✨ Film Censorship Decisions
25 SEPTEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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CHIEF CENSOR'S DECISIONS: 1–29 August 1980
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.
R(age)—Approved for exhibition only to persons . . . . . . . . . . (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(S) or Trailer(T) No. of Copies Gauge Running Time Minutes Reasons for Refusal, Excisions or Alterations Decision and Cert. No. Country of Origin Remarks
Friday, 1 August 1980
N.Z. Film Services Ltd. Pathé Spotlight on the World 29/80 1 35 mm 7 Ex. 1771 France Exempted.
Monday, 4 August 1980
Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. Production STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1 35 mm 124 GY 1071 U.S.A. Exempted.
Gospel Film Service Trust Ken Anderson Films Stolen Watermelon 1 16 mm 24½ Ex. 1772 U.S.A.
Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. Production The Empire Strikes Back (T) 18 35 mm 2 G 1963 U.S.A.
Fox Sean S. Cunningham Films Ltd. HERE COME THE TIGERS! 1 35 mm 90 GY 1072 U.S.A. Censor's note: Contains coarse language.
Fox Sean S. Cunningham Films Ltd. Here Come the Tigers! (T) 1 35 mm 3 G 1964 U.S.A. Exempted.
Fiji Association in Auckland (Inc.) Bimal Roy MADHUMATI 1 35 mm 120 Ex. 1773 India Approved for exhibition to members and friends of the Fiji Association in Auckland (Inc.), and subject to display of film synopsis in cinema foyer. Hindustani dialogue; no subtitles.
Fiji Association in Auckland (Inc.) F. U. Ramsay DO GAZ ZAMEEN KE NEECHE 1 35 mm 160 Ex. 1774 India Exempted. Approved for exhibition to members and friends of the Fiji Association in Auckland (Inc.), and subject to display of film synopsis in cinema foyer. Hindustani dialogue; no subtitles.
Fox American International Pictures/Pando Company (Los Angeles)/Montreal Trust Co./Trustee/The Flyer Syndicate (Montreal) HIGH-BALLIN’ 1 35 mm 98 s. 26 (2) (c) violence GA 1428 U.S.A./Canada
Fox American International Pictures/Pando Company (Los Angeles)/Montreal Trust Co./Trustee/The Flyer Syndicate (Montreal) Hi h-Ballin’ (T) 1 35 mm 2½ s. 26 (2) (c) violence G 1965 U.S.A./Canada
Tuesday, 5 August 1980
Sixteen Millimetre Dick Barrymore Production WHITE HORIZONS 1 16 mm 80 G 1966 U.S.A.
International Film Rank Distributors SILVER DREAM RACER 1 35 mm 111 s. 26 (2) (c) violence and anti-social behaviour GA 1429 U.K.
Sixteen Millimetre Warren Miller Productions SKIING ON MY MIND 1 16 mm 96 G 1430 U.S.A.
Wednesday, 6 August 1980
Columbia Warner Warner Bros/ Second Street Films Bronco Billy (Teaser T) 12 35 mm 1¾ G 1967 U.S.A.
Embassy of U.S.S.R. Central Documentary Film Studio, Moscow The Nanai Portrait 2 16 mm 15¼ G 1968 U.S.S.R. English narration.
Embassy of U.S.S.R. Central Documentary Film Studio, Moscow Around the Soviet Union No. 163 1 16 mm 19¼ G 1969 U.S.S.R. English narration.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. Walt Disney Production THE BLACK HOLE 2 70 mm 97 G 1970 U.S.A.
Sixteen Millimetre Walt Disney Production THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG 2 16 mm 98 G 1971 U.S.A.
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