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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
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Release Date:
21 August 1981 (Norway) moreTagline:
The critics are raving... the natives are restless... and the laughter is non-stop! morePlot:
A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Crazy! Goofy! Silly! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Marius Weyers | ... | Andrew Steyn | |
| Sandra Prinsloo | ... | Kate Thompson | |
| N!xau | ... | Xi | |
| Louw Verwey | ... | Sam Boga | |
| Michael Thys | ... | Mpudi | |
| Nic De Jager | ... | Jack Hind | |
| Fanyana H. Sidumo | ... | Card 1 | |
| Joe Seakatsie | ... | Card 2 | |
| Brian O'Shaughnessy | ... | Mr. Thompson | |
| Vera Blacker | ... | Mrs. Thompson | |
| Ken Gampu | ... | President | |
| Paddy O'Byrne | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Jamie Uys | ... | The Reverend |
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109 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Iceland:L | South Korea:All | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Norway:11 (re-rating) | Norway:12 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | USA:PGFilming Locations:
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Biggest foreign box office hit during its release. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After Mr.Steyn helps Ms.Thompson get her out of a watape tree, she covers herself with a towel. In the next shot the towel reverses sides. moreQuotes:
[Xixo has been thrown in jail]Mpudi: He never seen a wall in his life, now he got walls all around him. He gonna die for sure.
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Crazy, goofy, and silly are the three most operative words to describe "The Gods Must Be Crazy". But the movie is also very original. It's appropriate that the word crazy is in the title because this is the craziest movie I've ever seen. "The Gods Must Be Crazy" is a South African made comedy that was made back in the early 1980s but didn't get released until 3-4 years after shooting was completed. It became a surprise hit in the U.S. after it was released in 1984, and it did very well in other countries too. "The Gods Must Be Crazy" features three separate stories that get tied together towards the end. One story is about a bushman who goes on a journey to return a Coke bottle that he found to the Gods after the bottle starts causing harm to some of his family members. Another story revolves around a war that breaks out in Central Africa. And the other story centers around a clumsy scientist who tries to take a pretty South African woman to her new job as a schoolteacher in a small African village, and does everything wrong. This is my favorite part of the movie. The scientist is played by Marius Weyers, and he gives an inspired slapstick comedy performance. Some of the things that he does in the film had me exploding in laughter. The scenes with the jeep that he drives are priceless. Sandra Prinsloo is a good foil as the schoolteacher who unfortuneitly has no choice but to put up with his clumsiness. When Weyers and Prinsloo are on screen, "The Gods Must Be Crazy" is at its funniest. The other two stories are good, but not great. Nevertheless, there are some unusual scenes in these parts of the movie too. But the scenes involving the scientist and the schoolteacher are the best parts of "The Gods Must Be Crazy". It's too bad that they didn't turn up in the dull sequel. I think these parts of the movie alone is enough for me to recommend "The Gods Must Be Crazy".
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