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Panic Mechanic

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5.7/10 • 3

1996-11-291h 40m

Comedy

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.

Directors
David Lister

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Leon Schuster

    Leon Schuster

    Schuks

  2. Tolla Van Der Merwe

    Tolla Van Der Merwe

    Jakob

  3. Frantz Dobrowsky

    Frantz Dobrowsky

    Jack Paddaman

  4. Nana Stapelberg

    Nana Stapelberg

    Gloria Haasbroek

  5. Themba Ndaba

    Themba Ndaba

    Billy

  6. Taryn Sudding

    Taryn Sudding

    Annie / Various characters

  7. John Robbie

    John Robbie

    Himself

  8. Dorette Nel

    Dorette Nel

    Saartjie

  9. Sello Sebotsane

    Sello Sebotsane

    Hijacker

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
rocketslapstick comedy