 In the UK, the films video release was to be the same week that  Thomas Hamilton walked into a primary school in the Scottish town of  Dunblane and killed 16 children and a teacher before killing  himself, shocking a nation unused to such gun crimes. Warner  Brothers immediately went to the British Board of Film  Classification to take another look at the certification granted the  film. The BBFC however stood by their decision, so Warners took it  upon themselves to withhold video release. Thus, when the film had  its terrestrial TV premiere on the UKs channel five two years  later, it became one of the few films to be broadcast on television  without having a video release beforehand.