New Zealand Gazette – 1977 – No. 101

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✨ Chief Censor's Film Decisions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 101

CHIEF CENSOR’S DECISIONS: 1 August 1977—31 August 1977

PURSUANT to section 33 of the Cinematograph Films Act 1976, the entries in the Register for the above period are hereby published.

KEY TO DECISIONS

G—Approved for general exhibition.
GY—Approved for general exhibition: recommended as more suitable for persons 13 years of age and over.
GA—Approved for general exhibition: recommended as more suitable for adults.
G—Approved for general exhibition: recommended . . . . . . . . . . (as specified).
R(age)—Approved for exhibition only to persons . . . . years of age and over (as specified).
R.F.S.—Approved for exhibition only at . . . . . . . . . . film festivals (as specified).
R—Approved for exhibition only . . . . . . . . . . (as specified).
Exempted—Exempted from examination and approved for exhibition . . . . . . . . . . (with any conditions as specified).

SCHEDULE

Applicant	Maker	Title	Silent or Trailer	No. of Copies	Gauge	Running time Minutes	Reasons for Refusal, Excisions, or Alterations	Decision and Cert. No.	Country of Origin
Sixteen Millimetre	Bruce Campbell Prod./Dalton Trumbo	JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN	1	16 mm	113		R(16) 55	U.S.A.
Amalg. Theatres	Bryarston Pict./ Vortex/Henkel/ Hooper Prod.	THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE	1	35 mm	76	s. 26 (2) (c) antisocial behaviour, violence, crime, horror	Rejected	U.S.A.
		The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Trl.	35 mm	2	s. 26 (2) (c) antisocial behaviour, violence, crime, horror	Rejected	U.S.A.
I.F.D.	Goodtimes Enterprises	BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME	1	35 mm	104		G 172	U.S.A.
I.F.D.	Rusconi Film S.p.a./Gaumont International S.a.r.l.	CONVERSATION PIECE	1	35 mm	120		R(18) 56	France/ Italy	Amended decision Prev. examined 24/6/77. English dialogue. Amended decision.
Filmways Dist.	National Film Bd. of Canada	GAMES OF THE XXI OLYMPIAD	1	35 mm	119		Ex. 62	Canada
C.I.C.	Herb. Jaffe Prod.	DEMON SEED	1	35 mm	94		R(16) 57	U.S.A.
I.F.D.	National Film Bd. of Canada	La Descente	2	35 mm	11		G 173	Canada	French and English dialogue.
Amalg. Theatres	Walt Disney Prod.	Stormy, The Thoroughbred	3	35 mm	29		G 175	U.S.A.
Columbia Warner	Warner Bros.	ONE ON ONE	1	35 mm	97		GA 47	U.S.A.	Dubbed English
Columbia Warner	Viaduc Prod. S.A. Paris	CATHERINE AND CO.	1	35 mm	99		R(18) 58	France/ Italy
I.F.D.	Denis F. Stevens Prod.	THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT	1	35 mm	96‡		R(16) 59	U.S.A.
Fox	Ramsonov-Yablins Prods.	THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT	1	35 mm	160		R(18) 60	U.S.A.
Columbia Warner	John Marshall Prods.	THE GREATEST	3	35 mm	192		GA 48	U.S.A.
N.Z.F.S. K.O.P.	Pathé Pacific Films	Spotlight on the World 30/77	1	35 mm	8		Ex 63	France	English dialogue.
		Territorials	30	35 mm	2		G 176	N.Z.
Fox	Gordon Carroll/ Sam Peckinpah Prod.	PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID	1	16 mm	98	s. 26 (2) (c) sex and violence	GA 51	U.S.A.
C.I.C.	Peter Bart/Max Palevsky Prods.	Islands in the Stream	Trl.	35 mm	3		G 177	U.S.A.
U.A. Colenso	Robert Wise Prod.	Fortress in the Sun	Trl.	6	35 mm	11		G 178	U.S.A.
Mr J. Marquet	Jowell Film Prod.		14	35 mm	1½		GA 49	Australia
Mr J. Marquet	Jowell Film Prod.	FORTRESS IN THE SUN	1	35 mm	90‡	s. 26 (2) (c) sex, violence and offensive language	G 179	U.S.A./ Philippines
Fox	Fox Prod.	FIRE SALE	2	16 mm	88		GA 53	U.S.A.
Gospel Film Service Trust	Mark IV Pictures	ALL THE KING’S HORSES	1	16 mm	83		Ex 64	U.S.A.	Recommended as being more suitable for adults.
Fox	Coney Allen/ Roger Corman	Thunder and Lightning	Trl.	1 : 4	35 mm	2‡	s. 26 (2) (c) violence	G 182	U.S.A.
U.A.	New World Picture	Jackson County Jail	Trl.	4	35 mm	2	s. 26 (2) (c) sex and violence	G 183	U.S.A.
Wgtn Indian Assn	R.P. Prods. Madras	WAFAA	1	35 mm	146		Ex 65	India	Indian dialogue. Recommended as being more suitable for adults.
N.Z.F.S.	Pathé	Spotlight on the World 31/77	1	35 mm	8		Ex 66	France	English dialogue.

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