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Geoff Murphy

Curated by NZ On Screen team 38 items
This collection pays tribute to filmmaker Geoff Murphy — the legendary director of Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu, The Quiet Earth and more.

Overview

Geoff Murphy was the trumpet player who got Kiwis yelling in the movie aisles. His 1981 road movie Goodbye Pork Pie was the first big hit of the Kiwi film renaissance. He completed an impressive triple punch with the epic Utu, and Bruno Lawrence alone on earth classic The Quiet Earth. From early student heists to Edgar Allen Poe, this collection pays tribute to the late, great, laconic wild man of Kiwi film. Plus read background pieces written in 2013 by cinematographer Alun Bollinger, friend Roger Donaldson, writer Dominic Corry and early partner in crime Derek Morton.

Profiles

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Geoff Murphy
Director, Writer