Trailer
Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 76GoodWatch 73
Audience score84%
IMDb6.8
Box office
4.7×its budget
- Budget
- $300 K
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it earned $1 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for adventure movies
typical 103105Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1981
February 5, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
AdventureComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- New Zealand
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 more18 people
- Tony BarryJohn
- KJKelly JohnsonGerry Austin
- Claire ObermanShirl
- SGShirley GruarSue
- Bruno LawrenceMulvaney
- John BachSnout
- Marshall NapierPolice Driver
- BJBill JuliffCar Yard Man
- AJAlan Jervis WilksPolice Sergeant
- DSDon SelwynKaitaia Policeman
- Ian WatkinFather, in other yellow mini
- PCPaki CherringtonTaxi Driver
- MMMaggie MaxwellMaureen, Sue's sister
- CSClyde ScottAuckland Traffic Cop
- PGPhillip GordonService Station Attendant
- Adele ChapmanParty Girl
- STStephen TozerPhil, West Coast Traffic Cop
- FEFrances EdmondAnnette, Phil's wife
Directing · 1
- Geoff Murphy Director, Author, Producer
Writing · 1
- Ian Mune Author
Camera · 1
- Alun Bollinger Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Michael Horton Editor
Sound · 1
- John Charles Original Music Composer
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