BBFC Cuts S: Su-Sz

Submarine X-1

BBFC category cuts for a U rated 1969 cinema release. An unknown version was released on DVD in 2014.

Summary Notes

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.

• 2014 101 Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts for:

• 1969 cinema release

Subspecies: The Awakening

• Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm

R Rated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• 2003 Cinema Club R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1999 Highfliers VHS

US: The Extended Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 1998 Full Moon R1 DVD at US Amazon

The Substitute

Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS to remove throwing stars. Not released since

Summary Notes

After a botched mission in Cuba, professional mercenary Shale and his crew head home to Miami, Florida, where Shale is reunited with his fiance Jane Hetzko, who is a history teacher at Columbus High School in Miami. Some of Jane's students happen to be members of a street gang known as the "Kings of Destruction" (KOD), led by Juan Lacas, who has been terrorizing Jane. After Jane's kneecap is broken by a big seminole named Bull, she tells Shale that she believes Lacas ordered the attack, so Shale goes undercover as Jane's substitute teacher.

• 2001 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Denmark: Uncut and 15 rated for:

• RB Blu-ray via UK Amazon

• 1996 EIV VHS
• 1996 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were to delete 3 scenes featuring throwing stars. See pictorial cuts from movie-censorship.com

The Substitute 2: Schools Out

Suburbia

• Rebel Streets
• The Wild Side

The BBFC cut 10s from the 2003 Prism DVD: Cuts required to remove sight of dogs being tripped by wires.

Sucker Punch

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

The Extended Cut was passed 12 uncut for moderate violence, threat, language and sex references for:

• 2011 Warner (Extended + Theatrical Cut) R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• 2011 Warner RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

The extended version restores the cuts for PG-13 and also restores a background setting sequence. From and interview with Deb Snyder from blogs.indiewire.com :

[Now] in the credit sequence we have the [musical montage] of [Roxy Music's] Love Is The Drug and that was actually conceived as a glimpse of what life was like in the every day brothel world and the shows they put on. It was actually at the beginning of the movie in its entirety, but we took it out because when we put it in the film it just looked like the place was too much fun and there wasn't enough jeopardy.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

The film was substantially edited to tone down the R Rated material to PG-13. The Theatrical Version is toned down in both battlefield violence and for sexual threat. The Extended Cut is the better version.

17:45s

PG-13

• 2011 Warner R0 Blu-ray
• 2011 Warner R1 DVD
• 2011 cinema release

There is also an IMAX variant

Sudden Death

See Dirty Harriet

Sudden Justice

• Death Dealers
• Violent Naples
• Napoli violenta

Cut by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release and further cut for 1987 VHS. There also exists a cut version in the US.

• 1987 Video Programme Dists VHS titled Sudden Justice

The running time suggests that this may also suffer the US cuts for strong language.

• 1977 cinema release titled Death Dealers
• 1977 cinema release titled Violent Naples

Suffer Little Children

Unknown and indistinguished video notable mostly for being seized by the police hell bent on the perversion of justice. The police raided the distributors on the day after the video had been submitted to the BBFC. The BBFC had requested about 2m of cuts but somehow the police seemed to think that the uncut version was illegal and would not give the distributors the oppurtunity to implement the cuts that would make it legal. Then the DPP chipped in to the injustice by delaying the return of the film for 3 months, even though they later had to admit that there was no hint of child sex or extreme violence. Of course during this delay the distributors were almost driven to the point of bankruptcy.

Sukiyaki Western Django

The BBFC passed the 2008 Contender DVD 15 without cuts.

The International Version was submitted which is significantly shorter than the Japanese Version. The edits are for timing rather than censorship reasons.

The consensus is that the faster paced shorter version is better.

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Summer of Sam

cut

best
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R Rated

UK: Passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2000 Fox Pathe R1 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 cinema release

US: Cut for an MPAA R Rating for:

• 1999 Walt Disney R1 DVD at US Amazon

A sex scene between Dionna (Mira Sorvino) and Vinny (John Leguizamo) was edited down for fear of an NC-17 rating. However this edited version has become the definitive and only version available.

Super Bitch

• Superbitch
• Blue Movie Blackmail
• Mafia junction
• Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?

Cut by the BBFC for an X rated 1973 cinema release. Uncut and 18 rated for VHS and DVD

Summary Review: Extreme moral ambiguity

An undercover cop infiltrates a drug ring that is importing stuff from Lebanon, turns double agent, plays traffickers against corrupt cops, and intends to keep both the money, and the drugs. He also intends to keep the drug ring leader's woman, whom he wooed in the process.

This British-Italian co-production is the director's only foray into the Italian crime thriller genre, but it rivals anything by Ferdinand DeLeo or Umbeto Lenzi.

This movie has everything fans love about the genre--crosses and double-crosses, gun-play, high-speed car chases, sadistic brutality, and extreme moral ambiguity.

Unrated

• 2012 Arrow R0 DVD titled Super Bitch at UK Amazon
• 1987 Bookworm VHS titled Superbitch

US: Uncut and MPAA unrated for:

• 2013 Apprehensive Films [Exploitation Double Feature] R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 1973 cinema release titled Blue Movie Blackmail

See Cry Uncle

Superbad

The BBFC passed the Extended Version (US Unrated Version) 15 uncut for the 2007 cinema release and 2007 Sony DVD

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

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

The extra material for this version is mostly non-contentious. See pictorial version differences from movie-censorship.com

Superbitch

See Super Bitch

Superchick

See trailer from youtube.com

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2002 Rhino R2 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: 70's Nostalgia

Air hostess juggles boyfriends in several ports with a few minor adventures along the way. Most notable as a nostalgia piece as surely they won't make 'em like this anymore.

• UK 1974 cinema release

Supergirl

The US Director's Cut release is rated PG uncut for:

• 2000 Starz R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See Director's Cut version details on IMDb

• 2006 Warner R1 DVD
• 1984 cinema release

•  2000 Warner VHS

From version details on IMDb :

The shorter US Version leaves out

• snippets of dialogue
• scene where Supergirl makes the flower bloom.

•  1986 Thorn/EMI VHS

Superhero Movie

A short Re-edited Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for the 2008 Technicolor DVD

Superman

• Superman: The Movie

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended Director's Cut

• 2011 Warner Complete Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2008 Warner Online
• 2001 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• 2011 Warner Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2006 Warner Special Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com. The Director's Cut features an extra 7 minutes of uncontentious material. There are numerous short plot extensions, and 2 new scenes. The first one shows Superman in the Fortress Of Solitude, talking to his father Jor-El about the advantage of his supernatural powers. The second one shows Luthor trying to stop Superman by the use of heavy arms, fire and ice.

• 2011 Warner Complete Collection R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 1993 Warner VHS
• 1986 Warner VHS
• 1978 cinema release

Superman II

Exists in 2 versions, The Theatrical Version and the Richard Donner Cut

Unrated

• 2011 Warner Complete Collection [Theatrical + Donner Cut] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2006 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• Warner Superman Anthology [Theatrical + Donner Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2007 Warner Ultimate Collector's Edition [Theatrical + Donner Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon

Original director Richard Donner was sacked two thirds of the way through production. Substantial rework was then implemented to minimise Donner's contribution to the film. Eventually Donner had the opportunity to put together a version of the film based on his own scenes. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

PG

• 2011 Warner Complete Collection [Theatrical + Donner Cut] R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2001 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1986 Warner VHS
• 1980 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• Warner Superman Anthology [Theatrical + Donner Cut] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2007 Warner Ultimate Collector's Edition [Theatrical + Donner Cut] R1 DVD at US Amazon

Supernova

R rated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2001 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 Fox Pathe VHS

US: The Extended Version is MPAA R Rated for:

• 2000 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

PG-13

• 2000 cinema release

The Theatrical was further cut by 13s for a PG-13 to remove a few topless shots and minor nudity

Supervixens

• Russ Meyer's Supervixens
• SuperVixens Eruption
• Vixens

All previous cuts were finally waived when the Arrow DVD was resubmitted in 2004. The BBFC explained that the passage of time had reduced the impact of the images to a significant degree, making the prospect of harm more remote.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via US Amazon

See review from IMDb : Ultimate Russ Meyer flick

While this isn't my personal favorite from the legendary Russ Meyer's output, its possibly the most defining film Meyer ever made. All his regular trademarks that have endured him to trash fanatics everywhere are on full display here. His editing style is rapid, with few shots lasting more than several seconds. There's a style of insanity which makes one wonder how sincere Meyer actually is - whether he has something up his sleeve or is legitimately demented. The film's sense of absurdity bordering on surrealism illustrates this. Also, the film's light hearted tone is interrupted by shocking moments of violence which, while over-the-top in nature, are still potent. Most of all, this film features six buxom females, the most defining trait of a Meyer film.

This is Meyer's show all around, meaning outside of the voluptuous females, the actors don't really matter too much. Still, the cast does a good job with the kitschy material. Charles Pitts is likable in the lead role, despite not being as outrageous as the material called for. Even better are Shari Eubank (in two roles, as the ultimate evil female and a nice girl perfect for Pitts) and Charles Napier (as the degenerate and vicious lawman villain). Is it misogynistic? Perhaps a little bit, but this is the kind of crazy trash that one really shouldn't take too seriously. Another entertaining winner from Meyer.

• Cuts to scene  where Charles Napier murders Supervixen in the bath tub.

• Cuts to scene  where Charles Napier murders Supervixen in the bath tub.

I have been informed that this version may have been 'accidentally' released uncut.

• Cuts to a scene of a bound woman with a lighted stick of dynamite between her legs
• Cuts to scene  where Charles Napier murders Supervixen in the bath tub.

Surf Nazis Must Die

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

UK: The Directors Cut was passed 18 uncut for strong violence and racist language with all previous cuts waived for:

• 2012 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon

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

• 1998 Troma R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Outrageously Bad

I think it's safe to say you will either love this film or hate it.  It's one of those movies that's so completely without any redeeming value that it actually ends up being enjoyable. If I had to describe it, I'd call it a cross between Repo Man and Plan 9 From Outer Space ... with nazis and surfing thrown in for good measure.

If you can enjoy something lewd, crude, bizarre, and outrageously bad, you'll probably laugh yourself silly and enjoy this movie.

• 1996 Allied Troma VHS

The BBFC cuts were

• Cuts in three fight scenes to remove sight of chainsticks (nunchaku).

Survival Run

• Spree

pre-cut

A pre-cut version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 1986 Screen Indoors VHS

From IMDb:

The producers filmed 2 version, one without nudity, one with. The UK release is without nudity.

Suspiria

• Dario Argento's Suspiria

Summary Review: Dreamlike

A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.

The plot follows Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper), an American ballet student, travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breathtaking set-piece killings, Suzy discovers that the academy has a bizarre history and, as the body count rises, she gets involved in a hideous labyrinth of murder, black magic and madness.

With a distinctive dreamlike look courtesy of Luciano Tovoli's cinematography that emphasises primary colours, and a unique score by Italian progressive rock band Goblin.

• 2010 Nouveaux RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Nouveaux R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1998 Nouveaux VHS

From IMDB:

• Missing a few seconds from the opening murder (mostly from the slow pan over the dead girl's body hanging from the ceiling; there's a noticeable jump cut in the music score when this happens).

Unrated

• 2007 Anchor Bay Special Edition R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Blue Underground Special Edition R0 DVD at US Amazon

• 1990 EIV VHS

The cuts were:

1. The opening murder is missing a few shots of a knife plunging into the chest and then the beating heart.
2. The blind man getting his throat torn out by his own guide dog is now almost completely missing

• UK Thorn EMI VHS

The video was never directly targeted by the nasty campaigners though.

• UK Thorn EMI VHS

• 1977 cinema release

The BBFC inflicted 2 cuts totalling 15s:

1. Heavy cuts to the blind man getting his throat torn out by his own guide dog, particularly the close ups of the dog tearing chunks of flesh
2. A 2s close up of Sara's (Stefania Casini) throat being cut in the room of wires is missing.

The original running time was noted as 98:14s = 94:18s

Swamp Thing

Uncut in the UK. The US theatrical version  was cut for PG. It was released uncut by MGM in 2001, but US releases have reverted to the cut PG version ever since the 2005 MGM release.

• 2003 MGM Home Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2000 MGM R1 DVD via US Amazon

• 2013 Shout! Factory RA Blu-ray
• 2005 MGM R1 DVD

See article from dvdcompare.net :

• The cuts were to remove nudity when Adrienne Barbeau takes a bath in the swamp, you see a side shot of her breast compared with some extra seconds of full-on breast shots in the Unrated Version.
• At the beginning of the party scene, two dancing gypsy women taking off their clothes has been cut.

The Swan Princess Christmas

Summary Notes

Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their trusted woodland friends return for their first Christmas celebration! But, with the villainous Rothbart striving to destroy Christmas itself, will they be able to stop him and save the day? Told in beautiful CG animation for the very first time, The Swan Princess Christmas is an enchanting musical holiday treat the whole family will enjoy!

PG

The Swarm

The Extended Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• 2003 Warner R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 1998 Warner VHS

From IMDb: Some of the additional footage is as follows:

• More of the 3 way courtship between DeHavilland, Johnson & MacMurray
• A hilarious scene in which the military inspect the attacked picnic site and Michael Caine comments on the bees' biting abilities
• Several additional scenes of Caine and Katharine Ross driving back and forth between the military bunker and the town and chatting about developments as they do
• The death scene of the little boy whose parents were killed and who subsequently firebombed the swarm - in the short version he is in hospital and you assume he's survived although he's not seen again. he has a relapse and dies in the long version.
• Various extra footage of Caine and Ross going to the HQ in Houston
• When Henry Fonda is killed there is an additional shot of a huge superimposed bee which he sees at the moment of death
• An additional subplot near the end of the film in which Ross has a relapse and nearly dies from her earlier bee sting. This is why she's lying in a bed when Caine rescues her from the burning building. This sub-plot has several short scenes including one when Bradford Dillman and Richard Widmark see Caine praying by her bed - once he sees that Caine believes in God Widmark knows he's a good chap and instructs Dillman to "Close that dossier" (the dossier has been constantly referred to by Widmark but was left as an unresolved plot hole in the theatrical cut).

• 1987 Warner VHS
• 1978 'A' rated cinema release

Sweet Movie

Banned by the BBFC for 1975 cinema release. Extensive cuts list offered for 1980 cinema release but turned down. Uncut in the US.

Summary Review : Dark recesses

There are some films that are designed to shock, some designed to titillate, some that delight in disgusting the view. For Makavejev, shock, disgust and titillation are never the purpose, but a means to a form of psycho-liberation. Makavejev in Sweet Movie hurtles us head first into the confronting theses of Post-Freudian Wilhelm Reich. We are forced to confront our relationship to our primal beings. He literally smears our consciousness with faeces, vomit and carnality.

We cannot watch orgiastic scenes of regressive acts, a sensual striptease played out inches from the faces of young boys, Carol Laure masturbating in a pool of molten chocolate without a visceral reaction. We are forced to confront our own repressed desires and shine a light in the dark recesses of our own psyche.

See also insightful  review from film.thedigitalfix.com

• 2007 Criterion R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1980 cinema release

See  article from  sbbfc.co.uk :

In 1978, Connoisseur Films approached the BBFC, having being offered the rights to the film. They enquired about whether there was any prospect of the film being classified. There is no record in the Board's files of what James Ferman told the company, although there is a note that he spoke to them about it on 10 January 1978. Given that the film was never formally submitted, we can only assume that he discouraged the company.

The film was formally submitted by a new distributor, Lazer Films, in 1980. Examiners suggested that cuts should be made to remove any potentially indecent images from the Anna Planeta scene (which had not been an issue in 1975), to remove the whole sequence in which three men crap in competition and then show it to crowd , and to remove some of the more extreme open-leg shots towards the end of the film, in which Carol Laure wallows in liquid chocolate. [Laure herself had earlier fought a legal battle to have these shots suppressed]. It was conceded by examiners that certain other scenes, most notably the scene in which Miss Canada's husband urinates directly onto her, were very strong. However, it was felt that these scenes could not be cut without ruining the meaning of the film. However, in spite of negotiations between the BBFC and the distributor, the film was simply withdrawn from the classification process, possibly because of the difficulty of making cuts, in particular to the Anna Planeta sequence.

• 1975 cinema release

See  article from  sbbfc.co.uk :

The film was viewed in 1975 by the Board's Secretary, Stephen Murphy, and the President, Lord Harlech. They agreed there was no prospect of classification and, in a letter to the distributor, Murphy noted: I regret that we are unable to offer certification for this film: nor can we see how it can be cut to make it acceptable to us. We accept that it is a film of some seriousness of purpose: though also of some obscurity. Nevertheless, in many respect, it goes beyond the standards of taste which the Board is currently prepared to accept .

Sweet Sixteen

• Sweet 16
• Blutiges Inferno

Not cut by BBFC or MPAA. There are slight variations in the opening between the Theatrical Version and Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living in. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with end up brutally murdered. Her sixteenth birthday is on the way, but Melissa turns out to be a suspect when it seems she's the last person who has seen her boyfriends alive.

• eyecatcher [Theatrical + Director's Cut] R0 DVD at UK Amazon

US: The Director's Cut is seemingly R rated for:

• 2008 Code Red R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com : The film's opening has been changed for the Director's Cut. An irrelevant piece of scene setting has been deleted before the credits. There is more of the opening scene with Melissa showering

R rated

• 1983 cinema release

Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song

• Sweet Sweetback

Although uncut in 1998, a change of law in 2005 alerted the BBFC to the issue of under-aged performers in a faked sex scene. The scene was duly cut for future releases. Uncut in the US.

Summary Notes

Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps two white 'acquaintances' in the police force to look good by agreeing to go with them to the station as a suspect. But he is forced to go on the run after brutally attacking the two policemen when they arrest and beat up a young black man.

6s

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1:09s

• 2005 BFI R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

Cuts required to remove shots showing an adult female initiating sex with a boy.

Note that the Distributor made 1 minute 9 seconds of cuts prior to submission, attempting to bring this version into line with the cut UK cinema version. However, their cuts were insufficient and a further 5 seconds of cuts were required to bring this submission into line with UK cinema version. Total running time cut (pre-cuts and BBFC cuts) = 1 minute 15 seconds. All cuts were made by substituting unacceptable images with a blank screen, as per UK cinema version.

• 2005 cinema release

The BBFC commented :

This work was previously passed uncut on video by the BBFC in 1998 on the basis of written assurances from the film's director, Melvin Van Peebles, that the person playing young Sweetback having sex with an adult female in reel one was Hubert Scales, an actor who was at least 18 at time of filming.

Information that has come light since 1998 has cast considerable doubt on those assurances and it now appears to the BBFC, on the basis of the available evidence, that the actor in the scene in question was, in fact, the director's son, Mario Van Peebles, who cannot have been older than 14 years at time of filming.

The Protection of Children Act 1978 makes it an offence to distribute, possess or advertise an indecent photograph of a child. A 'child' is currently defined as a person under the age of 18 and there is no exception granted for the current distribution, possession or advertisement of images created prior to the legislation.

The fact that the scene in reel one appears to show a 13 or 14 year old boy realistically simulating sexual intercourse with an adult obviously raised concerns that some of the images in the sequence might be considered indecent images of a child. The BBFC is fully aware of the historical and cultural significance of the film and endeavoured to explore the possibility that the sequence might not be caught by the provisions of the Act. To test this proposition the BBFC took advice not just from its own specialist legal advisors but also from one of the leading QCs in this area. The legal advice was unequivocal: the sequence was likely to be considered indecent under current UK law.

Although this is clearly a work of considerable political, social and cultural importance the Board was bound by its obligation to seek to ensure that works likely to be in breach of the criminal law are not classified and so could not grant a certificate to this film unless changes were made. The film's director chose to make the intervention by obscuring the relevant images with black ink, thereby maintaining the original soundtrack and running time. A caption explaining the intervention was added to the front of the film by the distributor at the film director's request.

The video distributor granted a certificate in 1998 has been made aware of the issue and has undertaken not to distribute further copies of that version.

• 1998 Missing in Action VHS

This version contains images that after a change of law in 2005 may now be considered illegal to possess in the UK by the Crown Persecution Service and other UK enforcement agencies.

The Sweetest Thing

Unrated

The Extended Version/US Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• 2005 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 Universal VHS
• 2003 Sony R2 DVD
• 2002 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

The US Extended Version is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2002 Columbia/TriStar R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut US R Rated DVD:

• Several scenes in which a furious ex-boyfriend declares Christina a lesbian are missing.
• The Penis Song is missing

R Rated

• 2002 cinema release

The Theatrical Version was cut in the US in response to poor responses by preview audiences

• Several scenes in which a furious ex-boyfriend declares Christina a lesbian are missing.
• The Penis Song is missing
• a scene was cut with Roger telling his brother Peter about prostitutes in Costa Rica.

Swimming Pool

The US release is  uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Universal R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

cut

R Rated

• 2004 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• 2004 cinema release

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com :

• The poolside scene featuring Julie and Franck and discreet oral sex was shortened by 24s

Sword in the Moon

• Cheongpung myeongwol

Passed 15 after 10s of BBFC cuts for:

• 2011 Lace R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Cuts required to remove sight of a snake being stabbed and
• to horses being tripped and falling dangerously.

Sword of the Conqueror

• Rosmunda e Alboino

BBFC category cuts were required for an 'A' rated 1962 cinema release. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman.

• 2014 CHEEZY FLICKS R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1962 cinema release

Sword of the Master

DVD cut by the BBFC in 2003: Cuts required to sight of cockfighting

Maybe this is the 1969 South Korean film titled Hurricane Sword

Sword of the Valiant

• Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The UK cinema release was cut for category and the VHS was cut more. Uncut in the US. There is said to be an unreleased longer version.

Summary Notes

Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. No knights stand to defend their king's honor. Except for the valiant Gawain. After being quickly knighted Gawain plays the game, but learns that it's all a trick, and he has lost. But the Green Knight shows mercy, letting Gawain grow a year older before having to face the consequences. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.

PG

• Koch Media R2 DVD at UK Amazon

• 2004 MGM R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 1987 Video Collection International VHS

• 1984 cinema release

See Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of vengeance

See Ghost Warrior

Swordsman III: The East is Red

• Dong Fang Bu Bai: Feng yun zai q

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2000 Tai Seng R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• 2006 Optimum R2 DVD

Sympathy for the devil

• One Plus One

Passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• 2006 BFI R2 DVD
• 1997 BFI VHS

From IMDb:

Jean-Luc Godard's original director's cut (titled One Plus One ) runs approximately 110 minutes and consists largely of additional footage of the black power militants. The film's producers were dissatisfied with this cut and deleted 11 minutes, changed the title to Sympathy for the Devil to underscore the Stones connection, and added the final version of the title song to the film's soundtrack, over a freeze-frame of the last shot. These changes were all made without Godard's knowledge; when he finally saw them at the film's London Film Festival premiere, he allegedly went berserk and physically attacked one of the producers.

• 1974 cinema release

• 1969 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 100:18s

The System

• The Girl Getters

pre-cut

best
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A pre-cut version was passed 12 for moderate violence and sex references without further BBFC cuts for:

• 2008 Odeon R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The film was pre-cut to keep the BBFC happy in 1964. The cuts have persisted through the 2008 DVD release

pre-cut

• 1964 cinema release