skɹˈiːnɹaɪɾɚ ɹˈɑːbɚt tˈɑːmz nˌɑːvɪlᵻzˈeɪʃən ʌvðə fˈɪlm wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ bˈænd baɪ nˈuː zˈiːləndz ˌɪndˈiːsənt pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃənz tɹaɪbjˈuːnəl ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn, bˌʌt fˈoːɹɾi jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv ðə bˈæn wʌz ˌoʊvɚtˈɜːnd baɪ ðə tɹaɪbjˈuːnəlz səksˈɛsɚ, ðɪ ˈɑːfɪs ʌv fˈɪlm ænd lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚ klˌæsɪfɪkˈeɪʃən.
Screenwriter Robert Thom's novelization of the film was also banned by New Zealand's Indecent Publications Tribunal in 1971, but 40 years later (in 2012) the ban was overturned by the Tribunal's successor, the Office of Film and Literature Classification.