Just finished watching this film, which was very good. I didn’t know anything about it beforehand and as usual (heaven help me) I went to IMDB to see if I could find some intelligent conversation about it afterward. Many people were referring to some scandal where lead actress Thora Birch’s father was on set while they filmed some graphic sex scenes. I think I vaguely remember that story, though I definitely don’t remember enough to have recognized it in connection with the film title.
Anyway, there is no graphic sex scene with her or anyone else in the movie. Don’t get me wrong; as I said the last time I posted a thread like this, which concerned The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, I don’t particularly care about seeing the big sex scene, but I do care about paying money for censored movies. Does anyone know what I’m talking about?
Am I missing something as far as Netflix offering different versions of some films, or is there a disclaimer I’ve missed where they inform viewers they’re receiving a censored version?
I can’t say I’ve seen the movie, but Nexflix isn’t known to censor movies. It was Blockbuster that was said to do that. One thing I wonder about - the article I was able to scare up about the filming of the scene never mentions whether it ever actually made the final cut. It seemed to be talking about one scene that wound up needing many takes due to camera problems, and maybe it never made the edit.
I’ve rented NC-17 movies from Netflix, and I’ve never seen any option to rent a R-rated version instead. You’d think if Netflix was going to censor any movies, it would be those. I’m pretty sure they’re not in the censoring business.
Thanks guys; I appreciate your input. It’s totally possible, as SeaDragonTattoo mentioned , that the scene in question never made it to the final cut. But because of the other movie I mentioned, which does seem to not have been the version that many other people saw, I’m left wondering.
Sure, if they’re clearly labeled as “Unrated Edition” or “Extended Edition” or “Never-Before-Seen Edition” or something. But I’ve never heard of a studio secretly chopping up their films and then putting them on DVD instead of the theatrical version. Do you have an example?