Tracers is a 2014 USA action film by Daniel Benmayor. Starring Taylor Lautner, Marie
Avgeropoulos and Rafi Gavron.
Rated R for some violence by the MPAA in May 2014. The producers wanted a PG-13 and appealed the MPAA decision. The appeal was successful and the CARA appeals board re-rated the film PG-13 for some intense violence, perilous action,
sexual content and language. The film was BBFC 12 rated in the UK.
Traces of Death is a 1993 USA horror documentary by John Alan
Schwartz. Starring Damon Fox, Maritza Martin Munoz and Emilio Nunez.
Banned by the BBFC for 2005 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Traces of Death is a collection of archive film and borrowed stock footage. In its opening you see the death of a woman named Maritza Martin, who was gunned down by her ex-husband on
Spanish language television. We then witness British SAS troopers storming the Iranian Embassy in 1980, this is followed by a police chase of a criminal in a pick up truck and the deadly finale. It then goes to footage of animal experiments with a
grizzly scene of a live pig being burned alive with a torch. Autopsy footage is then shown of an Asian individual. We are then shown a very graphic presentation on a male to female sex change operation. One interesting scene has a man who had his nasal
cavity removed and replaced with a prosthetic, the footage is most interesting and worth the price of admission. The producers then suddenly return to the death theme with the well known footage of R Budd Dwyer and his on air suicide with a .357 Magnum,
followed by a look at one of the most notorious Nazi villains...
Versions
uncut
run:
75m
pal:
72m
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2003 Brain Damage 9th Anniversary Collector's Edition R1 DVD
banned
run:
75:18s
pal:
72:17s
UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
2005 Crypt Keeper DVD
The BBFC explained their ban:
Traces of Death comprises a compilation of uncontextualised clips showing real killings, suicides, medical operations, fatal accidents, autopsies and other distressing images
. The work presents no journalistic, educational or other justifying context for the images shown. Rather, the work presents a barrage of sensationalist clips, for what appears to be the underlying purpose of providing prurient entertainment. That this
is the essential purpose of the work is reinforced by the addition of a sparse but sensationalist voice-over, which deliberately makes light of human death, pain and suffering. Some of the most graphic clips are needlessly repeated in slow motion,
further underlining the prurient and exploitative nature of the work.
The Board carefully considered the work in the light of our Guidelines and the tests set down by the Video Recordings Act. A key consideration is the question of any harm that
might be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society because of the manner in which the work deals with violence and "horrific behaviour or incidents". The Board has concluded that the video is potentially harmful because of the
influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of at least some intended or potential viewers. By presenting actual human death, mutilation and suffering as entertainment, the work has the potential to desensitise viewers, and perhaps even to
incite some to harm others. The work invites the viewer to take sadistic pleasure in death, injury, mutilation and pain and encourages callousness towards victims. Given the flippant and sensationalist nature of the occasional voice over, the work is
perhaps especially likely to appeal to the juvenile humour of young and impressionable persons (whatever its classification). The Board considers that the work may have a significant brutalising effect on their attitude to human life and pain.
Given the potential for the work to deaden the sensitivity of viewers to pain and suffering and to impair the moral development of younger viewers in particular, the Board also considers that the work raises serious concerns about possible breach of the Obscene Publications Act. This Act makes it an offence to distribute any work that, taken as a whole, has a tendency to deprave and corrupt (i.e. make morally bad) a significant proportion of those likely to see it.
A further consideration for the Board is that of public acceptability. (This is the ground on which, for instance, the Board has regard to issues of bad language.) In this case the combination of the shocking and distressing images in the work,
the lack of any justifying context, the editorial treatment, and the and the possible appeal to a young audience, all appear to the Board to raise serious concerns about the acceptability of the work to public opinion. Taken together with the harm
issues, and potential breach of the law, these concerns about acceptability strengthen the basis for refusal of classification.
The Board considered whether cutting the work would be a viable alternative to refusing a classification certificate.
However, the essential difficultly with Traces of Death lies not so much with any particular images (most of which would have been acceptable in a different, more serious, context) but with the manner in which the images are presented, and with the
underlying, exploitative purpose of the work. Cuts would therefore be unlikely to modify the tone and overall effect of the work acceptably.
Track of the Vampire - 1966 USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. See
Blood Bath
This
John Wayne film suddenly started getting cut from the Cinema Club version of 2003 (29s). Similar cuts for the Classic Entertainment release and slightly less for the Latest WHE International version (21s).
The BBFC statement reads:
Compulsory cuts required to real animal cruelty, sight of horses being ridden off cliff into water and to horse falls.
uncut
54:42s
The 1934 cinema release and all video versions from 1987 to the Delta Music version of 2004 were all uncut
Based on the Imperium Comics series. Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor get stranded in the middle of the Trucker's Triangle, a forgotten
locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere. The hapless group seeks shelter for the night in a seemingly abandoned trailer park they find down the road. However, when the sun sets, it's not refuge they find. Instead, terror finds them in the form
of Norma, a damned redneck reaper with a killer body who dispenses vengeance and death aided by her cursed companions, a bloodthirsty brood of Undead trailer trash.
The acting is good. Some of the deaths are very brutal and gory
but if you can stomach stuff out of say the Saw films then you will be alright with this. The deaths are actually very good and it is a very gory, sexy film with a great soundtrack.
~40s
R rated
93:12s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
2009 Kaleidoscope R2 DVD
2008 cinema release
See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com . The Unrated Version is
about 40s longer than the Theatrical Version. The main difference is that the skinning of the boy is loess detailed in the Theatrical Version. Other deaths are also less detailed, but this does not diminish the cruelty of the torture scenes.
v Train
- 2008 USA horror thriller by Gideon Raff.
Train is a 2008 USA horror thriller by Gideon Raff. Starring Thora Birch, Gideon Emery and Kavan Reece.
Cut in the US for an MPAA R rated release. The uncut version has been
released in France and Austria.
Summary Notes
In Europe, a group of American college athletes unknowingly board a train that will become one deadly ride.
Versions
uncut
France
94:56s =91:08s
France: Released uncut on the Europa label Austria: Released uncut on the Illusions label
There is also a longer French Version
presumably the Unrated Version as it contains extended violent scenes toned down for a US R Rating. See pictorial cuts details from
movie-censorship.com
23s
90:29s
UK: The cut US Version was passed 18 for strong bloody violence, torture and strong sex without
further BBFC cuts for:
2009 Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK [Part Subtitled] R2 DVD
Trainspotting is a 1996 UK drama by Danny Boyle. Starring Ewan
McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller.
The 1996 UK release was uncut and BBFC 18 rated. However the BBFC asked for
cuts for the follow up VHS. The film was also cut in the US for an R rating and this version was released on UK 18 rated DVD without further BBFC cuts. The film was released uncut on 18 rated DVD and Blu-ray in 2009. The uncut version was later released
in the US also with an MPAA R rating.
Summary Notes
A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his
heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being
curious about them...
Versions
uncut
run:
93:38s
pal:
89:53s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for very strong
language, strong sex and violence and hard drug use for:
2s missing from the sex scene with Renton and Diane.
1s missing of needle injection substituted by a view of Renton's face
cut
cut:
14s
run:
93:09s
pal:
89:25s
UK : Passed 18 after 14s of BBFC cuts for:
1996 Polygram VHS
The cut was:
a 14s cut to Renton's (Ewan McGregor's) shooting-up scene. The BBFC video policy at the time was to cut step-by-step process of drug taking where they thought it was likely to prove both fascinating and instructive.
Trainwreck is a 2015 USA comedy by Judd Apatow. Starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader
and Brie Larson.
Exists as an Extended Version and an Theatrical Version.
Summary Notes
Producer Director Judd Apatow from Knocked Up, Bridesmaids, and This is 40, directs breakout comedienne Amy
Schumer from Comedy Centrals Inside Amy Schumer in a new comedy about a young woman with a cool job and a busy social schedule, whose personal life is somewhat of a trainwreck
Versions
Extended Version
129:19s 123:38s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong language, sex, sex references for:
Trans-Europ-Express is a 1967 France/Belgium thriller by Alain
Robbe-Grillet. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier and Nadine Verdier.
Informally banned by the BBFC in 1967. X rated in in 1977 for cinema release. 15 rated in 2013 on DVD
Summary Review
This stylish, cult 1966 erotic thriller stars French new
wave icons Jean-Louis Trintigant. He plays a drug courier smuggling a stash of cocaine from Paris to Antwerp on the Trans-Europ-Express. Matters are complicated by surreal encounters with police, three filmmakers who are also on the train making a film
about drug-traffickers and erotic-fantasy sequences featuring Pisier being bound and subjected to Trintignant's will.
One of the most entertaining and involving films I've ever seen, managing to be cerebral and clever as can be
while never giving into being impenetrable for the sake of being impenetrable.
Versions
uncut
93:45s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence and sexual fetish images for:
The film was eventually granted an X certificate in 1977, having already been granted a certificate by the Bristol authority and screened successfully at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
The film was first screened privately for Trevelyan by the distributor, Connoisseur, to gauge his personal opinion. He indicated that all references to and depictions of sexual sadism would have to be removed: This kind
of sexual perversion is a dangerous one and I am sure we would not pass anything that might stimulate a pervert of that kind. When officially submitted to the BBFC the film was rejected, a ruling which this time was backed by the GLC and other
councils.
Transatlantic: Live at Morsefest 2022: The
Absolute Whirlwind is a 2024 Music Film by Scott Henry Starring Transatlantic
There are no censorship issues with this film. There are two entries in the BBFC database, it is not yet clear what the differences are.
BBFC Notes
TRANSATLANTIC - LIVE AT MORSEFEST 2022: THE ABSOLUTE WHIRLWIND is a recording of a live music show in which the prog rock band play their album 'The Whirlwind' to a festival audience.
Versions
uncut
run:
135:33s
pal:
130:08s
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for discriminatory language, drug references, suicide
references:
2024 Sony Music Entertainment Blu-ray (rated 08/03/2024) titled Transatlantic\t- Live At Morsefest 2022: The Absolute Whirlwind
uncut
run:
145:02s
pal:
139:14s
UK: Uncut and BBFC U rated for no issues likely to offend or harm:
2024 Sony Music Entertainment Blu-ray (rated 08/03/2024) titled Transatlantic\t- Live At Morsefest 2022: The Absolute Whirlwind
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 USA action Sci-Fi adventure by Michael Bay. With Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Big Screen Edition with extra material
used to show off IMAX
Summary Notes
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Deceptions target him and he is dragged back into the
Transformers' war.
Versions
IMAX Big Screen Edition
151:16s =145:13s
UK: The IMAX Version was passed 12 uncut for:
2009 cinema release
US: The uncut Big Screen Edition is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:
Transgression is probably the most recognisable underground film to appear on the Screen Edge label to date, and has also been the most problematic , with the original release being delayed after the BBFC demanded that ten minutes of footage be removed. After much negotiation and discussion, a revised print that DiPaolo himself oversaw - lacking about 8 minutes, and with some scenes replaced with previously unseen footage - was approved.
Having seen the full version, I can understand the BBFC's attitude (though hardly to condone it). In fact, Screen Edge were probably lucky that the film wasn't rejected outright as it deals with the censor's main bone of contention - sexual violence -
in a forthright and uncompromising way.
In many ways, the film is the latest in a stream of low budget movies which look into the mind of the serial killer, eg Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer & Schramm. Transgression differs from these movies
in its stylised treatment of the killers fantasies. We see women tied up and tortured (including in the original, some severe knife/nipple interaction)... and we see it from the point of view of the killer. The images are eroticised, because that's how
the killer sees his acts. Hardly surprising then, that the censors were appalled.
Taken from an article by David Flint in Flesh & Blood issue.
Transmutations - 1985 UK action horror by George Pavlou See Underworld
v The Transporter
- 2002 France / USA action crime thriller by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen (as Cory Yuen).
The Transporter is a 2002 France / USA action crime thriller by Louis
Leterrier and Corey Yuen (as Cory Yuen). Starring Jason Statham, Qi Shu and Matt Schulze.
The film was cut in the US for a PG-13 rating. This cut version was passed
15 without further cuts by the BBFC for 2002 film and 2003 DVD. There is also an uncut International Version.
Summary Notes
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life
along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise--from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW,
Frank adheres to a strict set of rules, which he never breaks. Rule One: Never change the deal. Rule Two: No names--Frank doesn't want to know whom he's working for, or what he's transporting. Rule Three: never look in the package.
Transsiberian is a 2008 Spain / Germany / UK / Lithuania crime mystery thriller by Brad Anderson. Starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley.
BBFC category cuts were required for 2009 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in
the US
Summary Notes
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
UK: Passed 15 for strong violence and threat after 9s of BBFC category cuts for:
2009 Icon video
The BBFC commented:
Company have chosen to remove shots of strong bloody violence within a torture scene, in order to achieve a 15 classification. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 18 was available.
v The Trap - 1966 UK / Canada western
romance by Sidney Hayers.
The Trap is a 1966 UK / Canada western romance by Sidney Hayers. Starring Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed and Rex Sevenoaks.
BBFC cuts were required for 1966 'A' rated cinema release. The BBFC noted
that the cinema cuts persisted to the VHS releases to 1996. The 2018 DVD seems likely to be the same cut version but this is unconfirmed.
Summary Notes
A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling
wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods.
Versions
category cuts
101:51s '101:44s 101:29s
submitted 109:52s =105:28s
UK:
Passed 15 for strong threat, sexual threat, injury detail without further BBFC cuts for:
BBFC cuts were required for 1966 'A' rated cinema release. The BBFC noted that the cinema cuts persisted to the VHS releases to 1996. The 2018 DVD seems likely to be the same cut version but this is unconfirmed.
Trash is a 1970 USA drama by Paul Morrissey. Starring Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn and Geri Miller.
Banned by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release but after extensive cuts it was
passed X for 1972 cinema release. Further heavy cuts were demand for 1991 VHS. It was less cut for 1996 VHS and the cuts were waived for 2005. DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Review: Trash is a classic
The story of Joe [Dallesandro] and his lover-protector, Holly [Woodlawn], who is something to behold, a comic book Mother Courage who fancies herself as Marlene Dietrich but sounds more like Phil Silvers. Joe and Holly try to make a
go of things in their Lower East Side basement, from which Holly goes forth from time to time to cruise the Fillmore East and to scavenge garbage cans, while Joe's journeys are in search of real junk... Trash is true-blue movie-making, funny and
vivid.--Vincent Canby, The New York Times. Written and directed by Paul Morrissey, "presented" by Andy Warhol.
It is a film that could only have been made in the early '70's. It captures people, locations and
scenarios that existed then. This type of guerilla filmmaking is less about a script and more about capturing a moment. I can't imagine these actors sitting around rehearsing scripted lines.
We will never see the likes of
this type of filmmaking again. It is an era unto itself. See this film. At times it can be banal and boring and insane but so is life.
Versions
uncut
MPAA
109:33s =105:10s
UK: The full version was passed 18 uncut with previous cuts
waived for:
The BBFC commented about the waived cuts in article from sbbfc.co.uk : Not Instructional
The only consideration this time was whether or not the two famous injection scenes could be released intact.
Since James Ferman's departure from the Board in 1998 fresh advice had
been taken from experts working in the field of drugs. Having viewed other films previously cut by Ferman they concluded that the type of material shown in Trash was not in fact likely to be instructional. The fact that heroin is injected is widely known
and no genuinely useful information (eg how to dissolve the heroin, what quantities to use, etc) could be gained from the film.
2:20s
103:16s
UK:
The complete film was submitted and passed 18 after 2:20s of BBFC cuts for:
1996 First Independent VHS
The BBFC cuts info:
The BBFC waived their previous cuts to fellatio and masturbation with a beer bottle
The original cinema cuts for drug taking were retained
The original cinema distributor cuts to drug taking scenes were retained
The 1991
video cuts to drug taking were also retained
~12:36s
93:39s
UK: The extensively cut cinema version was passed 18 after a further 1:48s of BBFC cuts for:
1991 Virgin VHS
The BBFC explained the additional cuts that were specified by James Ferman himself, overruling the advice of his examiners and senior staff who argued that these additional cuts were not required. The unilateral intervention of Ferman was not well
appreciated by the rest of the board and resulted in a formal internal committee investigation. The committee concluded that Ferman's intervention was 'improper'. Ferman's cuts were:
Two scenes in this film are
problematic. the scenes at 19 minutes and 55 minutes contain so much detail that they are both instructive and also seductive in immersing the viewer in the ritualistic process of fixing heroin, mixing it in a spoon, using a tourniquet, finding a vein
and actually puncturing it and injecting it .
At 19mins: Reduce detailed use of tourniquet to establish only, removing latter part of shot when it is tightened
At 20mins: Reduce details of puncturing vein with needle by removing close
shot altogether as well as the front medium shot which follows, resuming to hear woman's line: My girlfriend's married...
At 21mins: Reduce later close shot with needle inserted and remove bad cut from
censored film, resuming on panning shot of addict's arm in close up.
At 55mins: After pan away from syringe in glass of water, cut away before woman's offscreen line Oh, can I do anything to help? so as to
remove shot of spoon containing heroin with needle approaching it.
At 56mins: Remove sight of arm clenching to find the vein, replacing it with the following two visuals while couple argue: tight panning shot from
shoulder to face and close shot of addict with woman's arm draped over his shoulder to, resuming on the tight shot of tourniquet on upper arm.
At 57mins: Reduce sustained shot of needle puncturing vein and drawing
blood as syringe is emptied, as follows:
a) shorten dialogue by cuttings (sounds only) from man's voice saying Will you look at what's happening to woman's voice saying ooh to before man says Look at that, Jane.
b) then remove (vision only) emphasis on needle puncturing vein after man's voice says every fucking one of them by replacing shot with close reverse angle of syringe in arm which pans up to tight profile of addict and then
down again to syringe, resuming on wider shot of needle pressing vein to hear woman's offscreen line in re-edited track You hate my in-laws.
c) finally, remove last half of shot altogether, cutting away after
man in re-edited dialogue says Jane, I hate the sound of your voice , resuming on tight profile of addict's face
total ~10:48s
2:48s
distributor ~8:00s
94:50s
submitted 109:41s =105:18s
UK: Passed X (18) after 2:48s of
BBFC cuts for:
1972 cinema release
The BBFC required 2:48s cuts to:
the opening fellatio scene [in fact masked fellatio] (23s)
the first heroin injection scene (43s)
Holly's masturbation with a beer bottle. (1:42s)
The distributor then cut an additional 8 minutes without BBFC permission. The additional cuts were to remove material the distributor thought was boring or offensive
UK: The same cut version was released on pre-cert video for:
Denied a London release, the next opportunity to gauge public and critical opinion would be at the London Film Festival, where the film was shown to critics first and then to a public audience on 19th November 1971 at the National Film Theatre. Questionnaires were issued to the audience by the film's distributor asking whether or not they thought the film should be classified and the critics were also encouraged to review the film. Of those members of the public who filled in the questionnaire, only seven were opposed to the classification of the film.
Although the reaction to the Festival screening had gone some way towards reassuring the Board that the film was not regarded as a glamorisation of drugs, there was still a serious concern over its potential offensiveness
and therefore its unacceptability to local authorities.
BBFC Director Stephen Murphy felt that the self selecting nature of the NFT Festival audience ruled it out as an indicator of general public opinion and therefore
decided to commission some research of his own from the University of Leicester's Centre for Mass Communication. This research, undertaken at the end of 1971, involved showing the film to a group of 86 individuals and asking for their reactions. In
addition to a number of university students, the researchers also bussed in a group of middle aged housewives to seek their views. The results, presented to the Board in February 1972, showed that the majority (58%) were in favour of passing the
film as it was and did not think that it promoted drugs (only six people expressed concerns in this regard). However, there were substantial reservations about the offensiveness of certain scenes (which perhaps not coincidentally included two of the
sequences that would later be cut when the film was finally classified).
In June 1972 the distributor again asked the BBFC to reconsider the ban. Unsurprisingly, the BBFC simply restated its view that, in its full version,
the film was not acceptable. However, Murphy conceded that it might now be possible to pass the film if its most offensive moments (as singled out in the Board's own research) were toned down.
Sensing that there was little
alternative but to go along with the Board the distributor accepted cuts as an option but stated that he could not make changes without the permission of the director. Accordingly Paul Morrissey flew to London on 15th July and cuts were discussed. An
edited version was prepared and presented to the BBFC with 1:08s cut from three scenes. However, the cuts were still considered insufficient by Murphy and the board upped the cuts to 2:48s
In a further twist, it was
brought to Murphy's attention in 1973 that the version of Trash playing in cinemas might not be the same as the version he had passed. Murphy received a highly defensive letter admitting that the film had in fact been subject to further cuts after it had
been passed by the BBFC. Distributor Jimmy Vaughan explained that During the re-editing of Trash to meet the requirements of your Board, I felt I might as well make certain cuts of my own [...] I would also like to mention that I myself removed two
scenes of blood going into the syringe and several other cuts which I felt myself were either boring or possibly distasteful .
The drugs theme was nominally
the justification for the ban, but in fact timing was also an issue. Stephen Murphy was coming in for nutter pressure at the time. A series of controversial films such as The Devils put the BBFC under nutter scrutiny from the likes of Mary Whitehouse's
Festival of Light.
According to the only surviving examiner report, the BBFC was concerned by its effect upon those young people who are not intimately involved in the hard stuff. We think that any cautionary message it might
have is outweighed by the undoubted degradation and its destructive effect upon those who are not intimately involved in the drug scene, or even upon the fringes of it . In considering whether cuts, as Stephen Murphy had initially suggested, might
provide a remedy, the examiners concluded that We do not think that cutting would be a good solution as we would still incur the rage of many ordinary cinema goers without satisfying the progressives .
UK: Banned by
the Greater London Council (GLC) for:
1971 London cinema release
Possibly the GLC were also coming under nutter pressure for passing controversial films for exhibition in London.
UK: The film was also banned by Essex and Sussex council, although it was approved for local exhibition
by Berkshire council after 2 cuts.
Trauma - 1978 Italy/West Germany/Spain mystery thriller by Alberto Negrin. See
Rings of Fear
v Trauma - 1993 Italy/USA horror mystery thriller by Dario Argento.
Trauma is a 1993 Italy/USA horror mystery thriller by Dario Argento. Starring Christopher Rydell and Asia Argento and Piper Laurie. T=
The International Version was cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS. Later uncut and 18
rated from DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. There also exists a longer Italian Version.
Summary Notes
An anorexic young woman escapes from a psychiatric clinic and meets a
young man who wants to help. She is caught and returned to her parents, who are soon beheaded by a garrotting stranger making the rounds about town, apparently striking only when it rains. The orphaned young woman and her new lover launch their own
investigation and are endangered when a link is discovered with the victims and a particular operation performed years before.
Dario Argento has been making stylish, intelligent thrillers for four decades now. As is to be expected
with a director who has close to twenty films in the can, his output has been a little inconsistent over the years. Trauma is on the up side of things, but it's not one of his best efforts.
Italian Version
Italian Version
run:
114m
pal:
109m
Italy
Italy: An Italian version runs for 109m but this was trimmed of uncontentious
material by the distributor by 7m for overseas distribution. The additional material in thsi version doesn't add much to the film:
a new introduction of the Aura and David characters: David (Chris Rydell) drives Grace (Laura Johnson) at the airport and sees Aura (Asia Argento) being beaten by a man whose plane ticket she tried to steal;
a new scene features Grace
visiting David at the TV station and asking him about Aura; David invites Grace to his house and then calls Aura at home to ask her if she needs any food; Aura lies to him and tells she's already eaten;
Aura visits a market and is spotted by Dr.
Jarvis (Frederic Forrest), who tries to catch her;
After David and Aura escape from the Marigold, she tells him she's taken a little souvenir from Nurse Volkmann's purse; another new shot shows the Marigold's owner talking to the police;
David checks into a hotel after following Linda Quirk's car and asks for a room overlooking the parking lot;
David asks for information about Dr. Lloyd in a saloon;
After David calls Grace and asks her for prescription forms, she
meets and confronts him, trying to make him face the fact that he's become a junkie;
International Version
International Version
run:
106m
pal:
102m
UK: The International Version was passed 18 with
previous BBFC cuts waived for:
76 1/2 mins After long shot sight of man in red trousers clapping boards, remove both close shots of woman's forehead branded with steaming knife.
79 mins Later in same sequence remove three
close ups of woman's screaming face.
88 3/4 mins After initial close shot of bearded man's face being burnt with laser, remove all subsequent close ups of his face disintegrating.
89 mins Immediately following, reduce sight of guards on fire staggering towards door.
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:
Reel 4 - Remove Liz's hysteria as force sweeps through briefing room.
Reel 5 - Remove girl's screaming and being burned on forehead with knife in ceremony conducted by Jonas.
Reel 6 - Reduce sight of Socrates dying from heart attack as he hangs upside down, plus Liz's distress.
Reel 6 - Reduce sight of Jonas's face disintegrating after it is riddled with lazer beams,
in particular removing sight of side of face distended.
Reel 6 - Reduce sight of Striker's disfigured face as he holds stones, and greatly reduce sight of men being hosed with jets of flame and staggering on fire.
Also reduce sight of corpse burning on fire.
The Tree of Life is a 2011 USA fantasy drama by Terrence Malick. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain.
The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US, and BBFC 12
rated in the UK. There also exists an Extended Version.
Summary Notes
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the
innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father.
Versions
Extended Version
run:
188:40s
pal:
181:07s
UK: The Extended Version was passed 12
uncut for scenes of potentially dangerous behaviour:
2018 Sony/Criterion Collection [Theatrical + Extended Version] RB Blu-ray at
UK Amazon
US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Sony/Criterion [Theatrical + Extended Versions] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
2018
Sony/Criterion [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R1 DVD at US Amazon
The additional footage will reveal more from the backstory of Pitt's family and will add further background to Sean Penn's character too. Malick considers the Theatrical Version still his 'Director's Cut' but he says this new Extended Cut will shed
some light on a few things. See version details from movie-censorship.com
Theatrical Version
run:
138:42s
pal:
133:09s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 12A uncut for potentially dangerous behaviour for:
2011 Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. video
2011 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version was rated PG-13 for some thematic material
v Triangle
- 2007 China/Hong Kong action film by Ringo Lam, Johnnie To...
The Trip is a 1967 USA drama by Roger Corman. With Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg and Bruce
Dern.
Banned 4 times by the BBFC in 1967, 1971, 1980 and 1988. Passed uncut for TV in 2002 and DVD in 2004. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Review: Far out man!
Paul Groves (Peter
Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis. His wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) has left him and he seeks the help of his friend John (Bruce Dern), a self-styled guru who's an advocate of LSD. Paul asks John to be the
guide on his first "trip". John takes Paul to a "freak-out" at his friend Max's (Dennis Hopper) pad.
The superb title music by Electric Flag sets the scene for one of the most adventurous of cinematic
offerings.
Just why it was banned is unknown and seemingly absurd, of course it portrays drug taking with little emphasis on the dangers surrounding such indulgence, but to argue depiction of such behaviour promotes others
to follow suit would suggest that all films with any violence or portrayal of war should also be banned.
Besides the beauty of the film renders all objections irrelevant. It offers stunning visuals and great actors. A real
slice of psychedelic culture and despite seeming slightly dated, has it's heart in the right place. Far out man!
Peter Fonda recalls that when attending a film exhibition convention in Canada in
1967 to promote his new LSD-fueled Roger Corman-Jack Nicholson film The Trip . Jack Valenti , the head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) who was quickly developing a reputation as morals watchdog as the content of films was
becoming edgier in the late-'60s, issued a plea to those in attendance.
And he got up there, and he said, My friends, and you are my friends, and I thought, That's so far out. And he said it twice, as if we didn't hear it the first time,
Fonda. And like a TV evangelist he says, It's time we stopped making movies about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and more movies like Doctor Dolittle, but he's looking right at me.
Later that day, when Fonda was at an autograph booth, he was
handed a photograph from The Trip to sign. The image depicted him and co-star Bruce Dern riding a Harley in pure silhouette on the Venice Beach bike path. We were so small and fully backlit and looked like we were riding in the sand, said Fonda. And I
looked at the photograph, and I thought, That's it! It's not about 100 Hells Angels going to a Hells Angels funeral, it's two guys riding across John Ford's West. No! They're going east. Oh, that's perfect. A journey to the east. An homage to Hermann
Hesse. Fantastic. I love that story. And I began, and within four hours, I had the whole story, basically.
Versions
uncut
run:
79:02s
pal:
75:52s
UK: Passed 18 uncut for drugs
theme and moderate sex for:
2016 Signal One Entertainment RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
From the opening quote by Ronald Reagan to the intensely sadistic violence in the first few minutes of the film, you know
The Tripper will be loaded with sex, drugs, and rock n roll - as well as extreme political jabs and hippie killing.
The Tripper's strongest point of originality lies within its psychopathic murderer who dons a suit, a tie, and a
President Reagan mask as he metes out his vicious carnage.
Worth checking out for slasher/horror afficiondos.
R Rated
93:12s
The R rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
The Triumph of the Ten Gladiators is a 1964 Spain / Italy / France action drama by Nick Nostro. Starring Dan Vadis, Helga Liné and Stelio Candelli.
Cut by the BBFC for a U rated 1965 cinema release. Uncut in the US.
Summary Notes
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman
Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.
Trolls is a 2016 USA musical animation comedy by Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn. Starring
Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel and Justin Timberlake.
Not cut by censors but exists in UK and US versions (maybe more) presumably to allow localisation of dialogue. Both version was passed U uncut by the BBFC.
Summary Notes
From the
creators of Shrek comes the most smart, funny, irreverent animated comedy of the year, DreamWorks' Trolls. This holiday season, enter a colorful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly
optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach. Featuring original music from Justin Timberlake, and soon-to-be classic mash-ups of songs from other
popular artists, the film stars the voice talents of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand, James Corden, Kunal Nayyar, Ron Funches, Icona Pop, Gwen Stefani, and many more. DreamWorks' TROLLS is a fresh, broad comedy filled with music, heart
and hair-raising adventures. In November of 2016, nothing can prepare you for our new Troll world.
v Troma's War
- 1998 US action adventure by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman.
Troma's War is a 1998 US action adventure by Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman. With Carolyn Beauchamp, Sean Bowen and Rick Washburn.
Massively cut in the US to achieve an R rated theatrical release. This
version was released on VHS in the UK without further cuts. However the BBFC cut the Director's Cut for 1992 cinema release. The Director's Cut is available on US DVD.
Summary Review: Truly demented
A
small group of typical Tromaville citizens find themselves in the path of a terrorist army controlled by the power elite. The freedom of Tromaville and the world is at stake! Troma's War creates a new kind of hero to become saviours and soldiers.
This is a truly demented military-action epic. The film goes off in a direction best described as G.I. Joe on amphetamines, with bloodier-than-Rambo battles, a pig-nosed villain, martial arts, human-ear necklaces,
facially-conjoined twins, tongue-removal-torture and an ASTONISHINGLY offensive henchman named Senor Sida, who's special power is something I probably can't discuss on a family webpage.
ANY sensibilities you may have, this
movie will offend... and it's probably the most constantly violent movie in even the Troma library, so it makes one GREAT party tape. Stick around after the credits.
Troma's War is a very underrated movie, and it got totally fucked by the MPAA . Richard Heffner , who just made a noise like a frog and was president of the MPAA, told Michael Herz
over the phone that our movie stunk. The MPAA is not supposed to do that, and they disemboweled our movie. They took out punches and jokes and things that were perfectly acceptable in movies like Die Hard . I think Heffner's words were "No fuckin
good, or something. It was very unpleasant.
Our violence is, as you know, cartoon violence. That movie followed The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High , so we had built up some steam. But the only way we could get into movie
theaters in 1986 was with an R rating. And the film was cut down to something like a G-rated movie. I'm very bitter about it; I hope Dr. Heffner burns in hell, quite frankly. And I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but the nerve, the arrogance, the
hubris of his comments!
1:33s
102:35s
UK: The Directors Cut was passed 18 after 1:33s of BBFC cuts for:
Tropic of Cancer is a 1970 USA biography by Joseph Strick. With Rip Torn, James T Callahan and David Baur.
Banned by the BBFC for 1970 cinema release. Later the film was granted a London X certificate but hasn't been released since. Uncut on 2010 DVD is the US.
Summary Review: Fairly Explicit
Henry is an ex-pat in Paris, cadging drinks and meals and places to sleep, giving advice about women to clueless men, flirting with the wives of acquaintances, burning bridges, and making philosophical observations. In vignettes we
see his wife Mona come to Paris and leave immediately when she tastes Henry's vagabond life; he tries teaching English at a school in Dijon, takes the son of a wealthy Indian to a bordello, gets a job as a proofreader at the Herald Tribune, and helps out
a pal who's in and out of an asylum and deeply in love with a whore. Can Henry make his own discovery of ecstasy?
The movie had difficulty synthesizing Henry Miller's sense of sacred and profane in harmony. It tried now with
a Rip Torn voiceover reading from Miller's work, then with some poetic shots of the beauty of Paris. It never really seemed to succeed.
The movie could never find anything to focus on. It represents a string of vignettes,
and they don't seem to lead to any common goal. Many scenes seem to concentrate on the minor characters for much too long, and without apparent purpose. Such picaresque efforts rely on the charm of characterization for impact, and this film has some of
that, but not enough. It's structured as if somebody said let's make a film of Tropic of Cancer without actually feeling any passion for why they wanted to do that.
It was certainly interesting to see Rip Torn so
young and so good-looking, and to see Ellen Burstyn in such a flagrant display of nudity. Some of the locales are accurately evocative, and Torn is reasonably credible in the lead. It is fairly explicit in the sexual scenes, and extremely explicit in its
use of language.
After the BBFC ban, the film was given a GLC X certificate. It was shown on Sky in the early 1990s. Its most recent UK showing was in November 2009, as part of the Barbican's directorspective of
the work of Joseph Strick.
Trivia point: It's almost certainly the first US major-studio film to feature the word 'cunt' in its dialogue - earlier than the usual film so credited, Carnal Knowledge .
banned
UK:
Banned by the BBFC for:
1970 cinema release
After the BBFC banned the film the distributors tried their luck with local authorities. In March 1971 the film was viewed by Glasgow licensing magistrates who decided to ban the film. It was reported that one magistrate referred to the film as filthy, disgusting, depraved..
Tropic Thunder is a 2008 USA / UK / Germany action war comedy by
Ben Stiller Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
Exists as an MPAA R rated Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. This Director's Cut was initially MPAA Unrated but seems to have been MPA R rated in 2021. Both versions were 15 rated by the BBFC.
Summary Notes
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Versions
uncut
run:
120:55s
pal:
116:05s
UK: The Unrated Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong language, sex references and comic bloody violence for:
US: IN 2021 an edited version, presumably the Director's Cut, was MPA R rated for pervasive language, crude sexual references, violent content, drug material and brief nudity.
2022 KL Studio Classics [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray at US
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UK: The Theatrical Version was passed
15 without BBFC cuts for strong language, sex references and comic bloody violence for:
2008 Paramount R2 DVD
2008 cinema release
US: The Theatrical Version was MPA R rated for pervasive language, crude sexual references, violent content, drug material and brief nudity.
2022 KL Studio Classics [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray at US
Amazon #ad
See detailed cuts from movie-censorship.com . The significantly edited
version has lost a fair amount of scenes for timing an pacing reasons but also for cuts to violence especially in the opening war sequence.
Trouble With Eve is a 1960 UK comedy by Francis Searle. Starring Hy Hazell, Robert Urquhart and Sally Smith.
BBFC category cuts were required for a 1960 U rated cinema release. The
running times suggest that these cuts persist for PG rated DVD release in 2018.
Summary Notes
Comedy set in the quiet English village of Warlock. Louise Kington has turned her quaint
cottage into the Willow Tree Tearooms. The villagers can foresee nothing but scandal however, as Louise is soon found in an innocent though compromising situation with the local inspector, Roland Axebridge. The arrival of her daughter Eve provides
further opportunities for innocuous sexual jokes and double entendres.
Versions
BBFC category cuts
best available
62:23s
submitted
66:13s =63:34s
UK: Passed PG for mild sex references, innuendo:
2018 Screenbound Pictures video
The running time suggest that the original cinema cuts persist.
See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com : The
Director's Cut of Troy completes many parts of the story line. The characters are much more interesting and many subplots are more suspense-packed, even though the Director's Cut is longer.
R Rated
156:04s
The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
There is nothing on the sleeve of the DVD
to suggest this was other than standard soft porn fare. Whilst it's hardly great, the ingenuity with which the makers translate the Greek classic Odyssey deserves some praise.
Ulysse is a truck driver who gets lost in the desert after his
middle-aged co-driver is lured away by a mirage of beautiful women (The Sirens). They are rescued by a beautiful woman who lives by an oasis (Calypso) who falls in lust with Ulysse and keeps him with her for weeks. Meanwhile Ullyss' wife Pamela
(Penelope) finds her restaurant gradually filling up with bachelor truckers who think Ulysse is dead and fancy claiming his wife and his business. The plot alternates between Ulysse trying to make the difficult journey home, encountering a one-eyed
ogreish woman (the Cyclops), whilst back at the café the suitors and local whores stage drunken sex games and circle around the resourceful Pamela.
All the women, Cyclops excepted, are beautiful and sexy, whilst the men are generally hairy
and rather gnomic looking.
The dubbing is haphazard on the English version but even with that obstacle, Elizabeth Turner gives an elegant, sensuous performance as Pamela, making her a woman well worth crossing a desert
for.
cut
72:11s
The BBFC cut the X rated 1980 cinema release. Issues with titles Truck Stop and also Erotic Encounters
Truck Turner is a 1974 USA action crime thriller by Jonathan Kaplan. Starring Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto and Alan Weeks.
Cut by the BBFC for 1974 cinema release. Later uncut on 18 rated home
video. uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Truck is a bounty hunter who gets a job to track down a guy named Gator. When he and his partner find him, a chase ensues and Gator is killed. This
makes Gator's woman, Dorinda, very angry and she puts a hit on Truck. The man who agrees to kill Truck is named Blue. The question is whether Truck can survive with Blue and his gang on his trail.
The True Adventures
of Wolfboy is a 2018 USA drama by Martin Krejcí. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Jaeden Lieberher and Chris Messina.
The film was originally rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, teen
drinking, language, and some violence. Prior to release the film was edited and resubmitted, this time PG-13 for mature thematic content, drinking, some strong language, sexual references and violence - all involving teens.
Summary Notes
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
True Lies is a 1994 USA action thriller by James Cameron. Starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold.
Cut by the BBFC for 1994 cinema release. Further cut for VHS and DVD. Uncut since 2010. Uncut in the US
Summary Notes
Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government.
For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by the terrorists.
Cutting Edge
Gavin Salkeld separates the fact from the fiction about the BBFC cuts Cutting Edge Episode 12: True Lies
2008 Greatest Ever Action Heroes R2 DVD at UK Amazon
2001 Universal R2 DVD
When re-released on Universal DVD in 2001 the cuts somehow had been forgotten about and this release is uncut. This version can also be identified by the old style 15 certificate image. It was not taken off the market despite both the BBFC and Trading
Standards knowing about it. This version was an Australian dual region 2/4 version repackaged
The True Lies DVD with copyright notice 2003 and new style certificate image is cut. The same cuts were specified as for the VHS video but were implemented differently ending up with 20s of cuts and substitutions
Cuts compiled and compared to VHS
cuts by Gavin Salkeld
In the bathroom fight, the headbutt delivered by Schwarzenegger right after he pulls the terrorist's coat down has been disguised by cutting away to a shot of the old man in the toilet cubicle. Unlike the video version, we hear the sound effect
When Arnie and the bad guy pair fall onto the floor, the shots of Schwarzenegger clapping the bad guy's ear, just before kicking him back, have been disguised by once again cutting to a shot of the old man in the cubicle
Just after
Schwarzenegger pulls the hand dryer off the wall, he should hit the terrorist three times hard in the face. However, all the hits have been terribly disguised by cutting away to a shot of Schwarzenegger hitting the terrorist in the neck with his arm from
earlier in the fight; the terrorist flinging his coat on the floor from earlier in the fight, and a slowed-down shot of the old man wincing. This looks very bad indeed, with four frames of the terrorist's bloody face inserted into a mass of edited
footage that looks positively awful
Just after this, Schwarzenegger pulls the bad guy's head into a urinal, and his head clangs into the porcelain. He should then force his head back into the bowl with another loud clang just before flushing it,
but we fail to see both hits as we, again, cut away to a slowed-down shot of the old man that was used earlier in the fight
During the sequence where Schwarzenegger is test-driving Bill Paxton's car, he has a vision of smacking him in the face
as he makes comments about Arnie's wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Paxton's bloodied face falls backwards into shot, the shot should hold for about three seconds but we only get a quick glimpse lasting a few frames before cutting away to the zoom-in on
Arnie from right before the punch. This looks totally awful, as the camera cuts back to the same shot from the footage after the punch, and is noticeable by the change of background and Arnie's head jumping position and sudden change of expression. This
looks very, very amateurish and isn't doing poor James Cameron any favours at all
During the scene where Schwarzenegger is held captive by the torturer and guard, his escape from their company has been cut. When Schwarzenegger throws the trocar
at the guard, we don't see the implement make contact at all, and the camera cuts away during the whip pan. The resulting sound effect has also being entirely cut
Immediately afterwards, the neck break of the torturer has been removed in its
entirety, and we now cut from the aforementioned whip pan to a shot of the man's neck already broken. However, the snap of the neck still plays over this static shot which looks atrocious
When Arnie rams the tyre iron in the next bad guy's
chest, the second shot of him yanking the iron upwards and cracking his ribs has been removed as per the UK video. This is the only cut that doesn't look obvious in the whole DVD
Shortly after, Schwarzenegger begins to take out numerous random
terrorists. At one point, he slides down a rope to break one terrorist's neck. In the DVD, the sequence does not cut away as per the video, but the profile shot of the bad guy's head being twisted with a loud crack has been removed. The remaining footage
has been slowed down to fill up the gap left by the now-cut profile shot, and looks dreadful. Just as Arnie makes contact with the bad guy's head, we hear the sound effect of the neck snapping and cut to a profile shot of the guard falling forwards in
slow motion with the sound playing, which looks laughably appalling.
9s
134:50s
UK: Passed 15 after 9s (1s cinema cut + an addition 8s for video) of BBFC cuts for:
1995 CIC VHS
True Lies, one of the more popular action movies of the 1990s, had some trouble at the BBFC (like a lot of the more popular action movies of the 1990s!). The cinema version escaped with only a single one second cut to remove a double-ear clap. However
on video, due to the possibility of underage viewers in the home, more violence was removed.
Director James Cameron was open about his dislike for the BBFC's intervention, and took it upon himself to implement the cuts personally.
In the bathroom fight, the headbutt delivered by Schwarzenegger right after he pulls the terrorist's coat down has been removed
When the pair fall onto the floor, the shots of Schwarzenegger clapping the bad guy's ear, just before kicking
him back, have been sliced
Just after Schwarzenegger pulls the hand dryer off the wall, he should hit the terrorist three times hard in the face. However, this has been reduced to just one hit in this version
Just after this,
Schwarzenegger pulls the bad guy's head into a urinal, and his head clangs into the porcelain. He should then force his head back into the bowl with another loud clang just before flushing it, but the second hit has been removed entirely
During
the sequence where Schwarzenegger is test-driving Bill Paxton's car, he has a vision of smacking him in the face as he makes comments about Arnie's wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Paxton's bloodied face falls backwards into shot, the shot should hold for
about three seconds but we only get a quick glimpse lasting a few frames before cutting away to Arnie. This looks very awkward and unusual and spoils the rhythm, and joke, of the scene
During the scene where Schwarzenegger is held captive by the
torturer and guard, his escape from their company has been cut. When Schwarzenegger throws the trocar at the guard, we don't see the implement lodge itself in the guard's eye, his head snap back, or his fall off-screen
Immediately afterwards, a
few frames have been removed from the start of Schwarzenegger breaking the torturer's neck, in order to lessen the impact of the snap
When Arnie rams the tyre iron in the next bad guy's chest, the second shot of him yanking the iron upwards and
cracking his ribs has been removed
Shortly after, Schwarzenegger begins to take out numerous random terrorists. At one point, he slides down a rope to break one terrorist's neck. This sequence has been cut in half and footage rearranged to
lessen the tension and relish for violence. Also, the profile shot of the bad guy's head being twisted with a loud crack has been removed, and instead we hear the sound effect from a high shot as the guard falls forward onto a crate
True Romance is a 1993 USA/France crime thriller by Tony Scott. With
Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette and Dennis Hopper.
Cut by the MPAA for an R rating and further cut by the BBFC for 18 rated cinema and VHS releases. The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for 1997 VHS and DVD and is Unrated in the US.
Summary Review :
A great movie
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
This is a
great movie, a cool movie, a funny movie and an action movie. The path to true love never runs smooth and a battle of wits ensues between Clarence, the police and the mob leading to a classic finale in this action packed film.
There are classic scenes that unmistakeably bare Tarantino's hallmark. The opening scene where the heterosexual Clarence (Slater) states that he'd sleep with Elvis if he were still alive, or the showdown between Clarence and
dreadlocked gangster (Oldman). Or the showdown between the mob boss (Walken) and Clarence's Dad (Hopper).
Director's Cut
uncut
run:
120:51s
pal:
116:01s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18
uncut for strong bloody violence:
2019 Arrow video
UK: The Director's Cut/Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:
2012 Lions Gate Tarentino XX (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
Drug deal in motel room: cut: several violent shots missing and dialogue about "eating pussy". Also cut Samuel Jackson telling Floyd that if he smokes enough sherm he'll be up there suckin' niggers dicks.
Clearance's murder of
Drexl: cut: some preamble and several shots including the bullet hitting Drexl in the groin.
Hit man Virgil beating up Alabama in hotel room: major cuts: After 1st blow, 47secs cut Alabama gestures to Virgil that she will tell him where the coke
is, Virgil approaches and Alabama spits at him. In response Virgil punches her in the stomach. Shots of Alabama observing her bruised body whilst lying on the floor are deleted. The scene ends on video when Alabama kills Virgil with her 1st shot. The
original has her shooting 4 more times and then beating his dead body with the gun.
Shootout at the hotel: heavily cut: numerous shots of bodies riddled with bullets along with the dialogue "Take your fucking SA card and burn it you little
cocksucker". Most notably the shot of Alabama killing the cop has been replaced by a Mafioso doing the dirty deed. Clearly it was felt that the heroine should not kill anyone and get away with it.
3s
2:03s
cut:
2:96s
run:
118:28s
pal:
113:44s
UK: The cut R Rated Version was passed 18 after a further BBFC cut of 3s for:
1995 Warner VHS
1994 Warner VHS
1993 cinema release
The original rental version carried a sticker claiming incorrectly that the video was uncut. This was replaced for sell-thru by the more accurate sticker "Original Cinema Version". (This was from an era when cinema versions were being
routinely further cut for home video).
The BBFC cut was:
to remove a very brief shot of Alabama being thrown through a glass shower curtain in the hotel room assault by Virgil.
Truth Or Dare is a 2018 USA horror thriller by Jeff Wadlow. Starring Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey and Violett Beane.
Exists as a cut Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut. It seems that the
UK cinema release was the cut version and home video releases are the uncut version.
Summary Notes
A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone -- or something -- begins to
punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.
Versions
Director's Cut
96:22s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong threat, violence for:
The film was cut by 32s for an MPAA PG-13 rating. Basically all aspects that the MPAA
doesn't like too much in PG-13 films was toned down or replaced: violence, language, sex and drinking.
