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The Gods Must Be Crazy II --> This time, everybody's going crazier. / Az istenek a fejükre estek 2. DVD
Made in U.K.
Region 2,5 PAL DVD
UPC 5035822804456
ENGLISH, ITALIAN (SURROUND)
FRENCH, GERMAN (STEREO)
HUNGARIAN (MONO)
Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- It is a 1989 South African Botswanan film, a sequel to the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy.
- The movie stars N!xau, Hans Strydom, and Lena Farugia.
- It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
- Plot Overview: The film continues the adventures of Xixo the Bushman (played by N!xau), whose children accidentally become stowaways on a poacher's truck, leading Xixo on a journey to find them. Along the way, his path intertwines with a lost New York lawyer and a zoologist stranded in the desert, as well as two bumbling enemy soldiers.
- Key Cast: The movie stars N!xau as Xixo, Lena Farugia as Dr. Ann Taylor, and Hans Strydom as Dr. Stephen Marshall, among others.
- Special Features: As indicated on the DVD cover, this release includes a "Featurette" and "Theatrical Trailers".
- Technical Specifications: The DVD specifies a PAL format, Dolby Digital sound, and a feature run time of approximately 94 minutes. It is also enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs and includes multiple language and subtitle options.
- Release Information: This particular DVD edition appears to have been released in 2004 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, although the film itself was originally released in 1989.
This delightful sequel to the hilarious hit comedy is a piece of divinely inspired lunacy! N!xau recreates his starring role as Xixo the Bushman, who lives deep in the African desert, following the same way of life as his ancestors have for thousands of years. He again collides with the so-called civilized world when he embarks on a search for his children, who are accidental stowaways on a poacher's truck. He soon crosses paths with two very odd couples lost in the desert: an attractive New York lawyer and a handsome zoologist, stranded by a plane crash, and two enemy soldiers who take turns taking each other hostage. Xixo, perplexed by their strange antics, nevertheless finds himself drawn into a crazy adventure with people who know how to make magic machines... but who constantly need to be saved from the wilderness and from each other.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Featurette
- Theatrical Trailers
COLUMBIA PICTURES IN ASSOCIATION WITH WEINTRAUB ENTERTAINMENT GROUP PRESENTS A RUBY FILM BY JAMIE UYS STARRING N!XAU LENA FARUGIA HANS STRYDOM "THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY II" MUSIC BY CHARLES FOX EDITOR BOET TROSKIE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JAMIE UYS
COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT
© 1988 Xarana Investment Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
FEATURE RUN TIME: 94 minutes approx
COLOUR
PAL
1:1.85 Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs.
ENGLISH, ITALIAN (SURROUND)
FRENCH, GERMAN (STEREO)
HUNGARIAN (MONO)
Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
5035822804456
The film has four storylines, which run in parallel and interact:
- Xixo trying to find his lost children.
- Two elephant poachers travelling in a truck on which Xixo's children are stuck.
- A zoologist and a lawyer stranded in a desert.
- Two soldiers fighting each other.
The story starts with two elephant poachers, the chronically mean "Big Ben" Brenner and his affable but not-very-bright assistant George, crossing the area in which Xixo's tribe lives. Curious about their vehicle, Xixo's son Xiri and daughter Xisa climb into the water tank trailer and are taken for an involuntary ride as the poachers continue. Xixo follows on foot, determined to retrieve his children.
Dr. Ann Taylor, a young lawyer from New York City, arrives at a bush resort to give a lecture at a legal conference. Since she has spare time, she accepts the invitation of a young man to take a joyride in a two-seat, twin-engine ultralight aircraft. They go to see scientist Dr. Stephen Marshall, who has just been radioed that he must report to the resort where Dr. Taylor just came from to tend to a wounded animal they have found. Leaving the other pilot to watch his truck and equipment, he heads for the resort in the ultralight with Ann aboard, but encounter severe weather and crash, stranding them in the Kalahari Desert. In addition, war is brewing, personified by a lost Cuban soldier (Mateo) and his Angolan enemy (Timi), who repeatedly attempt to take each other prisoner.
In the course of the movie, all these people cross paths with Xixo and/or his children. Finally, the plot culminates in the poachers capturing Xixo, Taylor, Marshall, and the two soldiers. Xixo manages to save them, and George, who is actually a nice guy kept under the heel of his boss, gives Xixo directions to his children. The poachers are captured, both soldiers come to somewhat reluctant terms and part without further violence, Taylor and Marshall return to civilization (though not without a last embarrassing accident), entering into a romantic relationship, and Xixo finds his children.
