Background

The first thing that comes to mind when this movie title is mentioned, is John Travolta swirling over the dance floor and the almost non-stop background music with hits of the Bee Gees, but this classic by John Badham is much more. It’s a social study with different kinds of socio-critical approaches and serious topics. Therefore, the in most countries quite high age rating is justified.
Due to its big success in the USA, a much more defused version of the movie was produced there in order to reach a wider audience with a lower age rating. The R-rated original version was in the cinemas in 1977, just one year later the new PG-rated version was highly advertised for (see the movie poster in the appendix).

The Brits got to see in the cinema the R-rated version as well as a version based on the PG-rated, but additionally censored. The former received an X-rating/BBFC18, the latter an A-rating/PG. The more censored version is hard to get and in the course of our research, we “unfortunately” could only find the uncensored BBFC18 VHS.

The uncensored R-rated version is internationally available on DVD and Blu-ray. The PG-rated existed on VHS with the rating clearly visible (see cover scan).

The Version

Censored were - who would have thought so - scenes depicting violence and sex as well as a lot of dialogues which refer to one of these topics and which are full of all kinds of swearwords. For the rough language is always present during the whole movie, there had to be altered a lot, which resulted in over 100 changes due to censoring.


In terms of cuts, the completely missing rape of Annette on the backseat is probably the most striking one. The top-less stripper can of course not be seen in the PG-rated version either and the brawl with the spics was defused at certain points. Apart from this, lines which contain swearwords or a few other things, like Tony’s grab in the crotch, were completely removed here and there.

At some points, dialogues were voiced anew but still have the same footage. Especially when the speaking person, or rather its mouth, isn’t clearly visible on-screen or the line is equal except for one bad word, this worked quite well - apart from some negative examples like "You fakers!" instead of "You fuckers!", which Annette shouts to the guys on the bridge.

Sometimes they had to be a little bit more creative when rewriting a dialogue, but then they used alternative takes. The takes throughout the movie are always quite long, so from time to time the footage differs for about a minute (so the actually exclusive footage from each version is therefore clearly longer than the actual runtime difference suggests!). These alternative scenes were probably intended for a TV broadcast in the USA, as is often done with American productions…so we have a further version, because the version shown in the US TV is apparently in most cases NOT the PG-rated version, which would actually be quite appropriate for this. Instead, an equally defused version based on the R-rated version is shown, which contains some further plot scenes as compensation for the missing footage.

The US TV version is just mentioned here for additional information. In the following, a detailed explanation of the differences between the PG-rated and the R-rated version is presented.


121 Differences:
* 47 cuts
* 43 audio changes
* 31 scenes with alternative footage


The runtime indications are listed as follows:
Time of the PG-rated version / time of the R-rated version



Notes:

- The words which were substituted or removed completely in the anew voiced parts in the PG-rated version are written in bold face in the representations of the dialogues so that they are easier distinguishable. If complete sentences before or after are R-rated exclusive, it’s not specifically marked even if there are swearwords in it.

- We always tried to summarize the changes reasonably as well as, for example, separating audio-only changes (so just differing dialogues with same footage) from changes that go together with cuts. The above mentioned number of changes can differ, depending on how you count.

Audio Track Alteration
0:03:56 / 0:03:56
Tony brings the color he was supposed to buy from a competitor. When his boss, Mr. Fusco, hears the price, he starts swearing:

R-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "That bastard!"

PG-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "That bum!"




0:04:30 / 0:04:30
After the chat with his boss, a customer asks Tony where he can find the brushes. They start talking and make fun of the customer's wife's bottom.
666 frames = 22,22 seconds

Customer: "I need some brushes."
Tony: "All right. How much paintin' you plannin' to do?"
Customer: "After these two rooms, I wouldn't paint my wife's ass purple."
Tony: "What color is it now?"
Customer (angry): "You wanna know what color my wife's ass is?"
Tony: "You brung it up."
Customer (laughs): "Actually, it ain't got no color. Just stripes them, stretch stripes. What about them brushes?"
Tony: "Right. See that second display counter? Over there."




Audio Track Alteration
0:04:47 / 0:05:09
It is friday and Tony asks Mr. Fusco for an advance of the money he is supposed to receive on monday. Fusco declines this because he thinks that young people are not able to handle money responsibly.

R-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "And they're broke on Monday. Boozin', whorin'..."

PG-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "And they're broke on Monday. Boozin', gamblin'..."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:04:56 / 0:05:18
Later, in the same chat, Fusco recommends Tony to save the movie. Their faces can be seen well, therefore alternative footage was used in order to cover the censoring. The uncut version is slightly longer.
194 frames = 6,47 seconds / 231 frames = 7,71 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "You can save a little, build a future."
Tony: "Fuck the future."
Mr. Fusco: "No, Tony, you can't fuck the future. The future fucks you! It catches up with you, and it fucks you if you ain't planned for it."

PG-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "You can save a little, build a future."
Tony: "To hell with the future."
Mr. Fusco: "No, Tony, you can't say 'to hell with the future'. The future says 'the hell with you'! It catches up with you, and it says 'the hell with you' if you ain't planned for it."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:07:37 / 0:08:00
Tony's dad wants him to come down to eat. Tony declines because he does not want to get his shirt dirty. In the meantime, his dad's gaze has wandered to a nice poster on his wall. The uncut version shows a part of it, the cut one features Tony instead.
134 frames = 4,47 seconds / 134 frames = 4,47 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony: "So, I don't wanna get anything on it, that's why."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "So, I don't wanna get anything on it."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:10:27 / 0:10:51
When Tony wants to get into the car with his friends, they make fun of him and drive away. Their mouths can be seen again, therefore alternative footage was used once more.
119 frames = 3,97 seconds / 106 frames = 3,54 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony: "Hey, you scumbags, get back here! (to himself) Assholes."
Joey: "Come on, fuckhead! Hey, the stubborn fuck won't budge."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Hey, you scumbags, get back here! (to himself) Scoopers, 'can't believe it."
Joey: "Hey, come on, you jerk! Hey, the stubborn jerk won't budge."




0:10:58 / 0:11:21
A part of the chat in the car was removed.
152 frames = 5,07 seconds

Tony: "Hey, you assholes almost broke my pussy finger."
Double J: "You wouldn't know which one it was. Get outta here."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:11:06 / 0:11:34
They start talking about the booze they brought. Several vodka brands are listed. The uncut version then shows Joey drinking, the PG cut only Tony.
136 frames = 4,54 seconds / 413 frames = 13,78 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony: "That's what you got? You get a bigger high from a fart."
Joey: "Woohoo!"
- : "You want somethin'?"
Tony: "No. We ain't droppin' nothin' till I say so."
- : "Aw, come on. Why the fuck not?"
Joey: "Hey, bullshit."
Tony: "I got my reasons, all right?"
Bobby C.: "Oh fuck, Tony. What's wrong with you, man?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "No. We ain't doing nothin' till I say so."
- : "Oh, come on, why not?"
Bobby C.: "Oh, Tony, what's wrong with you, man?"
- : "Gimme the bottle."




Audio Track Alteration
0:11:28 / 0:12:05
When the boys reach the club, the song "Doctor Disco" by "Rick Dees" can be heard. In the original version, it starts with the verse, the PG version only contains the chorus.

R-Rated:
Song: "Someone mad, is goin' wild, and look, uh-oh, it's a one man's style. ... Doctor Disco ..."

PG-Rated:
Song: "Doctor Disco... Doctor ... Doctor Disco ..."




0:11:44 / 0:12:21
The car drives on and the guys get out of it. Tony uses the side mirror in order to check his hair. The guys talk about the evening and make jokes before entering the club.
1066 frames = 35,57 seconds

Joey: "Hey, lookin' sharp, huh?"
Double J.: "Sharp as you can look without turnin' into a nigger."
- : "Or a spic."
-2: "Spic, spic. Would you put your dick in a spic? Does it get bigger in a nigger?"
"I don't know."
"I gotta score tonight, man. I'm horny, you know what I mean?"
-: "I know what you mean. Horny, right? Horny!"
Joey: "Anybody scores... you get in the car for ten minutes, and you're out for the next guy."
Double J.: "Five, you get a medal with rubies and a piece of the Pope's ass."
"The Pope don't got no ass. That's why he's the Pope. Now, shape up, you assholes. We're the faces."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:16:31 / 0:17:44
When the shy Doreen is tending Tony's sweaty forehead, Joey makes a joke about it in the uncut version. The PG cuts to Tony, who is still laughing about the removed joke.
86 frames = 2,87 seconds / 256 frames = 8,54 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

Joey: "Hey, Doreen, it ain't no blow job."
Double J.: "You don't know a fuck about women, Joey. You get a blow job easier than you get that."
Tony: "I noticed."




0:17:11 / 0:18:30
A joke while Tony and Doreen are dancing.
111 frames = 3,70 seconds

Joey: "Jesus Christ."
Double J.: "Get your head out of his belt there, girl."




0:17:13 / 0:18:36
5 small frames went missing here.
5 frames = 0,17 seconds




Audio Track Alteration
0:17:14 / 0:18:37
When Tony and Doreen are dancing a new song, which obviously is not to the liking of everybody, is starting.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Oh, Jesus. You can't dance to this shit."
Leute: "Let's get the fuck out of here."
Leute: "Five dollars to hear this shit?"
Leute: "I fuckin' paid for you to get in."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "What is this? You can't dance to this junk."
Leute: "Five dollars to hear this sh..."




Audio Track Alteration
0:17:26 / 0:18:49
Tony goes to the club owner, who is standing at the mixer.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Hey, Monti, what are you playin' that shit for?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Hey, Monti, what are you playin' that for?"




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:18:27 / 0:19:50
Tony, Joey and his girlfriend are standing together. They talk about Stephanie, who is dancing. The uncut version shows them from further away and several comments can be heard. The PG only shows Tony and Joey, after the first harmless words they stop talking.
173 frames = 5,77 seconds / 173 frames = 5,77 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Joey: "So, ask her!"
Tony: "Fuck you."
Joey: "Yeah? Which position?" (lächelt und guckt zu seiner Freundin)

PG-Rated:
Joey: "So, ask her!"




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:19:45 / 0:21:07
Annette and Tony are sitting at the bar and talk about the dancing competition. A stripper is dancing in the background, in the PG version she is showing less. Ironically, Annette can only be seen lighting her cigarette in the PG version.

The dialog is a bit different as well, but not significantly.
375 frames = 12,51 seconds / 468 frames = 15,62 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Annette: "We won before."
Tony: "But we're gonna have to practice."
Annette (smiles): "We'll have to practice."
Tony: "They got people comin' in from Manhattan-- Revelation, Gazebo's. You know that, right?"
Annette: "We'll have to practice." (puts her hand on his shoulder)

PG-Rated:
Annette: "We won before."
Tony: "Alright, we gotta practice."
Annette (smiles): "Yeah, we'll have to practice."
Tony: "You know, they got people comin' in from Gazebo's, Revelation, Manhattan. You know that, right?"
Annette: "Yeah, we'll have to practice." (puts her hand on his shoulder)




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:20:11 / 0:21:36
The stripper is showing more in the R-Rated. Joey also brings a girl to the bar. Both go with Tony to the car, in which Double J. Is having fun with a girl he met in the club. The next scene in the disco starts 120 frames earlier.

Before the mentioned dialog Tony tells Annette that one date with her was enough.
691 frames = 23,06 seconds / 3053 frames = 1 minute 41,87 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Annette: "Why?"
Tony: "'Why?'. The whole time, you talked about your married sister. And then you was talkin' about your other married sister. And then your third married sister. I got the idea all you was interested in was bein' a married sister yourself. I got bored with it."
Joey (kommt mit Bekanntschaft an): "Hey, look, I told you I'd take care of it, huh? Tony, Double J.'s been in the car 25 minutes with some chick."
Tony: "So what?"
Joey: "So I can't get the selfish prick out."
Tony (zu Annette): "These guys can't do nothin' without me, you know that?"
LIED: "If I can't have you, I don't want nobody, baby, If I can't have you..."

Draußen, auf dem Weg zum Auto:
Joey: "Hey listen, are you gonna make it with Annette?"
Tony: "No, I don't think so. You know, you make it with some of these chicks, they think you gotta dance with 'em."
Joey (leise zu seiner Partnerin): "Look at this guy, huh?"
Tony (schlägt aufs Auto): "All right, get out! You been in there twenty minutes. Come on."
Double J.: "Twenty-five in the car, twenty in the chick."
Tony: "Yeah, well, get out before we pull you out."
(Double J. und seine Partnerin stöhnen)
Double J.: "She ain't come yet."
Tony: "Since when do you care?"
...
Joey: "Hey, come on!"
Double J.: "Okay, it's happenin'."
Double J.s Partnerin: "Harder, harder!"
Double J.: "It's happenin'! (lauter) It's happenin'! (leiser) I'll be out in a minute, man."
(beide sind kurz vor dem Höhepunkt)
Double J.s Partnerin: "Harder! I'm coming! I'm coming!"
(beide kommen zum Höhepunkt; Tony geht)
Double J.: "Oh, yeah!"
Double J.s Partnerin: "Yes."
...
(Joey und seine Partnerin küssen sich)
...
Double J.: "What did you say you name was?"

PG-Rated:
Annette: "Why?"
Tony: "Because all you talked about was your married sister. And then you talked about your other married sister and your third married sister. I got the idea that all you was interested in was bein' a married sister yourself. I got bored." (geht)




0:23:20 / 0:26:05
After he got up, Tony straightens out his crotch.
337 frames = 11,24 seconds

0:23:58 / 0:26:54
For some odd reason, the dialog on the baseball field is more harmless. Those who say one negative word about the one and only Bruce Lee shall burn in hell. :-)
As compensation, approx. 1 1/2 seconds have been removed from the PG-Version.
46 frames = 1,53 seconds

R-Rated:
-: "Hey, give me the ball."
Team member: "Hey, you wanna go see that Bruce Lee picture at the Orpheum?"
-: "Yeah!"
Bobby C.: "Hey, you wanna know somethin'? Bruce Lee's dead, so I don't give a damn about him."
Tony: "Hey Look!"
Team member: "Hey man, you got no respect for the dead?"
-: "What kind of shit is that, huh?"

PG-Rated:
-: "Hey, give me the ball."
-: "Good shot!"
Team member: "Hey, you wanna go see that picture at the Orpheum?"
Bobby C.: "You wanna know somethin'? I don't give a damn."
Tony: "Hey Look!"
Team member: "Hey man, you got no respect for the dead?"




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:24:07 / 0:27:04
When the guys leave the baseball field, they encounter a couple: a man and a transvestite. The R-Rated contains a reference to the female breast, the PG-Rated doesn't. To cover that up, the order of the scenes has been slightly changed.
R-Rated 24 frames longer = 0,80 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

Scene featuring alternative footage
0:24:27 / 0:27:25
When the guys keep walking, another dialog got censored. The mouths are visible very well which is why the PG-Version contains alternate footage of a basketball.
154 frames = 5,14 seconds / 217 frames = 7,24 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Double J.: "What's with you today, huh?"
Tony: "Nothing. I'd just rather be doin' 2001 tonight."
Joey: "Yeah well, fuckin' do it."
Tony: "Oh, 'Fuckin' do it.' Twenty, thirty bucks, asshole! You got twenty, thirty bucks to blow twice a week?"
Joey: "Come on, Tony. Hey, come on!"

PG-Rated:
Double J.: "What's with you today, huh?"
Tony: "Nothing. I'd just rather be doin' 2001 tonight."
Joey: "Yeah well, do."
Tony: "Twenty, thirty bucks! You got twenty, thirty bucks to blow twice a week?"
Joey: "Come on, Tony."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:26:05 / 0:29:06
Tony asks Mr. Fusco for a raise. Some alternative footage can be seen again because the dialog was changed.
174 frames = 5,81 seconds / 254 frames = 8,48 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "I've never seen anybody so shit-ass happy over a crummy 2.50 raise."
Tony: "Wait a minute. Two... you just said four dollars, didn't you?"

PG-Rated:
Mr. Fusco: "Never seen anybody so happy over a crummy 2.50 raise."
Tony: "Hey, two fifty? You said four dollars!"




Audio Track Alteration
0:26:37 / 0:29:40
Tony and his dad are at dinner and talk about the raise.

R-Rated:
Vater: "Four dollars?"
Tony: "Yeah."
Vater: "Shit..."

PG-Rated:
Vater: "Four dollars?"
Tony: "Yeah."
Vater: "Four dollars..."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:26:48 / 0:29:51
Later in the same talk alternative footage again.
438 frames = 14,61 seconds / 692 frames = 23,09 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Vater: "Four dollars. Shit."
Tony: "I knew you'd piss on it. Go on, just piss on it. Right? A raise says, like, you're good. You know what I mean? You know how many times somebody told me I was good in my life? Two. Twice. Two fuckin' times. This raise today and dancin' at the disco. You sure as fuck never did, asshole!" (geht)
Vater: "Four dollars. Shit."

PG-Rated:
Vater: "Four dollars."
Tony: "I knew it. Go on, knock it, just knock it. Right? A raise says, like, you're good. You know? I mean how many times in my life someone told me I was good? Two. Twice. Two times. The raise today and dancin' at the discoteque. Your sure as hell never did." (geht)




Audio Track Alteration
0:27:28 / 0:30:40
Annette is waiting in front of the dancing school in order to catch Tony.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Aw, shit."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Aw, no."




Audio Track Alteration
0:27:38 / 0:30:50
Annette and Tony enter the dancing school and talk. These scenes were redubbed in order to insert more harmless phrases.

R-Rated:
Tony: "That's what you call thinkin'? Jesus Christ!"
...
Tony: "You're too much, Annette. You know that? I mean, you say we're gonna make it. That means we're gonna make it, right? I mean like I got no say in this at all, right?"
Annette: "It's time we went out. You told me you wanted to do it. You told me how horny a man gets when he's 19. How much his balls ache, morning, noon and night, six days a week, sometimes seven if he don't get it."
Tony: "How do you remember those things? Look, in that, we're gonna be spending a lot of time together, you know, rehearsing, practicing, whatnot. If we was ballin', it would be like we was goin' together. Now I don't want to be goin' with you. What are you, anyway? Are you a nice girl or a cunt?"
Annette: "I don't know. Both?"
Tony: "You can't be both. And that's the thing a girl's gotta decide early on. You gotta decide whether you're gonna be a nice girl or a cunt. How you doin' Pete?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "That's what you call thinkin'?"
...
Tony: "You're too much, Annette. You know that? I mean, you say we're gonna make it. That means we're gonna make it, right? I mean like I got no say in this at all, right?"
Annette: "It's time we went out. You told me you wanted to do it. You told me how lonely a man gets when he's 19. How much his body aches, morning, noon and night, six days a week, sometimes seven if he don't get it."
Tony: "How do you remember those things? Look, in that, we're gonna be spending a lot of time together, you know, rehearsing, practicing, whatnot. If we was makin' it, it would be like we was goin' together. Now I don't want to be goin' with you. I mean, what are you, anyway? Are you a nice girl or a pig?"
Annette: "I don't know. Both?"
Tony: "You can't be both. And that's the thing a girl's gotta decide early on. She gotta decide whether she gonna be a nice girl or a pig. How you doin' Pete?"




Audio Track Alteration
0:29:20 / 0:32:31
Annette is being muted while she swears.

R-Rated:
Annette: "Tony, it's only dancin'. Jesus!"

PG-Rated:
Annette: "Tony, it's only dancin'. Je..."




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:29:23 / 0:32:34
After Tony yelled at them and turned around, an alternate shot of Annette follows: she's bugged and crosses her arms. In the R-Rated, she gives him the finger.
123 frames = 4,10 seconds / 123 frames = 4,10 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

0:33:46 / 0:36:58
A few insignificant frames were lost, probably due to a mastering mistake.
13 frames = 0,43 seconds




Scene featuring alternative footage
0:34:54 / 0:38:06
Tony and Frank talk, this scene was filmed in two dialog versions. The R-Rated also contains a cut to Frank.
392 frames = 13,08 seconds / 317 frames = 10,58 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony (laughs): "You know what's weird? I always felt like the shit of the family, and you was always like perfect."

PG-Rated:
Tony (laughs): "You know what's weird? Like I was always the bum, you know, of this family, like the real crap, right? And you, used to be the perfect one. You know what I mean?"




0:35:14 / 0:38:23
Frank adds something.
38 frames = 1,27 seconds

Frank: "So maybe you're not shit anymore."

Altered Audio Track
0:35:33 / 0:38:43
Gus is walking along the street when Tony catches up.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Give me the groceries, motherfucker."

PG-Rated:
Tony. "Give me the groceries, dumbfats."




Altered Audio Track
0:35:42 / 0:38:52
Another removed swear word.

R-Rated:
Gus: "Jesus! What's the matter with you, anyway?"

PG-Rated:
Gus: "What's the matter with you, anyway?"




0:36:19 / 0:39:30
At the school of dance, Tony visits Pete who’s just performing something to his students.
217 frames = 7,24 seconds

Pete: "Hey, Tone! Watch it, man. That one's practicing to be a bitch." (Zu den Tanzschülern:) "Come on, people! Good!"




Altered Audio Track
0:37:09 / 0:40:27
Due tot he previous cut, there’s a further alteration here.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Hey, somebody told me you was practicing to be a bitch. Is that true?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Hey, somebody told me you was practicing to dance with me. Is that true?"




Scene with Alternate Footage
0:38:05 / 0:41:23
Tony intends to invite Stephanie to a coffeehouse but she believes he had an ulterior motive.
34 frames = 1,13 seconds / 51 frames = 1,70 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony: "What kind of shit is that? Coffee, not sex!"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Come on! Coffee, not sex!"




Scene with Alternate Footage
0:42:11 / 0:45:30
At the coffeehouse, Stephanie mentions the class distinction between Tony and her. Tony doesn’t make any effort to disagree.
102 frames = 3,40 seconds / 385 frames = 12,85 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Stephanie: "You're too young, you haven't got any class, and, yeah, I'm sick of jerk-off guys that ain't got their shit together."
Tony (with a full mouth): "Oh come on. It's easy to get your shit together. All you need is a salad bowl and a potato masher."

PG-Rated:
Stephanie: "You're too young, you ain't got no class."
Tony (with a full mouth): "Come on."




0:42:17 / 0:45:44
Now, the shot is longer and Tony repeats Stephanie’s basic statement.
28 frames = 0,93 seconds

Tony: "Get your shit together..."




0:42:40 / 0:46:07
The shot of Tony begins earlier. His statement (already began in the exact same previous shot of Stephanie) is more explicit in the R-Rated Version.
42 frames = 1,40 seconds

R-Rated:
Tony: "You got a fuckin' stairway to the stars, or what?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "You got a stairway to the stars, or what?"




0:42:53 / 0:46:22
Now they’re talking about college. Tony is pretty bugged and his swearing in between has been removed.
295 frames = 9,84 seconds

R-Rated:
Stephanie: "Well, did you ever think about going to college?"
Tony: "No."
Stephanie: "Not ever?"
Tony: "No. Did you?"
Stephanie: "Well, not back then, no."
Tony (with a full mouth): "Then why are you fuckin' bugging me about for?"
Stephanie: "Why not, why didn't you ever want to go to college?"
Tony: "Jesus. Fuck off, will ya? I did not, alright?"
Stephanie: "Really, tell me, why not?"
Tony: "Oh, Jesus Christ! I didn't!"

PG-Rated:
Stephanie: "Well, did you ever think about going to college?"
Tony: "No."
Stephanie: "Why not?"
Tony: "I didn't!"




Altered Audio Track
0:43:51 / 0:47:30
After the meeting, Tony would like to take Stephanie home but she rejects him and leaves which makes him kick a public trashcan.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Ah, Jesus Christ! You know?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Ah, Steph, come on! You know?"




Altered Audio Track
0:44:17 / 0:47:56
Out of anger, Double J. kicks Bobby C.’s road cruiser who doesn’t like it at all.

R-Rated:
Bobby C.: "Hey, that's my fucking car!"

PG-Rated:
Bobby C.: "Hey, that's my car!"




Scene with Alternate Footage
0:44:29 / 0:48:08
During the ride, the guys are talking about Gus who’s in a hospital. The PG Version contains alternate takes.
572 frames = 19,09 seconds / 547 frames = 18,25 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Joey: "I got him in the hospital to seem. He got a broken nose, busted ribs, a broken leg and four teeth knocked out."
Tony: "Shit."
Joey: "I mean, all he was doing was walking down the street carrying his groceries, and three of 'em do a shove number on him. They spill his fuckin' groceries into the street. So 'You' he says, under his breath, 'greaseballs, spic dicks' and they laid into him."

PG-Rated:
Joey: "Jes[us], Ton, I got him in the hospital to seem. He got a busted nose, busted ribs, broken leg, four teeth knocked out."
Tony: "Ts..."
Joey: "I mean, all he was doing was walking along the street carrying his groceries, and three of 'em do a shove number on him, spilling his groceries into the street. 'Hey', so he says, under his breath, you know, 'greaseballs, spics' and they laid into him."




Scene with Alternate Footage
0:45:25 / 0:49:04
The guys are thinking about how to take revenge on the Spics. Again alternate takes in the PG Version.
313 frames = 10,44 seconds / 363 frames = 12,11 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony: "All right, all right. This is how we're gonna do it. We'll cruise around until there's enough of them that we can handle."
-: "Yeah, we'll just pick off a couple on the street."
Tony: "Oh you, that's pussy, man! You're fucked up!"
- "Bad joke, man. Fuckin' yes."
Bobby C.: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
- "Jesus Christ."
Bobby C.: "I'm sorry."
Tony: "You're sorry."
-: "Aw, forget it. We'll get 'em tomorrow."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "All right. What we're gonna do it is just cruise around until there's enough of them in there that we can handle."
-: "Yeah."
Tony: "Do you hear me? We'll just cruise around."
-: "Yeah, we'll pick off a couple on the street."
-2: "Buddy, damn."
Tony: "Punky, man!"
Bobby C.: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
-: "...Christ."
Bobby C.: "I'm sorry."
Tony: "You're sorry."
-: "Aw, forget it. We'll get 'em tomorrow."




Altered Audio Track
0:45:47 / 0:49:28
Having arrived, Tony says bye to his boys.

R-Rated:
Tony: "All right, dream good. Jerk off better."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "All right, dream good. Wake up better."




Altered Audio Track
0:45:56 / 0:49:36
Bobby C.reveals to Tony that his girlfriend intended to get married. He doesn’t like it.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Will you cut it with that shit?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Will you cut it with that?"




0:47:38 / 0:51:18
People at the dining table of the Manero family are arguing. Due to the nasty S-word at the end of the scene (a lipreader would recognize it), it just ends earlier. But the comment has been rephrased anyway.
9 frames = 0,30 seconds

R-Rated:
Tony (to his mom): "You got nothin' but three shit children now!"

PG-Rated:
Tony (to his mom): "You got nothin' but three children now!"




0:48:44 / 0:52:24
In front of the school of dance, Annette breaks out in tears und Tony comments the situation complainingly. Swear words have been removed from his statement and so has the beginning of the shot.
33 frames = 1,10 seconds

R-Rated:
Tony: "Aw, Jesus Christ. My fuckin' mother, now you."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Aw, my mother, now you."




Altered Audio Track
0:53:02 / 0:56:43
After the training in the school of dance, Tony and Stephanie are walking across the street.

R-Rated:
Tony: "When you're quiet and ain't laying all that shit on me and everything."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "When you're quiet and ain't laying all that stuff on me."




Altered Audio Track
0:53:17 / 0:56:59
Later during the conversation.

R-Rated:
Tony: "'Inner'... You cream over that word 'interesting', don't you?"

PG-Rated:
Tony: "'Inner'... You like that word 'interesting', don't you?"




0:53:25 / 0:57:07
When their paths part, Tony needs to say something further.
341 frames = 11,38 seconds

Tony: "You know, I'll tell you somethin'. I've never told you this before, but I think you're full of shit."
Stephanie: "Oh, you do, do you, huh?"
Tony: "Yeah. Except I'm not sure. I'm not sure how much is shit and how much is bullshit."




Altered Audio Track
0:54:36 / 0:58:29
Tony shakes his head. In the R-Rated, he keeps talking for a longer period.

R-Rated:
Tony: "Oh, hot stuff. Jesus."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "Oh, hot stuff."




0:54:59 / 0:58:53
The dancer in the club performs topless, the music keeps playing.
278 frames = 9,28 seconds

Scene with Alternate Footage
0:57:03 / 1:01:05
The conversation mit Connie during the dance contains alternate footage, due to a censored dialog. The PG Version shows Tony’s friends at first while the R-Rated sticks with Tony and Connie all the time plus the dialog starts rights there (because it’s longer).
670 frames = 22,36 seconds / 670 frames = 22,36 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

R-Rated:
Tony: "If you’re as good in bed as you are on the dance floor... I'll bet you're one lousy fuck."
Connie: "So how come they always send me flowers the next day?"
Tony: "Some guys don’t know a lousy fuck when they got one, know what I mean?"
Connie: "Yeah?"
Tony: "Maybe they thought you was dead."

PG-Rated:
Tony: "If you’re as good in bed as you are on the dance floor... I'll bet you're terrible in bed."
Connie: "So how come they always send me flowers the next day?"
Tony: "Well, maybe they think you're dead."




1:01:43 / 1:05:46
A tiny jumpcut.
14 frames = 0,56 seconds




Scene with Alternate Footage
1:03:51 / 1:07:55
After Annette suggested Joey as possible replacement for Tony, the PG Version contains alternate footage. Tony shows put-on smile and doesn’t say anything. Then Annette again.
In the R-Rated Version, Tony swears and the dialog goes on without any interruption.
88 frames = 2,94 seconds / 34 frames = 1,13 seconds

PG-Rated	R-Rated

Tony: "Oh, the fuck you will!"




1:04:33 / 1:08:35
The car scene is longer after Annette denied any kind of protection. Tony is disappointed about that.
106 frames = 3,54 seconds

Tony: "Fuck.just give me a blow job, all right? Come on."




Altered Audio Track
1:04:33 / 1:08:38
When the guys are approaching the car, the R-Rated Version contains drunken swearing.

"Fuck, yeah! Pain in the ass."




Altered Audio Track
1:06:12 / 1:10:17
Censored dialog during balancing on the bridge.

R-Rated:
- "You're fucked, Double J.!"
- "Tony, come on. Let's get the selfish motherfucker."

PG-Rated:
- "You're in, Double J.!"
- "Tony, come on. Let's get the selfish mother."




1:06:24 / 1:10:29
Technically just a further audio censoring. But this time, the beginning of a shot has been removed as well.
28 frames = 0,88 seconds

R-Rated:
"You're going in, you big, fuckin' hump!"

PG-Rated:
"You're going in, you big hump!"




Altered Audio Track
1:06:31 / 1:10:36
Bobby’s comment is shorter in the PG Version. Subsequently, one of the guys demands to catch Tony.

R-Rated:
Bobby: "Come on. Let’s go. Shit."
- "Come on. Let's get the fucking selfish motherfucker."

PG-Rated:
Bobby: "Come on. Let’s go."
- "Come on, Tony! Hey, Tony, come on, let's get the..."




Altered Audio Track
1:06:58 / 1:11:03
When Annette realizes that the guys were just kidding and no one had actually fallen off the bridge, she reacts differently.

R-Rated:
"You fuckers!"

PG-Rated:
"You fakers!"




Altered Audio Track
1:07:06 / 1:11:11
Bobby insults Annette differently.

R-Rated:
"You stupid bitch."

PG-Rated:
"You stupid broad."




1:09:13 / 1:13:19
Missing dialog when Tony confronts Stephanie with her not being at the disco.
104 frames = 3,47 seconds

Stephanie: "I didn’t say I was gonna be there Saturday."
Tony: "The fuck you didn't."




1:09:37 / 1:13:47
Tony earlier. He asks Stephanie something.
75 frames = 2,56 seconds

Tony: "Stoogatz. You know stoogatz?"




1:09:38 / 1:13:51
The following shot of Stephanie also starts earlier plus she responds.
36 frames = 1,20 seconds

Stephanie: "Yeah. I know stoogatz."




1:10:06 / 1:14:20
Extended shot and the boys also laugh after Stephanie asked them "Where do you want to eat?". The next shot of Stephanie begins slightly earlier.
86 frames = 2,87 seconds