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The Gods Must Be Crazy II

Director: Jamie Uys
Writer: Jamie Uys
Producer: Boet Troskie
Theatrical: 1989
Rated: PG
Studio: Elrina Investment
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 98
Media: DVD
Collection ID: 645
IMDb: 0097443
DVD Details
Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ungwatsi
Sound: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1
Release:Apr 1990
Credits
Xixo
N!xau
Dr. Ann Taylor
Lena Farugia
Dr. Stephen Marshall
Hans Strydom
Xiri
Eiros
Xisa
Nadies
Mateo
Erick Bowen
Timi
Treasure Tshabalala
George
Pierre van Pletzen
Brenner
Lourens Swanepoel
Jack
Richard Loring
Ann's Secretary
Lesley Fox
General
Simon Sabela
Convener
Ken Marshall
Chief Game Warden
Peter Tunstall
Computer Operator
Andrew Dibb
Man on Bike
Shimane Mpepela
Narrator (voice)
Paddy O'Byrne
Summary
South African director Jamie Uys caught lightning in a bottle with "The Gods Must Be Crazy"--a Coke bottle, to be specific. This slaphappy collection of goofy pratfalls and culture-clash gags became an enormous international smash, and made a sort of star out of the Bushman selected to play the central role, the completely ingratiating N!Xau. He plays a man, unaware of white culture, who finds a Coca-Cola bottle in the Kalahari (dropped by a passing pilot) and promptly has his life turned around by this mystical object. The movie looks slipshod and even amateurish at times, yet its attitude is so bubbly it's hard to resist. Proving that physical comedy remains a true international language, millions of moviegoers around the world drank it up.

"The Gods Must Be Crazy II" (1989) returns N!Xau to the bizarre world of the white man, this time in a slicker plot (and a with a bigger budget) that, perhaps predictably, yields fewer real belly laughs than the first time around. Director Jamie Uys sticks to his cherished notions that tribesmen are wiser than civilized people, and that fast-motion comedy is inherently funny. The storyline begins with N!Xau's innocent Bushman searching for his lost children; he then gets sidetracked by subplots. The humor is basic, but in best silent-movie tradition Uys prepares his set-pieces with elaborate care, and he understands the value of the long-delayed pay-off. "--Robert Horton"