The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 South African comedy film written and directed by Jamie Uys. Financed only from local sources, it is the most commercially successful release in the history of South Africa's film industry. Originally released in 1980, the film is the first in The Gods Must Be Crazy series. It is followed by one official sequel and three unofficial sequels produced in Hong Kong.
The Gods Must be Crazy!!! Why Else Would they Send this Object from Heaven that created such Havoc and Envy Throughout the Village.
When An inadvertent release of a Coke Bottle is dropped from an Airplane as it passes over the "Land of the Just" ... it suddenly makes what was a beautiful caring village into a group who must possess this object that the Gods have bestowed upon them .. causing much havoc and envious desirers.
It must be returned to the Gods ... and so the Story Continues......
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| Produced by | Jamie Uys
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| Music by | John Boshoff
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| Cinematography | Buster Reynolds
Robert Lewis |
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| Edited by | Stanford C. Allen
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| Running time | 109 minutes
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| Country | South Africa
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| Budget | US$5 million
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Steyn: I'm going to the school to give her these.
Mpudi: You gonna look like that?
Steyn: Like what?
Mpudi: Like it's a funeral. You've gotta smile and tell her she looks good.
Steyn: How are you an expert on women?
Mpudi: I got seven wives. How many you got?
Steyn: Why aren't you at home with them?
Mpudi: I know how to marry them. Nobody knows how to live with them.
Steyn: So, what did you marry them for?
Mpudi: Someday I have to tell you the facts of life...
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