Panic Mechanic (1996)
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.
Director:
David Lister
Writers:
Leon Schuster, Gus Silber, Andre Scholtz.
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Leon Schuster as Schuks |
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Frantz Dobrowsky as Jack Paddaman |
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Tolla Van Der Merwe as Jakob |
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Nana Stapelberg as Gloria Haasbroek |
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Themba Ndaba as Billy |
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Taryn Sudding as Annie / Various characters |
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John Robbie as Himself |
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Sello Sebotsane as Hijacker |
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Dorette Nel as Saartjie |
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Desmond Dube as SABC man |
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Lieb Bester as Gys |
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Ernest Ndhlovu as SABC boss |
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Tim Plewman as Minister of Transport |
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Coco Merckel as Chauffeur |
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Pierre van Pletzen as Coetzee |
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Andries van der Heever as Leader of the Opposition |
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Ruth Cele as The President |
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Thamele Mavuya as Frankie (Homeless Child) |
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Dick Reineke as Schuks' Neighbour |
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Zukile Gqobose as Mfusi |
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Francois Stemmet as Jan van der Merwe |
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Marga van Rooy as Mrs. van der Merwe |
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Nick Collis as Self - Actor in Audition |
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James Borthwick as Self - Actor in Audtion |
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Nick Lorentz as Self - Actor in Audtion |
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Terence Reis as Self - Actor in Audtion |
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Richard Carter as Camp Chap |
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David Hall-Green as TV Newscaster |
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John Lesley as Priest |
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Wendy Rudolph as Pizza Delivery Lady |
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Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole as Barman |
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Hannah Botha as Minibus Passenger (uncredited) |
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Andre Scholtz as Kobus Wiese's Friend (uncredited) |
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Shaleen Surtie-Richards as Minibuss Passenger (uncredited) |
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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 |
