Documentary was made and screened on Channel Four around 2002. As I mentioned above, the director's cut was first screened at the bfi five or six years ago. All legal releases currently available, whether physical or digital, are the heavily truncated R-rated version.
There are three common versions. The BBFC approved theatrical cut, which is missing the "rape of Christ" sequence and a scene in which Vanessa Redgrave Is seen to masturbate with a bone. These cut scenes were later unearthed and shown in Mark Kermode's 'Hell on Earth' documentary and restored for the director's cut.
The UK version was cut further for the US release (six or seven minutes - most of the dodgiest material is trimmed) in order to secure an R rating. It is this R rated cut which Warner released on pre-cert VHS and later fullscreen sellthru. However, the longer UK cinema print was released on VHS, in widescreen, as part of Warner's Maverick Directors series. This same version was screened on Channel Four the same night as Kermode's doco.
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