Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic (1996)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1996-11-29
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Production Country: South Africa
  • Director: David Lister
star 5.7/10
From 3 Ratings
6.0

Summary

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.

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  • Leon Schuster

    as Schuks
  • Frantz Dobrowsky

    as Jack Paddaman
  • Tolla Van Der Merwe

    as Jakob
  • Nana Stapelberg

    as Gloria Haasbroek
  • Themba Ndaba

    as Billy
  • Taryn Sudding

    as Annie / Various characters
  • John Robbie

    as Himself
  • Sello Sebotsane

    as Hijacker
  • Dorette Nel

    as Saartjie
  • Desmond Dube

    as SABC man
  • Lieb Bester

    as Gys
  • Ernest Ndhlovu

    as SABC boss
  • Tim Plewman

    as Minister of Transport
  • Coco Merckel

    as Chauffeur
  • Pierre van Pletzen

    as Coetzee
  • Andries van der Heever

    as Leader of the Opposition
  • Ruth Cele

    as The President
  • Thamele Mavuya

    as Frankie (Homeless Child)
  • Dick Reineke

    as Schuks' Neighbour
  • Zukile Gqobose

    as Mfusi
  • Francois Stemmet

    as Jan van der Merwe
  • Marga van Rooy

    as Mrs. van der Merwe
  • Nick Collis

    as Self - Actor in Audition
  • James Borthwick

    as Self - Actor in Audtion
  • Nick Lorentz

    as Self - Actor in Audtion
  • Terence Reis

    as Self - Actor in Audtion
  • Richard Carter

    as Camp Chap
  • David Hall-Green

    as TV Newscaster
  • John Lesley

    as Priest
  • Wendy Rudolph

    as Pizza Delivery Lady
  • Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

    as Barman
  • Hannah Botha

    as Minibus Passenger (uncredited)
  • Andre Scholtz

    as Kobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited)
  • Shaleen Surtie-Richards

    as Minibuss Passenger (uncredited)
  • Kobus Wiese

    as Self (uncredited)
Directing David Lister Director
Writing Leon Schuster Screenplay
Writing Gus Silber Screenplay
Writing Andre Scholtz Screenplay
Writing Leon Schuster Story
Production Edgar Bold Co-Producer
Production Carl Fischer Executive Producer
Production Andre Scholtz Producer
Production Leon Schuster Co-Producer
Sound Neill Solomon Original Music Composer
Camera James Robb Director of Photography
Editing Alastair Henderson Editor
Art Christian Mc Cabe Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Anni Taylor Key Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Amanda Ross-McDonald Assistant Makeup Artist
Production Georgina Kriel Production Manager
Directing Clive Stafford First Assistant Director
Sound Charlotte Buys Sound Effects Editor
Sound Charles Evans Foley Artist
Sound Sharron Hawkes Sound Effects Editor
Sound Jonathan Kvalsvig Boom Operator
Sound Rüdiger Payrhuber Sound Recordist
Sound Juliet Philips Foley Artist
Sound Simon Rankin Boom Operator
Sound Juli Vandenberg Supervising Sound Editor
Production Thorsten Wedekind Additional Casting
Editing Charlotte Buys First Assistant Editor
Editing Uta Frey Additional Editor
Editing Tamsin Hall Additional Editor
Editing Johan Lategan Additional Editor
Editing Tiny Laubscher Additional Editor
Art Billy Crauser Location Scout
Directing Tamsin Hall Continuity
Production Carol Kruger Production Accountant
Production Angela Phillips Production Coordinator
Crew Olly Steele Armorer
Crew Olly Steele Weapons Master
Crew Cordell McQueen Special Effects
Crew Cordell McQueen Stunts
Crew Wayne Smith Stunt Driver
Camera George Amos Assistant Grip
Camera Rhodi-Anne Buys Clapper Loader
Camera Lars Cox Focus Puller
Camera Vincent G. Cox Second Assistant Camera
Camera Michael Kennedy Focus Puller
Camera Pam Laxen Focus Puller
Camera Werner Maritz Second Assistant Camera
Camera Koos Roets Second Assistant Camera
Lighting Malcolm Stone Gaffer

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