Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife has just left him. The ultimate New Zealand road trip adventure.
Direction
Geoff Murphy's guerrilla filmmaking on actual highways
Acting
Kelly Johnson's Gerry—pure unhinged charisma
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll swear you know these guys
Director
Geoff Murphy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film basically invented the modern New Zealand cinema identity—before this, Kiwi films were either arthouse or didn't exist. Murphy proved you could be local AND commercial.
The 'blondini' race scene had no permits—they just drove like maniacs and hoped. The police chase? Real cops who thought it was hilarious.
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