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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)

PG  109 min  -  Action | Comedy   -  21 August 1981 (Norway)
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A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Director:

Jamie Uys

Writer:

Jamie Uys
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marius Weyers ...
Sandra Prinsloo Sandra Prinsloo ...
N!xau N!xau ...
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Louw Verwey Louw Verwey ...
Michael Thys Michael Thys ...
Nic De Jager Nic De Jager ...
Fanyana H. Sidumo Fanyana H. Sidumo ...
Joe Seakatsie Joe Seakatsie ...
Brian O'Shaughnessy Brian O'Shaughnessy ...
Vera Blacker Vera Blacker ...
Ken Gampu Ken Gampu ...
Paddy O'Byrne Paddy O'Byrne ...
Narrator (voice)
Jamie Uys Jamie Uys ...
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Storyline

A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from. Meanwhile, we are introduced to a school teacher assigned to a small village, a despotic revolutionary, and a clumsy biologist. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Desert | Kalahari | Bottle | Bushman | Africa  | See more »

Taglines:

- A sly comedy from Africa - See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Botswana | South Africa

Language:

English | Afrikaans | Ungwatsi

Release Date:

(Norway) See more »

Also Known As:

Az istenek a fejükre estek See more »

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$8,188 (USA) (15 July 1984) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$30,031,783 (USA) (1986)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

CAT Films, Mimosa See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Didn't receive a major U.S. release until 1984. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: After Mr.Steyn helps Ms.Thompson get her out of a wait-a-bit tree, she covers herself with a towel. In the next shot the towel reverses sides. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: It looks like a paradise, but it is in fact the most treacherous desert in the world... the Kalahari. After the short rainy season, there are many waterholes, and even rivers. But after a few weeks, the water sinks away into the deep Kalahari sand, the waterholes dry up...
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Featured in Buster Reynolds Remembers Jamie Uys (2004) See more »