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WAKING THE DEAD
DELETED SCENES/FI/K15/cut 3 min 54 sec!! The Finnish dvd is
unfortunately same as the UK disc, which although has the film
itself fully uncut, has very heavy BBFC cuts applied to the
lenghty 'deleted scenes' section of the dvd's extras. BBFC
comments: "The cuts were Cuts for category. Company chose to
cut sequence of Class A drugs use to archieve a '15'. An '18'
uncut was available to the distributor". NOTE: The US dvd (R1)
has the dvd extras fully uncut.
WALKER/FI/K15/cut
6 sec. The Finnish widescreen dvd of this 1988 Alex Cox movie (reminiscent
of cult cinema-maker Marco Ferreri's "Don't Touch The White
Woman"!) unfortunately is the same as the UK disc (certified
'18'), which has 6 seconds of censoring made by the British
censor BBFC. They comment as follows: "To obtain this
category cuts of 0m 6s were required. The cuts were Compulsory.
Distributor required to remove 3 shots of cruelty to an animal (horse
fall) in accordance with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act
1937". NOTE: The Finnish video- and cinema-versions (rated K16)
are uncut. The British video and theatrical versions (both
certified '18') include the same cuts as the dvd.
THE WARRIORS/Soturit/FIx/cut 11 sec.
The cuts (courtesy of the distributor) in this cool "landmark"
gang movie are as follows: the fight in the bathroom between the
two gangs has lost one gang member throwing a warrior to a line
of mirrors (2 secs), and the final confrontation where the
warriors leader throws a knife to the hand of the baddie is
shortened (9 secs). NOTE: The Finnish dvd-version (anamorphic
widescreen), is rated K18, and uncut! The British versions (certified
'18') are uncut, and so is Paramount's poor R1 dvd too.
THE WAY OF THE DRAGON/Lohikäärmeen
Tie/FI/K16/cut 3 min 13 sec. VET censored this excellent Bruce
Lee-flick, and gave it more cuts than the FIx-version has, which
has been passed with a K16-certificate from VET!!! The fight
between the thugs and Lee in the yard of the restaurant has been
pretty heavily cut. The scene where Lee fights the thugs with a
stick and a pair of nunchucks has been cut over a minute (!!!).
The fight of the thugs vs the karate guys in the country has been
shortened, and the grand finale of Lee vs Chuck Norris in the
Colosseum has lost Lee kicking Chuck to the head, breaking his
leg, and the neck-snapping is reduced. NOTE: The Finnish dvd-version
(anamorphic widescreen, rated K18) is uncut. The FIx-version (above)
is cut about a minute. The American version titled "Return
Of The Dragon" (to cash in at the success of the later-made
"Enter The Dragon") is cut from the narrative scenes,
and some violence is also removed (e.g. Lee kicking Chuck Norris
repeatedly on the side of the head in the final battle). The
excellent UK dvd-version (widescreen, certified '18') is actually
not fully uncut, as it is missing Chen and Tang dragging the hit
man away after he's been killed. This however is not an official
censor cut, and the disc is notable for superior picture &
sound quality, and extras. The movie was extremely heavily cut
from the violence by the BBFC for UK cinema, and even further for
video, now to remove every last glimpse of the "dreaded"
nunchucks, that still remained intact. Therefore, the British
cert.18-videoversion is cut 7 minutes and 9 seconds (5 minutes
and 56 seconds for UK cinema, and further cuts worth 1 minute and
13 seconds for UK video) !!!! The extremely heavy cuts are as
follows: 1.In the first confrontation, Tang kicks the bearded
hoodlum twice, but the first of these is cut out, along with Tang's
line Movement number four: Dragon seeks path (4 secs). 2.In
the first confrontation, when Tang has knocked the black hoodlum
down, Tang sitting on him as the two remaining hoodlums near him,
and Tang then kicking them in the legs, has been all cut out (17
secs). 3.When Tang attacks the hit man waiting for him and Chen,
Tang snapping his neck, and Chen and Tang dragging him away, and
Tang farewelling Chen, have all been removed (23 secs). 4.The
scene, where the whole gang invades the restaurant, one of the
hoodlums interrogating the staff (about the where-abouts of Tang),
has lost the big boss giving the order for mayhem, which leads to
the bearded hoodlum punching the fat guy with his gun several
times, and finally one staff member cracking up (32 secs). 5.In
the yard, Tang bashing the two hoodlums with his stick, making
one of them crashing to a pile of boxes, is no more (6 secs). 6.The
entire big nunchucks-brawl in the yard has been deleted; this
features Tang knocking the last hoodlum with his stick, and a big
bunch of thugs arriving, Tang pulling out his nunchucks, and
kicking the living crap out of them all. Just few shots of Tang,
and the bearded hoodlum remain from this scene for continuity (3
mins 25 secs!!!). 7.Right after cut 6, Tang stepping back inside
the restaurant (you can see nunchucks in his hands) (5 secs). 8.Tang
stepping out from the exit, and throwing darts at the goons,
while the restaurant staff attacks them and takes the upper hand,
while Tang bashes a couple of goons with the nunchucks, and stops
the fleeing big boss by throwing the nunchucks to his hand (cut
24 secs, and re-edited). 9.The big boss throwing out the
nunchucks thrown to his hand (1 sec). 10.In the villains' head
quarters, right after the good guy is crashed to a glass table,
another good guy being punched around, and Tang battling a few
thugs, have been eliminated (32 secs). 11.In the villains' head
quarters, three good guys kicking a "helpless" villain
into the corner, is no more (5 secs). 12.In the country, the
second, the third, and the fourth good guy attacking the European
champion (Bob Wall), are completely deleted (18 secs). 13.In the
country, the small fight of Tang vs the European champion is
heavily cut, omitting almost every punch and kick from Tang,
along with a shot of a second good guy attacking the Japanese
champion (23 secs). 14.In the country, after the European
champion is getting tired, Tang kicking his ass (literally!), is
trimmed (3 secs). 15.In the country, Tang vicously punching the
European champion in the balls (which makes him faint) is cut out
(2 secs). 16.In the country, before Tang starts to walk towards
the Japanese champion, Japanese champion seriously beating the
good guys, is missing (9 secs). 17.In the country, the small
fight of Tang vs the Japanese champion has lost Tang kicking him
down sveral times with heavy kicks (16 secs). 18.In the country,
the two good guys kicking the Japanese champion down, has been
reduced from a few kicks (2 secs).19.In the country, the stabbing
of the two good guys has lost the traitor pulling the knife out,
and laughing (4 secs). 20.The final battle of Tang and Colt is
severely cut. This includes Tang knocking Colt down the second
time, and kicking his right leg several times, and giving him a
fistful of rapid fire punches (52 secs). 21.Before breaking his
leg, Tang punching Colt five times very violently, is trimmed (poorly
edited 6 secs). Well, that's it. I'm sure the dumbest idiot have
realized by now, that the UK videoversion should be neared with a
sledge hammer...
WILD AT HEART/Villi
Sydän/FI/K16/cut 25 sec. The graphic beating in the beginning is
toned down, plus Bobby Peru blowing up his brains and them flying
to the air, and the "dog and the hand" scene are cut.
NOTE: The Finnish dvd (rated K15) is uncut and anamorphic
widescreen. The UK cert.18 video and dvd are uncut and are also
presented in the original Panavision 2.35:1 widescreen aspect
ratio. The US version was optically censored to archieve an R-rating
- a smoke was added to obscure Bobby Peru blowing up his head.
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YHTEINEN VAIMOMME/FIc/cut
25 sec. During the original theatrical release in 1956 VET
ordered cuts to this Finnish movie to "remove everything
which deals with the bribing of public officials"! The
following lines of dialogue at least were removed: 1.Viime
kuussa johtaja säästi 40,000 pelkästeen ravintolalaskuina ja
ensi kuussa odotamme ennätystä (= "Last month the
boss saved 40,000 just on restaurant bills and next month we are
waiting for a record"). 2. ...toimitusjohtaja olisi
varmasti imarreltu jos johtaja suostuisi kokeilemaan meidän
puutavaroitamme uudessa huvilassaan (= "...the managing
director would be surely flattered if the boss would try our wood
supplies on his new villa"). NOTE: The Finnish videoversion
(rated K16...!) is possibly uncut.
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