Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic

Release date : November 29, 1996
Runtime : 1h 40m
Countries of origin : South Africa /
Original Language : Afrikaans / English /
Director : David Lister /
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November 29, 1996 1h 40m South Africa Comedy Afrikaans More
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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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Frantz Dobrowsky
Jack Paddaman
Nana Stapelberg
Gloria Haasbroek
Taryn Sudding
Annie / Various characters
John Robbie
Himself
Dorette Nel
Saartjie
Desmond Dube
SABC man
Ernest Ndhlovu
SABC boss
Tim Plewman
Minister of Transport

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  • title:Panic Mechanic
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1996
  • Runtime:1h 40m
  • Genres: Comedy ·
  • Countries of origin: South Africa ·
  • Original Language: Afrikaans · English ·
  • Director: David Lister /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies:
  • 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.
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