Dec 19, 2006, 9:07 GMT
Hamburg - Movies shown on aircraft are not the same as the ones you would see in the cinema with studios creating specially toned-down versions for inflight entertainment.
All airlines have one taboo when it comes to movies on board. Scenes where aircraft go up in flames or crash spectacularly like the final scene of Speed are cut to soothe passengers' nerves.
But other more harmless scenes are also cut from onboard movies such as those with erotic or religious content that might offend people on board.
The legendary scene in the movie, Harry and Sally, where Sally imitates a loud orgasm in a restaurant, mutates to a sigh in the onboard version.
Blood or sexy dress is likewise picture-edited and swear words removed.
But according to the World Airline Entertainment Association, tastes vary enormously from continent to continent. Americans were found to be more tolerant of a scene with blood spattered on the pavement than a naked female breast. For Europeans it is exactly the opposite.
Japanese love action scenes while Arabs favour adventure movies, albeit without sex and alcohol scenes.
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