The Heartbreak Kid (2007) - Channel Eleven Australia TV edits

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• published: 11 Jan 2015
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An interesting look at the way The Heartbreak Kid was edited for TV in Australia by Eleven. It was edited to meet the guidelines of an M rating so it could avoid an MA rating be played before 9.00pm. The first cut was the entire scene where Eddie and Lila have sex. Non-graphic sex is usually allowed in M rated movies, but sometimes Eleven cuts MA rated movies for an M rating like they're cutting an M rated movie for a PG rating. This means they cut people having sex, bare breasts, slightly graphic talk about sex, etc. The second cut was to two shots of the back of a porn DVD cover. It looks like it really shouldn't be cut, but if you look closely, you'll notice it actually has very graphic photos of sex, and the private parts have small stars covering them so you know exactly what was going on. The third cut was to another whole sex scene between Lila and Eddie that was much less graphic. The fourth cut happened across two scenes that were very close together. In the first scene, Lila says "You fucking cunt!" They cut the word "cunt", but they still kept the sentence, which is rare and doesn't make sense. The sentence is then "You fucking..." Then, when Eddie was on the phone to his father, he is in the spa with a topless woman. Since Eleven decided to cut all breasts out of the movie, they just cut her whole character and dialogue from that scene, otherwise it wouldn't make sense. They also cut Eddie's father telling him to "Cock Lila good". However, this cut was because we saw her breasts while it happened as well as the fact that it was graphic sex-related dialogue. In the fifth cut, Eddie was joking about how he lost his virginity on a golf course because some of the older boys pushed him down. One of the women listening doesn't get the joke and asks him if he filed charges. He explains he was joking and another woman says "About anal rape?" The anal rape line was cut. Generally description of sex that involves mention of the parts involved is not allowed in an M rated movies. The sixth cut was to a whole scene where Eddie and Miranda go to a "Folk dancing show" but it's really a sex show between a woman and a horse. The horse has a large erect penis and is trying to thrust it into the woman from behind, so it is graphic description of sex. And for some reason, Eleven often cuts any references to humans doing sexual things with animals. The seventh cut was to a close-up shot of Lila's vagina when she's peeing on Eddie's jellyfish sting, as well as a more distant shot of it. The sight of male or female genitals is never allowed in an M rated movie.