Mr. Bones

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Movie
German title Mr. Bones
Original title Mr. Bones
Country of production South Africa
original language English
Publishing year 2001
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK / JMK 6
Rod
Director Gray Hofmeyr
script Gray Hofmeyr,
Greg Latter ,
Leon Schuster
production Anant Singh ,
Helena Spring
music Julian Wiggins
camera Buster Reynolds
cut Johan Lategan ,
Carl Morgan
occupation

Mr. Bones is a South African film comedy from the year 2001 . Directed by Gray Hofmeyr , who also wrote the script with Greg Latter and Leon Schuster .

action

The European Mr. Bones works as a medicine man in an autonomous region of South Africa. He is tasked with finding the king's missing son. Mr. Bones travels to Sun City , where he confuses a US professional athlete who wants to take part in an important competition with the Crown Prince. Mr. Bones kidnaps the golfer and his assistant. The men travel the country together; tension arises during the trip.

Reviews

“Domestic cinema productions are a rarity in South Africa. [...] The fact that own films are in great demand is shown by the box office hit "Mr. Bones", which grossed over 33 million rand (approx. 4.1 million euros) and made blockbusters such as B. "Titanic" outstripped. The main person responsible for this success is Leon Schuster, a comedian who is about as popular in his home country as Otto is here in this country. [...] His recipe: sex and fecal puns that hang along the belt line by a hair-cut margin. After all, the location, the luxurious golf and player paradise of Sun City, exudes an exotic charm. Behind it, however, the meager story fades [...] The lively message from "Mr. Bones" at least proves that the South African laughs at the same foolishness as the German. "

- Cinema

"Over-the-top, lack of ideas and crude slapstick comedy with some socially critical swipes."

- Lexicon of international film

"" Mr. Bones "is Leon Schuster's baby. [...] Ten years after "Yankee Zulu", the first successful shoemaker, was also exported to Europe, the main actor and his director Gray Hofmeyr are making a new attempt: with a larger budget and speed, but with the usual accentuation of slapstick and chaos comedy. Fish out of water, a sense of humor resulting from confrontation with an unfamiliar environment, is the recipe here that, after the Rand, should now also bring the euro into the coffers. [...] A bit of romance and criminal threat complete the story of this comedy, which in times when witty puns and character comics are rarely offered and then often not appropriately accepted by the audience, it definitely has its chances on the market. "

- kino.de

backgrounds

The film was shot in Sun City (South Africa) and in several other South African locations. Its production cost was estimated to be 34 million South African rand (EUR 3.65 million). After the world premiere in South Africa on November 30, 2001, the film was shown on June 29, 2002 at the British Commonwealth Film Festival . A screening at the World Film Festival in Montreal followed on August 23, 2002 . The film grossed around 31.3 million South African rand (3.36 million EUR) in South African cinemas (more than Titanic ) and in Spanish cinemas - with around 117,000 viewers - around 507,000 euros . Approx. 77,000 viewers were counted in German cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mr. Bones on cinema.de
  2. ↑ Mr. Bones. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Mr. Bones on kino.de
  4. ^ Filming locations for Mr. Bones
  5. ^ Box office / business for Mr. Bones
  6. ↑ Release dates for Mr. Bones