Bumfights: Cause for Concern (2002)
Cause for Concern (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 56min
- Documentary, Reality-TV
- 2002 (USA)
- Video
A video series featuring a teenage film crew recording homeless people fighting and performing in shenanigans across the Las Vegas and California metropolitan areas.
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Donald Brennan | ... |
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Rufus Hannah | ... |
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Todd Richard Lewis | ... |
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| Ty Beeson | ... | producer |
| Ray Leticia | ... | producer |
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- Dex Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
- Fallms Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Banned in the UK for a video release. BBFC justifies this with the following statement: Bumfights - Cause for Concern consists substantially of camcorder footage of homeless people ('bums') being abused, assaulted, and humiliated. These scenes are intercut with footage of street brawls and soft pornography. Under the Video Recordings Act 1984 the Board must have special regard to any harm to those likely to view a video and to any harm to society through the behaviour of those viewers afterwards. The Act singles out particular elements as being potentially harmful including criminal behaviour and violent behaviour or incidents. The BBFC guidelines for '18' rated works state that the Board may "cut or reject... any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts which is likely to promote the activity" (page 16). The Board's guidelines for violence also state as particular concerns "callousness towards victims, encouraging aggressive attitudes[and] taking pleasure in pain and humiliation" (page 9). In the Board's view, the video breaches these guidelines by exploiting the physical and other vulnerabilities of homeless people. The Board considered the possibility of cuts. However, given the extent of the unacceptable material, cuts were not considered a viable option on this occasion. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Straun House (2005). See more » |