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Video Cuts Cert Run Time Details

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

aka
  • She hao ba bu
uncut
uncut
15 cert 96:52s 1978 Hong Kong/Taiwan action film by Chi-Hwa Chen.
With Jackie Chan, Nora Miao and Hsin Yi Chen.See IMDb

Passed 15 uncut for:

  • 2007 Contender video
BBFC uncut 15 cert 85:56s A very short version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2007 Contender video
BBFC uncut 15 cert 92:17s A short version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • 2001 Eastern Heroes R2 DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

uncut
uncut
18 certificate 96:40s Passed 18 uncut for:
  • 1987 Squarecape VHS

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

aka
  • Se ying diu sau

  • Bruce Vs. Snake in Eagle's Shadow

  • Eagle's Shadow
  • She xing diao shou
    Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
44s 18 certificate 92:26s 1978 Hong Kong film by Yuen Woo-Ping

This video version was again cut in 1994. The cut version was then submitted my Medusa in 2000.

Cut to remove the Cat/Cobra fight

34s 18 certificate 91:43s Rank Video version cut in 1987
cut X cert   Cinema version cut in 1982

Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

2:51s 15 cert 81:25s 1979 Hong Kong action film by Sum Cheung

The BBFC cut 2:51s from the 15 rated 1990 VPD VHS

cut X cert 85:07s
=81:43s
The BBFC cut the X rated 1980 cinema release
Snatch 17s 18 certificate 75:33s Adult video by Eli Cross (Asphyxiation)

Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: Distributor chose to make three cuts to unsimulated sexual activity (oral-genital contact). An R18 was available to the distributor.

Snatch Of The Day 6:12s 18 certificate 133:43s by Gorgeous Gee (Fundaland Films Ltd)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove explicit shots of oral/genital contact and of vaginal penetration by the penis

Sniper

aka
  • Beckett, O Atirador
uncut
uncut
alternative
15 cert 94:47s 1993 US/Peru war film by Luis Llosa
With Tom Berenger and Billy Zane. See IMDb

UK: An uncontentious alternative version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com:

The R-Rated version is faster and more suspenseful than the UK version. With the exception of one violent scene of violence, the only scenes missing are those that were slowing the film down. However, the UK version features four alternative scenes, which are among the most interesting.

uncut
uncut
alternative
15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

97:22s
=93:28s
UK: The shorter R Rated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1992 cinema release

US: The shorter version is MPAA R Rated for:

Snow White and the Magic Mirror

40s U cert 31:47s 1996 release

Snuff

aka
  • El Ángel de la muerte
  • The Slaughter
  • American Cannibale
  • Big Snuff

Snuff

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
uncut
uncut
18 cert

MPAA
X Rated

76:43s 1976 Argentina/US/Canada horror by Michael & Roberta Findlay.
With Margarita Amuchástegui, Ana Carro and Liliana Fernández Blanco.
See IMDb

Passed 18 uncut for:

  • UK 2003 Blue Underground video but no sign of a release

The US release is uncut and X/Unrated for:

Summary Review: Publicity is more interesting than the film

Like many films that appeared in the early 70s and raised a stink for one reason or another - the publicity surrounding the Findlay's film Snuff is more interesting than the film itself.

In fact, this film - which supposedly depicted the actual dismembering of a young girl - caused such a fuss when it played in New York that the mayor demanded that the perpetrators be captured and prosecuted. That is, of course, until the producers admitted that the film was a fraud and produced the dead actress for all to see.

This film is nothing more than a late 60s Hell's Angels biker movie with a tacked on ending in which the film's director disembowels a young blond girl. Not sexual, and hardly interesting - the snuff bit of the film is hardly impressive as far as either shock or special effects.

Of course, you have to sit through a turgid tale of bikers and drug smuggling to even get to this bit - and it just isn't worth it.

uncut
uncut
Video Nasty 76:39s The uncut VHS was set to be released by Astra in May 1982. The release was cancelled but bootleg copies and Belgian imports filled the void.

The video was added to the video nasties list in July 1983. It stayed on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP39's

Soccer Dog

1s PG Cert 81:39s 2004 US comedy by Sandy Tung

This was cut when submitted in 2004 with the following BBFC explanation:

Company chose to cut sight of a forceful head butt to accord with BBFC Guidelines on imitable techniques at PG. A 15 uncut was available.

On the football field, a young man (not the hero, but a role model) delivered a powerful head butt to the conceited villain and then explained that sometimes it is the only way to resolve matters. This scenario is an excellent example of why we might intervene at ‘PG’. Encouraging children to use head butts, especially on the football field, as the best way to resolve a dispute, is a matter of serious concern.

The Soldier

aka
  • Codename: The Soldier
1:17s 18 certificate 82:41s 1982s US action film by James Glickenhaus.
With Ken Wahl, Alberta Watson and Jeremiah Sullivan.
See IMDb

Passed 18 after 1:17s of BBFC cuts but with some cuts waived for:

  • UK 2004 Cinema Club R2 DVD

The BBFC cuts were:

  • The cut scene shows a DIY weapon, ie a spy booby traps a light bulb which explodes later on in the film when someone switches it on.
  • The 4s of blood spurts previously cut were restored

pre-cut 29s

18 certificate 83:06s A version pre-cut by 29s was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1992 Braveworld VHS
1:05s 18 certificate 82:41s The cut cinema version was passed 18 after a further 1:00s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1987 Embassy VHS

The BBFC cut a further minute

  • The extra cut scene shows a DIY weapon, ie a spy booby traps a light bulb which explodes later on in the film when someone switches it on.

The cinema cuts still apply:

  • Cut by 4s to remove blood spurts from stomach and head shootings
4s 18 certificate 87:46s
=84:15s
Passed 18 after 4s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1983 cinema release

From cuts details on IMDb:

  • Cut by 4s to remove blood spurts from stomach and head shootings

Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue DVD

best available
best
available
MPAA
R Rated
~112:00s
=108:00s
1970 US western by Ralph Nelson.
With Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss and Donald Pleasence .
See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

There are reports that the original US R Rated version was cut to avoid an X rating. Any such cuts have long since being forgotten though, and the current uncut US version is definitive.

There is also a US cut PG-13 version to avoid

BBFC
6s
18 certificate 110:03s Passed 18 after 6s of BBFC cuts with previous cuts for violence restored for:
  • UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD

The BBFC commented: Four cuts were required to remove the presence of cruel, dangerous and illegal horse falls

cut
total
28s

BBFC
7s

cut
distributor
23s

18 certificate 109:38s

Passed 18 after 7s of BBFC cuts and 23s of distributor cuts for:

  • UK 2005 Momentum R2 DVD

Bizarrely the Momentum Pictures resubmission in 2005 ended up by being unnecessarily more cut than the previous version. The BBFC made the following statement: The BBFC requested 7 seconds of cuts to remove cruel horsefalls but the distributor made additional voluntary cuts of 23 seconds to remove an acceptable horsefall and part of a rape scene. These cuts were not required by the BBFC but were in line with cuts made to previous video releases.

BBFC
23s
18 certificate 109:28s Passed 18 after 23s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1999 BMG VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

  • The cuts as per previous Embassy version except that slightly less cut from the rape scene
BBFC
36s
18 certificate 108:53s

Passed after 36s of BBFC cuts for:

  • UK 1986 Embassy VHS

The cuts were:

  • Cuts are to a scene showing the rape of an Indian woman, during the massacre of the village
  • Cuts to a shot of a naked Indian woman strung up by her wrists with blood on her breasts
  • A horsefall has been removed
BBFC
cut
X cert   Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1970 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

  • Cuts to a scene showing the rape of an Indian woman, during the massacre of the village
  • Decapitation of indian squaw removed

The submitted running time was noted as 114:39s = 110:04s

Some Like it Sexy

aka
  • Come Back Peter

Some Like Sexy Christopher Matthews

 

Uncut version is available at:
R2 DVD at UK Amazon
uncut
uncut
18 certificate 78:01s 1969 UK sex comedy by Donovan Winter.
With
Erika Bergmann, Penny Riley and Christopher Matthews. See IMDb

An Extended Continental Version was passed 18 uncut for:

Summary Review: Collinson Twins

A view from the sixties with the main man driving around London in his e-type picking up girls at will.

The film comes from a pretty tame period in terms of sex, but was perked up with a new version in the mid 70's. Nudity was added to the old sex scenes via body doubles. Most notably, new material was added featuring the Collinson Twins, Mary and Madeline. They at least could do their own nudity.

BBFC
1:18s
18 certificate 74:54s

 

The Updated Version was passed 18 after 37s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1995 Jezebel VHS
BBFC
37s
18 certificate 75:33s The Updated Version was passed 18 after 37s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1990 Sheptonhurst VHS

From IMDb:

Originally released as Come Back Peter, the scenes with the Collinson twins were edited in, together with some extra sex scenes involving body doubles, for the re-issue.

BBFC uncut X cert 63:27s
=60:55s
The Original Version was passed X without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1974 cinema release as Some Like It Sexy
  • UK 1969 cinema release as Come Back Peter

Someone To Die For

31s 18 certificate 97:33s 1996 release by Clay Borris
Something about Amy 3:12s 18 certificate 25:26s adult video by Jamie Arbiter

The BBFC cut the 2007 Darker Enterprises DVD by 3:12s. Distributor chose to remove sight of unsimulated sex (cunnilingus and penetration) plus sight of semen on the face. An R18 uncut was available to the distributor.

Sometimes They Come Back... For More

31s 15 cert 85:30s 1998 US thriller

Son of the Mask

cut PG cert 90:42s 2005 US/Germany comedy by Lawrence Guterman (Entertainment in Video)

Pre-cut in 2005 as described by the BBFC: During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice with regard to an animated sequence involving an aggressive sperm winning the race to fertilise an egg. The distributor was advised that the sequence might not be acceptable at the PG category. The sequence was not included in the version submitted for formal classification and this was passed PG without cuts.

Sonny Boy

uncut
uncut
18 certificate 98:40s 1989 US action drama by Robert Martin Carroll.
With David Carradine, Paul L. Smith and Brad Dourif .See IMDb

Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1989 EIV VHS

There is also a cut U S R Rated version missing 6:14s

Sons of the Beach soft
5:46s
18 certificate 73:30s 2010 release gay adult video by MIke Esser (Pride Australia)
Sophie & Joanne 1:21s 18 certificate 51:24s 1996 release by Gerald A. Whiting (Liquid Gold)

Sorcerer

      1977 US action film by William Friedkin

See Wages of Fear

Sordid Auditions: Sexy Stories Of The Casting Couch 1:10s 18 certificate 82:2s
 
by Skye Blue (Third Millennium Distribution Ltd)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Distributor chose to remove sight of apparently unsimulated sexual activity (in this case, penetration)

Soul Plane

uncut
uncut
18 certificate

MPAA
Unrated

88:11s 2004 US comedy by Jessy Terrero.
With Dwayne Adway, Snoop Dogg and Tom Arnold .See IMDb

The Unrated Mile High Version was passed 18 uncut for:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

BBFC uncut 18 certificate

MPAA
R Rated

82:51s The R Rated Theatrical Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2005 Deluxe Media DVD
  • UK 2004 cinema release

Soul Survivors

Soul Survivors DVD Region NTSC

See video from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
uncut
uncut
MPAA
R Rated
85:32s
=82:07s
2001 US mystery drama by Stephen Carpenter.
With Melissa Sagemiller, Wes Bentley and Casey Affleck. See IMDb

US: The Killer Cut is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

12 cert

MPAA
PG-13

81:37s The cut Theatrical Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2009 Online
  • UK 2002 Momentum R2 DVD
  • UK 2001 cinema release

From IMDB. To attract a teen audience, this movie was edited from the R Rated Killer Cut Version to the PG-13 rated Theatrical Version:

  • A different opening to the movie. This establishes how the scarred and masked men are killers. They attack a girl who has the same symbol that is stamped onto her hand as Cassie and the others. The killers grab her, throw her to the ground, tape her mouth shut, and then slit her wrists, squeezing the blood out of the cut.
  • A briefly shown scene of a girl with a see-through top at the Rave party.
  • The brief sex scene between Cassie and Sean is stronger. It shows her remove her top (facing away from the camera).
  • The lesbian scene between Annabel and Raven is stronger too. They are shown kissing more graphically (licking each others tongues), and then Annabel rips open Raven's shirt which shows her breasts to the camera. Annabel then very briefly caresses Raven's breasts before running away.
  • Cassie opens up a locker to find that her dinosaur that she grabbed in the beginning has been decapitated with blood all over the inside of the locker and on the dinosaur's head and body.
  • The scene where Cassie is chased by the killer has more blood. After she has smashed the light bulb over the killers head and gotten grabbed by him again, she plunges the light bulb through his stomach and it shows it come out the other side. Lots of blood then pours out of the tube onto the ground.
  • The scene where Cassie dreams that the drill goes near her head has been made longer. It actually shows the drill go into her head, which causes blood to come out.
  • The scene where Annabel and Raven are in the bathroom at the Rave has more to it. Annabel is seen standing up with her legs spread to Raven. Raven brings her head back from being close to between Annabel's legs, and says love these unisex bathrooms.
  • 4 uses of the word fuck
  • An alternate ending in which Cassie is tormented by a recurring dream.

Sounds Like Teen Spirit...A Popumentary

2s PG cert 89:41s 2008 UK music documentary by Jamie Jay Johnson

The BBFC cut 2s for a PG rating for the 2010 Warner DVD. Company chose to remove two uses of strong language - one partially bleeped but identifiable, and the other quiet but still audible. Cuts made to secure a PG classification

BBFC uncut 12A cert 93:26s
=89:42s
The film was passed 12A uncut for the 2009 cinema release

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

BBFC uncut

MPAA
2:30s

best available
best
available

15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

77:51s 1999 US animated comedy by Trey Parker.
With Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Mary Kay Bergman.
See IMDb

UK: The R Rated Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

US: MPAA R Rated for:

MPAA Censors in the US insisted on cuts to  dialogue describing bestiality, oral and anal sex in order for the film to receive a 'R' rating.

From ATTIC the cuts include:

  • In the class room, the dialogue which Cartman yells to Mr Garrison with a megaphone was originally How would you like to gargle rat jiz?, and not the milder How would you like to suck my balls?.
  • The dialogue in the school counsellor's office by Mrs Cartman of what is "fisting": That's when the fist is inserted into the anus, or vagina for sexual pleasure was changed to a dialogue about licking ass.
  • The "Scheisse" video was originally a video of Mrs Cartman sucking a horse's dick.
  • Also, MPAA demanded that the film's title (!) have to be changed (they have a policy that all titles that pass them have to be rated 'G'!!) from "South Park - All Hell Breaks Loose" to its present. Very ironically, the MPAA didn't get the penis reference in the present title, and approved it!

There's no sign of this censored material being restored and so the R rated version has become the definitive

South Shaolin vs North Shaolin

1:16s 15 cert 86:30s 2003 release martial arts film by Hu Kwo Hsiao

The BBFC cut 1:16s when DVD submitted in 2003: Rape scene required to be removed

South Central

South Central DVD Glenn Plummer

 

Uncut version is available at:
R2 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

94:31s 1992 US crime drama by Stephen Milburn Anderson.
With Byron Minns, Glenn Plummer and Lexie Bigham.See IMDb

Passed 15 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

  • UK 2011 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 3rd October 2011

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

Summary Review: Notable

An influential movie set amongst black LA gangs. It shows the human side of the culture and poignantly premiered just after the LA uprising of September 1992.

Generally reviewed as highly entertaining.

BBFC
6s
15 cert 94:37s Passed 15 after 6s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1993 Warner VHS
BBFC uncut 15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

98:52s
=94:55s
Passed 15 uncut for:
  • UK 1993 cinema release

South Park Season 14

best available
best
available

cut
pre-cut
obscured

MPAA
Unrated
~311:02s US 2010 TV cartoon comedy.
With Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Isaac Hayes.See IMDb

The US release is cut and MPAA Unrated for:

The two controversial episodes titled 200 and 201 have at least been included, but censored as per the latest TV version.

Originally the religious figure of Mohammed was depicted as a teddy bear when shown in episode 200. After kicking off a bit of a fuss, in the second part, 201, all shots of the character were obscured by a black silhouette marked CENSORED. Every mention of Mohammed was also bleeped out.

The two part episode in question features a typically convoluted plotline in which Tom Cruise (previously pilloried as gay and for being a scientologist) rounds up 200 other celebrities who have been targets of the show's satire in order to launch a class-action defamation suit against the town of South Park. Cruise also wrangles Muhammad into his scheme, secretly motivated by a desire to harness the prophet's goo, which grants immunity to ridicule. Throughout, Muhammad is dressed in a bear suit, an ironic nod to the prohibition on showing images of Islam's founding father. and the blasphemy accusation against a British teacher in Sudan who let her class of kids name a teddy bear Mohammed.

BBFC uncut

cut
pre-cut
44:26s?

15 cert 266:42s A version with just 12 out of the 14 episodes was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2011 Paramount R2 DVD for release on 19th September

The two controversial episodes titled 200 and 201 have been omitted entirely.

Worldwide releases outside of the US all seem to be missing the 2 controversial episodes.

However the UK DVD has been resubmitted with an additional bonus episode, maybe 1 of the 2 missing episodes

Southern Comforts

Tobacco Roody Southern Comforts Region

 

Uncut version is available at:
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
uncut
uncut
MPAA
X Rated
80:11s
=76:59s
1971 US sex comedy by Bethel Buckalew.
With Jack Richesin, Jacob Often and John Tull. See IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA X Rated for:

Summary review: Hillbilly Softcore

One of the best from a genre of Harry Novak produced hillbilly softcore sex comedies. 3 girls get stranded in the sticks when their car breaks down. See them skinny dip, see them rape the country bumpkin, see them strip in a barn and strut their stuff.

One of the 3 women is Monica Gayle, and her fans will not be disappointed as she spends about 75% of the film nude. Another lead character, Judy Angel, would soon appear in hard core films.

BBFC
6s

cut
pre-cut

18 cert 55:32s A very short pre-cut version was passed 18 after a further 6s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1986 Tower VHS

Spaceballs

uncut 12 cert 92:08s 1987 US comedy by Mel Brooks

The cut 'fuck' was restored in 2000 at the cost of uprating to a 12 certificate

1s PG Cert 92:11s A single "fuck" spoken by Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) has been removed from the cinema version and the early PG rated video

Sparkle

1:09s 15 cert 92:46s 1976 US drama by Sam O'Steen

The BBFC cut 1:09s from the 2007 Warner DVD. Distributor was required to remove sight of two cocks fighting.

  • Cock fighting again removed but presumably via different editing to the video
26s 15 cert 93:19s The BBFC cut 26s from the 1986 Warner Video
  • Cock fighting removed

Spartacus: Blood & Sand: Season 1

 

Spartacus Blood Sand Season Blu ray

 

Uncut version is available at:
  RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon
  RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~692:00s
=~664:00s
2010 US TV series by various directors. With Andy Whitfield, John Hannah and Manu Bennett .See IMDb

The US release features the Director's Cut Extended Episodes and is MPAA Unrated for:

See article from movie-censorship.com:

There are 4 extended episodes with material that didn't make it into the TV Version:

  • Episode 1: The Red Serpent. 24s extra.
    - party scene with a slave with a dildo strapped to his head
    - party scene showing 2 girls rub breasts
  • Episode 2: Sacramentum Gladitorum. 17s extra
    - 2 clearer shots of Cirxus's penis
  • Episode 6: Delicate Things. 16s extra
    - several changes adding up to slightly naughtier sexy fun
  • Episode 8: Mark of the Brotherhood.
    - just a better shot of a well endowed Gaul
BBFC uncut 18 cert ~663:00s The Original TV Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2011 Anchor Bay RB Blu-ray
  • UK 2011 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

Spartacus

Spartacus DVD

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:
R2 DVD at UK Amazon RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
uncut
uncut
PG cert

MPAA
PG-13

188:31s 1960 US action film by Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons .See IMDb

The Restored Version was passed PG uncut for:

The US release featuring the restored Version is MPAA PG-13 rated for:

From cuts details on IMDb:

After its premiere the film was heavily cut and wasn't shown in its complete form until 1991, when a restored version was re-released. Among the restored scenes is one where where Marcus Licinius (Laurence Olivier) tries to seduce Antonius (Tony Curtis) in the bath. The soundtrack was damaged, so Anthony Hopkins was called in to dub Olivier's lines.

BBFC uncut PG cert 172:03s The Theatrical Version was passed PG without BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1989 CIC VHS
BBFC
cut
BBFC 'A' Certificate   The Theatrical Version was passed A after BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 1960 cinema release

The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 177:00s = 169:55s PAL

Spawn

Spawn DVD Michael Jai White

uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
R Rated

94:25s 1997 US superhero film by Mark A.Z. Dippé

The US R Rated Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for the 1998 EIV video.

The Director's Cut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

BBFC uncut

MPAA
cut

12 cert

MPAA
PG-13

92:18s The US PG-13 Theatrical Version was passed 12 without cuts for the 1997 cinema release and 1998 EIV video

The film was extensively cut in the US to achieve a PG-13 rating

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Speaking of Sex 1:49s 18 certificate 54:07s 1995 release (Screen Entertainment Ltd)

Special Effects

aka
  • Hollywood Kills
30s 18 certificate 100:54s 1984 UK film by Larry Cohen.
  • Chris Neville (Eric Bogosian) strangles Andrea (Zoe Tamerlis) but the censors wont let us see 10s of her breasts while hands are on her throat (I think the censors have been watching too much Clockwork Orange).
  • Later Neville strangles a blackmailer with a length of film. 8s of gore from the film cutting into the neck have been cut (film of film cuts cut... handle that you stupid Microsoft grammer checker!).
  • Neville then watches a film of Andrea's death in slow motion, but the censor has decided that we shouldn't watch 12s of it. See also Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer for similar cuts

Specimen

6s 15 cert 81:11s 1996 release by John Bradshaw

Species: The Awakening

aka
  • Species IV: The Awakening
  • Species 4: The Awakening
uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
Unrated

94:00s 2007 US horror by Nick Lyon.
With Edy Arellano, Helena Mattsson and Marco Bacuzzi.See IMDb

The Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

There is also a theatrical version, shorter by about 4 minutes.

Spellbound 1:01s 18 certificate 78:32s
 
by Brad Armstrong (Blackhorse Entertainment)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cuts required to sight of clear oral-genital contact in a sex work.

Spetters

Spetters DVD

 

Uncut version is available at:
R2 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at US Amazon
uncut
uncut
18 certificate

MPAA
Unrated

117:21s 1980 Netherlands drama by Paul Verhoeven. With Hans van Tongeren, Renée Soutendijk and Toon Agterberg.See IMDb

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

  • UK 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
  • UK 2004 Channel 4 unreleased video submission

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The BBFC commented:

  • Contains strong sexual violence and real sex

Review from US Amazon: Saucy Holland Days

Spetters (a Dutch slang term for male ejaculate) remains the in-your-face director's most audacious and fascinating work to date. Popular in Holland but largely ignored upon its initial U.S. release, the film has slowly built a cult following over the years, thanks to word-of-mouth amongst film buffs and some critical backpedalling due to Verhoven's subsequent box-office successes.

Following the hormone-fueled misadventures (from comedic to tragic) of a trio of motocross-obsessed teenage pals and thier girlfriends, the film is a sort of Dutch take on Saturday Night Fever or Quadrophenia with a pinch of social satire tossed in.

The young (mostly unknown) principal players all deliver energetic, superb performances and are ably supported by Jeroen Krabbe and Rutger Hauer.

The MGM DVD thankfully restores the 8 minutes of "graphic" sexuality (not really that shocking to Europeans) that was excised in order to earn an "R" rating and make the film more palatable to our "puritan" American tastes.

1:31s 18 certificate 102:53s The BBFC cut 1:31s for:
  • UK 1987 Embassy VHS
  • UK 1983 cinema release

From IMDb:

  • Famously 2s of explicit oral sex were cut from versions around the world.

Spider-Man 2

aka
  • Spiderman 2.1

Spider-man Trilogy on Blu-ray

uncut
shorter
alternative
PG Cert 127:20s
=122:14s
2004 US action film by Sam Raimi.
With Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Alfred Molina.
See IMDb

The BBFC passed the Full Uncut Version PG uncut in 2009

uncut
longer
alternative
PG Cert 130:08s
The BBFC passed the International Extended Version/Spiderman 2.1 in 2007 uncut on Blu-ray
 
Thanks to Byron:
 
The UK Blu-ray of Spider-man 2 is uncut with the headbutt in tact that the BBFC cut in 2004. Sony has used the US disc to master the UK disc. This can be seen by the PG-13 rating before the film starts and the US copyright warnings. With HD there is no NTSC or PAL issues so (in this case thankfully) lazy film studios can just use their US masters as HD is 24 frames per second the world over.
 
Spider-man 2 on Blu-ray also comes with Spider-man 2.1 and can only be brought as a box set trilogy with films 1 and 3.
cut PG Cert 130:10s
The BBFC passed the International Extended Version/Spiderman 2.1 in 2007 with the headbutt still pre-cut on DVD
cut PG Cert 122:09s

The (normal) cinema and DVD versions were passed PG in 2004 but with a pre-cut as described below

From the BBFC website: Headbutt
 
During post-production, the distributor sought and was given advice regarding the classification of this film. Following this advice, sight of a headbutt was removed prior to the work being submitted for classification. The submitted work was passed without cuts.
cut 12A cert 128:06s
=122:59s
The IMAX cinema version was passed 12A in 2004
From the BBFC website: IMAX
 
When classifying a film for cinema release the Board carefully considers the impact of the special effects and sound track on the likely audience. In the case of SPIDER-MAN 2 the Board believes that the huge screens and powerful sound systems in IMAX cinemas, designed to deliver an intense cinematographic experience, mean that some young children may find the film more 'scary' than they would if they saw it at a 'traditional' cinema.
 
The '12A' rating does not mean that young fans cannot see the film as children under 12 years of age can see a '12A' rated film if they are accompanied by an adult. The '12A' rating for IMAX cinemas is designed to help parents with young or sensitive children to make sure that their trip to the cinema is not a distressing experience.

The Spirit

aka
  • Will Eisner's The Spirit

The Spirit poster

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:
R2 DVD at UK Amazon RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
uncut
uncut
15 cert

MPAA
PG-13

98:21s 2008 US action film by Frank Miller.
With Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson. See IMDb

The Uncut Version/Extended Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

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

BBFC
25s
12 cert 97:56s Passed 12/12A after 25s of BBFC cuts for:
  • UK 2009 Lions Gate video
  • UK 2008 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

Distributor chose to make cuts to achieve a 12A classification, removing:

  • focus on knives as a group of hoodlums surround and threaten a woman;
  • sight of the hero mounting his foe on the ground and repeatedly punching him in the head;
  • sight of a severed finger flying towards the camera
  • part of a man's rib-cage embedded in the ground.

A 15 certificate without cuts was available.

The BBFC further explained their 12A cinema certificate:

The Spirit is an action adventure film based on a comic, and directed by Frank Miller in a similar style to SIN CITY or 300. It was classified '12A' for moderate violence.

In The Spirit, we see comic book characters fighting each other with a range of weapons including pistols, knives and machine guns. There is also hand-to-hand fighting throughout the film, including sight of punches and kicks to the face. There is occasional sight of blood during the film, such as when The Spirit pulls a knife from his leg after being attacked or when we see a body lying on a morgue slab with entry wounds in the torso.

At '12A', the BBFC's Guidelines state that 'violence must not dwell on detail' and 'there should be no emphasis on injuries or blood'. During The Spirit, the violence is relatively frequent but is shown with a style that clearly denotes the comic book origins of the story - the characters are larger than life, and much of the film is in black and white with dashes of colour, so that in the rare instances blood is shown it may be bright red with everything surrounding it in monochrome. While such a style draws attention to the blood, it does so in a manner befitting a graphic novel rather than in a realistic sense, and furthermore there is little actual detail shown during the violence. The comedic slant of the film also highlights the sense of the fantastical throughout.

The film includes brief nudity during a scene in which a female character is ordered to put her hands behind her head - she does so and her towel slips off. There is no focus on her naked body other than a blurred frontal shot in the background & brief rear nudity.

The film also contains mild language such as 'son of a bitch', 'piss me off' and 'bastards'.

Spirited Away

aka
  • Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi
uncut     Japanese anime by Hayao Miyazaki

The main feature is uncut but the DVD extras have been causing confusion as pointed out by Anthony:

In the PG-rated Optimum Releasing release from 2004, the extra bonus feature The Making Of Spirited Away: Nippon TV Special had 7 seconds cut to remove the following subtitles just over 16 minutes into the documentary, in which one of Miyazaki’s animators’ dialogue is translated as Haven’t you finished yours yet, boss?’ to which Miyazaki’s subtitled reply is Fuck! I’m working my arse off here!. The footage is still there, as is the spoken Japanese dialogue and Japanese subtitles, but the two lines of dialogue lose those English subtitles.

In the 12-rated Optimum Releasing release from 2005, the aforementioned two subtitles do indeed appear, although the extras disc itself still has the previous release’s design complete with the original PG certificate, despite the fact that the casing clearly carries a 12 certificate. Whoops!

Spiritual Kung Fu

aka
  • Quan jing
  • Karate Ghostbuster
  • Kuen cheng

Spiritual Kung DVD Dean Shek

uncut
uncut
15 cert 94:26s 1978 Hong Kong/Taiwan film by Wei Lo

The 2007 Contender (Hollywood Legends) DVD was passed uncut with a 15 certificate.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

pre-cut 15 cert 90:24s The 1989 Videosino video and 2001 Medusa DVD were pre-cut

See cuts details from dvdcompare.net:

This version is re-edited by the distributor and is missing 50s

  • First few seconds of Yi Lang walking at the start during his punishment = 2s.
  • Long shot of monks entering the Soliature Halls for nightduty = 1s.
  • Yi Lang's friend signaling him to line up with the other monks = 3s.
  • Yi Lang claiming his innocence in the cell = 0.5s.
  • All the brothers walking towards Yi Lang in the sleeping room = 1s.
  • The Grand Master saying "Hey!" to the monk running away from the ghosts they have just discovered = 1s.
  • Start of scene when Wu Lin Leader and Fung-Er are entering Shaolin Temple = 1s.
  •  In the 1st Yi Lang vs Fung-Er fight, when she swings hers arms, there is a little more before the next shot of Yi Lang's back = 2s.
  • Luk punching the Wu Lin candidate quite a few paces = 2s.
  • Lo Han monk fighting Yi Lang with the pole = 36s.
  X cert 88:21s
=84:49s
Very short 1982 cinema release was passed X without BBFC cuts
Splash Tops 1:27s 18 certificate 58:29s 1995 release (Lone Wolf Entertainment)

The Spree

8s 18 certificate 93:44s 1998 release action by Tommy Lee Wallace
Spring Confessions 3 1:34s 18 certificate 68:19s
 
by Mitchell Spinelli (Shots Video)

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: The cuts were Cuts for Category. Cuts for requested 18 category required to remove clear sight of real sexual activity (cunnilingus)

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring

aka
  • Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
  • Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
BBFC uncut

Tartan Video logo
2:33s

15 cert 98:25s 2003 South Korea/Germany drama by  Ki-Duk Kim

The International Version was created by Tartan who pre-cut 2:33s of cruelty to a fish, frog and snake. The is was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for the 2004 cinema release and 2004 Tartan DVD

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Spun

uncut
uncut
18 certificate

MPAA
Unrated

97:00s 2002 US comedy by Jonas Åkerlund

The US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for the 2003 cinema release and 2004 Pathe DVD

There is also a cut R Rated US Version.

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

Spunk Bucket 12s 18 cert 12:33s adult video

The BBFC cut the 2008 Liquid Gold DD by 12s: Distributor was obliged to remove sight of fellatio through underwear in order to achieve industry standard for the requested category. An uncut certification was available to the company.

Spunk Breeders 11s 18 certificate 11:25s adult video.by Randolph File

The BBFC cut the 2010 Liquid Gold DVD by 11s: Distributor chose to remove a scene of oral-genital contact (fellatio). An 'R18' uncut was available to the distributor.

Spunked Up 10s 18 certificate 11:05s adult video (Liquid Gold)

BBFC cut 10s in 2008. Company chose to remove explicit images of sexual activity (in this case, unsimulated vaginal penetration with a dildo). An uncut R18 classification was available to the company.

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

aka
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:
R1 DVD at UK Amazon RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
uncut
uncut
MPAA
PG
~100:00s
=~96:00s
2002 children's action film by Robert Rodriguez.
With Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara and Antonio Banderas.See IMDb

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG Rated for:

BBFC
8s
U cert 95:46s Passed U after 8s of BBFC cuts for category for:
  • UK 2011 Lions Gate RB Blu-ray
  • UK 2011 Lions Gate R2 DVD
  • UK 2009 Buena Vista Online
  • UK 2003 Buena Vista R2 DVD
  • UK 2003 Buena Vista VHS
  • UK 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

  • Distributor chose to remove dangerous imitable technique (head butt) in order to achieve a U. An uncut 12 was available to the distributor.
Squaddies 9:45s 18 certificate 47:52s 1995 release by Simon Topham & Tom Abell (Dangerous To Know )

Sri Ramadasu

10s 12A cert   2006 Indian musical by K. Raghavendra Rao

Cinema version cut when submitted in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Company chose to remove a sequence of bloody violence in which a man is beaten with a spiked ball in order to achieve a '12A'. A '15' uncut was available.

SS Experiment: Love Camp

aka
  • Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur
  • SS Experiment Camp
  • Horreur Nazis
  • Le Champs des Filles Perdues

SS Experiment Love Camp DVD

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:
R0 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at US Amazon
uncut
uncut
18 certificate 93:58s
=90:12s
1976 Italian Nazi exploitation film  by Sergio Garrone.
With Mircha Carven, Paola Corazzi and Giorgio Cerioni.
See IMDb

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

The BBFC had few qualms in passing it uncut for sale in the UK with the following justification (reproduced from one of the newsgroups):

The content of the film is in fact very mild and poorly executed. If anything, it was the title of the film and its original packaging that led to difficulties, rather than the content. The idea of the film may, of course, be offensive to some but that is not a good enough reason to cut or reject it. We would only cut or reject a film for adults if the content was illegal or harmful. SS Experiment Camp is neither illegal or harmful, just tasteless.

The uncut region 2 DVD should have been available in Feb 2006, BUT due to some unfortunate mistake in production, the film actually release was a 1981 soft porn film, Love Camp, starring Laura Gemser. Sorted by the reissue in April 2006.

Summary Review: Highly dubious taste

This is a sleazy WW2 Nazi camp movie which plays more like a black comedy. In this film the poor female POW's get raped and groped by all and sundry at the camp.

They are subjected to some inexplicable experiments, which often seem to involve forced copulation with a group of Nazi studs. The purpose of the experiments is to find the best stud from this Aryan select and transfer his balls onto the camp commandant who, as we discover, lost his when a Russian woman he was raping bit his off.

Now, the above synopsis may well make the film sound deeply depraved and offensive. Well, it is sleazy and in highly dubious taste but the execution of the film is so amateurish and unrealistic that it really sounds a lot worse than it actually is.

uncut
uncut

Video Nasty

89:54s Video released uncut on the Go label in January 1982 under the title SS Experiment Camp

The video was consigned to the video nasties list in July 1983 and stayed listed throughout the panic to become one of the collectable DPP39s.

SS Girls

aka
  • Casa Privata per le SS
  • Private House of the SS

SS GIRLS Bruno Mattai

 

Uncut version is available at:
R2 DVD at UK Amazon
R1 DVD at UK Amazon
uncut
uncut
MPAA
Unrated
~95:00s
=~91:00s
1977 Italian drama by Bruno Mattei.
With Gabriele Carrara, Marina Daunia and Macha Magall.
See IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

Dk: The Danish release is uncut and 15 rated for:

Summary Review: Achtung! Cheese Alert!

Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer.

A heaped platter of cheesy chuckles served up by a harem of naked Euro-sluts.

Other than running about 10 minutes too long (director Bruno Mattei, who also co-scripted, tacks on a pointless soliloquy by a minor character near the end), SS GIRLS hits all the right Eurotrash notes. There's oodles of female nudity (with some lesbianism and S&M in the mix), a number of scenes in very bad taste (that thankfully don't get TOO revolting), and loads of unintentional humor.

cut
total
~17:34s

BBFC
3:34s

cut
pre-cut
~14:00s

18 certificate 76:12s

The shortened pre-cert video release was passed 18 after 3:34s of BBFC cuts for:

  •  UK 1995 Missing in Action VHS

The BBFC cuts include:

  • all the whipping of women
  • mild torture scenes
  • a simulated scene of bestiality between a woman and a dog.
cut
pre-cut
~14:00s
pre-cert VHS 78:24s A shortened version was released BBFC Unrated for:
  • UK 1976 Media VHS

The video release was shortened by about 14 minutes to remove uncontentious dialogue from the rather talky plot.

SS Hell Camp

      1977 Italian film by Luigi Batzella

See Beast in Heat

Sssssss

aka
  • SSSSnake
27s 15 cert 94:17s 1973 US horror by Bernard L. Kowalski

The BBFC cut the 15 rated 1985 CIC video to remove animal cruelty in a fight between a snake and a mongoose

uncut X cert 98:59s The 1973 X rated cinema release was uncut