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Goodbye Pork Pie
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Top Road Movie with Great Scenery
Review date: 2007-09-18 Rating: 8 out of 10
Anyone who's been to NZ or OZ will instantly relate to this film. The film has a certain 1970's innocence and charm and the characters are all very likeable. Your be willing them on all the way.
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Reviews
Oldie but goodie
Review date: 2007-08-18 Rating: 10 out of 10
Reading the other reviews makes me think that you just had to see this movie when it came out....and be a Kiwi. I remember watching this when I was younger and it is a fantastic movie. Yeah it was made on a budget and it's around 20 years old now so of course it's going to be a bit outdated. Naturally the visual and sound quality aren't going to be the best but if you want to look at the history of New Zealand film then this and Came a Hot Friday are the two films NZ produced in the 1980's that everyone remembers best.
It's good for a laugh and it's good for the memories it invokes.
quite a laugh
Review date: 2007-02-13 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is a good-spirited and often hilarious movie about a man who will go to any length to see his girlfriend in Invercargill. Rather poor acting, but nicely shot in New Zealand,
highly disappointing
Review date: 2006-02-28 Rating: 2 out of 10
After reading other spectator reviews, I was convinced it would be well worth watching, as action, adventure and impressive scenery as well as a good plot seemed to offer a positive and promising result. Alas ! I was really disappointed, as were my sons, who were waiting in hopeful expectation for this so called masterpiece. The script and dialogue was weak, and there were a lot of sleazy details. Not that I´m a prude, but there were many tasteless scenes which did nothing but debase the plot. All in all, a load of rubbish and extremely disappointing and I wouldn´t rush out to buy it. In fact, after seeing it once, anyone is welcome for my copy, which I´m quite happy to get rid of.
At last on DVD, but........
Review date: 2004-04-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
Briefly, this film is a story is of a Mini being driven across NZ andhaving bits sold off it. I will concentrate on the DVD release in myreview.
The DVD itself has a couple of shortcomings. The first is a lack of anysubtitles and the second is that the soundtrack listed on the back asbeing in stereo is a mono soundtrack, which has been processed to give apseudo-stereo effect, which makes it sound strange.
Listen to the end of the car hire office scene where the Mini leaves thecar hire showroom and drives off. Rather than a smooth stereo pan fromside to side, the sound is squeezed into one channel and then pannedacross to the other side to give the effect of a passing car. It justdoesn't work and I for one would prefer the original mono soundtrack. Themusic is in mono as well, a bit odd when the master tapes were recorded instereo.
However, it seems to have had extra bits added to it, such as extendedscenes. The scene where Gerry is being sick over a fence, the VHS versioncuts straight to this, but the DVD has extra footage in between this andthe previous scene, making the film longer. The 'extras' are non-existentreally, but remember this film was made on a tight budget.
The print itself is in good condition, the VHS film had very slight weakcolour in places.
I would still give it the full 5 stars due to the low £5.99 asking price.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Bruno Lawrence
Tony Barry
Kelly Johnson
Claire Oberman
Shirley Gruar
Creators:
Tony Barry (Primary Contributor)
Kelly Johnson (Primary Contributor)
Alun Bollinger (Cinematographer)
Geoff Murphy (Producer)
Geoff Murphy (Writer)
Michael Horton (Editor)
Nigel Hutchinson (Producer)
Ian Mune (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Pegasus Entertainment
Manufacturer: Pegasus Entertainment
EAN: 5050232705681
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-04-05
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Running time: 103 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1984-01
Language: English (Original Language)