BBFC Cuts L: La

La belle noiseuse

• La belle noiseuse: Divertimento

There's a long 15 rated version and a short PG rated version

Summary Notes

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start working again on a painting called 'La Belle Noiseuse', which he gave up a long time ago. And he wants Marianne as a model. The ensuing creative process will change the characters' lives. It will become a struggle for truth and meaning, and the question about the limits of art will arise

• 2009 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1993 Artificial Eye VHS
• 1992 cinema release

• 2004 New Yorker Video R1 DVD at US Amazon

shortened

• 1992 Artificial Eye VHS
• 1992 cinema release

La bete

• Death's Ecstacy
• The Beast
• The Beast in Heat

Originally banned by the BBFC. A pre-cut version was then passed X by the GLC. The BBFC allowed a pre-cut video release in 1988 and finally passed the film uncut in 2001. There are now 2 uncut versions A shortened Director's Cut and a less liked Complete Version.

Summary Review : Most controversial film of the decade

An insane adult reworking of The Beauty and the Beast tale. This erotic fable was originally to be part of the Immoral Tales (1974) anthology, yet was put aside due to it's controversial subject matter then later transformed into this film.

The financially unstable son, Mathurin (Pierre Benedtti), and very rich, and horny Lucy Broadhurst (Lisbeth Hummel) are soon to be arranged in marriage. The home is full of history relating to the families most famous ancestor, Romilda. Lucy immediately becomes fascinated with Romilda, and stumbles upon her diary.

The tale is told of the day she was brutally attacked in the woods by a comical man / beast creature with a extra large penis. This scene is both shockingly powerful and hilariously funny all at once. Combining black humour, with graphic sexuality.

• 2004 Cult Epics Special Edition R1 DVD via US Amazon

Unrated

• 2014 Arrow Academy RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2014 Arrow Academy Camera Obscura Collection RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2001 Nouveaux R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 cinema release

US:   the Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2015 Arrow Video (RA) Blu-ray/(R1) DVD Combo at US Amazon
• 2005 Cult Epics R1 DVD via US Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Given that the basic theme of the film had been accepted on VHS back in 1987, the main issue this time was whether the more explicit moments of sexual detail could now be reinstated. Although some of the sexual detail was quite explicit, none of it was unsimulated (the beast's spectacular ejaculation obviously involved the use of prosthetics). Accordingly it was passed 18 uncut.

This shortened version is accepted as the Director's Cut and is generally preferred over the longer Complete Version. All sex scenes are intact but there are a few scenes missing (for pacing reasons). Thanks to Marc:

1. Missing scene: Ifany sneeking into the bathroom, after Mathurin has been groomed by his father, in order to stuff clumps of Mathutin's hair into an envelope.
2. Missing scene: Ifany bringing the envelope of Mathurin's hair into Duc Rammondelo de Balo's office, where he is dismissed and the Duc sniffs at it.
3. Missing scene: The cook sets the table while singing, prior to the farcical meal that the Mathurin, his father and the guests attend.
4. Better news is that the scene near the end of the film, when the Cardinal arrives at the family home and tutors his underling on the perils of bestiality, is included

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• 1988 Global Sales VHS titled  Death's Ecstacy

The BBFC still felt that the bestiality theme was contentious and that the dream sequence may feed into the rape myth that women secretly desire to be raped.

Ultimately, it was concluded that the very fantastical nature of the sequence and its clearly symbolic nature mitigated against any likelihood of harm.

See article from bbfc.co.uk :

The film had previously been pre-cut to address James Ferman's concerns of:

• sight of horses copulating in explicit detail;
• a line drawing of a woman being mounted by an animal;
• close shots of masturbation
• close shots of genital detail;
• the more explicit moments in the dream sequence , including the beast rubbing his penis against a tree, the beast masturbating and placing his head between a woman's legs, and sight of the beast's semen flowing over the woman's buttocks, breasts and stomach.

The film opened at the Prince Charles cinema in September 1978. Following public complaints about the film, possibly provoked by some sensationalist press reporting, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was asked to consider a prosecution of the film under the Obscene Publications Act. In the event, following consultation with legal advisers, the DPP concluded that there was no reasonable prospect of a conviction against the cut version of the film and no further action was taken.

• 1978 cinema release

See article from bbfc.co.uk :

Distributor pre-cuts reduced the length of a masturbation scene and removed some of the more explicit shots from the dream sequence, in which the heroine imagines having intercourse with the beast .

In spite of the reductions already made, the Board was sceptical about whether the film would be acceptable to the majority of local authorities, on whose behalf the BBFC classified films. Part of the problem was the film's sexual explicitness, even in the reduced version, which exceeded the standards currently accepted for the X category. However, a more serious problem was whether the central dream sequence might raise legal issues because of its suggestion of bestiality.

James Ferman wrote to the distributor:

We see considerable problems in passing this film as it stands, although I realise you have made a few cuts of [sic] the most extreme sexual material. Certainly, there are still a great many shots which we feel might be vulnerable at law, and beyond that, there is also much footage which we feel vastly exceeds the standards accepted by the vast majority of local authorities. The problem is that, with a director of Borowczyk's stature, the cutting required might be such as to damage the film artistically, and I do not think the Board would want to become involved in a war of attrition on a film of such consequence .

The film was further pre-cut to address James Ferman's concerns of:

• sight of horses copulating in explicit detail;
• a line drawing of a woman being mounted by an animal;
• close shots of masturbation
• close shots of genital detail;
• the more explicit moments in the dream sequence , including the beast rubbing his penis against a tree, the beast masturbating and placing his head between a woman's legs, and sight of the beast's semen flowing over the woman's buttocks, breasts and stomach.

But to no avail as the film was still banned by the BBFC

LA Blue Girl Returns Episodes 1 & 2

Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement: Cuts required to remove scenes of sexual assaults which eroticised and/or endorsed the activity, and images encouraging an interest in underage sex. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to make further cuts to explicit detail of sexual activity in order to achieve an 18.

I wonder if the definition of underage sex being used by the BBFC is 16 or 18. Sex is perfectly legal at 16 it just cannot be shown on video

Region 1  DVD available uncut from AnimeNation

Synopsis & review from www.hentaineko.com

A deadly sex ninja trained in the carnal arts, Miko is hot to deal out heavy martial arts mistreatments to any demon who threatens her. But when the monsters target her sexy sister for a little family fun, Miko really sees red! Who is the stronger sexual slayer, our hedonistic heroine or the preternatural perverts of the underworld?

I love La Blue Girl. And c'mon, isn't Miko Mido the cutest thing ever to sport a hair ribbon? If it's wildly over-the-top excess you're after and with tongue pressed firmly in cheek, then look no further. In fact, La Blue Girl returns pitches itself somewhere between the silly, sexy outrageousness of La Blue Girl while also giving us a coherent plot a la Lady Blue.

Did I mention the animation? Absolutely gorgeous is the most appropriate way I can think of describing the visuals. Far, far better than the vast majority of hentai releases, I was, to say the least, very impressed. The naughtiness level seems to have shifted up a notch or two from the rather subdued (in my opinion) Lady Blue.

LA Blue Girl Returns Episodes 3 & 4

Cut when submitted in 2005 with the following BBFC statement:

Cuts required to remove scenes of sexual assaults which eroticised and/or endorsed the activity, and scenes which suggested that sexually active characters were children. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to make further cuts to explicit detail of sexual activity in order to achieve an 18.

I wonder if the children being referred to were in fact depicted as over the age of consent.

See LA Blue Girl Returns Episodes 1 & 2 for review

Region 1  DVD available uncut from AnimeNation

La Grande Bouffe

• La grande bouffe
• Blow Out

Banned by the BBFC for 1973 cinema release but was allowed to be shown in London cinemas with a GLC X rating. Later passed 18 uncut for 1994 VHS.

Summary Notes

Four successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive; Ugo, a chef; and, Philippe, a judge go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes make it through a day or two; Andrea, a local school teacher, stays to the end. The villa, the food, and a Bugati roadster are essential props.

X rated

• 2015 Arrow Academy RAB Blu-ray/R12 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release
• 2006 Nouveaux Pictures R2 DVD
• 1994 Arthouse VHS

• 1973 cinema release

From IMDb:

The film was originally shown unlicensed in the UK at the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair, and led pro-censorship campaigner Mary Whitehouse to bring a prosecution against the film under the Vagrancy Act (accusing the cinema owners of keeping a disorderly house ). The case was thrown out and led censor James Ferman to extend the Obscene Publications Act to cover films, thus preventing movies with artistic merit from suffering prosecution. The film was eventually passed fully uncut for video in 1994.

• 1973 cinema release

See Bad Education

La Notte

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1962 cinema release. Uncut and 12 rated for 2008 DVD.

From Publicity Material.

The 2008 The Masters of Cinema Series DVD presents Michelangelo Antonioni's haunted odyssey in a new digital restoration, uncut for the first time ever on home video.

The 2013 Blu-ray claims further that its 1080p presentation of the film in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio with previously censored sequences restored for the first time

• 2013 Eureka/Masters of Cinema RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 Eureka/Masters of Cinema R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 1962 cinema release

La Reine Margot

• Queen Margot

The Original French Theatrical Version (later the Director's Cut) was found to be too complicated by the audiences and the film was simplified for the International Version. The film was further re-cut for US release by cutting the violence and adding romantic material. This US version was returned to France where it did better than the original. See article from movie-censorship.com for a good write up the various versions.

Summary notes

Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.

• 2014 Cohen Media Group R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

France: The Original French Theatrical Version was dropped after bad reviews for its violence and complexity. This seems likely to have resurfaced as the Director's Cut

simplified

• 1995 Guild VHS
• 1995 cinema release

Not cut for violence but was re-cut to try and simplify the story that had been found too complex on French theatrical release.

 
MPAA

Lad: A Yorkshire Story

BBFC category cuts for cinema release. Not yet released on home video.

Summary Notes

The Yorkshire Dales provides the backdrop for the story of a young lad and his elder brother as they spend a weekend roaming the countryside.

• 2013 cinema release

Company chose to remove brief images of sexualised nudity in a softcore pornographic magazine in order to achieve a 12A classification. A 15 classification without cuts was available.

The BBFC added in the 2013 Annual Report:

The film Lad: A Yorkshire Story, included a scene in which some teenage boys look at a pornographic magazine, with brief sight of fully naked women posing in a sexual fashion. Although briefly shown, these images go beyond the Guidelines at 12A and the distributor chose to remove them in order to secure a 12A classification.

Ladies & Gentleman

Passed 15 uncut but the distributors preferred a cut 12A cinema release

• 2013 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Company chose to remove focus on a woman hanging in order to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 was available.

• 2013 cinema release (unreleased)

The distributors preferred a 12A rating so a day later submitted a cut version which was duly rated 12A.

Lady Chatterley

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 cinema release.

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Kino R1 DVD at US Amazon

There are also longer TV versions running at 193 and 220 minutes

Lady Dragon

Passed 18 after 8s of BBFC cuts for:

• 1992 New Age VHS

Lady Frankenstein

• La Figlia di Frankenstein
• Daughter of Frankenstein
• Madame Frankenstein
• Lust for Frankenstein

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1971 cinema release. The BBFC cuts were waived for DVD, but this was the cut US Version. Also cut and shortened for a US Theatrical Version. The International Version is now available uncut in the US.

Summary Review

When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes after Marshall and the doctor's daughter.

Most commentators are transfixed by the strong sexy (and nude) performance of Rosalba Neri. All sorts of accolades awarded here way beyond what you would expect for a performance in a lowly B movie. Otherwise comments about the movie range from 'naff' to 'entertaining'.

• 2011 Shout! Factory Vampires, Mummies and Monsters Collection (US Theatrical Version + International Cut) R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

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• 2005 Orbit DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com :

In the USA the movie is a public domain film and was released several times. The original runtime of over 90 minutes probably was too long for the film distributors at that time; as a result, it was trimmed down to 83:38 minutes. Interestingly enough, most of the cuts edit plot scenes out - most of the sex and gore still made it into the shorter US version.

• 1971 cinema release

The Lady Hermit

• Zhong kui niang zi
• Chung kwai leung ji

Banned by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release. Uncut in the US

Summary Review: Quite spectacular

The film offers two wonderful swordswomen for the price of one. Shaw Bros.' top female martial arts star of the late 1960s, Cheng Pei Pei, stars as the title character, a famous veiled crusader who fights bad guys with her sword but has dropped out of sight when the film opens. Shih Szu plays an eager, whip-wielding aspiring swordswoman who seeks to track down Lady Hermit and become her student.

The villains are a gang of evil Taoist monks, led by Lady Hermit's old adversary, Black Demon. Lady Hermit and her two followers engage the gang in a series of extremely lively sword battles which are spread throughout the entire film. There are several great set pieces, including a bit where the characters fight on one of those perilous rope bridges across a gorge and the bad guys cut the ropes and Shih Szu has to hang on to the dangling remains of the bridge and climb and fight her way to the top. The climactic battle in a towering pagoda is quite spectacular.

• 2011 Funimation R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1972 cinema release

See Poor Cecily

Lady in White

There exists a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut

Summary Notes

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

• 2009 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Note that the runtime in the BBFC database is 4 minutes shorter than expected. Perhaps the submitted film at 108:52s was doubly speeded up during format conversions.

See article from movie-censorship.com .  Non contentious additional scenes have been added:

• Teacher Miss La Della talking with Frankie about getting in touch with Frankie's father
• Mama Assunta and Papa Charlie cheering up Frankie in hospital.
• Angelo giving Mrs. Williams and her children a lift which causes tears.
• Frankie disturbed in the night after hearing a mysterious typewriter typing a message.
• Mama Assunta getting all concerned about Geno's temperature.

• 1989 Virgin VHS
• 1989 cinema release

The 2009 Optimum DVD is reported to be the longer Director's but it was passed by the BBFC with a running time as per the Theatrical Version. Perhaps the Theatrical Version was submitted but it was the Director's Cut that was released.

Lady of the Night

• La signora della notte

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS but cuts were waived since 2005 18 rated DVD.

Summary Notes

Angelina is tired of long serious relationships. One day she is brutally raped and she changes dramatically. Suddenly she is getting involved in more and more dangerous relations with unknown men until her behavior leads to a fatal crime.

• 2016 Argent Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 Argent Films R2 DVD

• 1997 Arthouse Productions VHS

Lady Super Cop

• Nu er dang zi qiang
• Supercop: Female

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS release

• 1997 TVB UK [Subtitled] VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• At 57 minutes. Reduce torture and murder of man with electric drill by cutting away after whirling bit is forced into mouth, resuming as head flops forward with blood from the mouth

Laid to Rest

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2009 Anchor Bay/Starz R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2009 Starz/Anchor Bay R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also US R rated version to avoid

Lake Placid 3

The Unrated Version was passed 18 for:

• 2010 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated version to avoid

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

Exists in an R rated version and an Unrated version.

Summary Notes

Reba the poacher is back, now an EPA agent. Black Lake is turned into a crocodile sanctuary surrounded by an electric fence. When the fence gets left open one night, a high-school field trip bus unknowingly enters the park. It's up to Reba and the sheriff to save the kids from becoming crocodile chow.

Unrated

• 2013 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Unrated for:

• 2013 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

Two versions passed through the MPAA, both rated R for brutal fights, pervasive language and some sexual content/nudity.

The Lamp

• The Outing

Cut by the BBFC for UK release. The film has been released uncut and shortened in the US.

Summary Review: Killer Genie

An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman's house. They are killed and the lamp is moved to a museum to be studied. The curator's daughter is soon possessed by the genie and invites her friends to spend the night at the museum, along with some uninvited guests. The genie kills them off in an attempt to fulfill her ultimate wish.

If you're a fan of slasher films, I would add this to your collection. It's unique in its own way and probably one of the only slasher films with a killer genie in it!

• UK Braveworld VHS
• UK IVS VHS

• 2015 Shout! Factory [The Outing/The Godsend] RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

• 2013 Shout! Factory R1 DVD at US Amazon

From IMDb. A three minute pre-titles sequence with back story was trimmed from the North American home video version release by IVE titled The Outing.

• 1996 Maingrip VHS
• 1987 Braveworld VHS
• 1987 cinema release

From IMDb. The BBFC cuts were:

• Edits to a rape scene

Land of the Dea

• George A Romero's Land of the Dead

Unrated

The Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2008 Universal Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Universal R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2005 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

cut

R Rated

• 2005 cinema release

From IMDb:

• both gore and dialogue have been cut from the theatrical version.

See Colossus of the Stone Age

Land Raiders

• The Day of the Landgrabber

The BBFC cut the 1970 AA rated cinema release

Language of Love

• Ur kärlekens språk

The film was passed 18 uncut for the 2008 Revelation DVD. The BBFC commented: Contains real sex. (But I suspect only in a scientific sex education documentary context)

See More About the Language of Love

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Cut by the BBFC for a 12 rated cinema release and DVD. Uncut on Blu-ray. Uncut in the US.

See article from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Notes

Video game adventuress Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.

Cutting Edge

See video and full details of the cuts to the cinema release and the 12 rated DVD in
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 5: Tomb Raider

See more from Cutting Edge
 

• 2009 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2008 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2001 Paramount R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2001 Paramount R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

Cuts required to glamorising shots of flick knife (including sight and/or sound of knife opening , a close shot of the knife covered in blood, and clear sight of knife being twirled) and to sight of a headbutt delivered by heroine, to take account of the large, young, 12-14 year old audience which has already been created by the similarly cut film version.

The uncut version was submitted for DVD and the BBFC asked for the same cuts as they did for the cinema release. This time round the distributor did not repeat the unnecessary cuts to the death blow, and so it was restored for DVD.

• 2001 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Company chose to significantly reduce sight of a flick knife in several scenes, removing in particular material which appeared to glamorise the weapon , in order to achieve a 12. An uncut 15 was available to the distributor. The distributor also sought and was given advice during post-production which resulted in a reduction in violence in the final fight sequence (including the complete removal of a headbutt) prior to formal submission.

When implementing the required cuts, the distributor also removed the death blow throat chop even though it was not on the cuts list. The cuts were;

• As Powell threatens Lara Croft, the shot of the knife blade emerging from its handle was cut, along with its metallic ringing sound;
• The ringing sound was again edited out as Powell opened the knife to dispatch Alex West
• Two shots of Powell's knife were removed from the showdown. The first showed the knife covered in blood and the second was a shot of the knife being twirled.
• At the climax of the showdown fight, Lara Croft headbutting Powell was removed. The distributors also replaced the final throat chop with a lesser blow

Laserblast

Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema in 1979. Uncut for 15 rated DVD release in 2013.

Summary notes

A Sci-Fi classic! A desert exploration leads to an explosive discovery for Billy - his own personal laser gun. Each time he fires the laser, he begins to mutate, into an alien. Billy terrorizes the town, but it's only a matter of time before the aliens return to reclaim their weapon, and his life. With Roddy McDowall and Keenan Wynn.

Ludicrously absurd. This movie wasn't meant to be taken seriously. It did have some bizarre creatures & stop-motion animation. Worth checking out for that alone. It's a curiosity of the late 70's post-Star Wars craze. It's dated look adds to its appeal.

• 2013 88 Films R0 DVD at UK Amazon released on 12th August 2013

UK Censorship History

BBFC category cuts for an A (PG) rated cinema release in 1979

• 1979 cinema release

Lassie: Look Homeward

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: During a scene in which a dog is shot, the animal reacts as if it has been hit by an object, knocking it to the ground. The distributor was unable to provide information about how the scene was filmed without involving cruelty, so a compulsory cut was made.

Lassie the Voyager

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cut was required to remove sight of dog apparently being shot.

Lassie's Great Adventure

• Lassie's Greatest Adventure

Cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor was required to remove a sequence where an eagle is tethered by the leg to the ground and goaded into fury and terror by a dog.

Last Cannibal World

• Carnivorous
• Jungle Holocaust
• The Last Survivor
• Cannibal
• Ultimo Mondo Cannibale

Cut by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release. Less cut for 2003 DVD. Uncut in the US

Summary Notes

A plane crashes in the jungle. One of the survivors gets lost and while trying to find a way out of the jungle he gets captured by cannibals. He is humiliated, stripped naked, and thrown in a hole with a bird for a while. Eventually, he escapes with the help of a cannibal girl and tries to find his plane so he can go home.

If you're a cannibal junkie, this is one to devour. It's no "Cannibal Holocaust" and suffers from a somewhat simplistic script, but there's enough grue and nudity to satisfy gorehounds and enough animal cruelty to enrage everyone else.

It ain't pretty, folks, but it is one of a kind. They don't make 'em like this anymore and even though Deodato says he wants to now make "Cannibal Holocaust 2001" (too late ruggero!) - - don't hold your breath. This is a long-dead genre destined to stay that way. Bon appetit!

• 2002 AIP R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 20 03 International Trading/Screen Entertainment R0 DVD titled Last Cannibal World

The BBFC commented:

• Two compulsory cuts required for 18, one to remove scenes of animal cruelty organised or directed for the purposes of filmmaking. One was  a scene of a live crocodile being cut open with a knife.
• and one to remove a scene of eroticised sexual violence.

The cut to the live crocodile being cut open was also cut from Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide 2.

• 2003 International Trading DVD unreleased

The BBFC informed the distributor that some of the cinema cuts were no longer required, so the distributor abandoned this version and submitted an uncut version instead. which then required less BBFC cuts, see above

UK: The cut cinema version was released on pre-cert VHS for:

• 1981 Derann VHS titled Cannibal

The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.

UK: Passed X after BBFC cuts for:

• 1977 cinema release titled Cannibal

The Last Chapter

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2010 BFI Online
• 2010 BFI video

• 1973 cinema release

The BBFc noted the submitted running time as 29:10s = 28:00s PAL

Last Days in Vietnam

Exists as a theatrical Version and an Extended TV Version.

Promotional Material

Received an Academy Award® Nomination for Documentary Feature! In April of 1975, the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance was crumbling. Approximately 5,000 Americans remained with roughly 24 hours to get out. Their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends faced certain imprisonment and possible death if they remained behind, yet there was no official evacuation plan in place. Still, over the last days in Vietnam, with the clock ticking and the city under fire, 135,000 South Vietnamese managed to escape with help from a number of heroic Americans who took matters into their own hands, engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations in a desperate effort to save as many people as possible.Includes the Academy Award®-nominated theatrical release and the extended AMERICAN EXPERIENCE broadcast version of the film.

• 2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April 2015
• 2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April 2015

• 2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April 2015
• 2015 PBS [Theatrical + Extended Version] R1 DVD at US Amazon released on 28th April 2015

The Last Dinosaur

• Kyokutei tankensen Pora-Bora

The US release features the Complete Version and is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 Warner Brothers R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1978 cinema release

The Last Dragon

• Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon

Cut by the BBFC for 15 rated cinema release in 1985 and for the 1986 VHS. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.

Summary Notes

In New York City, a young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

• 2015 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2001 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1986 CBS/Fox VHS

The BBFC cuts were to remove all sights of  nunchakus

• 1985 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were to remove all sights of  nunchakus

The Last Embrace

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1979 cinema release. Presumably uncut on VHS and DVD releases. Uncut on 2014 Blu-ray in the US.

Summary Notes

When his wife is killed in a restaurant shoot-out, intelligence man Harry Hannan (Roy Scheider) has a breakdown and finds that his department doesn't want him back. Someone's trying to kill him and it could be them, though a cryptic Jewish death-threat suggests there's something else going on. His only ally seems to be mousy Ellie Fabian (Janet Margolin) who has managed to move into his New York apartment.

• 2015 Signal One Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Prism R2 DVD
• 1986 Warner VHS

• 2014 Kino Lorber RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2014 Kino Lorber R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1984 Warner VHS

Presumably these UK releases are uncut as the running time is 30s longer than the cut cinema release

• 1979 cinema release

The Last Emperor

• L'ultimo imperatore
• Le dernier empereur
• Modai huangi

Exists in two versions, the preferred Theatrical Version and a longer TV version.

Summary Notes

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

• 2010 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1998 Second Sight VHS
• 1994 VCI VHS
• 1988 RCA/Columbia VHS
• 1987 cinema release

This longer TV version has been labelled The Director's Cut but the consensus seems to be that the director preferred the Theatrical Cut

The scenes that were omitted from the TV version were mainly Pu-yi's time in the Chinese concentration camp. However it is interesting to note that towards the end of the film the protagonist sees the former prison warder in chains and approaches one of the officers in the street. In the Region 2 version of the film the officer responds, "fuck off" but if you view the region 1, this has been edited to "buzz off!"

• 2010 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Optimum [Theatrical + TV Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 Optimum R2 DVD
• 2004 cinema release
• 1999 Second Sight DVD

The Last Exorcism Part II

Not a big hit as a children's PG-13 exorcism film so distributors are trying an Unrated version for home video

Unrated

• 2013 studiocanal RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 studiocanal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Sony R1 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2013 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

44s

PG-13

• 2013 studiocanal video
• 2013 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version was cut and rated PG-13

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . There are a couple of innocuous changes but the cuts are to a scene where Neil slits his throat and Chris tries to stem the blood loss.

The Last Horror Film

• Fanatic

Uncut on pre-cert VHS which was once seized by police under the Obscene Publications Act. Cut by the BBFC for cinema and DVD. Uncut since 2014 Blu-ray. Cut for an MPAA R rating in the US

Summary Notes

Vinny is obsessed with famous actress Jana Bates and is determined to have her star in his movie. He travels to the Cannes Film Festival in France to try and convince her. Unfortunately, he goes about things in a rather unprofessional manner and people involved with Jana Bates begin to disappear.

The brilliant performance by Joe Spinell came as no surprise. Playing an obsessed fan and would-be director, Spinell was both pathetic and sympathetic.

• 2016 88 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 88 Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

UK: Released uncut on pre-cert VHS for:

• 1983 Intervision VHS

The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.

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• 2003 Hollywood R0 DVD titled Fanatic

It is reported that this version retains the chainsaw murder at the end, so maybe the cuts are to the film with in a film sequence.

• 1982 cinema release

See IMDb . The UK DVD is an edited version, missing:

• some of the violence from the Night Caller film-within-a-film sequence and
• the chainsaw murder at the end.

Last House on Dead End Street

• At the Hour of Our Death
• The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell
• The Fun House

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2006 Tartan R0 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2005 Barrel R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

However the disemboweling scene was restored from a noticeably different print.

Review from Amazon US : Spoof Snuff

Last House on Dead End Street was a movie that achieved popularity due to the fact that it was put in the same breath as Last House on the Left by Wes Craven, but that's about where the similarities end.

Roger Watkins directs and stars as a madman who is released from prison and vows to take revenge on society or so he says. However he instead chooses to kill his former friends and cohorts who may have stole some of his film ideas. He then plots an absurd plot where he makes the best snuff films. Yes that's part of the urban legend, but this is not a snuff film. What it is though is one disturbing, at times hilarious spoof of other wannabee snuff films.

What the movie is missing is the fact that in Last House on the Left we don't have any reversal of fortune between the victim and murderers, instead the movie chooses one direction and stays there, so nothing is really a surprise.

The Last House on the Left (2009)

See trailer from youtube.com

Cut for an MPAA R rated theatrical release. Uncut version was released on home video

Summary Review : Polished Remake of Raw Classic

To this day the original is still a raw and often disgusting piece of cinema. The remake is shocking, brutal and gross, but it didn't just go the buckets of blood route of the original.

Yes, there is some gore, but compared to films like Hostel and SAW this is quite tame. What does get under your skin is the rape scene. I read that some people witnessed others leave the theater at this point and they never came back. I guess they didn't see the original or read up on what they paid to see before plopping in their seat. It shows little skin compared to the 1972 version, but it's a long scene that is painful to watch.

The cast is quite good. The father, played by Tony Goldwyn, and the leader of the killers, played by Garrett Dillahunt were the standouts.

For a film as gritty as this one, the cinematography is polished and takes away a little bit of the raw power that the original had. I actually don't think Wes Craven's 1972 flick holds up well today and thought this remake was better.

Unrated

• 2009 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US : Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2013 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2009 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2009 Universal R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC explained their decision:

The Last House on the Left is a modern remake of a 1972 horror feature about a gang of violent criminals who assault a teenage girl then unwittingly find themselves seeking refuge at her parents' home. The film was classified 18 for strong bloody violence and strong sexual violence.

The film contains many scenes of strong bloody violence, many of which breach the BBFC Guidelines at 15 which state that violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury and that the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable . In the assault on the teenage girls, which includes a graphic stabbing and shooting, and in the scenes where the parents get their revenge, there is extended focus on the actual process of the infliction of wounds and the resultant blood loss. These scenes include a bullet being shot through a woman's eye, a man's arm being caught in a waste disposal unit and a man's head exploding after being put in a microwave.

The film also contains a mounting sense of sexual threat as the criminal gang take the two teenage girls into the wood; a threat which culminates with the rape of one of the girls. This extended scene went beyond the discreet and brief depiction of sexual assault that is allowed by the BBFC Guidelines at 15 . However, the focus on the girl's anguish and the lack of sexualised nudity or graphic sexual detail means that the scene did not eroticise or endorse sexual assault and therefore did not require intervention beyond the 18 category.

There is also one use of very strong language and multiple uses of strong language in the film alongside some strong verbal sex references and scenes in which the teenage characters smoke cannabis.

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R Rated

• 2009 Universal [Unrated + Theatrical] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2009 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com . The US MPAA cuts were to the scene of rape and assault but there also a few plot extensions in the Unrated Version.

The Last House on the Left (1972)

• Krug & Company
• The Men's Room
• Night of vengeance
• Sex Crime of the Century

Uncut at:

Banned by the BBFC for cinema releases in 1974 & 2000, and on DVD in 2002. Banned by the GLC London council in 1974. Banned as a video nasty in 1983. Then released with BBFC cuts from 2002 to 2003. Uncut since 2008 in both the Original Version and Krug Edit. In the US the Original Version was X rated but later heavily cut for an R rating. Uncut versions are now Unrated.

Summary Review: Brutal Realist Tragedy

While I think that people tend to get a bit hyperbolic when they talk about The Last House on the Left , I do think it's a fairly good film, especially given what the filmmakers were trying to do and considering their lack of experience, the era and the budget. Also, despite a filmic precursor, it just may be the earliest example of the horror subgenre of brutal, realist tragedy . However, it has flaws that would be difficult to overlook in a distanced assessment of the film.

But again, focusing on that amounts to hype now, and shouldn't be taken too seriously, lest it lead to inflated expectations. Just as surprising on a first viewing is that The Last House on the Left has an intermittent goofy sense of humor and a groovy attitude that is firmly mired in the early 1970s. The two policemen are really comic relief characters (and very funny at that), but there is also a lot of humor surrounding the criminal quartet--this almost becomes a black comedy at times. These sensibilities even extend to the music, which has a frequent hillbilly edge and lyrics that supply ex-positional material. Surprisingly, Hess, who plays Krug, wrote the music.

uncut
alternative
Krug Edit

Unrated

• 2009  Metrodome/In2film R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The Krug Edit consists of minor edits throughout but includes the more controversial scenes. It is suggested that this edit may also be considered the Director's Cut. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com.

Unrated

• 2008 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• The uncut version was submitted by a new distributor and in 2008 the Board reviewed the work. On the basis of the authoritative interpretation of the harm test as directed in the High Court in the Manhunt 2 case, the Board considered that the dated nature of the work had reduced much of the impact of the sexual violence previously cut. The Board's sexual violence policy tests had been applied afresh since the previous submission, and the Board did not now believe that the work posed a realistic possibility of harm, so it was classified '18' uncut.

US: The Original Version is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2011 MGM Collector's Edition R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2009 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2003 Anchor Bay R0 DVD titled Krug & Company

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to humiliation of woman forced to urinate, violent stabbing assault on woman and removal of her entrails, and woman's chest carved with a knife.

This version has minor differences throughout but all the footage in the BBFC 2002 cuts list is also cut here

• 2003 Anchor Bay R0 DVD

The 2003 Anchor Bay DVDs implemented the same 2002 cuts list differently and ended up deleting a further 13s

Interestingly the UK Anchor Bay release includes a DVD extra showing the deleted footage as a series of stills. (BBFC censorship only applies to video material)

• 2002 Blue Underground DVD

The BBFC justified their cuts as follows: Cuts required to humiliation of woman forced to urinate, violent stabbing assault on woman and removal of her entrails, and woman's chest carved with a knife.

See An appeal against the cuts reports from the appeal

The upshot was that the Video Appeals Committee agreed with the 16s of BBFC and added a further 15s of their own.

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• 1982 Replay VHS

The video was released by Replay Video in June 1982. It was an early casualty of the video nasty panic and got banned in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout and so became one of the collectible DPP39s

The release was mostly intact but was missing a short comic scene with 2 bumbling cops.

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Banned

• 2002 Blue Underground DVD

UK: Banned by the BBFC for:

• 2000 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The Last House on the Left is not suitable for cinema exhibition because of the explicit and sadistic sexual violence contained in the film. This is the second time that The Last House on the Left has been refused classification by the BBFC. The present version is some four minutes longer than the version offered in 1974, but is still several minutes shorter than the original uncut version. Although the recent resubmission was of a cut version of the film, it was still found to contain elements which are unacceptable under the Board's published Guidelines. The Board asked for further cuts to remove images of the horrific stripping, rape and knife murder of two women. The option of making additional cuts was offered to the distributor in May 1999 and in September they confirmed that the film would be resubmitted with further cuts. After much delay it is now clear that the distributor has declined the option to proceed further. The Board is therefore unable to classify the film in this version.

Maybe the cut R rated version was submitted this time

• 1974 cinema release

UK: Banned by the GLC for

• 1974 cinema release in London

The Greater London Council proved no more sympathetic and refused to overturn the ban for London only showings.

The Last Hunter

• L'Ultimo cacciatore
• Il Cacciatore

Passed X uncut for a 1981 cinema release. Videos were seized by police during the Video Nasties moral panic. The BBFC subsequently the VHS for an 18 rated 1988 release. Later uncut on 18 rated 2002 DVD. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.

Unrated

• 2002 Michael Lee/Vipco R2 DVD via UK Amazon

• 1981 cinema release

• 2007 Dark Sky Films R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

From IMDB:

• All DVD versions of the film are missing a brief 35 second scene where a soldier replies to a question asked by Captain Morris. The scene was in the cinema version and is probably missing due to print damage.

• 1988 Elephant VHS

From IMDB:

• 8 seconds were cut to edit some shots from an attempted rape on Tisa Farrow

• 1981 Inter-Light VHS

The video was seized subject to an Obscene Publications Act Section 3 Seizure Order. This is a legal gambit whereby victims admitted that the videos were 'obscene', and therefore subject to seizure, in return for that being the end of the matter and so avoiding an obscenity trial with the possibility of jail time.

The Last Man on Earth

• The Naked Terror

Cut by the BBFC for 1965 cinema release. Uncut for home video in the US and UK.

Summary Notes

Dr. Robert Morgan is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in Central America years ago. He is all alone now... or so it seems. As night falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish undead army that''s thirsting for blood...his!

Unrated

• 2009 E1 Entertainment/Elstree Hill Video at UK Amazon
• 2007 Orbit R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Shout! Factory [Vincent Price Collection II] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2014 Mill Creek [They Came from Space Collection] R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1966 cinema release titled The Last Man on Earth

UK: Passed X after compulsory BBFC cuts for:

• 1965 cinema release titled The Naked Terror

The Last Minute

• Ena lepto prothesmia

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Vital R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2003 Manga R2 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2004 Palm R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a US R Rated version shorter by 10:11s. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Last of the Mohicans

Not cut but the BBFC oscillated between 12 and 15. Uncut and R rated in the US. There are three different cuts reflecting the director's attention to detail.

Summary Notes

British and French troops do battle in colonial America, with aid from various native American war parties. The British troops enlist the help of local colonial militia men, who are reluctant to leave their homes undefended. A budding romance between a British officer's daughter and an independent man who was reared as a Mohican complicates things for the British officer, as the adopted Mohican pursues his own agenda despite the wrath of different people on both sides of the conflict.

MPAA

UK: The Director's Definitive Cut was passed 12 uncut for bloody violence and intense battle scenes for: 

• 2012 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: The Director's Definitive Cut is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2010 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com . The changes are uncontroversial in terms of censorship.

• 2001 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2006 Warner R2 DVD
• 1995 Warner VHS
• 1993 Warner VHS

• 1992 cinema release

The Last Picture Show

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2000 Columbia/TriStar DVD

7 minutes of uncontentious material has been added

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

UK: Passed 15 after 11s of BBFC cuts for:

• 2010 Revolver Online
• 2010 Revolver R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

Company was required to remove sight of animal cruelty (in this case, cockfighting orchestrated by the film makers),

The Last Seduction

No US or UK censor cuts for either Theatrical Version or Extended Version

Summary Notes

A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

• 2014 Network [Theatrical + Director's ] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006  Network [Theatrical + Director's ] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

R rated

• 2014 Network [Theatrical + Director's ] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006  Network [Theatrical + Director's ] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Carlton R2 DVD
• 1994 ITC Entertainment Group Video
• 1994 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2002 Lions Gate R1 DVD at US Amazon

Last Tango in Paris

• Ultimo tango a Parisi

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1973 cinema release, although a few local authorities banned the film anyway. Later passed uncut for all releases since 1978. Also cut for an R rating in the US although the NC-17 rated version is uncut.

Summary Notes

While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her.

NC-17

• 2012 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2000 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon at UK Amazon
• 2000 MGM VHS
• 1988 Warner VHS
• 1978 X rated cinema release

US: Uncut and NC-17 Rated for:

• 2011 MGM RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 1998 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

See article from bbfc.co.uk   : Cuts waived due to artistic value

It was rather ironic that after the failed obscenity prosecution, when the OPA was eventually applied to film in 1977, the BBFC's response was to waive its original 1973 cut and pass the film X uncut in 1978.

According to the new Secretary of the BBFC, James Ferman, the application of the OPA to this film guaranteed that it must be considered as a whole and that a defence of artistic value was applicable. Therefore the film was not obscene in its complete version.

The Board's decision to waive the cut provoked no comment.

The Festival of Light, a pro-censorship pressure group, started a concerted campaign to prevent the film reaching British cinema screens, circulating copies of the script to MPs and writing to local authorities - with considerable success, since several dozen banned it.

Events took an unprecedented turn, however, when Edward Shackleton, a Salvation Army member, brought a private prosecution against the film's distributors for publishing obscene material. The case ultimately collapsed when it was found that the Obscene Publications Act (OPA) did not apply to film.

• 1973 cinema release

From IMDb:

• The BBFC originally demanded 20s of cuts to include edits for language but these were successfully appealed by the director. In the end a 10s shot of Paul putting his fingers between Jeanne's buttocks was censored from the sodomy scene.
• The BBFC was also concerned about a scene of sexual dialogue, but decided that it could not be cut without damaging the film.

See  article from  dailymail.co.uk : Trousers

One examiner wrote: There is too much restraint in some sex scenes and Paul (played by Brando) seems to accomplish the most strenuous athletics with his trousers on.'

See article from bbfc.co.uk : Good Review

The film received favourable write ups from the film critics and played unopposed in most areas. However several dozen local authorities banned it. See above

The Last Temptation of Christ

Moralist campaigners claimed that the cinema release should have been banned on grounds of blasphemy. The BBFC consulted clerics who did not consider the film blasphemous so passed it 18 uncut for 1988 cinema release and 1999 VHS. Some local authorities banned the cinema release despite BBFC's findings. The film has been rated 15 uncut for home video since 2001. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

The carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth, tormented by the temptations of demons, the guilt of making crosses for the Romans, pity for men and the world, and the constant call of God, sets out to find what God wills for Him. But as His mission nears fulfillment, He must face the greatest temptation; the normal life of a good man. Based, not on the Gospels, but on Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name.

R Rated

• 2015 Mediumrare RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon
• 2011 UCA R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

• 1989 CIC VHS
• 1988 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2012 Criterion RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2000 Criterion R1 DVD at US Amazon

See case study from bbfc.co.uk :

The BBFC took the unusual step of inviting twenty-eight representatives of the major Christian churches to view the film at the BBFC, and also took legal advice from a QC before making a decision. All who saw the film at the BBFC agreed that the film was not blasphemous in the legal sense, although it might have the capacity to offend some Christian viewers.

A handful of local authorities took the decision to ban the film, on the grounds of possible offence (in response to petitions against it) rather than blasphemy.

In the US, the film is rated PG-13 for sexual content and language. Previously it was R rated but the film makers won an appeal and got the rating reduced.

From IMDb. According to director Jon Turteltaub the initial R rating was due to one use of the word blowjob . During the discussions with the MPAA he had to explain to them why a use of this word is appropriate for a PG-13 rated movie.

The Last Witch Hunter

BBFC advised the category cuts for a 12A rated cinema release in 2015. Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for home video.

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

• 2016 Entertainment One RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2016 Entertainment One R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2015 cinema release

• This film was originally seen for advice, at which stage the company was informed it was likely to be passed 15 but that their preferred 12A could be achieved by making a number of reductions to moments of violence and horror. When the film was submitted for formal classification, acceptable reductions had been made in these sequences and the film was classified 12A.

The Last Woman

• La dernie're femme

UK: Passed X uncut for:

• 1976 cinema release

Thanks to Gary:

There are two or three shots of Gerard Depardieu with an erection, plus a giant close-up of a (detumescent) penis before Depardieu's character cuts off his own with an electric carving knife - all passed uncut by the BBFC!

See Night Train Murders

Latter Days - Special Features Elements

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove shots of a suicide attempt which demonstrated a technique not felt to be widely known and more likely to result in death that the more well-known method

Law Abiding Citizen

Unrated

UK: The Unrated Version/Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Technicolor/Momentum Blu-ray at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2010 Overture/Anchor Bar RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

The BBFC explained the 18 rating:

Law Abiding Citizen is a thriller about a man who feels let down by the US justice system after his wife and daughter are murdered. The film has been classified at 18 for strong bloody violence, torture and sexual violence.

The film contains several scenes of strong violence, with a bloody and protracted stabbing in one instance. BBFC Guidelines at 15 state that violence may not dwell on the infliction of pain and injury . At least one of the scenes was judged to go beyond the scope of the Guidelines at 15 . Other scenes imply strong violence, including torture, but in most instances the strong detail is not seen on screen. The film includes one scene of sexual violence, with the attack implied rather than portrayed.

Law Abiding Citizen contains a vigilante theme, with a man taking the concept of justice into his own hands and using violence against those who he judges to have failed him. This theme was also considered suitable only at 18 . The BBFC Guidelines require caution with themes that appear to endorse illegal behaviour, such as violent revenge. In this instance there is some ambiguity as to how the vigilante is presented, with some dialogue references to the lack of wisdom of his choices, but this is counterbalanced with him being presented as a sympathetic character.

The film also includes frequent use of strong language.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• The additional material in the Unrated Version is mostly plot and dialogue but the violent scenes, including the rape, torture and man being punched to death in the throat, have been extended too.

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R Rated

• 2010 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD
• 2009 cinema release

US: The Theatrical Version was cut for violence in the US to avoid an NC-17 rating.

The Lawless Frontier

The BBFC cut 5s from the 2005 Classic Entertainment DVD and 2010 Deagostini DVD . Cut required to a scene of animal cruelty (horse being ridden off a cliff into water)

Running time variations suggest that there are 2 versions doing the rounds.

Lawman

The International Version was uncut by the BBFC for cinema release but was cut for animal cruelty for home video. The US PG rated version is cut for nudity/

Summary Notes

A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man.

• 1971 cinema release

• 2004 MGM R2 DVD
• 1995 Warner Home Video Video

The BBFC commented:

• Cut required to remove a cruel horse fall

• A topless seen of Sheree North in bed with Burt Lancaster has been replaced by a clothed version

The Lawnmower Man

• Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man

Uncut by censors. There exists a long Director's Cut

• 2010 Universal R2 DVD at US Amazon
• 1993 EIV VHS

An extra 32 minutes of uncontroversial material have been added for the Director's Cut. The Director's Cut seems to be the best version. See version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2002 Prism DVD
• 1995 VCI VHS
• 1992-3 First Independent VHS
• 1992 cinema release

Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

•  Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War

BBFC imposed category cuts for cinema release and 2004 DVD. Released uncut in 2010 on UK DVD but this is not in the BBFC database. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

Jobe is resuscitated by Jonathan Walker. He wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would connect all the computers in the world into one network, which Walker would control and ...

PG-13

• 2010 Universal [Lawnmower Man Director's Cut + Lawnmower Man 2] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2003 New Line Home Video R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2004 4front R2 DVD
• 1996 cinema release

See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com :

• Deleted dialogue: Travis: Yes, it does, Sean! The Fuck is burning my Eyes!
• Deleted Benjamin head butting a guard
• Delete Benjamin jamming an elbow into a guards face
• Deleted a site of a guard with his head thrust into a TV set
• Deleted a scream from a man in flames in a tunnel

Lawrence of Arabia

Cut by th BBFC for an A rated 1962 cinema release. Shortened for 986 VHS. Restored version is uncut since 1989.

• 2012 Sony R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2012 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1990 RCA/Columbia VHS
• 1989 cinema release

UK: The Restored Version was is MPAA PG rated for:

• 2012 Sony R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon

shortened

• 1986 RCA/Columbia VHS

From IMDb:

Shortly after premiere which took place in London in December 1962, 20 minutes were deleted from the film.

Cuts included the shot of goggles on the tree, Brighton's "remarkable man" line to the priest, early shots of the drafting room scene, the whole officer's mess sequence where he's called a clown and upsets water on someone, and some dialogue between the General and Dryden.

• 1962 cinema release