GOODBYE PORK PIE
Year: 1981
Country:
New Zealand
Run Time:
105 minutes
New Zealand's most commercially successful film deviates from the mainstream of that country's film renaissance, which reflects social and cultural concerns. Director Geoff Murphy has created a fast-paced comedy-adventure of crimes and car chases. This road movie follows two drifters, Kelly and John, who travel the length of their country in a stolen yellow Mini. Kelly, a young rebel, and John, a man fast approaching middle age, make for an odd couple, but they become part of an odder threesome when they team up with a blonde hitchhiker named Shirl. She introduces herself as a virgin, but the two men quickly determine otherwise. The three find they have one thing in common: They all want to reach their destination and avoid the police. The insanity and mayhem that ensue leave one patrol car in a lake and another over a cliff. The team manage narrow escape after narrow escape, more often despite their actions than because of them. Nonetheless, they become national heroes to everyone except the authorities. GOODBYE PORK PIE takes a simple formula and inventively invokes an air of continuous surprise and outrageous humor. The film is further bolstered by winning performances and New Zealand's spectacular scenery.
"Easy Rider meets the Keystone Kops." - Variety
Screenplay
Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune
Producer
Nigel Hutchinson and Geoff Murphy
Cinematography
Alun Bollinger
Editing
Mike Horton
Principal Cast
Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman, Shirley Gruar, Bruno Lawrence
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