Tag: Unrated

The Boss

The Boss (2016)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical Cut (99 min.)
  • Unrated (105 min.)

The 2016 comedy The Boss is the director Ben Falcone and actress Melissa McCarthy second outing. The husband and wife team collaborated before on Tammy and before that acted together in the hit comedy the Bridesmaids. The Boss was released on Blu-ray where it included the theatrical cut and an unrated cut. The DVD release has only the unrated cut. Falcone confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Theatrical Cut & Unrated

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

List of different editions with courtesy of DVDCompare.net: Blu-ray

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion (1984)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical Cut (100 min.)
  • Unrated (107 min.)
  • Director’s Cut (112 min.)

The cult label Arrow Video recently issued a dual format edition of Ken Russell’s Crimes of Passion. The edition includes both the unrated and the director’s cut of the film.  A collector’s booklet comes with the dual format where Paul Sutton writes about Crimes of Passion and includes a quote from a conversation between Russell and him where the director talks about the censorship of the film:

“The (American) censors complained I’d put too much art in the film. I’d bought a few books of erotic art from the corner bookshop, nothing new, most of it a hundred years old and available in every school library, Aubrey Beardsley and Japanese watercolors, and I’d used some of the more famous prints in the film. The censors insisted I took it all out. ‘YOU CAN’T SHOW ART TO AMERICANS!’ If I’d have made a rip-roaring farce about hookers they’d have left it alone, and if I’d made a sadistically violent film for children, and changed my name to [Steven] Spielberg, they’d have left it alone, but because I’d made a serious film for adults, about American sexuality, they cut twelve minutes out and did what they could to damage its prospects. And they succeeded. But it went out uncut on video and went straight to number one.”

Source: Essay Jules et Jim for 42nd Street by Paul Sutton from the booklet of Arrow Video’s release of Crimes of Passion

The director’s preferred edition: Director’s Cut

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

List of different editions with courtesy of DVDCompare.net: DVD | Blu-ray

Knocked Up

Knocked Up (2007)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical Cut (129 min.)
  • Unrated (133 min.)

Knocked Up is writer-director Judd Apatow’s second film and his biggest hit at the box office. Like with most of his movies, when released on DVD/Blu-ray a longer cut is available along with the theatrical cut. This time around the DVD includes only the unrated cut, but the Blu-ray contains both cuts. Apatow confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Unrated

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

List of different editions with courtesy of DVDCompare.net: DVD | Blu-ray

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Curse of Chucky (2013)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical Cut (95 min.)
  • Unrated Cut (97 min.)

Curse of Chucky is the sixth installment of the Chucky films that began with Child’s Play in 1988. Curse of Chucky was released on DVD and Blu-ray on the US where it included the theatrical cut and an unrated cut of the film. Director Don Mancini confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Unrated Cut

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

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Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical (89 min.)
  • Unrated (94 min.)

The spoof comedy Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood parodies movies like Menace II Society, Dead Presidents, Boyz n the Hood and many other. The theatrical cut was first to be released on DVD with an unrated cut to be released years later. The Blu-ray version in the US is the theatrical cut while the UK version is the unrated and dubbed as a special edition.

Director Paris Barclay confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Neither

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

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The Descent (2005)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical (98 min.)
  • Unrated (99 min.)

The British horror film The Descent was released in US theaters with an alternative ending than the one shown in Europe. The DVD and Blu-ray release of the film in the US dubbed the two cuts as theatrical (“US R-Rated Theatrical”) and unrated (“Original UK version”). The reason of the alternative ending is addressed in a special featurette on the US Blu-ray with director Neil Marshall. Without spoiling the ending of the film here is a summary of the featurette:

“The alternative ending was something I kinda toyed with when I was in edit first time around, it was never something I thought of when writing the script. But I knew how it was going to end from the start. We finally got the ending we were happy with and that was released in the UK and the rest of the world. I personally prefer the longer version, the UK ending. So both endings in their own way pay tributes to different 70’s horror movies that inspired me hugely.”

Source: DescENDING – interview with writer/director Neil Marshall

The director’s preferred edition: Unrated (Original UK version)

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

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Priest (2011)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical (87 min.)
  • Unrated (87 min.)

The Paul Bettany sci-fi action film Priest was released on home video in two cuts: theatrical and unrated. The Blu-ray release has only the unrated cut but the DVD release in US was the theatrical version. There is no time difference between the two cuts where the unrated shows CGI blood and the theatrical switches to green goo. Director Scott Stewart confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Unrated

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

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Sisters (2015)

This or That Edition

What editions are available?

  • Theatrical (118 min.)
  • Unrated (123 min.)

The Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy Sisters was released on DVD and Blu-ray with both the theatrical and extended cuts. Director Jason Moore confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Theatrical

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Bad Santa (2003)

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What editions are available?

  • Theatrical (93 min.)
  • Unrated (100 min.)
  • Director’s Cut (88 min.)

Bad Santa is without a question the raunchiest Christmas movie of all time. The film is must-watch for some at Christmas and has gained a cult following since its release in 2003.

Bad Santa has been released in three different cuts: Theatrical, Unrated and Director’s Cut. The US Blu-ray edition of the film includes both the Unrated and Director’s Cut. Director Terry Zwigoff provided a commentary on the Director’s Cut where he opens the movie by saying:

“I’m Terry Zwigoff… This is the film as I originally intended it to be seen. Never thought I’d actually live to see this cut come out.”
Source: Terry Zwigoff’s commentary on Bad Santa Director’s Cut

Also on the Blu-ray is an interview with Zwigoff and editor Robert Hoffman conducted by Roger Ebert at Ebertfest in 2006 following a screening of the Director’s Cut where Hoffman states:

“This version existed basically as Terry’s first cut he presented to the studio.”
Source: Interview with director Terry Zwigoff and editor Robert Hoffman by Roger Ebert

The director’s preferred edition: Director’s Cut

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com

MacGruber (2010)

This or That Edition

What editions are available?

  • Theatrical (90 min.)
  • Unrated (95 min.)

The 2010 SNL action-comedy MacGruber was released on DVD and Blu-ray with both the theatrical and unrated cuts. Director Jorma Taccone confirmed with This or That Edition which edition he prefers:

The director’s preferred edition: Theatrical

Comparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.com