New Zealand Gazette – 1988 – No. 173

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✨ Film Censorship Decisions

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 173

Applicant	Maker	Title Silent(S) or Talker(T)	No. of Copies	Running Time Minutes	Refusal, Excisions, or Alterations	Decision Cert. No.	Country of Origin	Remarks
16 August 1988
Touchstone Films Cabellero Video Ltd.	Jim Abrahams Richard Mafter	BIG BUSINESS LOVE LIES	1 2	16 mm VHS	98.0 80.0		GY R 18	U.S.A. U.S.A.
New Zealand Federation of Film Societies	Hou Hsiao-Hsien	A SUMMER AT GRANDPA'S	1	16 mm	97.0		GY	Taiwan
17 August 1988
Touchstone Films Kerridge Odeon Film Distributors	Roger Donaldson Donald Cammell	COCKTAIL White of the Eye (T) (No. 1)	8 1	35 mm	105.0 1.5		GA RP 16	U.S.A./U.K. U.S.A.
18 August 1988
Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd. Twentieth Century Fox Distribution (NZ) Ltd.	Kevin Reynolds Peter MacDonald	THE BEAST RAMBO III	1 1	35 mm 16 mm	110.5 101.5	s 13.2 (c) violence	GA RP 16	Israel/U.S.A. U.S.A.
19 August 1988
Kerridge Odeon Film Distributors	Jim McBride	THE BIG EASY	23	35 mm	104.0		GA	U.S.A.
Amalgamated Theatres	Derek Jarman	CARAVAGGIO	1	35 mm	94.5		GA	U.K.
Amalgamated Theatres	Ettore Scola	THE FAMILY	1	35 mm	130.5		GA	Italy/France
22 August 1988
Twentieth Century Fox Distribution (NZ) Ltd.	Luc Besson	THE BIG BLUE The Big Blue (T) (No. 1)	1 2	35 mm	121.5 2.0		GY G	France
23 August 1988
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany	Peter Beauvais	EIN FLIEHENDES PFERD	1	VHS	77.5		GA	West Germany
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany	Heinz Schirk	MARIA STUART	1	VHS	112.0		GA	West Germany
24 August 1988
Victoria University of Wellington	Essie Coffey	MY SURVIVAL AS AN ABORIGINAL	1	16 mm	50.0	Exempt		Australia
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany	Peter Weck	POPULAR TRASH	1	VHS	88.5		GA	West Germany
Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan	Yoji Yamada	TORA-SAN'S ISLAND ENCOUNTER	1	16 mm	105.0		GY	Japan
25 August 1988
Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan	Tomio Kuriyama	"CONGRATULATORY SPEECH"	1	16 mm	91.0		GY	Japan
Victoria University of Wellington	Wendy Thompson	DAMSELS BE DAMNED	1	16 mm	20.5		GA	Australia
Victoria University of Wellington	Sharon Lauru	MAKING BISCUIT	1	16 mm	9.0		G	Australia
Victoria University of Wellington	Tracey Moffatt	NICE COLOURED GIRLS	1	16 mm	17.0		GA	Australia
Victoria University of Wellington	Laleen Jayamanne	A SONG OF CEYLON	1	16 mm	51.0		GA	Australia
26 August 1988
Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd.	Kevin Reynolds	The Beast of War (T) (No. 1)	40	35 mm	1.5		GA	Israel
Amalgamated Theatres	Peter Greenaway	Belly of an Architect (T) (No. 1)	1	35 mm	3.0		GA	U.K./Italy
Columbia Warner Amalgamated Theatres	Chuck Russell	THE BLOB The Blob (T) (No. 1) I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (T)	1 1 1	35 mm 35 mm 35 mm	96.5 1.5 2.5		RP 16 RP 13 G	U.S.A. U.S.A. Canada
Amalgamated Theatres Navori Film Distributors	Didier Grousset Beth B	Kamikaze (T) (No. 1) SALVATION!	1 1	35 mm	1.5 80.5		RP 13 R 16	France U.S.A.
Amalgamated Theatres	Jean-Marie Poire	Twist Again in Moscow (T) (No. 1)	1	35 mm	2.5		GY	France
Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd.	Ken Kwapis	Vibes (T) (No. 2)	20	35 mm	6.5		G	U.S.A.
29 August 1988
Amalgamated Theatres	Patricia Rozema	I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING	1	35 mm	83.5		GA	Canada
30 August 1988
Victoria University of Wellington	Sally Potter	THE GOLD DIGGERS	1	16 mm	89.0		GY	U.K.
Victoria University of Wellington	Joseph Camp	"GOTTA MAKE THIS JOURNEY" SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK	1	VHS	52.5		G	U.S.A.
Caballero Video Ltd.	Paul Thomas	JEFF LOVES JAMIE	1	VHS	80.0		R 18	U.S.A.
Goethe Institut	Reinhold Schunzel	VIKTOR UND VIKTORIA	1	16 mm	99.0		GY	Germany

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