> There was a thing in the newspaper today about the two (maybe more, I don't know) versions of "Pearl Harbor" which have been released for different countries. Apparently New Zealand got the "international version" which had the dialogue and some scenes changed for non-U.S. audiences. I thought it was interesting to know they do this.
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> Some of the differences the article mentioned:
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> US version: "WWII changed America forever"
> International version: "WWII changed the world forever"
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> US version: "A few less dirty Japs"
> International version: "A few less Japs"
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> US version: "I would kill as many of those [filterable word]s as possible"
> International version: Entire line removed.
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> The movie posters and taglines are different too. Our posters show Japanese planes flying over women hanging out laundry, which is described by the marketers as "a more universal image than children playing baseball". In Japan the poster focuses on the romantic leads who are shown getting kissy with a generic explosion in the background, and the tagline is something like "All the world will devote its heart. The drama of the century."
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> Brunnen-"hasn't seen either version, doesn't intend to"G

Those are fairly minor differences. At first I thought you might be talking about early versions like "Tora! Tora! Tora!" or "From Here to Eternity."
I don't think I knew "Jap" was a racial slur until I was about 50. There was intense hatred for the Japanese and Germans during World War II. It still surprises me that Americans were able to turn that around so quickly. Maybe it had something to do with Volkswagens and Toyotas.
Howard