Goodbye Pork Pie

Goodbye Pork Pie is a 1981 New Zealand film directed by Geoff Murphy and written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune. The film was New Zealands first largescale local hit. One book described it as Easy Rider meets the Keystone Kops.

In the Northland town of Kaitaia in Spring 1978, nineteenyearold Gerry Austin Kelly Johnson opportunistically steals a wallet accidentally dropped by a wealthy woman named Lesley Morris. Finding cash and her drivers licence inside it, he uses them to rent a yellow Mini from Hertz. With no particular aim in mind, he drifts down to Auckland. Meanwhile, in Auckland, the middleaged John Tony Barry, has just had Sue, his girlfriend of six years, walk out on him and fly home to Invercargill. After a night on the bottle, John decides to go down to Invercargill.Searching for transport, John notices Gerry being stopped by a traffic officer for failing to wear a seat belt. John intervenes and manages to get the officer off writing a ticket. As thanks, Gerry offers John a lift part of the way. The duo stop for petrol in the northern Waikato, but in confusion accidentally drive off without paying, drawing police attention to the car. ........

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