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From: ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
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Subject: Re: Sword and Sorcerer
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 10:29:12 EST
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> but words were replaced instead of blipped.  Also whole scenes were changed.
> For example at the end The hero is nailed to the cross, but the cut version
> has him only strapped to the cross.

Yes, they did make two versions (possibly three, if they made a version for
European release, where nudity standards are less strict).  This is becoming
fairly common.  I first noticed it with CARRIE, but as TV sales become a bigger
and bigger chunk of a film's profits, the producers are more likely to make a
version for TV that won't appear hacked up.  There are other cases of multiple
versions--CRIMES OF PASSION ran in the theaters with an R rating, but the
cassette versions that I've seen have all been the unrated version (which was
cut to make the R-rated version).  CALIGULA had two versions, an R and an X.
So did FLESH GORDON.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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