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Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic

(1996)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : David Lister
  2. Cast : Leon Schuster,Tolla Van Der Merwe,Frantz Dobrowsky,Nana Stapelberg,Themba Ndaba,Taryn Sudding,John Robbie,Dorette Nel,Sello Sebotsane,Desmond Dube,Lieb Bester,Ernest Ndhlovu,Pierre van Pletzen,Tim Plewman

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Original TitlePanic Mechanic

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1996-11-29

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 40m

Genres

  • Comedy

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