OVERALL: R2

For the uncut status and OAR.

Versions:
The film suffered cuts when submitted to the BBFC in 1965. The R1 MGM and R2 Warner releases both contain the BBFC-cut version of the film. The R2 Optimum DVD contains a version of the film that includes the footage originally cut by the BBFC (discounting logos, the Optimum DVD is 53 secs longer than the Warner and MGM releases).

The BBFC-imposed cuts appear to be as follows (unless otherwise stated, running times are from the R2 Warner DVD):
- At 55:12, at the cocktail party, there is a 00:08 'continuity cut' to the moment announcing the imminent arrival of a guest to the party whose subsequent scene is the source of the main cut in this sequence;
- At 56:28, there is a cut of 00:45. Here (at 56:36 on the Optimum disc) we see the man arriving and then he and a woman start to undress and then proceed to have sex in front of the party guests, although the camera cuts away and we get to watch the reactions on the faces of the guests. (This explains the embarrassed look on the face of Julie Christie when the Warner/MGM versions pick-up again, which was originally inexplicable.)
- A little later on in the Warner/MGM DVDs there is a substitution. Starting off camera, a man in a corset asks a question, switching to him at about at about 62:17 (on the Optimum disc) for around 00:04. The question finishes before the cut to the next angle, on Julie Christie. To within a second, this moment suffers a substitution on the Warner disc, starting at about 61:25. When the view should switch to the man in the corset, there is instead a switch to a static shot of one of the other guests while the question continues off camera, for about 00:03, and then finishes off after switching to Julie Christie with an extra second or so on her.

Thanks to Rewind users badnell and Tim Rogerson for their close comparison of the Warner and Optimum DVDs.

CUTS:

• R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - Cut - UK cinema version as cut; approx 53 secs of cuts were imposed by the BBFC
• R2 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts (122:37 mins - PAL) - previously cut footage reinstated
• R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - Cut (121:44 mins - PAL) - UK cinema version as cut; approx 53 secs of cuts were imposed by the BBFC

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Comparison added by Pat_Pilon on 27/08/06
Comparison last updated by Paul_Lewis on 27/05/08

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