Goodbye Pork Pie
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.
| Goodbye Pork Pie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Geoff Murphy |
| Written by | Geoff Murphy Ian Mune |
| Produced by | Geoff Murphy Nigel Hutchinson |
| Starring | Tony Barry Kelly Johnson Claire Oberman Bruno Lawrence |
| Cinematography | Alun Bollinger |
| Edited by | Michael J. Horton |
| Music by | John Charles |
Release date | 6 February 1981 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | NZ$350,000 |
| Box office | NZ$1.4 million |
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.
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