Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)

Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John's wife has just left him and moved to Invercargill. He is devastated and needs to talk to her. He has no ... See full summary »

Director:

Geoff Murphy

Writers:

Ian Mune, Geoff Murphy

Stars:

Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman

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

Storyline

Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John's wife has just left him and moved to Invercargill. He is devastated and needs to talk to her. He has no transport and needs a ride. Together with the little mini that Gerry names "Pork Pie", they hit the road to travel the length of the country. Their high speed exploits earn them the name "the Blondini gang". The police, however take a dim view of this and make it their mission in life to stop the Blondini boys from reaching their destination.

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Plot Keywords:

police | speed | accident | sex | automobile | 

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Taglines:

WARNING-This movie may be hazardous to your sense of humour!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

NZonScreen listing

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adeus, Aventureiros

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand United, Pork Pie Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

John is trying to get a ride to Invercargill and wanders into a dispute outside the Auckland bus station between Gerry and a traffic cop. When he tells the cop he's "involved" with Gerry and the yellow Mini, the cop asks John for his name, and he replies, "Smith". The cop smirks and walks away. Smith was the name of the main character in Sleeping Dogs, who was played by Sam Neill. The traffic cop in Goodbye Pork Pie was played by Clyde Scott, who played Jesperson in Sleeping Dogs. Jesperson, a crooked cop, relentlessly pursued the innocent Smith until his death, for "crimes against the government". Ian Mune scripted both Goodbye Pork Pie and the screenplay for Sleeping Dogs.

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Goofs

The police car in the Wellington railway yards has a "carless day" sticker and a "carless day exemption" sticker on its windscreen. The carless day scheme was not introduced until July 1979.

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Quotes

Title Card: This is a story from the pages of history, from an almost forgotten age, the good old days when you could drive your car when ever you pleased, when petrol stations were always open, and gas was less than a buck a gallon.

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Connections

Features Fantasy Island (1977)

User Reviews

Great movie! Why isn't it on video?

This movie is great fun, and entertaining from start to finish. Whereas some of Geoff Murphy's movies (Quiet Earth, Young Guns 2, Utu) made it to video, this little gem didn't (at least not here in the US) - too bad. Hopefully at some point, someone will recognise it as the classic it is, and release it on video or DVD.