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Geoff Murphy: From Blerta to Pork Pie, to Hollywood...

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Geoff Murphy: From Blerta to Pork Pie, to Hollywood...
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Geoff Murphy was the teacher and trumpet player who got New Zealand yelling in the movie aisles. After boning up on filmmaking while touring on the Blerta bus, Murphy turned out a triple punch of local classics: 1981 blockbuster Goodbye Pork Pie, historical epic Utu and last man on earth tale The Quiet Earth. The director worked with everyone from Wild Man Bruno Lawrence to Mickey Rourke; from varsity safecrackers to hobbits, with time for nail-biting hijinks in Wellington railyards and atop ...

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hollywood / acting / blerta / crowd scenes / american film / tax breaks / movie finance / nzfc / roger donaldson / director / directing / omaru / goodbye pork pie / local media / wild man / utu / geoff murphy: from blerta to pork pie / to hollywood... / blerta bus / cannes film festival / zac wallace / casting / costuming / the quiet earth / sam pillsbury / invercargil / extras / geoff murphy

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