Goodbye Pork Pie (1980)

Directed by

Geoff Murphy

Genre

adventure film, action film, road movie, comedy drama

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two unlikely companions steal a car and drive across New Zealand, getting into various misadventures with the police in pursuit. It is a comedy road movie about a chase that grows increasingly absurd.

energeticchaoticlightheartedfast-pacedirreverentunderdogplayfulpicaresque

What happens

Goodbye Pork Pie is a 1981 New Zealand comedy film directed by Geoff Murphy, co-produced by Murphy and Nigel Hutchinson, and written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune. The film was New Zealand's first large-scale local hit. One book described it as Easy Rider meets the Keystone Cops. It was filmed during November 1979, using only 24 cast and crew. Its overheads were surprisingly minimal, to the point that the police cars used doubled as crew and towing vehicles, and that the director Geoff Murphy performed some of the stunts himself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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