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Just wondering if say "Bambi" was released on DVD with director`s commentary. Bambi would ordinarily be classified U. If however in the director`s commentary he said "I f***ing hated this scene, but the f***ing editor wouldn`t let me cut it the fat bastard!" Would this pass through or would this be picked up on?

I know it`s unlikely but hey....it could happen

This item was edited on Thursday, 22nd May 2003, 22:12

Well, remember what happened to the Rocky DVD. It was recalled because there was an F-word used, and it was upped from a PG to a 12.

In a case like Bambi, Disney wouldn`t allow a commentary with bad language. And the director would know that anyway.

But the BBFC were caught out with Rocky, the stupid bastards. That`ll teach em` ta cut films ;-)

In fact the BBFC only listen to them if the distributor says the content may warrant a higher rating. The distributor makes the first call, so the BBFC don`t always listen to them...or at least they did last time I checked.

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I think they do. The BBFC is unbelievably anal about everything film-related, that`s why they even have to pass trailers. Look up Eraser on the website, there`s 3 different versions of the film they`ve classified. The original cut, the video release (which had loads of cuts, for some reason, bringing it down to a 15) and the TV edit, which sucks. The BBFC have integrated themselves into british law so much, that it`s impossible to release a film to the general public without them having a say in what`s acceptable.

Which is part of the reason so many people Import DVD`s from the US. I imported an extra-free version of face/off, purely for the reason "I don`t want anyone who doesn`t know me telling what I can and can`t watch"

I`m nearly 30, for flip`s sake, I don`t need out-of-touch prudes telling me a butterfly knife is offensive

Yeah, and I had to import AOTC from Oz because they deemed a head butt "influential", yet when a 20 year old massacres an entire village, they think "that`s ok". C***s. What really p***ed me off, is that in a TV advert for Jango Fett, they showed the frickin head butt, and this advert was shown on Cartoon Network in the afternoon, so all the kids would have already seen it.

"or at least they did last time I checked."

I`m sure if you`re wrong Rik someone will be one soon enough to correct you...

:-)

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I`m pretty sure a lot of them slip through the net. The only one that leaps to mind is Rob Cohen`s director`s commentary for that majestic masterpeice `XXX`, I recall he says f*** a couple of times but the disc was still rated 12. Still, not sure I can blame them for not sitting it out.

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I didn`t import the Oz AOTC, I bought it when I was there last november (shameless Honemoon plug)

But the main question here has to be:

Has the BBFC Ever had a clue when it comes to the general concensus of the british people?

There`s quite a few "12" films that contain the word f*** in them, so i don`t think the word was missed out by the BBFC, for some reason they find the word c*** offensive enough to up the certificate tho.

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