Tomorrow Never Dies Uncut?
ZUKOVSKY
Posts: 1MI6 Agent
i notice the ultimate bond collection dvd for TND is uncut! can anyone tell me what scenes were cut from the previous version that are included in this release?
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Below is a list detailing the substantial cuts made to "Tomorrow Never Dies" by the British Board of Film Classification. Some of the cuts were made at the “rough cut” stage as the film was being edited, as opposed to the normal industry practice of the film first being finished and then the final cut being handed over to the BBFC for classification. These cuts sadly apply to all versions, and to avoid confusion are not listed here:
*When Bond breaks the arm of the man he throws into the printing press, the crunch sound has been reduced in volume.
*In the chakra torture scene, the impact sounds have been greatly reduced in volume; so much in fact that we hardly hear them at all.
*The volume of impact sounds in the bike shop fight with Wai Lin have been reduced in volume
*In the sequence that begins with Wai Lin smiling at a guard as he opens a door in front of her, the subsequent high kicks have had their volume toned down greatly as has the sound effect of her jumping on the guard’s chest.
*The shots of Wai Lin plucking a shuriken (throwing star) from her boot, throwing it at a second guard and the subsequent gory shot of it embedded in the guard’s neck (the star having cut his throat) have all been removed. All we see briefly is Wai Lin looking down at her shoe (it is more obvious in slow motion).
*Just after Bond states he is going to stop the missile, the subsequent shots of him stamping on the semi-conscious prostrate guard’s head and cracking his skull have been removed, along with the loud crunch of bone. Now we just see the guard waking up, and Bond walking through a door, with no explanation of what happened to the guard.
*In the final fight between Bond and Stamper, the violence has been reduced to tone down the impact sounds in volume. This was done in order to reduce the emphasis on infliction of pain and injury, and to increase the emphasis on suspense of Bond's hand manoeuvring into position to detonate the explosives.