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{{short description|South African film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox film
|  name           = Oh Schuks I'm Gatvol!
|  image          = Oh Shucks, I'm Gatvol! Cover.jpg
|  caption        = DVD Cover
|  director       = [[Leon Schuster]]
|  writer         = [[Leon Schuster]]
|  starring       = [[Leon Schuster]]<br />[[Alfred Ntombela]]<br />Gerry the Clown<br />[[Bill Flynn]]<br />[[Al Debbo]]
|  producer       = [[Leon Schuster]]
|  distributor    = [[Ster-Kinekor|Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment]]
|  released       = {{Film date|2004}}
|  runtime        = 
|  language       = [[South African English]]
|  budget         = R2,006,000
}}

'''''Oh Schuks I'm Gatvol!''''' is a 2004 [[South Africa]]n comedy film written, produced, and directed by [[Leon Schuster]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=I won't go blackface now. It's just racist: Leon Schuster |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2018-08-04-leon-schuster-i-wont-go-blackface-now-its-just-racist/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}</ref> He also stars in the film alongside [[Alfred Ntombela]], Gerry the Clown, [[Bill Flynn]] and [[Al Debbo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oh Schuks... I'm Gatvol - Movie |url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/oh-schuks-im-gatvol/20044479/main/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=www.moviefone.com |language=en}}</ref>

The film's initial budget was [[South African rand|R]]2,000,000, 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|Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment]].

==Synopsis==
After growing fed up with [[crime in South Africa]], Schuks decides to move to [[Australia]] with his friend Alf. Also introduced is Samoosa Woestyn, a Schuster version of [[Saddam Hussein]], (ruler of fictional Afkaq, which parodies Iraq) who plans to kill U.S. President (at the time [[George W. Bush]]) 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 [[jacuzzi]] 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 [[Manto Tshabalala-Msimang|Manto]].''" 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.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0803049}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:English-language South African films]]
[[Category:Films about aviation]]
[[Category:2004 comedy films]]
[[Category:South African comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s South African films]]


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