Ster-Kinekor (South Africa) 20th Century Fox (United States)
Release date
10 September 1980 (1980-09-10) (South Africa)
Running time
109 minutes
Countries
South Africa Botswana
Languages
English Afrikaans Juǀʼhoan
Budget
$5 million[1]
Box office
R 1.8 billion (~$200 million)[2]
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys. An international co-production of South Africa and Botswana, it is the first film in The Gods Must Be Crazy series. Set in Southern Africa, the film stars Namibian San farmer Nǃxau ǂToma as Xi, a hunter-gatherer of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe discovers a glass Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an aeroplane, and believe it to be a gift from their gods. When Xi sets out to return the bottle to the gods, his journey becomes intertwined with that of a biologist (Marius Weyers), a newly hired village school teacher (Sandra Prinsloo), and a band of guerrilla terrorists.
The Gods Must Be Crazy was released in South Africa on 10 September 1980 by Ster-Kinekor, and broke several box office records in the country, becoming the most financially successful South African film ever produced at the time.[2] The film was a commercial and critical success in most other countries, but took longer to find success in the United States, where it was eventually re-released in 1984 by 20th Century Fox,[1] with its original Afrikaans dialogue being dubbed into English. Despite its success, the film attracted criticism for its depiction of race and perceived ignorance of discrimination and apartheid in South Africa.[3]
In 1989, it was followed by a sequel The Gods Must Be Crazy II.
^ abGugler, Josef (2003). African Film: Re-imagining a Continent. Indiana University Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-253-21643-5. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
^ abCite error: The named reference gorelik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Klemesrud, Judy (28 April 1985). "'The Gods Must Be Crazy' - A Truly International Hit". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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