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• To get a 16 rating in West Germany, most of the violence and profanity were toned down.
  
  
• ABC edited 32 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
  
  
• Network TV version deletes or edits all violent scenes for censorship reasons and adds some extra footage:
  • the introduction text about Cubans fleeing from Mariel is slightly different from the text shown in the theatrical version (a disclaimer stating that the events are fictitious has been added);
  • extended Freedom Town section: Tony in a phone booth trying to call his sister Gina; Angel looking in a phone book for his brother Pablo; extended conversation between Tony and Manny about getting out of Freedom Town; Tony and Manny watching television.
  • Tony's first visit to his mother's house is longer. Tony opens a bottle of champagne and makes a toast to America.
  • before Tony's first visit to Sosa, the onscreen text has been changed from "Cochabamba, Bolivia" to "South America";
  • during that visit Tony is introduced to Sosa's girlfriend Gabriela;
  • Tony's first meeting with his lawyer George;
  • when Alberto is planting the bomb under the car in N.Y., Tony sees cops nearby and distracts them by pretending to be looking for his missing dog.
  
  
  
• Much of the chainsaw murder and the shootout at the end of the movie was cut in Norway before its cinema release; later video versions are uncut.
  
  
• The BBFC requested cuts of 25 secs from the chainsaw killing to give the film an 18 certification. These cuts were waived in 2000.
  
  
• In 2003, the film was given a limited theatrical re-release. Footage wise, the only difference was that the re-release replaced the original "Van Allen belts" Universal logo with the newer 3D logo. The audio, however, was significantly different from the original 1983 mix. Most of the incidental music was remixed, and all of the film's gunshot sounds were replaced with newer ones. The audio in the film's final sequence in Tony Montana's mansion was completely revamped, deleting some sound effects that were previously incorrectly placed; in addition, Tony's dialogue during the gunfight was easier to hear and some of the henchmen had alternate groans dubbed in. The 20th anniversary DVD (released in 2003) only has a 5.1 and DTS track of the original mix, but when the film was re-released on DVD in 2006, this alternate mix was included.
  
  

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