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Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic

(1996)

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. 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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : David Lister
  2. Producer : Andre Scholtz
  3. Editor : Alastair Henderson
  4. Cast : Leon Schuster,Frantz Dobrowsky,Tolla Van Der Merwe,Nana Stapelberg,Themba Ndaba,Taryn Sudding,John Robbie,Sello Sebotsane,Dorette Nel,Desmond Dube,Lieb Bester,Ernest Ndhlovu,Tim Plewman,Coco Merckel,Pierre van Pletzen,Andries van der Heever,Ruth Cele,Thamele Mavuya,Dick Reineke,Zukile Gqobose,Francois Stemmet,Marga van Rooy,Nick Collis,James Borthwick,Nick Lorentz,Terence Reis,Richard Carter,David Hall-Green,John Lesley,Wendy Rudolph,Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole,Hannah Botha,Andre Scholtz,Shaleen Surtie-Richards,Kobus Wiese

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Original TitlePanic Mechanic

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1996-11-29

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 41m

Budget₹ 262987

Revenue₹ 949678

Genres

  • Comedy

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