Does Blockbuster Edit Their Movies?

Blockbuster does offer some edited versions of movies, but they are from the studios, not a Blockbuster creation. It would be illegal copywrite infringment for them to do it. Which is why that Morman group is in court.

Eyes Wide Shut is available in R or NC-17. It was also offered this way to theater owners. A lot of theaters won't carry NC-17 movies, but more for money reasons.

Yes, I was unclear in my wording. What I read is that Blockbuster has their movies edited for objectionable content by the studio(s) BEFORE they are burned to CD.

Sugarbrie, I meant that the editing was done by the distributors FOR Blockbuster, and not BY Blockbuster. I am not talking about cutting a rental release to get an "R" rated version from an "NC-17" film. I'm talking about cutting scenes to "clean-up" "R" or even "PG-13" films. Please see Sdcampbell's posts.

Netflix is not an option for me, since most of my rentals are spur of the moment. Unfortunately, a nearby rental store has only a limited selection of DVD's. So how can I be sure if other chains are not editing as well?

I feel that if editing is done, the DVD's should clearly be marked "edited for content" as most TV stations now do before running a movie.

If you want to see 'ol Kate in her birthday suit, check out "Holy Smoke"

I've been told by a Blockbuster employee that they have the movies edited for 'family values', but I have no official verification of that. Do you want the employee's name? :-)

Acutally I find DVDs are more and more going in the other direction. They're not edited to make them more family friendly; it is in the other direction.

A movie is R in the theater, and then comes out with an "Unrated Version" DVD. The 40 Year Old Virgin is being marketed this way on TV.

You can be sure that if they are doing it, Blockbuster is not requesting edited versions of some movies because they are into family values.
It is solely about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Same for the studio. Blockbusters sells and rents lots of movies. The studio will make another version in order to make more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.