BBFC slashes Brit release of 'Murder'

February 29, 2008 The British Board of Film Classification has clamped an all-out ban on the DVD release of writer-director Nick Palumbo's "Murder Set Pieces" in the U.K. A BBFC spokesperson said that the DVD release label, Philadelphia-based TLA Releasing, has 42 days to appeal the decision. "However, given the unacceptable content featured throughout, and that what remains is essentially preparatory and setup material for the unacceptable scenes, cutting the work is not a viable option in this case, and the work is therefore refused a classification," Cooke said.

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