Disney+ tries to make Splash more family-friendly by digitally covering up Darryl Hannah’s semi-nude posterior
It was the first film released by Disney’s more adult-oriented film label Touchstone Pictures.
But Disney seems to have found the Tom Hanks–starring romantic comedy Splash a bit too adult, as fans realized the film was edited on its streaming service Disney+.
The new version of the movie attempts to cover up Darryl Hannah’s semi-nude derriere as she jumps into the sea at its conclusion.
Not convincing: Eagle-eyed Disney+ users spotted an edit in the Tom Hanks–starring Splash. Darryl Hannah’s semi-nude derriere is now covered with a ridiculous digital effect in the streaming version
Allison Pregler, who hosts the YouTube channel Movie Nights, noticed the offending edit in a tweet posted Monday.
Her post featured a short clip from early in the film when a lovestruck Hanks shares a kiss with a mysterious nude blonde (Hannah).
In the original, her long hair partially covered her backside as she dove into the surf, but the new clips shows a much bushier and obviously fake covering.
Though the edited clip is intended to make her hair look even longer, Pregler compared the ridiculous effect to the ‘digital fur technology’ used in the box office bomb Cats.
Caught it: Allison Pregler, who hosts the YouTube channel Movie Nights, noticed the offending edit in a tweet posted Monday
Suggestive: In the original, Darryl’s long hair partially covered her backside as she dove into the surf
Yikes: The new clips shows a much bushier and obviously fake covering
Embarrassing: Though the edited clip is intended to make her hair look even longer, Pregler compared the ridiculous effect to the ‘digital fur technology’ used in the box office bomb Cats
‘Disney+ didn’t want butts on their platform so they edited Splash with digital fur technology,’ she captioned the video.
Another user joked that Disney gave her ‘a giant shag carpet for a butt.’
Though Disney has a history of reediting its films, the Splash edit is puzzling considering how much of Hannah’s backside was already covered by her hair in the original version.
The clip is now making the rounds, but it was previously noticed by eagle-eyed viewers back in February.
Good one: Another user joked that Disney gave her ‘a giant shag carpet for a butt’
Renewed interest: The clip is now making the rounds, but it was previously noticed by eagle-eyed viewers back in February
Keeping it secret: Disney+ also reportedly edited an alien sex scene in Avatar (2009), though the streaming version doesn’t have a disclaimer about the edits
Disney has kept quiet about tampering with films on Disney plus, though it retroactively bumped up the films rating from PG to PG-13 and posted a disclaimer about the edited content before the film.
Some posters noted that Disney had also edited Avatar (2009) to censor an alien sex scene that didn’t feature any human genitalia, though that film doesn’t have a disclaimer about the edited content on Disney+.
The media conglomerate gained control of the film following the Disney–Fox merger, which was completed in March 2019.
Disney also owns one of the most infamous modern examples of after-the-fact film tinkering: the original Star Wars trilogy.
After its merger with Fox, Disney now own one of the most infamous examples of after-the-fact film manipulation: the original Star Wars trilogy; still from Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Before selling the franchise to Disney, creator George Lucas edited the films extensively to add in new digital effects.
He infamously changed an early scene from Star Wars (which he later retitled A New Hope) to make Han Solo (Harrison Ford) shoot the bounty hunter Greedo only after he was fired upon, whereas he originally shot first.
Disney+ users were angered when the service debuted to find that the version of A New Hope included featured even more edits in the Greedo scene, which Lucas had reportedly made prior to selling the franchise but had never publicly released.
The original, unaltered Star Wars films are currently unavailable.