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| Mr. Bones | |
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| Directed by | Gray Hofmeyr |
| Written by | Leon Schuster Gray Hofmeyr Greg Latter |
| Produced by | Anant Singh Helena Spring |
| Starring | Leon Schuster David Ramsey Faizon Love Robert Whitehead Jane Benney |
| Music by | Julian Wiggins |
| Distributed by | Videovision Entertainment Distant Horizon |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,900,000 |
Mr. Bones is a 2001 South African comedy film directed by Gray Hofmeyr. Leon Schuster starred in the title role. He also created the story and co-wrote the screenplay. The film sets African "tradition" in opposition to forces of ambition and greed in contemporary South Africa, and plays on reversals of racial stereotypes for its humour.[1]
The film grossed R33 million, making it the highest grossing South African film of all time, until it was beaten by its sequel, Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past (grossing R35 million), itself surpassed by Titanic in South Africa's box-office history.[2]
- ^ Saks, Lucia (2010). Cinema in a Democratic South Africa: The Race for Representation. Indiana University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-253-22186-5.
- ^ "The world's most loved movies". The Guardian. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2011.