Jun 12, 2007 by B. Alan Orange

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Trimmed and Slimmed for Chinese Audiences

When Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End reaches the shores of China, it will be a little bit shorter than the version we saw here in the states. According to Variety, Chinese censors cut out a lot of the scenes featuring Chow Yun-Fat.

The man's not even in the movie very much as it is. More than half of his scenes have seen the editing room floor. One scene in particular had Chow reciting a poem in Cantonese. A report claimed that these cuts were made because "The sudden debut of the captain confused the audience at the Beijing screening."

Some reports claim that the edits make the film difficult to follow. Which sucks for them, because it was already pretty hard to tell what was going on in the original, longer version.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was released May 24th, 2007 and stars Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (5)

  1. chpr232

    I'm an American studying in China. I went to a theater and saw the Chinese theatrical release not knowing that it was cut. It stuck me as odd that the beginning was replaced with a paragraph being read by a voice-over, and I was disappointed that Chow Yun-Fat only appeared a few times in the movie. I think cutting that section was a mistake on the Chinese government's part. The beginning shows Yun-fat's character as a leader of his men and escaping an surprise ambush by British soldiers. They delete this and yet, leave the part where he attacks Elizabeth. Without the beginning Yun-fat's character is just a cowardly, blundering thug. But luckily I was able to borrow a copy from a friend and watch the beginning anyway, just as many Chinese will. :-)

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  2. Yahzee

    Well, too bad for China, but that&#180s what happens to them all the time because of the censors.
    I would like to add that the Pirates movies may have some historical references but they are not intended to be realistic, so changing some real character in order to make a story work is totally acceptable for this type of film

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  3. mason2046

    Hello, I'm from China. I want to see the whole thing. But I can understand there are people here who will feel offended by this character and the governmernt likes to controll a little more(Sometimes a lot more... but it's getting better). So please don't make it a big deal.

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  4. actionbastard_x

    Good...
    Because the character Chow Yun Fat portrayed was a very well known pirate in China, with well over 400 crew men. Yet they depicted him as a blithering would be rapist. Further more, they gave his position (and the position of King of Pirates) to the Swann character in classic "Shirley Temple" (or more precisely, white maiden tames the savages) routine Hollywood has been using since it's creation.

    Good thing they removed it, the Chinese would have probably boycotted all things Disney. I wouldn't blame them either

    5 years agoby @actionbastard-xFlag

  5. Josebond007

    I think that's not good. I feel bad for the Chienese people:(:(

    5 years agoby @josebond007Flag

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