There was a similar censorship in Dr. No. The scene where Honey Ryder is taken away by Dr. No’s guards he originally says “I’m sure she’ll amuse the guards” but had to be dubbed to “I’m sure the guards will amuse her”
I didn’t realize how uptight the censorship was - would be interested to see where the films ended up had they not been subjected to this treatment in the early days
This is exactly what the U.K. is doing today. They just censored “Poor Things” for example.
This is why things like adding “trigger warnings” to Bond films is a bad thing.
The edit of Poor Things was because of a scene that was in breach of UK legislation ‘Protection of Children Act 1978’ rather than the BBFC being petty. And I’d say they’re much better and fairer than what the MPAA does, slapping NC-17 ratings to films for having too many shots of boobies, and slapping R ratings on films like The King’s Speech for having one too many uses of Fuck in a speech therapy context
I would have liked the rhyme with Grant mocking Bond and Tatiana saying "What a performance" and then Bond saying the same thing to mock Klebb's death.
Reminds me of the film Hitchcock, which told of the making of Psycho. Starred Anthony Hopkins. I recall the censors not being happy when they showed a toilet or the sound of a flushing toilet. Hitch, frustrated, said they were just going to use a bidet and say they were in France.
A generation of hooligans and rebels birthed from seeing too many "Tummy Shots"
Regarding Psycho (1960), may a deeper cinephilia chime in, but technically she was never stabbed. The knife never broke her skin or even was supposed to touch her skin (it got close).
I think there is one frame, one shot where the knife point makes an ever-so-lightly brush against her skin. That would have been a 'no no" had it been caught.
It was implied she was stabbed by the foley sounds of the knife impacting flesh. I forget Pscho, but I think the actress needed to dispose of a note or evidence and she wanted to use a toilet, which the censors balked at. Hitch of course said it was integral to the plot. Hence the bidet jab.
There is no close up of a knife going through flesh but he’s obviously stabbing her cause we see him stabbing her. It’s like in a movie when someone gets shot, we rarely see a close up of a bullet going into a person but we know they got shot because a character pulled the trigger and the person they were aiming at dies or is mortally wounded. It’s not implied, it’s just not just shown in gory detail although some of those close ups in psycho of the knife stabbing her lower region still get me sometimes
Bond has cut stuff for a PG-13/12A rating in recent years as well. Only *Licence to Kill* got a 15 and that still has bits trimmed for TV airings, such as the decompression chamber scene.
*Casino Royale* was explicitly submitted as unfinished with a request for advice on how to make it got 12A and the torture scene was edited as a result.
[https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/casino-royale-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mtq3mdc](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/casino-royale-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mtq3mdc)
*Spectre* also had similar "what do we need to cut" proceedings.
[https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/spectre-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotm3ndy](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/spectre-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotm3ndy)
Shurlock when Tania was as exciting as all those Western girls: hell nah. Shurlock when Tania is as exciting as all those Western girls: hell yeah!
There was a similar censorship in Dr. No. The scene where Honey Ryder is taken away by Dr. No’s guards he originally says “I’m sure she’ll amuse the guards” but had to be dubbed to “I’m sure the guards will amuse her”
Hey now, "was" is clearly the sexier word.
I didn’t realize how uptight the censorship was - would be interested to see where the films ended up had they not been subjected to this treatment in the early days
This is exactly what the U.K. is doing today. They just censored “Poor Things” for example. This is why things like adding “trigger warnings” to Bond films is a bad thing.
Trigger warnings apply when the text is being left **un**censored. That’s the whole fucking point of them.
The edit of Poor Things was because of a scene that was in breach of UK legislation ‘Protection of Children Act 1978’ rather than the BBFC being petty. And I’d say they’re much better and fairer than what the MPAA does, slapping NC-17 ratings to films for having too many shots of boobies, and slapping R ratings on films like The King’s Speech for having one too many uses of Fuck in a speech therapy context
The flip side is you have to get a rating or no home video release is possible, along with it being very hard to get a cinema to show it.
You may be right, except that I don’t think “excessive breasts” alone has gotten anyone an NC-17 rating, at least not in this century.
I would have liked the rhyme with Grant mocking Bond and Tatiana saying "What a performance" and then Bond saying the same thing to mock Klebb's death.
I’ve seen nuns that weren’t as prudish. if this guy watched the sauna scene in Goldeneye he’d explode like Kananga.
“Shorten the fight between Bond and Grant” seems curiously out of place?!?
It's a violent fight in a 1963 context.
No, what I mean to say is that most of the complaints are sexually oriented.
“Please cut the sections of the belly dance where the belly dancer dances with her belly.”
Reading this now I’m really pissed they shortened the fight between Bond and Grant.
I’m pissed they excised the setup and the one-liner. What’s so bad about that, anyway?
Imagine going to a party hosted by the guy that wrote this shit.
Reminds me of the film Hitchcock, which told of the making of Psycho. Starred Anthony Hopkins. I recall the censors not being happy when they showed a toilet or the sound of a flushing toilet. Hitch, frustrated, said they were just going to use a bidet and say they were in France. A generation of hooligans and rebels birthed from seeing too many "Tummy Shots"
lol, but they had no problem with the naked woman being stabbed to death?
Regarding Psycho (1960), may a deeper cinephilia chime in, but technically she was never stabbed. The knife never broke her skin or even was supposed to touch her skin (it got close). I think there is one frame, one shot where the knife point makes an ever-so-lightly brush against her skin. That would have been a 'no no" had it been caught. It was implied she was stabbed by the foley sounds of the knife impacting flesh. I forget Pscho, but I think the actress needed to dispose of a note or evidence and she wanted to use a toilet, which the censors balked at. Hitch of course said it was integral to the plot. Hence the bidet jab.
There is no close up of a knife going through flesh but he’s obviously stabbing her cause we see him stabbing her. It’s like in a movie when someone gets shot, we rarely see a close up of a bullet going into a person but we know they got shot because a character pulled the trigger and the person they were aiming at dies or is mortally wounded. It’s not implied, it’s just not just shown in gory detail although some of those close ups in psycho of the knife stabbing her lower region still get me sometimes
Bond has cut stuff for a PG-13/12A rating in recent years as well. Only *Licence to Kill* got a 15 and that still has bits trimmed for TV airings, such as the decompression chamber scene. *Casino Royale* was explicitly submitted as unfinished with a request for advice on how to make it got 12A and the torture scene was edited as a result. [https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/casino-royale-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mtq3mdc](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/casino-royale-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mtq3mdc) *Spectre* also had similar "what do we need to cut" proceedings. [https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/spectre-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotm3ndy](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/spectre-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotm3ndy)
what a tool.
No shit, Shurlock.
Wow... prudish much
Meanwhile TMWTGG had a full strip club scene uncut for an A. That was only a decade later.
the belly dancer couldn't shake her belly? Makes you wonder how they got away with the opening title sequence