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Films banned in Ireland

  • 02-09-2003 2:48pm
    #1
    fisty
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    Thanks to ObeyGiant for getting this list.

    Think a lot of you would be interested in it.

    LIST OF FILMS BANNED FROM 1973 TO DATE


    1973 (18 films banned) Censored Director

    The Baby Maker 03/01/73 James Bridges
    It's a 2'6" Above Ground World 09/02/73 Ralph Thomas
    To Find A Man 19/02/73 Buzz Kulik
    Swedish Fanny Hill 08/03/73 Mac Ahalberg
    Everything You Always wanted to know about Sex 20/03/73 Woody Allen
    Anatomy of a Pin-Up 23/03/73 David Cohen
    A Clockwork Orange 10/04/73 Stanley Kubrick
    Sex Artist 04/05/73 Not listed
    Au Pair Girls 08/05/73 Val Guest
    Nine Ages of Nakedness 08/05/73 George Harrison Marks
    Sex Service 15/05/73 Elio Ballett
    Some of My Best Friends Are 13/06/73 Not listed
    Three Dimensions of Gretta 22/08/73 Pete Walker
    Clinic Xclusive 27/08/73 Don Chaffey
    Harrad Experiment 17/09/73 Ted Post
    Story of Nana 31/10/73 Mac Ahalberg
    Suburban Wives 26/11/73 Derek Ford
    Friends of Eddie Boyle 20/12/73 Peter Yates


    1974 (20 films banned)

    Honey Bun 17/01/74 Alfred Voher
    The Reluctant Virgin 30/01/74 Norman Schwartz
    Blume in Love 11/04/74*01 Paul Mazuraky
    Erotic Witchcraft 18/04/74 Bebi Fontana
    Love Pill 14/05/74 Kenneth Turner
    To Kill a Rover 15/05/74 Wang Ping
    Mafia Girls 29/05/74 Ed Ross
    Dance of Ecstasy 20/06/74 Brandon Chase
    Sex is Beautiful 24/06/74 Alain Lavalle
    Tis Pity She's a Whore 23/07/74 Givseppe Patroni Griffi
    Turkish Delight 24/07/74 Paul Verhoeven
    Con Man and Kung Fu Kid 13/08/74*02 Wu Ma
    As the Naked Wind from the Sea 11/09/74 Gunnar Hogland
    Super Chick 19/09/74 Ed Forsyth
    Student Nurses 08/10/74 Stephanie Rothman
    Virgin Witch 08/10/74 Ray Austin
    Cool it Carol 30/10/74 Pete Walker
    So much Naked Tenderness 30/10/74 Gunther Hendez
    Thriller 25/11/74 Alex Fridolinski
    Percy's Progress 17/12/74 Ralph Thomas


    1975 (31 films banned)

    The Seduction of Inga 02/01/75 Joseph W. Sarno
    Heavy Traffic 29/01/75 Ralph Bakshi
    Loves Of A French Pussycat 30/01/75 Hans Billian
    Bang Bang Gang or Gun Girls 04/02/75 Van Guylder
    Naked Countess 06/02/75 Not listed
    The Dreamgirl 14/02/75*03 Harry Kampf
    Kung Fu Girl (None But The Brave) 18/02/75 Lo Wei
    When Tae Kwon Do Strikes 18/02/75 Huane Feng
    Monk 25/02/75 Ada Kyrou
    Deadly Weapons 04/03/75 Doris Wishman
    Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 18/03/75 Robert Taylor
    Groove Tube 24/03/75 Ken Shapiro
    Sex after Six 25/03/75 Hubert Frank
    Cold Blooded Beast 24/04/75 Fernando Di Leo
    Glory Stompers 29/04/75 Anthony M. Lansa
    Extreme Close-Up 07/05/75 Jeannot Szware
    The Unsatisfied 23/05/75 Jean-Marie Pallardy
    Sex is for Pleasure 26/05/75 Not listed
    Pieces of Dreams 22/07/75 Daniel Haller
    Without a Stitch 24/07/75 Annelise Meineche
    Act of Vengeance (The Violator) 24/07/75 Robert Kelljan
    Danish Bed & Board 25/07/75 John Hilbard
    Servicer 25/08 /75 Leon Capatonos
    The Violator (Act of Vengeance)(Rape Squad) 28/08/75 Robert Kelljan
    Games that Lovers Play 10/09/75 Malcolm Leigh
    It's Alive 26/09/75 Larry Cohen
    Guess Who's Sleeping with Us Tonight 01/10/75 Alex Neve
    Petersen 07/10/75 Tim Burstall
    World without Shame 29/10/75 Donovan Winter
    Don't Deliver Us From Evil 19/11/75 Claude Maurice Muller
    The Amorous Milkman 30/12/75 Derren Nesbitt


    1976 (21 films banned)

    All about Women 05/01/76 Claude Pierson
    Bed Partners 28/01/76 Not listed
    Black Decameron 23/02/76 Not listed
    Nudes In the Sun 02/03/76 Werner Kunz
    Arabian Nights 04/03/76 Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Canterbury Tales 05/03/76 Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Once is not Enough 23/03/76 Guy Green
    Bed of a Thousand Pleasures 25/03/76 Anthony M. Dawson
    Keep it up Downstairs 05/05/76 Robert Young
    Rebel Nun 22/07/76*04 Gianfranco Mingossi
    Sins Within The Family 11/08/76 Bruno Gaburro
    Intimacy 09/09/76 Marcio Vicaro
    Clockwork Banana 10/09/76 Jean F. Dany
    Life Size 20/09/76 Luis Berlanga
    Bummer 06/10/76 William Allen Castleman
    Glastonbury Fayre 11/10/76*05 Not listed
    Undergraduate Girls 13/10/76 Michele Tartanini
    Linda Lovelace for President 18/10/76 Claudio Guzmani
    It could Happen to You 21/10/76 Stanley Long
    Not Tonight Darling 16/11/76 Anthony Sloman
    Emmanuelle 29/11/76 Just Jaeckin


    1977 (16 films banned)

    I Will If You Will 11/01/77 Nello Rossatti
    Come Play with Me 01/03/77 George Harrison Marks
    Super Dragon 25/04/77 Tommy Loo Chun
    Emily 02/05/77 Henry Herbert
    Emmanuelle 2 11/05/77 Francis Giacobetti
    Young Lady Chatterley 23/05/77 Alan Roberts
    I am Sexy 25/05/77 Francis Leroi
    The Perfect Arrangement 24/08/77 Ted Leversuch
    Alvin Purple 25/10/77 Tim Burstall
    Rosemary's Baby 02/11/77 Roman Polanski
    Audrey Rose 03/11/77*06 Robert Wise
    First Time with Feeling 21/11/77 Jacques Baratier
    Black Emmanuelle 2 Goes East 29/11/77*07 Joe D'Amato
    Casanova 06/12/77*08 Federico Fellini
    Next Stop - Greenwich Village 08/12/77*09 Paul Mazursky
    Ulysses 08/12/77*10 Joseph Strick


    1978 (18 films banned)

    Naughty Nurses 21/02/78 Don Edmonds
    Looking For Mr. Goodbar 08/03/78 Richard Brooks
    Escort Girls 14/03/78 Donovan Winter
    Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle 04/04/78 Brunello Rondi
    The Hills have Eyes 05/04/78 Wes Craven
    Teenage Hitchhikers 17/04/78 Gerri Sedley
    Black Emmanuelle 2 (The New Black Emmanuelle) 24/04/78 Albert Thomas
    Take an Easy Ride 08/05/78 Not listed
    Sex in the Salon 15/05/78*11 Greydon Clark
    Goodbye Emmanuelle 18/05/78 Francois Lettelier
    Inhibition 24/05/78 Paul Price
    Confessions of a Male Escort 09/06/78 Not listed
    The Erotic Adventures of Pinnocchio 20/07/78 Corey Alan
    Lust Seekers 13/09/78 Russ Meyer
    The Rise & Rise Of Casanova 14/09/78 Francois Legrand
    Seven Women for Satan 10/11/78 Armand Tabiteau
    What's Up Super Doc 20/12/78 Derek Ford
    Lemon Popsicle 22/12/78*12 Boaz Davidson


    1979 (11 films banned)

    The Visitor 10/01/79 Not listed
    Lennie 23/01/79 Bob Fosse
    Bilities 28/02/79 David Hamilton
    Red 02/04/79 Not listed
    In Praise of Older Women 06/04/79 George Kaczenoen
    Emmanuel and the White Slave Trade 07/05/79 Joe D'Amato
    Queen of Sex 07/05/79 Albert Moore
    Hardcore Life 25/06/79 Paul Schrader
    Resting Rough 06/09/79*13 Not listed
    Can I Come Too? 12/11/79 Not listed
    The Groove Tube 18/12/79 Not listed


    1980 (12 films banned)

    Death Game 18/01/80 Not listed
    La Luna 24/03/80 Bernardo Bertocucci
    American Gigalo 10/04/80*14 Paul Schrader
    Night Games 21/04/80 Roger Vadim
    Monty Pyton's Life of Brian 29/04/80*15 Terry Jones
    Sex with the Stars 27/06/80 Not listed
    The Great British Striptease 14/08/80 Not listed
    Jungle Burger 19/08/80 Not listed
    I'm Not Feeling Myself To-Night 21/08/80 Joseph McGrath
    The Tin Drum 12/09/80*16 Not listed
    Zombie Flesh-Eaters 14/10/80*17 Lucio Fulchi
    Don't Answer The Phone 02/12/80 Robert Hammer


    1981 (8 films banned)

    Caligulas Hot Nights 19/02/81 Roberto Monterro
    Confessions of a Naked Virgin 24/03/81 Eric Hofbauer
    Emmanuelle and The Cannibals 16/04/81 Joe D'Amato
    The Final Conflict 05/05/81*18 Graham Baker
    Messalina, Messalina 16/06/81 Bruno Corbucci
    Caligula 03/11/81 Bob Guccione
    Last Tango In Paris 17/11/81 Bernardo Bertolucci
    Test Rider 01/12/81*19 Not listed


    1982 (5 films banned)

    Porky's 01/02/82*20 Bob Clark
    Richard Prior Live On Sunset Strip 23/07/82 Joe Layton
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High 08/10/82*21 Amy Heckerling
    The Last American Virgin 17/11/82*22 Boaz Davidson
    Monsignore 29/11/82*23 Frank Perry






    1983 (4 films banned)

    Summer Lovers 14/03/83*24 Randal Kleiser
    Porky's II 23/06/83*25 Bob Clarke
    Monty Python's Meaning Of Life 27/06/83 Terry Jones
    Flesh Gordon 09/09/83 William Osco-Homand Zeieham


    1984 (3 films banned)

    Emmanuelle 4 14/06/84 Not listed
    The Key 16/07/84 Tinto Brass
    Bolero 14/12/84 John Derek


    1985 (1 film banned)

    Crimes of Passion 18/11/85 Ken Russell


    1987 (2 films banned)

    Personal Services 13/03/87*26 Terry Jones
    Working Girls 12/08/87 Lizzie Borden


    1991 (1 film banned)

    Whore 09/08/91 Ken Russell





    1993 (1 film banned)

    The Bad Lieutenant 29/01/93 Abel Ferrara


    1994 (3 films banned)

    U.F.O. - The Movie 07/02/94 Tony Dow
    Lake Consequence 13/05/94 Rafael Eisenman
    Natural Born Killers 11/10/94 Oliver Stone


    1995 (1 film banned)

    Showgirls 08/11/95 Paul Verhoeven


    1996 (1 film banned)

    From Dusk Till Dawn 01/05/96 Robert Rodriguez


    1997 (1 film banned)

    Preaching To The Perverted 28/10/97 Stuart Urban


    2003 (1 film banned)

    Spun 08/07/03*27 Jonas Akerlund



    cont....


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  • #2
    fisty
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    cont...*01 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/18 cert on 07/03/77
    *02 Originally given O/18 provided cuts were made, but when censored with cuts,
    film was Banned on 31/12/74
    *03 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/18 cert on 06/04/76
    *04 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/18 cert on 27/09/76
    *05 Originally censored 03/09/74 and given O/18 provided cuts were made,
    but when censored with cuts, film was Banned
    *06 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/16 cert on 12/12/77
    *07 Film Appeal Board passed the Film on 05/07/82
    *08 Originally censored 11/10/77 and re-showen 06/12/77 and banned.
    Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/18 cert on 29/07/82
    *09 Originally censored 27/10/76 and re-showen 08/12/77 and banned
    *10 Originally censored 13/01/75 and re-showen 08/12/77 and banned.
    Re-showen on 07/09/00 and given O/15 cert.
    *11 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/18 cert on 29/05/78
    *12 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/16 cert on 24/03/82
    *13 Film Appeal Board passed the Film on 28/09/79
    *14 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/18 cert on 24/07/80
    *15 Film granted O/18 cert on 07/08/87
    *16 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/18 cert on 13/02/81
    *17 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/18 cert on 31/10/80
    *18 Film Appeal Board passed the Film on 18/05/81
    *19 Film Appeal Board passed the Film on 24/03/83
    *20 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/16 cert on 19/02/82
    *21 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with cuts and O/18 cert on 29/10/82
    *22 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/16 cert on 03/03/83
    *23 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/16 cert on 17/12/82
    *24 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/16 cert on 26/04/83
    *25 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/16 cert on 14/07/83
    *26 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/18 cert on 12/05/87
    *27 Film Appeal Board passed the Film with O/18 cert on 21/07/03


  • #3
    patch
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    Threre's one there from '82. 'Fast Times At Ridgemount High'
    If I remember correctly, I saw this in Tuam cinema a few years later as part of a double bill. I THINK it was with Temple of doom.

    I was thrilled at the time of course. It was just the type of movie little kids love! ww)

    Anybody remember when they stopped doing B movies in this country?


  • #4
    ObeyGiant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭ObeyGiant


    I've been looking through this list all morning, and wondering if Tower are somehow exempt from this? I've seen a lot of the films on the list for sale in their DVD section.

    Anyone shed some light?


  • #5
    mike65
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    Emanuelle 2 (1977) was released on a double bill with Death Race 2000 in 1982 and as ban period lasts 7 years that suggests it was'nt banned in the first instance....How do I know this? I was at the flicks one Saturday night in early '82. Naturally it was Death Race 2000 that I paid to see! :ninja:

    Mike.


  • #6
    d0gb0y
    Registered Users Posts: 287 ✭✭d0gb0y


    Jebus I can't belive they banned porkies, I suppose it was a terrible film. I'd be downloading them all now if my connection hadn't been capped:D
    The hills have eyes is a great movie & I got my video of it in Tower a few years ago.


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  • #7
    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    I remember the banning of some of these films (not all - I'm too young)

    Ken Russell's Whore is a case in point. A year or two previously the big hit at the box-office was 'Pretty Woman', which, it could be argued, glorified the life of a call girl, while Russell's Whore portrayed a very stark reality.
    I saw Whore in Paris in '92 and still can't really fathom why the hell it was banned by the Irish censor.

    Other films on that list ... oh where do you start?
    Life of Brian - can't you laugh at things? The censor obviously thought not.

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  • #8
    Andrew Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 540 ✭✭✭Andrew Duffy


    This appears to be a list of films not granted a cinema certificate rather than a list of banned video/DVD releases, of which there are a LOT more. Interestingly, Baise Moi isn't there, suggesting that the distributors never submitted it for cinema certification. They did submit it for DVD certification, and it was banned. You can see the VRA prohibition orders in the state gazette here:
    http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie

    A few points about our bad censorship sytem:

    - You have to wait 7 years before resubmitting a banned video/DVD for another attempt (it can work though; think Natural Born Killers or Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
    - Unlike a book, which is automatically unbanned after 12 years, once a video or DVD is banned it stays banned (unless it is resubmitted and passed)
    - It is illegal to posess a banned video/DVD (for sale at least; I think it's also illegal for personal use), whereas private cinema clubs can show films without cinema certificates. However, a court injunction can prevent this, as happened with Natural Born Killers in the IFC.


  • #9
    Andrew Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 540 ✭✭✭Andrew Duffy


    Oh, I forgot that the VRA only requires certificates on movies released after September 1994, although work is afoot to classify all the previous releases. This is how sex shops sell porn.

    Bad Lieutenant just slipped into the VRA net, whereas I imagine you could find Whore for sale without a certificate (or with just the BBFC one which has no power here).


  • #10
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111390 for more senseless censorship
    in Ireland.

    Mike.


  • #11
    ObeyGiant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭ObeyGiant


    I wrote to the Irish Censor's office (info@ifco.gov.ie), and asked them for a list of all films that are currently banned. The list that fisty put up represents the result (incidentally, it was sent in a file called "LIST OF FILMS BANNED FROM 1973 TO DATE.lwp".
    Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
    Bad Lieutenant just slipped into the VRA net, whereas I imagine you could find Whore for sale without a certificate (or with just the BBFC one which has no power here).
    Is this how Tower is able to sell Dusk Till Dawn/Showgirls/whatever? By selling the BBFC certified disc?


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  • #12
    Andrew Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 540 ✭✭✭Andrew Duffy


    Do they have a file called "LIST OF VIDEOS BANNED FROM 1994 TO DATE.lwp"? It would be a lot bigger, going by the number of ban notices in the State Gazette.

    About Tower, there's a good chance that Showgirls and From Dusk Till Dawn were resubmitted and passed, or even that they never were banned on video in the first place. See if Tower sells Bad Lieutenant; it was resubmitted a while ago and stayed banned, presumably due to the infamous nun-raping scene*. If so, then kudos to them. I remember Virgin sold condoms years ago when you needed a prescription to get them, and ultimately got that ridiculous law changed.

    * see here: http://www.rte.ie/tv/blizzardold/5banned.html


  • #13
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    You guys should be thanking the censor! He's protecting your fragile minds from all that harmful imagery! Who knows what you might do if exposed to the violence of "From Dusk Till Dawn"? Or the rape in "The Bad Lieutenant"? You should all be glad he makes these sacrifices for you, because you're just children really. The lot of ye. Ya can't make morale decisions for yourself, so he's gonna do it for ya. Let's send him, and our government, a thank you e-mail instead :D


  • #14
    ObeyGiant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭ObeyGiant


    Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
    Do they have a file called "LIST OF VIDEOS BANNED FROM 1994 TO DATE.lwp"? It would be a lot bigger, going by the number of ban notices in the State Gazette.
    The ban notices in the State Gazette are, as far as I can see, relating to the Video Recordings Act, 1989. I suspect those films on the list I was given by the censor's office are covered by the Censorship of Film Act, 1923. I've written to them, asking them to clarify this.
    Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
    See if Tower sells Bad Lieutenant; it was resubmitted a while ago and stayed banned
    They do indeed. Or at least, they did. They're sold out as of Saturday.


  • #15
    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    That's nearly all porn.
    Anyway like Obey said you can get some of them on dvd. You can get the Emanuelles in HMV aswell.


  • #16
    sceptre
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    Originally posted by blacknight
    Other films on that list ... oh where do you start?
    Life of Brian - can't you laugh at things? The censor obviously thought not.
    Refused a cert because it was blasphemous. It's probably the only movie refused a cert for this reason (some of the documents from the 1920s have been lost). Whether we actually have a law on blasphemy (this not being the UK and all that) is another matter (yeah, I know what the Constitution says but "blasphemy" isn't defined in any Irish law).

    (oddly enough the first time I ever say the movie was on a Good Friday. It became a family tradition after that)
    Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
    - It is illegal to posess a banned video/DVD (for sale at least; I think it's also illegal for personal use)
    It's OK for to possess it unless you intend to distribute it. Video Recordings Act 1989. It's an offence to supply an uncertified video work (s5(1)), to have such an article in one's possession for purposes of supply (s6(1)) or to exhibit it elsewhere than in a private dwelling (s11(1)).

    With regard to prohibited works, it's an offence to possess for purposes of supply (s8(1)), to supply or offer to supply such a recording (s9(1)), to exhibit it elsewhere than in a private dwelling (s11(1)) or to import it into the State without a permit (s16(1)).

    With regard to non-video works (er, in the flicks), the offfence is to show an uncertified movie in public (Censorship of Films Act 1923, as amended, section 5), hence film clubs get around this. Not if the movie is actually banned though presumably (in other words, if a prohibition order has been made) - different kettle of fish.


  • #17
    avatar
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    wasn't reservoir dogs banned at one point? Now THAT was a f**kig stupid ban...


  • #18
    Draco
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    Originally posted by sceptre
    Whether we actually have a law on blasphemy (this not being the UK and all that) is another matter (yeah, I know what the Constitution says but "blasphemy" isn't defined in any Irish law).
    I've been told that blasphemy no longer has any force as regards speech due to a High Court ruling. Dunno when it was made though.


  • #19
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Originally posted by Draco
    I've been told that blasphemy no longer has any force as regards speech due to a High Court ruling. Dunno when it was made though.
    1999. Corway v Independent Newspapers


  • #20
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Originally posted by sceptre
    It's OK for to possess it unless you intend to distribute it. Video Recordings Act 1989. It's an offence to supply an uncertified video work (s5(1)), to have such an article in one's possession for purposes of supply (s6(1)) or to exhibit it elsewhere than in a private dwelling (s11(1)).

    With regard to prohibited works, it's an offence to possess for purposes of supply (s8(1)), to supply or offer to supply such a recording (s9(1)), to exhibit it elsewhere than in a private dwelling (s11(1)) or to import it into the State without a permit (s16(1)).

    So, if I'm reading this correctly, it's perfectly okay then to buy a banned DVD off of a website? The importing part only refers to Irish distributers importing it from abroad whereas private ownership seems okay. So we can just circumvent all of this by using our credit cards online?


  • #21
    fisty
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    There has been no successful prosecution for blasphemy in Ireland since the 1850's. There was, however, a case in England in the 1970's where Mary Whitehouse successfully brought a case against Gay News magazine.


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  • #22
    Andrew Duffy
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    it's perfectly okay then to buy a banned DVD off of a website

    Nope. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA22Y1989S16.html:

    ( 3 ) ( a ) Where the Minister is satisfied that the proposed importation concerned would not be for the purpose—

    (i) of a supply, or of a supply other than to such limited extent as may be specified in the permit under this subsection, of the video recording concerned, or
    (ii) of enabling the video work concerned to be viewed otherwise than to such limited extent as may be specified as aforesaid,
    the Minister may, on application in writing therefor, grant a permit in writing authorising a specified person to import into the State a specified number of video recordings containing a specified video work in respect of which a prohibition order is in force for the time being and may specify in the permit conditions to which it is subject; and the holder of a permit under this subsection shall comply with any conditions to which it is subject.

    So you need written permission to import a banned DVD or video. That said, I haven't seen the name of the movie written on the packaging any time I've ordered a DVD on the 'net.


  • #23
    Draco
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    Originally posted by Andrew Duffy
    That said, I haven't seen the name of the movie written on the packaging any time I've ordered a DVD on the 'net.
    Does Play not put it on the packaging? I vaguely remember seeing the title of a DVD I got off them on the address label.


  • #24
    Johnmb
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    Even if they do, what are the chances of An Post having a full list of banned DVDs, and caring enough to waste time checking?


  • #25
    mike65
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    AFAIK An Post do not check anything posted within the EU unless
    something draws them to it...like "BANNED PORN IN HERE!"
    stuff from the US on the other hand stands a much greater chance of being inspected....

    Mike.


  • #26
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Originally posted by Draco
    Does Play not put it on the packaging? I vaguely remember seeing the title of a DVD I got off them on the address label.
    AFAIR they did once upon a time but not on anything I've bought lately (just says "optical media").


  • #27
    savemejebus
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    DVDsoon.com put the name of the movie on the package, and i think a couple of Euro sites do also


  • #28
    Makaveli
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    Play just say Optical Media and the price.
    DVDsoon list the name.
    EzyDVD do too I think.

    Chances of the Post office having a list of the banned dvds hanging on the wall and checking to make sure no dvds coming into the country are listed there is pretty slim me thinks. :)


  • #29
    Victor
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    Originally posted by Makaveli
    Chances of the Post office having a list of the banned dvds hanging on the wall and checking to make sure no dvds coming into the country are listed there is pretty slim me thinks. :)
    No, but the customs guys will.


  • #30
    sceptre
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    IIRC Bard mentioned about a year back that some scummy friend of his (presumably now a former friend) imported a few dodgy vids for a stag party and got Bard's address listed as the delivery address. Customs people were not impressed when they opened the package. Neither was the innocent party.


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    adam_ccfc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 279 ✭✭adam_ccfc


    I'm wondering about a couple of films which IMDb state are currently banned in ireland, but which do not appear in the aforementioned list.

    I Spit On Your Grave and Cannibal Holocaust.

    I imported both from the US with ease, and have seen CH for sale in Virgin Megastore a few times (albeit in a butchered UK release).

    Any help appreciated.


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