The cinema and video versions from 2005 have all been cut as justified by the BBFC:  Company chose to remove the word “spazz” in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 was available.

The word was replaced with the word ‘crud’.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Unofficial pre-cuts some of which are probably to non-sex content

The uncut region 2 DVD is available from UK Amazon

Cuts were for supposedly instructional shots of heroin preparation and injection.

Cut by 1:56s when submitted in 2002: Cuts required to a scene featuring abusive seduction and sexual activity between uncle and niece and a scene featuring urolagnia.

No doubt due to an oversight the UK Arrow DVD is in fact uncut

Cut in 2005 with the following BBFC comments:

The reality TV genre continues to generate material which can challenge the limits of the adult classification. Paramedics is a fly-on-the-wall documentary with a cameraman following American paramedic crews as they attend serious accidents and incidents. It required cuts to remove some of the more extreme and detailed shots of gory and serious real injuries, including close-ups of a leg severed by a train and footage of a dead woman being dragged from the wreckage of her car, on a number of grounds, including that exposure to these kinds of images may encourage the development of callous attitudes amongst members of the audience.

• Mousou dairinin

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required (on potential harm grounds) to the sight of a child attempting to hang herself, and accompanying subtitles.

See the full article at www.lyris-lite.net/fu_archives/000347.html

At the start of March, the BBFC set a new record in baffling and inane decisions when they defaced the British DVD of The Ren & Stimpy Show to remove a comedy hanging scene.

They're at it again this month, as another animated TV show - this time one from Japan called Paranoia Agent. The BBFC site tells us that there were "Cuts required (on potential harm grounds) to the sight of a child attempting to hang herself, and accompanying subtitles".

This is utterly INSANE as the DVD is rated 18. That means that anyone under the age of 18 is NOT allowed to buy it by law! The advice on the site already tells us that the show (or at least these particular episodes of it) have "strong suicide references" as a theme.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Accoirding to the BBFC it was cut because it showed a close-up of a needle being used for ear piercing: This seemed worryingly imitable for a PG comedy which was ideal in every way for an audience of primary school children.

Cut by 10:38s when submitted in 2008 with the following BBFC comment:

Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove the single use of strong language in order to achieve a PG classification. An uncut 12 was available to the distributor.

Same cuts for cinema and video version:

• 2 shots of a cockfight
• a horse falling headfirst have been removed.
• use of live chickens for target practise (apparently goaded into action by spraying lighter fuel in their faces)

Version shown on TNT and now TCM seems uncut

19:57s of unofficial pre-cuts

Cinema version is cut from the R rated US version which was already cut to get the R rating. There is apparently an NC-17 version circulating on the bootleg fan network.

CNN recently carried a clip from the film showing an Asian guy wielding a butterfly knife to attack Mel. This would seem to account for the mssing seconds.

Indeed, and in the case of 'Full Contact', Chow Yun-Fat's use of his ballisong as a weapon, as well as the aforementioned prior twirling, was cut too.

4:38s pre-cut and a further 14:38s cut by the BBFC

Cut in 2000

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove three uses of strong language from this short work

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut two apparent uses of strong language in the soundtrack, to obtain a 'U'. A '12' uncut was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sexual detail (oral-genital contact) to gain an 18, under Board policy and Guidelines. An R18 uncut was available

Cut in production for the cinema and subsequent video/DVD versions. The BBFC made the following statement:

While the film was still in post-production the company was given advice that a headbutt delivered by Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs) to Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter) was unlikely to be acceptable at any category below 12A. This action was not present when the film was submitted for classification.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make two cuts to explicit sexual activity (cunnilingus and ejaculation onto the face)

• Un Delitto poco comune
• Off Balance

• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom

The cuts were waived when resubmitted in 2008

From therewindforums.co.uk:

At 1hr 15 min and 47sec, there is a shot of a horse jumping at Daniel Craig's character. The horse then falls on its side (a very loud thump is heard), and the animal then just simply lays there. This could be the sequence cut by the BBFC in 2000.

See Creepers

Some of the goriest elements removed from the following scenes:

• A man hanging from butcher's hooks that have pierced his back
• Self induced vomiting
• Huge ball bearings and spikes being inserted under the skin

Shown on Channel 4 schedules, under their 4Later slot without the excessive BBFC interference that the video release suffered.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove sight of genuine animal cruelty ( a dog being dangled by its lead over a balcony)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove clear sight of explicit sex (oral-genital contact) to achieve an 18 classification. An R18 without cuts was available

The pre-cut 2008 cinema release was passed without further cuts by the BBFC with the explanation:

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is a comedy about a man who witnesses a murder and is forced to go on the run from the police, along with his drug dealer. The film was classified '15' for frequent drug use and references, strong language and comic violence.

As the lead character is a regular drug user, sight of soft drug use (in the form of cannabis smoking) and verbal drug references are found throughout the film. However, although the tone of the film is light it does not, as a whole, promote or encourage such drug use. There is also frequent use of strong language (BBFC Guidelines at '15' state that 'There may frequent use of strong language') and some scenes of strong but comic violence. The scenes of comic violence include sight of a tough policewoman being kicked in the groin by a man and close up sight of an ear with part of it having been shot off. The film also contains a number of strong sex references such as You wanted to eat that lollipop out of that stripper's snatch and You'll blow a bunch of dudes and become a lesbian, which are crude but in line with the Guideline requirement that, at '15', 'there may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour'.

However in an article from news.bbc.co.uk

Canadian actor Seth Rogen has said that one of the drug scenes from his new film Pineapple Express had to be specially edited for UK audiences.

The film is rated R in America but in the UK it's got a 15 certificate.

Rogen said: There's a scene in the movie when we sell [drugs] to high school kids - that's still in there I assume. But in the American version of the scene we also smoke weed with them and hang out. It's a really explicit scene of us getting high with these 11-year-olds. I think for the UK they've kind of softened it a bit.

Released in UK cinemas on 12 September 2008.

• John Waters' Pink Flamingos

Cuts for prolonged sexual abuse and the forcible artificial insemination of a woman

It also lost the sex scene where a squawking chicken is crushed between copulating lovers.

James Ferman's passion in life is that the British public should not be able to see chainsticks in operation. Cato therefore receives 30s less torment from Peter Sellers. But then again the BBFC do not own up to any cuts

Submitted in 2007. BBFC cut 2:03s with the following comment: Distributor chose to cut scenes of unsimulated sexual activity - oral-genital contact during cunnilingus; and dildo penetration of vagina.

The distributor pre-cut at least 31:42s as the original hardcore versions runs at 114:05s

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to sight of horse fall

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Compulsory cuts required to remove shots outraging public decency, bare breasted models sitting in car in a public place

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (masturbation and labial stimulation with dildo) to gain an '18' classification, under BBFC Guidelines. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to remove occurrences of sexual detail - masturbation

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove sight of unsimulated sexual activity (vaginal penetration with a dildo)

Audio substitutions

Censored by Tom Dewe Matthews states that Point Break suffered from 25s of multiple small cuts to body blows to attain a 15 certificate. I guess that these refer to the cinema version as there are no video cuts listed by the BBFC. Perhaps these were restored for a video 18 certificate.

Passed uncut but with a 12 certificate in 2004

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2004

• In the scene where Lassard and Fackler go to the pool room. After entering from outside, it cuts to the inside on the line "Watch me hussle this old fart...", completely omitting Lassard and Fackler's entrance from the inside.

• Ging chaat goo si
• Jackie Chan's Police Force
• Jackie Chan's Police Story
• Jing cha gu shi
  Police Force

Multiple versions abound and none of them are censored by the BBFC. However a few scenes have been pre-cut and in particular a fear-stricken cop peeing himself, something that was shown when the movie was broadcast on C4 years ago.

The UK DVD release is uncut and includes the cop peeing himself

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Compulsory. Cut required to remove scene of public indecency as naked man jogs along a public country road.

Cinema version cut by 32s so I guess the video will be too.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor was required to remove two scenes where there was clear sight of the penis shaft during penetration

+ cinema cuts

A woman, Isabelle Adjani has a surreal affair with an octopus creature. This results in a an octopus baby miscarriage on the metro which was cut by 5 minutes for the pre-VRA video release.

Latest Visual Corporation version is uncut by the BBFC

The cuts were waived for the DVD release of 2007

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from IMDb

I first watched this movie when I was just a teen and was riveted to the TV screen. I was amazed at the performance of the characters and the intensity of the plot.

If it was to be redone today there would be no doubt superb special effects to make it seem realistic. Shirley MacLaine is quite the actress no matter what part she is playing on the big screen and even now I have high respect for her ability to perform.

From UK Amazon

• Reel 11 - The incident in which Joel menaces a woman with a flick-knife was shortened.
• Reel 12 - The scene in which Joel forces a woman to eat dog food from a bowl was shortened.

• The Dorm that Dripped Blood

These cuts rescued the video from the video nasties list

Both the cinema release and the video suffered the same BBFC cuts in 1986

No cuts listed by the BBFC but the film appears to exist in two versions so perhaps this explains the fact there are many reports of cuts. This appears to be the full version.

The heavily cut version is as follows: (Thanks to Luis Canau)

• 23:43 - Dutch (Schwarzenegger) fires a mortar into a hut - we don't see aman projected into the air
• 24:06 - Similar shot, with a scream being affected by the edit
• 24:16 - 6 shots cut, removing a man in flames shot by Dillon (Carl Weathers), followed by him warning Dutch of an enemy, which is then shot by both (a shot presented the soldier being pierced by bullets, from behind)
• 24:40 - When the helicopter in which the Russians where about to escape is blown away, we don't get to see a man falling out, in flames
• 24:51 - After an explosion, a scene is cut in which two men are projected in the air, falling down on the water
• 25:17 - A soldier on a tree is shot by a machine gun. Two shots of him falling down are cut, including one with him partially burning
• 25:27 - Billy (Sonny Landham) shots two soldiers, amongst explosives. One is burned by the flames, but we don't see any of this;
• 25:45 - The famous "stick around!" scene is removed. Three shots are cut:the enemy approaches from behind, Dutch turns around and throws the knife,and then says the one-liner. They left the enemy entering the frame though. The audience should think it's one of the good guys following the leader? We can still hear part of the scream that Scharzenegger makes while he throws the weapon;
• 1:08:22 - When Mac (Bill Duke) is killed by the predator we don't get to see a shot taken from a low angle, in which his head is dripping blood and his body jerks;
• 1:10:10 - Other famous shot is almost totally removed: when Dillon's arm falls to the ground we don't see two shots of it still firing the machine gun and a third shot, in the middle, of his face reacting to the pain. There's only a brief moment of the arm hitting the ground left.

The cuts which the UK (and R2 Skandinavian and R4 Australian) releases contain, have their origin in Germany. These cuts were imposed on German theatrical and video releases by the German censors,  FSK, in order to achieve an "FSK 18" rating. So these cut masters must have served FOX to produce their UK DVDs.

No cuts listed by the BBFC but there are general reports that the UK version has been toned down

A possible cut scene involves some yardies getting killed by predators using spikes. In the video version you see the after shots of these spikes in the wall but you don't actually see them fired, yet other reports say that they were shown in the cinema, along with a few extra shots of men getting injured/killed.

A possible cut scene involves some yardies getting killed by predators using spikes. In the video version you see the after shots of these spikes in the wall but you don't actually see them fired, yet other reports say that they were shown in the cinema, along with a few extra shots of men getting injured/killed.

Open leg shots offend the BBFC so they have been removed

The distributors tried an appeal so as to obtain an 18 certificate but this failed

Préparez vos mouchoirs
aka

• Get Out your Handkerchiefs
• Get Your Handkerchiefs Ready

The 2007 DVD release runs about 8s longer after allowing for scanning changes. However the BBFC does not list cuts being waived so perhaps the cut version was resubmitted.

However the age restriction was reduced from 18 to 15.

The cinema version has the same cuts but was rated 15.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Cinema version was cut but the 2 cuts were waived for the video when submitted in 1987

No details of the cinema cuts in the BBFC lists but it has been stated that pubes were airbrushed onto the naked 12 year old Brooke Shields

Note that the DVD/video was passed again uncut in 2007.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Cuts for Category. Company chose to remove images of explicit sexual activity (in this case, cunnilingus)

unofficial pre-cuts

• Wonderful World of Wendy Whoppers: Prison Love Doll

Cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC comments: Cuts required to remove sequences of real assault, public nudity, defecation and urination. Cuts required on the grounds of potential harm to likely audience and others by imitation. Cuts also required in line with UK laws relating to public indecency and assault.

Ptitchard vs Dainton had cuts to remove sight of glasses being broken over heads. This was not just because of concerns about imitation but also because the film makers may have commissioned a real criminal offence in the UK in order to produce the sequence.

Although there are no constraints on nudity at ‘18’, the BBFC will not classify material which is the result of the commission of a criminal offence in the UK. This policy takes into account the new offence of ‘exposure’ under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into force in 2004. The BBFC already had an established policy on public nudity in line with the broader common law misdemeanour of ‘indecent exposure’. On these grounds, cuts were made to public nudity in Pritchard Vs Dainton, which contained full frontal nudity as men ran along public streets.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to the sight of clearly unsimulated sexual detail (sight of oral genital and genital genital contact) to gain an 18 classification. An R18 classification was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to make cuts to clearly unsimulated orogenital sex (cunnilingus) in order to gain an 18 classification. An R18 was available to the distributor.

No cuts made when re-submitted in 2006. However the version submitted was pre-cut to eliminate the same material as the previous version. The increased running time is additional, uncontentious footage.

The region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Top Grossing

Private Lessons is one of the top grossing independent films of all time pre-Miramax. Private Lessons was released in 1981, starring Sylvia Kristal, Eric Brown, and Howard Hessman. Private Lessons was the first in a genre of soft core, teenage, wet dream, pictures.

I liked this movie, but just to let you know, it has been altered from the version, which is on VHS tape. It has also been revealed that Silvia Kristal had a body double, her name is Judy Helden.

However, Ms. Helden only appears in two scenes in the movie, and they are not the famous scenes which those of us in the 35 to 40 age group, who love the movie all know. Miss Helden's scenes appear towards the end of the movie, where we see aroused nipples on a breast, in one shot of the backside that does not match up with Sylvia Kristal's.

If you are a fan of Sylvia Kristal's, you will like this movie. If you are 35 to 40, and you can remember when this movie was released. You will probably like this movie. I will close this review with a question. Do you want to feel like you are 15 again?

The same cuts to the X rated cinema release of 1982 and video releases in 1987 & 1992. The pre-VRA version suffered less cuts.

• Cuts were made in several scenes under the Protection of Children Act. Basically every shot where you could see Kristel's nudity and the boy in the same shot was removed. The scenes affected were the striptease, the bath scene and the two sex scenes. In the storyline the boy was meant to be 15 years old

• Entrechattes
• L'Infirmière
• Engel der Lust

The 1978 cinema release was cut by the BBFC

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove explicit images of sexual activity (in this case, cunnilingus) in order to achieve an 18 classification

Cut in 1998. The 2002 DVD re-release is also likely to be the same cut version.

The offending scene depicted a character entering some premises by use of that good old 1970s TV cliche the credit card! The BBFC demanded that this should be cut as it depicted the use of what they termed "criminal technology".

Thanks to Dave Matthews (see New Avengers' and Professionals websites)

Thanks to Floyd:

Not cut by the BBFC but a pre-cut television version was submitted as per the US DVD releases. The only uncut DVD release is available in Australia

Cuts from www.dvdcompare.net:

• A shot of the janitor's pacemaker bloodily exploding out of his chest is trimmed.
• When the principal cuts off his finger, the shot is trimmed of blood squirting, and a shot of the finger falling to the ground in slow-mo is replaced by a close up of the principal's reaction.
• A shot of Alex standing up and his flag falling down is cut completely
• During the locker room confrontation - "kicked your ass" is changed to "kicked your butt"
• An alternate shot of the teacher screaming is used; in the original it shows a closer shot with blood squirting on his face.
• A brief shot of blades coming out the back of the teacher's head is lost completely.
• Cuts to overhead shot of couple having sex. The original showed a side view with one of Mary Lou's breasts exposed and then a rotating overhead shot, matching the rotation of the overhead burial shot which exposed both of Mary Lou's breasts.
• Overdubbling of guidance counselor's profanity including a couple of "fricks" and "wearing his teeth for earrings".
• An alternate shot of Shane's heart coming through the back of the couch is used which is less gory. The original adds a quick close up of the the heart in Mary Lou's hand which is much bloodier and does not show him Shane screaming.
•  A "You silly bitch" is inaudible and an alternate shot is used where Alex says "you bitch" rather than "you fucking bitch".

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove shots of unsimulated cunnilingus and dildo penetration to achieve an 18 category. An R18 without cuts was available

9s pre-cut.

Video releases of 1986, 1999 & 203 long with the 1998 cinema release were all untouched by the BBFC.

However from on article at movie-censorship.com it seems that TV versions shown on BBC and German RTL are more complete than worldwide cinema/DVD releases

In particular the extra footage:

• Norman Bates monitors Marion through the hole a bit longer. She takes off her bra, followed by another shot of Normans face in a close up. After that, we see Marion again, taking the bra off completely. [still preserving her modesty though]
• After Norman Bates has carried Marion's body out of the bathroom, the shot of him looking at his bloody hands is a bit longer. His bloodied hands make another re-appearance before he washes them in the bathroom

• Delirium

Cut by 16s when submitted to the BBFC in 1987.

• BBFC cuts edit a scene of a topless woman being impaled with a spear.

The version cut by the US to achieve an R rating was passed without further cuts for cinema release, However, 3 seconds were reframed on the video version to remove a close up of heroin injection. The BBFC cut this on the grounds of potentional harm to viewers; the injection image is known to be hypnotically seductive to some potentially addictive young people and is nearly an advertisement for the pleasures of heroin injection.

Note that the reframing applys to both the widescreen and the pan & scan versions.

Same version for the cinema and video releases of 1990.

Close-ups of martial arts weapons flying through the air are missing from the video version. Also a scene in both cinema and video versions of a Lady Triad putting a gun in a Mafioso's mouth and then pulling the trigger gives the impression of being cut to remove the results of the wound

Thanks to MM, May 2007:

The version shown on Zone Thriller although longer than the BBFC version (restoring a few bits of violence & the lengthy destruction of the casino) it still lost among other things a few bits of violence on the boat. (Hand-severing, man hit with chain, harpoon to a mans eye & a shot of a spiked ball flying through the air before it hits another man)

• Puppet Master

The 2000 DVD submission included the previously cut breast exposure but the print submitted was the shorter US R-rated version which has less violence and a heavily edited sex scene.

Thanks to MM who confirms that the Zone Horror Channel have been showing the film uncut. Perhaps now the BBFC are ready to pass the film uncut

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from IMDb: Great Fun

My first thoughts as I inserted the disc was that it'd be a cheesy, laughable pile of 80's horror rubbish. So I was in for a pleasant surprise. If you can get past the initial presentation of the movie (it feels every bit as low-budget as it is), you'll find it to be creepy, intriguing, and above all, great fun.

The puppets themselves could have been a whole lot worse. The effects are hardly Lord Of The Rings, but through a strange combination of live-action and extremely well-animated stop-motion, the puppets don't make you cringe every time they show up on screen. They're probably better actors than some of the live actors even, it's difficult to tell who's more wooden. But it's hardly a character-driven story. It's an unusual story nonetheless, and it definitely interested me enough to watch it right through - and then pick up the first sequel!

The 1989 Enertainment in Video version was cut by 3s to remove a brief shot of a woman's breasts during the elevator dream sequence.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (cunnilingus, fellatio and penetration), to achieve an 18 classification, under BBFC Guidelines. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sight of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (vaginal penetration with penis and finger, and oral genital contact) in order to achieve an '18'. An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (oral genital contact) to gain an 18 certificate. An uncut R18 was available

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove sight of explicit sex (digital vaginal penetration, sustained masturbation and oral-genital contact)

Cut by 15s when submitted in 2007 with the following BBFC statement: Distributor chose to cut shots of clearly unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, oral genital contact during cunnilingus). An R18 without cuts was available to the distributor.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment:
The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to cut sustained, clearly unsimulated sexual activity - hand or fingers rubbing own genitals - to gain an '18' classification. An 'R18' without cuts was available to the distributor.

29:17s unofficial pre-cuts.

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove sight of unsimulated oral-genital contact to obtain an '18' classification. An 'R18' without cuts was available

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make cuts to the depiction of clear unsimulated fellatio

Film cuts restored in 2006 for a 15 rated video/DVD

Cut when submitted for a cinema release in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to remove shots of bloody body with glass embedded in it in order to achieve a ‘12A’. A ‘15’ without cuts was available.

Notable as the first of the R18 sex videos that contained hardcore snippets. This tolerance did not extend to ejaculation which accounts for the 11s cut.

39:16s pre-cut and a further 11s cut by the BBFC