MOVIES - April 24, 1987

British film maker Peter Watkins’ Oscar-winning 1965 nuclear war documentary, “The War Game,” was so horrifying it was banned in 1967 by the British Broadcasting Corp., which had hired him to produce it. Twenty years later--tonight, in fact--Utica, N.Y., will witness the premiere of the documentary’s sequel, “The Journey”--a 14 1/2-hour documentary filmed in 17 locations in 14 free-world and Communist countries over the last three years. The film--partially filmed in Utica--opened to packed audiences at the Berlin film festival in February and March. Watkins, 52, has refused interviews to talk about the new film.