Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection R1 censoring

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Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection R1 censoring

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I asked the people over at DVD Talk about this - I wasn't thinking of buying this set yet (maybe if its' cheap?). Only 3 of the cartoons on the R1 are edited, but thats 3 too many, IMO. 3 "blackface gags" are removed, and there "may" be a violence cut to the excellent "Little Orphan" cartoon (1944), as well as cut(s?) to The Milky Waif and The Truce Hurts cartoons :(

Although the R1 has some censoring, it is considerably less than the R2 release which has different shorts, was released earlier, has more edits and is un-remastered I hear :(

Also I heard that Warners offer of replacing cut disks with uncut ones only applied to US customers (thats what someone on DVD Talk said). :( Bah :shock:
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Re: Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection R1 censoring

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grim_tales wrote:Also I heard that Warners offer of replacing cut disks with uncut ones only applied to US customers (thats what someone on DVD Talk said). :( Bah :shock:
Thought that might be the case. Ask if anyone has a corrected version they want to trade or sell. Not too likely though.