[SNAFU]

I always see "Banned in 40 Countries!" and crap like that on flims such as Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, The Beyond. Now, these films are pretty damn disturbing, but, are there any fiims that are so disturbing that theyre banned in America? They only ones I can think of are snuff films... can't think of any names at the moment...

[Snot Boogie]

Glitter

[Nlkead]

I can't think of any banned movies.

[Conductor 71]

Originally Posted by asmith8266

Glitter

One must always think of the children.

[Reaver]

Originally Posted by asmith8266

Glitter

Woulda coulda shoulda.

[Antoine]

Was Ken Park banned in the United States, or is it just that nobody wants to distribute it?

[Antoine]

Well, according to IMDb, only four films have ever been banned in the United States. I've never heard of any of them. The other countries are a lot more interesting.

[slapflap]

I don't know if Battle Royale is banned, but i couldn't find it anywhere. And i asked everywhere. Nobody even had it on their databases. I finaly had to order it on Ebay.

[swityak11]

Originally Posted by Antoine

Was Ken Park banned in the United States, or is it just that nobody wants to distribute it?

The latter.

Besides pornography that's been brought up on obscenity charges, I can't think of any. Not in recent years anyways.

[I Dissect Girls]

The 2 films listed as banned in Iraq on IMDB are somewhat amusing. Three Kings and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. I wonder what Saddam though of the latter.

[RogueSpirit]

Originally Posted by slapflap

I don't know if Battle Royale is banned, but i couldn't find it anywhere. And i asked everywhere. Nobody even had it on their databases. I finaly had to order it on Ebay.

I think in that case that the company that owns the rights to BR won't sell it for anything less than a ridiculous price and they haven't released an R1 DVD yet, so I don't think it's banned - just unavailable.

With that being said, I wouldn't be horribly surprised if it got banned. It's not ridiculously violent, but the subject matter alone is going to make protest groups jump all over it.

[Superdog]

I don't think movies can be banned in america.

[slapflap]

Originally Posted by Antoine

Well, according to IMDb, only four films have ever been banned in the United States. I've never heard of any of them. The other countries are a lot more interesting.

IMDB said the The Profit (2001) was banned but it doesn't say why. But it says that it's about "the rise and fall of a cult leader patterned after Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard." So they probably got a court order. Scientology must be a very powerful cult.

[Antoine]

Originally Posted by Superdog

I don't think movies can be banned in america.

In this day and age, I don't see how the government could control free enterprize like that. I mean, I guess it's possible, but I just can't see the government stepping in and telling amazon.com, "you can't sell that movie!"

[Omi]

The banned in Canada List is flawed. Most of these movies are banned in Ontario, but certainly not in Quebec.

[slapflap]

Originally Posted by I_Dissect_Girls

The 2 films listed as banned in Iraq on IMDB are somewhat amusing. Three Kings and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. I wonder what Saddam though of the latter.

That's funny. I don't think they have a Ministry of Banning Movies anymore.

[swityak11]

Titicut Follies was banned until 1992 by the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

Frederick Wiseman made his documentary debut with this controversial 84-minute survey of conditions that existed during the mid-'60s at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Made in 1967, the film was subjected to a worldwide ban until 1992 because the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that it was an invasion of inmate privacy.

The film goes behind the walls to show stark and graphic images exposing the treatment of inmates by guards, social workers, and psychiatrists. The title refers to a musical revue staged by inmates and guards. The documentary was cited as the "Best Film Dealing with the Human Condition" at the 1967 Festival Dei Popoli (Florence) and also honored as the "Best Film" at the 1967 Mannheim International Filmweek.

The story behind the complicated legal issues raised by this film and the attempts to suppress it are detailed by Carolyn Anderson and Thomas W. Benson in their book, Documentary Dilemmas: Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" (Southern Illinois University Press, 1991).

[Mitchell]

I think if any movie got banned in the US, there'd be a large number of groups that would be up in arms.

[Omi]

Originally Posted by Mitchell

I think if any movie got banned in the US, there'd be a large number of groups that would be up in arms.

While a fraudulous election isn't a good reason enough for Americans to be up in arms, a banned would movie certainly be.

[Conductor 71]

We don't ban films; Middle America just makes it unprofitable for them to be made/distributed in the first place.

[aceport]

Originally Posted by RogueSpirit

I think in that case that the company that owns the rights to BR won't sell it for anything less than a ridiculous price and they haven't released an R1 DVD yet, so I don't think it's banned - just unavailable.

With that being said, I wouldn't be horribly surprised if it got banned. It's not ridiculously violent, but the subject matter alone is going to make protest groups jump all over it.

Wrong, the company just won't sell it period (Toei, the owner of the film) feels that the content (15 year olds killing each other) would cause such an uproar that its not even worth the trouble to bring it over to US

[Michael Scrutchin]

Originally Posted by SNAFU

They only ones I can think of are snuff films...

Snuff films do not exist. Not one has ever been discovered. Something that doesn't exist can't be "banned." But they're illegal by nature. However, many movies and programs with real-life death captured on video and film are legally available in the U.S. (the Faces of Death and Traces of Death series are among the most popular). While I would never propose banning real-death shockumentaries, I find it depressing and disturbing that there's a market for such crap and that some people find such things entertaining.

[Antoine]

Originally Posted by Conductor 71

We don't ban films; Middle America just makes it unprofitable for them to be made/distributed in the first place.

It's funny how things work like that.

[slapflap]

Originally Posted by swityak11

Titicut Follies was banned until 1992 by the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

Wow, i'd like to see that. It sounds very intense.

[oldladynevermore]

I think a lot of it depends on your definition of 'banned'.

If you mean possession of the movie in any form is illegal, then I don't think so. At least I hope not.

[Mr Pixies]

Originally Posted by Michael B. Scrutchin

Snuff films do not exist. Not one has ever been discovered. Something that doesn't exist can't be "banned." But they're illegal by nature. However, many movies and programs with real-life death captured on video and film are legally available in the U.S. (the Faces of Death and Traces of Death series are among the most popular). While I would never propose banning real-death shockumentaries, I find it depressing and disturbing that there's a market for such crap and that some people find such things entertaining.

I'm sure there has been a snuff film made. I'm familiar with the urban legend and how none have ever been found, but in this day and age, it's been done.

[Philly Cheese]

Wasn't Tin Drum banned for a time (clearly not anymore, its available on Criterion now)?

[Mr Pixies]

Originally Posted by Philly Cheese

Wasn't Tin Drum banned for a time (clearly not anymore, its available on Criterion now)?

Only in Oklahoma, there's a documentary on the dvd, and it's not banned anymore.

[Adriana]

In NZ the only film of note that is banned is Baise-moi, there is this social values group that protest every time a film they don't like is going to be exhibited here, they managed to win at first with Irreversible but it got released here a few months ago two years after all the fuss died down. They also kick up a stink with film festivals when they exhibit certain foreign films, the recent one I recall was Anatomy of Hell (they must have something against French films).

EDIT: I just found out Baise-moi has been re-released on video so is no longer banned. But I found out that I Spit On Your Grave, The Last House On the Left are banned, and I'm quite horrified to find Salo is no longer banned after hearing how gruesome it is.

[Omi]

Originally Posted by Adriana

In NZ the only film of note that is banned is Baise-moi, there is this social values group that protest every time a film they don't like is going to be exhibited here, they managed to win at first with Irreversible but it got released here a few months ago two years after all the fuss died down. They also kick up a stink with film festivals when they exhibit certain foreign films, the recent one I recall was Anatomy of Hell (they must have something against French films).

Baise-moi should be destroyed and erased from history.