Eyes of a Stranger
Dir Ken Wiederhorn / 1981 / USA
Warner Brothers had a 2312.5mtr (84m
31s) print Refused Registration in February 1981.
The
reason given was:
Violence
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
An appeal to the Review Board saw the ban overturned, and an R awarded in February 1981. A theatrical release followed.
Warner
Brothers issued the film on video in 1982. In February 1984 it became law for all video tapes to be classified.
The censors began the slow task of reviewing all the titles that had been
released up until that time. They finally got to the EYES OF A STRANGER in
January 1985. The R rating was confirmed for the 81m tape, though it was now
awarded for:
Violence
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Justified
This tape is now quite collectable. According to the IMDb it contains around 30sec of footage removed from the U.S. R-Rated version.
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