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• In the extended DVD version, the scene with the witch admitting to being Nottingham's mother is edited back in, along with a subplot in which she spies on him around the castle (thus explaining her knowledge of events Nottingham has learned of but which she has not yet been told, something Nottingham took to mean she could see the future) and additional footage which makes it clear that Nottingham's true allegiances lies with the Devil, which explains the line "Look to the beasts which share our god."
  
  
• The UK version has always had censorship issues in order to maintain a PG rating. The cinema version was cut by 14 secs with edits made to the hand amputation, a scene of the Sheriff twisting the sword in a victim's belly, some of the wedding night assault on Marian, and the removal of 2 lines of dialogue - one of the Sheriff's cronies saying "I have never seen the breasts of a noble lady before" and the changing of Christian Slater's cry of "Fuck me, he made it" to "Blimey, he made it" when Robin swings onto the battlements. The 1991 & 1995 video versions lost a further 18 secs of distributor edits which completely removed any trace of the hand amputation scene, owing to complaints made to the BBFC from parents. The 2003 Widescreen release saw a few of the cuts waived though 28 secs remained edited, mainly from the hand amputation, the language and an additional edit to the climactic hanging sequence.
  
  
• The British PG-rated version is cut two places: when one of the Sheriff's men is saying to Lady Marian; "I have never seen the breasts of a noble lady before"; and when the Sheriff separates Marian's legs trying to take her in the end of the wedding scene.
  
  
• The PG version also cut slightly the scene in which the sheriff kills his cousin. In the original version he twists the sword quite graphically, producing a pitiful cry.
  
  
• The 155-minute "extended version" has been released on DVD by Warner Home Video. This edition contains scenes that were not present on the original Warner DVD release.
  
  
• When rated by the BBFC for cinema, 14 seconds was cut. When submitted for video later that year, to retain its "PG" rating, a further 18 seconds went. In 1995, this time for video re-release, a further 3 seconds were excised.
  
  
• Some of the editions released on VHS had the video for Bryan Adams's song "(Everything I Do) I Do it for You)" play as the credits rolled.
  
  

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