π Overview:
When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. ItΒ΄s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but itΒ΄s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.
π΅ Budget: USD
262,987
π Languages Available:
Afrikaans
,
English
π Date Released:
1996-11-29
β Running Time:
101 mins
β Vote Average:
5.7
Beloved Cast
Schuks
Leon Schuster
Jack Paddaman
Frantz Dobrowsky
Jakob
Tolla Van Der Merwe
Gloria Haasbroek
Nana Stapelberg
Billy
Themba Ndaba
Annie / Various characters
Taryn Sudding
Himself
John Robbie
Hijacker
Sello Sebotsane
Saartjie
Dorette Nel
SABC man
Desmond Dube
Gys
Lieb Bester
SABC boss
Ernest Ndhlovu
Minister of Transport
Tim Plewman
Chauffeur
Coco Merckel
Coetzee
Pierre van Pletzen
Leader of the Opposition
Andries van der Heever
The President
Ruth Cele
Frankie (Homeless Child)
Thamele Mavuya
Schuks' Neighbour
Dick Reineke
Mfusi
Zukile Gqobose
Jan van der Merwe
Francois Stemmet
Mrs. van der Merwe
Marga van Rooy
Self - Actor in Audition
Nick Collis
Self - Actor in Audtion
James Borthwick
Self - Actor in Audtion
Nick Lorentz
Self - Actor in Audtion
Terence Reis
Camp Chap
Richard Carter
TV Newscaster
David Hall-Green
Priest
John Lesley
Pizza Delivery Lady
Wendy Rudolph
Barman
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
Minibus Passenger (uncredited)
Hannah Botha
Kobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited)
Andre Scholtz
Minibuss Passenger (uncredited)
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Self (uncredited)
Kobus Wiese