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Film and Literature Board of Review Decisions

About the Film and Literature Board of Review Decisions

The decisions of the Film and Literature Board of Review are formal legal documents of a semi-judicial body. For this reason they must be made available in full.

They do not contain images or examples of pornography. In descriptions of the material being assessed the Board needs to use language used in the material and needs to describe some images in general terms.

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Sinners No Doctor, Yes Doctor (Decision)
Description: 16 December 2004
File Size: 1819k

Irreversible (Decision No. 9)
Description: 8 December 2004
File Size: 121k

Irreversible (Amendment to Decision No. 8)
Description: 8 December 2004
File Size: 142k

Irreversible (Decision No. 8)
Description: 1 December 2004
File Size: 202k

Irreversible (Decision No. 4)
Description: 6 September 2004
File Size: 288k

Shades of Red (Decision No. 3)
Description: 8 October 2004
File Size: 230k

Shades of Red (Decision No. 1)
Description: 27 August 2004
File Size: 288k

Buttman (Decision No. 1)
Description: 24 August 2004
File Size: 316k

Twentynine Palms (Decision No. 3)
Description: 2 August 2004
File Size: 296k

Twentynine Palms (Decision No. 2)
Description: 16 July 2004
File Size: 251k

Anatomy of Hell (Decision No. 3)
Description: 2 August 2004
File Size: 313k

Anatomy of Hell (Decision No. 2)
Description: 9 July 2004
File Size: 288k

The Passion of The Christ (Decision No. 1)
Description: 5 April 2004
File Size: 345k

Kill Bill - Part 1 (Decision No. 7)
Description: 9 March 2004 (Amendment to Decision dated 5 March 2004)
File Size: 171k

Kill Bill - Part 1 (Decision No. 6)
Description: 5 March 2004
File Size: 193k

Kill Bill - Part 1 (Decision No. 5)
Description: 3 March 2004
File Size: 301k

Kill Bill - Part 1 (Further Interim Restriction Order - Decision No. 4)
Description: 2 December 2003
File Size: 231k

Kill Bill - Part 1 (Interim Restriction Order)
Description: 14 November 2003
File Size: 258k

Ken Park (Further Decision)
Description: 24 June 2003
File Size: 187k

Ken Park (Decision)
Description: 30 March 2003
File Size: 161k

Irreversible (Decision No. 3)
Description: 20 August 2004
File Size: 191k

Irreversible (Decision No. 2)
Description: 17 August 2004
File Size: 294k

Irreversible (Decision)
Description: 30 May 2003
File Size: 163k

8 Mile (Decision)
Description: 25 March 2003
File Size: 163k

Lies (Decision No. 4)
Description: 24 March 2003
File Size: 128k

Lies (Decision No. 3)
Description: 29 November 2002
File Size: 337k

Lies (Decision No. 2)
Description: 18 October 2002
File Size: 160k

Lies (Decision No. 1)
Description: 20 September 2002
File Size: 1128k

Bully (Decision)
Description: 11 April 2003
File Size: 164k

Bully (Interim Restriction Order Decision)
Description: 30 July 2002
File Size: 335k


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