BBFC Cuts N: Na

See Eden and After

• 1998 Ayngaran International VHS
• 1998 cinema release

• I am God

Passed 15 uncut for:

• 2009 Ayngaran R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

15 violence guidelines state that Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury and this scene contains a number of scenes that fit this rubric but exceed the '12/12A guidelines which state that Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood... as scenes showing the hero delivering two realistic headbutts to his opponents, a defenceless woman being beaten with a metal chain, a prolonged scene showing a man being throttled to death, a man repeatedly beating a woman with a rock, a man killed by being run headfirst into a giant rock and lengthy close-up sight of a dead woman lying on the ground with her throat cut which did not feature in the 12A theatrical version were not permissible at 12A but were allowable at 15 as they did not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury and many of the blows were masked offscreen

• 2009 cinema release

Category cuts for a 12A rating

• 2014 cinema release

• Company chose to remove moments of strong bloody violence (two stabbings and an impaling) and a scene of sexual violence (gang rape of a woman) in order to achieve a 12A classification. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 15 classification was available.

• 2014 cinema release unreleased as he distributors wanted a 12A rating

BBFC category cuts were required for a 12A rated 2015 cinema release

• 2015 cinema release

• Company chose to remove elements of strong violence (in this instance, sight of men being stabbed in the stomach and sight of knives being withdrawn from people's bodies). A 15 uncut was available.

An uncut 15 rating was dropped in favour of a cut 12A rating for its UK cinema release

• 2013 cinema release

The distributors

• 2013 cinema release

The distributors abandoned an uncut 15 rating, preferring a cut 12A rated release.

Naked as Nature Intended

An Americanised version was released uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Jef R2 DVD

The Americanized version was completely reworked but does include the stronger material cut by the UK censor. See article from gavcrimson.blogspot.com

• 2011 Odeon R2 DVD
• 1995 Jezebel VHS
• 1986 Heritage VHS

The video versions have been sourced from the BBFC cut cinema negatives held by the BFI.

• 1961 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Remove all shots of girls on beach when they are seen front view, naked or virtually naked, full length.
• Remove shot of Pamela posing on the edge of the water, with a filmy scarf in her hair.
• Remove all shots of girls, both before and during the game with a ball, when they are seen naked front view, full length.
• A scene with one of the girls taking a shower in a steamed up cubicle. See article from dailymotion.com

Naked Assassins

• Naked Assasins

Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated 1997 VHS.

• 1997 Eastern Heroes [Subtitled, Widescreen] VHS

• At 39 minutes. After man ties necktie, remove all shots of naked woman being whipped, her injuries being kissed, and sight of her background while foreground couple engage in cunnilingus, resuming on man kissing woman's breasts; then remove all close shots of cunnilingus and of male and female groins during sex, resuming on boat sailing.
• At 84 minutes. After man with raised knife says: I must castrate you bastard, remove all sight of knife piercing man's jeans, resuming on man in denim sinking to knees (intercut shots of woman screaming may remain).

The Naked Cage

• The Cage
• Wild Cage

Cut by the BBFC for 1986 cinema and 1988 VHS. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities. Add Full Plot | Add Synopsis

Lots goes on in this above average prison flick, and it kinda reminds me of a female version of Brubaker.

• 2013 Shout! Factory 4 Cult Movie Marathon R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 1988 Rank VHS

• 1986 cinema release

The Naked Edge

A shorter version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2010 Cornerstone R2 DVD

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 103:20s = 99:12s

Naked Killer

• Chik loh go yeung
• Chi luo gao yang

The film was heavily cut for export to Asian countries. The Hong Kong Theatrical Version is uncut but extra dialogue scenes were later added for a Director's Cut.

Summary Notes: Comic Strip

A young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.  She's subsequently recruited by the real killer, a hit woman who targets rapists at large and practices on drooling sex-mad psychos chained up in the attic. When they finally head out for the real thing, they take out victims in a display of midair somersaults, cracking whips, flying ropes, and flashing guns.

Great sex 'n' violence-comic strip from Hong Kong! Highly Recommended!

• 2002 Medusa/Contende/E1/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2002 Medusa/Contender/E1/Hong Kong Legends VHS
• 1999 MIA VHS

Based on article on Chopping List . The additional uncontentious scenes in the Director's Cut are:

• 4 mins 22 secs - dialogue scene while Kelly Yiu massages Chingmy Yau's body as they are lying on a couch
• 32 secs - dialogue scene between Simon Yam and Chingmy Yau in the car during which Timan throws up while brandishing a gun
• 23 secs - scene of Chingmy Yau viewing a videotape of Kelly Yiu after the latter's death
• 1 min 9 secs - dialogue scene between Simon Yam and his partner in a room some time after Yam had been knocked unconscious by Yiu.

R rated

• 1996 MIA VHS

pre-cut

R rated

• 1996 MIA VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com as compared with the Director's Cut.

Naked Killer 2

• Xiang Gang qi an Zhi Qiang Jian
• Legal Rape
• Raped by an Angel
• Super Rape

Banned by the BBFC twice and then released with cuts totalling 11 minutes. There are two world versions, both missing scenes, but the Hong Kong Version is better than the Taiwan Version.

Summary Review: Rape, murder and dismemberment

Not really a sequel of Naked Killer 1.

The only redeeming quality of this DVD is that the women in it are fabulous although we don't get to see much of them ... I mean you see more flesh on some of the late night networks ...

• HK 2001 Tai Seng R0 DVD at US Amazon titled Raped by an Angel

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

To this day, there is no totally uncut version of the film available. The Taiwanese version mainly lacks the sex scenes themselves, while scenes displaying sexual violence were spared, which are missing in the Hong Kong version. Furthermore, the Taiwanese version contains a scene in which a disabled person is forced to rape Kit. This was removed from the HK version, together with all the references to it. If one was to edit both versions together, the run time would be about 102:00s = 98:00s

4:42s

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6:02s

• 1998 MIA VHS

Thanks to Bleach on the Melon Farmers Forum :

These account for what the BBFC removed, not what was pre-cut:

• At 7 mins - During dirty phone call received at women's party, after woman asks "Why not now, I'm hot right now?", the rapist's lines (and subtitles) expressing plans to tie woman up and rape her were removed, resuming on man saying "One day we'll do this for real, Yau Yak Nam."
• At 15 mins - Bed scene in which rapist turns woman over and then invites second man into bed to share her was reduced, cutting away as second man touches her back and she looks round. All sight of second man entering bed and raping her whilst first man records this on video was also removed, resuming on blue sky through window.
• At 28 mins - As ex-girlfriend makes stand against gangster and older woman says "How dare you make a scene here!", her further comment (and subtitles) "Get me a knife and I'll cut off her tits", together with man's instruction "Bring a knife" were removed, a reaction shot of woman on floor was inserted to avoid jump cut, and resuming on older woman continuing "I can't stand this stupid bitch".
• At 38 mins -In woman's flat, sexual assault was reduced to establishment only, as follows:

(i) after victim is thrown into bath and man looks down at her, remove shot of him smiling and saying "Good idea, let's have a bath", resuming on frightened woman in bath;
(ii) then, after woman starts to lift herself out of bath, cut away to remove prolonged scene in which she struggles and protests as she is terrorised, pursued, assaulted and finally raped in kitchen, resuming on new scene on boat panning up from man's bare feet.

• At 43 mins - After happy couple disappear under duvet, sadistic focus on raped woman's terror was reduced by removing all sight of her bound and gagged in chair, resuming on rapist raising video camera to photograph bound victim.
• At 69 mins - Scene of rapist peeping on his female neighbour was considerably reduced by removing the following -

(i) prolonged sexy dancing, sight of woman undressing and repeated shots of man peeping through hole;
(ii) CU of woman stroking her leg up towards crotch, resuming on woman in sexy underwear dancing in hallway.

• At 70 mins - At end of 'peeping tom' sequence, after boyfriend says "I'd wank myself to death", entire scene depicting rapist hanging upside down, masturbating and saying aloud "I will fuck you" was removed, resuming on scene in bar.
• At 78 mins - During final, prolonged fight between woman and rapist
  dressed in clown suit, the sadistic power of the violence was reduced by removing the following -

(i) sight of woman kicked in throat and falling back onto glass coffee table, breaking it;
(ii) woman having her hair pulled viciously, then kicked between her legs from rear as she crawls away;
(iii) woman being dragged by hair up outdoor steps in rain, then splayed out and pinned down against kitchen counter;
(iv) CU of man groping woman's bare breasts as lightning flashes in background.

• 1997 MIA VHS

• 1997 MIA VHS

The Naked Kiss

• The Iron Kiss

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2003 Metrodome R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1998 Tartan VHS
• 1990 Palace VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

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

Review from US Amazon : A shocker in its day

In its day, The Naked Kiss was quite the shocker. It dealt with (or hinted at) such then-taboo subjects as prostitution, abortion and even pedophilia in bold ways that were foreign to American film audiences. Unfortunately, like many once-controversial movies, the handling of these topics are now so dated that, at times, they are almost laughable.

The opening sequence with Towers beating up her pimp with her shoe, and an unexpected plot twist mid-film are still quite effective, but for the most part, the obviously low budget movie is filled with staid dialogue, performances and direction.

• 1964 cinema release

The Naked Peacock

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 CFS R0 DVD

• 1977 cinema release

The Naked Prey

• The Naked Prey (scope)
• The African Adventure

BBFC category cuts were required for the 'A' rated 1965 cinema release. Uncut and PG rated for VHS but later rated 12 for DVD and Blu-ray. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors. Naked and weaponless he is set loose, the hunters hot on his heels, beginning a life-or-death hunt through wild Africa.

• 2015 Eureka Entertainment [n/a] video

• 1986 CIC VHS

• 1965 cinema release titled The Naked Prey (scope)

Naked Vengeance

• Satin Vengeance

The US MPAA Unrated version is uncut

18:52s

• 1986 Vestron VHS

See Banned Cinema Films: Nanak Shah Fakir

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove/obscure the word "bugger" to obtain a U category,

Napoleon's War: 1812

Summary Notes

The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks to a young nobleman Alexey Tarusov. Tarusov joint to the the regiment of Russian lancers, and finds new friends like Lieutenant Gorzhevsky, Prince Kiknadze and Sergeant Ptukha. After the terrible battle of Borodino, they fall into many unexpected adventures...

• 2016 High Fliers Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 8th February 2016

BBFC cuts details

One page on the BBFC website lists this film as cut by 18s for a 12 rating. Another page says that it is uncut

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

• National Lampoon's Winter Holiday

See video from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• 2008 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2006 Warner RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• 2008 Warner Online
• 1998 Warner VHS
• 1990 Warner VHS

The BBFC cut was:

• The dialogue: We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye! lost the 'fucking' in favour of 'dancing'

National Lampoon's The Don's Analyst

See Van Wilder: Party Liaison

Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey?

• Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey?!

BBFC advised category cuts were made for a U rated 2014 cinema release.

Summary Notes

The pupils of St Bernadette's and the madcap Mr Poppy (MARC WOOTTON) are back! When their new teacher Mr Shepherd (MARTIN CLUNES) loses his memory as well as Archie the Donkey, it's up to them to save the day and reunite him with his fiancée Sophie (CATHERINE TATE) in New York. Prepare for a race against time, fantastic flashmobs and plenty of Christmas fun on their greatest adventure yet.

• 2014 cinema release titled Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey?!

The BBFC commented in the 2014 Annual Report:

The distributor sought classification advice from the BBFC in two stages before submitting it formally.

An early version of the film contained a single use of ass , in the context of a donkey shaking its rear and we advised the distributor that this use would be acceptable as 'very mild bad language' at U.

A later version of the film contained repeated uses of shake that ass in song lyrics, and without the contextual justification of the earlier use, we informed the company it was likely to be passed PG.

When the final version of the film was submitted for formal classification, the company had chosen to replace all uses of the word ass in the song lyrics with 'thing'.

Both versions of the film also contained the phrase elf off , said by an elf, during an elf-style ghetto slang scene. Since this word play takes a euphemistic form, rather than a direct replacement for strong language, it was acceptable within the context of the wider film at the U category.

Natural Born Killers

The UK VHS version includes some of the violence from the Director's Cut as James Ferman wanted Mickey to be less agreeable. This was in the hope of deflecting the controversy that the heroic couple Mickey And Mallory were accused of inspiring copy cat crime by sensationalist newspapers. Even so the cinema release was delayed by the BBFC whilst checking out these false claims, and was again delayed by Warners for VHS release after initially coinciding with the Dunblane killings. The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut in 2002.

Listen to Podcast 46: Natural Born Killers from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Notes

The misadventures of Mickey and Mallory: outcasts, lovers, and serial killers. They travel across Route 666 conducting psychadelic mass-slaughters not for money, not for revenge, just for kicks. Glorified by the media, the pair become legendary folk heroes; their story told by the single person they leave alive at the scene of each of their slaughters.

Unrated

• 2014 Warner Home Video R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 VCI VHS

US: The Director's cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2009 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

The unrated directors cut has additional scenes as follows:

1. Pre-credits murder scene in the diner features additional footage (Mallory smashing a guy's head on the floor; more graphic footage in the knife throwing death scene);
2. The death of Mallory's father is slightly extended with more graphic footage;
3. Mickey is briefly seen raping the bound hostage in the motel room;
4. When Mickey and Mallory run out of gas in the desert they start to argue; Mallory points a gun at Mickey and forces him to remove his trousers. He's chased by a ram escaped from the herd of the indian shaman. Mickey and Mallory ask him for help and follow him home;
5. Jack Scagnetti's murder of the prostitute is longer and more explicit.
6. After Mickey and Mallory have killed the indian and have been bitten by the rattlesnake, we see Scagnetti dumping the body of the prostitute near a railway; the camera pulls back to reveal a nearby drive-in theater where Mickey and Mallory are watching the film and talking;
7. The clerk at the Drug Zone pharmacy is watching a program on Mickey and Mallory on TV that features a dramatized massacre in an indian jewelry and craft store;
8. The beating of Mickey and Mallory after he's surrendered outside the Drug Zone is longer and more violent (the scene is shot mimicking the Rodney King videotape);
9. The scene where psychiatrist Dr. Rheingold (Steven Wright) is interviewed by Wayne Gale is longer and features additional dialogue;
10. A new scenes features Denis Leary as a prison inmate walking up and down his cell while delivering a frenzied and funny monologue about Mickey and Mallory.
11. The prison riot sequences are longer and include additional scenes showing a cop being shoved into a washing machine and killed, a con's head boiled in a large pot, another cop dragged on a table and shoved into an oven, a cop thrown and hanged from a balcony and cons cutting other cons' throats in the prison's barber shop.
12. After hitting the guard (Vince Pruitt Taylor) in the face with the butt of a shotgun, Mickey convinces him to bring him to Mallory's cell by breaking his fingers;
13. Jack Scagnetti's agony after being stabbed in the throat by Mallory is longer;
14. The warden's (Tommy Lee Jones) death scene at the hand of the prisoners is more explicit. The prisoners are seen waving his dismembered body parts and his head on a spear;
15. After Mallory has shot Wayne Gale's hand, there are a few frames showing the warden and the guards seen through the bleeding hole;
16. After Mickey and Mallory have killed Wayne Gale, the movie continues with a new ending showing them riding on a van with Owen (Arliss Howard), the prisoner that helped them escape. Owen insists that Mickey and Mallory take him with them but they refuse; after Owen asks Mickey to let Mallory have sex with him, the couple decides to throw him out of the van, but he pulls a shotgun and kills Mickey. The last frame shows Owen taking aim at Mallory.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

The Director's cut also include the following extra scenes that were not included in the film. Oliver Stone's decision.

• There's a lengthy courtroom sequence showing part of Mickey and Mallory's trial; the prosecutor Wanda Bisbing (Rachel Ticotin) is interviewed by Wayne Gale and then we see witness Grace Mulberry (Ashley Judd) being cross examined byMickey. The murder of Grace's brother is shown, then Mickey stabs and kills Grace with a pencil on the witness stand.
• Wayne Gale interviews the Hun Brothers, two body builders who have had their legs sawn off by Mickey and Mallory. A flashback reveals that the brothers have been spared by Mickey and Mallory because they've been recognized as great admirers of their work;

I had an interesting report from a Melon Farmers reader:

I was fortunate to see a test screening of NBK at Universal Studios. There was a part of the motel rape scene removed from the final cut, this involved, Mickey approaching the bound & gagged hostage, he starts to dance in front of her, then taking his knife he cuts off her knickers, and then pursues to rape while her hands are still tied behind her back, (this scene continues to bombard your mind and becomes more and more unbearable to watch) and then finally he then puts his mouth against hers, and rips her tongue out while still raping her (ala Midnight Express!).

Why this was not added on to the supplementary section of the Box-Set release I don't know. I believed the scene was important in that it showed the sickness, ruthlessness and disturbing side to all serial killers and more importantly to our character 'Mickey'. Without this scene Mickey to me just did not seem disturbing enough! even with all the cuts restored. I asked John Venzon (assist. editor) why the scene was omitted, in reply he said 'it detracted your attention away from Mickey, and was deemed to excessive', fair comment!

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• 2001 Warner R2 DVD
• 2001 Warner VHS
• 1996 Warner VHS not released
• 1995 cinema release

This is a pre-cut US 'R' rated version with a few restored scenes. The BBFC reckon that the unreleased certificated video version had a few restored scenes from the cuts listed below. This was said to show a little more ruthless behaviour associated with Mickey to try and diminish the impression that he is almost the good guy in the film.

• 1995 cinema release

US: The film was passed R by the MPAA after the studio made about 60 cuts totalling about 3 minutes.

Delayed

Banned

UK: The video was passed 18 by the BBFC for a 1996 release but this was overtaken by events after school killings in Dunblane. Warner Brothers cancelled the release out of respect for the families of the victims of the Dunblane killings. The video/DVD had to wait until 2001 before getting released.

Ireland: Irish censors at IFCO banned the film in Ireland. It was unbanned some years later.

Natural Causes

Natural Cold Killer

Natural Enemy

13s pre-cut

Naughty

• Naughty! - A Report on Pornography & Erotica

Cut by the BBFC for 1971 cinema release and 1988 VHS. Less cut for 1997 VHS.

Summary Notes

A look at sex and pornography through down the ages. From the liberal ancient Greeks, to the hypocritical Victorians, and on to modern times.

• 2007 Showbox R2 DVD
• 1997 Medusa VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• at 66 minutes. After woman says slut during S&M sequence showing one woman whipping another, remove all sight of woman's buttocks being whipped and of reddening buttocks, resuming on close side view of woman's bottom.

• 1988 Sheptonhurst VHS

• 1971 cinema release

The Naughty Stewardesses

• Fresh Air

The Extended Version was passed uncut in 2008 with previous cuts waived

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

• Warriors of the Wind
• Kaze no tani no Naushika

The Original Version was passed PG uncut for:

• 2005 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• 2005 Walt Disney R2 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 1986 Vestron VHS

Navajo Joe

Cut for violence for X rated UK cinema release. The violence was restored for DVD but new cuts were made for animal cruelty. Unuct and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

An Indian warrior called Navajo Joe seeks revenge on a gang of sadistic outlaws who has massacred the people of his tribe.

• 2015 Kino Lorber (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2008 UA/MGM R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Germany: Uncut and FSK 18 rated for:

• De 2011 Koch RB Blu-ray via UK Amazon

• 2008 Optimum R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Distributor was required to remove two scenes of animal cruelty (cruel tripping of horses and cockfighting)

• 1967 cinema release

From IMDb. BBFC cuts were made to:

• Edit the shooting scenes
• Edit the beating of the Indian
• Edit the killing of Duncan with a rock.

Nazi Love Camp 27

• Living Nightmare
• La Svastica nel Ventre

Banned by the BBFC for:

• 1977 cinema release

See more at Banned Cinema Films List