A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
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Title: Dust Devil (1992)
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6 nominations.
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Cast
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| Robert John Burke | ... | Dust Devil (as Robert Burke) | |
| Chelsea Field | ... | Wendy Robinson | |
| Zakes Mokae | ... | Ben Mukurob | |
| John Matshikiza | ... | Joe Niemand | |
| Rufus Swart | ... | Mark Robinson | |
| William Hootkins | ... | Capt. Cornelius Beyman | |
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Terry Norton | ... | Saartjie Haarhoff (as Terri Norton) |
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Russell Copley | ... | Cpl. Dutoit |
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Andre Odendaal | ... | Cpl. Botes |
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Luke Cornell | ... | Soldier 1 |
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Phillip Henn | ... | Soldier 2 |
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Peter Hallr | ... | Marist Monk |
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Robert Stevenson | ... | Rifle Boy |
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Stephen Earnhart | ... | Camper Driver |
| Marianne Sägebrecht | ... | Dr. Leidzinger | |
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A shape shifter (Burke) comes from the desert in search of victims, a spirit the locals call "The Dust Devil". He prays on the lonely and the unloved, those who have already lost everything but life itself. Wendy (Field) has broken up with her husband and wanders aimlessly in her car. She picks up a stranger and begins having misgivings about picking him up when strange things begin to occur. Meanwhile a local police officer (Mokae) tracks the killer. Aided by a shaman's admonishments about witchcraft he sets off to try and stop the beast before it can complete its grisly task. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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hitchhiking | motel | hitchhiker | sex scene | murder of a nude woman |Taglines:
The hitch-hiker from hell! See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence and sexuality, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Joe Niemand: Back in the first times, in the time of the red light; the desert wind - Soo-oop-wa - was a man like us. Until, by mischance, he grew wings and flew... like a bird. He became a hunter, and like a hawk, he flew to seek his prey; taking refuge in those far corners of the world where magic still lingers in the earth. But having once been a man, so does he still suffer the passions of a man. The people of the great Namib - me and my ancestors before me - we have another name for those ...
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Written by Bal Croce, Johnny Tub Johnson, Max Décharné
Performed by Earls of Suave
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The project had its genesis as a dream that director Richard Stanley had when he was a student at the Cape Town Film School. He tried unsuccessfully to realize it at the time. See more »Goofs
When Wendy slams on the brakes of her VW Beetle, she doesn't touch the clutch, but the car stops without stalling. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joe Niemand: Back in the first times, in the time of the red light; the desert wind - Soo-oop-wa - was a man like us. Until, by mischance, he grew wings and flew... like a bird. He became a hunter, and like a hawk, he flew to seek his prey; taking refuge in those far corners of the world where magic still lingers in the earth. But having once been a man, so does he still suffer the passions of a man. The people of the great Namib - me and my ancestors before me - we have another name for those ...
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The producers would especially like to thank the government and people of Namibia for their help in the making of this film. See more »Alternate Versions
'Dust Devil' has surfaced in about four different versions. The original cut runs at 120 minutes, yet its post-production was never finished. The UK video release runs at 105 minutes, being the final director's cut. Stanley has personally presented it at various film festivals. The film suffered greatly in hands of the US distributor, Miramax. The US 87 minutes VHS and laserdisc, both in pan&scan, were re-dubbed and had a new voice-over. According to Stanley, an even shorter stateside version was released, with a running time of a measily 68 minutes. The original and the final cut are said to be the only ones sharing most of the scenes and the general storyline. See more »Soundtracks
You Can Call (But I Won't Answer)Written by Bal Croce, Johnny Tub Johnson, Max Décharné
Performed by Earls of Suave
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Release Date:
16 April 1993 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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GBP4,300,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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If there ever was a film which deserved to be called HAUNTING - it's this one. Excellent music, wonderful dream-like atmosphere, masochistically-grim mood verging on nihilism, mystical overtones, a sympathetic supernatural yet human 'villain'... it's just wonderful. Disturbing gore, genuinely creepy scenes, the setting unlike anything you've ever seen before- this is one of the unsung, unknown masterpieces of the '90-ies (thinking/feeling man's)horror film at its best.