I had to draw this list up for a client so I thought you guys should see it too:
Hard to believe but prior to 1994, all of these were banned here: :buggedout:
CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1951) ZOLTAN KORDA
BILLY JACK TOM LAUGHLIN
ACROSS 110TH STREET BARRY SHEAR
THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK TOM LAUGHLIN
THE WICKER MAN ROBIN HARDY
THE STICK DARRELL ROODT
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT NORMAN JEWISON
PLACE OF WEEPING DARRELL ROODT
ZULU CY ENDFIELD
CRY FREEDOM RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH
A WORLD APART CHRIS MENGES
TERRORIST / BLACK TERRORIST NEIL HETHERINGTON
A DRY WHITE SEASON EUZHAN PALCY
LAND APART / THE SOUTH AFRICANS SVEN PERSSON
SHOT DOWN ANDREW WORSDALE
THE SHADOWED MIND CEDRIC SUNDSTROM
THE EXORCIST WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
EXORCIST 2: THE HERETIC JOHN BOORMAN
EXORCIST 111 WILLIAM PETER BLATTY
LAST TANGO IN PARIS BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE TOBE HOOPER
EMMANUELLE JUST JAECKIN
THE PUNISHER MARK GOLDBLATT
THE EXTERMINATOR JAMES GLICKENHAUS
THE GREAT WHITE HOPE MARTIN RITT
LILLIES OF THE FIELD RALPH NELSON
A PATCH OF BLUE GUY GREEN
THE SENTINEL MICHAEL WINNER
TO SIR, WITH LOVE JAMES CLAVELL
THREE BULLETS FOR A LONG GUN PETER HENKEL
FUNERAL FOR AN ASSASSIN IVAN HALL
GAME FOR VULTURES JAMES FARGO
DRESSED TO KILL BRIAN DE PALMA
FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) SEAN S CUNNINGHAM
THE HOWLING JOE DANTE
THE GRASS IS SINGING / KILLING HEAT MICHAEL RAEBURN
AUDREY ROSE ROBERT WISE
HAIR MILOS FORMAN
Q-THE WINGED SERPENT LARRY COHEN
THE NIGHT PORTER LILIANA CAVANI
BAD TIMING NICOLAS ROEG
UNDER FIRE ROGER SPOTTISWOODE
MY COUNTRY MY HAT DAVID BENSUSAN
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE STANLEY KUBRICK
SCARFACE (1983) BRIAN DE PALMA
THE b***h GERRY O'HARA
THE STUD QUENTIN MASTERS
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? STANLEY KRAMER
ANGEL / DANNY BOY NEIL JORDAN
CRIMES OF PASSION KEN RUSSELL
THE COLOR PURPLE STEVEN SPIELBERG
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987) JOHN CARPENTER
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST MARTIN SCORSESE
THE DEVILS KEN RUSSELL
THE IMMORTAL STORY ORSON WELLES
PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK JERRY SCHATZBERG
SOLDIER BLUE RALPH NELSON
MCCABE AND MRS MILLER ROBERT ALTMAN
THE DUNWICH HORROR DANIEL HALLER
THE DEFIANT ONES STANLEY KRAMER
STRAW DOGS SAM PECKINPAH
SHAFT GORDON PARKS
SHAFT IN AFRICA JOHN GUILLERMIN
THE BIG BOSS WEI LO
FIST OF FURY WEI LO
ENTER THE DRAGON ROBERT CLOUSE
LADY SINGS THE BLUES SIDNEY J FURIE
THE WILBY CONSPIRACY RALPH NELSON
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA SAM PECKINPAH
BLAZING SADDLES MEL BROOKS
DEATH LINE / RAW MEAT GARY SHERMAN
LENNY BOB FOSSE
LOST IN THE STARS DANIEL MANN
THE DEVIL'S RAIN ROBERT FUEST
RACE WITH THE DEVIL JACK STARRETT
IT'S ALIVE LARRY COHEN
THE WHISPERING DEATH / ALBINO JURGEN GOSLAR
DIE SQUARE / HANNES KRUGER IS U MAN MANIE VAN RENSBURG
BELLE DE JOUR LUIS BUNUEL
THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE ROBERT ALDRICH
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW JIM SHARMAN
THE OMEN RICHARD DONNER
MOHAMMED, MESSENGER OF GOD MOUSTAPHA AKHAD
LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR RICHARD BROOKS
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN TERRY JONES
THE BIG SLEEP (1978) MICHAEL WINNER
UP IN SMOKE LOU ADLER / TOMMY CHONG
THEY CALL ME LUCKY KEITH G. VAN DER WAT
UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE DAVID SWIFT
THE PAWNBROKER SIDNEY LUMET
BLOW UP MICHAELANGELO ANTONIONI
BONNIE AND CLYDE ARTHUR PENN
THE GRADUATE MIKE NICHOLS
FINIAN'S RAINBOW FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
WITCHFINDER GENERAL MICHAEL REEVES
THE LEARNING TREE GORDON PARKS
PRUDENCE AND THE PILL FIELDER COOK
MAPANTSULA OLIVER SCHMIDTZ
CRUISING WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST RUGGERO DEODATO
HENRY AND JUNE PHILLIP KAUFMAN
PRETTY BABY LOUIS MALLE
11 HARROWHOUSE ARAM AVAKIAN
THE GROUP SIDNEY LUMET
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE MIKE NICHOLS
TOTAL RECALL PAUL VERHOEVEN
BLUE VELVET DAVID LYNCH
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR NORMAN JEWISON
DEMON SEED DONALD CAMMELL
SEVEN BEAUTIES LINA WERTMULLER
Not a single Al Adamson movie. Incredible.
Total recall lol, reminds me of when someone on here said it was the most violent film they'd ever seen :bouncegiggle:
QuoteA CLOCKWORK ORANGE STANLEY KUBRICK
People always say to me this was banned in the UK but I don't think it's quite that simple, Kubrick pulled it himself and as far as I know retail copies were always sold. I heard rumours that
A Serbian Film was not allowed to retail here, aka it went to get a certificate and never got one - if it was going to be any film, it should have been this one but it's still a little surprising, our government tends to be subtle with censorship. What confuses me is I've seen "UNRATED" copies of things that were allowed to retail everywhere, so not sure where the internet tends to distribute those from probably streaming services.
These are like the best movies
I like half the movies on this list.
Geez.
A lot of really good movies on that list. Some pretty good B-movies too.
Why was the Wicker Man, for example, banned in South Africa
Quote from: lester1/2jr on August 26, 2014, 05:32:37 PM
Why was the Wicker Man, for example, banned in South Africa
No idea at all: the two censor boards we had prior to 1994 never had to give a reason other than "this film is undesirable": bunch of morons. :tongueout:
Wow, that's quite a list. I bet that video bootleggers in your country did some brisk business with those titles, though. :D
Quote from: FatFreddysCat on August 27, 2014, 07:28:08 AM
Wow, that's quite a list. I bet that video bootleggers in your country did some brisk business with those titles, though. :D
They did but if you were caught with a banned film or publication, here were your choices:
1) A major fine
2) A jail sentence
3) Both.
You could also get one or all of the above for importing a film on the list into the country.
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