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Dr. No
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Dr. No is a 1962 UK James Bond film by Terence Young. With Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and Bernard Lee. 
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated cinema release in 1962. These cuts have persisted to all worldwide releases since. |
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UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG after BBFC cuts for:
UK: Passed A after BBFC cuts for:
US: MPAA PG rated for:
The cuts were presumably to the negative as was often the norm in the 60s, so cuts now persist to all prints worldwide.
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From Russia with Love
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From Russia with Love is a 1963 UK James Bond film by Terence Young. With Sean Connery, Robert Shaw and Lotte Lenya.
BBFC category cuts were required for an A rated 1963 cinema release. Most of these cuts persisted to PG rated home video. |
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110:23s |
UK: Passed PG with most cuts persisting, but the old cinema cut to Tania walking nude towards the bed has been restored for:
US: MPAA PG rated for:
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Submitted 122:19s =117:25s |
UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC cuts were:.
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Goldfinger
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Goldfinger is a 1964 UK James Bond film by Guy Hamilton. With Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe and Honor Blackman.
Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated 1964 cinema release. The cuts have persisted into all worldwide releases since |
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UK: Passed PG after BBFC cuts for:
US: MPAA PG rated for:
Thanks to Gavin Salkeld. The 1964 Cinema cuts, presumably to the negative, as was often the norm in the 60s, persist to all cinema/video/DVD releases worldwide
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Thunderball
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Thunderball is a 1965 UK James Bond film by Terence Young. With Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema but uncut on home video Cutting Edge: Quick Trims BBFC cuts to the 1965 cinema release.
See video
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124:56s |
UK: Passed PG uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:
US:
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. |
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129:43s =124:32s |
UK: Passed A after BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC cuts were:
See article from bbfc.co.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:
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. |
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You Only Live Twice
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You Only Live Twice is a 1967 UK James Bond film by Lewis Gilbert. With Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama.
All releases in US/UK have been uncut |
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UK: Passed A/PG Uncut for:
This was the first James Bond film to be passed uncut by the BBFC. US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
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George Lazenby |
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a 1969 UK James Bond film by Peter R Hunt. With George Lazenby, Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas.
Cut for a suggestive joke for cinema release and the cut has persisted to all version since |
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135:43s |
UK: Passed A/PG after BBFC cuts for:
The cinema release was edited by the BBFC to change a single line for theatrical exhibition:
US:
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127:05s |
UK: A very short unknown version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
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Diamonds Are Forever
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Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 UK James Bond film by Guy Hamilton. With Sean Connery, Jill St. John and Charles Gray.
Cut by the BBFC for UK cinema release. Uncut on DVD but recently uprated from PG to 12 |
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114:38s |
UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate language, violence and threat for:
The BBFC judged that the following were more appropriately rated 12 rather than the previous PG: UK: Passed PG uncut after film cuts were restored for:
US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:
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submitted 119:36s =114:49s |
UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC cuts for:
BBFC cinema cuts:
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Roger Moore |
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Live and Let Die
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Live and Let Die is a 1973 UK action adventure thriller by Guy Hamilton. Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto and Jane Seymour.
Always uncut in the US and UK. Summary Notes
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116:17s |
UK: Passed A/PG uncut for:
US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:
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The Man with the Golden Gun
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The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 UK action adventure thriller by Guy Hamilton. Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland.
Always uncut in the UK and US Summary Notes
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The Man With the Golden Gun is a 1974 UK James Bond action film by Guy Hamilton. With Roger Moore, Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland.
UK: Passed PG uncut for:
UK: Passed A uncut for:
US:
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 UK James Bond action film by Lewis Gilbert. With Roger Moore, Barbara Bach and Curd Jürgens.
Never cut |
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120:17s |
UK: Passed A/PG uncut for:
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Moonraker
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Moonraker is a 1979 UK/France Bond film by Lewis Gilbert. With Roger Moore, Lois Chiles and Michael Lonsdale.
Uncut in the US and UK. |
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120:58s |
UK: Passed PG uncut for:
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For Your Eyes Only
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For Your Eyes Only is a 1981 UK Bond film by John Glen. With Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet and Topol.
Always uncut |
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122:25s |
UK: Passed PG uncut for:
US:
See article from dailymail.co.u : Fuddy Duddy Censor
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Octopussy
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Octopussy is a 1983 UK/US James Bond action film by John Glen. With Roger Moore, Maud Adams and Louis Jourdan.
A nipple slip was cut from the opening credits but otherwise uncut. |
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125:13s |
UK: Passed PG after BBFC suggested cuts were implemented for:
The opening credits were edited after an advice screening during post production to darken a single shot of a visible nipple. When formally submitted later, it was passed PG uncut (i.e. no additional edits were made, but it is still pre-cut. This is the worldwide version available everywhere). US:
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A View to a Kill
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A View to a Kill is a 1985 UK/US James Bond action film by John Glen. With Roger Moore, Christopher Walken and Tanya Roberts.
Cut by the BBFC at the advice screening stage and the cuts have persisted for all releases since |
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125:36s |
UK: Passed PG after BBFC cuts for:
US:
The BBFC commented:
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Timothy Dalton |
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The Living Daylights
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The Living Daylights is a 1987 UK James Bond action film by John Glen. With Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo and Jeroen Krabbé.
All releases have been uncut |
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125:16s |
UK: Passed PG uncut for:
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Licence To Kill
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Licence to Kill is a 1989 UK James Bond film by John Glen . With Timothy Dalton and Carey Lowell.
Heavily cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. The less cut US Theatrical Version released in 2000. Uncut since 2006 |
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UK: The Ultimate Edition was passed 15 uncut for:
The 2006 Ultimate Edition includes all the previously cut MPAA and BBFC footage, making it the first totally uncut DVD release in the world. US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
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127:23s |
UK: The cut US Theatrical Version was passed 15 with previous BBFC cuts waived for:
The film had problems with the MPAA, who requested edits for PG-13 to:
These cuts were nowhere near as extensive as the BBFCs, however. |
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126:50s |
UK: The UK Theatrical Version was passed 15 after BBFC cuts for:
The BBFC cuts were:
The sound must be reduced at the following times:
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GoldenEye
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GoldenEye is a 1995 UK/US James Bond action film by Martin Campbell With Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean.
Cut for the International Version and further cut by the BBFC for cinema release, VHS and DVDs until 2003. The BBFC home video cuts have been waived since 2006. The International Version in the best available and is now the current version in the US and UK. Summary Notes
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124:37s |
UK: The Ultimate Edition/International Version was passed 15 for strong violence with the previo2001 UK Specific cuts waived for
US: The International Version is MPAA PG-13 rated for:
See the full story of censor cuts to GoldenEye in the article Rough Treatment by Gavin Salkeld Note from nuts4R2, April 2014: My Blu-ray ultimate set still seems to have a severely truncated helicopter fight/death scene. |
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124:04s |
UK: The International version without the UK specific cuts was submitted, but the BBFC asked for the UK specific 13s of cuts to be re-applied for:
The BBFC commented:
The other cuts were applied slightly differently and more noticeably for
Thanks to Joel: Box set DVD extras include a documentary looking at this history of Bond. When it came to an interview with Famke Janssen about her character Xenia, one of the scenes shown was this exact same scene in it's UNCUT format. |
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UK: A Pre-cut version was passed 12 after BBFC and MPAA advised cuts were implemented prior to submission for:
See the full story of censor cuts to GoldenEye in the article Rough Treatment
by Gavin Salkeld: International Version Cuts The rough cut was shown to the BBFC and MPAA. This resulted in a set of International version cuts that were common to the concerns of both censors. These cuts have become common to all releases of GoldenEye and look unlikely to ever be reversed. The cuts were:
UK Specific Cuts In addition to the International Version cuts, additional cuts were made that were specific to the UK release
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Tomorrow Never Dies
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Tomorrow Never Dies is a 1997 UK/US James Bond action film by Roger Spottiswoode. With Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce and Michelle Yeoh.
Some cuts were made by the MPAA for theatrical release. More cut by the BBFC for a 12 rated cinema release. The BBFC made further cuts for 12 rated VHS and 2001. The BBFC cuts were dropped for the 15 rated 2002 DVD but original US cuts still apply. This is the International Version and is the best available. The Inernational Version was rated 12 by the BBFC in 2012. |
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114:18s |
UK: The International Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for frequent moderate action violence:
UK: The International Version was passed 15 after all BBFC video cuts were waived for:
US: The International Version is cut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:
The International Version includes some cuts made at the rough cut stage to secure an MPAA PG-13 rating. It was substantially less cut than the UK cinema release and has now become the definitive version. |
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114:02s |
UK: The International Version was passed 12 after a further 6s of BBFC video cuts
The BBFC commented on their video cuts: Tomorrow Never Dies followed the pattern of the recent Bonds of being slightly too violent for its intended audience. When it opened in the cinema, the Board considered that, on grounds of violence, the film had just scraped through as a 12, yet to our surprise, the British public, for all their reported concern about screen violence, lapped it up, content to treat James Bond as fantasy violence. The producers were alerted to the probability that, if 12 were to remain the target category on video, the film might need further cuts in violence, since the Video Recordings Act laid down the need to assess the likelihood of underage viewing, which in this case was a virtual certainty. The additional BBFC video cuts were:
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119:08s =114:22s |
UK: Passed 12 after BBFC suggested cuts at the rough cut stage were implemented for:
There have been sound cuts throughout the video.
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The World is Not Enough
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The World is Not Enough is a 1999 UK/US Bond film by Michael Apted. With Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle.
Never cut by the BBFC or MPAA. |
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Passed 12 uncut for:
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Die Another Day
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Die Another Day is a 2002 UK / USA action crime adventure by Lee Tamahori. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike.
Always uncut in the UK. Cut for a US PG-13 rating until 2006 when the uncut version was released on home video. Summary Notes
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UK: The uncut International Version passed 12A/12 uncut for:
US: The US censors waived their cuts for the Ultimate Edition, still with an MPAA PG-13 rating for:
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US: The Original US Version was cut by 7s for an MPAA PG-13 Rating.
The cuts were:
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Casino Royale
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Casino Royale is a 2006 US/UK/Czech/Germany/Bahamas spy film by Martin Campbell. With Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Judi Dench.
Originally cut according to BBFC for a 12 rating. The uncut version was later released on Blu-ray with a 15 rating Summary Notes
Cutting Edge
A video and detailed description of the BBFC and MPAA cuts in See more from Cutting Edge |
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UK: Passed 15 uncut for one scene of torture and strong action violence for:
The BBFC noted:
The BBFC later commented that not all the cut material was restored. Some material seen during the rough cut stage did not make the final cut, but the UK 15 rated release is now the same as the uncut version already released is Scandinavia, Netherlands, Japan and Australia. |
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UK: Passed 12A/12 after BBFC advised category cuts were implemented for:
The BBFC commented: Cut on BBFC advice in 2006: This film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version, for advice as to the film's suitability at '12A'. The BBFC advised the company that the torture scene placed too much emphasis on both the infliction of pain and the sadism of the villain for the requested '12A' category. When the completed version of the film was submitted for classification, reductions to the torture sequence had been made, including the removal of lingering shots of the rope, close shots of Bond's facial reaction and the substitution of a more distant shot of the beating compared to the original version. This re-edited version of the scene was considered acceptable at '12A', where the Guidelines permit violence provided there is no dwelling on detail or emphasis on injuries. Thanks to Floyd: The Region 3 DVD is uncut, but there's nothing graphic in the torture scene. There are a couple of lingering shots, most notably where Le Chiffre lands the rope gently on Bond's shoulder. |
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US: The PG-13 rated US region 1 release was cut.
Through the use of numerous techniques including small snips, the shifting of edit points and alternative footage, Campbell re-edited the film's opening bathroom fight and the later stairwell fight to secure a PG-13 rating in the United States. |
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Quantum of Solace
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Quantum of Solace is a 2008 UK/US action film by Marc Forster. With Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko and Mathieu Amalric.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release, and this cut version was released worldwide |
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UK: Passed 12A/12 after a BBFC suggested cut was implemented for:
The BBFC commented:The film was originally seen by the BBFC in an unfinished version, for advice as to the film's suitability at '12A'. The BBFC advised the company that the film would most likely receive a '12A' as it was, but that care should be taken when finishing the film not to increase the intensity of certain scenes. US: The International Version is MPAA PG-13 rated for:
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Skyfall
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Skyfall is a 2012 UK/USA crime action adventure thriller by Sam Mendes. With Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory and Javier Bardem.
All UK/US versions are uncut. |
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UK: Passed 12A uncut for moderate action violence and one use of strong language for:
The BBFC noted in its Annual Report:
US: MPAA PG-13 rated for intense violent sequences throughout, some sexuality, language and smoking for:
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Spectre
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Spectre is a 2015 USA / UK action adventure thriller by Sam Mendes. Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes.
BBFC advised category cuts were made for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release and subsequent 12 rated home video releases. The cut UK version has been distributed worldwide. Summary Notes
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UK: Passed 12/12A for moderate violence, threat after BBFC advised pre-cuts for:
This film was originally seen for advice in an unfinished version. The company was advised it was likely to be classified 15 but that their preferred 12A could be obtained by making reductions:US: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images, sensuality and language. It has been confirmed that the BBFC cut version has been distributed worldwide. |
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India: Passed U/A (children allowed if accompanied by adults) after 4 CBFC cuts for:
The CBFC cuts were:
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