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| editing = Carole Kravetz
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| studio = York Image Productions
| runtime = 82 minutes
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'''''Curfew''''' is a 1989 American [[horror film]] directed by [[Gary Winick]], in his [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]], and starring [[Kyle Richards]], Wendell Wellman, [[John Putch]], [[Christopher Knight (actor)|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''''' is an [[List of American films of 1989|American]] [[Action film|action]]/[[Horror film|horror]] 1989 film directed by [[Gary Winick]].


This movie was his directorial debut feature,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://collider.com/director-gary-winick-dead/ |author= Goldberg, Matt |date= February 28, 2011 |title= R.I.P. Director Gary Winick (1961 – 2011) |publisher= Collider.com |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref> about two brothers seeking revenge against the members of the legal system who sentenced them to [[Death Row]]. ''Curfew'', like ''Out of the Rain'' (1991), his second film, were "little-seen thrillers, the former so violent that it suffered [[Film censorship in the United Kingdom|censorship]]<ref name= "Bailey">{{cite web |url= http://www.k-bailey.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev615.html |author= Bailey, Keith |date= |title= ''Curfew'' (1988) |publisher= ''The Unknown Movies Page: The Obscure, Unknown, & Little Shown'' |quote= ...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. |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref> and [[History of British film certificates|certification]] problems" in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Gilbey |first= Ryan |title= Gary Winick obituary: Visionary film-maker at the forefront of American cinema's digital revolution |work= [[The Guardian]] |location= London |publisher= Guardian News and Media |date= 2 March 2011 |url= http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/02/gary-winick-obituary |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref>
''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 [[Film censorship in the United Kingdom|censorship]]<ref name="Bailey">{{cite web |url= http://www.k-bailey.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev615.html |author= Bailey, Keith |title= ''Curfew'' (1988) |publisher= The Unknown Movies Page: The Obscure, Unknown, & Little Shown |quote= ...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. |access-date= June 19, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20140619214508/http://www.k-bailey.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev615.html |archive-date= June 19, 2014 }}</ref> and [[History of British film certificates|certification]] problems" in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Gilbey |first= Ryan |title= Gary Winick obituary: Visionary film-maker at the forefront of American cinema's digital revolution |work= [[The Guardian]] |location= London |publisher= Guardian News and Media |date= 2 March 2011 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/mar/02/gary-winick-obituary |access-date= June 19, 2014}}</ref>


In fact, the film was rejected for video by the [[British Board of Film Classification]] in 1988 and was finally released fully uncut in 2002.<ref name= "Buried">{{cite web |url= http://www.buried.com/horrormovies/curfew-1989/3659/ |author= |date= |title= ''Curfew'' (1989) |publisher= Buried.com |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref>
The film was rejected for video by the [[British Board of Film Classification]] in 1988. It was finally released fully uncut in 2002.<ref name= "Buried">{{cite web |url= http://www.buried.com/horrormovies/curfew-1989/3659/ |title= ''Curfew'' (1989) |publisher= Buried.com |access-date= June 19, 2014}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Teenager Stephanie Davenport spends a night out with her friends and boyfriend, John, while her parents, Walter and Megan, prepare to depart for a weekend vacation from their small California town. Meanwhile, brothers Ray and Bob Perkins—both inmates on death row, the latter developmentally disabled—escape from prison and descend upon the town, seeking revenge against Stephanie's father, the [[district attorney]] who [[capital punishment|sentenced them to death]] for a brutal murder. Ray and Bob first terrorize and murder a psychologist who analyzed them prior to their trial, before murdering a man they hitch a ride with and stealing his car. The two then break into the home of Judge Collins and his wife and bludgeon them to death with a gavel.


Later that night, Stephanie quickly returns home to make her 10:00&nbsp;p.m. [[curfew]], and sees Mrs. Alva, the babysitter Stephanie's parents have hired to oversee her, lying in the guest bedroom. Stephanie assumes Mrs. Alva is sleeping, unaware that she is in fact dead. Upstairs, Stephanie is confronted by Ray and Bob, who attack her. She flees to the neighboring Collins' home and finds their corpses before hitching a ride with an elderly man. Ray and Bob force the man's car off the road, and beat him unconscious when he exits the car. Stephanie manages to flee in the vehicle, driving to a nearby diner, where she begs for help. Sam, a young police officer, escorts Stephanie back home, where they are greeted unexpectedly by Stephanie's mother. Sam presumes Stephanie to be playing a prank, and releases her to the assumed safety of her home, unaware that both Ray and Bob have been holding her parents hostage inside all evening.
The Movieweb website provides a terse synopsis: "Two escaped brothers track down the people who sentenced them to death row, including a doctor and the judge. But when they get to the [[district attorney|D.A.]] and his family they have an especially lengthy revenge plot in mind for them."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.movieweb.com/movie/curfew |author= MovieWeb |date= |title= ''Curfew'' Synopsis |publisher= Movieweb.com |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref>


Ray and Bob proceed to subject the Davenports to a night of humiliation and torture: First, they force Walter at gunpoint to walk on broken glass before shooting at him, causing him to collapse on the broken shards. Ray subsequently taunts Megan, making her garishly apply makeup to her face before forcing her into a bathtub. Meanwhile, Walter and Stephanie are barricaded in the basement where Bob stands watch. Stephanie manages to leverage Bob's attraction to her in her favor, persuading him to let her see her mother. When Bob frees her, Walter incapacitates him, and the two rush upstairs to find Ray holding Megan at gunpoint before all three are forced back into the basement.
John Bush of [[Rovi Corporation|Rovi]] also provides a recap in ''[[The New York Times]]'': "After late-night carousing on too many weekends and having her parents impose a curfew upon her, a teen-age girl (Kyle Richards) speeds home to keep from winding up in hot water again but finds when she gets home that two escaped convicts (Wendell Wellman, John Putch) have taken her family hostage."<ref>{{cite news |last= Bush |first= John |title= ''Curfew'' (1988) |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= |url= http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/11778/Curfew/overview |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref>


Meanwhile, a drunken John arrives with his friends Pete and Monica at the Davenport house to see Stephanie, John intent on having sex with her. The trio sneak inside, assuming Stephanie to be the only person in the house. Pete finds Mrs. Alva's corpse before he is stabbed to death by Ray. Meanwhile, John and Monica enter an empty bedroom upstairs and have sex but are soon interrupted by Ray, who murders them. Meanwhile, Sam comes across the elderly man Ray and Bob assaulted on the road. When the old man describes his attackers, Sam realizes their features match those of Ray and Bob, now subjects of an [[all-points bulletin]]. As Ray prepares to kill Stephanie, Walter, and Megan via makeshift [[electric chair]]s, Sam arrives at the Davenport home. Stephanie pleads with Bob, offering herself to him sexually in an attempt to cause a rift between the brothers. Her attempt proves effective, as the brothers begin to fight, culminating in Ray murdering Bob with an electric drill. Sam descends into the basement, only to be shot and injured by Ray. Ray follows the injured Sam upstairs and steals his gun, while Stephanie manages to free herself from the makeshift electric chair. When Ray returns to the basement, Stephanie emerges from the shadows and shoots him to death.
Keith Bailey of the ''Unknown Movies'' website provides a lengthier synopsis:


Some time later, Stephanie has a nightmare in which she leaves her home and gets into John's car, only to find Bob seated in the driver's seat.
<blockquote>The movie concerns what happens one night to a family called the Davenports. Man of the house Walter (Frank Miller) is the town's successful district attorney, and he is married to a woman named Megan (Jean Brooks). Both are parents to a teenage girl named Stephanie (Richards, ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''). One night, Stephanie leaves the house in order to go on a date with the high school quarterback, and is told by her parents that she must follow a curfew and be home by 10:00 PM. While she is out, her parents get a rude reminder from the past. Some time earlier, Walter had successfully prosecuted the Perkins brothers, Ray Don (Wellman, ''[[The Klansman]]'') and Bobby Joe (Putch, ''[[Chain of Command (2000 film)|Chain Of Command]]''), and got the judge to sentence them to death. But both brothers have escaped from prison, and are dead set on getting even with the people responsible for sending them to death row. After first dealing with other people at the trial (including the judge), they now set their sights on district attorney Walter and his family. While Stephanie is out, the Perkins brothers make their way into the Davenport home and quickly take Walter and Megan captive, and start their long and torture-filled plan of revenge. Of course, when Stephanie eventually has to come home, she too is taken [[hostage]], and soon the question that comes up is if the Perkins will kill Stephanie and her parents before help arrives - if ever, that is.<ref name= "Bailey" /></blockquote>


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{div col}}
{{cast list|
* [[Kyle Richards]] as Stephanie Davenport
* [[Kyle Richards]] as Stephanie Davenport
* [[Wendell Wellman]] as Richard Perkins
* Wendell Wellman as Richard "Ray" Perkins
* [[John Putch]] as Bob Perkins
* [[John Putch]] as Bob Perkins
* Frank Miller as Walter Davenport
* Frank Miller as Walter Davenport
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* [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]] as Sam
* [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]] as Sam
* [[Robert Romanus]] as Jack
* [[Robert Romanus]] as Jack
* [[Guy Remsen]] as Dr. Franklin
* Guy Remsen as Dr. Franklin
* [[Peggy Pope]] as Mrs. Alva
* [[Peggy Pope]] as Mrs. Alva
* Douglas Robinson as Judge Collins
* Douglas Robinson as Judge Collins
* Marla Rix as Mrs. Collins
* Marla Rix as Mrs. Collins
}}
* Audrey Marxer as Girl in the Red Dress
* Randal Patrick as Rancher #1
* Samuel Braslau as Rancher #2
{{div col end}}


== [[Tagline]] ==
==Release==
The film was released by [[New World Pictures]] direct-to-video on April 25, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=174|date=March 24, 1989|title=Coming Attractions|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99448663/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


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===Critical response===
"In by ten. Dead by midnight."
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''[[TV Guide]]'' gave the movie a tepid review, granting 1 out of 4 stars in its rating and noting that it "has a few interesting ideas that seem to get lost in all of the cheap gore and shock effects. Among the actors, Wellman is actually pretty good, and Richards has a strong screen presence, but they are stuck in a muddled and cheaply made film, badly directed by Gary Winick... The players all act at a fever pitch and the generally brutal murder sequences are ham-handedly accompanied by noisy music or sound effects. The underlying theme--of Stephanie's sexual awakening and her punishment as a result--is glossed over to concentrate solely on the torture and murder of other characters.<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://movies.tvguide.com/curfew/review/127438 |author= Anonymous |title= ''Curfew'', 1989, Movie, R, 84 mins |journal= [[TV Guide]] |location= Radnor, Pennsylvania |publisher= OpenGate Capital |date= c. 1989 |access-date= June 19, 2014}}</ref>

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==Critical Reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' gave the movie a tepid review, granting 1 out of 4 stars in its rating:

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<blockquote>CURFEW, a low-budget thriller containing few thrills, centers on Stephanie Davenport (Kyle Richards), a teenage girl whose late-night carousing has forced her parents to impose a 10 o'clock curfew on her. At the same time, two vicious brothers (Wendell Wellman and John Putch) have escaped from prison and are seeking revenge on the people who put them there, one of whom happens to be Stephanie's father. When they arrive, Stephanie is out--past curfew, of course. ''Curfew'' has a few interesting ideas that seem to get lost in all of the cheap gore and shock effects. Among the actors, Wellman is actually pretty good, and Richards has a strong screen presence, but they are stuck in a muddled and cheaply made film, badly directed by Gary Winick... The players all act at a fever pitch and the generally brutal murder sequences are ham-handedly accompanied by noisy music or sound effects. The underlying theme--of Stephanie's sexual awakening and her punishment as a result--is glossed over to concentrate solely on the torture and murder of other characters.<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://movies.tvguide.com/curfew/review/127438 |author= Anonymous |title= ''Curfew'', 1989, Movie, R, 84 mins |journal= [[TV Guide]] |location= Radnor, Pennsylvania |publisher= OpenGate Capital |date= 1989? |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref></blockquote>

Kevin Bailey of the ''Unknown Movies'' website was unimpressed by the acting:

<blockquote>The general look and feel of the movie has an unconvincing taste to it. ... For the most part, the amateur cast members of ''Curfew'' give very amateurish performances... While Kyle Richards gives a mediocre performance as the daughter, it shines next to the actors playing her parents, who more often than not greatly restrain their emotions instead of going all out in a situation that would warrant such great emotion. ... Some praise has to go to Wendell Wellman and John Putch as the Perkins brothers... as the movie goes on, their acting does improve considerably, and by the second half of the movie their characters become genuinely creepy and come across as a real threat." Bailey adds, "the movie greatly improves as time goes on. I have to admit that some parts of the second half of ''Curfew'' did manage to land a wallop... Yes, the second half of the movie does sometimes deliver the goods, but what happens before that point is more often than not so dumb, and has been made to be so cheap and unprofessional, that I think many viewers will turn off their televisions before discovering the genuine merit the movie has to offer."<ref name= "Bailey" /></blockquote>

The reviewer for Azibtorrent.com was even less impressed, giving the film a 3.7/10 rating and saying:

<blockquote>Pretty stupid and totally insignificant no-budget thriller that looks an awful lot like a typical late 80's slasher... The prosecutor, along with his wife and yummy Demi Moore look-alike daughter are held hostage and their only chance to survive is for [Stephanie Davenport] to set the murdering siblings against each other. The script contains one or two creative ideas, but ''Curfew'' is overall tedious and without suspense. Actors John Putch and especially Wendell Wellman try incredibly hard to look like genuine bad boys, but they really don't convince and they often evoke unintentional laughs. There's a lot of killing going on, but we're only served a glimpse of the action and all the rest happens off screen.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.azibtorrent.com/imdb/imdb.php?mid=0097135 |author= Coventry |date= 4 March 2006 |title= ''Curfew'' (1989) |publisher= www.azibtorrent.com |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref></blockquote>

A reviewer for the ''Bride of Crapula'' website (a site whose motto seems to be "Quite how bad does cinema get? Just what depths are plumbed in the name of entertainment?") did consider "the creepy exterior of a seemingly innocent house on the DVD cover – soaked blood red to match the title (and cutely appealing tagline)" as "a plus". The reviewer, giving ''Curfew'' a rating of 3.8/10, compares this film with ''[[Cape Fear (1991 film)|Cape Fear]]'', though unfavorably, before going on to say:

<blockquote>And that's basically it. Mom, Dad and wannabe sexpot daughter are kept prisoner in their own home by a pair of killers who first threaten to kill them, then promise to kill them, then guarantee that they will definitely kill them but then ultimately, despite being provided with every imaginable opportunity, don't end up killing anyone – oh, apart from a bit part cop and an Art Garfunkel look-a-like who strays into the house to have sex with his girlfriend. For some reason.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://brideofcrapula.com/index.php/2012/04/01/curfew/ |author= Bride of Crapula |date= April 1, 2012 |title= ''Curfew'' |publisher= ''Bride of Crapula: Where Cinematic Joy Withers and Dies'' |accessdate= June 19, 2014}}</ref></blockquote>


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==

=== Track listing ===
=== Track listing ===
# "Calendar" by [[The Dig (band)|The Dig]]
# "Calendar" by [[The Dig (band)|The Dig]]
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Latest revision as of 05:54, 10 September 2024

Curfew
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGary Winick
Written byKevin Kennedy
Produced byJulie Phillips
Starring
CinematographyMakoto Watanabe
Edited byCarole Kravetz
Music byCengiz Yaltkaya
Production
company
York Image Productions
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • April 25, 1989 (1989-04-25)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

Plot

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Teenager Stephanie Davenport spends a night out with her friends and boyfriend, John, while her parents, Walter and Megan, prepare to depart for a weekend vacation from their small California town. Meanwhile, brothers Ray and Bob Perkins—both inmates on death row, the latter developmentally disabled—escape from prison and descend upon the town, seeking revenge against Stephanie's father, the district attorney who sentenced them to death for a brutal murder. Ray and Bob first terrorize and murder a psychologist who analyzed them prior to their trial, before murdering a man they hitch a ride with and stealing his car. The two then break into the home of Judge Collins and his wife and bludgeon them to death with a gavel.

Later that night, Stephanie quickly returns home to make her 10:00 p.m. curfew, and sees Mrs. Alva, the babysitter Stephanie's parents have hired to oversee her, lying in the guest bedroom. Stephanie assumes Mrs. Alva is sleeping, unaware that she is in fact dead. Upstairs, Stephanie is confronted by Ray and Bob, who attack her. She flees to the neighboring Collins' home and finds their corpses before hitching a ride with an elderly man. Ray and Bob force the man's car off the road, and beat him unconscious when he exits the car. Stephanie manages to flee in the vehicle, driving to a nearby diner, where she begs for help. Sam, a young police officer, escorts Stephanie back home, where they are greeted unexpectedly by Stephanie's mother. Sam presumes Stephanie to be playing a prank, and releases her to the assumed safety of her home, unaware that both Ray and Bob have been holding her parents hostage inside all evening.

Ray and Bob proceed to subject the Davenports to a night of humiliation and torture: First, they force Walter at gunpoint to walk on broken glass before shooting at him, causing him to collapse on the broken shards. Ray subsequently taunts Megan, making her garishly apply makeup to her face before forcing her into a bathtub. Meanwhile, Walter and Stephanie are barricaded in the basement where Bob stands watch. Stephanie manages to leverage Bob's attraction to her in her favor, persuading him to let her see her mother. When Bob frees her, Walter incapacitates him, and the two rush upstairs to find Ray holding Megan at gunpoint before all three are forced back into the basement.

Meanwhile, a drunken John arrives with his friends Pete and Monica at the Davenport house to see Stephanie, John intent on having sex with her. The trio sneak inside, assuming Stephanie to be the only person in the house. Pete finds Mrs. Alva's corpse before he is stabbed to death by Ray. Meanwhile, John and Monica enter an empty bedroom upstairs and have sex but are soon interrupted by Ray, who murders them. Meanwhile, Sam comes across the elderly man Ray and Bob assaulted on the road. When the old man describes his attackers, Sam realizes their features match those of Ray and Bob, now subjects of an all-points bulletin. As Ray prepares to kill Stephanie, Walter, and Megan via makeshift electric chairs, Sam arrives at the Davenport home. Stephanie pleads with Bob, offering herself to him sexually in an attempt to cause a rift between the brothers. Her attempt proves effective, as the brothers begin to fight, culminating in Ray murdering Bob with an electric drill. Sam descends into the basement, only to be shot and injured by Ray. Ray follows the injured Sam upstairs and steals his gun, while Stephanie manages to free herself from the makeshift electric chair. When Ray returns to the basement, Stephanie emerges from the shadows and shoots him to death.

Some time later, Stephanie has a nightmare in which she leaves her home and gets into John's car, only to find Bob seated in the driver's seat.

Cast

[edit]

Release

[edit]

The film was released by New World Pictures direct-to-video on April 25, 1989.[4]

Critical response

[edit]

TV Guide gave the movie a tepid review, granting 1 out of 4 stars in its rating and noting that it "has a few interesting ideas that seem to get lost in all of the cheap gore and shock effects. Among the actors, Wellman is actually pretty good, and Richards has a strong screen presence, but they are stuck in a muddled and cheaply made film, badly directed by Gary Winick... The players all act at a fever pitch and the generally brutal murder sequences are ham-handedly accompanied by noisy music or sound effects. The underlying theme--of Stephanie's sexual awakening and her punishment as a result--is glossed over to concentrate solely on the torture and murder of other characters.[5]

Soundtrack

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Track listing

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  1. "Calendar" by The Dig
  2. "Feel Alive" by The Dig
  3. "Barbararay" by The Dig
  4. "Foreign Girl" by The Dig
  5. "Calm or a Storm" by The Dig
  6. "The Cure" by Ru Ready
  7. "Wear Me Out" by The Dig
  8. "The Unknown" by The Dig[3]

References

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  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.
  3. ^ a b "Curfew (1989)". Buried.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Coming Attractions". Chicago Tribune. March 24, 1989. p. 174 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Anonymous (c. 1989). "Curfew, 1989, Movie, R, 84 mins". TV Guide. Radnor, Pennsylvania: OpenGate Capital. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
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