The US has always had much bigger problems with The Devils than the UK.
To my knowledge, not even the British theatrical cut (i.e. the one on the BFI DVD) has been officially screened over there, never mind the 2004 semi-restoration. Both the X-rated and R-rated cuts were substantially mutilated, and disowned by Ken Russell - at least with the British cut he was able to supervise the changes himself, but Warner Bros took the US version out of his hands.
Which is why the BFI DVD was so important, because until it came out the only way of seeing The Devils in its correct aspect ratio on video was to opt for the US R-rated cut. (Or worse - I think I read somewhere that the Spanish DVD has additional cuts over and above what was removed from the US version, but the mere fact that it's sourced from a butchered version makes it worthless to begin with.)
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