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The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   13,549 votes
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Director:
Jamie Uys
Writer:
Jamie Uys (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 August 1981 (Norway) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy more
Tagline:
The critics are raving... the natives are restless... and the laughter is non-stop! more
Plot:
A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Kalahari Bushman Film Star Dies
 (From WENN. 7 July 2003)

User Comments:
Funniest Movie Ever more

Cast

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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
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
South Africa
Company:
CAT Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Biggest foreign box office hit during its release. more
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. more
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.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#17.6)" (2004) more

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25 out of 30 people found the following comment useful:-
Funniest Movie Ever, 21 January 2004
10/10
Author: The_Scarecrow from Winnipeg

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.

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