It was: 'God, I miss the old times.' Not quite the same thing.'

In this year's 'Casino Royale,' Dench gets to poke fun at the anachronistic nature of the James Bond franchise itself, declaring, ', I miss the Cold War.' 'Yes, I wasn't allowed to say that for China,' Dench remarked. It should also be mentioned that a statement by Judi Dench can be found on the Internet, in which she refers to dialogue censorship in the Chinese version: Since the uncensored version served as the master here, this DVD is probably a kind of hybrid version that no longer corresponds 100% to the old Chinese theatrical version.

The cuts in the torture scene - especially the absence of Mikkelsen's sentence 'Such a waste! - allow the conclusion that the Chinese theatrical version is based on the British version that was already censored due to the BBFC's advice in favour of a lower BBFC 12 rating. The official Chinese DVD presented here is based on the completely uncut version. Casino Royale, on the other hand, was the first 007 film to be officially released in Chinese cinemas - albeit with some editing requirements. Traditionally, the series did not have an easy time there the older Bond films only came onto the market in the form of black market copies.

Accordingly, Casino Royale has been censored differently in several markets, such as Germany, the UK and the US.īut also in another market, the 21st Bond adventure was censored: In the People's Republic of China. Casino Royale, directed by GoldenEye director Martin Campbell, came up with a gruffness that has not been seen in this form in the Bond series since the Timothy Dalton thriller License to Kill. The censored Chinese DVD (without age restriction) was compared to the German DVD second edition (FSK 12).ĭaniel Craig's first assignment as 007 was not exactly easy for the censors worldwide.

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