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* CarPorn/CoolCar: The yellow Mini which co-stars in the film, as well as the Dino 308 [=GT4=] which briefly appears early on. Holden Kingswoods also make appearances as police cars, which was TruthInTelevision in Australasia during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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* CarPorn/CoolCar: CoolCar: The yellow Mini which co-stars in the film, as well as the Dino 308 [=GT4=] which briefly appears early on. Holden Kingswoods also make appearances as police cars, which was TruthInTelevision in Australasia during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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* CoolCar: CarPorn/CoolCar: The yellow Mini which co-stars in the film, as well as the Dino 308 [=GT4=] which briefly appears early on.on. Holden Kingswoods also make appearances as police cars, which was TruthInTelevision in Australasia during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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As of 2016, a [[TheRemake remake]] is in production, directed by Geoff Murphy's son, Matt.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Gerry and John stop in the old Cromwell town centre. In the late 1980s, the town centre was flooded by Lake Dunstan as part of the Clyde hydroelectric dam project.
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It follows Kaitaia 19-year-old Gerry Austin, as he steals a yellow rental Mini and heads to UsefulNotes/{{Auckland}} for fun. There, he meets middle-aged John, who has just had Sue, his girlfriend of six years, walk out on him, and the two decide to drive the Mini all the way to Invercargill to allow John to meet up with his girlfriend again. Their escapades attract the attention of police, leading to a nationwide car chase.
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It follows Kaitaia 19-year-old Gerry Austin, Austin (Kelly Johnson), as he steals a yellow rental Mini and heads to UsefulNotes/{{Auckland}} for fun. There, he meets middle-aged John, John (Tony Barry), who has just had Sue, his girlfriend of six years, walk out on him, and the two decide to drive the Mini all the way to Invercargill to allow John to meet up with his girlfriend again. Their escapades attract Hitchhiker Shirl (Claire Oberman) joins their escapades, which attracts the attention of police, leading police and leads to a nationwide car chase.
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As of 2016, a [[TheRemake remake]] is in production, directed by Geoff Murphy's son, Matt.
As of 2016, a [[TheRemake remake]] is in production, directed by Geoff Murphy's son, Matt.
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* PoliceAreUselessPoliceAreUseless: The entire New Zealand Police force can't take down three people in a Mini.
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''Goodbye Pork Pie'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/NewZealand road film, directed by Geoff Murphy and co-written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune, described as ''Film/EasyRider'' meets the KeystoneKops.
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''Goodbye Pork Pie'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/NewZealand road film, directed by Geoff Murphy and co-written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune, described as ''Film/EasyRider'' meets the KeystoneKops.
Keystone Kops.
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* DrivingIntoATruck: The Mini is driven in to a rail boxcar to avoid the police in the Wellington railway yards.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Pretty much every region and city the Mini passes through: the Harbour Bridge in Auckland, the Beehive and Parliament in Wellington, the [=ChristChurch=] Cathedral in Christchurch, and the Octagon in Dunedin.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Pretty much every region and city the Mini passes through: the Harbour Bridge in Auckland, UsefulNotes/{{Auckland}}, the Beehive and Parliament in Wellington, UsefulNotes/{{Wellington}}, the [=ChristChurch=] Cathedral in Christchurch, and the Octagon in Dunedin.
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It follows Kaitaia 19-year-old Gerry Austin, as he steals a yellow rental Mini and heads to Auckland UsefulNotes/{{Auckland}} for fun. There, he meets middle-aged John, who has just had Sue, his girlfriend of six years, walk out on him, and the two decide to drive the Mini all the way to Invercargill to allow John to meet up with his girlfriend again. Their escapades attract the attention of police, leading to a nationwide car chase.
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** The marked confluence of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers in Cromwell, before the area was flooded for the Clyde Dam.
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->''"We're takin' this bloody car to Invercargill!"''
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''Goodbye Pork Pie'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/NewZealand road film, directed by Geoff Murphy and co-written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune, described as ''EasyRider'' meets the KeystoneKops.
It follows Kaitaia 19-year-old Gerry Austin, as he steals a yellow rental Mini and heads to Auckland for fun. There, he meets middle-aged John, who has just had Sue, his girlfriend of six years, walk out on him, and the two decide to drive the Mini all the way to Invercargill to allow John to meet up with his girlfriend again. Their escapades attract the attention of police, leading to a nationwide car chase.
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* AutoErotica
* DearJohnLetter: John finds one from Sue in his typewriter, which simply reads "Dear John"
* DoubleEntendre: Passing the policeman having sex in his car:
--> '''Gerry Austin''': Is that cop pulling out?
* DrivingIntoATruck: The Mini is driven in to a rail boxcar to avoid the police in the Wellington railway yards.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The Mini crashes into the rear Sue's sister's car - one second later, her car bursts into flames.
* EiffelTowerEffect: Pretty much every region and city the Mini passes through: the Harbour Bridge in Auckland, the Beehive and Parliament in Wellington, the [=ChristChurch=] Cathedral in Christchurch, and the Octagon in Dunedin.
** The marked confluence of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers in Cromwell, before the area was flooded for the Clyde Dam.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: To escape the police in the central North Island, John parks the Mini in a car wrecker's yard.
* PoliceAreUseless
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It follows Kaitaia 19-year-old Gerry Austin, as he steals a yellow rental Mini and heads to Auckland for fun. There, he meets middle-aged John, who has just had Sue, his girlfriend of six years, walk out on him, and the two decide to drive the Mini all the way to Invercargill to allow John to meet up with his girlfriend again. Their escapades attract the attention of police, leading to a nationwide car chase.
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!!Tropes:
* AutoErotica
* DearJohnLetter: John finds one from Sue in his typewriter, which simply reads "Dear John"
* DoubleEntendre: Passing the policeman having sex in his car:
--> '''Gerry Austin''': Is that cop pulling out?
* DrivingIntoATruck: The Mini is driven in to a rail boxcar to avoid the police in the Wellington railway yards.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The Mini crashes into the rear Sue's sister's car - one second later, her car bursts into flames.
* EiffelTowerEffect: Pretty much every region and city the Mini passes through: the Harbour Bridge in Auckland, the Beehive and Parliament in Wellington, the [=ChristChurch=] Cathedral in Christchurch, and the Octagon in Dunedin.
** The marked confluence of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers in Cromwell, before the area was flooded for the Clyde Dam.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: To escape the police in the central North Island, John parks the Mini in a car wrecker's yard.
* PoliceAreUseless
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