Should They Release the R-Rated Version of Licence to Kill?
Goodnight007
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We all know the story that the initial version of the film was slapped with an r-rating for it's violence. Naturally, cuts were made to attain a PG-13, which even this was a risky move for the series at the time. The footage has yet to make an appearance in any major way if at all. Taking a cue from the Ultimate Edition release of Batman vs. Superman made me think about this axed footage. So I pose the question to you. Would you want to see the full, uncut version of the film or do you think that the film is fine as is? LTK is one of my personal favorite Bond films, but I would love to see what was filmed that got cut. Thoughts?
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The current DVD/blu-ray release of LTK has a 15 certificate in the UK, which would suggest to me that it contains material that wouldn't be in a PG-13 film in the States.
I have always heard that most of the cuts took place in the last hour. I know they said they had to trim down Sanchez's death a good bit. I don't remember where I heard it but John Glenn said that the MPAA said they showed him burning too long and you saw too much detail. He also said a lot of the more hardcore drug portions were trimmed. I cannot say for sure, but the way Felix's shark attack appears in the final version, it looks like some things were cut and/or rearranged in this section.
I suppose what you mean is "full and completely uncut version"...to my knowledge (limited as it is) I thought it was all added back in for the latter DVD/bluray releases...
What do you think is still missing ?
I was under that impression of this as well.
I think here's an example of a difference between the early and later versions:
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