New Zealand Gazette – 1983 – No. 117

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✨ Film Censorship Decisions

4 AUGUST THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2515

SCHEDULE—continued

Applicant Maker Title Silent(S) No. Gauge Running Reason for Decision Country Remarks
or of Time Refusal, and Cert. No. of Origin
Trailer(T) Copies Minutes Excisions,
or Alterations

National Film Library Mobius Production Taking Chances—Teen 1 16 mm 22½ Ex 2591 Canada Exempted. Censor’s
Sexuality and Birth Control note: To be
exhibited in terms
of Section 3 of the
Contraception,
Sterilisation, and
Abortion Act 1977.

National Film Library Film Fair Prisoners of Chance 1 16 mm 23¾ Ex 2592 U.S.A. Exempted.

Twentieth Century Fox Communications TABLE FOR FIVE 2 16 mm 121½ GY 1452 U.S.A.
Distribution (N.Z.) Voight-Schaffel
Ltd.

Orion Pictures (N.Z.) Jack Rollins/Charles A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT 2 16 mm 87½ GA 1759 U.S.A. 16 years and over.
Ltd. H. Joffe SEX COMEDY

Sixteen Millimetre Brookfilms FRANCES 2 16 mm 134½ R 1732 U.S.A. Reduced running
Production time, in this
16 mm print.

Amalgamated Theatres Hungaro Film/Swan THE HEIRESSES—LES 1 35 mm 104½ R 1733 Hungary/ 13 years and over.
Ltd. Production/ HERITIERES France French dialogue.
Gaumont English subtitles.

Columbia Films (N.Z.) Rastar-Gordon Blue Thunder (T) (No. 2) 20 35 mm 1 G 3897 U.S.A. 16 years and over.
Carroll Production

Astor Theatre Co. Ltd. First Films FURIOUS SLAUGHTER 1 35 mm 93 R 1734 Hong Kong Dubbed in English.
Amended decision.
See entries 16/4/73
and 14/1/76.

                  First Films                    Furious Slaughter (T) (No. 1) 1       35 mm    3         R 1735           Hong Kong      16 years and over.
                                                                                                             Dubbed in English.
                                                                                                             Amended decision.
                                                                                                             See entries 16/4/73
                                                                                                             and 14/1/76.

Twentieth Century Fox Dino de Laurentiis STREET WARS 1 16 mm 96 R 1736 U.S.A. Censor’s note:
Distribution (N.Z.) Contains Violence.
Ltd.

Amalgamated Theatres Drew Associates MEN OF THE TALL SHIPS 1 16 mm 53 G 3898 U.S.A. English commentary.
Ltd.

Embassy of the Federal Klaus Rüdiger Metze German Handicraft Art— 1 16 mm 21 G 3899 Federal English commentary.
Republic of Germany Deutsches Kunst-Handwerk Republic of
Germany

Embassy of Japan Nihon Koho Centre Personalities of Today No. 13 1 16 mm 28 G 3900 Japan English commentary.

Amalgamated Theatres Drew Associates HERSELF: INDIRA 1 16 mm 29 G 3901 Japan English commentary.
Ltd.

N.Z. National Film Foreign Press Centre GANDHI 1 16 mm 58 G 3901 U.S.A.
Unit

N.Z. Federation of Jiri Trnka Studios War Years (T) (No. 1) 6 35 mm 2 G 3903 N.Z.
Film Societies Inc.

N.Z. Federation of Jiri Trnka Studios The Castle of Otranto— 1 35 mm 18 G 3904 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian
Film Societies Inc. Ostrantsky Zamek dialogue. English
subtitles.

Warner Bros. (N.Z.) Dovemead Ltd. SUPERMAN III 1 35 mm 126 GY 1453 U.S.A. No dialogue.
Ltd.

Twentieth Century Fox Belstar Productions/ QUEST FOR FIRE 1 16 mm 100 GY 1454 Canada/France Censor’s note: Some
Distribution (N.Z.) Stephan Films (Paris) scenes may upset
younger children.

Monday, 20 June 1983

N.Z. Federation of Parallel Films/Fourth AMERICA—FROM HITLER 1 16 mm 95 G 3907 U.S.A.
Film Societies Inc. Wall Repertory Co. TO M—X

Amalgamated Theatres Nancy Gold The Lady Sings 1 16 mm 1½ G 3908 U.S.A.
Ltd.

N.Z. Federation of Musical Films Chalk Test 1 16 mm 3 G 3909 Australia
Film Societies Inc.

N.Z. Federation of J. J. Murphy Pop Movie—Episode I— 1 16 mm 24½ G 3910 U.S.A.
Film Societies Inc. Models

N.Z. Federation of Pascha Film Science Fiction 1 16 mm 5 G 3911 U.S.A.
Film Societies Inc.

N.Z. Federation of Steven Weiss/Source Wolke in Flosen 1 16 mm 3½ G 3912 Switzerland No dialogue.
Film Societies Inc. Urania

N.Z. Federation of Slovenska Film Miami is OK 1 35 mm 22½ G 3913 U.S.A.
Film Societies Inc. Studios

N.Z. Federation of Gottwaldov Film Minutky—C’est La Vie 1 35 mm 5½ G 3914 Czechoslovakia No dialogue.
Film Societies Inc. Studios

N.Z. Federation of Kratky Films Evoluce 1 35 mm 9½ G 3915 Czechoslovakia No dialogue.
Film Societies Inc.

N.Z. Federation of Soyzumultifilm Gustav Mahler—Variations 1 35 mm 14 G 3916 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian
Film Societies Inc. on a Theme dialogue. English
subtitles.

Amalgamated Theatres Werner Nekes The Castaway and the 1 35 mm 9 G 3917 U.S.S.R. No dialogue.
Ltd. Aeroplane

                  Werner Nekes                 ULISSSES           1       35 mm    95        RFF 121          Federal        18 years and over.
                                                                                                 Republic of      French and
                                                                                                 Germany          German dialogue.
                                                                                                             English subtitles.
                                                                                                             Approved for
                                                                                                             exhibition at the
                                                                                                             15th Auckland
                                                                                                             Film Festival, 1983
                                                                                                             Wellington,
                                                                                                             Christchurch,
                                                                                                             Dunedin,
                                                                                                             Hamilton, and
                                                                                                             Palmerston North
                                                                                                             International Film
                                                                                                             Festivals.

Tuesday, 21 June 1983

N.Z. Federation of Sheila Graber Expressionism 1 16 mm 5½ G 3918 U.K.
Film Societies Inc.

N.Z. Federation of Halas and Batchelor/ Dilemma 1 16 mm 11 G 3919 U.K./U.S.A.
Film Societies Inc. Educational Film
Centre/
Computer
Creations

N.Z. Federation of West Surrey College The Comic Story 1 16 mm 8 G 3920 U.K.
Film Societies Inc. of Art and Design

N.Z. Federation of Robert Broer Swiss Army Knife with Rats 1 16 mm 6½ G 3921 U.S.A.
Film Societies Inc. and Pigeons

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KeywordsFilm censorship, Cinematograph Films Act 1976, Film classification

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