New Zealand Gazette – 1978 – No. 92

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✨ Chief Censor's Film Decisions

26 OCTOBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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CHIEF CENSOR'S DECISIONS: 1 September 1978–29 September 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 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	No. of Copies	Gauge	Running time Minutes	Reasons for Refusal, Excisions, or Alterations	Decision and Cert. No.	Country of Origin	Remarks
I.F.D.	Various Entertainment Trading Co. A.G.	Stars’ War—The Flight of the Wild Geese	3	35 mm	25½		GY 446	U.K.
Auckland City Council Art Gallery	Edward Ruscha	Miracle	1	16 mm	28½		GY 447	U.S.A.
Auckland City Council Art Gallery	Edward Ruscha	Premium	1	16 mm	24		GY 448	U.S.A.
Fox	Harvey Bernhard Production	DAMIEN OMEN II	1	35 mm	117		R 573	U.S.A.	18 years and over.
Fox	Harvey Bernhard Production	Damien Omen II (T)	1	35 mm	2½	s. 26 (2) (c) horror	G 2559	U.S.A.
Fox	Harvey Bernhard Production	Damien Omen II (T)	2	35 mm	1½	s. 26 (2) (c) horror	G 2560	U.S.A.
United Artists	Lawrence Gordon/Burt Reynolds	THE END	1	35 mm	100	s. 26 (2) (c) offensive language	R 575	U.S.A.	13 years and over.
Gospel Film Service Trust	Harvest Productions	A DREAM BEGUN	1	16 mm	45		Ex. 566	U.S.A.	Exempted.
I.F.D.	British Movietone News Ltd.	Movietone News	1	35 mm	7½		G 2561	U.K.
Columbia Warner	Casablanca Filmworks Production	Midnight Express	1	35 mm	2½		G 2562	U.S.A.
Chinese Embassy	Chinese State Film	CHAIRMAN HUA KUO-PENG’S VISIT TO DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA	1	35 mm	90		G 2563	China	Mandarin dialogue.
Chinese Embassy	Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio	China Today 1978, No. 1	1	35 mm	9		G 2564	China	English dialogue.
Chinese Embassy	Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio	China Today 1978, No. 2	1	35 mm	11		G 2565	China	English dialogue.
Chinese Embassy	Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio	China Today 1978, No. 3	1	35 mm	11		G 2567	China	English dialogue.
Columbia Warner	Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.	SCHIZO	1	35 mm	107½	s. 26 (2) (c) violence and horror	R 576	U.K.	16 years and over.
Sixteen Millimetre	Filmhouse Pty Ltd.	DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND	1	16 mm	98		R 577	Australia	13 years and over and to persons under 13 if accompanied by a parent or teacher.
Columbia Warner	Ray Stark Production	The Cheap Detective (T)	1	35 mm	3		G 2568	U.S.A.
Wellington Indian Association	Rajshri Production (P) Ltd.	TAPASYA	1	35 mm	139½		Ex. 567	India	Indian dialogue. Exempted.
Wellington Indian Association	Rajshri Production (P) Ltd.	GEET GAATA CHAL	1	35 mm	144		Ex. 568	U.S.A.	Approved for exhibition to members of the Indian community, and subject to display of film synopsis in cinema foyer.
N.Z.F.S.	Pathe	Spotlight on the World 35/78	1	35 mm	9		Ex. 569	France	English dialogue. Exempted.
Columbia Warner	A-Team Production	Big Wednesday (T)	6	35 mm	3		G 2569	U.S.A.
Chinese Embassy	Central Documentary Film Studio, Peking	A Girls Diving Team	1	35 mm	19		Ex. 570	China	Chinese dialogue. Exempted.
Chinese Embassy	Peking Film Studio, Peoples Republic of China	NEW YEAR SACRIFICE	1	35 mm	98		G 2570	China	Chinese dialogue. English subtitles.

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