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Panic Mechanic (1996)

★ 5.7/10 101 min Comedy South Africa English
Director: David Lister
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Leon Schuster
Leon Schuster Schuks
Frantz Dobrowsky Jack Paddaman
Tolla Van Der Merwe
Tolla Van Der Merwe Jakob
Nana Stapelberg
Nana Stapelberg Gloria Haasbroek
Themba Ndaba
Themba Ndaba Billy
Taryn Sudding
Taryn Sudding Annie / Various characters
John Robbie
John Robbie Himself
Sello Sebotsane
Sello Sebotsane Hijacker

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