New Zealand Gazette – 1978 – No. 15

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✨ Film Censorship Decisions

490 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 15

CHIEF CENSOR'S DECISIONS: 1 January 1978-31 January 1978

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 to members of approved film societies.

R-F.F.—Approved for exhibition only at...............film festivals (as specified).

R*—Approved for exhibition only...................(as specified).

Ex—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	Remarks
		Wednesday, 4 January
Everard Films	Robert Stigwood Films	TOMMY		1	35 mm	110		R(16) 301	U.K.	Board of Review hearing on 2/12/77, previously exam. on 13/10/77, same as Censor's decision.
Chinese Embassy	China Film Dist. and Exhibition Corporation	The Red Army Bridge		1	35 mm	18½		Ex. 322	China	Chinese dialogue.
Chinese Embassy	China Film Dist. and Exhibition Corporation	THREE ATTACKS ON A MOUNTAIN TOWN		1	35 mm	93		Ex. 323	China	Chinese dialogue.
Chinese Embassy	China Film Dist. and Exhibition Corporation	WOMEN PILOTS		1	16 mm	122		Ex. 325	China	Chinese dialogue.
Chinese Embassy	China Film Dist. and Exhibition Corporation	THE 11TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA		1	16 mm	59		Ex. 326	China	Chinese dialogue.
Sixteen Millimetre	Odessa Film Studio	The Green Patrol		1	16 mm	10		G 592	U.S.S.R.	English dialogue
Sixteen Millimetre	Walt Disney Prod.	NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA		2	16 mm	91		Ex. 327	U.S.A.
Sixteen Millimetre	Walt Disney Prod.	SNOWBALL EXPRESS		2	16 mm	92		Ex 329	U.S.A.
Sixteen Millimetre	Walt Disney Prod.	KING OF THE GRIZZLIES		2	16 mm	93		Ex. 330	U.S.A.
French Embassy	Crécefilm	SIX BLUE HORSES— SIX CHEVAUX BLEUS		1	16 mm	103		G 596	France	French dialogue. Sub-titles English.
		Thursday, 5 January
Everard Films	First Artists Intertamar Co. Prod.	Speedtrap	Trl.	3	35 mm	3		G 593	U.S.A.
Everard Films	South Australian Film Corpn.	Storm Boy	Trl.	3	35 mm	4		G 594	Australia
N.Z.F.S.	Pathé	Spotlight on the World 52/77		1	35 mm	8		Ex. 332	France	English dialogue.
C.I.C. Cameo Cinema Company	Siegel Film	Telefon	Trl.	1	35 mm	3		G 595	U.S.A.
C.I.C. Cameo Cinema Company	Nikkatsu Corpn. and Shibato Organisation Inc.	STREET OF JOY		1	35 mm	117½		R-F.F 79	Japan	Japanese dialogue English sub-titles. Approved for exhibition at the Dunedin, Canterbury + Manawatu Film Festivals to persons eighteen (18) years and over.
		Friday, 6 January
Filmways Dist.	S.N.C. Gaumont Prod. 2000 (Paris) Euro International Films (Rome)	A SLAP IN THE FACE —LA GIFLE		1	35 mm	103½		GA 473	France/ Italy	French dialogue English sub-titles.
French Embassy	Les Films Du Losange Ronce— Paris Films	COLLECTOR GIRL— SIX CONTES MORAUX —IV—LA COLLEC- TIONNEUSE		1	16 mm	86		R(16) 255	France/ Italy	French dialogue English sub-titles.
Fox	New World Pictures	CANNONBALL		1	35 mm	93½	s. 26(2)(c) violence, sex and offensive language	R(16) 258	U.S.A.
Fox	New World Pictures	Cannonball	Trl.	1	35 mm	1½	s. 26(2)(c) violence	G 598	U.S.A.
		Monday, 9 January
Columbia Warner	Persky-Bright	SHAMPOO		1	16 mm	106	s. 26(2)(c) sex and indecent language	R(18) 256	U.S.A.	Alternative version.
Fox	Landers/Roberts/ Zeitman Prod.	DAMNATION ALLEY		1	35 mm	91		GA 475	U.S.A.
Fox	Landers/Roberts/ Zeitman Prod.	Damnation Alley	Trl.	1	35 mm	3		G 597	U.S.A.
Gospel Film Service Trust	Japan Christian Films	IF I PERISH		1	16 mm	75		GY 196	Japan	Dubbed in English.
		Tuesday, 10 January
Columbia Warner	Weintraub Heller Prod.	THE PACK		2	16 mm	99		GA 476	U.S.A.
I.F.D.	Films Internation Prod.	THE MESSAGE		4	35 mm	180		GY 343	Lebanon	English dialogue.
I.F.D.	Films Internation Prod.	The Message	Teaser Trl.	1	35 mm	1		G 600	Lebanon	English dialogue.

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