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Panic Mechanic(1996)

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ReleasedComedy1h 40m

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.

Budget:

$ 0

Directed by:

David Lister

Cast

Leon Schuster thumbnail

Leon Schuster

Schuks

Tolla Van Der Merwe thumbnail

Tolla Van Der Merwe

Jakob

Frantz Dobrowsky thumbnail

Frantz Dobrowsky

Jack Paddaman

Nana Stapelberg thumbnail

Nana Stapelberg

Gloria Haasbroek

Themba Ndaba thumbnail

Themba Ndaba

Billy

Taryn Sudding thumbnail

Taryn Sudding

Annie / Various characters

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