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The article mentions in passing that some councils in the UK banned the film: > In Britain, opposition wasn’t as fierce, but there was plenty of it. Some local
by DanBC 7y ago
The article mentions in passing that some councils in the UK banned the film:
> In Britain, opposition wasn’t as fierce, but there was plenty of it. Some local councils banned the film, a measure which did it no harm at all: people would simply flock to the nearest city where it was showing.
This is a bit confusing but we have the BBFC who gave the film an AA (14 or over) age rating when it was released in cinemas, and then mostly 15s for the home releases, and most recently a 12A.
On top of the BBFC we have local councils who licence venues for entertainment, and some of those councils banned cinemas from showing the film.
Some of those bans were pretty long. I think Glasgow had a 30 year ban.
It's not a good situation.