There have
also been reports of an unreleased Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
Professor Kim, a marine geologist, recognizes the impending danger of a mega tsunami headed straight for Haeundae, a
popular vacation spot on the south coast of Korea. He desperately attempts to warn authorities and alert the unknowing vacationers of the 500 MPH destructive force of nature headed their direction.
Korean Version
uncut
Korea
Korea: There is a longer Korean release with uncontentious additional material
When it came to releasing Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! in the U.S. in 1990, Almodovar was met with some resistance from the MPAA
ratings board. The dreaded X rating was threatened, forcing Miramax, the film's distributor, to sue. The film was eventually released unrated ; however, it was this lawsuit that prompted the MPAA to change the stigmatized X to the more
consumer-friendly NC-17.
Ironically, the NC-17 rating wasn't an improvement. The stigma remained and the media in many areas of the country continued the policy of refusing to advertise NC-17-rated movies.)
Tiffany Jones is a 1973 UK comedy by Pete Walker Starring Anouska
Hempel, Ray Brooks and Susan Sheers
The movie didn't trouble film censors but leading lady Anouska Hempel was troubled by her nude scenes and bought up the UK rights so as to remove the film from circulation. However the film has been shown on TV and is now available on
streaming (Prime Video).
Summary Notes
Light-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-the-top, on-beyond-Bond spy fantasy vein.
Versions
uncut
run:
90:04s
pal:
86:28s
UK: Uncut
and BBFC 18 rated:
1998 Salvation Films VHS (rated 15/05/1998)
1986 Stablecane VHS (rated 30/05/1986)
1973 Hemdale Film cinema release (rated 14/03/1973)
Tiger By the Tail is a 1970 USA thriller by RG Springsteen.
Starring Christopher George, Tippi Hedren and Dean Jagger.
BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated cinema release in 1970. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Steve Michaelis, a Vietnam war hero is unjustly framed for the murder of his brother. He enlists the help of Rita Armstrong his socialite girlfriend to help him find the real killer.
Tiger Cage is a 1988 Hong Kong action thriller by Woo-Ping Yuen Starring Jacky Cheung, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng and Simon Yam
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema release in 1988. Uncut and 18 rated for 2022 Blu-ray
Summary Notes
A team of cops get brutally exposed to violence after raiding a drug operation and discovering a link between few members of the police force and an American crime
syndicate dealing with drug trafficking.
Versions
uncut
run:
93m
pal:
89m
Hong Kong
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence:
2022 88 Films Tiger Cage I-III Collector's Edition RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
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Tiger Cage 2 is a 1990 Hong Kong crime action by Woo-ping Yuen. With Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan, David Wu.
The Export Version features alternative plot scenes and a different end to the Hong Kong Version
Summary Notes
A tough-as-nails ex-cop, Alan, and a lawyer, Mary, accused of murder, team up with a unscrupulous lawyer, David, as they intend to solve the case of laundering dirty money. It turns out that David was involved, but was betrayed by his
cohort Wilson. Now Alan, Mary, and David must fight Wilson and his henchmen.
A reader noted that a recent Channel 5 showing for the film included a fight in a convenience store that featured nunchakus. As this coincidently lasted a minute it seems logical that it was this
scene that offended the BBFC.
A Tiger's Tail is a 2014 USA family film by Michael J Sarna. Starring Greg
Grunberg, Darlene Vogel and Christopher Judge.
BBFC category cuts for a U rated 2014 DVD
Summary Notes
A boy winds up in this live-action adventure of a lifetime when Luna, a baby tiger cub, escapes from an animal sanctuary and
follows him home. It is up one boy, his friend, and his dog to return Luna to her home before she destroys his parents' home.
UK: Passed U for very mild bad language after 2s of BBFC category cuts for:
2014 ICON Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 21st July 2014
The BBFC commented:
Company chose to remove a use of mild bad language ('crap') in order to obtain a U classification. Cut made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut PG classification was available.
Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove a single use of strong language (''fucking") and a moderate scene of implied sex
Time Rider is a 1982 USA action Sci-Fi western by William Dear. Starring Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer and Peter Coyote.
Exists with alternative endings.
Summary Notes
Lyle, a motorcycle champion is traveling the Mexican desert, when he find himself in the action radius of a time machine. So he find himself one century back in the past between rapists, thiefs and murderers....
Versions
DVD Ending
MPAA
89:10s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for:
1987 Weintraub VHS
From IMDB. The ending was cut [ Spoilers! hover or click text ]
In the original theatrical release, Porter Reese was so distracted by the destruction of the motorcycle that he did not notice the approach of the helicopter's tail rotor until it was too late -- there was a scream, a splattering sound, and a
shot of empty gore-drenched boots. For the DVD release, the shot was replaced with pickup shot of Reese crawling on the ground; the audio, however, was not changed.
Timothy Goes to School: Season 1
Episode 3: Small Change/Shy Charles
Versions
50s
24:07s
2000 US/Canada children's cartoon by Gary
Hurst
The BBFC cut 50s for the DVD submitted in 2008: Cut was required to remove sight of character in children's cartoon placing metal implements in toaster during repair scenario, because of the dangers of imitation in a
work aimed at a very young audience.
uncut
24:57s
The 2004 DVD from Maverick Entertainment was uncut
The Tin Drum is a 1979 West German film by Volker Schlondorff. With David Bennent, Mario Adorf and Angela Winkler.
Shortened for theatrical release and further cut by the BBFC. The BBFC cuts were waived in 2003. The longer Director's Cut was released uncut in 2011. The film is uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary
Notes
Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy
world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. However,
(almost) nobody listens to him, so the catastrophe goes on...
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
162:57s
pal:
156:26s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15
uncut for strong sex and sexualised nudity for:
The Director's Cut adds plot details that add depth to the film. It basically restores scenes that were removed when the distributors wanted the film to be shortened for running time reasons. See
pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com
Theatrical Version
run:
141:30s
pal:
135:50s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed
15 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
2011 Arrow Academy [Theatrical + Director's] R2 DVD at UK
Amazon
The cut's were waived when the BBFC decided that the disputed scene did not constitute an indecent image. You do not see Maria's pubes and it seems likely (from other evidence - eg the book about the making of the film) that Scholndorff made her wear
masking tape at this point. The offending shot simply shows a young boy pressing his face against a woman's pubic region (not actually her vagina).
It is a serious film with little else to comfort paedophiles and expert views agreed
that the scene was no more indecent (or vulnerable to misuse) than some of the other scenes in the film, such as the sherbert licking.
cut
cut:
19s
run:
141:31s
pal:
135:51s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15
after 19s of BBFC cuts for:
1997 Disc VHS
1994 Connoisseur VHS
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed X (18) after 19s of BBFC cuts for:
1980 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
A shot has been deleted from the scene where the young Oskar is seen burying his head in Maria's pubic area.
The film was transmitted uncut on Channel 4 during this time.
The Tingler is a 1959 USA horror by William Castle. Starring Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn and Darryl Hickman.
BBFC cuts were required for an X rated cinema release in 1960. Home video
releases have all been 15 uncut. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Dr. Warren Chapin is a pathologist who regularly conducts autopsies on executed prisoners at the State prison. He has a
theory that fear is the result of a creature that inhabits all of us. His theory is that the creature is suppressed by our ability to scream when fear strikes us. He gets a chance to test his theories when he meets Ollie and Martha Higgins, who own and
operate a second-run movie theater. Martha is deaf and mute and if she is unable to scream, extreme fear should make the creature, which Chapin has called the Tingler, come to life and grow. Using LSD to induce nightmares, he begins his experiment.
Italian shorts by Tinto Brass (Arrow Film
Distributors)
Cut by the BBFC when submitted in 2004 with the following statement: Cuts required to remove sight of abusive knife play during sexual activity. Company also chose to cut explicit images of oral-genital contact,
dildo penetration, masturbation and penetration with finger for 18. The sexual detail, though not the knife play, could have been passed R18.
The context in which explicit imagery occurs is a key factor in the BBFC's
decisions. But every work is different and it is not possible to list the sort of situations which justify real sex at '18'. Images of real sex were cut from a collection of erotic short films, Tinto Brass Presents – 4, to obtain an '18', on the grounds
that the work was too close in tone and intent to a sex work designed to produce sexual arousal.
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- 1977 Mexico horror romance by René Cardona Jr.
Tintorera is a 1977 Mexico horror romance by René Cardona Jr. Starring Susan George, Hugo Stiglitz and Andrés García
Originally the film was 126m but was drastically shortened for the US
Version. There are 2 variants of the original version.
Summary Notes
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the
Mexican East coast.
Versions
Original Version
run:
126m
pal:
121m
Mexico
Germany, Mexico: The original version is uncut
From IMDb. There are reported to be 2
alternative endings for the Original Version.
One version in which Steven (Hugo Stilitz character) wakes up after killing the shark in a hospital sans an arm, and another version that is more vague about what happens
to him. In that ending, after it shows the tiger shark killed, the screen turns red as it surrounds the lamp/flashlight Steven had dropped and then fades out to a scene of Andres, Susan and Hugo posing in front of the camera, they kiss, then the screen
fades to water and the directors name flashes on the screen.
cut US Version
run:
88:33s
pal:
85:00s
UK: The cut and shortened US Version was passed X
(18) without BBFC cuts:
1977 cinema release
US: The cut and shortened US Version is MPAA R rated:
Tintorera dances wildly back and forth between relationship
drama, shark horror and soft erotic trash until you no longer know what you're actually watching. The unstructured narrative with a runtime of over two hours seemed unsuitable for international marketing to the distributors, so the film was radically
shortened.
If you want to watch the madness in full, you mustn't miss the original version. The US version should be considered a version in its own right. As a result of the cuts and adaptations, this version is significantly
snappier.
