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✨ Film Censorship Decisions

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

18 MAY 1951

Applicant	Maker	Title Silent(S) or Talkie(T)	No. of Copies	Gauge	Running Time Minutes	Reason for Refusal, Excisions, or Alterations	Decision and Cert. No.	Country of Origin	Remarks
Bounty Blue Ltd.	Class X Video	NAUGHTY NOSTALGIA 2	400	VHS	41.5		R18	U.S.A.	Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. Contains stories: Baby Sitter, Opium Den.

19 April 1989

| New Zealand Federation of Film Societies | Wu Tianming | OLD WELL | 1 | 35 mm | 131.0 | | GA | China | Chinese dialogue, English subtitles. |

20 April 1989

| French Embassy French Cultural Centre | Phillippe De Broca | CHOUANS! | 1 | 35 mm | 150.0 | | RP16 | France | French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Pacer Kerridge Film Distributors Ltd. | Frank Oz | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (T) (No. 1) | 20 | 35 mm | 2.0 | | GY | U.S.A. | |
| Warner Bros. | Bruce Beresford | Her Alibi (T) (No. 2) | 30 | 35 mm | 4.0 | | GA | U.S.A., Italy | French and English dialogue, English subtitles. |
| French Embassy French Cultural Centre | Jean Dreville | LA FAYETTE | 1 | 35 mm | 144.0 | | GA | France, Italy | French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| French Embassy French Cultural Centre | Richard Potier | THE REBELS OF LOMANACH | 1 | 35 mm | 90.6 | | GA | France | French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| French Embassy French Cultural Centre | Sacha Guitry | ROYAL AFFAIRS IN VERSAILLES | 1 | 35 mm | 179.0 | | GY | France | French dialogue, English subtitles. |

21 April 1989

| Pacer Kerridge Film Distributors Ltd. | Dwight H. Little | Halloween 4 (T) (No. 1) | 15 | 35 mm | 1.5 | | RP13 | U.S.A. | |
| Pacer Kerridge Film Distributors Ltd. | Mary Lambert | Siesta (T) (No. 1) | 2 | 35 mm | 2.5 | | GA | U.S.A. | |

24 April 1989

| Amalgamated Hoysts Cinemas | Louis Malle | (GOODBYE CHILDREN) Goodbye, Children (Goodbye, Children) | 1 | 35 mm | 106.0 | | GY | France, West Germany | French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Amalgamated Hoysts Cinemas | Louis Malle | (No. 1) | 2 | 35 mm | 1.5 | English narration. | G | France, West Germany | |
| Amalgamated Cultural and Educational Exhibitions Ltd | Karen Shakhnazarov | THE MESSENGER | 1 | 35 mm | 88.0 | | GY | U.S.S.R. | Russian dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd. | James Ivory | SLAVES OF NEW YORK | 1 | 35 mm | 126.5 | | GA | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: Contains coarse language. |
| Amalgamated Fox Distributors | Mike Figgis | STORMY MONDAY | 1 | 35 mm | 94.5 | | RP13 | U.K. | |
| Amalgamated Fox Distributors | Mike Figgis | Stormy Monday (T) (No. 1) | 1 | 35 mm | 1.5 | | RP13 | U.K. | |

26 April 1989

| Caballero Video Ltd. | Paul Thomas | ADDICTED TO LOVE | 5 | VHS | 84.5 | | R18 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. |
| Pacer Kerridge Film Distributors Ltd. | Unknown | Great Balls of Fire! (T) (No. 1) | 25 | 35 mm | 1.0 | | G | U.S.A. | |
| Pacer Kerridge Film Distributors Ltd. | Jonathan Demme | Married to the Mob (T) (No. 1) | 12 | 35 mm | 2.0 | | GA | U.S.A. | |
| Caballero Video Ltd. | Riccardo Schicci | THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EXPRESS | 5 | VHS | 74.0 | | R18 | Italy | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. Italian dialogue, dubbed in English. |

27 April 1989

| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | BRILLIANT BOYS 8 | 400 | VHS | 53.5 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. |
| Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd. | Ivan Reitman | Ghost Busters II (T) (No. 1) | 60 | 35 mm | 2.5 | | GY | U.S.A. | Spoken title. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | GOLDEN BOY VIDEO | 400 | VHS | 28.0 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. No dialogue. |
| Charley Gray's Pictures Cultural and Educational Exhibitions Ltd. | Mark Whitney | MATTER OF HEART | 1 | 16 mm | 96.0 | | GA | U.S.A. | |
| Charley Gray's Pictures Cultural and Educational Exhibitions Ltd. | Valery Ruberev | MY NAME'S HARLEQUIN | 1 | 35 mm | 134.0 | | RP16 | U.S.S.R. | Censor’s note: Some scenes may disturb. Russian dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Columbia Films (NZ) Ltd. | James Ivory | Slaves of New York (T) (No. 1) | 1 | 35 mm | 2.0 | | GY | U.S.A. | |

28 April 1989

| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Richard Rank | THE BITCH GODDESS | 400 | VHS | 57.5 | | R | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: Restricted to preview screenings for commercial purposes to members of the film industry only. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | BIZARRE X | 400 | VHS | 52.0 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. |
| Cultural and Educational Exhibitions Ltd. | Alexander Proshkin | GOLD SUMMER OF 1933 | 1 | 35 mm | 102.0 | | RP13 | U.S.S.R. | No dialogue. |
| Goethe Institut | Hangurgen Pohlhand | KATZ UND MAUS | 1 | 16 mm | 89.5 | | GY | West Germany | German dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | VISIT 1 CLUB 06 | 400 | VHS | 57.0 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue, no English subtitles. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | WARA VOL 1203 | 400 | VHS | 91.5 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: Explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue, no English subtitles. |

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