To date, every single Quentin Tarantino film has received an 18 rating in the UK. From Reservoir Dogs to The Hateful Eight, the auteur has never been shy on doling out violence, gore and strong language – and his latest film is no different. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, his ninth film (he counts both Kill Bill films as one), has been given an 18 by the BBFC for ‘strong bloody violence’. While a Tarantino film getting an 18 isn’t a shock, it does increasingly become more difficult to bag the top rating – so it seems that for all the elegiac Golden Age playfulness of his 1969-set L.A. romp, he won’t be shying away from the red stuff.
The BBFC report also gives us the finished film’s official runtime – 161 minutes. Hopefully you kept your bladder training up after surviving Endgame. What this does mean is that Tarantino has firmed up his latest cut of the movie – after its debut at Cannes, he went back into the edit to make a few tweaks. There it came in at 159 minutes, so length-wise this is only very slightly longer. It remains to be seen how different the content of the film will be when it hits UK screens.
The wait for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a struggling Western TV actor and Brad Pitt as his stunt double, as they struggle to make the jump to the big screen – is nearly over. American audiences will get to see the film in just a few weeks, from 26 July. UK fans will have to wait a little bit longer, with the film arriving here on 14 August.