
Panic Mechanic
Movie

Panic Mechanic
Movie
- Title:Panic Mechanic
- User score:5.7
- Release date:1996-11-29
- Genres:Comedy
- Country:South Africa
- Language:Afrikaans, English
- Budget:$262,987
- Revenue:$949,678
- Runtime:101 min
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.
Top Cast

Leon Schuster
Schuks

Tolla Van Der Merwe
Jakob

Nana Stapelberg
Gloria Haasbroek

Themba Ndaba
Billy

Taryn Sudding
Annie / Various characters

John Robbie
Himself

Sello Sebotsane
Hijacker

Dorette Nel
Saartjie

Desmond Dube
SABC man

Lieb Bester
Gys

Ernest Ndhlovu
SABC boss

Tim Plewman
Minister of Transport
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