The Gods Must Be Crazy Page #5

Synopsis: A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from. Meanwhile, we are introduced to a school teacher assigned to a small village, a despotic revolutionary, and a clumsy biologist.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Jamie Uys
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporat
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
PG
Year:
1980
109 min
2,047 Views


I was hoping-- I was ho--

-I was hoping you couId go.

-I`m very awkward around women.

-Yes, aren`t we aII?

-No, it`s not Iike that.

When I`m in the presence of a Iady,

my brain switches off or something.

-I turn into an idiot.

-You ought to meet more women.

-It onIy gets worse.

-But you wiII do this for me?

Come on, Prince. Come on. Go, boy.

Come on, boy.

Come on, come on. Okay.

Okay.

Son of a--

Choke. Choke, choke, choke, choke.

You tried to murder me,

you son of a--

Don`t switch her off or Iet her staII.

You`II never start her.

Don`t park on a sIope.

You got no hand brake.

Now you teII me.

-Goodbye.

-Goodbye, Andrew.

-Take care, now. Goodbye.

-Bye, Mpudi.

One day, a very noisy animal rushed

past where Xi was sleeping.

It left very peculiar tracks, as if two

enormous snakes had slithered past.

Everybody Iie down on the ground.

AII of you, Iie down!

Come on, Iie down, you and you!

Everybody Iie down!

Hey, you! Didn`t you hear me?

Lie down!

He can`t hear you, sir.

-He`s deaf.

-Shut up!

Hey, wake up!

Come and give us petroI here.

Did two jeeps pass here?

Yes, sir. They took haIf my stock.

They took a big can of petroI,

and they made me to Iie down.

If you find them, ask them.

They must pay me my money.

It`s a Iot of stuff they took.

Morning.

-Miss Thompson?

-Yes.

-My name--

-How do--?

My name-- My name is--

My name--

My name is Andrew Steyn.

How do you do?

The Reverend cracked his crankcase,

so he asked me to....

Thank you.

How far do we have to go?

How far do we have to go?

How--?

Oh, sorry.

HeIIo, Andrew.

HeIIo, Phineas.

-Good morning, madam.

-Good morning.

-I`m sorry, madam. Sorry.

-It`s aII right.

Here. I`m truIy sorry,

madam. Sorry.

It`s aII right.

What are you doing?

What--? What--? What are you--?

Your brakes are shot.

-Yes.

-What are you doing?

I`m opening the gate.

How do I get out of here?

No, it`s aII right. I....

Now I just....

-Oh, this is too weird. I`m getting out.

-No, it`s okay. I just have to....

-What are you doing now?

-I`m cIosing the gate. But don`t worry.

Are you crazy? It has no brakes!

Do you wanna get me kiIIed?

-Are you crazy?

-AII right, it`II come back.

-What?

-The Land Rover, it`II come back.

-What do you mean, it`II come back?

-It`s aII right.

-I suppose you think it was funny.

-I`m sorry. The brakes don`t work.

I noticed.

Xi saw a strange-looking person,

and greeted him.

But the man didn`t hear him.

Xi said, ``This is a funny stick.

Did it grow on a tree?``

He couldn`t understand

why he ran away.

He realized the man must`ve seen

the evil thing he was carrying.

That`s what made him run.

-She stopped.

-I noticed.

Can you start her again?

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Jamie Uys

Jacobus Johannes Uys (30 May 1921 – 29 January 1996), better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director, best known for directing The Gods Must Be Crazy. more…

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