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ZUBi
07-29-2002, 03:56 AM
ohhh well, ... http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=990

The UK Cuts

The Matrix was cut by approximately ten seconds in the UK to obtain a consumer friendly "15" certificate. This version was released on DVD. Warner did not resubmit an uncut version to the BBFC in order to obtain an "18" certificate. The UK version is rated "15" as is the R4 version. The R1 and R4 versions are uncut.

The cuts are identified here:
Cut 1: During the bathroom fight scene between Morpheus and Agent Smith, Morpheus headbutts Smith knocking his sunglasses off. Smith retaliates with three headbutts to Morpheus.

Cut 2: During the subway fight scene between Neo and Agent Smith, Smith headbutts Neo twice whilst their arms are locked.

Cut 3: During the subway fight scene between Neo and Agent Smith, Neo headbutts Smith twice whilst their arms are locked.

As a direct result of these cuts the Audio Commentary and Isolated Score were out of sync with the rest of the film. They therefore had to be dropped from the UK R2 DVD.

Kn'thrak
07-29-2002, 04:14 AM
BWHHAHAHAHAHAHA .... suck it UK!
:yum: :butt:

Jean-Pierre Bazinet
07-29-2002, 04:44 AM
Geeze! That's aweful.
They're cutting out head-butts now???

\:rolleyes:/

Marcus
07-29-2002, 08:00 AM
Yes I'm kinda wondering WTF is up with the UK and headbutts?! :confused:

They cut AOTC in theaters for a headbutt too right?

Can anybody from the UK tell us what is up with this?

I doubt North America is any better though - I'm sure we've cut a lot of stuff that I don't even know about. We just pick something other then headbutts but equally as weird to cut. :confused:

Crazy world....

trailergod
07-29-2002, 03:00 PM
yes this is true, well I think the UK censors have a fettish with headbutts... lol

I mentioned this several times already in the forums.... so many movies in UK have cuts in order to get the 15 rating, if not it gets an 18 rating...

http://www.movie-list.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=968&highlight=country

Mischa
07-29-2002, 03:52 PM
Who cares? Get a code free player. Problem solved.

chris3177
07-30-2002, 12:14 AM
Wow, and I thought the cuts made to films here in America were bad.:freak: