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Jump the Gun (1997)
Directed by Les Blair
“Living In Hell and Loving It.”
Comedy · 2h 04m
Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.
Cast
Baby Cele
Gugu
Lionel Newton
Clinton van Rooyen
Michele Burgers
Minnie
T
Thulani Nyembe
Bazooka
Rapulana Seiphemo
Thabo
Danny Keogh
J.J.
Marcel Van Heerden
Johnny Fouché
N
Nomsa Nene
Sis Buleng
G
Grace Mahlaba
Puthi
J
Joe Nina
Henry
J
John Simon Jones
Gun Shop Owner (as Simon Jones)
S
Sam Mofokeng
Oupa (as Sam Ntshenki Mofokeng)
Crew
- Director
- Les Blair
- Writer
- Les Blair
- Director of Photography
- Seamus McGarvey
Details
- Release date
- 1997-05-23
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- South Africa