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Old 14-12-2007, 03:51 PM
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Does anyone remember the huge furore caused by the premiere of the James caan film the gambler due to its violence- it was removed from schedule and even the home secretary was involved \, this was around mid-80s

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Nope,I don't recall that at all.
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this was around mid-80s
Was this the TV premiere? The film was made in1974 and is pretty awful. I can't think why anyone would have been worried by the violence .... it bombed when it was released, so I expect very few watched it on TV

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Was this the TV premiere? The film was made in1974 and is pretty awful. I can't think why anyone would have been worried by the violence .... it bombed when it was released, so I expect very few watched it on TV

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Yes it was TV premiere, agree film was awful and the violence was run of the mill.Still puzzled to this day at fuss it caused
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No, don't remember this at all. Can you elaborate on what happened?
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No, don't remember this at all. Can you elaborate on what happened?
Well , exactly as i 've said - not sure if mary whitehouse was involved though.Basically the film was deemed to violent and pulled from the scedules and , home secetary became involved and then a week or so later film was reinstated
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Was this around the same time there was the Driller Killer/I Spit On Your Grave/SS Experiment Camp furore?
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no well before - around early -mid 80s
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I don't remember any fuss being made about it and I can't find any references to a fuss or it being banned or even dropped from the schedules.

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I do remember some sort of controversy surrounding the TV showing of The Gambler in the 80s, but not exactly what it was. This was a time when four letter words were routinely censored for TV showings of films and violence was toned down. It all seems a very long time ago...
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I do remember some sort of controversy surrounding the TV showing of The Gambler in the 80s, but not exactly what it was. This was a time when four letter words were routinely censored for TV showings of films and violence was toned down. It all seems a very long time ago...
phew at least someone can recall it!
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