Pork Pie (film)
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by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune
| Pork Pie | |
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| Directed by | Matt Murphy |
| Written by | Matt Murphy |
| Based on | Goodbye Pork Pie by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune |
| Produced by | Tom Hern |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Crighton Bone |
| Edited by | Jonathan Woodford-Robinson |
| Music by | Jonathan Crayford |
Production company | Four Knights Film |
| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
Release dates |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$3,800,000[citation needed] |
| Box office | US$797,639 (Worldwide) |
Pork Pie (also known as Joyride in certain countries) is a 2017 New Zealand road comedy film written and directed by New Zealander Matt Murphy and produced by Tom Hern. The film is a remake of the 1981 movie Goodbye Pork Pie, the first New Zealand film to win a substantial local audience. The remake stars Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston and Ashleigh Cummings as a trio of accidental outlaws who travel the length of New Zealand in a stolen orange New Mini.
- Dean O'Gorman as Jon
- James Rolleston as Luke Anahera
- Ashleigh Cummings as Keira Leigh-Jones
- Antonia Prebble as Suzie Davidson, Jon's girlfriend
- Matt Whelan as Noah, Jon's friend
- Siobhan Marshall as Becca, Noah's partner
- Ben Mitchell as Motorcycle Cop
- Tom Sainsbury as Bongo
- Geraldine Brophy as Andy
- Rima Te Wiata as Mrs Davidson
with cameo appearances from Karl Burnett, Tim Shadbolt, Eric Young, Paul Henry and Simon Dallow
Plot
Luke is chased by several people in a car dump yard in Kaikohe. He jumps into a working yellow Mini Cooper S and drives away. Meanwhile Jon, an Auckland-based writer who cannot finish his book, decides to visit a wedding in Wellington that Suzie, his ex-fiancée, is invited to. He steals his friend's expensive suit and drives south. In Pōkeno, his car breaks down and catches fire, so Jon continues his trip by foot. He is almost run over by Luke on a rural road, and Luke agrees to give Jon a lift. In Waikato, they accidentally drive off a petrol station without paying, which attracts the attention of the police. Luke escapes the police officer due to his incredible driving skill.
They get to a drive-through burger restaurant, where Keira, an employee who is fed up with customers' rudeness, joins them on a whim. Keira is a vegan activist. She wants to get to Wellington to participate in a protest against live export and a pre-event rave.
Jon comes to the wedding and bitterly confronts Suzie about the man who is consoling her, to which she responds by spilling champagne onto him. Jon, visibly upset, goes to the rave where he discovers that his laptop with the book draft is completely broken. He takes drugs that Keira's friends supply him with and falls asleep in the coffin that is attached to the Mini to be used in the protest. In the morning, the police start chasing their car again, and, thanks to Luke's driving skill, they manage to escape by driving into an open freight train car. Noah calls Jon and tells him that the man at the wedding is Suzie's gay friend.
On the train, the travellers discover a lot of old clothing that they put on, including the titular pork pie hat. Keira and Luke start a relationship and have sex. Jon decides to go to Suzie's house in Invercargill to talk to her. Unbeknownst to the others, Keira records a video where she says that they are animal rights activists going to Invercargill.
In Southland, Jon goes to a dairy to buy some snacks and discovers that their "gang" is now in the national news due to Keira's announcements. Dairy worker approvingly points to the news report, and Jon runs away. Keira thinks that going viral is great for their cause, but Luke and Jon argue that the police will capture them because of that. Keira leaves the car and is captured by the police.
Luke and Jon hide the car under a bridge and spend the night there. Jon hears Becca on the radio where she says that Jon didn't show up at his wedding with Suzie, to the approving remarks of the radio host. Luke commits to helping him to get to Invercargil, but the whole area is being barricaded by the police. Luke drives to Roxburgh and is stunned to see crowds of fans waiving at them. On the road away from the town, they meet Bongo, a conspiracy theorist fan who offers them help. They accept because they are low on petrol, but drive away when he shows with a gun and demands to be included into the team. He accidentally shoots himself in the foot, then walks to the emergency clinic and claims that the "gang" shot him. Armed police units are deployed, and the news start disseminating the rumour about Luke and Jon having guns.
Keira uploads a video from detention where she claims that the "gang" are unarmed. Luke goes to a dairy and is shot by an aggressive and scared police officer. Jon continues his trip alone. He calls Suzie, and she agrees to give him one last chance: he has to show up at the café in Invercargil at 7 pm. The Southland Mini Club are moved by Jon's story and help him shake off most of the police cars, although one of the officers shoots his tyres, so the car catches fire from friction of the wheel against the asphalt. Jon makes it into Invercargill almost late, but catches Suzie as she walks away from the café. He is arrested, but she decides to become his lawyer.
In the mid-credits scene it is revealed that Suzie and Jon decided to marry again, and Suzie left him waiting at the altar for several hours. Keira stole Luke, who used a wheelchair, from a hospital, and they ran away from the police.
Production
The original Goodbye Pork Pie is a low budget feature film directed by Matt Murphy's father Geoff, and written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune. In 2014, a remake was announced, to be directed by Matt Murphy, who was part of the crew on the original 1981 version.[1] The same year, Matt Murphy directed a reenactment of the Lake Hāwea chase from the first film, as an advertisement for the New Mini.[2]
Filming of Pork Pie (A.k.a. Joyride) started in March 2016.[3] Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston and Ashleigh Cummings were set to star as Jon (John), Luke (Gerry) and Keira (Shirl) respectively.[4][5] The film's first trailer was released on 17 October 2016.[6]