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Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
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January 1984 (USA)
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Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John's wife has just left him and moved to Invercargill...
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Dated but excellent anarchistic New Zealand road movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tony Barry | ... | John | |
| Kelly Johnson | ... | Gerry Austin | |
| Claire Oberman | ... | Shirl | |
| Shirley Gruar | ... | Sue | |
| Bruno Lawrence | ... | Mulvaney | |
| Stephen Tozer | ... | Traffic Cop | |
| John Bach | ... | Snout | |
| Frances Edmond | ... | Annette | |
| Don Selwyn | ... | Kaitaia Policeman | |
| Clyde Scott | ... | Traffic Cop | |
| Ian Watkin | ... | Father in Car | |
| Marshall Napier | ... | Police Driver | |
| Jackie Lowitt | ... | Leslie Morris | |
| Shirley Dunn | ... | Rental Girl | |
| Paki Cherrington | ... | Taxi Driver |
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105 min | USA:90 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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New Zealand:PG |
Iceland:12 |
Australia:M |
New Zealand:R13 (original rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
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Most of the audio for the chase scenes had to be re-recorded in post-production. This was due to the noise made by the numerous gravel roads.
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Anachronisms: The two rail locomotive featured in the film, number 1664 and number 1582, were not operation in spring 1978. Locomotive 1664 only arrived from the manufacturer in 1979, and 1582 was known as 1536 before September 1979.
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Features "Close to Home" (1975)
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Goodbye Pork Pie is one of my favourite movies, mainly because it covers everything about road trips, hitch-hiking and hassles with the law in New Zealand. Kiwi's get a real kick from GBPP because it's a hoot to see the old police cars, the chases in Wellington CBD, the dope smoking, the small "in" jokes about how New Zealanders see each other. You might have trouble finding in in NTSC f