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UK
Censors Cut Tomb Raider
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Audiences
in the UK won't be seeing quite the same Tomb Raider as the
US. The original UK rating, based on content, was 15 but Paramount
felt that the ideal audience for the flick was kids between 12 and
15 (gee, that old?) and wanted to get the 12 rating instead.
Tomb Raider received a PG-13 rating in the US, but the British
15 rating would exclude younger children entirely. The British Board
of Film Classification, like the MPAA in the US, is much more sensitive
to depictions of violence in films targeted at younger audiences than
it used to be. Like, their US counterpart, the BBFC doesn't object
to cartoon violence (such as that seen in James Bond movies) or violence
that involves imaginary weapons. They drew the line at the use of
karate-like chops to the head and throat, however, and to the use
of knives. Violence involving knives is on the rise in the UK.
Paramount has agreed to make all the recommended changes. |
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Today
in history... |
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1862 - It
was on this day that the Rev. Charles Dodgson told Alice Liddell
and her sisters the story of Alice, who followed a white rabbit
down a hole and entered a magical land. Alice Liddell insisted
that he write it all down.
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