The light-hearted comedy about a mermaid in New York, directed by Ron Howard in 1984 and starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, is being shown in HD for the first time on Disney's new VOD service Disney+. Unfortunately, however, only in a censored form: All moments of nudity have been digitally retouched or zoomed in, and even alternative material is used.

In the IMDb, these interventions have already been described for several US TV airings. It can therefore be assumed that Disney did not do any work on this itself, but has already purchased the master in this way. After all, the censored swear words (such as "shit", "bitch" and "goddam") that are otherwise often censored in American television have remained untouched.

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On Disney+ you get an information sheet right at the beginning of the film, which says that the film is not the original version but a modified edition.
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24:56
When Madison jumps back into the water, her mane was digitally extended to cover her naked bottom.
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Here we have a completely new scene added to the Disney+ version, where Madison swims along in front of the sunken ship. In the DVD version, we see her swimming head-on into the ship.
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When Madison enters land at the Statue of Liberty, the image was zoomed in so that her butt is no longer visible.
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01:26:54
Madison's in the lab in a water tank. Again, they zoomed in, this time in order to conceal her chest.
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01:27:02
Same thing again: Madison in the water tank.
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01:44:34
When the divers try to grab Madison, they were brought back into the picture so that her chest is not visible.
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