darkside

How edited are films like Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and Foul Play on TCM. I figure the old films are uncut, but I was just wondering how they handle the films from the late 70's and on that might have a swear word hear or there. Even the PG films sometimes have minor swearing. I was thinking about taping the letterbox version of Dead Men when it's shown, but if there is a lot of editing I won't bother.

Pac-Rat

I don't know, and this not be of any help, but I've noticed mild things that were cut or "muted" on other Turner stations are left intact on TCM. (Like Jaws, Poltergeist, Back to the Future). My guess is it's on a case by case process.

Rypro 525

all movies on tcm are uncut
heard the "s" word on jaws and bttf
somebody told me on another forum that blue lagoon has all of the bad stuff in it

Pac-Rat

Last night The Bad News Bears were on and every word was left in. Sh*t and B.S, and the racial "slurs" were all left alone, and they're used quite often. Looks like Rypro 525 is right.

darkside

Thanks. That's what I wanted to know. Looks like I will have to pick up some Super VHS tapes, because there is a lot of stuff I like on this station.

MrN

For the record, TCM is great - uncut and classy. AMC on the other hand does edit and I think they even have commercial breaks now.

Damfino

TCM changed its policy about a year or so ago. I've recently seen uncut broadcasts of "American Graffiti" and "Ed Wood" on TCM.

Rypro 525

What was the original policy

Pac-Rat

As much as I hate Turner and anything he's associated with, I've got to give him credit on TCM. Along with the uncut, letterbox format-TCM doesn't seem to use the word "classic" as loosely as AMC.

Rypro 525

AMC has these as "classics" [list=1][*]Desperatly Seeking Susan a maddona movie[*]Death Hunt[*]Barbrosa[*]Dreamscape[/list=1]
Well then again, tcm will show the first austin powers movie, very funny imo, but many people hate this movie

MrN

I've been watching TCM for about 3 years now and the movies have always been uncut - can anyone else verify this?

Mike

I know TCM claims to show uncut films, but keep an eye out the next time they show Midnight Cowboy, and it will be pretty obvious that they do, in fact, show toned-down versions of some films.

I don't know too much about the history of Midnight Cowboy, perhaps this is in fact the director's preferred version, but they blurred out some nudity, did a pretty bad job of replacing some swear words, and abruptly cut out of some scenes which were getting racy.

My hunch is that they censor films on a case by case basis, and since Midnight Cowboy was at one point an X rated film, I guess this was one they had to use a tamer version of.

I was pretty disappointed.
- Mike

Damfino

I think the policy had been inconsistent up until recently. I can remember seeing profanity in subtitles of foreign films while English movies were still had muffled or substituted words.

Mike is correct about "Midnight Cowboy", but I don't think they've shown that movie for over a year, so it will be interesting to see how they treat it next time.

Slumbering Fist

Last night they showed 'The In-Laws' with all the "sh*t"s in tact. It was on at 2AM and I think that has a lot to do with the cut/uncut nature; past certian hours I think there is a lot of leeway. In know they can get away with language and some gore, but nudity is always a no-no. When they show stuff like 'The Hospital', 'Network', and 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia' the nudity is always "zoomed".

Rypro 525

Well not exactly, there are quick flashes of nudity in the graduite. also some in Papion, and the blue lagoon.

Vampyr

Sad but true

Mike

True, the Graduate does contain several quick flashes of nudity, however, the original theatrical cut of the Graduate showed Mrs. Robinson in a flesh-toned body suit. No nudity was actually showed, simply implied.

I believe TCM shows the body suit version, however I don't have a tape verify that.

Not to be too obsene, but Mrs. Robinson's tan-lines certainly contrast with her more tanned areas, so it is pretty obvious which version is the body suit and which version is the truly nude cut.

By the way, have you guys noticed how much better the Graduate gets over time. It seems to speak more to me on a yearly basis.

- Mike

Rypro 525

what version of the graduite is on the dvd?

Wag The Frog

This seems like one of the few cable channels not being operated by trained chimps these days, but I wouldn't give Turner much credit here, as I doubt he's had anything to do with this channel for years now. I still remember his horrific colorization crap many years ago. Thank god that terrible practice was dumped.

Rypro 525

are there any truely bad movies that this network has shown. What do they mostly cut out if any thing. Can we say the f word on tcm.

MrN

I've seen a couple of 'questionable' classics on TCM. But then, I guess if the film is old enough its bound to have some fans or just historical significance.

I don't think they cut out anything. Period. I watched the Woody Allen doc. this past weekend and heard some rough language. The F-Word I think among them.

All I know is, I finally watched The Magnificient Ambersons today for the first time. Thanks TCM!

Rypro 525

well, they played the first austin powers movie.