Don’t you hate it when you’re watching a movie on an airplane or on network television, and they censor out all the naughty language, violence and sexual content?
Well, good news. Now you can OWN that version of the movie! The version that the filmmakers DIDN’T want you to see!
Sony Pictures has just announced (via Yahoo) that they will distribute “Clean Versions”of 24 of their popular – and not-so-popular – films. When you purchase the theatrical version of these movies from iTunes, VUDU, and FandangoNOW, you also will receive the “adapted for a wider audience” edition as a bonus feature.
The first wave of “Clean Versions” includes movies that were theoretically supposed to be for wide audiences in the first place, like Pixels and Goosebumps (which implies that Sony Pictures should have thought of these issues during production), as well as movies that are inherently about sex and violence anyway, like the teen sex comedy Easy A and the traumatic hijacking drama Captain Phillips (which are probably inappropriate for little kids, even after being censored).
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Fortunately, these “Clean Versions” are merely supplemental materials at the moment, and not being offered INSTEAD of the versions that the talent has officially approved. Even so, “clean versions” have long been a point of contention for filmmakers, many of whom have asked their name to be taken off of the censored editions of their movies. Michael Mann is credited as “Alan Smithee” in the credits for the censored versions of his classic films Heat and The Insider, and David Lynch used the same (now discontinued) alias for the extended, censored versions of his sci-fi epic Dune.
Seth Rogen, who has produced multiple films for Sony Pictures including Sausage Party and The Interview, has already publicly spoken out against releasing these “Clean Versions”. The official comment from Seth Rogen’s Twitter was released early today, and reads as follows: “Holy shit please don’t do this to our movies. Thanks.”
The complete list of “Clean Versions” currently available are as follows: 50 First Dates, Battle of the Year, Big Daddy, Captain Phillips, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Easy A, Elysium, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Goosebumps, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, Hancock, Inferno, Moneyball, Pixels, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Step Brothers, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and White House Down.
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11 Exciting Movies You Didn't Know Were Coming Out in June 2017
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Band Aid (June 2)
Zoe Lister-Jones wrote, directed and stars in Band Aid, a comedy about an unhappily married couple who decide to turn their arguments into music.
Photo: IFC Films
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Dean (June 2)
Stand-up comedian Demetri Martin wrote, directed, stars in and provides the illustrations for a comedy about an artist coping with the death of his mother.
Photo: CBS Films
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My Cousin Rachel (June 9)
Enduring Love director Roger Michell adapts Daphne du Maurier's gothic novel, about a man who plots revenge against his cousin, played by Rachel Weisz.
Photo: Fox Searchlight
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The Book of Henry (June 16)
Colin Trevorrow took a break between filming Jurassic World and Star Wars: Episode IX to direct this coming of age drama, about a boy with a plan to rescue his neighbor from her abusive stepfather.
Photo: Focus Features
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I, Daniel Blake (June 16)
Ken Loach's latest film stars Dave Johns as a man who is denied financial support, even though he's unable to work. The acclaimed drama won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Photo: IFC Films
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The Bad Batch (June 23)
Ana Lily Amirpour's follow-up to the horror hit A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a dystopian nightmare about cannibalism, revenge and drug use.
Photo: Neon
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The Beguiled (June 23)
In the midst of the Civil War, an all-girls school takes in a wounded soldier, played by Colin Farrell, and fall prey to their fears and desires. Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning co-star, and filmmaker Sofia Coppola just won the Best Director award from Cannes, making her the second female recipient in history.
Photo: Focus Features
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The Big Sick (June 23)
A young couple is tested when, shortly after their break-up, she falls extremely ill. The acclaimed romantic comedy was co-written by Kumail Nanjiani (who also stars) and Emily V. Gordon, who based the screenplay the story of their own relationship.
Photo: Lionsgate
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (June 30)
The latest documentary from celebrated filmmaker Errol Morris takes a look at Elsa Dorfman, a portrait photographer who uses a rare, gigantic Polaroid camera.
Photo: Neon
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The Little Hours (June 30)
A young, handsome man has to take refuge in a nunnery in the Middle Ages, but the nuns are not what he expected at all. Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and John C. Reilly star.
Photo: Gunpowder & Sky
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13 Minutes (June 30)
In 1939, Johann Georg Else attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, but the bomb went off 13 minutes too late, and killed civilians instead. His story is told by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who previously directed the acclaimed Adolf Hitler biopic Downfall.
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics
