New Zealand Gazette – 1989 – No. 176

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✨ Film Censorship Decisions

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 176

Applicant	Maker	Title Silent(S) or Talkie(T)	No. of Copies	Gauge Format	Running Time Minutes	Reason for Cuts	Country of Origin	Notes Remarks
Charley Gray’s Pictures	Zhang Yimou	RED SORGHUM	1	35 mm	93.0		GA	China
Charley Grays’s Pictures	Jackie Burroughs	A WINTER TAN	1	35 mm	94.5	R16	Canada	New applicant.
Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Unknown	GEIL UND RASIERT	400	VHS	58.0	R18	Unknown	Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue. New applicant.
New Zealand Federation of Film Societies	Howard Hawks	ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS	1	35 mm	121.0		GA	U.S.A.
Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan	Eizo Sugawa	“RIVER OF FIREFLIES”	1	16 mm	115.5		GA	Japan
United International Pictures	Michael Hoffman	SOME GIRLS	1	35 mm	95.0		GA	Canada
Video Wholesalers Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Harold Hecht	TARAS BULBA	1	35 mm	124.0		GY	U.S.A.
	Unknown	WOMAN IN BLACK	400	VHS	58.0	R18	Unknown	Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. No dialogue.
9 August 1989 Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd	Ivan Reitman	GHOSTBUSTERS II	1	35 mm	109.5		GY	U.S.A.
14 August 1989 Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Unknown	SALLY’S FIRST LESSON	400	VHS	57.5	Rejected	U.K.	Section 13 (2) (c) anti-social behaviour and sexual violence
Amalgamated Fox Distributors Warner Bros Amalgamated Hoyts Cinemas	Steven M. Lisberger	SLIPSTREAM	1	35 mm	104.0		GA	U.K.
	Roger Spottiswoode	TURNER & HOOCH	12	35 mm	101.0		GY	U.S.A.
	Pedro Almodovar	“WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN”	1	35 mm	90.5		GA	Spain
15 August 1989 Amalgamated Hoyts Cinemas	Ann Turner	CELIA	1	35 mm	104.5		GA	Australia
New Zealand Federation of Film Societies	Fritz Lang	DER MUDE TOD	1	16 mm	78.5		GA	Germany
Amalgamated Hoyts Cinemas	Peter Greenaway	DROWNING BY NUMBERS	1	35 mm	124.0	RP13	U.K., Netherlands	Censor’s note: some scenes may disturb.
New Zealand Federation of Film Societies	Eric Rohmer	LA CARRIERE DU SUZANNE	1	16 mm	54.5		GA	France
Amalgamated Hoyts Cinemas	Bille August	PELLE THE CONQUEROR	1	35 mm	152.5		GA	Denmark, Sweden
United International Pictures	Martha Coolidge	PLAIN CLOTHES	1	35 mm	99.0		GY	U.S.A.
16 August 1989 Warner Bros	Jeff Blyth	CHEETAH	16	35 mm	84.5		GY	U.S.A., Kenya
Warner Bros	Charles Nichols	MICKEY AND THE SEAL	16	35 mm	7.0		G	U.S.A.
17 August 1989 Videcorp International Ltd.	Glen Pitre	BELIZAIRE THE CAJUN	1	35 mm	104.0		GA	U.S.A.
Pacer Kerridge Film Distributors Ltd	Raymond Jafelice	THE CARE BEARS ADVENTURE IN WONDERLAND	30	35 mm	76.5		G	U.S.A.
United International Pictures	Michael Ritchie	FLETCH LIVES (T. No. 1)	12	35 mm	95.0		G	U.S.A.
Videcorp International Ltd.	Fred Walton	THE ROSARY MURDERS	1	35 mm	106.5	RP13	U.S.A.	Censor’s note: some content may disturb.
Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Unknown	TITTEN=FANS	400	VHS	76.5	R18	West Germany	Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue.
18 August 1989 Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan	Mamoru Mazaki	BAREFOOT GEN	1	16 mm	83.5	RP13	Japan	Censor’s note: content may disturb. Japanese dialogue, English subtitles.
Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan	Kaneto Shindo	“DECIDUOUS TREE”	1	16 mm	105.5		GA	Japan
Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Unknown	HALF-TERM FURNISHMENTS	400	VHS	53.3	Rejected	U.K.	Section 13 (2) (c) sexual violence and anti-social behaviour
21 August 1989 Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Unknown	CONTRAST PROGRAMM	400	VHS	73.5	R18	West Germany	Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue.
Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan	Yoji Yamada	“FINAL TAKE”	1	16 mm	117.0		GY	Japan

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