''Oh Schuks I'm Gatvol!'' is a 2004

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n comedy film written, produced, and directed by

Leon Schuster Leon Ernest "Schuks" Schuster (born 21 May 1951) is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, prankster and singer. Early life Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age. As a child he and his brother would play practical ...

. He also stars in the film alongside

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, Gerry the Clown, Bill Flynn and

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. The film's initial budget was R2,000,000, but an extra R6,000 was spent for the extras on board the aeroplane. The film grossed R30,000,000 overall in South Africa and with an additional 4 million worldwide. The film was released on DVD and VHS in 2004 by Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment.

Synopsis

After growing fed up with

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, Schuks decides to move to

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with his friend Alf. Also introduced is Samoosa Woestyn, a Schuster version of

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, (ruler of fictional Afkaq, which parodies Iraq) who plans to kill U.S. President (at the time

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) at a worldwide country conference. After being in hiding for a year, he comes out as a midget. This is when he and his associate Ali go to the conference to get Bush. At night, Schuks pulls his maid Precious into the

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and gives her everything he owns, though he forgets this the next morning due to his drunkenness. Samoosa and Ali also fall as another bunch of victims in Schuks' prank list when they are startled by an ash tray that explodes. They are going to be in his new movie, which everybody in South Africa will be viewing. On the aeroplane, Schuks and Alf are discovered and sing the song "''I Don't Want To Sit Next To

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.''" After the plane passengers demand more, Schuks decides to show the audience his new movie, eventually getting to the scene where Samoosa and Ali are talking about attacking Bush. One of the passengers is of Afkaqi descent and understands the conversation; he tells the stewardess, who tells the other flight attendants, Samoosa makes an announcement that there is a bomb on the plane. This leads to a hostage situation and eventually, Samoosa and Ali are tied up and the plane turns back to South Africa. The movie finishes with Schuks returning home and finding that Precious has ransacked the house. Alf tells him that he gave Precious all he owned.

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