The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jamie Uys

Writer:

Jamie Uys (writer)

Release Date:

21 August 1981 (Norway)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

The critics are raving... the natives are restless... and the laughter is non-stop!

Plot:

A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle...

Plot Keywords:

Bottle | Kalahari | Desert | Baboon | Lion

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

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

Directed by
Jamie Uys

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jamie Uys		writer

Produced by
Boet Troskie	....	executive producer
Jamie Uys	....	producer
Gerda Vanden Broeck	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
John Boshoff

Cinematography by
Robert Lewis
Buster Reynolds

Film Editing by
Jamie Uys

Art Direction by
Caroline Burls

Costume Design by
Gail Grobbelaar
Mij Reynolds

Makeup Department
William Bell	....	makeup artist (as Bill Bell)
Olga Lombard	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Rina Venter	....	production manager

Sound Department
Avram D. Gold	....	supervising adr editor (US release)
Joseph Holsen	....	sound editor
Martha Burns Holsen	....	sound editor
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer
Roelf Van Jaarsveld	....	sound editor
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Paul Ballinger	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Anthony Bannister	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Stanford C. Allen	....	consulting editor
Ricardo Olivero	....	color timer

Other crew
Viv Bristow	....	animal trainer
Chris Fellows	....	final mix producer
Sheryl Friederichsen	....	foreign marketing producer
Jack Seale	....	animal trainer
Di Yates	....	continuity

Production Companies

• CAT Films
• Mimosa

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1983) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Botswana | South Africa

Language:

English | Afrikaans | Ungwatsi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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:PG

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

CAT Films

Trivia:

Biggest foreign box office hit during its release.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

[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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#17.6)" (2004)

Funniest Movie Ever

I remember the first 5 times I saw this movie I was laughing so much that tears rolled down my face. This movie was very well done and I have nothing bad to say about this movie. I definetly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to laugh.... and if it doesn't make you laugh then you better check your pulse.