list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Gods Must Be Crazy on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy/13618/default.aspx Title: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Year: 1981
Director: Jamie Uys
Plot: Kalahari bushman Xi (played by genuine bushman N!xau) is as surprised as the rest of his tibe when a Coke bottle, thrown from a passing plane, lands in the middle of their village. This "gift from the gods" proves to be a mixed blessing when the tribesmen fight over it and eventually use it for a weapon. To keep peace in the village, Xi is assigned to take the bottle to "the end of the earth" (actually a lush valley) and throw it back to the gods. Meanwhile, back in urbanized South Africa, Kate Thompson (Sandra Prinsloo) leaves her office job in the city to take a job teaching Kalahari children; once in the wilderness, she finds herself constantly bumping into clumsy microbiologist Andrew Steyn (Marius Weyers). And meanwhile, maniacal Sam Boga (Louw Verwey) is leading a military coup against the government. How do all these various and wildly divergent characters fit together? You'll have to see The Gods Must be Crazy yourself--if you haven't seen it already. This Botswanian comedy/melodrama was directed by Jamie Uys, who had helmed dozens of films before Gods and would make many more afterwards. Originally slated for limited domestic distribution in 1982, Gods Must Be Crazy was picked up for American consumption by 20th Century-Fox in 1984. Within a few weeks, "word of mouth" transformed Gods into the biggest foreign boxoffice hit ever released in the U.S. The 1989 sequel didn't do quite as well, indicating that perhaps the bloom was off the rose for N!xau and his confreres. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:45:30 GMTThe Gods Must Be Crazy1981Jamie UysKalahari bushman Xi (played by genuine bushman N!xau) is as surprised as the rest of his tibe when a Coke bottle, thrown from a passing plane, lands in the middle of their village. This "gift from the gods" proves to be a mixed blessing when the tribesmen fight over it and eventually use it for a weapon. To keep peace in the village, Xi is assigned to take the bottle to "the end of the earth" (actually a lush valley) and throw it back to the gods. Meanwhile, back in urbanized South Africa, Kate Thompson (Sandra Prinsloo) leaves her office job in the city to take a job teaching Kalahari children; once in the wilderness, she finds herself constantly bumping into clumsy microbiologist Andrew Steyn (<a href="/players/P____75729/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Marius Weyers</a>). And meanwhile, maniacal Sam Boga (Louw Verwey) is leading a military coup against the government. How do all these various and wildly divergent characters fit together? You'll have to see The Gods Must be Crazy yourself--if you haven't seen it already. This Botswanian comedy/melodrama was directed by <a href="/players/P___114942/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jamie Uys</a>, who had helmed dozens of films before <I>Gods</I> and would make many more afterwards. Originally slated for limited domestic distribution in 1982, <a href=/films/13618/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Gods Must Be Crazy</a> was picked up for American consumption by 20th Century-Fox in 1984. Within a few weeks, "word of mouth" transformed <I>Gods</I> into the biggest foreign boxoffice hit ever released in the U.S. The 1989 sequel didn't do quite as well, indicating that perhaps the bloom was off the rose for N!xau and his confreres. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide23Tag Target (>10)29113http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t44205v0btx.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy/13618/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Pick_a_Pair/598/32740/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Diedo
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Body: Or how about, Dances with Wolves (1990) and Farewell to the King (1989) where Kevin Costner and Nick Nolte are mesmerized by the local American-Indian/Borneo people, become one of them and finally are forced to face-off against the modern world encroaching upon these non-industrialized societies. A more obvious movie would be The Last Samurai (2003) as it was readily compared to Dances with Wolves when it came out. Or, The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981) and The Emerald Forest (1985) where native peoples of the Kalahari desert/Amazon rainforest come into contact with the encroaching industrialized world forcing one of them to confront it. They're very different in tone though, so the first one (The Gods...) could be paired with Crocodile Dundee (1986) as "guy who visits Western world and thinks everything is weird and hilarious", while the latter (Emerald Forest) could be seen with Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as "Western world boy raised by indigenous people/apes is searched for by family". Or, Princess Mononoke (1997) and Silent Running (1971) where one of the main characters goes renegade in a last ditch effort to defend nature against the encroaching civilization of man. They make a nice pair as they contain similar themes through different genres. Love this idea of pairing up movies... and love the word 'encroach'... obviously. Just went to get something to eat and came up with this: Made in Britain (1981) and Into the Wild (2007) where main character resents authority and society, wants to free himself from it, but in the former case does this through confrontation and urban crime, while the latter does so through avoidance and seeking out nature. Both characters despise/dislike their records and documents by respectively shitting on them and burning them. Wildly different movies! You could also watch Made in Britain with American History X as "movie where main character is a neo-nazi skinhead who plays in the new Incredible Hulk movie that most people prefer over the 2003 version because it is completely formulaic and predictable". Or, First watch The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) and then Delicatessen (1991) *POSSIBLE SPOILER* I really can't comment on the connection without giving out spoilers. There's also the well-known Twilight Zone episode How To Serve Man (1962), that'll go well with these two as a starter (pun intended). Make sure you have pork dinner before watching these movies. Or, City Slickers (1991) and Deliverance (1972) when buddies go out on a nature trip and nothing seems to go right. ;-)
]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:53:34 GMTDiedoMovie Games7/18/2008 3:53:34 PMOr how about, Dances with Wolves (1990) and Farewell to the King (1989) where Kevin Costner and Nick Nolte are mesmerized by the local American-Indian/Borneo people, become one of them and finally are forced to face-off against the modern world encroaching upon these non-industrialized societies. A more obvious movie would be The Last Samurai (2003) as it was readily compared to Dances with Wolves when it came out. Or, The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981) and The Emerald Forest (1985) where native peoples of the Kalahari desert/Amazon rainforest come into contact with the encroaching industrialized world forcing one of them to confront it. They're very different in tone though, so the first one (The Gods...) could be paired with Crocodile Dundee (1986) as "guy who visits Western world and thinks everything is weird and hilarious", while the latter (Emerald Forest) could be seen with Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as "Western world boy raised by indigenous people/apes is searched for by family". Or, Princess Mononoke (1997) and Silent Running (1971) where one of the main characters goes renegade in a last ditch effort to defend nature against the encroaching civilization of man. They make a nice pair as they contain similar themes through different genres. Love this idea of pairing up movies... and love the word 'encroach'... obviously. Just went to get something to eat and came up with this: Made in Britain (1981) and Into the Wild (2007) where main character resents authority and society, wants to free himself from it, but in the former case does this through confrontation and urban crime, while the latter does so through avoidance and seeking out nature. Both characters despise/dislike their records and documents by respectively shitting on them and burning them. Wildly different movies! You could also watch Made in Britain with American History X as "movie where main character is a neo-nazi skinhead who plays in the new Incredible Hulk movie that most people prefer over the 2003 version because it is completely formulaic and predictable". Or, First watch The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) and then Delicatessen (1991) *POSSIBLE SPOILER* I really can't comment on the connection without giving out spoilers. There's also the well-known Twilight Zone episode How To Serve Man (1962), that'll go well with these two as a starter (pun intended). Make sure you have pork dinner before watching these movies. Or, City Slickers (1991) and Deliverance (1972) when buddies go out on a nature trip and nothing seems to go right. ;-) http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/27/26663.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 3/27/2008 5:00:28 PM
Body: This morning I was watching Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three (see, readers, I do know movies before 1990), and it made me wonder if Coca-Cola is the most cinematic commercial product in the history of film. Not the most prominent in film, necessarily (in terms of either direct product placement or more casual indirect appearance,) but at least the most significant to film. After all, Coca-Cola did own a movie studio (Columbia Pictures) for the greater part of a decade (the 1980s). In addition to One, Two, Three, which is about a Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin, the soft drink figures specifically in and fundamentally to the plots of The Gods Must Be Crazy, Good Bye Lenin! and, obviously, The Coca-Cola Kid. But primarily, such direct incorporations of the brand are more about their connection to the U.S. and capitalism than they are to the actual product of soda. Even when Superman throws a bad guy at a giant Coca-Cola billboard in Superman II, the brand comes with a connotation of Americanism that overshadows any intent to market a beverage. And certainly the title in Godard’s Masculin, Feminin that says “The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola” means Coca-Cola in its non-product definition of being a metaphor for capitalist America. And is the joke in Dr. Strangelove (in the video above) that the head of Coca-Cola is analogous to the President of the United States? (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:00:28 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/27/2008 5:00:28 PM This morning I was watching Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three (see, readers, I do know movies before 1990), and it made me wonder if Coca-Cola is the most cinematic commercial product in the history of film. Not the most prominent in film, necessarily (in terms of either direct product placement or more casual indirect appearance,) but at least the most significant to film. After all, Coca-Cola did own a movie studio (Columbia Pictures) for the greater part of a decade (the 1980s). In addition to One, Two, Three, which is about a Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin, the soft drink figures specifically in and fundamentally to the plots of The Gods Must Be Crazy, Good Bye Lenin! and, obviously, The Coca-Cola Kid. But primarily, such direct incorporations of the brand are more about their connection to the U.S. and capitalism than they are to the actual product of soda. Even when Superman throws a bad guy at a giant Coca-Cola billboard in Superman II, the brand comes with a connotation of Americanism that overshadows any intent to market a beverage. And certainly the title in Godard’s Masculin, Feminin that says “The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola” means Coca-Cola in its non-product definition of being a metaphor for capitalist America. And is the joke in Dr. Strangelove (in the video above) that the head of Coca-Cola is analogous to the President of the United States? (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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