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 v          Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - 2012 USA animation adventure comedy family by Steve Martino , Mike Thurmeier.


 X   Ice Age 4: Continental Drift

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  • Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift is a 2012 USA animation adventure comedy family by Steve Martino , Mike Thurmeier.
With Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Standard releases are uncut by film censors but an audio descriptive version was cut for language

Summary Notes

Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new wor...

Versions

uncut
US Version
run: 87:36s
pal: 84:06s
U cert

MPAA PG

UK: Passed U uncut for mild threat and comic violence for:
  • 2012 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 2012 [2D + 3D] cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

uncut
UK Version
run: 87:36s
pal: 84:06s
U certUK: The UK Version was passed U uncut for mild threat and comic violence for:
  • 2012 20th Century Fox R2 Video

Maybe there is some UK specific dialogue

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 4s
run: 87:36s
pal: 84:06s

U certUK: The Audio Descriptive Version was passed U for mild threat and comic violence after 4s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 20 12 20th Century Fox R2 Video

The BBFC commented:

  • Distributor chose to remove a use of the word spastic , as a term to describe a character, in order to achieve a U classification.

The word 'spastic' appeared in the audio description rather than the film itself.

 v   The Ice Pirates - 1984 US action comedy by Stewart Raffill


 X   The Ice Pirates

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The Ice Pirates is a 1984 US action comedy by Stewart Raffill
Starring Robert Urich, Mary Crosby and Michael D. Roberts BBFC link 2020 IMDb

BBFC category cuts were required for a PG rated cinema release in 1984. UK home video releases are uncut and 15 rated. The film is uncut and MPAA PG rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 93:44s
pal: 89:59s
15

BBFC 15 1982

MPAA PG

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong injury detail, sex:
  • 2024 Warner Bros Entertainment UK Blu-ray (rated 11/03/2024)
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated:
  • 1987 MGM Home VHS (rated 12/01/1987)

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated

BBFC cut
category
cuts
cut: 2:11s
run: 91:38s
pal: 87:58s
BBFC PG 1982UK: Cut and PG rated after 2:11s of BBFC category cuts:
  • 1984 U.I.P. cinema release (rated 02/07/1984)

Thanks to Scott. The BBFC cuts list reads:

  • Reel 2 a) During discussion in prison on space ship and in cage after landing remove references to men being castrated.
  • Reel 2 b) When heroes are on conveyor belt remove threats of castration and repeated sight of snapping jaws.
  • Reel 3 a) After Alien creature bites heroes, remove reference to it as Space Herpe - when Jason reads cargo manifest.
  • Reel 3 b) Remove sight of man's head falling off after woman slices sword across man's neck in fight in bar.
  • Reel 4 a) Remove reference to Space Herpe after it emerges from hunk of meat.
  • Reel 4 b) After talking head delivers up ring on tongue, remove head's dialogue want to make a deposit? .
  • Reel 5 Establish only lovemaking between Jason and Princess after they go to the passion chamber with back projection, removing all sex double entendres in their dialogue and implication of oral sex.
 v   The Iceman Cometh - 1989 Hong Kong action comedy romance by Clarence Fok


 X   The Iceman Cometh

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  • Ji dong ji xia
  • Time Warriors
The Iceman Cometh is a 1989 Hong Kong action comedy romance by Clarence Fok
Starring Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen and Wah Yuen Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1997. Later uncut and 15 rated since 2005 DVD.

Summary Review

A frozen Ming Dynasty royal guard and the equally frigid rapist-killer he's tracking are thawed out in modern-day Hong Kong.

I really like this beautifully shot and choreographed action-fantasy/time travel yarn from Clarence Fok, the director of the moody Gun and Rose and the highly regarded Naked Killer . It is an ambitious, rich production that boasts several stunning martial arts sequences and not a few jaw-dropping stunts. It is such an aesthetically rich and varied piece of entertainment that it never fails to please.

Biao is excellent as the naive palace guard who comes into contact with sweet-natured callgirl Maggie Cheung. He is totally believable as the fish out of water and stunning when asked to demonstrate his extraordinary physical skills. A fight atop a crane is masterful, as is a snow-bound sword fight, a duel inside a museum and a heart-stopping leap over a speeding car on a freeway. Yuen Wah, whose character warms immediately to 20th century firearms and criminality, is also amazing in his demanding, bone-punishing role.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 114:26s
pal: 109:51s
15 cert

UK: Passed 15 uncut after previous BBFC cuts were waived:

BBFC cut
cut
cut: 13s
run: 113:44s
pal: 109:11s
18UK: Passed 18 after 13s of BBFC cuts:
  • 1997 Made in Hong Kong VHS

The cuts were applied to a rape scene

 v          Ichi the Killer - 2001 Japan action crime comedy by Takashi Miike.


 X   Ichi the Killer

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  • Koroshiya 1
  • Koroshiya ichi
Ichi the Killer is a 2001 Japan action crime comedy by Takashi Miike.
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori and Shin'ya Tsukamoto. YouTube icon IMDb
The film was substantially cut by the BBFC for all UK releases. THE US MPAA Unrated version is the uncut Director's Cut but there is also a cut MPAA R rated Version. Banned in Norway and Malaysia, and temporarily banned in Germany.
Summary Review

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

I have come away with the impression that Miike is a brilliant filmmaker capable of forcing extreme reactions from his viewers. Hollywood should take note of this guy and bring him over here for a project or two. Miike's warped visions would send American censors scrambling for a sedative, and most mainstream viewers would recoil from the graphic nature of this director's films.

A word of warning for those thinking of indulging in "Ichi the Killer": the movie is loaded with sadism, gore, black comedy, and all around unpleasantness. It's a tough watch, even for a gore fan.

Versions

uncut
uncut
Director's Cut
run: 128:33s
pal: 123:24s
MPAA UnratedUS: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:
A full digital restoration of the director's cut of ICHI THE KILLER was undertaken by Emperor MotionPictures in 2017. A new transfer was created in 4k resolution from a 35mm inter-negative at L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy. It was then digitally restored and colour graded in 4K resolution. With a running time of 128 minutes, this restored version of ICHI THE KILLER, as personally approved by Takashi Miike, is presented it its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 3:15s
run: 125:00s
pal: 120:00s
18

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UK: The Director's Cut was 18 for strong scenes of violence and bloodshed after 3:15s of compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 2009 Showbox R2 DVD
  • 2007 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD
  • 2004 Medusa/E1 Special Collector's Box R2 DVD
  • 2003 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD
  • 2002 cinema release

The BBFC explained the cuts:

The BBFC has required 11 cuts (approximately three and a quarter minutes of screen time) to the Japanese cinema film Ichi the Killer . The cuts have been made to remove extreme sexualised violence. These are the most substantial cuts required by the BBFC to an 18 rated film since 1994.

The Board's main concern is with content which is likely to promote harmful activity. The Board's Guidelines constrain, in particular, depictions which eroticise or appear to endorse sexual violence. Of specific concern are sexual images in a violent context which are designed to titillate. The Guidelines take account of academic research which indicates that violence when mixed with explicit sexual images (women forcibly stripped, shots which linger on naked breasts or genitalia during rape or assault) may produce a harmful response in some viewers.

The scenes cut from Ichi the Killer include naked women being sexually mutilated or beaten or killed. They contain images of erotically explicit violence which have never been passed by the BBFC at any classification level.

Ichi the Killer is a live action film based on a popular Japanese manga comic. Ichi, who has unusual powers, is caught in a conflict between two rival yakuza gangs. The film taken as a whole belongs to a genre of vivid fantasy violence which has been part of Japanese cinema for many years. The Board does not consider that the cartoon-like damage perpetrated by male gangsters on one another in the rest of the film is likely, at the adult classification level, to inspire emulation. However, this contrasts sharply with the eroticized scenes of violence against female characters which the Board has cut. These scenes appear to the Board to have no function other than the pleasure of the onlooker.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

New Zealand : The Siren DVD is the cut UK version.

mpaa cut
cut
MPAA RUS: There's also a cut R rated US version from Media Blasters.
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cut
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Universe DVD has been cut by approximately 13 minutes.
banned
banned
internationalGermany: The film has been banned and subsequently cut by 18 minutes

Norway: Banned

Malaysia: Banned

See also Banned International: Ichi the Killer

 v     An Ideal Place to Kill - 1971 Italy / France / Denmark / Switzerland crime thriller by Umberto Lenzi.


 X   An Ideal Place to Kill

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  • Un posto ideale per uccidere
  • The Oasis of Fear
An Ideal Place to Kill is a 1971 Italy / France / Denmark / Switzerland crime thriller by Umberto Lenzi.
Starring Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock and Ornella Muti. IMDb
Uncut by censors but a 2020 release in the US features hardcore inserts not seen before on video.

Summary Notes

Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
MPAA Unrated US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for

The promotional material announces a fully uncut version that features x-rated inserts never before on video

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 88:06s
pal: 84:35s
18 1980UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex and threat of torture:
  • 2008 Argent Films video
 v          Identity


 X   Identity

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Identity

Versions

BBFC uncut15 cert86:17s 2003 US thriller by James Mangold

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 without cuts for the 2003 cinema release and 2003 Columbia/TriStar DVD/Blu-ray.

There is also an Extended Version.

From version details on IMDb :

  • There is an additional scene at the courthouse showing Detective Varole getting upset that the prisoner transport is out of contact.
  • It also has a re-cut ending featuring a little ore violence

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

 v          Identity Thief - 2013 USA crime comedy by Seth Gordon.


 X   Identity Thief

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Identity Thief is a 2013 USA crime comedy by Seth Gordon.
With Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Peet. YouTube icon IMDb

Inevitably 2 versions, Unrated and R Rated Theatrical. Both are 15 uncut in the UK. The additional material for the Unrated version is uncontroversial.

Extended Version/Unrated Version

uncut
Unrated Version
run: 120:20s
pal: 115:31s
15 cert

MPAA Unrated

UK: The Extended Version/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for strong sex, sex references and strong language for:

US: The Unrated Version is released for:

  • 2013 Universal [Theatrical + Unrated] RA Blu-ray/R1 DVD Combo at US Amazon
  • 2013 Universal [Theatrical + Unrated] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The Unrated Version is 8:49s longer. Typical unrated material that could've been too risque for the R -rated theatrical version is nowhere in sight.

Theatrical Version

uncut
Theatrical Version
run: 111:11s
pal: 106:44s
15 cert

MPAA R

UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong sex, sex references and strong language for:
  • 2013 Universal R2 DVD
  • 2013 cinema release
 v     An Idiot Abroad: Season 3 Episode 3


 X   An Idiot Abroad: Season 3 Episode 3

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An Idiot Abroad: Season 3 Episode 3

Versions

cut
pre-cut
15 cert44:41s

An Idiot Abroad is a 2010 UK TV documentary comedy.
With Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. IMDb

UK: AN edited Version was passed 15 for strong language for without BBFC cuts:

  • 2012 2Entertain RB Blu-ray
  • 2012 2Entertain R2 DVD

It was passed 15 uncut a few weeks earlier but seems to be one of batch of DVDs resubmitted by 2Entertain when jokes about children were being deleted. This is as a result of sensitivity arising from the Jimmy Savile scandal.

uncut
uncut
15 cert44:41s UK: Passed uncut for strong language for:
  • 2012 2Entertain Video Replaced with a cut version
 v          Idhu Namma Aalu - 2016 romance by Pandiraj.


 X   Idhu Namma Aalu

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Idhu Namma Aalu is a 2016 romance by Pandiraj.
Starring TR Silambarasan, Nayanthara and Andrea Jeremiah.

BBFC category cuts were required for a 2016 12A rated cinema release

Versions

BBFC cut
category cuts
2s
12A 136:35s UK: Passed 12A for suicide references, infrequent gory images after 2s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2016 cinema release
The BBFC commented:
  • The distributor chose to remove a scene of attempted suicide (a woman cutting her wrist) in order to achieve a 12A classification. A 15 rating, without cuts, was available.
 v   The Idiots - 1998 Danish comedy by Lars Von Trier.


 X   The Idiots

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  • Idioterne
  • Dogma 2: The Idiots
The Idiots is a 1998 Danish comedy by Lars Von Trier.
With Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus and Anne Louise Hassing. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Uncut in the UK. Real sex was censored in the US R rated version with black bars. Noted for a rare sight of a naked penis on UK television.
Summary Review: Actual Intercourse

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the inner idiot in themselves.

Shot with handheld digital cameras and using natural lighting and natural locations, THE IDIOTS possesses an urgency that makes it feel like a documentary. Von Trier sparked a heated controversy with his decision to film the sex scenes with actual intercourse, adhering to the Dogme tenets. (He hired porn actors for the close-ups.) This controversy aside, the film nonetheless raises questions about cultism, modern ethics, and the idea of individuality within the absurdity of the characters' world.

Stoffer is the leader of the group and he orders a gang bang to take place for his birthday -- here is where we have our unsimulated sex. There are shots of sexual penetration and group sex. There is an erect willy in a shower scene.

See article from flickeringmyth.com :

The film featured full frontal nudity (male and female) and a graphic orgy scene with penetration shots. Thankfully this was relatively brief and was followed by a tender love scene between two of the younger members of the group with obvious strong feelings for each other. The film was not as offensive as its subject matter suggested though it was not an easy film to like as it didn't make any good points about the disabled and their place in society. The film focused instead on a group of people who really should have known better. D

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 114:05s
pal: 109:31s
18UK: Passed 18 uncut for for coarse language and strong sexual detail:
  • 2023 Curzon Film Lars Von Trier A Curzon Collection (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2000 Palisades Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • 1999 Tartan VHS
  • 1999 cinema release
mpaa cut
cut
MPAA R US: The US R Rated version is to be avoided as the hardcore is censored by black bars.
 v          If.... - 1968 UK drama by Lindsay Anderson.


 X   If....

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If.... is a 1968 UK drama by Lindsay Anderson.
With Malcolm McDowell, David Wood and Richard Warwick. YouTube icon IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for 1968 cinema release. Additional cuts for an AA rated cinema release in 1971. The Original Cinema Version was released to home video and this is now the best available version. Also cut in the US for an R rating
Summary Notes

In an indictment of the British public school system, we follow Mick and his mostly younger friends through a series of indignities and occasionally abuse as any fond feelings toward these schools are destroyed. When Mick and his friends rebel, violently, the catch phrase, "which side would you be on" becomes quite stark.

Versions

BBFC cut
advised
cuts

best available
best
available

15 cert

X cert

106:48s UK: The original cinema version was passed 15 for strong violence without further BBFC cuts for: UK: Passed X (16) after BBFC suggested cuts were implemented prior to submission for:
  • 1968 cinema release

The original cinema version with pre-submission cuts to male nudity in the shower scene has now become the definitive version.

See on article from homecinema.thedigitalfix.com :

The film had problems with the censor. The main problem was the sequence where Mrs Kemp (Mary MacLeod) appears nude, including one shot in a corridor where her pubic hair can be seen. The only precedent for this on British screens was the Swedish film Hugs and Kisses, where a scene of female full-frontal nudity had provoked controversy a year or so earlier. Secretary of the BBFC, John Trevelyan, struck a bargain with Anderson: if he removed shots of male genitalia from the shower scene, Trevelyan would not cut Mrs Kemp's nude scene. Anderson went along with this, the film received an X certificate uncut, and the shower scene remains as-edited to this day.
mpaa cut
cut
MPAA
R Rated
US: Cut for an R rating

There are doubts about whether the US Criterion edition is the original cinema version. Possibly it has retained old US censor cuts.

BBFC cut
cut
AA certificatesubmitted
111:09s =106:42s
UK: The original cinema version was passed AA (14) after an additional BBFC cut for:
  • 1971 cinema release

See on article from homecinema.thedigitalfix.com :

The brief cut may have been a glimpse of Christine Noonan's pubic hair in her naked romp with McDowell in the coffee shop.

 v          If Looks Could Kill


 X   If Looks Could Kill

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If Looks Could Kill

Versions

1:22s 1884:06s 1986 US thriller by Chuck Vincent

The BBFC cut 1:22s for:

  • 1987 Adrian Munsey VHS
 v          If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them


 X   If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them

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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them

Versions

BBFC uncut12 cert55:23s 1974 UK TV drama by Bill Hays

The BBFC passed 2 versions 12 uncut for the 2010 Sound & Media DVD

Both versions region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

BBFC uncut12 cert54:51s
 v          If These Walls Could Talk - 1996 USA TV movie by Cher and Nancy Savoca.


 X   If These Walls Could Talk

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If These Walls Could Talk is a 1996 USA TV movie by Cher and Nancy Savoca.
Starring Demi Moore, Shirley Knight and Catherine Keener. Youtube link IMDb

BBFC cuts were required for 1997 15 rated VHS. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes

A trilogy of stories set in the same house, but with different occupants and spanning over 40 years, deals with various women and moral crisis over unexpected pregnancies and their choice of abortion. In 1952, when abortion was illegal, a nurse deals with her unexpected pregnancy and takes drastic measures to get one. In 1974 a family housewife with four children discovers that she's pregnant and decides she can't handle another child to raise. In 1996, a pregnant college student decides on an abortion, but doesn't realize the means to go through to get one.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA R
MPAA
~97:00s US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
BBFC cut
3s
15 cert 97:12s UK: Passed 15 after 3s of BBFC compulsory cuts for:
  • 1997 Medusa VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • In hospital ward, after man's first gunshot into Cher in surgical gown, remove further shots and blood spurts, resuming as he fires and nurse crouches, his hand on her head.
 v          Iguana with the Tongue of Fire - Italy/France/West Germany giallo by Riccardo Freda.


 X   Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

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  • L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco
  • Die Bestie mit dem feurigen Atem
Iguana with the Tongue of Fire is a Italy/France/West Germany giallo by Riccardo Freda.
With Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander and Anton Diffring. Melon Farmers link YouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Banned by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release. Later passed 15 uncut for 2019 video. Uncut in the US
Summary Review: Brutal Gaillo

In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. The Swiss Ambassador, who was the dead woman's lover, refuses to cooperate with the police due to his diplomatic immunity. John Norton, an ex-cop famed for his brutal working methods, is brought in to help and gets too deeply involved when he starts an affair with the Ambassador's beautiful step-daughter, Helen. Meanwhile, the brutal killings continue.

Versions

uncut
uncut
run: 95:30s
pal: 91:41s
15 1980

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UK: Passed 15 uncut with a BBFC trigger warning for strong gory images, violence, threat, suicide scenes, nudity:
  • 2023 Arrow Giallo Essentials White Limited Edition (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
  • 2019 Arrow video

Germany: Uncut for:

US: Uncut for:

banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1972 cinema release
 v          Ikki tôsen: Dragon Destiny - Japan action animation comedy by Masashi Kudô.


 X   Ikki tôsen: Dragon Destiny

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Ikki tôsen: Dragon Destiny is a Japan action animation comedy by Masashi Kudô.
Starring Yûko Kaida, Masumi Asano and Satoshi Hino. IMDb

Disk extras cut

The film is uncut but the disk extras for the 2011 release were cut. The BBFC explained:

Cuts required to DVD extras for an anime series, to remove sight of an animated naked child presented in a sexualised manner, within a sexualised context, and which has the potential to encourage a sexual interest in children.

 v          Il Grido


 X   Il Grido

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  • The Cry
Il Grido

Versions

BBFC uncut12 cert110:32s 1957 Italy drama by Michelangelo Antonioni

No BBFC cuts noted to the 2009 Eureka R2 DVD

cut BBFC 'A' CertificateThe BBFC cut the 1962 cinema release.

The submitted running time was noted as 116:15s = 111:36s

            Il mercenario - 1968 Italy / Spain / USA comedy western by Sergio Corbucci. See The Mercenary
 v          I'll Never Die Alone - 2008 Argentina / Spain horror thriller by Adrián García Bogliano.


 X   I'll Never Die Alone

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  • No moriré sola
I'll Never Die Alone is a 2008 Argentina / Spain horror thriller by Adrián García Bogliano.
Starring Gimena Blesa, Marisol Tur and Magdalena De Santo. IMDb
Exists as an Original Version and an Extended Sleaze Version. Redemption lined up a UK release in 2013 but it was cancelled presumably for censorship reasons.
Summary Notes

A violent thriller set in the outback of remote La Plata region, I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE (aka NO MORIRE SOLA) is a tough and pounding story of revenge for rape, mercilessly carried out by a group of women intent on pursuing their attackers to the bitter end

Versions

BBFC uncut
Extended Sleaze
Version
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95:56s Austria: The Extended Sleaze Version is uncut for:

See article from schnittberichte.com

The extensions are located exclusively in the middle part (the rape scene) and increase the already long scene from 18 to about 30 minutes.
uncut
Original Version
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83:28s Austria: The Original Version is uncut for:
  • 2008 8-films R2 DVD
 v          I'll Never Forget What's'isname - 1967 UK comedy drama by Michael Winner.


 X   I'll Never Forget What's'isname

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  • I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name
  • Den tha xehaso pote t' onoma tou
I'll Never Forget What's'isname is a 1967 UK comedy drama by Michael Winner.
Starring Oliver Reed, Orson Welles and Carol White. Melon Farmers link BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1967 X rated cinema release. Uncut and 15 rated for 2016 DVD. A notable censorship history in the US as the refused MPAA Seal of Approval is reported to have contributed to the end of the production code in favour of a rating system.

In an article from faroutmagazine.co.uk it is contended that this film was one of the first worldwide cinema releases that feature the word 'fuck' whilst also being approved by local film censors. This fact seems to be open to debate considering that the film censor partially obscured the offending utterance.

Summary Notes

Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He finds, however, that it's not so easy to escape the past.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 98:38s
pal: 94:41s

15

MPAA Unrated

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong sex references, bloody images with previous BBFC cuts waived for: US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

From IMDb. The film was denied a MPAA seal of approval due to a scene between Oliver Reed and Carol White that implied oral sex. Universal distributed the film through a subsidiary that was not a signatory to the MPAA.

Along with a similar scene in Charlie Bubbles (1967), this helped to bring about the end of the Production Code and its replacement with a ratings system.

BBFC cut
compulsory cuts
cut:
run:
pal:
sub: 98:39s
X pre 1970UK: Passed X (18) after compulsory cuts for:
  • 1967 cinema release titled I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name

From IMDb. The BBFC originally requested the complete removal of Josie's single use of the word 'fucking' for the film's cinema release. A compromise was reached between the censors and Michael Winner, and instead the word was partly obscured by the sound of a car horn.

In an article from faroutmagazine.co.uk it is contended that this film was one of the first worldwide cinema releases that feature the word 'fuck' whilst also being approved by local film censors. This fact seems to be open to debate considering that the film censor partially obscured the offending utterance.

 v          Illicit Dreams


 X   Illicit Dreams

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Illicit Dreams

Versions

49s 1890:51s 1996 release by Andrew Stevens
 v          Illusions of Sin


 X   Illusions of Sin

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Illusions of Sin

Versions

56s 1888:24s 1996 release

A scene in which an unidentified man molests a drugged woman has suffered lest it gives us ideas.

 v          Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS - 1974 US/W Germany film by Don Edmonds.


 X   Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS

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Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1974 US/W Germany film by Don Edmonds.
With Dyanne Thorne, Gregory Knoph and Tony Mumolo. YouTube icon IMDb

Banned by the BBFC for 1975 and 1976 cinema release. Not submitted since. Uncut and Unrated in the US
Summary Review: Brutal
This film takes place in a Nazi concentration camp dedicated to pseudo medical experimentation on its prisoners. Ilsa, the commandant is portrayed in ruthless fashion by the stunning Dyanne Thorne. Thorne designs and carries out the most excruciatingly painful and torturous experiments on her helpless victims.

Thorne is the essence of cruelty for cruelty's sake. Thorne is the screen's incarnation of pure evil. I can think of no other film that is as disturbing as this one. The explicit sadism portrayed in this film may or may not have actually occurred as depicted. But unthinkable sadism, torture, cruelty and debauchery did actually occur in Nazi camps.

This is an unbelievably difficult film to watch because the brutality depicted is extremely graphic. After viewing this film I was shocked and I had a feeling of just how brutal the Nazis actually were.

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA X ~96:00s
=~92:00s
Netherlands: Released uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1976 cinema release
  • 1975 cinema release
 v          Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks - 1976 Canada/US women in prison film by Don Edmonds.


 X   Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks

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Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks is a 1976 Canada/US women in prison film by Don Edmonds.
With Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer and Jerry Delony. YouTube icon IMDb

Banned by the BBFC from 1973 cinema release. Unbanned and uncut in 2013. The US R rated version is heavily cut for violence
Summary Review: Resplendent in khaki shorts
Dyanne Thorn returns in the storming sequel to She Wolf , and it seems to have been given a budget boost, as the setting moves to an Arabian oils sheik's kingdom in the middle of the desert, where Ilsa presides over his palace as right hand security guard and keeper of his harem of kidnapped beauties.

The film doesn't quite match the excesses of the first film in bad taste, and the camp comedy elements have all been increased, but there are still many gruesome scenes as the harem women are abused and tortured for various reasons, including a pretty revolting sub-plot to assassinate the sheik by deploying a bomb placed inside a woman's body that will detonate during sex!

Uniform fans will be pleased to see Ilsa resplendent in her khaki shorts and boots, but she does not have the same presence as in the previous film because she is herself punished at one point by despotic sheik, and its a shame to see that the film recycles her weakness of falling in love with a hunky American, which once again leads to her downfall.

Versions

uncut
uncut
18

MPAA Unrated

93:03s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex, nudity and scenes of sexualised violence for:
  • 2013 Lions Gate video

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2013:

  • Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks was refused a certificate when it was originally submitted to the BBFC in 1977. In 2013 it was submitted on video for DVD release and passed 18 without cuts. While there are scenes in which women are abused and experimented upon with a love machine , these now appear dated and unrealistic and do not raise credible harm concerns.

Netherlands: uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

mpaa cut
extensive cuts
MPAA R ~91:00s
US: The R Rated version is significantly cut for violence for:
  • 2012 Cheezy Flicks R0 DVD

From sexgoremutants.co.uk :

  • When Satin and Velvet deliver a death blow to their victim, the camera lingering over the victims' bloodied face and screams has been removed. A few minutes later a few frames have been removed when a bag of body parts are emptied out the harem floor.
  • In the teeth removal scene , shots of blood dripping onto feet as the little white tootsies hit the floor have been purged.
  • A full sequence of 1:11s is completely cut, ie the sadistic torture sequence in which a hapless whore's breasts are clamped in a medieval style vice.
  • Missing shots of ants eating into flesh
  • Omitted shots of a gouged eye socket
  • The most infamous scene of the movie (and arguably the whole ILSA series) the exploding dildo sequence suffered numerous snips. Most notably Ilsa inciting the inevitable carnage with her demands of faster and deeper have been removed along with various shots of the victim's moans of pleasure. Obviously the brief but potent shot of penetrated detonation itself simply skips to blood hitting for El Sharif's face.
banned
banned
rejected UK: Banned by the BBFC for:
  • 1973 cinema release

Presumably there is a date error in the BBFC database as the ban is 3 years before the worldwide release

 v          Ilsa the Wicked Warden - 1977 US/Germany/Switzerland women in prison film by Jesus Franco.


 X   Ilsa the Wicked Warden

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  • Greta - Haus ohne Männer
  • Greta the Torturer
  • Greta
  • the Mad Butcher
  • Greta
  • the Sadist
  • Ilsa: Absolute Power
  • Wanda
  • the Wicked Warden
Ilsa the Wicked Warden is a 1977 US/Germany/Switzerland women in prison film by Jesus Franco.
With Dyanne Thorne & Tania Busselier. Melon Farmers linkYouTube icon BBFC link 2020 IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated DVD. In the US there is an Unrated Director's Cut and a cut R rated version.
Summary Review: Sleaze Maintained

Ilsa, now a vicious warden, runs a mental-hospital for young women. A girl deliberately checks in to the hospital to find out what has happened to her sister who stayed there.

It's not like the plot is all that important; it serves merely as the most tenuous of threads with which Franco can tie together his usual penchant for nudity, depraved violence, and ham fisted dialogue. One thing is for certain: Ilsa, the Wicked Warden easily maintains the sleaze factor established in the first two films.

Director's Cut

uncut
uncut
run: 94:09s
pal: 90:23s
MPAA XUS: Uncut and MPAA X Rated for:
BBFC cut
cut
cut: 2:31s
run: 91:32s
pal: 87:52s
18UK: The Director's Cut was passed 18 for very strong language, sex and violence after 2:31s of BBFC cuts for:
  • 2004 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

  • Cuts required to remove scenes of sadistic and sexualised violence

From IMDb:

  • Heavy edits to an extensive scene where male guards rape some of the prisoners in the clinic supposedly in the name of prisoner therapy.
  • Cuts to Ilsa whipping a chained naked woman
  • Cut scene of a naked woman being suffocated by Ilsa with a plastic bag.

R Rated Version

mpaa cut
extensive cuts
cut:
run: 84:17s
pal: 80:55s
MPAA RUS: Extensively cut and MPAA R Rated for:
  • 2012 Cheezy Flicks R0 DVD

Fom sexgoremutants.co.uk. All scenes including frontal nudity have been roughly excised, even where essential dialogue has fallen victim too. Non-nude sexual violence has been retained though.

 v          Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia - 1977 Canada horror by Jean LaFleur.


 X   Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia

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Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia is a 1977 Canada horror by Jean LaFleur.
With Dyanne Thorne, Michel-René Labelle and Gilbert Beaumont. YouTube icon IMDb

Never submitted to the BBFC until 2013 when it was passed 18 uncut
Summary Review: Cold Hearted

Siberia 1953: Ilsa is now working in a Gulag prison camp. Her mission is to retrain the minds of those who don't agree with the communists. When Stalin dies, the camp closes down, Ilsa and the guards kill the prisoners and leave. Ilsa moves on to brothel keeping in Toronto. Her Russian past soon catches up with her.

Not as nasty as previous instalments. There's some gore, plenty of soft core sex and silly dialogue to keep the viewer entertained.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
1891:49s UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong sex, nudity and gory images for:
  • 2013 Lions Gate video

The 4th film in the Ilsa series wasn't previously submitted to the BBFC. Distributors had probably given up trying after so much censorship hassle with the other Ilsa films

Netherlands : Uncut for:

 v          I'm a Porn Star - 2013 Canada / USA gay comedy biography by Charlie David.


 X   I'm a Porn Star

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I'm a Porn Star is a 2013 Canada / USA gay comedy biography by Charlie David.
Starring Rafael Alencar, Mark Bessenger and Laurie Betito. YouTube icon IMDb

Summary Notes

I'm a Porn Star follows the lives of guys in the neighborhood who are likely a lot more famous than you - at least on the Internet. There are an estimated 370 million pornographic websites on-line. Porn is now a thirteen BILLION dollar business. So who's doing all this moonlighting? Turns out -- probably some people you know.

Versions

soft
2:21s
1880:13s UK: Passed 18 for strong sex, nudity, sex references after 2:21s of BBFC category cuts for:
  • 2014 Tla Releasing R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 29th September 2014
The BBFC commented:
  • Company chose to remove a number of shots showing explicit pornography in order to achieve an 18 classification. An uncut R18 classification was available.
 v          I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight


 X   I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

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  • Sex Ray
  • The Love Ray
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

Versions

BBFC uncut1879:46s 1976 UK sex comedy by Joseph McGrath

No BBFC cuts listed for the 2009 Sound & Media DVD.

The running time suggests that this version is probably uncut

The region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

BBFC uncut

pre-cut

1860:37s There were no BBFC cuts to the 1986 Stablecane video but it was clearly pre-cut
BBFC
2:18s
X cert81:13s
=77:58s
The BBFC cut the 1975 cinema release by 2:18s

The submitted running time was noted as 83:31s = 80:11s

 v          Image of Bruce Lee


 X   Image of Bruce Lee

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  • Meng nan da zei yan zhi hu
Image of Bruce Lee

Versions

2s 1888:47s 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film by Yeung Kuen

Cut when submitted in 1990

 v          Immoral Tales - 1974 France romance by Walerian Borowczyk.


 X   Immoral Tales

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Immoral Tales is a 1974 France romance by Walerian Borowczyk.

Uncut in the UK
            Immoral Women - 1979 France erotic drama by Walerian Borowczyk See Three Immoral Women
 v          Immortals


 X   Immortals

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Immortals

Versions

uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
~110:00s
=~105:00s
Immortals is a 2011 US fantasy by Tarsem Singh
With Luke Evans and Henry Cavill. YouTube icon IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

BBFC
9s
15 cert 105:57s UK: Passed 15 for strong bloody violence after BBFC cuts for category for:
  • 2012 Universal R0 Blu-ray/DVD
  • 2012 Universal Steelbook 2D/3D R0 Blu-ray
  • 2012 Universal R2 DVD
  • 2011 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Company chose to make cuts to reduce violence in order to achieve a 15 classification. Cuts included:

  • removal of the bloody focus on a throat being cut
  • reducing the focus on young women dying, having been burnt
  • reducing the focus on eye gouging
  • removing the shot of a beheading, and
  • reducing some focus on large splashes of blood resulting from characters being killed.

An uncut 18 classification was available.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

 v   The Imp


 X   The Imp

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  • Sorority Babes in the Slime Bowl-a-Rama
The Imp

Versions

1:09s 1874:54s 1988 US film by David Decocteau

The video was cut when submitted in 1988

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum :

  • At 8.5 mins-Close up of two different women`s buttocks hit with bat and rear views of spanking which follows were removed.
  • at 63 mins-all sight of woman with raised whip advancing on naked cowering woman and impending blow with studded bat which follows were removed.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from Amazon US :

I watched this film because I enjoy camp movies for what they are. The problem that this movie has is, that while it tries to be a campy, cult film (a bit too hard, judging from the title), it commits the unforgivable sin of being boring. This movie had me begging for the end to arrive. Avoid this film at all costs. It has no redeeming features of any sort. (OK, the girls are fairly attractive; but you will quickly forget that as the pain of the film begins.)

 v   The Importance of Being Sexy - 1971 Canada sex comedy by John Sole (as J Johnson).


 X   The Importance of Being Sexy

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  • Loving and Laughing
  • The Hippie Girls
The Importance of Being Sexy is a 1971 Canada sex comedy by John Sole (as J Johnson).
Starring André Lawrence, Mignon Elkins and Michèle Mercure. IMDb
Cut by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release
Summary Notes

Quebec sex farce about a straitlaced young man who spends time in a commune, while a hippie takes his place as a French tutor for a rich family's daughter.

Versions

BBFC cut
cut
X cert UK: Passed X after compulsory BBFC cuts for:
  • 1972 cinema release titled The Importance of Being Sexy
  • 1972 cinema release titled Loving and Laughing
  • 1972 cinema release titled The Hippie Girls
 v          Impostor - 2001 USA action Sci-Fi thriller by Gary Fleder.


 X   Impostor

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Impostor is a 2001 USA action Sci-Fi thriller by Gary Fleder.
With Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe and Vincent D'Onofrio. YouTube icon IMDb

The Theatrical Version was cut for a US PG-13 versions. The uncut Director's Cut is R rated
Summary Notes

Originally a 30 minute portion for an anthology film, Impostor was retooled into a full length feature film. Based on the Philip K. Dick short story of the same name, it follows the lead character Spencer Olham's quest to regain his identity after being suspected as an alien android, in an future Earth at war with aliens that use the androids as bombs to destroy their enemies homeworlds.

Versions

uncut
Director's Cut
15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

98:09s UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for: US: The Director's Cut is MPAA R rated for:
BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

15 cert

MPAA
PG-13

91:43s UK: The Cut Theatrical Versions was passed 15 uncut for:
  • 2002 Metrodome R2 DVD
  • 2002 cinema release

The film was extensively cut for a US PG-13 rating. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

 v          Imraa Hazet Arch Misr


 X   Imraa Hazet Arch Misr

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Imraa Hazet Arch Misr

Versions

16s 12 cert143:49s 1996 release

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