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TNT Jackson

• Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson

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Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

1974 US/Philippines action film by Cirio H Santiago with Jeannie Bell, Chiquito and Stan Shaw. See IMDb

Passed 18 uncut for strong violence and nudity after BBFC cuts were waived for:

• UK 2007 Pickwick/Elstree Hill R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Waterfall R2 DVD

The US release is uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• US 2011 Shout! Factor Lethal Ladies Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US 2002 Echo Bridge R1 DVD

Summary Review: Topless kung-fu

Jeannie Bell is TNT Jackson! She's on the trail of the scum-suckin' pigs who killed her brother! Watch out! TNT's not just beautiful, she's a martial arts master with vengeance on her mind!

Yes, this movie does contain our heroine's topless kung-fu battle! There is a nice butterfly-knife sequence that was presumably cut by UK censor and enough nudity and charm to make things bearable. Not bad...

• UK 1996 RTM/Superfly VHS

Presumably the butterfly knife sequence was the casualty of the BBFC.

To Be Number One

• Bo hao
• To Be #1

Subtitled widescreen version

To Kill a Stranger

Cuts waived when resubmitted in 2005

To Kill with Intrigue

• Jian hua yan yu Jiang Nan

A shortened version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2001 Eastern Heroes R0 DVD

4 uncontentious plot scenes have been removed. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 2002 Delta Music video release
• UK 2000 Kiseki VHS
• UK 1987 Squarecape VHS

To the Limit

The 1996 video from Imperial Entertainment was cut as was the 2003 ILC Prime DVD but somehow the DVD released was actually uncut.

The BBFC explained their cuts: Cuts required to remove sexualised violence in scene where man fondles and exposes woman's breasts prior to strangulation and subsequent sight of her lying dead with breast exposed.

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

Tokyo Decadence

• Topâzu
• Topaz
• Sex Dreams of Topaz

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Uncut version is available at:

There is talk of a longer Hong Kong VCD that runs at about 135 minutes. However this version seems elusive.

Unrated

UK: The Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2011 ArrowDrome R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 Freemantlemedia R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Cinema Epoch R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Perverse Sex and Cocaine

Very erotic and sick at the same time. This movie leads you down the dark allies of human sexuality. But it touches more than the loins. This is mostly because of the innocence of the Ai, the main character. Her quest for true love and happiness stands in a deep contrast with the dark nighttime of Tokyo, ridden with perverse sex and cocaine.

This movie is a must for people interested in culture, sexuality and gender roles. It gives perfect examples of how power play somehow gets us excited, but mainly rests upon images of gender and sex we have invented inside our culture. It's a little Foucault, it's a little de Sade, it's just very interesting.

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R Rated

• UK 2002 MIHK DVD
• UK 2001 cinema release

From IMDb:

• Opening scene is longer.
• The scene with Mr. Satoh before he talks to his girlfriend is longer, including the scene showing him actually inserting the vibrator into Ai after she came out of the shower.
• Ai licking both Mr. Satoh and his girlfriend as they are having sex.
• Before Ai arrives to Mr. Satoh's room, they are slow-motion scenes showing Yakuza storming into Mr. Satoh's room, yelling at him for being a failure and restrains him. Despite his pleas, the Yakuza tie his girlfriend up and hooks her up with drugs, with him watching and being helpless to help her. The Yakuza then take turns sadistically raping and beating her.
• Shortly after the guy says 'Let her go' referring to Ai, the scene returns to Satoh's bedroom where the Yakuza slashes the right side of her face with a tanto knife to show who's the boss, explaining why later her face is bandaged when she returns the ring to Ai. The scene then goes back to the lobby showing Ai running into the elevator scared. Miyuki, who was waiting for her, meets up with her after she gets out of the elevator. Seeing her terrified, Miyuki asks her what was wrong. Ai shakes her head saying everything was all right, it's just he wasn't home that's all. They then go to the young client's room.
• The scene where the young client asks to be strangled is longer, showing Ai and Miyuki walking into his room being addressed as Mistress and Mistress Ai.
• The masochism scene with Saki is longer.

Tom Horn

The 2006 Warner DVD restored the blasted head but retained the cuts for animal cruelty: Cut was required to remove instance of animal cruelty (in this case a horse falling forward over its head in a shoot-out scene)

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

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to remove a horse-fall
• Cut to edit a scene of a man's head being blasted during a gunfight.

Tom Jones

The Original Version was passed PG after 12s of BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 MGM R2 DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Compulsory cut required to sight of real animal cruelty (cockfighting)

• UK 1991 Castle VHS

The film was shortened for reasons of pace and presumably the BBFC cuts are for animal cruelty.

• UK 1971 cinema release

The submitted running time was note as 128:23s = 123:15s PAL

Tom yum goong

See Warrior King

Tombs of the Blind Dead

• La Noche del Terror Ciego
• Crypt of the Blind Dead
• Night of the Blind Dead
• La Noche de la Muerta Ciega

Uncut version is available at:

The US release contains the uncut Spanish Version and cut US Version for:

• US 2006 Blue Underground R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See Spanish vs US pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Review from Amazon US: Wicked Ending

Tombs Of The Blind Dead is the first, the originator, and it RULES. Church bells become dinner bells, as the ominous tolling of the chimes signals the rising of the dead Templar Knights, an undead sect of religious warriors who weren't that nice when they were alive. A few centuries in the grave hasn't tempered their humors much, and now they're blind to boot, hunting by sound (and they hear REAL good), seeking fresh human blood to sustain their lumbering, unholy existences. Some brutal flashbacks show us that the Templars were into human sacrifice, big time, and these scenes are pretty gruesome. What's cool about this film is that these zombies are horsemen, too, and the overall effect reminds one of a more ghastly precursor to the Ringwraiths/Naz'gul from 'LOTR'...the Templars are horror icons, and deservedly so. And the wicked ending is the perfect finish to a movie like this.

The Spanish Version was cut by 16s with the remainder of the cuts being waived for:

• UK 2005 Anchor Bay R2 DVD

Re the BBFC cuts:

• Cuts required to eroticised sexual assault
• The victim suffers hard blows to the face to stop her struggling
• her breasts are forcibly exposed and groped
• the camera particularly focuses on her breasts during the assault

The Spanish Version was cut by 1:51s for:

• UK 1994 Redemption VHS

The BBFC hacked a rape scene

• The major cut is to a rape scene which occurs before the attack of the Templars in the cemetery. The BBFC have removed well over a minute of the detail of the rape scene. In the cut version all you see of the rape is the heroine being pulled to the floor.

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The cut US Version was further cut by 1:57s for

• UK 1988 Channel 5 VHS

Tombstone

The BBFC passed the Director's Cut 15 uncut for the 2009 Buena Vista DVD.

From version details on IMDb:

• a scene showing the depths of Mattie's addiction to laudanum and her jealousy over Josephine
• a sombre soliloquy by Doc quoting Kublai Khan;
• a scene explaining Kate's sudden disappearance from the film, with Doc stressing the importance of friendship;
• a scene with McMasters and the Cowboys meeting one last time. A small scene showing the graphic result of that meeting has been re-inserted with the line "They got McMasters!" being moved into this small insert.

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

Tomorrow Never Dies

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Passed 15 after all BBFC cuts were waived for:

• UK 2007 20th Century Fox Ultimate Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 Sony Ultimate Edition R2 DVD

It is not known yet whether this version will include the MPAA and BBFC cuts made at the rough cut stage.  But given most of them were rough cut, the chances are slim. Even if lost, this release would be the definitive version.

Passed 12 after a further 6s of BBFC cuts beyond the cinem acuts for:

• UK 2001 MGM R2 DVD
• UK 1998 MGM VHS
• UK 1998 Warner VHS

The BBFC commented on their video cuts:

Tomorrow Never Dies followed the pattern of the recent Bonds of being slightly too violent for its intended audience. When it opened in the cinema, the Board considered that, on grounds of violence, the film had just scraped through as a 12, yet to our surprise, the British public, for all their reported concern about screen violence, lapped it up, content to treat James Bond as fantasy violence. The producers were alerted to the probability that, if 12 were to remain the target category on video, the film might need further cuts in violence, since the Video Recordings Act laid down the need to assess the likelihood of underage viewing, which in this case was a virtual certainty.

The additional BBFC video cuts were:

• Cuts to scene where Michelle Yeoh dispatches one of the bad guys by means of a throwing star.
• Removed scene of Michelle Yeoh taking throwing star from a hidden compartment in her shoe
• Cuts to scene where Bond stamps on a man's face

See also pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 1997 cinema release

There have been sound cuts throughout the video.

• Reduced impact sounds in fight at Carver's (Jonathon Price's) studio party
• Bond gets hit by a baseball bat twice instead of four times
• Reduced impact sounds in Chakra torture scene
• Reduced impact sounds in fight in bike shop
• Reduced impact sounds of Wai Lin's (Michelle Yeoh's) kung-fu kicks
• Reduced sound of man being scalded by steam
• Reduced sound of Carver being hit by an engine and then his death scream
• Reduced impact sounds of Bond's (Pierce Brosnan's) climatic fight scene

Tongs: A Chinatown Story

• Tong hau goo si
• Tang kou gu shi

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Passed 18 after 13s were pre-cut for:

• UK 1987 Lazer VHS

Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage

The BBFC cut 2:15s from the 2007 Scanbox DVD: Compulsory cuts were required to remove sight of animated child characters lighting and throwing fireworks at other people.

Too Hot to Handle

• She's Too Hot to handle

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2011 Shout! Factor Lethal Ladies Collection R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Sexy Adventure

Sexy adventure film has international hit lady Cheri Caffaro involved in James Bondish escapades in Manila. She accepts a mission to kill a group of gangsters in the Philippines, but problems arise when she falls for the detective investigating the murders.

Caffaro is very sexy in an aggressive sort of way, and the director eroticizes the violence (Caffaro is virtually turned on by pain and death). That is quite a daring thing for a movie to do, and the people here deserve some credit for even attempting it. The climax of the film is surprisingly suspenseful.

• UK 1977 cinema release titled Too Hot to Handle
• UK 1977 cinema release titled She's Too Hot to Handle

Toolbox Murders

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R Rated

The BBFC passed the US R Rated Version 15 without cuts for the 2004 cinema release and 2005 Anchor Bay DVD

From cuts details on IMDb

• The "drill kill" of the girl in the apartment was about 20-30 seconds longer, showing much more blood fly out of the back of her head, and the drill going all the way through her mouth. After the killer retracts the drill, he then begins drilling again into her head. Also, this scene is well-lit as opposed to the darkened version in the "R" rated cut.
• The man getting his head sawed in half; this scene was much longer. More blood and grue flies out as the killer saws, and the aftermath of the top half of the man's head being ripped off was shown, and the camera lingers longer on it when it hits the ground.
• The man being strapped to the table and killed was a bit longer. There were more hits with the hammer, more screams from the man, and a better view of the powder being poured on his head. A more grisly after-view of the man's lye-laden head was present afterward.

The Toolbox Murders

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Uncut version is available at:

1978 US horror by Dennis Donnelly.
With Cameron Mitchell and Pamelyn Ferdin. See IMDb

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2010 Blue Underground R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2003 Blue Underground R0 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Grisly

The Toolbox Murders starts out with 20 minutes or so of grisly and very well done kill scenes, all of which involve tools. If you like violence, then you'll love the introduction of this film.  If you're a sucker for nudity in horror films, then you'll appreciate the introduction to this film for that as well.

After the kills are complete, the middle portion of this movie is a lot of talk with little or no gore. However the dialog between the killer and the kidnapped girl is very interesting.

If you have the attention span to sit through 'slower' moments of this film, then you'll find something to enjoy in it.

• UK 2009 Cornerstone R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Vipco R0 DVD
• UK 2000 Horror Video/Vipco VHS

See article from movie-censorship.com. The BBFC cuts were:

• A scene was cut showing a naked woman fleeing from the masked attacker with a nail gun. as he pursues her around a bedroom. He shoots her in the back. She slumps to the ground and he shoots her in the head.

The film has been playing uncut on Zone Horror channel so presumably the BBFC would not cut the film if it were to be resubmitted.

There are conflicting reports about versions released by Hokushin. The best theory seems to be that there were two versions released:

• A cut version missing around 6 minutes of footage. This seems to be in excess of the oft quoted cinema version which was missing around 2 minutes. This seems to the most common version with a runtime noted as 83:56s. Maybe there is a possibility that it was doubly speeded up during NTSC to PAL conversion
• There are also reports of an uncut version. See article from movie-censorship.com

• UK 1979 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut to remove a bathtub masturbation sequence
• Cut to heavily edit the murder scenes and shots of bloody bodies,

Toolkit

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Cut in 2007 with the following BBFC comment: Cuts required to remove BBFC classification symbols and accompanying text which does not accurately reflect the terms of the Video Recordings Act 1984.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

UK: The Japanese Extended Version was passed PG uncut for:

• UK 2010 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

From version details on IMDb. The Japanese release contains two extra sequences:

• Admiral Yamamato visiting the Imperial Palace and talking with Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Kido
• a comical scene between two cooks about the carrier Akagi that explains how the International Date Line works.

• UK 1992 Fox Video
• UK 1987 Film & Video VHS
• UK 1970 cinema release

Tormented

The BBFC suggested cuts for the 2009 cinema release and 2009 Pathe DVD.

This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a 18 classification but that the requested 15 certificate could be achieved by making reductions to a number of scenes. In particular the BBFC suggested that the number of blows in a fight scene should be reduced; an aggressive use of very strong language should be removed; sexual bullying of a naked young male in showers should be significantly reduced; sexualised killing of a partially naked young male should be significantly reduced; visual element of a severed penis in condom in comic context should be reduced; focus on a screwdriver embedded in hand should be reduced; focus on screwdriver in neck should be reduced, along with subsequent closer focus on neck wound as blood flows. When the finished version of the film was submitted, all the reductions had been made satisfactorily and the film was classified 15.

Torso

• I Corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale
• Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence
• Carnal Violence

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Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The English Version was passed 18 uncut after previous cuts waived for:

• UK 2011 Shameless Slasher Nasties Triple Bill R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 24th October 2011
• UK 2007 Argent/Shameless R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Blue Underground (English + Italian Version) R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2011 Blue Underground (English Version) R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Worth the wait

This is one of those Italian horror classics that's actually worth the wait. Not as well put together as Argento or Fulci, but packed with really great jazz tinged music and some totally unforgetable scenes, mainly the beautifully shot murder in the woods and the final showdown in the house with Suzy Kendall and the masked killer.

Almost a classic.

• UK 1990 Vipco VHS

• UK 1975 cinema release

The submitted running time was noted as 89:30s = 85:55s PAL

Total Recall

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R Rated

The US R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Optimum Schwarzenegger Collection RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD
• UK 2001 Momentum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Carlton R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1990 Guild VHS
• UK 1990 cinema release

See article from bbfc.co.uk:

The distributor had requested a 15 rating But the examiners' reports show that they had concerns about scenes of violence at this category. They also recommended against cuts to a film expertly and technically executed. Examiners considered the impact on the audience of the combination of action and violence as well as the likely appeal of the film to teenagers. But ultimately the Examiners concluded that the levels of punchy and upfront violence would best be represented by an 18 certificate.

From cuts details on IMDb

The film was initially given an X-rating by the MPAA. The following are the scenes that were trimmed to receive a R-rating:

• Benny's death is optically cropped to remove the exiting drill erupting from his stomach.
• The innocent bystander used as a shield was bloodier before trimming.
• The stabbing of Helm in the bar had the bowie knife slicing up his stomach. Stills of this were actually featured in Fangoria magazine at the time of the film's release.
• Several shots of the scientists being killed by Quaid after he breaks free from the implant-machine were shortened.
• The scene of Richter's arms being severed was shortened.

This R Rated Theatrical Version seems to have become the definitive version

Touch of Evil

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Uncut Reconstructed Version at:

PG-13

UK: The Reconstructed Version/Re-edited Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Eureka Limited Edition (+Preview + Theatrical) RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2004 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 1999 cinema release

US: The Reconstructed Version is MPAA Pg-13 Rated for:

• US 2008 Universal 50th Anniversary Edition  (+Preview + Theatrical) R1 DVD at US Amazon

Orson Welles created the first cut known as the Preview Version. It did not impress the studio and they gave the editors job to somebody else to produce the Theatrical Version. Orson Welles sent the studio a 58 page letter describing his visions for the film. This letter was used to create the Reconstructed Version which is felt to be the version closest to Director's wishes for the film.

• UK 2011 Eureka Limited Edition (+Reconstructed + Theatrical) RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2000 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1994 Pioneer Laserdisc
• UK 1996 cinema release

• UK 2011 Eureka Limited Edition (+Reconstructed + Preview) RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 1958 cinema release

The BBFC  noted the submitted running time as 93:12s = 89:28s PAL

Tough and Deadly

• Peligrosamente duros

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2003 Hollywood DVD

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• UK 2007 Boulevard R2 DVD
• UK 2003 Waterfall/WHE R0 DVD
• UK 1999 Marquee VHS
• UK 1996 Guild VHS

From IMDb:

• extensively reduced multiple face kicks, head butts, a neck break and blows with a pool cue.

The Town

US: Extended Cut with Alternative Ending is MPAA R Rated for:

• UK 2012 Warner Ultimate Collector's Edition (+theatrical + extended version, both on Blu-ray only) R0 Blu-ray/R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Reviews suggest that the alternative ending fits the film well

R Rated

UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Warner Online
• UK 2010 Warner video

US: The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2010 Warner Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

The extended version is well worthwhile. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• UK 2011 Warner Online
• UK 2011 Warner Blu-ray
• UK 2011 Warner R1 DVD
• UK 2010 cinema release

The Toxic Avenger

• Toxic Avenger

 

Uncut version is available at:

uncut

Temporarily and accidentally sold in a UK uncut version when the Allied Troma VHS was first released in 1996

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

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

Thanks to Andrew and Chris, April 2008: Zone Horror

The Toxic Avenger is being shown on Zone Horror in the uncut version. All the gore and nunchaku scenes are included-even the famous head squash in the gym! Graphic yes, but its so badly done that to me it just becomes a moment of black comedy genius, a la Bad taste, Braindead etc.

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• UK 2005 Prism R2 DVD
• UK 1996 Allied Troma VHS
• UK 1986 Palan VHS
• UK 1986 cinema release

In response to a query to the BBFC:

Toxic Avenger was never actually cut by the BBFC. However, the version submitted to us was heavily pre-cut by the distributors before it was sent in. The version classified (without cuts) by the Board runs at about 75 minutes, whereas the full version runs about 90 minutes. From what we understand a number of sequences of gore and violence were toned down throughout and a scene involving the use of chainsticks was also removed because, at the time, it was well known that the Board did not allow the use of these weapons in films). It is entirely possible that it might be possible to classify a stronger version of the film now - perhaps even the full version, but we cannot say for sure without a formal resubmission.

Pre-cuts were as follows:

1. Dialogue cut heavily from the scene in the locker room, where Slug, and Wanda talk about hit-and-run pedestrians.
2. Slug, and Wanda screwing, is briefly shortened.
3. Heavily cut; the famous head-crushing. The hit-and-run kid moving, and the crew backing up with the car, and crushing his head, and Wanda and Julie going out to take pictures of the corpse, and then the crew driving away, are all cut out in a row.
4. Shinbone alley; Cigarface kicking O'Clancy, who's on the ground.
5. Shinbone alley; Toxie repeatedly punching Cigarface, lasts longer.
6. Shinbone alley; Toxie bashing Knuckles' nose off, is cut out.
7. Shinbone alley; Toxie gouging the transvestite thug's eyes, is completely cut out.
8. Shinbone alley; Knucles passing out.
9. Shinbone alley; Toxie punching Cigarface into the barrel, is shortened.
10. Shinbone alley; Toxie bashing Knuckles, and the transvestite thug's heads together, is no more.
11. Taco-bar; Leroy shotgunning a guy, is reduced.
12. Taco-bar; the shot man squirming on the floor.
13. Taco-bar; Frank ripping Sarah's panties off, and some dialogue, like I did always wanted to poke me a blind bitch.
14. Taco-bar; Frank's hand-stump splattering blood.
15. Taco-bar; Frank trying to get up from the floor, with his one hand only.
16. Taco-bar; Toxie stuffing Frank to the oven, is shortened.
17. Taco-bar; a brief body shot of Leroy's mangled face, is gone.
18. Taco-bar; a shot of a dead dog is deleted. And a bunch of dialogue has also gone for continuity.
19. A brief close-up of Rico's boiled hands, is deleted.
20. The drug-dealer's body squirming around in the weight machine, along with a juicy close-up of the mangled head, is no more.
21. Wanda's ass boiling, is shortened.
22. Toxie ducking down, and making a thug slash his friend, and Toxie pushing a thug's knife to its owner, have been completely deleted.
23. Cigarface squirming after he's shot, is no more.
24. Slug beating the old granny with her cane has been cut from four hits to just one.
25. When Toxie nears the mayor, flashbacks of a close-up of Frank's arm being pulled off, and the weight machine murder (now shown from a more grisly angle), have been cut out.
26. The mayor digging his own guts, is reduced.
27. The body shot of the dead mayor, is omitted

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A longer pre-cut version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2003 Prism R2 DVD

The longer running time suggests that this could be based on an NTSC scanned Director's Cut or else the German Extended Cut. But it was reported as missing gore ie the killing of the boy on the bike, heavy cuts to the restaurant robbery including the use of nunchakus

The Toxic Avenger Part II

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Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

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

• UK 2003 Hollywood DVD

The Dutch release features the Director's Cut for:

• NL R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The Japanese release also features the Director's Cut

From cuts details on IMDb

The Unrated Director's Cut is 7:27s longer than the cut US R Rated Version:

• The wheelchair death is gorier and quite longer. He squeezes his body till his intestines burst out of his stomach (along with buckets of blood). Then Toxie takes the wheelchair, picks it up and throws it aside.
• The villain who gets choked with the vine and has roses shoved into his eye sockets is gorier and longer. It shows Toxie choking him more and also blood squirting out his neck (he also spits out blood) and it also shows Toxie shoving the roses in his eyes.
• A gorier version of the scene when Toxie punches the Black villain's face in showing blood run down his face and also his body dropping to the ground, showing what's left of his head.
• When Toxie bashes the two villains; heads off, it usually cuts to them dancing; in the uncut print their bodies first drop to the ground, causing blood to splash out of their necks (and it also shows toxie tearing hair from their scalps!)
• The Indian villain's death shows Toxie tearing his ears off his head
• Toxie chases down 3 rapists and kills 2; in the R-rated version the 3rd one (a woman) is never shown. In the uncut print he chases her to a radio station where he shoves cords, microphones in her body
• A scene showing Toxie and the Japenese chick playing a game.
• A new scene of Toxie complaining that everyone in Japan is staring at him.
• Two fights scenes are added. One between two warriors (one gets crushed by Toxie's foot and the other gets thrown on some stand) and a Japanese drag queen who keeps trying to rape Roxie

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• UK 1996 Allied Troma VHS

• UK 1991 Virgin VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. The BBFC cuts were:

• Cut to remove Toxie defending himself with a mop whilst being attacked by a bad with nunchukas
• Cut shots of woman ripping open Masami's top to reveal her naked breasts
• Cut to remove shots of banned weapons. In this case 2 fish used by Toxie as nunchakus against a bad guy wielding a real versio0n of the weapon.
• Cut to remove Toxie being attacked by a ninja with throwing stars

Toy Story 2

Passed U uncut for the 2009 cinema and 2001-2010 Buena Vista video/DVD/Blu-rays.

There is also a US version with a world picture replaced by a US flag for the backdrop to a motivational speech

Seems to be a minor variation with different fake outtakes running over the end credits

Traces of Death

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2003 Brain Damage 9th Anniversary Collector's Edition R1 DVD

• UK 2005 Crypt Keeper DVD

The BBFC explained their ban:

Traces of Death comprises a compilation of uncontextualised clips showing real killings, suicides, medical operations, fatal accidents, autopsies and other distressing images . The work presents no journalistic, educational or other justifying context for the images shown. Rather, the work presents a barrage of sensationalist clips, for what appears to be the underlying purpose of providing prurient entertainment. That this is the essential purpose of the work is reinforced by the addition of a sparse but sensationalist voice-over, which deliberately makes light of human death, pain and suffering. Some of the most graphic clips are needlessly repeated in slow motion, further underlining the prurient and exploitative nature of the work.

The Board carefully considered the work in the light of our Guidelines and the tests set down by the Video Recordings Act. A key consideration is the question of any harm that might be caused to potential viewers or, through their behaviour, to society because of the manner in which the work deals with violence and “horrific behaviour or incidents”. The Board has concluded that the video is potentially harmful because of the influence it may have on the attitudes and behaviour of at least some intended or potential viewers. By presenting actual human death, mutilation and suffering as entertainment, the work has the potential to desensitise viewers, and perhaps even to incite some to harm others. The work invites the viewer to take sadistic pleasure in death, injury, mutilation and pain and encourages callousness towards victims. Given the flippant and sensationalist nature of the occasional voice over, the work is perhaps especially likely to appeal to the juvenile humour of young and impressionable persons (whatever its classification). The Board considers that the work may have a significant brutalising effect on their attitude to human life and pain.

Given the potential for the work to deaden the sensitivity of viewers to pain and suffering and to impair the moral development of younger viewers in particular, the Board also considers that the work raises serious concerns about possible breach of the Obscene Publications Act. This Act makes it an offence to distribute any work that, taken as a whole, has a tendency to deprave and corrupt (i.e. make morally bad) a significant proportion of those likely to see it.

A further consideration for the Board is that of public acceptability. (This is the ground on which, for instance, the Board has regard to issues of bad language.) In this case the combination of the shocking and distressing images in the work, the lack of any justifying context, the editorial treatment, and the and the possible appeal to a young audience, all appear to the Board to raise serious concerns about the acceptability of the work to public opinion. Taken together with the harm issues, and potential breach of the law, these concerns about acceptability strengthen the basis for refusal of classification.

The Board considered whether cutting the work would be a viable alternative to refusing a classification certificate. However, the essential difficultly with Traces of Death lies not so much with any particular images (most of which would have been acceptable in a different, more serious, context) but with the manner in which the images are presented, and with the underlying, exploitative purpose of the work. Cuts would therefore be unlikely to modify the tone and overall effect of the work acceptably.

The Trail Beyond

This John Wayne film suddenly started getting cut from the Cinema Club version of 2003 (29s).  Similar cuts for the Classic Entertainment release and slightly less for the Latest WHE International version (21s).

The BBFC statement reads: Compulsory cuts required to real animal cruelty, sight of horses being ridden off cliff into water and to horse falls.

Train

• Terror Train

23s

R Rated

The R Rated Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2010 Lions Gate R2 DVD
• UK 2008 Lions Gate Online

There is also a longer French Version presumably the Unrated Version as it contains extended violent scenes toned down for a US R Rating. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Trainspotting

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

UK: Passed 18 with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2009 Channel 4 RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Channel 4 R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 1995 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2011 Lionsgate RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2011 Lionsgate R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2s missing from the sex scene with Renton and Diane.
• 1s missing of needle injection substituted by a view of Renton's face

• UK 1996 Polygram VHS

The cut was:

• a 14s cut to Renton's (Ewan McGregor's) shooting-up scene. The  BBFC video policy at the time was to cut step-by-step process of drug taking where they thought it was likely to prove both fascinating and instructive.

Trancers 5: Sudden Deth

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

UK: The IMAX Version was passed 12 uncut for:

• UK 2009 cinema release

US: The uncut Big Screen Edition is MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US Paramount R0 Blu-ray via US Amazon

The IMAX Version/Big Screen Edition contains 32s extra material to show off the IMAX features. See cuts details from dvdcompare.net

• The forest battle includes an additional 22 seconds
• the Devastator scene adds 10 extra seconds.
• This version also features a slightly shorter introduction from Professor Colan and some dialogue has been altered.

• UK 2009 Paramount R2 DVD
• UK 2009 cinema release

Transgression

Transgression is probably the most recognisable underground film to appear on the Screen Edge label to date, and has also been the most problematic , with the original release being delayed after the BBFC demanded that ten minutes of footage be removed. After much negotiation and discussion, a revised print that DiPaolo himself oversaw - lacking about 8 minutes, and with some scenes replaced with previously unseen footage - was approved.

Having seen the full version, I can understand the BBFC's attitude (though hardly to condone it). In fact, Screen Edge were probably lucky that the film wasn't rejected outright as it deals with the censor's main bone of contention - sexual violence - in a forthright and uncompromising way.

In many ways, the film is the latest in a stream of low budget movies which look into the mind of the serial killer, eg Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer & Schramm. Transgression differs from these movies in its stylised treatment of the killers fantasies. We see women tied up and tortured (including in the original, some severe knife/nipple interaction)... and we see it from the point of view of the killer. The images are eroticised, because that's how the killer sees his acts. Hardly surprising then, that the censors were appalled.

Taken from an article by David Flint in Flesh & Blood issue.

The Transporter

~25s

PG-13s

The US PG-13 Rated Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for: 

• UK 2006 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray
• UK 2003 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2002 cinema release

The film was cut in the US for the PG-13:

• Cuts to the fight on the bus
• Cuts to the fight on the motorway

There is also an uncut French Extended Version that restores the US cuts

Transporter 2

• Le transporteur II

The Extended Version/French Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is also a longer German TV Version

25s

PG-13

• UK 2006 20th Century Fox R0 Blu-ray
• UK 2006 20th Century Fox R2 DVD
• UK 2005 cinema release

From IMDb:

• The Theatrical Version was edited by the MPAA for violence (the scene where Frank fights with an iron bar, digital removal of blood)
• and sexuality ie shots of Kate Nauta's naked butt

The US Theatrical Version has an additional edit

• digital retouching of shots where you could see Kate Nauta's nipples through a see through bra

Transsiberian

The BBFC cut 9s from the Icon DVD in 2009: Company have chosen to remove shots of strong bloody violence within a torture scene, in order to achieve a 15 classification. An uncut 18 was available.

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

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

Review from US Amazon: Glued

This movie had me glued to my seat until the credits rolled. Anderson clearly has created a mystery masterpiece telling the story of a clueless couple, Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer, stuck on a cross country train ride through the grim backdrop of a post-soviet Russia. The two are caught in a whirlwind of drug-smuggling, torture and crooked cops.

I haven't been this impressed with a movie for a long time and can't wait to buy this sucker on DVD disc!

The Trap

+ cinema cuts

Trapped in Space

Trash

• Andy Warhol's Trash

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

The full version was passed 18 uncut with previous cuts waived for:

• UK 2005 Tartan Flesh/Trash/Heat R2 DVD via UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

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

The BBFC commented about the waived cuts in article from sbbfc.co.uk: Not Instructional

The only consideration this time was whether or not the two famous injection scenes could be released intact.

Since James Ferman's departure from the Board in 1998 fresh advice had been taken from experts working in the field of drugs. Having viewed other films previously cut by Ferman they concluded that the type of material shown in Trash was not in fact likely to be instructional. The fact that heroin is injected is widely known and no genuinely useful information (eg how to dissolve the heroin, what quantities to use, etc) could be gained from the film.

Summary Review: Trash is a classic

It is a film that could only have been made in the early '70's. It captures people, locations and scenarios that existed then. This type of guerilla filmmaking is less about a script and more about capturing a moment. I can't imagine these actors sitting around rehearsing scripted lines.

We will never see the likes of this type of filmmaking again. It is an era unto itself. See this film. At times it can be banal and boring and insane but so is life.

• 1996 First Independent VHS

The BBFC cuts info:

• The BBFC waived their previous cuts to fellatio and masturbation with a beer bottle
• The original cinema cuts for drug taking were retained
• The original cinema distributor cuts to drug taking scenes were retained
• The 1991 video cuts to drug taking were also retained

• UK 1991 Virgin VHS

The BBFC explained their additional cuts:

• Two scenes in this film are problematic. the scenes at 19 minutes and 55 minutes contain so much detail that they are both instructive and also seductive in immersing the viewer in the ritualistic process of fixing heroin, mixing it in a spoon, using a tourniquet, finding a vein and actually puncturing it and injecting it

2:48s

distributor
~8:00s

• UK 1972 cinema release

The BBFC required 2:48s cuts to:

• the opening fellatio scene [in fact masked fellatio]
• the first heroin injection scene
• Holly's masturbation with a beer bottle.

The distributor then cut an additional 8 minutes without BBFC permission. The additional cuts were to remove non controversial material the distributor thought was boring!

The same cut version was released for:

• UK pre-cert Virgin VHS

The submitted running time was noted as 109:41s = 105:18s

See article from sbbfc.co.uk: Discussing Cuts

Denied a London release, the next opportunity to gauge public and critical opinion would be at the London Film Festival, where the film was shown to critics first and then to a public audience on 19th November 1971 at the National Film Theatre. Questionnaires were issued to the audience by the film's distributor asking whether or not they thought the film should be classified and the critics were also encouraged to review the film. Of those members of the public who filled in the questionnaire, only seven were opposed to the classification of the film.

Although the reaction to the Festival screening had gone some way towards reassuring the Board that the film was not regarded as a glamorisation of drugs, there was still a serious concern over its potential offensiveness and therefore its unacceptability to local authorities.

BBFC Director Stephen Murphy felt that the self selecting nature of the NFT Festival audience ruled it out as an indicator of general public opinion and therefore decided to commission some research of his own from the University of Leicester's Centre for Mass Communication. This research, undertaken at the end of 1971, involved showing the film to a group of 86 individuals and asking for their reactions. In addition to a number of university students, the researchers also bussed in a group of middle aged housewives to seek their views. The results, presented to the Board in February 1972, showed that the majority (58%) were in favour of passing the film as it was and did not think that it promoted drugs (only six people expressed concerns in this regard). However, there were substantial reservations about the offensiveness of certain scenes (which perhaps not coincidentally included two of the sequences that would later be cut when the film was finally classified).

In June 1972 the distributor again asked the BBFC to reconsider the ban. Unsurprisingly, the BBFC simply restated its view that, in its full version, the film was not acceptable. However, Murphy conceded that it might now be possible to pass the film if its most offensive moments (as singled out in the Board's own research) were toned down.

Sensing that there was little alternative but to go along with the Board the distributor accepted cuts as an option but stated that he could not make changes without the permission of the director. Accordingly Paul Morrissey flew to London on 15th July and cuts were discussed. An edited version was prepared and presented to the BBFC with 1:08s cut from three scenes. However, the cuts were still considered insufficient by Murphy and the board upped the cuts to 2:48s

In a further twist, it was brought to Murphy's attention in 1973 that the version of Trash playing in cinemas might not be the same as the version he had passed. Murphy received a highly defensive letter admitting that the film had in fact been subject to further cuts after it had been passed by the BBFC. Distributor Jimmy Vaughan explained that During the re-editing of Trash to meet the requirements of your Board, I felt I might as well make certain cuts of my own [...] I would also like to mention that I myself removed two scenes of blood going into the syringe and several other cuts which I felt myself were either boring or possibly distasteful.

banned

• UK 1971 cinema release

See article from sbbfc.co.uk: Bad Timing

The drugs theme was nominally the justification for the ban, but in fact timing was also an issue. Stephen Murphy was coming in for nutter pressure at the time. A series of controversial films such as The Devils put the BBFC under nutter scrutiny from the likes of Mary Whitehouse's Festival of Light.

According to the only surviving examiner report, the BBFC was concerned by its effect upon those young people who are not intimately involved in the hard stuff. We think that any cautionary message it might have is outweighed by the undoubted degradation and its destructive effect upon those who are not intimately involved in the drug scene, or even upon the fringes of it. In considering whether cuts, as Stephen Murphy had initially suggested, might provide a remedy, the examiners concluded that We do not think that cutting would be a good solution as we would still incur the rage of many ordinary cinema goers without satisfying the progressives.

• UK 1971 London cinema release

Possibly the GLC were also coming under nutter pressure for passing controversial films for exhibition in London.

Trauma

• Dario Argento's Trauma

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

1992 Italy/US thriller by Dario Argento with Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento and Piper Laurie. See IMDb

An Italian version runs for 109m but this was trimmed of uncontentious material by the distributor by 7m for overseas distribution. The extra material doesn't add much to the film:

• a new introduction of the Aura and David characters: David (Chris Rydell) drives Grace (Laura Johnson) at the airport and sees Aura (Asia Argento) being beaten by a man whose plane ticket she tried to steal;
• a new scene features Grace visiting David at the TV station and asking him about Aura; David invites Grace to his house and then calls Aura at home to ask her if she needs any food; Aura lies to him and tells she's already eaten;
• Aura visits a market and is spotted by Dr. Jarvis (Frederic Forrest), who tries to catch her;
• After David and Aura escape from the Marigold, she tells him she's taken a little souvenir from Nurse Volkmann's purse; another new shot shows the Marigold's owner talking to the police;
• David checks into a hotel after following Linda Quirk's car and asks for a room overlooking the parking lot;
• David asks for information about Dr. Lloyd in a saloon;
• After David calls Grace and asks her for prescription forms, she meets and confronts him, trying to make him face the fact that he's become a junkie;

R Rated

The shorter International Version was passed 18 with previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2010 Lions Gate Online
• UK 2010 Lions Gate video
• UK 2005 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2002 Tartan R0 DVD

The US release featuring the International Version is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2005 Starz/Anchor Bar R1 DVD via US Amazon

Summary Review: Argento on the Up

A young man tries to help a teenage European girl whom escaped from a clinic hospital after witnessing the murder of her parents by a serial killer and they try to find the killer before the killer finds them.

Dario Argento has been making stylish, intelligent thrillers for four decades now. As is to be expected with a director who has close to twenty films in the can, his output has been a little inconsistent over the years. Trauma is on the up side of things, but it's not one of his best efforts.

• UK 1999 Tartan VHS
• UK 1994 High Flyers VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

1. Cut: A brief glimpse of a wire cutting into Linda's (Hope Alexander-Willis) neck
2. Cut: Same wire being used to cut Adriana's (Piper Laurie) throat in two shots

The Trip

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2004 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Summary Review: Far out man!

The superb title music by Electric Flag sets the scene for one of the most adventurous of cinematic offerings.

Just why it was banned is unknown and seemingly absurd, of course it portrays drug taking with little emphasis on the dangers surrounding such indulgence, but to argue depiction of such behaviour promotes others to follow suit would suggest that all films with any violence or portrayal of war should also be banned.

Besides the beauty of the film renders all objections irrelevant. It offers stunning visuals and great actors. A real slice of psychedelic culture and despite seeming slightly dated, has it's heart in the right place. Far out man!

• UK 2002 Channel 4 unreleased video version

The Tripper

See video from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 20th Century Fox R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com. There's 3 shots where the Unrated version shows more entrails than the R Rated Version

Summary review: Here's Ronnie!

From the opening quote by Ronald Reagan to the intensely sadistic violence in the first few minutes of the film, you know The Tripper will be loaded with sex, drugs, and rock n roll - as well as extreme political jabs and hippie killing.

The Tripper's strongest point of originality lies within its psychopathic murderer who dons a suit, a tie, and a President Reagan mask as he metes out his vicious carnage.

Worth checking out for slasher/horror afficiondos.

R Rated

• UK 2009 Technicolor/Momentum Online
• UK 2008 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD

Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

The BBFC cut the 1987 Xtasy video by 7s.

• A scene showing 2 horses tumbling after being ridden down a steep slope has been deleted for animal cruelty.

Troma's War

• 1,000 Ways to Die



 

Uncut version is available at:

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

• US 2010 Troma Tromasterpeice Edition R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon: Truly demented

Troma, best known for The Toxic Avenger, put this truly demented military-action epic together in the late 1980s.

It was originally only available in a massively butchered, (thanks, MPAA,) R-rated version and did very poorly, but now it's finally available uncut on VHS and DVD.. and your action-movie education isn't complete until you've seen this film.

The plot involves the racially/socially mixed survivors of a terrible plane crash, (a black priest, a blind girl, a Nam vet, a fat guy, a rock band, etc. to name a few) discovering that the island they have landed on is populated by a terrorist army planning a secret invasion of the U.S.

Great setup for even a traditional action movie, but Troma's War goes off in a direction best described as G.I. Joe on amphetamines, with bloodier-than-Rambo battles, a pig-nosed villian, martial arts, human-ear necklaces, facially-conjoined twins, tongue-removal-torture and an ASTONISHINGLY offensive henchman named Senor Sida, who's special power is something I probably can't discuss on a family webpage.

ANY sensibilities you may have, this movie will offend... and it's probably the most constantly violent movie in even the Troma library, so it makes one GREAT party tape. Stick around after the credits.

38s

R Rated

• UK 1996 Allied Troma VHS
• UK 1990 Virgin VHS

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

• UK 1992 cinema release

The original running time was noted as 104:08s = 99:58s

Tropic of Cancer

The BBFC rejected the 1970 cinema release.

Thanks to Gary:

It was later given a GLC X certificate. It was shown on Sky in the early 1990s. Its most recent UK showing was in November 2009, as part of the Barbican's directorspective of the work of Joseph Strick.

Trivia point: It's almost certainly the first US major-studio film to feature the word 'cunt' in its dialogue - earlier than the usual film so credited, Carnal Knowledge.

A Region 1 US releases is scheduled for 2010 from Olive Films

Tropic Thunder

Unrated

The US Unrated Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for the 2008 Paramount DVD/Blu-ray

The BBFC explained further:

Tropic Thunder is a comedy adventure film that has been passed '15' for its strong language, sex references, drug references and comic bloody violence.

The comic bloody violence is mostly confined to the early part of the film and is clearly set up to be a spoof of most action war films. The strongest moment is an accidental death that is mistaken by the characters in the scene for a special effect. There is some very strong blood and gore in the scene which is meant as a gross-out comedy moment for the audience. There is no dwelling on the infliction of the injury and the comedy provides a mitigating context that allows the strong gore to be contained at '15' under the terms of the Guidelines for violence and horror at '15'.

The strong language consists of more than 50 examples. At '15' the Guidelines state that there may be frequent use of strong language.

Throughout the film one of the characters is shown to be a drug addict although he does not have access to drugs and so there is no actual drug taking shown in the film. However, a jungle heroin factory provides the film's climactic location and there are shots of large piles of drugs that are, in keeping with the rest of the film's style, grossly exaggerated and used only for comic effect. There is certainly no activity that either promotes or encourages drug use.

Tropic Thunder also contains some strong sex references, most notably when the addict character is undergoing withdrawal symptoms and makes some graphic remarks by way of solicitation to a character he believes to be gay. The Guidelines at '15' allow for 'strong verbal references to sexual behaviour' and these remarks come well within this rubric.

Finally, there are some potential offence issues in the film which tries to send up most film-making conventions as well as most politically correct ideas. Consequently one of the 'actors' within the film is shown to have once made a film as a mentally retarded man and several spoof scenes from this film are shown. In addition, one of the principal 'actors' is a white man who has 'blacked up' for the role in the film-within-a-film. The comic absurdities of these characters are played out to the full but could be misconstrued as offensive.

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

17:16s

R Rated

The significantly edited version has lost a fair amount of scenes for timing an pacing reasons but also for cuts to violence especially in the opening war sequence.

See detailed cuts from movie-censorship.com

Troy

Unrated

The Director's Cut/Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2008 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2007 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2007 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2005 Warner R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com: The Director's Cut of Troy completes many parts of the story line. The characters are much more interesting and many subplots are more suspense-packed, even though the Director's Cut is longer.

R Rated

• UK 2004 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 2004 cinema release

Truck Stop

• L'amour chez les poids lourds
• Erotic Encounters
• Convoi spécial
• I grossi bestioni
• Traveling Companions

No BBFC cuts to the 18 rated 1986 Stablecane video

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

See review from IMDb : Eye Turner

There is nothing on the sleeve of the DVD to suggest this was other than standard soft porn fare. Whilst it's hardly great, the ingenuity with which the makers translate the Greek classic Odyssey deserves some praise.

Ulysse is a truck driver who gets lost in the desert after his middle-aged co-driver is lured away by a mirage of beautiful women (The Sirens). They are rescued by a beautiful woman who lives by an oasis (Calypso) who falls in lust with Ulysse and keeps him with her for weeks. Meanwhile Ullyss' wife Pamela (Penelope) finds her restaurant gradually filling up with bachelor truckers who think Ulysse is dead and fancy claiming his wife and his business. The plot alternates between Ulysse trying to make the difficult journey home, encountering a one-eyed ogreish woman (the Cyclops), whilst back at the café the suitors and local whores stage drunken sex games and circle around the resourceful Pamela.

All the women, Cyclops excepted, are beautiful and sexy, whilst the men are generally hairy and rather gnomic looking.

The dubbing is haphazard on the English version but even with that obstacle, Elizabeth Turner gives an elegant, sensuous performance as Pamela, making her a woman well worth crossing a desert for.

True Legend

• Su Qi-Er
• Beggar Su
• The Legend of Beggar Su

The BBFC cut 22s for

• UK 2010 cinema release

The BBFC noted:

• Cut required to remove sight of unsimulated animal cruelty (in this case, a horse being tripped).

True Lies

Uncut version is available at:

R Rated

Passed 15 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2010 20th Century Fox Online
• UK 2010 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Unofficially uncut for:

• UK 2008 Greatest Ever Action Heroes R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Universal R2 DVD

When re-released on Universal DVD in 2001 the cuts somehow had been forgotten about and this release is uncut. This version can also be identified by the old style 15 certificate image. It was not taken off the market despite both the BBFC and Trading Standards knowing about it. This version was an Australian dual region 2/4 version repackaged

The US release is uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

• US 1999 20th Century Fox R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 2003 Columbia/TriStar R2 DVD

The True Lies DVD with copyright notice 2003 and new style certificate image is cut. The same cuts were specified as for the VHS video but were implemented differently ending up with 20s of cuts and substitutions

Cuts compiled and compared to VHS cuts by Gavin Salkeld

• In the bathroom fight, the headbutt delivered by Schwarzenegger right after he pulls the terrorist’s coat down has been disguised by cutting away to a shot of the old man in the toilet cubicle. Unlike the video version, we hear the sound effect
• When Arnie and the bad guy pair fall onto the floor, the shots of Schwarzenegger clapping the bad guy’s ear, just before kicking him back, have been disguised by once again cutting to a shot of the old man in the cubicle
• Just after Schwarzenegger pulls the hand dryer off the wall, he should hit the terrorist three times hard in the face. However, all the hits have been terribly disguised by cutting away to a shot of Schwarzenegger hitting the terrorist in the neck with his arm from earlier in the fight; the terrorist flinging his coat on the floor from earlier in the fight, and a slowed-down shot of the old man wincing. This looks very bad indeed, with four frames of the terrorist’s bloody face inserted into a mass of edited footage that looks positively awful
• Just after this, Schwarzenegger pulls the bad guy’s head into a urinal, and his head clangs into the porcelain. He should then force his head back into the bowl with another loud clang just before flushing it, but we fail to see both hits as we, again, cut away to a slowed-down shot of the old man that was used earlier in the fight
• During the sequence where Schwarzenegger is test-driving Bill Paxton’s car, he has a vision of smacking him in the face as he makes comments about Arnie’s wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Paxton’s bloodied face falls backwards into shot, the shot should hold for about three seconds but we only get a quick glimpse lasting a few frames before cutting away to the zoom-in on Arnie from right before the punch. This looks totally awful, as the camera cuts back to the same shot from the footage after the punch, and is noticeable by the change of background and Arnie’s head jumping position and sudden change of expression. This looks very, very amateurish and isn’t doing poor James Cameron any favours at all
• During the scene where Schwarzenegger is held captive by the torturer and guard, his escape from their company has been cut. When Schwarzenegger throws the trocar at the guard, we don’t see the implement make contact at all, and the camera cuts away during the whip pan. The resulting sound effect has also being entirely cut
• Immediately afterwards, the neck break of the torturer has been removed in its entirety, and we now cut from the aforementioned whip pan to a shot of the man’s neck already broken. However, the snap of the neck still plays over this static shot which looks atrocious
• When Arnie rams the tyre iron in the next bad guy’s chest, the second shot of him yanking the iron upwards and cracking his ribs has been removed as per the UK video. This is the only cut that doesn’t look obvious in the whole DVD
• Shortly after, Schwarzenegger begins to take out numerous random terrorists. At one point, he slides down a rope to break one terrorist’s neck. In the DVD, the sequence does not cut away as per the video, but the profile shot of the bad guy’s head being twisted with a loud crack has been removed. The remaining footage has been slowed down to fill up the gap left by the now-cut profile shot, and looks dreadful. Just as Arnie makes contact with the bad guy’s head, we hear the sound effect of the neck snapping and cut to a profile shot of the guard falling forwards in slow motion with the sound playing, which looks laughably appalling.

• UK 1995 CIC VHS

By Gavin Salkeld:

True Lies, one of the more popular action movies of the 1990s, had some trouble at the BBFC (like a lot of the more popular action movies of the 1990s!). The cinema version escaped with only a single one second cut to remove a double-ear clap. However on video, due to the possibility of underage viewers in the home, more violence was removed.

Director James Cameron was open about his dislike for the BBFC’s intervention, and took it upon himself to implement the cuts personally.

• In the bathroom fight, the headbutt delivered by Schwarzenegger right after he pulls the terrorist’s coat down has been removed
• When the pair fall onto the floor, the shots of Schwarzenegger clapping the bad guy’s ear, just before kicking him back, have been sliced
• Just after Schwarzenegger pulls the hand dryer off the wall, he should hit the terrorist three times hard in the face. However, this has been reduced to just one hit in this version
• Just after this, Schwarzenegger pulls the bad guy’s head into a urinal, and his head clangs into the porcelain. He should then force his head back into the bowl with another loud clang just before flushing it, but the second hit has been removed entirely
• During the sequence where Schwarzenegger is test-driving Bill Paxton’s car, he has a vision of smacking him in the face as he makes comments about Arnie’s wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). When Paxton’s bloodied face falls backwards into shot, the shot should hold for about three seconds but we only get a quick glimpse lasting a few frames before cutting away to Arnie. This looks very awkward and unusual and spoils the rhythm, and joke, of the scene
• During the scene where Schwarzenegger is held captive by the torturer and guard, his escape from their company has been cut. When Schwarzenegger throws the trocar at the guard, we don’t see the implement lodge itself in the guard’s eye, his head snap back, or his fall off-screen
• Immediately afterwards, a few frames have been removed from the start of Schwarzenegger breaking the torturer’s neck, in order to lessen the impact of the snap
• When Arnie rams the tyre iron in the next bad guy’s chest, the second shot of him yanking the iron upwards and cracking his ribs has been removed
• Shortly after, Schwarzenegger begins to take out numerous random terrorists. At one point, he slides down a rope to break one terrorist’s neck. This sequence has been cut in half and footage rearranged to lessen the tension and relish for violence. Also, the profile shot of the bad guy’s head being twisted with a loud crack has been removed, and instead we hear the sound effect from a high shot as the guard falls forward onto a crate

• UK 1994 cinema release

The 1s cut was:

• to remove a double ear clap in the subway fight

True Romance

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

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

• UK 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2006 Warner Movie & More R2 DVD
• UK 2005 Warner R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Warner Special Edition R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Warner VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Warner R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2002 Warner Special Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon: A great movie

This is a great movie, a cool movie, a funny movie and an action movie. Directed by Tony Scott, one of the best (if not the best) action movie directors around, True Romance is the story of Alabama (Arquette) and Clarence (Slater) young newlywed lovers on the run with a stolen suitcase full of $5m worth of the mafia's coke, which they intend to sell. But as the old saying goes, the path to true love never runs smooth and a battle of wits ensues between Clarence, the police and the mob leading to a classic finale in this action packed film. As a whole, this movie works beautifully but on DVD it's even better because you can access all your favourite classic scenes that unmistakeably bare Tarantino's hallmark again and again. Such as the opening scene where the heterosexual Clarence (Slater) states that he'd sleep with Elvis if he were still alive, or the showdown between Clarence and dreadlocked gangster (Oldman). Or the showdown between the mob boss (Walken) and Clarence's Dad (Hopper). Classic scenes indeed, particularly the one with Walken and Hopper. It's hard to believe this movie was made back in 1993 because it's still as fresh, still as cool and still looks as enjoyable as it was back then. I just love this movie and if you haven't seen it yet I hope you will too.

2:03s

• UK 1995 Warner VHS
• UK 1994 Warner VHS
• UK 1993 cinema release

The original rental version carried a sticker claiming incorrectly that the video was uncut. This was replaced for sell-thru by the more accurate sticker "Original Cinema Version". (This was from an era when cinema versions were being routinely further cut for home video).

The BBFC cut was:

• to remove a very brief shot of Alabama being thrown through a glass shower curtain in the hotel room assault by Virgil.

The US cuts to achieve an R Rating were:

1. Drug deal in motel room: cut: several violent shots missing and dialogue about "eating pussy". Also cut Samuel Jackson telling Floyd that if he smokes enough sherm he'll be up there suckin' niggers dicks.
2. Clearance's murder of Drexl: cut: some preamble and several shots including the bullet hitting Drexl in the groin.
3. Hit man Virgil beating up Alabama in hotel room: major cuts: After 1st blow, 47secs cut Alabama gestures to Virgil that she will tell him where the coke is, Virgil approaches and Alabama spits at him. In response Virgil punches her in the stomach. Shots of Alabama observing her bruised body whilst lying on the floor are deleted. The scene ends on video when Alabama kills Virgil with her 1st shot. The original has her shooting 4 more times and then beating his dead body with the gun.
4. Shootout at the hotel: heavily cut: numerous shots of bodies riddled with bullets along with the dialogue "Take your fucking SA card and burn it you little cocksucker". Most notably the shot of Alabama killing the cop has been replaced by a Mafioso doing the dirty deed. Clearly it was felt that the heroine should not kill anyone and get away with it.

The True Story of Jesse James

• The James Brothers

The BBFC cut the 2007 Optimum DVD by 9s: A cut was required to remove sight of animal cruelty (horses plunging from a cliff edge into water below).

From cuts details on IMDb:

This was the same fatal cliff-top jump that resulted in the death of a horse in the 1939 Jesse James

• 1968 Tunnel rats

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

• UK 2009  Metrodome/In2film R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Vivendi R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a cut R Rated Version shorter by 3:16s. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Turistas

See Paradise Lost

Turkey Shoot

• Escape 2000
• Blood Camp Thatcher

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2008 Optimum R2 DVD titled Turkey Shoot at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 International Trading R2 DVD titled Turkey Shoot
• UK 2003 Michael Lee/Vipco R2 DVD titled Blood Camp Thatcher

Beware of the US version, Escape 2000, it has suffered 13 minutes of cuts.

Summary Review: Oz-ploitation

A futuristic prison movie where anybody who puts a foot out of line is sent for a sadistic bout of 're-education'. The 3 prisoners at the focus of this film are assigned as prey for rich thrill seeking hunters.

This is an extremely gory, exploitative piece of low budget horror/sci-fi. It also happens to be highly entertaining.

• UK 1993 Vipco VHS titled Blood Camp Thatcher

The 1993 Vipco release titled Blood Camp Thatcher restores most of Alph's death but deletes even more of the killing of the escapee.

• UK 1987 Guild VHS titled Turkey Shoot
• UK 1983 cinema release titled Turkey Shoot

The BBFC cuts were:

• The new inmates to the prison camp are welcomed by sight of Mr Ritter (Roger Ward) beating up a female prisoner. 46s of punches and kicks have been deleted along with shots of the woman spitting blood and dying.
• 2:24s has been cut from the punishment of a man who had failed in an escape attempt. He gets kicked around amongst some gasoline balls and is finally set alight and killed.
• The first victim of the hunt, Dodge (John Ley) loses several shots; 13s showing Alph (Steve Rackman) ripping off Dodge's toe and eating it, 25s of Alph carrying, dropping and stamping on Dodge, 16s of Alph beating up Dodge plus 6s of Dodge's arm being broken and 14s of Dodge having his back broken.
• Griff (Bill Young) is also killed in a curtailed scene. 20s of cuts made up of the shooting of two arrows by Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) followed by 5s from his death from being run over.
• 24s is missing Alph's death, so we don't get to see his eye being mangled after a stabbing, neither do we see him get cut in half or Tito (Michael Petrovitch) firing off a missile.
• 15s has been cut showing a lesbian advance and then Jennifer running down Rita (Lynda Stoner).
• Ritter's death loses 11s of his screams, 2 close-ups of his twitching chopped off hands and then 2s of him lying in the sand and dying.
• Finally a 4s close-up of Rita lying dead with an arrow protruding from her mouth has been deleted.

Turkish Delight

• Turks Fruit
• The Sensualist

Passed uncut in 2002

Uncut region 2 DVD available on UK Amazon

Cut in 1994

Cut in 1986. The cinema version is also cut

The Turn of the Screw

12 Rounds

• Twelve Rounds

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Extended Version/Extreme Cut/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2009 20th Century Fox RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 20th Century Fox RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC commented:

12 Rounds is an action thriller about a cop who has to complete twelve tasks to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. This extended version of the film was passed '15' for strong violence.

The violence is unrelenting and the film moves from one action sequence to another without let up. Although much of the violence takes the form of car smashes and explosions, with no detail of human injury, there are some stronger sequences. In the first, a man is stabbed in the stomach by the main villain. We do not see the impact or the injury, but there is a clear close-up on the very bloody blade as it is drawn out. The second strong scene is that in which the villain's girlfriend is, shockingly, hit by a truck. The impact is swift and undetailed, but we see several mid- and close-up shots of the body lying on the ground, with blood on her face and in a pool on the ground. Finally, a climactic helicopter fight sequence is also bloody and contains some hard blows, including several impressionistic but crunchy blows to the face. BBFC Guidelines at '12A' state that 'Violence must not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood,' and in this case the film is better placed at '15', where 'Violence may be strong.'

The film also contains two uses of strong language.

PG-13

• UK 2009 20th Century Fox video

• UK 2009 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Company chose to remove focus on a bloodied knife used to stab a man and close-up focus on the bloodied face of a woman after she has been hit by a van. Cuts made to achieve a 12A classification. An uncut 15 was available.

20th Century Fox: The First 25 Years

Cut in April 2005 with the following BBFC comment: Cut required to sight of horse being ridden off a cliff and falling headlong into sea

20th Century Fox - The First 50 Years

Cut in 2006 with the following BBFC comment: Cut required to sight of horse being ridden off a cliff and falling headlong into sea, under the provisions of the Cinematograph (Animals ) Act 1937

24: Season 2 Episode 6: 1-2pm

Pre-cut by the distributor when submitted in 2003

From imdb

• Pre-cut to remove dialogue by Tony referring to Finsbury Park Mosque in London:  It's considered one of the main recruitment centers for Islamic terrorists in the West

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

24 Hours to Midnight

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

• Breaking Dawn Part 1

Passed 12A after BBFC suggested cuts for category were implemented for

• UK 2011 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Contains moderate violence and sex

• This film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a 15 classification but that the requested 12A certificate could be achieved by making changes to a sex scene between the Edward and Bella characters. In particular the BBFC suggested that more graphic sight of Edward thrusting while he lies on top of Bella, and while her legs are wrapped around his torso, be removed. When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made, with the scene having been reduced in length and with less focus on full body shots. As a result, the film was classified 12A.

The US release was also said to have similar category issues. The film was said to be cut to reduce the initial R Rating down to a PG-13. However, it seems likely that the story of an initial R Rating may be just promotional hype. The director seems to have refused to confirm the supposed R Rating.

Twin Dragons

• Shuang long hui
• Brother vs. Brother

The shortened International Version was passed 12 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2002 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Buena Vista VHS
• UK 1999 cinema release

From IMDb. The missing scenes from the International Version are:

• Tyson decides to call Barbara before he and Boomer leave for the mainland. Boomer remarks that Tyson doesn't have her number but this doesn't bother him as he produces a phone book.
• In the hospital scene, the henchmen bring in a healer to try and cure their boss. The healer only succeeds in creating chaos and fed up, the doctor (Lau-Kar Leung in a hilarious cameo) thunder-punches him into a wall.
• During the scene where John is showing Barbara how to play the piano, she has a dream sequence where she is singing a Cantopop song to a receptive audience,
• Rocky mistakes John for Boomer and begs him to take him on as his student. Trying to get rid of him, John tells Rocky to go buy a piano to stengthen his fingers.

• UK 1993 VPD VHS

Twin Warriors

See Tai-Chi Master

Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars

• Xia ri fu xing
• Winners & Sinners 3: Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
• Seven Lucky Stars

The Hong Kong Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2012 Showbox/Cine Asia/Hong Kong Legends Special Collectors Edition R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• UK 2003 Medusa/E1 R2 DVD

The Hong Kong Version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2000 MIA VHS
• UK 1989 VPD VHS

A French DVD includes a low quality version but this is not English friendly. The extra uncontroversial content looks worth having though.

Twins of Evil

• The Evil Twins
• The Gemini Twins
• Twins of Dracula

best
available

R Rated

Submitted
87:21s
=83:51s

US: The cut cinema version is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2012 Synapse RA Blu-ray/R2 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon released on 10th July 2012

UK: The cut cinema version was passed 15 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2002 Carlton R2 DVD

UK: The cut cinema version was passed 18 without further BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1995 VCI VHS
• UK 1987 MIA VHS

UK: Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:

• UK 1981 cinema release

From the Anchor Bay Forum. According to a list of Hammer cuts  there were two cuts made to the film:

• Reel 1 - Scene in shack. Remove shots of Count Kronstein (sic) registering extreme sexual pleasure and of Gerta entering frame from the left and lying on him
• Reel 3 - In the episode in which a woman is prepared for human sacrifice, remove shots of hooded man dipping his fingers in blood, lifting the sheet and moving his hand up towards her middle. Reduce the shots of blood trickling on victim's neck

In addition the cropping for the Carlton DVD version has masked partial nudity in many shots. There are rumours of other cuts but these seem to be based on publicity stills showing scenes never actually shot.

Twister

See video from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

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

• US 2008 Warner RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2009 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 1999 Columbia/TriStar VHS
• UK 1997 CIC VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• Jo's exclamation 'fuck!' when she gets an electric shock from a car aril
• William's 'fuck!' when he hits his head on a truck window

• UK 1996 cinema release

The two instances of 'fuck' that had to be cut from the video version were apparently somehow muffled in the cinema release and did not require formal removal

The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll

• The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
• House of Fright
• Jekyll's Inferno
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

Unrated

UK: Passed 15 with previous cuts restored for:

• UK 2010 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2008 Sony Hammer Horror Collection R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: A Suave Hyde

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Terence Fisher's film The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll is one of the most original and underrated adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Unlike in the three previous movies where Jekyll was presented as a young handsome and likable man and Hyde as evil looking ugly monster, here Jekyll is middle-aged bearded and very cold and harsh towards others. Hyde on the other hand is smooth, handsome player who gets everyone to like him like that. However, he is no less evil then other versions of Hyde.

A dam good story with wit and cautionary observations of the human condition, this isn't one for the blood and gore brigade.

• UK 1960 cinema release.

From cuts details on IMDb:

• Cut to shorten the scene where the woman dances with a snake
• Cut to shots of brief nudity during Hyde's bedroom scene with Marla
• A reduction in Hyde's strangulation of Marla.

The submitted running time was noted as 88:11s = 84:39s

2 Fast 2 Furious

See video from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

US: Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated for:

• US Universal Online Rent/Own [US only] at US Amazon
• US 2009 Universal R0 Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2003 Universal R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

• UK 2003 Universal Blu-ray
• UK 2003 Universal R2 DVD
• UK 2003 cinema release

Note that the UK Universal DVD/Blu-ray is the 12 rated cut version even if the box says 15, which is due to the 15 rating of a commentary track.

The BBFC commented:

• Distributor chose to reduce the violence of the heroes in one scene by removing 3 kicks, a stamp and a spit, all delivered to a prone man, in order to achieve a 12A. An uncut 15 was available to the distributor.

See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Two Girls and a Guy

uncut 

NC-17

The BBFC passed the US NC-17 Version 18 uncut for the 1999 Fox Pathe video

cut

R Rated

• Cut by the makers to achieve a US R rating. The scene referred to is a fuzzily shot blowjob that required 20+ edits to tone it down. Eg, Robert Downey Jr going down on one of the girls showed his head bobbing only three times. The original cut had almost 10 bobs.

Two Hands

The longer Theatrical Version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2007 Boulevard R2 DVD
• UK 2002 Cinema Club R2 DVD
• UK 2000 High Fliers VHS

There is also a Director's Cut that runs 10m shorter than the Theatrical Version.

2019: After the Fall of New York

• aka 2019: Dopo la caduta di New York

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut at:

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for;

• US 2003 Shriek Show R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Not without its charms

After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City

After the success of such movies as The Road Warrior and Escape From New York, The Italian low-budget movie industry started creating bunches of post-apocalypse movies, much like their famous spaghetti westerns and sword-and-sandal epics. Sometimes, they even came up with a good one. This is one of those.

The production doesn't skimp on the gore or the grit. This isn't a "splatter" film in the traditional sense, but almost every bloody wound is shown in gory detail.

This may be a silly and mostly unoriginal 90 or so minutes, but it isn't without its charms. If not taken seriously this is a pretty fun and hilarious experience that keeps delivering the cheesy goods.

• UK 1987 Xtasy VHS

2000 Maniacs

• Two Thousand Maniacs!

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 with all BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2005 Odeon R2 DVD

• UK 2002 Tartan R2 DVD via UK Amazon

• UK 2002 Tartan VHS

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2011 Image Blood Trilogy RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2000 Image R0 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Amazing

Not the goriest of the director's films but an attempt to introduce the weird concept of a plot. Playboy Model Connie Mason doesn't earn many brownie points for acting and she scuppers the idea of having a story.

However the film is simultaneously repellent and amusing, even endearing. The premise is so zaney, the villians so filled with sadistic glee, the mutilations so glorified, it starts to work on levels that I'm not sure H.G. intended.

• UK 1986 VPD VHS

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

• 2001 Maniacs: The Sequel

Unrated

The Extreme Edition/US Unrated Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2010 Anchor Bay Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2010 Anchor Bay R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US Unrated Version is uncut for:

• US 2010 First Look R1 DVD at US Amazon

There is also a US R Rated version to avoid cut by about 3:03s. See pictorial cuts details from movie-censorship.com

Reviewers suggest that uncut version may be best avoided too.