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The Gods Must Be Crazy II ()


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Six people meet in the Kalahari desert: a female NYC lawyer flying with a local zoologist/pilot in a mini-plane, a Cuban and an African soldier taking each other POW, a Boer elephant poacher, and a Bushman looking for his two children.

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Xixo
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Dr. Ann Taylor
Hans Strydom ...
Dr. Stephen Marshall
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Xiri
Nadies ...
Xisa
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Mateo
Treasure Tshabalala ...
Timi
Pierre van Pletzen ...
George
Lourens Swanepoel ...
Brenner
Richard Loring ...
Jack
Lesley Fox ...
Ann's Secretary
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General
Ken Marshall ...
Convener
Peter Tunstall ...
Chief Game Warden
Andrew Dibb ...
Computer Operator
Shimane Mpepela ...
Man on Bike
Paddy O'Byrne ...
Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sydney Chama ...
General's Aide (uncredited)
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Bob (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Jamie Uys

Written by

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Jamie Uys ... (written and devised by)

Produced by

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Boet Troskie ... producer

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Charles Fox

Cinematography by

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Buster Reynolds ... director of photography

Editing by

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Renée Engelbrecht
Ivan Hall

Editorial Department

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Bronwyn Berry ... assistant editor
Lesley Fox ... assistant editor
Steven Kemper ... consulting editor
Erica Luttich ... assisting editor (as Erica Lüttich)
Colette Russouw ... assistant editor
Gerda van den Broek ... assistant editor
Joy Wilson ... assistant editor
Horace Rayners ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Rose Bruins ... makeup designer
Andrea Carr ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Lesley Fox ... production manager: second unit
Michael Garcia ... production manager
Gerda van den Broek ... production manager / unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Buster Reynolds ... assistant director / second unit director

Art Department

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Taylor Brothers ... property designers (as The Taylors)
Robby Guess ... property designer
Ben Kubheka ... property designer / scenery designer
Rob Muir ... backdrops
Karen Jooste Murray ... property designer (as Karen Jooste)
Althea Oelofse ... property designer
Les Reynolds ... property designer
Paul Roumanoff ... backdrops
Les Subcleve ... property designer (as Les Subkleve)

Sound Department

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Dana Johnson ... sound editor
Edward Pearse ... sound
Juli Vandenberg ... sound editor (as Juli Van Den Berg)
Colin Williams ... sound editor
Nico Louw ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Juliet Phillips ... foley artist (uncredited)

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Adam Behr ... animatronic fabricator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Tony Boyers ... optical effects coordinator

Stunts

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Tiny Burman ... stunts
Gavin Genlloud ... stunts
Roly Jansen ... stunts
Buster Reynolds ... stunt coordinator
Jimmy Reynolds ... stunts
Les Reynolds ... stunts
Jannie Wienand ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Les Reynolds ... assistant camera
Johnny Tulukeni ... assistant camera (as John Tulukeni)
Cornelius Wessels ... assistant camera
Paul Gibbons ... gaffer (uncredited)
Chris Haarhoff ... A camera/Steadicam (uncredited)

Location Management

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Lesley Fox ... location crew
Ben Kubheka ... location crew
Buster Reynolds ... location crew
Les Reynolds ... location crew
Johnny Tulukeni ... location crew (as John Tulukeni)
Gerda van den Broek ... location crew
Cornelius Wessels ... location crew

Music Department

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Michael Boddicker ... musician: synthesizer
Charles Fox ... conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Jim Harrison ... music editor (uncredited)
Thomas Pasatieri ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lieza Louw ... continuity
Nicole Perrow ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Max Bogner ... title designer
Brian Boswell ... animals
Tony Bristow ... animals
Michael Garcia ... production assistant
Len Gillard ... imitator: bird calls
Anthony House ... flying models (as Anthony Howse)
Wayne Seale ... animals
Elbe Smith ... production assistant (as Elbé Smith)
Gerda van den Broek ... executive production coordinator
Sheryl Friederichsen ... foreign marketing producer (uncredited)
Jim Stockley ... animal trainer (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Xixo returns. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, each having their own problems. Written by Brian W Martz

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Taglines This time, everybody's going crazier. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Sweet and Short (Philippines, English title)
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 (United Kingdom)
  • Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête II (France)
  • Les dieux sont encore tombés sur la tête (France)
  • Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête... la suite (France)
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Runtime
  • 98 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $9,591,444

Did You Know?

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Trivia The movie was shot in 1985, and sat on the shelf for nearly five years. See more »
Goofs When the plane is flying through the rock formations, suspension wires are clearly visible on two occasions. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Crazy People/Impulse/In the Spirit/The Gods Must Be Crazy II/Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (1990). See more »
Quotes Timi: You know why a compass has a mirror on the back?
Mateo: [turning the compass over to see the mirror] Why?
Timi: So you can see who's lost.
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