Does Blockbuster Edit Their Movies?

Walmart and Blockbuster do edit their rentals and remove explicit scenes and violence. Walmart since joined with Netflix for their rental service and may no longer rent edited versions.

I am a big movie buff and have read for years that Blockbuster does edit their movies and I never really believed it until I recently read an article by Roger Ebert and he confirmed that they do indeed have edited versions of movies (I forget weather or not he said they actually edit them at Blockbuster or not) He stated that he will not do business with them for that reason.

This really makes me sick and is obviously just a big business decision. I agree with SDCampbell and go to Hollywood video or my local store instead.

"This really makes me sick and is obviously just a big business decision. I agree with SDCampbell and go to Hollywood video or my local store instead."

Philjolet:
Why on earth should this make you (or Roger Ebert) sick? I can understand you objecting if you are given an edited movie that isn't labeled as such - that should not happen. But studios edit all pictures for content before release based on marketing decisions (e.g., PG 13 has a broader audience and generally makes more money than does R). If the studio wants to release a toned down movie for Blockbuster to rent to interested customers, wonderful - I for one would like to see more such options. I can’t fathom an objection to this.

All record company's released edited versions of every type of music, song, broadway shows, operas, movie soundtrack, etc, etc.

So if you really believe you should boycott Blockbuster, then to be consistant you should also boycott all music released by all record labels.

I guess this hobby is over for you then.....LOL!

Newmanoc,

To clarify, where do they mark it? I rent a movie there and it is missing content that the director wanted in the movie and the box is not marked to show such changes. That is what I have a problem with, the hidden censorship. Sure if they want to make their movies acceptable for young children etc. that is good but have the box marked or in a special section.