BBFC reference BVF258100
	THE HANGOVER Video Feature Classified 22 January, 2010 . Run Time 103m 24s

Consumer Advice: Contains strong sexual images and sex references

Extended Classification Information (*SPOILER ALERT* Information may include plot details) THE HANGOVER is a comedy about a group of friends who lose the groom during a stag night trip to Las Vegas. This version contains material not featured in the cinema release and was classified ‘18’ for strong sexual images. Over the film's end credits there are a series of still photographs showing the activities of the stag night. Three of these pictures show one character apparently having fellatio performed on him in a lift. In the version classified '15' for cinema exhibition, these images were pixilated. However in the version submitted for classification as a video recording, the images are unpixelated and contravene the BBFC's Guidelines on sex at '15' which state that 'sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail'. At 18 any 'more explicit images of sexual activity' need to be 'justified by context' and in this case the images are not particularly clear, are very brief, and illustrate in comic fashion the debauched nature of the stag night that the film focuses on. The film contains many jokes about various characters having sex with others including references to a woman being ‘grossed out by semen’ and sight of a used condom being thrown around a car. There are also some visual images of bare breasted women dancing at a lap dancing club and a scene of full frontal male nudity in a non-sexual context when a man leaps out of a car boot with no clothes on. These sex references would have been passed at ‘15’ as the guidelines at that category allow ‘strong verbal references to sexual behaviour’. The film also contains multiple use of strong language throughout, all of which would have been passed at '15' where BBFC Guidelines state that 'there may be frequent use'. The film contains some comic scenes of violence, including men being hit with a metal pole and tasered by the police, as well as some verbal drug references alluding to the men inadvertently taking rohypnol and still photographs of one man snorting some cocaine.

This work was passed with no cuts made.

The main spoken language in this work is English. Directed by Todd Phillips The cast for this work includes: Bradley Coooer, Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor, Kew Jeony, Ed Helms, Dan Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Mike Tyson, Rachael Harris, Ian Anthony Dale, Matt Walsh, Sasha Barrese, Rob Riggle, Gillian Vigman.

When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 103m 24s.

This work was submitted to the BBFC by Warner Home Video Ltd .

Warner Home Video Ltd identified this work as Extended feature

General Remarks

A film or video, together with associated trailers may exist in several versions and all versions known to the BBFC are listed below. Category Type Date Company Run Time Cut Title FilmTrailer 18/03/2009 Warner Brothers 0m 59s THE HANG OVER FilmTrailer 01/04/2009 Warner Brothers 2m 26s THE HANGOVER FilmTrailer 29/04/2009 Warner Brothers 2m 3s THE HANGOVER FilmTrailer 05/05/2009 Warner Brothers 0m 33s THE HANGOVER Film 15/05/2009 Warner Brothers 99m 36s THE HANGOVER VideoTrailer 21/08/2009 Warner Home Video Ltd 2m 24s THE HANGOVER Online 16/10/2009 Warner Home Video Ltd 95m 36s THE HANGOVER Online 16/10/2009 Warner Home Video Ltd 103m 24s THE HANGOVER Online 20/10/2009 Warner Home Video Ltd 101m 2s THE HANGOVER Online 19/01/2010 Warner Home Video Ltd 95m 37s THE HANGOVER Video 22/01/2010 Warner Home Video Ltd 95m 36s THE HANGOVER Video 22/01/2010 Warner Home Video Ltd 103m 24s THE HANGOVER Video 22/01/2010 Warner Home Video Ltd 101m 2s THE HANGOVER Video 22/01/2010 Warner Home Video Ltd 95m 37s THE HANGOVER

Details are likely to be more complete and accurate for the version submitted most recently. When a film is transferred to video the running time will be shorter by approximately 4% due to the differing number of frames per second. This does not mean that the video version has been cut or re-edited.

This entry was last updated 06/07/2010