Did the UK version of Terminator 2 censor out the lock picking scenes?
In a YouTube revue of Terminator 2, the narrator claims that the UK either tried to or actually did succeed in censoring out the scenes in which Sarah Connor picks several locks in the insane asylum because they apparently showed legitimate methods of lockpicking.
Did this actually happen? Is the UK version of Terminator 2 lockpicking censored?
Best Answer
Yes they did, from whatculture
Remember that scene in Terminator 2 where Sarah Connor picks the lock in the mental asylum with paper clips? It was actually for real. Turns out Linda Hamilton was actually a skilled lock picker. Who knew?
The scene made it into the UK cinematic cut of T2, but the BBFC was having none of it when it came to the movie's home video release.
Why? Over concerns that criminals might replay the sequence in the comfort of their own home and use it as an instructional video about the art of breaking and entering.
Movie-censorship.com elaborates on all this cuts.
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