SYNOPSICS
Goodbye Pork Pie (1980) is a English movie. Geoff Murphy has directed this movie. Tony Barry,Kelly Johnson,Claire Oberman,Shirley Gruar are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1980. Goodbye Pork Pie (1980) is considered one of the best Action,Adventure,Comedy,Crime movie in India and around the world.
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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Goodbye Pork Pie (1980) Reviews
Classic switch off flick
If you desire a film that has little effect on your psyche, then this is it. It has an enjoyment factor to rival many big budget films from both sides of the continent. To it's credit is the tiny budget and the 'number 8 fencing wire' approach by the cameramen at the time. As the Mini is now officially out of production, it may be of small comfort to know that the car involved can impress drivers from all walks of life. An icon for Mini enthusiasts as it shows the versatility of the car and for film buffs as there is more ad-libbing in the show than in a Michael Parkinson chat show. Enjoyable from start to finish, albeit too short and a bit disjointed. A classic that shows many slices of New Zealand life that no other camera would dare to cover. Enjoy.
Fantastic!
I had never heard of this film until I searched amazon.com for my name (I'm easily amused). An actor with the same name as myself (Kelly Johnson) was the result of my search and his first film was "Goodbye Pork Pie." I purchased it straight away. I was so excited to find I actually enjoyed the film. It's quirky and crazy, a lot of fun, has great (oftentimes wacky) characters and takes you on a wild ride through New Zealand. It offers a new view of NZ if you've only seen films such as one of those "Lord of the Rings" or "Whale Rider" (a gorgeous example). The fact that it was made in 1981 enhances it's excellence. Highly recommended as an alternative to Hollywood-style humour. Adios Pork Pie!
froth and depth in pretty much equal measure. An underrated future classic from down under.
A truly entertaining road movie from the early 80's, recently launched on DVD. From beginning to end, Goodbye P P is full of moments that charm and make you feel good, blended with those episodes of genuine depth that are (I think) hard to achieve in a film that sells itself for it's frothy facade. The acting is pretty good, the camera work very well done and overall a throughly enjoyable dash through beautiful New Zealand. There are certain sections of the flick that can seem rather dull but then again, I haven't seen a film that lacks these entirely. Despite some dubious scenes (a mini out running an Oz V8 being one of them), the action sequences are believable, helped by the film and editing crews' skills. Watch it and enjoy a surely to be cult classic. What I found most intriguing about the whole thing was how dated everything appeared compared to early 80's UK. For those car buffs out there, check them out and you'll see what I mean but don't let that distract your attention from the subtle camera moves and as I said earlier, the quality of the acting.
kiwiana a go-go
This film is an indispensable piece of Kiwiana. While the humour has certainly dated, it's still heaps of fun....and an excellent example of the road movie genre. Good for including many different locations in New Zealand, too. Was (and possibly still is) very popular in its native land.
An enjoyably lightweight screwball goof of a seriocomic road movie delight
Kelly Johnson and Tony Barry are affably boorish and unaffected as a couple of aimless, disaffected, alienated everyday nobody ne'er-do-well blokes -- Johnson's a nutty, reckless juvenile delinquent hell-raiser while Barry's a dejected middle-aged loser who's just broken up with his wife -- who decide to make a cross country jaunt across New Zealand in a tiny stolen yellow rental car in this disarmingly modest and unpretentious seriocomic road movie delight. The misfit duo inadvertently become wanted fugitives and subsequent overnight criminal celebrities when they stiff a gas station attendant out of several bucks worth of fuel. During their wacky misadventures our scruffy anti-heroes pick up a daffy lady hitch-hiker (the adorably vacuous Claire Oberman), cunningly elude the bumbling cops at every turn, and run into a fair share of eccentrics who want to eagerly capitalize on their newfound fame and notoriety. Director Geoff Murphy compensates for the hackneyed chase premise by coaxing funny, endearingly loose and zany performances from his uniformly excellent cast ("The Quiet Earth" 's Bruno Lawrence has a nice bit as a laid-back, pot-smoking chopshop owner), dynamically staging a few thrilling automobile stunts, keeping the pace swift and unflagging throughout, and neatly mining a winningly droll line in crudely amusing off-color humor. A marvelously mellow jazz score, beauteous backwoods locations, slick cinematography, and a plausibly downbeat, yet still satisfying ending round off this likably lightweight screwball goof of a movie.