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Panic Mechanic

19965.7 / 10102 min
Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster

Schuks

Tolla Van Der Merwe

Tolla Van Der Merwe

Jakob

Frantz Dobrowsky

Frantz Dobrowsky

Jack Paddaman

Nana Stapelberg

Nana Stapelberg

Gloria Haasbroek

Themba Ndaba

Themba Ndaba

Billy

Taryn Sudding

Taryn Sudding

Annie / Various characters

John Robbie

John Robbie

Himself

Dorette Nel

Dorette Nel

Saartjie

Sello Sebotsane

Sello Sebotsane

Hijacker

Desmond Dube

Desmond Dube

SABC man

Lieb Bester

Lieb Bester

Gys

Ernest Ndhlovu

Ernest Ndhlovu

SABC boss

Pierre van Pletzen

Pierre van Pletzen

Coetzee

Tim Plewman

Tim Plewman

Minister of Transport

Crew

David Lister

David Lister

Director

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster

Screenplay

Gus Silber

Gus Silber

Screenplay

Andre Scholtz

Andre Scholtz

Screenplay

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster

Story

Edgar Bold

Edgar Bold

Co-Producer

Carl Fischer

Carl Fischer

Executive Producer

Andre Scholtz

Andre Scholtz

Producer

Leon Schuster

Leon Schuster

Co-Producer

Neill Solomon

Neill Solomon

Original Music Composer

James Robb

James Robb

Director of Photography

Alastair Henderson

Alastair Henderson

Editor

Christian Mc Cabe

Christian Mc Cabe

Production Design

Anni Taylor

Anni Taylor

Key Makeup Artist

Amanda Ross-McDonald

Amanda Ross-McDonald

Assistant Makeup Artist

Georgina Kriel

Georgina Kriel

Production Manager

Clive Stafford

Clive Stafford

First Assistant Director

Charlotte Buys

Charlotte Buys

Sound Effects Editor

Charles Evans

Charles Evans

Foley Artist

Sharron Hawkes

Sharron Hawkes

Sound Effects Editor

Jonathan Kvalsvig

Jonathan Kvalsvig

Boom Operator

Rüdiger Payrhuber

Rüdiger Payrhuber

Sound Recordist

Juliet Philips

Juliet Philips

Foley Artist

Simon Rankin

Simon Rankin

Boom Operator

Juli Vandenberg

Juli Vandenberg

Supervising Sound Editor

Thorsten Wedekind

Thorsten Wedekind

Additional Casting

Charlotte Buys

Charlotte Buys

First Assistant Editor

Uta Frey

Uta Frey

Additional Editor

Tamsin Hall

Tamsin Hall

Additional Editor

Johan Lategan

Johan Lategan

Additional Editor

Tiny Laubscher

Tiny Laubscher

Additional Editor

Billy Crauser

Billy Crauser

Location Scout

Tamsin Hall

Tamsin Hall

Continuity

Carol Kruger

Carol Kruger

Production Accountant

Angela Phillips

Angela Phillips

Production Coordinator

Olly Steele

Olly Steele

Armorer

Olly Steele

Olly Steele

Weapons Master