NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 53

Internal Affairs

Films Act 1983

Chief Censor’s Decisions: 1–28 February 1990

Pursuant to section 21 of the Films Act 1983, 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: .......... (as specified).
• R(age)—Approved for exhibition: only to persons .......... years of age and over (as specified).
• RP(age)—Approved for exhibition: only to persons .......... years of age and over and to any person under that age when accompanied by that person’s parent or guardian.
• **R***—Approved for exhibition only .......... (as specified).
• Ex—Exempted from examination and approved for exhibition .......... (with any conditions as specified).

Schedule

| Date | Applicant | Title Silent(s)
Maker | No. of
Troller(T) | No. of
Copies | Gauge
Format | Running
Time Minutes | Reason for
Cuts | Decision | Country of
Origin | Notes
Remarks |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------------|----------------|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 2 February
1990 | Government
Departments—General
Government
Departments—General
Government
Departments—General
Warner Bros | Department of Health
Department of Health
Department of Health
Clint Eastwood | AIDS
HERPES RULZ
SEX AIDS
THELONIOUS MONK | 1
1
1
1 | VHS
VHS
VHS
35 mm | 5
1.0
1.0
90.5 | | RP16
RP16
RP16
GA | N.Z.
N.Z.
N.Z.
U.S.A. | Safe sex promotion.
Animated.
Safe sex promotion.
Animated.
Safe sex promotion.
Animated. |
| 5 February
1990 | Big Show Video
Big Show Video
United International
Pictures
Big Show Video | Unknown
David Doe
John Duigen
Stephen Lucas | BOYS BEHIND BARS
BOYS JUST WANNA
HAVE SEX!
ROMERO
SEX DRIVE 2020 | 1
1
1
1 | VHS
VHS
35 mm
VHS | 83.0
78.0
107.0
89.0 | | R18
R18
RP13
R18 | U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.A. | Censor’s note: explicit
sexual content may
offend.
Censor’s note: explicit
sexual content may
offend.
Censor’s note: content
may disturb.
Censor’s note: explicit
sexual content may
offend. |
| 7 February
1990 | Big Show Video
Big Show Video
Communication &
Entertainment Ltd.
New Zealand Federation
of Film Societies
Big Show Video
New Zealand Federation
of Film Societies | Unknown
Richard Morgan
Tony Bill
Alan Tanner
Richard Morgan
Suen Wah, Guo Wu Ji | THE ALL AMERICAN
BOY
BLONDES DO IT BEST
FIVE CORNERS
IN THE WHITE
VILLAGE
PUMP
TIBET’ | 1
1
1
1
1
1 | VHS
VHS
35 mm
16 mm
VHS
16 mm | 86.0
82.0
95.0
108.5
85.0
88.0 | | R18
R18
RP16
RP16
R18
RP16 | U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Switzerland,
France, Portugal
U.S.A.
China | Censor’s note: explicit
sexual content may
offend.
Censor’s note: explicit
sexual content may
offend.
New applicant.
German, Portuguese and
French dialogue.
Subtitles.
Censor’s note: explicit
sexual content may
offend.
Censor’s note: contains
disturbing material.
Spoken title. |
| 8 February
1990 | Tony Chuah | Tony Rayns | NEW CHINESE
CINEMA | 1 | 3/4"
| 52.5 | | GY | U.K., China | |
| 9 February
1990 | New Zealand Federation
of Film Societies | Michelangelo Antonioni | THE ADVENTURER | 1 | 16 mm
| 142.5 | | R16 | Italy, France | Italian dialogue, English
subtitles. |
| 12 February
1990 | Tony Chuah
Warner Bros
Warner Bros
Tony Chuah
Amalgamated Fox
Distributors | Wayne Wang
Bruce Malmuth
Michael Moore
Edward Yang
Will MacKenzie | CHAN IS MISSING
Hard to Kill (T. No. 2)
Roger & Me (T. No. 4)
THE TERRORISERS
WORTH WINNING | 1
40
21
1
1 | 16 mm
35 mm
35 mm
35 mm
35 mm | 76.0
1.5
1.5
110.0
104.0 | | R16
RP13
G
GA
GA | U.S.A.
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Taiwan
U.S.A. | New applicant.
New applicant. Chinese
dialogue, English
subtitles.
New applicant. |
| 13 February
1990 | Tony Chuah
Tony Chuah
Amalgamated Houts
Cinema
New Zealand Federation
of Film Societies | Chen Kaige
Ching Siu Tung
Julian Temple
Mark Whitney | BIG MILITARY
PARADE
A CHINESE GHOST
STORY
EARTH GIRLS ARE
EASY
MATTER OF HEART | 1
1
1
1 | 35 mm
35 mm
35 mm
16 mm | 100.5
95.0
102.0
96.0 | | GA
RP13
GA
GA | China
Hong Kong
U.S.A.
U.S.A. | Chinese dialogue, English
subtitles.
Chinese dialogue, English
subtitles.
Censor’s note: contains
some coarse material.
New applicant. |