✨ Film Censorship Decisions
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 131
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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
Warner Bros (N.Z.) Ltd. Mark Buntzman Production THE EXTERMINATOR 1 35 mm 102 “the dominant effect of the film as a whole, its likely effect on the audience likely to view it and the extent and degree to which the film depicted violence… Violence was the dominant effect. The cumulative effect was sustained violence… Having regard to the type of audience likely to view this film the Board considered that the variety of weaponry and the detailed portrayal of various methods of violence could well provide material for imitation in this country.” Rejected U.S.A. Board of Review decision replacing that registered on 11.5.81.
Tuesday, 15 September 1981
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. Seeka Production Toobys-Twist Tops 5 35 mm ‡ GA 1575 Australia
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. Rosa Woods Production Toobys-Surfboat 5 35 mm 1 GA 1576 Australia
Columbia Films (N.Z.) Ltd. C. & C. Brown Production Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams (T) 8 35 mm 2‡ s. 26 (2) (c) sex G 2928 U.S.A.
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
Kerridge Odeon Promotions Only Productions Wellington Savings Bank—Your Trustee 39 35 mm 1 G 2929 N.Z.
Embassy of China China Film Co-operation WUSU 1 16 mm 46‡ Ex 2143 China Exempted. Standard Chinese narration.
Thursday, 17 September 1981
International Film Distributors Freewheelin’/ Talbert Production The XIII Winter Olympiad 2 35 mm 13 G 2930 U.S.A.
International Film Distributors Freewheelin’ Films Ltd. To Ride The Ice 2 35 mm 15‡ G 2931 U.S.A. 16 years and over.
International Film Distributors Milan Novak/ Claude Cohen-Alaro Hommage 2 35 mm 6‡ R 1271 U.S.A.
Sixteen Millimetre Raymond Chow Production/Pan Pacific Film NIGHT GAMES 4 35 mm 105‡ R 1272 U.S.A. 18 years and over.
Embassy of Japan Jerry Fairbanks Production N.H.K. NORTH OF THE YUKON A PAINTER’S OFFERING 1 16 mm 94 G 2932 U.S.A.
G 2933 Japan Japanese dialogue, English narration.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. Springett Optical Service The Cook Islands—Paradise In A Painted Ocean 6 35 mm 1 G 2934 Australia
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd. Film House Pty. Ltd. Air New Zealand—Fly the Flag Pacific’s Number One 6 35 mm 1 G 2935 Australia
Twentieth Century Fox International Film Distributors Hardly Working Ltd. HARDLY WORKING 1 35 mm 90 G 2936 U.S.A.
Warner Bros. (N.Z.) Ltd. Fred T. Gallo Production BODY HEAT 1 35 mm 113 R 1273 U.S.A. 16 years and over.
Warner Bros. (N.Z.) Ltd. Fred T. Gallo Production Body Heat 1 35 mm 1‡ R 1274 U.S.A. 16 years and over.
International Film Distributors Golden Harvest/ Raymond Chow Production GAME OF DEATH 4 35 mm 97‡ GA 1577 Hong Kong English dialogue.
Monday, 21 September 1981
H. J. Hart Associates Ltd. Academy Film Production BLUE WATER CHALLENGE 1 16 mm 48 G 2938 Australia
Twentieth Century Fox Northstar International C.I.P.—Europäische Treuhand A. G. Germany THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE 2 16 mm 121 R 1275 U.S.A./ Federal Republic of Germany 18 years and over Censor’s note: Theme and violent content may disturb.
Sixteen Millimetre DRESSED TO KILL 2 16 mm 103 s. 26 (2) (c) violence R 1276 U.S.A.
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