The Gods Must Be Crazy

[FischerKing]

This was a pretty funny movie when it came out and I've always liked it. Too bad this post is about bad news surrounding it. You can read the story here:

God's Must Be Crazy

Shawn

 

[Dback Jon]

Originally posted by FischerKing
This was a pretty funny movie when it came out and I've always liked it. Too bad this post is about bad news surrounding it. You can read the story here:

God's Must Be Crazy

Shawn

That is sad - I remember seeing that film in school - great flick!!

 

[Krangodnzr]

Re: Re: The Gods Must Be Crazy

Originally posted by Dback Jon
That is sad - I remember seeing that film in school - great flick!!

Though it ultimately destroyed the lives of many of the bushman.

There is actually a documentary that shows just how much that film and the sequel screwed their simple, but beautiful lives.

 

[Chaplin]

Added to that, Lou Rawls and Buddy Ebsen died this weekend as well.

N!xau
Lou Rawls
Barry White
Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Hackett
Hume Cronyn
Gregory Peck
Katherine Hepburn

 

[Bada0Bing]

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I had seen bits and pieces about 20 years ago, but all I remembered was some guy trying to pull his jeep out of the mud. The culture-clash gags were hilarious.

Though it ultimately destroyed the lives of many of the bushman.

There is actually a documentary that shows just how much that film and the sequel screwed their simple, but beautiful lives.

That's too bad. Here's the info from wiki on him:

N!xau (or earlier G!kau; birth name Gcao Coma) (December 16?, 1944? – July 1, 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The exclamation mark in his name is a symbol for a click consonant in his native tongue, Ju/’hoan.

In 1992, N!xau appeared in a documentary saying he deeply regretted appearing in the 1980 film. Nevertheless, he starred in a series of sequels: The Gods Must Be Crazy 2, Crazy Safari, Crazy Hong Kong and The Gods Must Be Funny in China. In an obituary appearing in The Namibian, the newspaper wrote that "[l]egend has it" that N!xau let the wages he earned from the film blow away in the wind because he did not recognize the value of money.[1] In any case, the Internet Movie Database reports that he earned only a few hundred dollars for his work in The Gods Must Be Crazy.[2] However, IMDB also reports that by the time of the first sequel, that he had obtained enough understanding to negotiate for over half a million South African rand (approximately US$80,000) to appear again.[2]

After his film career ended, N!xau farmed maize, banana and beans and kept several head of cattle. On July 1, 2003, he died from "multi-drug resistant" tuberculosis,[1] while he was hunting guinea fowl. He was buried on July 12 in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife.

N!xau's manager has said that his name was actually G!kau, but was listed as N!xau because of a typing error when the original film was made.