 To avoid an 15 (or even possibly an 18) certificate in the UK the BBFC  cut 1 minute 6 secs from the film and later said that it was one of the  strongest PG ratings they had ever issued. Among the cuts made were a heart  ripped from a sacrificial victim and his lowering into the blazing pit  (including an edit to his head hitting the rock), the removal of the guards  chest being burned by a flaming torch, and the deletion of the line "Leave  him alone you bastards".