{"product_id":"9781775491163_geoff-murphy-a-life-on-film-im-taking-this-bloody-car-to-invercargill","title":"Geoff Murphy: A Life on Film - I'm taking this bloody car to Invercargill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#404040\" size=\"2\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003eThe majorly entertaining memoir from a major entertainer - Geoff \u003cem\u003e'Goodbye Pork Pie'\u003c\/em\u003e Murphy tells it like it really was in this director's cut of his life and times.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#404040\" size=\"2\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#404040\" size=\"2\" face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\"I'm taking this bloody car to Invercargill!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o \/?\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003eIt was the line that had cinema audiences cheering. \u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodbye Pork Pie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e became an instant classic, and announced the arrival of a major new talent in director Geoff Murphy. With his next two films, \u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUtu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, he cemented his reputation as a pioneer of New Zealand cinema, eventually arriving in Hollywood as a gun-for-hire in the super-charged world of studio politics and superstar egos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003eHe'd come a long way from his days as a struggling school teacher, and then a member of a madcap band of merry pranksters known as Blerta, founded by his great friend and collaborator Bruno Lawrence. But it was the same sense of adventure -with a healthy dose of Kiwi ingenuity - that defined every stage of his career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003eIn this candid and funny memoir, Geoff Murphy looks back on a life in (and on) film - from do-it-yourself shoots in the 1960s to epic work on Peter Jackson's \u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e trilogy - and delivers the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\"\u003e director's cut of a truly remarkable life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Geoff Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46922349805717,"sku":"9781775491163","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781775491163.jpg?v=1776889982","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781775491163_geoff-murphy-a-life-on-film-im-taking-this-bloody-car-to-invercargill","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}