Editing Last Tango in Paris (section)

=== Other international responses ===
[[British Board of Film Classification|British censors]] reduced the duration of the [[sodomy]] sequence before permitting the film to be released in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbbfc.co.uk/CaseStudies/Last_Tango_in_Paris |title=Case Study: ''Last Tango in Paris'' |website=Students' British Board of Film Classification page |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211065556/http://www.sbbfc.co.uk/CaseStudies/Last_Tango_in_Paris |archive-date=11 December 2009}}</ref> though it is not cut in later releases. [[Mary Whitehouse]], a Christian morality campaigner, expressed outrage that the film had been certified "X" rather than banned outright, and Labour MP [[Maurice Edelman]] denounced the classification as "a licence to degrade".<ref>{{cite news|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab|date=22 June 2007|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/last-tango-in-paris-can-it-arouse-the-same-passions-now-454083.html|title=Last Tango in Paris: Can it Arouse the Same Passions Now?|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230060928/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/last-tango-in-paris-can-it-arouse-the-same-passions-now-454083.html|archive-date=30 December 2009}}</ref>

The film was censored in Spain during the [[Franquismo|Franco regime]] and was not released until December 1977.<ref>Giniger, Henry. "Spaniards Seeing 'Tango' in France". ''The New York Times'', 16 de abril de 1973, pg. 49</ref> [[Chile]] banned the film entirely for nearly thirty years under its military government,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/world/after-banning-1092-movies-chile-relaxes-its-censorship.html |title=After Banning 1,092 Movies, Chile Relaxes Its Censorship |date=13 December 2002 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> and the film was similarly suppressed in [[Portugal]], until the [[Carnation Revolution]] in 1974, when its première became an example of the freedom democracy allows.<ref name="tonight ggs">{{cite news |url= https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/movies/gratuitous-gore-and-sex-971425 |title=Gratuitous Gore and Sex |last=Davis |first=Laura |date=17 August 2009 |work=Tonight |publisher=Tonight & Independent Online |access-date=2010-03-19 |location=New Zealand}}</ref>  The same happened in [[Brazil]] during the period of [[Military dictatorship in Brazil|military dictatorship]] when the film was censored, until it was finally released in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Após 7 anos proibido, censura liberou 'Último Tango em Paris' |url=http://m.acervo.estadao.com.br/noticias/acervo,apos-7-anos-proibido-censura-liberou-ultimo-tango-em-paris-em-1979,70003076480,0.htm |website=Estadão |access-date=11 January 2021 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>  Other countries that banned it include [[Argentina]],<ref name="google1969">{{cite book|date=2015-05-22|title=Censorship: A World Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDqsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA807|access-date=2016-01-11|page=807|isbn=9781136798641|last1=Jones|first1=Derek|publisher=Routledge }}</ref> [[South Korea]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/916135--bertolucci-revisited-another-tango-with-the-master-of-taboo |title=Bertolucci revisited: Another tango with the master of taboo |date=5 January 2011 |work=thestar.com |location=Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023080923/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/916135--bertolucci-revisited-another-tango-with-the-master-of-taboo |archive-date=2012-10-23}}</ref> [[Singapore]],<ref name="tonight ggs" /><ref>{{cite web |title=The Exorcist on Film Classification Database |url=https://app.imda.gov.sg/Classification/Search/Film/SearchDetail.aspx?sType=Feature&sRowID=AAAH4UAAPAAAA7qAAc |website=Info-communications Media Development Authority |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321082006/https://app.imda.gov.sg/Classification/Search/Film/SearchDetail.aspx?sType=Feature&sRowID=AAAH4UAAPAAAA7qAAc |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 November 2018|title=Bernardo Bertolucci, cronista de la soledad del hombre moderno|url=https://www.eluniversal.com/entretenimiento/26784/bernardo-bertolucci-cronista-de-la-soledad-del-hombre-moderno|access-date=24 March 2020|website=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Forero|first=Ana|date=22 February 2015|title=A la sombra de las sombras de Grey - César Miguel Rondón|url=https://www.cesarmiguelrondon.com/intereses/tambien-sucede/las-sombra-de-las-sombras-de-grey/|access-date=24 March 2020|website=César Miguel Rondon|language=es}}</ref>

In Australia, the film was released uncut with an R certificate by the [[Australian Classification Board]] on 1 February 1973. It received a VHS release by [[Warner Home Video]] with the same classification on 1 January 1987, forbidding sale or hire to anyone under the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.classification.gov.au/Pages/View.aspx?sid=70tr0BFXkCqqhXJPRdSvUw%253d%253d&ncdctx=8JO1XlJQbIesPMapwiKVoO6RrlFeDeonhKVG5hjSB7Bh70Z4AqbI7%252fgXOBFryVW%2bSIcKn96R9MBIj1WNylQ6YQ%253d%253d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223152744/http://www.classification.gov.au/Pages/View.aspx?sid=70tr0BFXkCqqhXJPRdSvUw%253d%253d&ncdctx=8JO1XlJQbIesPMapwiKVoO6RrlFeDeonhKVG5hjSB7Bh70Z4AqbI7%252fgXOBFryVW%2bSIcKn96R9MBIj1WNylQ6YQ%253d%253d |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2014 |title=View Title: Last Tango in Paris |work=Australian Classification Board|access-date=16 February 2014}}</ref>

In Canada, the film was banned by the [[Alcohol and Gaming Authority|Nova Scotia Board of Censors]], leading to the landmark 1978 [[Supreme Court of Canada]] split decision in ''[[Nova Scotia (Board of Censors) v McNeil]]'', which upheld the provinces' right to censor films.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scc.lexum.org/cgi/sccOldPaths.pl?/en/1978/1978scr2-662/1978scr2-662.html |title=Supreme Court of Canada – Decisions |publisher=Scc.lexum.org |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614035532/http://scc.lexum.org/en/1978/1978scr2-662/1978scr2-662.html |archive-date=14 June 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>