"Saw VI" Banned in Spain

Saw VI banned in Spain

Spanish film officials have banned the latest gruesome Saw movie from cinemas by giving it the same rating as explicit porn films.

The new picture, the sixth in the Saw franchise, revives the hunt for gory serial killer Jigsaw and features scenes of graphic violence as the body count rises.

The gruesome scenes have disturbed bosses at the Spanish Culture Ministry's Film Institute, who have made the unprecedented move of handing the film an 'X' rating. The classification means the picture will miss out on a nationwide release - as there are only eight theatres in the country which are licensed to show 'pornographic' material.

The decision has infuriated the movie's distributors at Buena Vista, who have lodged an appeal against the

rating.

The Saw franchise, which stars Tobin Bell, has been particularly successful in Spain, with the last two movies earning more than US$6 million at the box office.

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This is a special form of censorship because Spanish film officials didn't flat out ban Saw VI, but they gave it the hardest rating in the country, the "X" rating. This doesn't al, out ban the film, but it prevents most of the Spanish public from viewing the film, since only eight theatres in Spain have the license to show X-rated films (which are mostly porn).

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