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An occasional series of old BBFC Cuts to the Carry On films
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Carry On Teacher is a 1959 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas
Starring Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips and Kenneth Connor
 BBFC cuts were required for 'U' rated cinema release in 1959. The BBFC cuts have
persisted into all releases since. Summary Notes Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students
like him and don't want to lose him.
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BBFC U rated for mild sex references and comic violence:
UK: Cut and BBFC U rated for:
- 2001 Warner Home DVD (rated 12/09/2001)
- 1988 Warner Home VHS (rated 11/07/1988)
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|  | UK: A longer version was BBFC U rated for mild sex references and comic violence for mild
sex references and comic violence after BBFC cuts:
- 1959 Beaconsfield Films cinema release (rated 20/05/1959)
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:
Reel 2 & 3 - Shorten the dialogue between the master and the pupil who objects to the use of the school edition of 'Romeo and Juliet', especially removing the phrase "by her fine foot, straight leg and thigh and the demesnes
that there adjacent lie."
From IMDb: The name 'Allcock' was questioned by the 1950s' censors, especially how much the characters constantly say it with such precision on the cock part, but they eventually allowed it to pass.
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1972 film by Jess Franco set for US Blu-ray release on 19th August 2025
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The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse is a 1972 film by Jess Franco
Starring Fred Williams, Jack Taylor and Beni Cordoso There are no censorship issues with this release. US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material A criminal mastermind (Jack Taylor, Female Vampire) deploys poison gas and a beautiful whip-wielding assassin (Beni Cardoso) in a plot to steal government secrets in The Vengeance of
Dr Mabuse (Dr. M schlägt zu). But his elaborate schemes risk unraveling when a small-town inspector (Fred Williams) stumbles into the scene. An unauthorized entry in the Dr. Mabuse cycle, the film makes no reference to Norbert Jacquess clairvoyant
criminal (the M-word is carefully avoided). Instead, director Jess Franco used the project as a chance to revisit his own sci-fi thrillers (The Awful Dr. Orlof, The Diabolical Dr. Z). Fold in a disfigured henchman (Rocha), a striptease dancer (Ewa
Strömberg, Vampyros Lesbos), and wrap it all in a feverish jazz score, and the result is a spicy cinematic melange that could only have been concocted in the demented mind of Jess Franco.
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BBFC briefly erroneously reported censor cuts but the film is actually 18 rated and uncut
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A Game in the Woods is a 2024 US horror by Mike McCutchen
Starring Eleanor Newman, Emily Skeen and John P. Crowley
The BBFC briefly reported dialogue cuts to this film but this was an erroneous
database entry and the film is actually uncut and BBFC 18 rated. The video is uncut and MPA Unrated in the US. Summary Notes After a Texas rancher dies, his granddaughter and her
girlfriend discover masked hunters at his ranch competing in a twisted game of life and death. Will the beauties and their already rocky romance survive the brutal carnage?
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2001 France/Italy/Germany crime comedy romance by Jacques Rivette just released on UK with 2 versions
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Va Savoir is a 2001 France/Italy/Germany crime comedy romance by Jacques Rivette
Starring Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto and Marianne Basler
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut.
Summary Notes Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.
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Promotional Material Returning home with her travelling theatre troupe, actress Camille (Jeanne Balibar, Les misérables) finds the affections of her director lover Ugo (Sergio Castellitto, Conclave) have
waned after he takes an interest in Dominique (Hélène de Fougerolles, Innocence), a vivacious student helping him search for an infamous missing play. In a bid to make him jealous, Camille reunites with her former lover Pierre (Jacques Bonnaffé, Prénom
Carmen), now happily married to Sonia (Marianne Basler, Midnight in Paris), and a farce-like series of love triangles ensue. Theatrically exploring attraction, jealousy, and every emotion in between, Jacques Rivettes quick-witted and zesty romantic drama
turns a satirical lens on the citys intelligentsia - for whom Paris will always be their home - to ask whether even they know what love is all about. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- New 4K restorations of Va Savoir (the 154-minute theatrical cut) and Va Savoir+ (the 223-minute directors original cut), presented on two discs
- Original uncompressed PCM stereo audio
- Select-scene audio commentary by screenwriters
Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent
- Archival interview with director Jacques Rivette
- Archival interview with star Jeanne Balibar
- Interview with critic Jonathan Romney
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly
commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista
- Limited edition booklet with archival writing by Rivette expert Mary M. Wiles
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving
packaging free of certificates and markings
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1964 Italy/Spain/West Germany action western drama by Sergio Leone just released on UK 4K Blu-ray with a history of cuts and tweaks
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A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italy/Spain/West Germany action western drama by Sergio Leone
Starring Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, (Italian, English version) and Marianne Koch
Originally cut in the US for an 'M' rated theatrical release. The US cut version was further cut by the BBFC for an X (16) rated 1967 cinema release and it seems the same version was released again in 1981 for an 'AA' rated cinema
re-release. A slightly extended UK Theatrical version was released on pre-cert VHS in 1983 and on 15 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut and BBFC 15 rated in the UK since 1999. Meanwhile in the US the film was released uncut and MPAA Unrated on 1988 VHS.
An R rating was obtained for the uncut version in 1994 and applies to all subsequent releases. Summary Notes Drifter gunman Joe (Clint Eastwood) arrives in the Mexican village of
San Miguel at the border of the United States of America, and befriends the owner of the local bar, Silvanito. Joe discovers that the town is dominated by two gangster lords: John Baxter (Wolfgang Lukschy) and the cruel Ramón Rojo (Gian Maria Volontè).
When Joe kills four men of Baxter's gang, he is hired by Ramón's brother Esteban Rojo (Sieghardt Rupp) to join their gang. However, Joe decides to work for both sides, playing one side against the other.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15
rated for strong violence:
Promotional Material It wasnt really the first film of its kind, but the western allItaliana -- or 'spaghetti Western' -- was never the same again after Sergio Leones
groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars , starring Clint Eastwood in the classic role that made him an international icon. A nameless stranger (Eastwood) rides into the Mexican border town of San Miguel and quickly
finds himself in the middle of a bloody battle for power between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. Cannily realising theres money to be made from playing each side against the other, the Man with No Name soon finds himself caught in the
crossfire as the body count escalates, his only chance of escape a standoff against the Rojos mercilessly cruel leader, Ramón (Gian Maria Volonté). Leones clever and contemporary inversion of Western archetypes was not only the first entry in a
much-beloved trilogy, but the directors first collaboration with the brilliant composer Ennio Morricone. Now fully uncut and freshly restored in glorious 4K with an arsenal of new and old bonus material, the Man with No Name rides again like never
before! LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Perfect bound collectors booklet featuring new writing on the film by Henry Blyth, Bilge Ebiri,
Pasquale Iannone and Eloise Ross
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
DISC 1 -- FEATURE
- New 4K restoration from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original English and Italian
front and end titles
- Newly restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio
- Optional newly remixed lossless English and Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
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Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling
- Audio commentary by film historian and critic Tim Lucas
- Trailers, TV spots and radio
spots
DISC 2 -- EXTRAS
- When It All Started , a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli
- Four Fingers Four Picks
, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti DAmario
- Wind & Fire , a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa
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A Night at the Movies , a newly filmed interview with filmmaker Paolo Bianchini
- A Fistful of Outtakes , highlights
from the original rushes
- The Day the Soundtrack Changed , a new visual essay by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon exploring the films iconic score
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Marisol: Leone's Madonna of the West , an archival interview with co-star Marianne Koch
- The Frayling Archives and
A New Kind of Hero , two archival interviews with Sir Christopher Frayling
- A Few Weeks in Spain , an archival interview with Clint Eastwood
- Tre Voci , an archival featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi
- Opnng scene with Harry Dean
Stanton filmed for the films US TV debut in 1975, plus an archival interview with the prologues director Monte Hellman
- Restoration Italian Style , an archival featurette on the
film's remastering for DVD
- Location Comparisons 1964--2004 , an archival featurette
- Alternate credits sequences
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Three comprehensive image galleries: A Fistful of Pictures, On the Set and Promoting A Fistful of Dollars
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2025 film by Jackie Chan just released on UK 4K Blu-ray with 2 versions
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Miracles is a 2025 film by Jackie Chan
Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Ah-Lei Gua The film is uncut by the BBFC or MPAA. Exists in a shortened export version and a full length Hong Kong Version. Both are PG rated by
the BBFC UK: Passed Parental Guidance uncut for:
- 2025 88 Films Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong version + shortened international version] R0 4K Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad released on 14th April 2025
Promotional Material An optimistic Gwok Zan-Waa (Jackie Chan) arrives in Hong Kong, quickly finding himself impoverished. That is, until a serendipitous encounter with a rose seller (Gua Ah-Leh) leads to
his inadvertent appointment as boss of a local gang. Amidst the reluctant leaders efforts to reform their fraternity and businesses, is an endeavour to share his new-found fortune with the bestower, all whilst trying to stave off rivals and the
authorities. A remake of Frank Capras Pocketful of Miracles, Miracles - also known by its Hong Kong English title Mr Canton and Lady Rose - is an action-comedy-romance set against a backdrop of lavish elegance and style now remastered in 4K UHD with
Dolby Vision and featuring both the Theatrical and Export Versions. SPECIAL FEATURES: Limited Edition DUAL FORMAT Special Features include
- - Brand-new 4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible)
- - 4K (2160p) UHD presentation of the Original Hong Kong cut (Mr Canton & Lady Rose - 127 mins) and the International
cut (Miracles aka Black Dragon - 107 mins) in original 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
- - High Definition (1080p) Blu-rayTM disc also included
- - Remastered Original Cantonese Mono Soundtrack
- - Alternate Cantonese Mono Soundtrack featuring a
unique mix and different music cues
- - Cantonese Mono - Home Video Mix
- - Cantonese 5.1
- - Newly-translated English Subtitles and SDH [optional]
- - Classic English Dub for the International cut with optional SDH
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Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng and F.J. DeSanto [HK Version]
- - Teaser with clips from the main features of Project A II, Police Story 2, followed by behind-the-scenes of Miracles
- - Scenes From the Taiwan Version
- - Alternate
The Canton Godfather title sequence
- - Jackie Chan: Film Director Featurette with Steve Lawson
- - Hong Kong Teaser
- - Hong Kong Trailer
- - Japanese Trailer
- - Japanese TV Spot
- - Stills Gallery
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Double-sided sleeve featuring original Hong Kong art
- - Presented in a rigid slipcase featuring new artwork by Sam Green, and containing perfect bound book illustrated book featuring new and archive articles by David West, Paul Bramhall & William
Blaik, art cards and double-sided poster
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