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Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic (1996)

Directed by David Lister
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1h 41min

Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

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. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´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.

Full cast

ActorRole
Sello SebotsaneHijacker
Dorette NelSaartjie
Desmond DubeSABC man
Lieb BesterGys
Ernest NdhlovuSABC boss
Tim PlewmanMinister of Transport
Coco MerckelChauffeur
Pierre van PletzenCoetzee
Andries van der HeeverLeader of the Opposition
Ruth CeleThe President
Thamele MavuyaFrankie (Homeless Child)
Dick ReinekeSchuks' Neighbour
Zukile GqoboseMfusi
Francois StemmetJan van der Merwe
Marga van RooyMrs. van der Merwe
Nick CollisSelf - Actor in Audition
James BorthwickSelf - Actor in Audtion
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Nick LorentzSelf - Actor in Audtion
Terence ReisSelf - Actor in Audtion
Richard CarterCamp Chap
David Hall-GreenTV Newscaster
John LesleyPriest
Wendy RudolphPizza Delivery Lady
Mabutho 'Kid' SitholeBarman
Hannah BothaMinibus Passenger (uncredited)
Andre ScholtzKobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited)
Shaleen Surtie-RichardsMinibuss Passenger (uncredited)
Kobus WieseSelf (uncredited)

Genres

Comedy

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titlePanic Mechanic
Original languageEnglish (EN)
Spoken languagesAfrikaans, English
Production countriesSouth Africa
StatusReleased
Release date29 novembre 1996
Executive producerCarl Fischer
ProductionEdgar Bold, Andre Scholtz, Leon Schuster
WriterLeon Schuster, Gus Silber, Andre Scholtz
EditingAlastair Henderson, Charlotte Buys, Uta Frey, Tamsin Hall, Johan Lategan, Tiny Laubscher
CinematographyJames Robb, George Amos, Rhodi-Anne Buys, Lars Cox, Vincent G. Cox, Michael Kennedy, Pam Laxen, Werner Maritz, Koos Roets
Assistant directorsClive Stafford, David Lister, Tamsin Hall
LightingMalcolm Stone
Camera operatorsJames Robb, George Amos, Rhodi-Anne Buys, Lars Cox, Vincent G. Cox, Michael Kennedy, Pam Laxen, Werner Maritz, Koos Roets
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Release dates

Theatrical release

South Africa / Nov 29, 1996 / PG

United States / Jan 01, 1997

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