11 of the film’s 12 removed minutes can now be watched in the Chinese streaming version
The original ending of the cult classic “Fight Club” …
11 of the film’s 12 removed minutes can now be watched in the Chinese streaming version The original ending of the cult classic “Fight Club” has been restored in China following push back in a rare reversal of the communist nation’s censorship. “A key tenet of China’s usual film censorship system is that criminals must always be punished for their crimes onscreen and societal harmony restored — especially in local Chinese movies. So, before the 20th Century Fox film began airing in the country, Tencent dramatically altered Fight Club’s ending,” The Hollywood Reporter noted on Sunday. The changes apparently led to an even more concerning ending for the classic film starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. “But it would appear that the backlash has been deemed more troublesome than the fictional film’s ending, as Tencent has now restored 11 of the 12 minutes it originally cut from the 137-minute movie. The minute still missing is mostly comprised of brief nude sex scenes between Pitt’s and Bonham Carter’s characters,” The Hollywood Reporter added. The original, iconic ending of cult US film Fight Club has been restored to screens in China after a censored version that brought all criminals to book sparked outrage online https://t.
