Panic Mechanic

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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  David Lister
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  Clive Stafford
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  Tamsin Hall

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  Leon Schuster
  Schuks
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  Frantz Dobrowsky
  Jack Paddaman
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  Tolla Van Der Merwe
  Jakob
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  Nana Stapelberg
  Gloria Haasbroek
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  Themba Ndaba
  Billy
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  Taryn Sudding
  Annie / Various characters
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  John Robbie
  Himself
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  Sello Sebotsane
  Hijacker
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  Dorette Nel
  Saartjie
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  Desmond Dube
  SABC man
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  Lieb Bester
  Gys
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  Ernest Ndhlovu
  SABC boss
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  Tim Plewman
  Minister of Transport
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  Coco Merckel
  Chauffeur
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  Pierre van Pletzen
  Coetzee
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  Andries van der Heever
  Leader of the Opposition
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  Ruth Cele
  The President
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  Thamele Mavuya
  Frankie (Homeless Child)
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  Dick Reineke
  Schuks' Neighbour
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  Zukile Gqobose
  Mfusi