✨ Video Recordings Authority Decisions




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

26 JANUARY

Format System Applicant Director Title Running Time F T Country of Origin Decision (including description) Reasons for Refusal Excisions Remarks
VHS/PAL Taboo Erotica (Galaxy Video Ltd.) Leslie Brooks PASSAGE THRU PAMELA 76.19 U.S.A. Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material Excisions: sex
VHS/PAL Video Wholesalers Ltd. Nelson VIRGIN HEAT 80.57 U.S.A. Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material
VHS/PAL Video Wholesalers Ltd. Not stated ELECTRIC BLUE 25 89.49 U.K. Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material

Monday, 14 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | CBS/FOX Video | Chris Roache | THE 13TH FLOOR | 86.58 | Australia | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years; content may offend/disturb | |
| VHS/PAL | CIC.TAFT Video (NZ) Ltd. | Richard Friedman/Timothy Bond | FRIDAY'S CURSE
Star Trek the Next Generation:
Fatal Attraction
Eddie Murphy Raw | 89.11
1.00
1.21 | Canada | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years | |
| VHS/PAL | Caballero Video Ltd. | Henri Pachard | THE BITCHES OF WESTWOOD
Safe Sex | 86.52
2.47 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material | |

Tuesday, 15 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | Videocorp International Ltd. | Beth B | SALVATION! | 75.51 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; content may disturb | English dialogue, German subtitles |

Thursday, 17 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | Warner Home Video Ltd. | Abel Ferrara | ANGEL OF VENGEANCE
Sharky's Machine | 77.01
1.38 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; content may offend/disturb |
| VHS/PAL | CIC.TAFT Video (NZ) Ltd. | Clint Eastwood | HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER | 100.01 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years; contains violence |
| VHS/PAL | Caballero Video Ltd. | Richard Pachino | CAREFUL, HE MAY BE WATCHING
Safe Sex | 80.06
2.47 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material |
| VHS/PAL | RCA Columbia Pictures Hoyts Video Pty Ltd. | Mark Buntzman | EXTERMINATOR 2 | 79.13 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years |
| VHS/PAL | CIC.TAFT Video (NZ) Ltd. | Edward Bianchi | THE FAN | 90.14 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; content may offend/disturb |

Friday, 18 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | Caballero Video Ltd. | Henri Pachard | HARD CHOICES
Safe Sex | 79.59
2.47 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material | |

Monday, 21 November 1988

| VHS/NTSC | Catalina Video Distributing NZ Ltd. | Matt Sterling | BIGGER THAN LIFE
The Matt Sterling Collection | 71.36
1.03 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material | |

Wednesday, 23 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | Kerridge Odeon Amalgamated Video Services | Robin Hardy | THE FANTASTIST Cop | 94.19 | Ireland | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; content may offend/disturb | |
| VHS/PAL | Warner Home Video Ltd. | Barry Shear | ACROSS 110TH STREET
The Best of John Belushi
Mad Magazine up the Academy | 96.48
2.05
2.23 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years; contains violence |

Thursday, 24 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | Videocorp International Ltd. | Abel Ferrara | CHINA GIRL | 86.19 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains violence |
| VHS/NTSC | Catalina Video Distributing NZ Ltd. | Matt Sterling | STRYKER FORCE | 67.46 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material | |

Friday, 25 November 1988

| VHS/PAL | Video One Ltd. | Kathryn Bigelow | NEAR DARK
Rambo III
Shadows on the Peak
Return of the Living Dead Part II
DON'T PANIC
The Princess Academy
FRISKY BUSINESS | 89.55
1.52
1.23
1.40
1.35
2.18
50.54 | U.S.A. | Indecent in the hands of persons under the age of 16 years; content may offend/disturb |
| VHS/PAL | V. M. Distributors Ltd. | Not stated | | | Excisions: sex |



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πŸŽ“ Video Recordings Authority Decisions under Video Recordings Act 1987 (continued from previous page)

πŸŽ“ Education, Culture & Science
Video Censorship, Decisions, Register, Video Recordings Act 1987
17 names identified
  • Leslie Brooks, Director of PASSAGE THRU PAMELA
  • Chris Roache, Director of THE 13TH FLOOR
  • Richard Friedman, Director of FRIDAY'S CURSE
  • Timothy Bond, Director of Star Trek the Next Generation: Fatal Attraction
  • Eddie Murphy, Subject of Eddie Murphy Raw
  • Henri Pachard, Director of THE BITCHES OF WESTWOOD
  • Beth B, Director of SALVATION!
  • Abel Ferrara, Director of ANGEL OF VENGEANCE and CHINA GIRL
  • Clint Eastwood, Director of HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
  • Richard Pachino, Director of CAREFUL, HE MAY BE WATCHING
  • Mark Buntzman, Director of EXTERMINATOR 2
  • Edward Bianchi, Director of THE FAN
  • Matt Sterling, Director of BIGGER THAN LIFE and STRYKER FORCE
  • Robin Hardy, Director of THE FANTASTIST Cop
  • Barry Shear, Director of ACROSS 110TH STREET
  • John Belushi, Subject of The Best of John Belushi
  • Kathryn Bigelow, Director of NEAR DARK