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Jan 27, 2022 · “Fight Club" has been given a new ending in China, where police foil the plot of Edward Norton's narrator and send Brad Pitt's Tyler Durden to a "lunatic asylum."
Jan 26, 2022 · More than two decades after its release, “Fight Club” has been given a very different ending in China — and this time, the authorities win.
Feb 7, 2022 · The original ending of Fight Club has been restored on a Chinese streaming site, after an altered ending prompted a backlash against Chinese censorship.
Jan 24, 2022 · David Fincher’s Fight Club has gotten a new ending in a new online release in China, Vice reports. In China, imported films are often tweaked to uphold the government’s views on law and...
- Petrana Radulovic
- Iron Man 3
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Lord of War
- Alien: Covenant
- The Simpsons
Marvel's 2013 blockbuster Iron Man 3 underwent an extensive cut, tailor-made for Chinese audiences. Much of the movie, created in partnership with China's DMG Entertainment, was filmed in Beijing, but the version released in China featured special bonus footage. Most notably, a scene was spliced into this rendition, in which a Chinese doctor is sho...
The Freddie Mercury biopic released in 2019 was shown in China, but devoid of any scenesthat referenced the singer's sexuality and AIDS diagnosis. Two scenes of men kissing were removed from the film, as well as any inclusion of the word "gay".
Another film, another totally different ending. Lord of War, the 2005 Nicolas Cage-starring crime drama sees the titular character playing an illegal arms dealer. At the end of the film (spoiler alert, albeit 17 year later) sees Cage sideskipping any jail time and continuing his dealing. The conclusion also informs audiences that the five permanent...
Six minutes of Alien: Covenant (2017) were cut in China, including a gay kiss between two androids and scene of violence. Many of the cuts also included footage of humans being attacked by aliens. The censorship was lamented by Chinese viewers, who condemned the awkward and abrupt result.
Season 16, episode 12 of The Simpsons shows the famous Springfield family visiting Tiananmen Square. Not on Hong Kong's Disney+ platform though, where viewers last year noticed that episode was completely missing. Tiananmen Square, Beijing, is known as the location for the 1989 student-led, pro-democracy protests and massacre, the details of which ...
- Meera Navlakha
- Culture Reporter
- meera.navlakha@ziffmedia.com
Jan 24, 2022 · In the version on the Chinese streaming site Tencent Video, the explosion scene has been removed. Instead, viewers are told that the state successfully busted Tyler’s plan to destroy the...
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Feb 7, 2022 · Chinese streaming giant Tencent has reinstated the original ending of a Hollywood movie after a censored version last month sparked backlash. The original ending to the 1999 film Fight Club ...
