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• The French 2-Disc Special Edition entitled 'Les Lois De L'Attraction' is the longest possible version available. It has a couple of scenes not in the UK & US DVDs and also includes more of the suicide scene (including the girl actually cutting into her wrists, instead of just seeing her reaction) It also includes more relevant commentary tracks than the other DVD's available.
  
  
• The multi-region UK blu-ray release is the complete, uncut version (as the 2-disc French release). It is unknown as to whether this was a mistake or not, as there are no details on the BBFC website.
  
  
• The original rating that Lions Gate received from the MPAA was an NC-17, but director Roger Avary made some cuts and received an R. Unrated version may be released outside the US and on DVD.
  
  
• The Australian and UK versions of the film are uncut and retain the 22 seconds that were cut US to receive an R rating in the US.
  
  
• The version released on video/DVD in the UK was heavily cut (even with an 18 cert) for the suicide sequence:
  • To obtain this category cuts of 1m 34s were required., some or all of these cuts were substitutions. The cuts were Compulsory.
  • A cut was required to a scene in which a teenage girl slits her wrists, on the grounds that the technique used is not widely known and is potentially more likely to result in death than the more common method, in line with the Video Recordings Act 1984, and BBFC Guidelines and Policy
  
  
  

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