Panic Mechanic

Panic Mechanic

5.7 | 1996-11-29 | Comedy

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

David Lister Director

Cast

Frantz Dobrowsky
Frantz Dobrowsky
Jack Paddaman
Nana Stapelberg
Nana Stapelberg
Gloria Haasbroek
Taryn Sudding
Taryn Sudding
Annie / Various characters
John Robbie
John Robbie
Himself
Dorette Nel
Dorette Nel
Saartjie
Desmond Dube
Desmond Dube
SABC man

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