| THE CHOPPING LIST |
| 'b' titles |
| Baise-Moi (2001) | |
| Directors | Coralie Trinh Thi, Virginie Despentes |
| Classifications | Banned (10/5/2002, 30/4/2003 - Victorian police confiscation), R (4/10/2001 - 77 mins film) |
| Uncut Releases | Local theatrical release, NZ theatrical release [Refused-Classification], Canadian DVD, R2 DVD. |
| Comments | "Surprisingly, in its extremely brief theatrical run before the Board of Review overturned the OFLC's R classification, there was only one complaint. Of primary concern was the hardcore penetration footage during the film's already graphic rape scene. That and all the other explicit sexual footage (usually reserved for X rated material) that snuck past." [M. C. Thomason] |
| More Details | Read Fred Nile's plea to the OFLC. |
| The Beast of Pleasure (1981) | |
| Directora | Unknown |
| Cut Formats | VHS |
| Classifications | R (1981) |
| Cut Footage | Unknown. |
| Reason | Cut to avoid be banned. |
| Uncut Releases | Unknown. |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |
| La Bête / The Beast (1975) | |
| Director | Walerian Borowczyk |
| Cut Formats | Film |
| Classifications | R, Banned (1976, 1981) |
| Cut Footage | A sex scene between a woman and the eponymous beast. |
| Reason | Cut to avoid be banned. |
| Uncut Releases | US DVD. |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |
| Beware! Children at Play (1989) | |
| Director | Mik Cribben |
| Cut Formats | VHS |
| Classifications | R (1998) |
| Cut Footage | The bloody deaths of the compound children are more graphic, although most of the effects are very cheaply done and unconvincing. |
| Reason | Cut to obtain a US R rating. |
| Uncut Releases | US DVD (Troma) with a running time of 94:52 NTSC. |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |
| Big (1988) | |
| Director | Penny Marshall |
| Cut Formats | DVD, VHS [speculation] |
| Classifications | M (6/6/1988 - 104 mins film), PG (17/1/1989 - VHS) |
| Cut Footage | Dialogue amounting to about 10 seconds to accomodate the removal of the word "fuck". The US and UK versions also differ in some of the dialogue, which may cause runtime comparisons to be different. [Sources: IMDB and MichaelDVD] |
| Reason | Cut to obtain a lower UK rating. |
| Uncut Releases | Local film prints, US DVD and VHS [assumption], French DVD. Since the VHS release was classified PG, one may assume that it was sourced from the cut UK PAL master. [confirm] |
| More Details | Visit MichaelDVD. |
| The Black Alley Cats (1974) | |
| Director | Henning Schellerup |
| Classifications | Banned (1985), R (1980) |
| Uncut Releases | US VHS (Something Weird Video). |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |
| Black and White (1999) | |
| Director | James Toback |
| Cut Formats | Film, VHS, DVD |
| Classifications | MA (12/12/2000 - DVD, 12/4/2000 - 99 mins film) |
| Cut Footage | Sex footage. "The R-rated version has several shots of a girl's naked ass deleted, the two girls kissing is reduced (?), and the girl rubbing the other girl's nipple has been reduced." [Source: ATTIC] |
| Reason | Cut to obtain a US R rating [Source: IMDB]. |
| Uncut Releases | None. |
| More Details | Visit Sputnik7 to see the cut scene. |
| Boogie Nights (1997) | |
| Director | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Cut Formats | Film, VHS, DVD |
| Classifications | R |
| Cut Footage | Sexual content. |
| Reason | Cut to obtain a US R rating. |
| Uncut Releases | None. |
| Braveheart (1996) | |
| Director | Mel Gibson |
| Cut Formats | Film, VHS, DVD |
| Classifications | MA |
| Cut Footage | Mel Gibson implemented cuts to remove
copious bleeding from sword and axe wounds in the battle scenes to achieve
a US R rating. [Melon Farmers]
Although the throat cutting of the English Lord is shown from the front in the local DVD (Fox), the shot cuts away before we see blood dribbling from his fatal neck wound, as shown on the US DVD (Paramount). This brief shot was also removed for the UK release, as Mel Gibson explains on the DVD commentary. From memory, the UK DVD is also missing the initial front view slash, but that has to be confirmed. The reverse angle from behind also shows the entire knife stroke, and would suffice as an alternative take in the UK DVD. Therefore, in Australia we still see the knife slash but without the bloodletting. Click here to see the footage on YouTube. Gibson also mentions that the disembowelling of William Wallace was trimmed before release: "We used to see it in all its gory detail". It proved too much for some members of test audiences. Gibson does not mention making cuts for the MPAA, only the removal of frames from some impact shots for stylistic reasons. I will endeavour to confirm the MPAA cuts. |
| Reason | Cut to obtain a US R rating. We also seem to have inherited cuts from the UK version. |
| Uncut Releases | None. The US and Dutch DVDs reportedly contain the standard uncut theatrical versions. |
| Original Entry | From MelonFarmers. The YouTube link came from Refused Classification. |
| Bride of Frank (1996) | |
| Director | Escalpo Don Blade |
| Classifications | Banned - Customs confiscation 1998 |
| Uncut Releases | Dutch DVD, forthcoming US DVD. |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |
| Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) | |
| Director | Sharon Maguire |
| Cut Formats | DVD |
| Classifications | M (4/5/2001 - 97 mins film) |
| Cut Footage | The word "cunt". [Sources: IMDB and MichaelDVD] |
| Reason | Cut in the UK to avoid the 18 rating. |
| Uncut Releases | Local VHS and film prints, US DVD and VHS. |
| More Details | Visit MichaelDVD. |
| Brotherhood (1976) | |
| Director | Shan Hua |
| Classifications | Banned (1979) |
| Uncut Releases | Unknown. |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |
| Bury Me an Angel (1971) | |
| Director | Barbara Peters |
| Cut Formats | VHS, Film [assumption] |
| Classifications | R (1974, 1984) |
| Cut Footage | A shotgun blast to the face. |
| Reason | Unknown. |
| Uncut Releases | Unknown. |
| Original Entry | Refused-Classification. |