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Its a Wonderful Life banned?

  • 19-12-2008 12:52pm
    #1
    Harrybelafonte
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    Am I losing my mind or was "Its a wonderful Life" banned inIreland for awhile? I have a memory of it but can't find any reference of it on the trusty interweb


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  • #2
    Pigman II
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    Hmm, from what I can tell practically everything was banned in Ireland back in the day. I imagine a film featuring a guy attempting to commit suicide (even if it is ultimately a redemptive tale) wouldn't have gone down too well with the Irish censors in 1946?


  • #3
    Nolanger
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    Pity they wouldn't band most Irish films for being so crap.


  • #4
    Gauge
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    According to this website, it wasn't.


  • #5
    monkeyfudge
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    They banned Fantasia when it first came out for having a materialistic view of the origin of life.


  • #6
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,076 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Didn't hear about Fantasia, but it's true that Brief Encounter was banned for a while in Ireland, because it portrayed two people contemplating adultery. IMDB has a longer list here: that Pokemon film is the one that apparently gives kids epileptic fits, in case you're wondering. :cool:

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



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  • #7
    Newaglish
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    From Wiki:

    Ireland

    * 1931: Monkey Business was banned because censors feared it would encourage anarchic tendencies.
    * 1967: Ulysses, based on the book by James Joyce - unbanned September 2000.
    * 1968: Rocky Road to Dublin (documentary which in part questioned Irish censorship) - unbanned in 2003.
    * 1971: A Clockwork Orange - unbanned in 2000.
    * 1979: Monty Python's The Life of Brian - unbanned in 1987.
    * 1983: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - unbanned in 1990.
    * 1984: Cannibal Holocaust - unbanned in 2006.
    * 1989: Meet The Feebles - still banned as of 2007.
    * 1991: Riki-Oh - unbanned in 2002.
    * 1994: Natural Born Killers - unbanned.
    * 1996: From Dusk Till Dawn - unbanned in 2000.
    * 1999: Romance - still banned.
    * 2000: Baise Moi - still banned.

    Due to the small size of the country, films banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) are rarely even submitted for release in Ireland, due to the high costs of promotion and distribution for such a small area. Similarly, BBFC cuts are often left in DVD releases due to the difficulties in separating the two supplies.

    Banned movies can still be viewed at private members clubs with 18+ age limits.


  • #8
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Look at the list of Banned Movies in Malaysia:

    Babe: Pig in the City
    Zoolander
    Schindlers List

    Is the latter is banned for being pro Jewish or something?


  • #9
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Blisterman wrote: »
    Look at the list of Banned Movies in Malaysia:

    Babe: Pig in the City
    Zoolander
    Schindlers List

    Is the latter is banned for being pro Jewish or something?

    And Babe encourages people to not want to eat pork.


  • #10
    Pigman II
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    monkeyfudge wrote: »
    And Babe encourages people to not want to eat pork.

    No it doesn't. If anything it does the exact opposite.


  • #11
    faceman
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    Newaglish wrote: »
    From Wiki:

    Ireland

    * 1931: Monkey Business was banned because censors feared it would encourage anarchic tendencies.
    * 1967: Ulysses, based on the book by James Joyce - unbanned September 2000.
    * 1968: Rocky Road to Dublin (documentary which in part questioned Irish censorship) - unbanned in 2003.
    * 1971: A Clockwork Orange - unbanned in 2000.
    * 1979: Monty Python's The Life of Brian - unbanned in 1987.
    * 1983: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - unbanned in 1990.
    * 1984: Cannibal Holocaust - unbanned in 2006.
    * 1989: Meet The Feebles - still banned as of 2007.
    * 1991: Riki-Oh - unbanned in 2002.
    * 1994: Natural Born Killers - unbanned.
    * 1996: From Dusk Till Dawn - unbanned in 2000.
    * 1999: Romance - still banned.
    * 2000: Baise Moi - still banned.

    Due to the small size of the country, films banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) are rarely even submitted for release in Ireland, due to the high costs of promotion and distribution for such a small area. Similarly, BBFC cuts are often left in DVD releases due to the difficulties in separating the two supplies.

    Banned movies can still be viewed at private members clubs with 18+ age limits.

    The Exorcist was banned here too for years.


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  • #12
    fitz
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    Was Clockwork Orange banned by the censor?
    I'd always thought it was withdrawn by Kubrick because of copycat murders and not "officially" banned....


  • #13
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,076 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Blisterman wrote: »
    Is the latter is banned for being pro Jewish or something?
    Not clear. According to this report it was initially banned for being pro-Jewish, but later released after nudity was cut, and can be bought there on DVD.

    Hardly surprising: Holocaust denial tends to be official policy in Islamic states, with a few exceptions e.g you have conflicting reports from Iran, where President Ahmadinejad is a blatant denialist, yet his boss Ayatollah Khamenei is not.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #14
    faceman
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    fitz wrote: »
    Was Clockwork Orange banned by the censor?
    I'd always thought it was withdrawn by Kubrick because of copycat murders and not "officially" banned....

    Yeah it was banned here but Kubrick wrote to the UK censor asking them to ban it. He basically thought it was shoite.


  • #15
    K4t
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    mmm Baise Moi :D

    It's hard to imagine now how backward a country Ireland was only a short time ago!


  • #16
    Shacklebolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Shacklebolt


    monkeyfudge wrote: »
    And Babe encourages people to not want to eat pork.

    Pigs are taboo in Muslim countries-thats why the muppets are banned in Saudi Arabia (Miss Piggy).


  • #17
    AnonoBoy
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    faceman wrote: »
    Yeah it was banned here but Kubrick wrote to the UK censor asking them to ban it. He basically thought it was shoite.

    Not true. Kubrick withdrew the film in the UK because it was being blamed for copycat crimes and he got sick of it. It wasn't banned there (although it was banned here and a ban can only be lifted if appealed and that wasn't going to happen until after Kubrick's death). I don't think he thought it was sh*te


  • #18
    faceman
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Not true. Kubrick withdrew the film in the UK because it was being blamed for copycat crimes and he got sick of it. It wasn't banned there (although it was banned here and a ban can only be lifted if appealed and that wasn't going to happen until after Kubrick's death). I don't think he thought it was sh*te

    Maybe im confusing it, i remember doing it from college, I think i have a copy of the letter still too!


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