Straight Outta Benoni (2005)

Popularity:

Down 26% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Director:

Trevor Clarence

Writers:

Brendan Jack (story) and
Trevor Clarence (story) ...
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Release Date:

1 August 2005 (South Africa)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A Story About Two Guys Living On The Edge... Of Benoni.

Plot:

Brendan and Gavin have got twenty-four hours to achieve overnight success, and nothing can stop them... Except maybe themselves.

Plot Keywords:

Fired From The Job | Family Relationships | Teenager | Satire | Based On Comic

Cast

Brendan Jack	...	Brendan Jack
Gavin Williams	...	Gavin Williams
Colin Moss	...	Chad Keiser
Tanit Phoenix	...	Megan Alba
Louw Venter	...	Cop
Brett Goldin	...	B-Dog
Trevor Clarence	...	Trevor
Tony Caprari	...	Deon Mitri
Danny K	...	Danny K
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stacey Amos	...	Receptionist
Kathleen Anderson	...	Fast food mother
Carl Beukes	...	Audition partner
Herman Botha	...	Hippie
Douglas Bristow	...	Lenny Plank
Corrine Broomberg	...	Mrs. Mitri
Schalk Burger	...	Himself - bar patron
Terrence Chimbuya	...	Manziman
Gabriella Cirillo	...	Casting director
Leon Clingman	...	American reporter
Neels Coetzee	...	Bowls commentator
Ben Crossman	...	Male model
Bevan Cullinan	...	Man-Beast
Morné du Toit	...	Fast food joint employee
Alistair Duff	...	Advertising client
Andrew Eland	...	Assistant director
Thomas Ferreira	...	Male model
Chris Forrest	...	Security guard
Brendan Hancock	...	Brad Hancock
Mariska Heunis	...	Fast food child
Ben Horowitz	...	Casting assistant
Henk Hugo	...	Hugo Shenkel
Sarah Keevey	...	Dale's band
Olive King	...	Bowls lady
Nadia Kretschmer	...	Carmen
Kagiso Lediga	...	Dirk Holden
Heather Leite	...	TV presenter
Delia Leopold	...	Gavin's mother
Lee-Anne Liebenberg	...	Dream girl
Daniel Lotz
Ilse Lotz	...	Dale
Benji Magowan	...	Costume shop clerk
Riaad Moosa	...	Advertising client
Kevin Otto	...	American actor
Joe Parker	...	Police chief
Juanita Pienaar	...	Hippie
Thandi Puren	...	Local reporter
Gabriel Rybko	...	Gavin's brother
Jonathan Santana	...	Male model
Ron Smerczak	...	Priest
Bradley Seaton Smith	...	Stroppy kid
Stanimir Stoykov	...	Puppeteer
Given Stuurman	...	Manziman's brother
Jessie Thobias	...	Gospel lady
Kate Tilley	...	Arabella Mitri (as Kate Tilly)
Shaeleen Tobin	...	Advertising client
Johan van der Merwe	...	Boss
Rob van Vuuren	...	Hippie
John Vlismas	...	Band groupie
Francois Weber	...	Male model
Billy White	...	Megan's assistant
George Worthmore	...	Director
Annelie Mare	...	Babe at the bar (uncredited)

Directed by
Trevor Clarence

Writing credits
Brendan Jack		story and screenplay and
Trevor Clarence		story and screenplay &
Gavin Williams		story

Produced by
Ronnie Apteker	....	producer
Thomas Ferreira	....	co-producer
David Frankel	....	executive producer
Tendeka Matatu	....	co-producer
Jeremy Nathan	....	executive producer
Joel Phiri	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joe Arthur		(as JB Arthur)

Cinematography by
Clive Sacke		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Starkey

Casting by
Gabriella Cirillo
Stan Stoykov

Production Design by
Stephanne Erasmus
Arthur van Loggenberg

Makeup Department
Lyn Kennedy	....	key makeup artist
Jonathan Walton	....	chief hair stylist
Dolly Ryan	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Nerissa Black	....	post-production supervisor
Craig Morton	....	post-production supervisor
Nicci Van Niekerk	....	production manager (as Nicci van Niekerk)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas Ferreira	....	third assistant director
Ben Horowitz	....	first assistant director
Alex Kyriakides	....	third assistant director
Philie Naughten	....	second assistant director
Adrian Suckow	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Dylan Jowett	....	stand-by dresser
Katherine Ross	....	property master
Morne van der Merwe	....	set dresser
Francois Weber	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Charlotte Buys	....	adr editor
Charlotte Buys	....	dialogue editor
Nicky De Beer	....	supervising sound editor (as Nicky de Beer)
Akbar Ali Goolam	....	foley engineer (as Akbar Goolam)
André Jourdan	....	adr engineer
Arthur Koundouris	....	boom operator
Gerhard Kriel	....	recording engineer
Ivan Milborrow	....	sound recordist
Juliet Phillips	....	foley artist
Gerhard Roets	....	recording engineer
Jeremy Saacks	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Cyril Schumann	....	visual effects compositor
Tracey Williams	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Natasha Introna	....	stunt double: Tanit Phoenix
Aubrey Lovett	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ronnie Apteker	....	still photographer
Thomas Brown	....	clapper loader
Houston Hadden	....	focus puller
Linda Mabasa	....	best boy
Goodwill Madihlaba	....	assistant grip
Peter Modise	....	video tape operator
Willie Nel	....	epk camera operator
Robertson Nkwana	....	key grip
Clint Stone	....	gaffer
Muzi Tshabalala	....	camera trainee
Jennifer Wheatley	....	still photographer

Animation Department
David Hiller	....	animation designer and director
Robyn Jephson	....	animation sequence producer
Gina King	....	line work
Michael Robertson	....	artist and colourist

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pierre Du Plessis	....	wardrobe assistant (as Pierre du Plessis)
Sara Nordlöf	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Desmond Allan	....	digital post-production coordinator
Jason Basson	....	lustre editor
John Brink	....	PAL mastering superrvisor
Wiggie Ellenberger	....	telecine operator
Axel Kompat	....	scanning qc engineer
Brett Manson	....	lustre colorist
Pat Munnik	....	color timer
Phindiwe Nongwe	....	editing trainee
Carina Steyl	....	post-production coordinator
Nicci Van Niekerk	....	assistant editor (as Nicci van Niekerk)

Music Department
Julian Hester	....	futuristic animation score
Adrian King	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Shimmy Ntsoseng	....	crew driver
Hodges Sibeko	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Jason Basson	....	dust busting
Ben Crossman	....	tattoo artist
Greg de Chasteauneuf	....	technology consultant
Kobus Estherhuizen	....	location scout
Thomas Ferreira	....	location scout
Greg Hamburger	....	legal department
Tom Hazelton	....	caterer
Aubrey Khumalo	....	location assistant
Greg Kirby	....	spirit datacine operator
Gerhard Kriel	....	systems engineer
Helen Kuun	....	script consultant
Maston Kwenda	....	assistant caterer
Alex Kyriakides	....	location scout
Myrto Makrides	....	script supervisor
Kevin Mann	....	epk unit
Mic Mann	....	epk unit
Shayne Mann	....	epk unit
Brett Manson	....	lustre virtual cinematographer
Joe Matlou	....	genie operator
Ishmael Maupe	....	location assistant
Mark McIntyre	....	programmer: flash
Johnathan McKay	....	title sequence creator
Tenant McKay	....	opening film sequence
Kate Michalaro	....	marketing
Pravesh Mistry	....	Benoni point man
Malebo Mokoena	....	production trainee
Andrew Murray	....	web master
Natalie Mycielski	....	production accountant
Philie Naughten	....	production co-coordinator
Vincent Thuso Paneng	....	production assistant
Ziggy Pillay	....	marketing
Fiona Ramsay	....	dialogue coach
Gerhard Roets	....	systems engineer
Ma Rosie	....	craft service
Mark Rosin	....	legal department
Gerard Savenije	....	location manager
Rosalind Smith	....	production coordinator
George Stylianou	....	technology consultant
Thandi Zwana	....	production assistant

Distributors

• Ster-Kinekor Pictures (2005) (South Africa) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Go-Casting  casting

Also Known As:

"Crazy Monkey Presents Straight Outta Benoni" - South Africa (English title) (complete title)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Africa:PG

Filming Locations:

Benoni, South Africa

Trivia:

The film was inspired by a series of spots made for MTV as idents to go between music videos. The team behind the project first made them in the hope that MTV would air them at least once, but MTV loved them. They were soon picked up by all the MTV regions in Europe, Canada, South America, Australia and Asia. They even dubbed the spots into German. It wasn't long before they commissioned more spots, and even flew the guys to London to shoot some "Crazy Monkey in the UK".

Some good, but doesn't quite cut it...

The movie is about two South African chaps, living in the suburban limbo that many young South Africans find them in a post-Apartheid era where Affirmative Action has cut their options down. The actors are mostly accomplished at their art, the cinematography is quite good, but the script and editing lets the whole thing down. Although supposed to be a comedy, the chuckles can be counted on one hand. Wry smiles are the best that I could generate. Extensive use of slow motion slows the movie down to a crawl at times, and it somehow never gets going. This may be deliberate, reflecting the lives of our protagonists who also never seem to get going, but it does not compel the viewer used to fast paced Hollywood action.

Low budget? Definitely. But low budget is a challenge to film makers, and should not be a death knell.

On the bright side, their are no cheap politically correct themes, and no pie-in-the-face scenes a la Schuster to get cheap ratings.

A huge pity that the actor who plays Brett was recently killed in a senseless killing. This will probably give the movie undeserved cult status. Judged on it's own merits, it does not deserve cult status.