The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
Director:
Jamie Uys
Writer:
Jamie Uys
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Marius Weyers as Andrew Steyn |
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Sandra Prinsloo as Kate Thompson |
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N!xau as Xi |
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Louw Verwey as Sam Boga |
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Michael Thys as Mpudi |
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Nic De Jager as Jack Hind |
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Fanyana H. Sidumo as Card 1 |
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Joe Seakatsie as Card 2 |
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Brian O'Shaughnessy as Mr. Thompson |
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Ken Gampu as President |
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Paddy O'Byrne as Narrator (voice) |
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Graham Armitage as The Reverend (voice) (uncredited) |
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Vera Blacker as Mrs. Thompson (uncredited) |
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Katinka Heyns as Young Woman with Noise in Her Head (uncredited) |
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Janet Meshad as Kate Thompson (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jamie Uys as The Reverend (uncredited) |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mij Reynolds | Costume Design |
| Directing | Jamie Uys | Director |
| Art | Caroline Burls | Art Direction |
| Production | Boet Troskie | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Buster Reynolds | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Boshoff | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jamie Uys | Editor |
| Camera | Robert Lewis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jamie Uys | Producer |
| Writing | Jamie Uys | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kobus Kruger | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Stanford C. Allen | Consulting Editor |
| Editing | Sue Antelme | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Nelson Mabasha | Sound |
| Crew | Daan Retief | Dialogue Coach |
| Camera | Jamie Uys | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gerda van den Broek | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Chris Fellows | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Roelf Van Jaarsveld | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Lombard | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail Grobbelaar | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Bell | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Paul Ballinger | Special Effects |
| Directing | Di Yates | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Caroline Burls | Script Supervisor |