Curfew (1989 film)

Curfew
Curfew
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gary Winick
Written by	Kevin Kennedy
Produced by	Julie Phillips
Starring	Kyle Richards; Wendell Wellman; John Putch;
Cinematography	Makoto Watanabe
Edited by	Carole Kravetz
Music by	Cengiz Yaltkaya
Production; company	York Image Productions
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date	April 25, 1989;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Curfew is a 1989 American horror film directed by Gary Winick, in his directorial debut, and starring Kyle Richards, Wendell Wellman, John Putch, Christopher Knight, and Frank Miller. Its plot follows two demented brothers who, after escaping from prison, invade the home of the district attorney who sentenced them to death, terrorizing him, his wife, and their teenage daughter.

Curfew, as well as Winick's second film Out of the Rain (1991), were described by Keith Bailey of Unknown Movies as "little-seen thrillers, the former so violent that it suffered censorship^[1] and certification problems" in the United Kingdom.^[2]

The film was rejected for video by the British Board of Film Classification in 1988. It was finally released fully uncut in 2002.^[3]

^ Bailey, Keith. "Curfew (1988)". The Unknown Movies Page: The Obscure, Unknown, & Little Shown. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014. ...back in 1988, the British Board of Film Classification banned the movie from getting released on video in England. True, the BBFC has often proven to have grossly overreacted to content in movies (and they did allow the movie to be released on DVD fourteen years later) but news of this lengthy ban did give the movie a glimmer of promise. I am sure that this news of the ban is the aspect of the movie you are most curious about, so I will first answer the question as to if the movie's ban had any justification. Well, for the most part, the answer is no.
^ Gilbey, Ryan (2 March 2011). "Gary Winick obituary: Visionary film-maker at the forefront of American cinema's digital revolution". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ "Curfew (1989)". Buried.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[Bailey-1] Bailey, Keith. "Curfew (1988)". The Unknown Movies Page: The Obscure, Unknown, & Little Shown. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014. ...back in 1988, the British Board of Film Classification banned the movie from getting released on video in England. True, the BBFC has often proven to have grossly overreacted to content in movies (and they did allow the movie to be released on DVD fourteen years later) but news of this lengthy ban did give the movie a glimmer of promise. I am sure that this news of the ban is the aspect of the movie you are most curious about, so I will first answer the question as to if the movie's ban had any justification. Well, for the most part, the answer is no.

[2] Gilbey, Ryan (2 March 2011). "Gary Winick obituary: Visionary film-maker at the forefront of American cinema's digital revolution". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

[Buried-3] "Curfew (1989)". Buried.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

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