1 Day of the Censor…Police ban on 1 Day extends throughout the West Midlands

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A Dudley cinema has backed out of showing a Birmingham gangland film. Showcase Cinema at Castlegate, pulled 1 Day as the ramifications of a censorship row between West Midlands Police and the filmakers Vertigo Films rumble on. Odeon in Birmingham were the first to announce they were not showing the movie, which was released last Friday, after taking police advice. And now Showcase have followed suit, by pulling it from Midland cinemas. Karen Fox, general manager of Showcase UK Theatres, said: Showcase has made the decision not to screen the film 1 Day at its cinemas in the West Midlands region. However, we are screening the film in our other UK locations. Despite claiming they were not trying to censor the film the police have admitted a police officer had contacted cinemas criticising the film. The film’s director Penny Woolcock, said: Censoring this film is short sighted, shameful and lets a lot of people down: Even if 1 Day did glamorise gun violence, which it certainly does not, I do not think it is the function of the local police to go round saying what films should be shown and which ones shouldn’t. She added: Let people decide for themselves.

More Near Dark…Old cuts to Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark

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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

Near Dark is a 1987 US vampire film by Kathryn Bigelow The BBFC cuts were waived for the 2003 Anchor Bay DVD and 2006 Optimum DVD/Blu-ray. Previously, the 1988 EIV video was cut by 14sFrom cuts details on IMDb Diamondback opening and closing a butterfly knife repeatedly before slitting the barmaid’s throat Jesse and Severen putting the barman’s body on the bar and smashing bottles of spirits over and around him to fuel the fire while Severen quips Hey, bartender salad. The 1987 cinema release was passed 18 uncut Review from UK Amazon: Masterpiece This is a masterpiece of a film from director Kathryn Bigelow. It has been described by Ms Bigelow as a story of two families, a daylight family and a night family; others have called it a cross between a horror film, an action film and a western. It is a recorded fact that Ms Bigelow had wanted to make a western, but because westerns weren’t popular at the time, it was decided to turn it into a horror film with a basic western feel. Caleb has been taken by Mae and her vampire family – Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen), Severen (Bill Paxton), Diamondback (Jeanette Goldstein) and Homer (Joshua Miller). He doesn’t want to kill, but his body now needs blood to survive and we watch as Caleb’s internal fight what he knows is wrong and what his needs tell him to do. As the film builds to its climax Caleb must make the decision between his two families, between day and night. Whether James Cameron had an influence in the casting of the main characters (he was at the time that the film was made married to Ms Bigelow). The vampire family consists of Lance Henriksen (Aliens’ android Bishop), Bill Paxton (PFC Hudson from Aliens) and Jeanette (Vasquez) Goldstein all give excellent performances, but, once again, it is Bill Paxton who delivers the most memorable performance of the entire cast. This film is thoroughly enjoyable. One of the greatest vampire movies ever, though interestingly the term vampire is never used in the film itself.