New Zealand Gazette – 1983 – No. 134

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✨ Chief Censor's Film Decisions

25 AUGUST THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2779

CHIEF CENSOR'S DECISIONS: 1-31 July 1983

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(S) or Trailer(T)	No. of Copies	Gauge	Running Time Minutes	Decision and Cert. No.	Country of Origin	Remarks
Friday, 1 July 1983
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.	Jerzy Sholinoski	MOONLIGHTING	1	35 mm	98	GA 1767	U.K.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.	Jerzy Sholinoski	Moonlighting (T) (No. 1)	1	35 mm	3	G 3938	U.K.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.	Zoetrope Studios	HAMMETT	1	35 mm	98	GA 1768	U.S.A.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Arrid Zone Productions	This Woman is not a Car	1	16 mm	23	R 1759	Australia	13 years and over.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Stunned Mullet Production	Serious Undertakings...	1	16 mm	27½	G 3939	Australia
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	WNET/Thirteen 1981	Nick Mazzuco-Biography of an Atomic Vet	1	16 mm	21½	G 3940	U.S.A.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Venus de Mylar Production	D As in Dynamite	1	16 mm	11	G 3941	U.S.A.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Independent Animators Co-operative	Flank Breeder	1	16 mm	6½	G 3942	Australia
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Media Luz Production	Bodyspeak	1	16 mm	10	G 3943	N.Z.
Monday, 4 July 1983
Royal Netherlands Embassy	Sigma Films	A FLIGHT OF RAINBIRDS—EEN VLUCHT REGENWULPEN	1	16 mm	96½	R 1758	Netherlands	16 years and over. Dutch and English language. English and Dutch subtitles.
United International Pictures (N.Z.) Ltd.	The Monty Python Partnership	The Crimson Permanent Assurance	6	35 mm	16½	GY 1464	U.K.
United International Pictures (N.Z.) Ltd.	The Monty Python Partnership	MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE	6	35 mm	108	R 1760	U.K.	16 years and over. (Censor's note: Content may offend).
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Sara Films/Sonimage/ Films A2/Film and Video Production S.S.R.	PASSION	1	35 mm	89	R 1761	France/ Switzerland	13 years and over. French dialogue. English subtitles.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Radiotelevisione Italiana/Ager Cinematografica.	NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS—LA NOTTE DI SAN LORENZO	1	35 mm	108	GA 1769	Italy	Italian dialogue. English subtitles.
Tuesday, 5 July 1983
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Barrandov Film Studios	CUTTING IT SHORT— POSTRIZINY	1	35 mm	99	GA 1770	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakian dialogue. English subtitles.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Barrandov Film Studios	Cutting it Short (T) (No. 1)	1	35 mm	2	G 3945	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakian dialogue. English subtitles.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Argos Films/Terayama Productions	LES FRUITS DE LA PASSION	1	35 mm	83½	RFF 123	Japan/France	20 years and over. French and English dialogue. English subtitles. Approved for exhibition at the 15th Auckland Film Festival, 1983 Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, and Palmerston North International Film Festivals.
Kerridge Odeon Film Distributors	The Archives Project Inc.	THE ATOMIC CAFE	1	35 mm	86½	GY 1465	U.S.A.
Stephen Taylor	Stephen Taylor	It's No Game	1	16 mm	6½	G 3944	N.Z.
Wednesday, 6 July 1983
Kerridge Odeon Film Distributors	The Archives Project Inc.	THE ATOMIC CAFE	1	16 mm	85	GY 1466	U.S.A.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Film-Valas	36 CHOWRINGHEE LANE	1	35 mm	113½	GY 1467	India	Dubbed in English.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Chris James	After Beardsley	1	35 mm	15½	GY 1468	U.K.
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	I.P.A.—Phenix (Paris) Slotin—S.S.R. (Geneve) Production	LIGHT YEARS AWAY	1	35 mm	108	R 1762	France/ Switzerland	16 years and over. English dialogue.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.	National Film Board of Canada	GALA	1	16 mm	91	G 3946	Canada
N.Z. Federation of Film Societies Inc.	Peter Greenaway/ British Film Institute	THE FALLS	1	16 mm	194	GY 1469	U.K.
Ministry of Transport	Cullinane and Bailey	Child Restraint	70	35 mm	½	G 3947	N.Z.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.	National Film Board of Canada	DAISY—THE STORY OF A FACE LIFT	1	16 mm	58	GY 1470	Canada	Censor's note: Some Medical Content may distrib.
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd.	National Film Board of Canada	THE GREAT CHESS MOVIE	1	16 mm	79½	G 3948	Canada

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