Django Unchained…Passed 18 uncut for UK Blu-ray and DVD release

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Django Unchained is a 2012 USA western by Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio. UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence for: UK 2013 Sony Steelbook RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 20th May 2013 UK 2013 Sony RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 20th May 2013 UK 2013 Sony R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 20th May 2013 There was talk of an Extended Version during pre-release hype but there’s no sign of this for the first batch of home video releases. Promotional Material Django (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx) a former slave-turned-hired gun heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), from a tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie (Academy Award? nominee Leonardo DiCaprio),with the help of a German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award? winner Christoph Waltz).

Jack Reacher…12A cinema cuts restored for upcoming 15 rated uncut UK DVD and Blu-ray releases

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Jack Reacher [Uncut Version] is a 2012 USA crime drama by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike and Richard Jenkins. UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong violence and one use of strong language for: UK 2013 Paramount R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 22nd April 2013 UK 2013 Paramount R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 22nd April 2013 There is also an uncut US release Censorship History UK: Passed 12A for moderate violence and one use of strong language after 2s of category BBFC cuts for: UK 2012 cinema release The BBFC commented: Company chose to reduce two moments of violence: a woman being suffocated by a man and a man being hit over the head with a rock in order to achieve a 12A classification.  An uncut 15 classification was available. Promotional Material Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise, Mission:Impossible Ghost Protocol) leaps off the pages of Lee Child’s bestselling novel and onto the big screen in the explosive thriller that critics are calling a superior thriller [Total Film]. When five people are gunned down and all the evidence points to someone who swears he’s innocent, only one man has the skills to take the true criminals out. The law has limits, but Jack Reacher doesn’t in this full-throttle action smash hit.

The House of Cards (1990)…BBFC publish examiners report from the archive

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The BBC production of House Of Cards was submitted to the BBFC for video classification in October 1991. When the drama was originally broadcast by the BBC it was screened after the 9pm watershed. Centering around the Machiavellian antihero Francis ‘I couldn’t possibly comment’ Urquhart, the murderous and twisting plot features sex, drugs and violence. …See article with archive material contributing to the 15 rating.

Maniac at the BBFC…Passed 18 uncut for UK cinema release perhaps a little unexpectedly

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Maniac is a 2012 France/USA crime horror by Franck Khalfoun. With Elijah Wood, America Olivo, Sammi Rotibi. It has now been passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence for: UK 2013 cinema release Perhaps a notable uncut rating as the response from film festival screenings was that it was very likely to be cut. The film has also been mentioned as a possible first victim for the BBFC’s change of guidelines on the subject of violence and sexual violence. The BBFC listed an extended set of factors to be taken into account when considering sexual violence. The press release about the change of rules gave few clues about the practical effects of the rule change, so hopefully the uncut release of Maniac is an indication that the rules haven’t “tightened up” quite as much as the tabloid press suggested. There seem to be two running times noted for the film, 89 and 93 minutes. However uncut festival screenings were amongst those noted as 89 minutes so perhaps just technical differences on how it is projected.

Blow Up Film Censors…Keep inflating and deflating the rating for the comedy classic Airplane!

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Airplane! is a 1980 USA comedy by Jim Abrahams and David Zucker and Jerry Zucker With Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty and Leslie Nielsen. The film has just been passed 12A for moderate sex references and drug use for an upcoming cinema release.Previously it was A and PG rated for its 1980 cinema release and for VHS video releases. Then the 2001 DVD release was inflated to 15. Now it has been deflated back down to 12A. Perhaps the BBFC can’t make up their minds what to do about pervy pilot Peter Graves. Eg when he asks a young lad if he has ‘ever seen a grown man naked?’.

Dracula…Release date set for the definitive restored version released on UK DVD/Blu-ray combo

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Dracula is a 1958 UK horror by Terrence Fisher. With Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Michael Gough. UK: The Definitive Restoration Version was passed 12 uncut for moderate gory horror for: UK 2013 Lions Gate (RB) Blu-ray/ (R2) DVD Combo at UK Amazon released on 18th March 2013 Promotional Material Terence Fisher’s 1958 classic Dracula, fully restored in High Definition and available on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time. The release will contain two versions of the feature, seamlessly branched on the Blu-ray – the 2007 BFI restoration plus the 2012 Hammer restoration, which adds additional footage that has been unavailable for decades. The additional footage comprises two of the scenes that were originally censored by the BBFC in 1958 that have now been restored to the film from the Japanese reels : Dracula’s seduction of Mina Dracula’s sunlight disintegration These will be the most complete versions ever released and taken together fully deserving of the description definitive . Dracula has been unavailable on any UK home entertainment format for many years. This release will be at the correct aspect ratio of 1.66:1 which has never been available for the home. Available on 3-disc Double Play, the pack comprises 1 x Blu-ray and 2 x DVD, the release also includes brand new featurettes, a new commentary track, multiple bonus extras and a stills show. Dracula is the first in the series of Hammer films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. It was directed by Terence Fisher, and stars Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Carol Marsh, Melissa Stribling and Christopher Lee. Dr. Van Helsing, investigating the death of his friend Jonathan Harker concludes that Harker was the victim of a vampire. When Harker’s fiance’e, Lucy, becomes affected by the terrifying force and hypnotic power of Count Dracula, Van Helsing releases her tortured soul by driving a stake through her heart. But Dracula seeks revenge, targeting Lucy’s beautiful sister-in-law, Mina. Van Helsing, now aided by Mina’s husband Arthur, swears to exorcise this evil forever by confronting the vile and depraved Count himself.

Taken 2…Uncut Extended Version set for an 15 rated release on UK DVD/Blu-ray. Previous cinema release was doubly cut for a US PG-13 and then for a UK 12A

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Taken 2 is a 2012 France action thriller by Olivier Megaton. With Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace. UK: The Extended Version was passed 15 uncut for strong threat and violence for: UK 2013 20th Century Fox [US Theatrical + Extended] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 4th February 2013 UK 2013 20th Century Fox [US Theatrical + Extended] R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 4th February 2013 There is also a US release Censorship History The US Theatrical version was cut for violence to achieve an MPAA PG-13 rating. The BBFC advised further cuts to the US Theatrical Version for a 12A cinema rating in the UK. Both the uncut Extended Version and the US Theatrical Version were later passed 15 without cuts for UK Blu-ray and DVD release Promotional Material Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent ‘with a particular set of skills’ who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge and takes Bryan and his wife hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape… Features: Extended and theatrical feature Deleted scenes Alternate ending Black Ops field manual Sam’s Tools of the Trade FX Movie Channel Presents In Character with Liam Neeson

Tarantino Unleashed…BBFC pass Django Unchained 18 uncut while Tarantino speaks of an Extended Cut

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Django Unchained is a 2012 USA western by Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson and Leonardo DiCaprio. The BBFC have passed Django Unchained 18 uncut for strong bloody violence. The running time was noted as 165:11s for its cinema release. Re Django Unshortened Meanwhile Tarantino has been speaking about the length of the film. It seems that there is a longer version waiting to get out. During a press day in New York City, Tarantino revealed that Harvey Weinstein had once suggested splitting Django Unchained into two films, a la Kill Bill . However Tarantino explained why he felt Django Unchained had to be one movie: This had to be Django’s journey from beginning to end. It had to be an odyssey. As Django and Schultz traverse America to get to Broomhilda. At one point Harvey was talking about splitting it up [into two films]. And I said, No, it won’t work here. You have to follow Django’s journey to the end. There are so many emotions — there’s the action adventure, the gallows humor comedy that runs through it, there’s the pain of the story, there’s the catharsis, there’s the suspense, and hopefully at the end there’s cheering, if the audience isn’t cheering then I haven’t done my job. That I got that cheer at the end was the biggest issue. As far of the pain of the story I could have gone further. I wanted to show more, to show how bad it was. But I also don’t want to traumatize the audience to the point that they aren’t where I need them to be in the last reel. That said, Tarantino hasn’t ruled out the possibility of putting out a second, longer cut of Django Unchained, although he’s not exactly sure when: I’m going to wait until the film goes around the world, does what it does. And then I’m going to make a decision. I make these scripts that are almost novels. If I had to do this whole thing over again I would have published this as a novel and done this after the fact. Maybe next time. I could do what Kevin Costner did with the expanded edition of Dances with Wolves, and I could very well do that. Because if I put some of that in I have to change the story. But I want this version to be the story for a while. Re the recent school shooting See article from bbc.co.uk Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, spaghetti western Django Unchained , features graphic violence, including buckets of blood exploding from characters as they are shot. He said at a press junket in New York for the film on Saturday that he was tired of defending his films each time the US is shocked by gun violence: I just think you know there’s violence in the world, tragedies happen, blame the playmakers. It’s a western. Give me a break.

Night of the Bloody Apes…First uncut UK DVD release of an enjoyably bad Video Nasty

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Night of the Bloody Apes is a 1969 Mexican horror by Rene Cordona Jr. With José Elías Moreno, Carlos López Moctezuma and Armando Silvestre. UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong gore, violence, nudity and sexual violence, with previous BBFC cuts waived and distributor cuts restored for: UK 2012 Nucleus R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 8th October 2012 See review from sexgoremutants.co.uk Censorship History: Video Nasty The film was released in cinemas with around a minute of BBFC cuts in October 1974.It was released uncut in January 1983 by Iver Film Services. By November 1983 it had been listed as a video nasty and suffered a successful prosecution. It remained on the list throughout the panic and so became one of the collectable DPP 39s. In 1993 there was a mysterious uncut Vipco version. It was nominally slated as pre-cut but somehow got a limited unsanctioned uncut release. It was withdrawn within days. In 1999 the video was released on the Satanica label, in a version that was obviously taken from Vipco’s planned cut version (Vipco’s logo remains). This time the distributor removed every single violent scene before submitting it to the censors. The same heavily pre-cut version was released on 2002 DVD by Film 2000. Passed 18 uncut with previous BBFC cuts waived and distributor cuts restored for the UK 2012 Nucleus DVD Promotional Material Featured on the Director of Public Prosecution s original 39-title video nasties list, at last you can see what all the fuss is about in this gore-geous new 16:9 transfer. Rene Cardona Sr – patriarch of Mexico s number one genre film-making dynasty – delivers this wonderfully silly tale of a dying young man given the heart of a gorilla to keep him alive. Unfortunately the man transforms into a murderous ape-like monster and goes on a girly hunt. Not one to be put-off, the surgeon (his father) tries again – this time with the heart of a female wrestler. This medical-horror-sci-fi masterpiece was written by Rene and his son Rene (who, incidentally, had a son called Rene), neither of whom had even a cursory knowledge of either medicine or science. This makes it w-a-a-y-yy more enjoyable…. No surprise then that this was filmed in just three weeks (in May 1968), largely in Mexico City s Chapultepec Park. While already chock full of gratuitous nudity and femmes-in-peril, US film-maker Jerald Intrator ( Orgy at Lil s Place , Satan in High Heels ) decided to improve on things by adding close-up, super-gory footage of open-heart surgery. He even filmed some new material to spice up the monster s attacks with sanguinary make-up effects and even more nudity.

Indian Jones Complete Adventures…Blu-ray box set released with Temple of Doom uncut for the first time in the UK

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 US action adventure by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw and Jonathan Ke Quan.   UK: Passed 12 uncut for moderate violence and fantasy horror with previous BBFC cuts waived for: UK 2012 Paramount Indiana Jones Complete Adventures R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon released today on 8th October 2012 Previously cut in the UK Passed PG after 1:06s of BBFC cuts for: UK 2008 Paramount R2 DVD UK 2003 Paramount Trilogy R2 DVD UK 1992 CIC VHS UK 1986 CIC VHS UK 1984 cinema release The BBFC cuts were: Cuts to a close-up of a heart being ripped from the chest and the subsequent self healing of the chest wound. The deletion of the line ‘Leave him alone you bastards’ when the Chinese kid is about to be whipped Deletion of the Chinese Kid burning a guard’s stomach with a flaming torch (and hence discovering an ability to heal) The sequence in which a sacrifice victim is being lowered into the fiery pit has been shortened and set to different music. Cut to the first 1s or 2s from the shot of his fall in order to delete the image of his head hitting the side of the cliff. Promotional Material Supervised by director Steven Spielberg and renowned sound designer Ben Burtt, Raiders of the Lost Ark has been meticulously restored with careful attention to preserving the original look, sound and feel of the iconic film. The original negative was first scanned at 4K and then examined frame-by-frame so that any damage could be repaired. The sound design was similarly preserved using Burtt’s original master mix, which had been archived and unused since 1981. New stereo surrounds were created using the original music tracks and original effects recorded in stereo but used previously only in mono. In addition, the sub bass was redone entirely up to modern specifications and care was taken to improve dialogue and correct small technical flaws to create the most complete and highest quality version of the sound possible while retaining the director’s vision. The result is an impeccable digital restoration that celebrates the film and its place in cinematic history. Alongside this, for the first time ever on Blu-ray, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is presented in its uncut format, 28 years after it was first released in cinemas. The original release was cut in 1984 in the UK to obtain a PG rating, however fans can now witness all the gory cut extras in all their glory. The installments in the franchise have won a combined seven Academy Awards?. Relive every heart-pounding thrill like never before as all four films arrive together, for the first time presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio accompanied by a collection of documentaries, interviews, featurettes and new bonus features.