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Originally Posted by lister69  what amazed me about the "video nasties" era was how inconsistent censorship was (and still is). For instance, in Australia (before A Clockwork Orange was officially released on VHS) you could still watch it at cinemas! |
'A Clockwork Orange' was NEVER censored or banned by the BBFC in England. Instead it was withdrawn by Stanley Kubrick himself, following a number of reports about copy-cat attacks (that were attributed to the film) and death threats were made against him and his family
It was only after his death in 1999 that the film was re-released theatrically and made available on VHS and DVD
*NOTE - During the time that the film was unavailable in England, there was an unauthorised screening at 'The Scala Cinema Club' in London. A direct result of this was the the club closed down and went into receivership after losing a legal battle regarding this