David Austin, chief executive of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), has revealed how it works. i swear, The biopic about Scottish Tourette activist John Davidson has been awarded 15 certifications despite using the “c-word” an “unprecedented” number of times.
“i swear It was released very recently, and the manufacturer is i swear They were very keen to get a 15 year old rating. (BBFC) The team looked at it and said – this really should be 15, but the number of uses of that language, especially the c-word, is going to be completely unprecedented… I thought, I’m not going to decide this on my own. ”
Austin was speaking at a joint BBFC and Vue event at London’s Vue West End earlier this week.
He discussed consulting BBFC president Natasha Kaplinsky about the film. “We decided to make 15 films because we thought, given the context in which the ‘c-word’ was used in the context of Tourette’s disease, that this is a true story of a man who developed Tourette’s disease as a teenager, that it would be very sympathetic and that it would increase awareness and tolerance for Tourette’s disease.”
Kaplinski added, “This is one of my all-time favorite movies.”
Until now, Kirk Jones i swear Studio Canal grossed more than £6 million at the UK and Ireland box office and won two British Independent Film Awards (Bifa).
The BBFC assigns age ratings to films, trailers and streaming services on behalf of local authorities. Classification categories will be determined through public consultation.
“Movies are back, baby.”
“2024 was a record year for us in terms of classified films,” Austin said. “We classified 1,256 movies, which was a record in our 113-year history. We’re shaping up to be a similar trend this year. We’re not sure if we’ll break last year’s record, but this year we’ve already surpassed 1,100. In September, we had our biggest month ever with 118 movies classified in one month. So movies are back, baby.”
Vue CEO and founder Tim Richards also felt optimistic about the year ahead for the film industry. “It’s been a tough few years, but at the time of release, evileveryone will remember this in a few years, but it is the beginning of the end (of difficult times). When the history books are written in 10 years, we will be looking back at that watershed moment. evil ‘ was released (released by Universal in November 2024, grossing $758 million). Wicked: For Good Already 30% above the initial value evil. zootropolis ‘ came out and made[Disney]$500 million in profit, $275 million of which was in China, but the numbers are huge… Next year, the floodgates will open. ”
