Mad Buddies

Mad Buddies is a 2012 South African comedy film directed by Gray Hofmeyr, co-written by Gray Hofmeyr and Leon Schuster, and starring Leon Schuster, Kenneth Nkosi, Tanit Phoenix and Alfred Ntombela. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures acquired the film's distribution rights and released the film through the Touchstone Pictures banner. This production is an unofficial remake of the Jamie Uys films Fifty/Vyftig, Hans en die Rooinek and All the Way to Paris: films which, like this one, depict two adversaries having to assist each other to get out of awkward situations.

Mad Buddies
Poster for the film
Directed by	Gray Hofmeyr
Written by	Leon Schuster Gray Hofmeyr
Produced by	Helena Spring
Starring	Leon Schuster Kenneth Nkosi Alfred Ntombela Tanit Phoenix
Cinematography	Trevor Brown
Edited by	Alan Hynes Johan Venter
Music by	Ed Jordan
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Keynote Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista International Ster-Kinekor Entertainment
Release date	22 June 2012 (2012-06-22)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	South Africa
Languages	English, Afrikaans and Zulu

Plot

Two buddies, Boetie de Wett and Beast Buthelezi, are forced to embark on a road trip as unwitting subjects of a new TV reality show Buddies or Broke, devised by Kelsey, a TV producer. On camera, with the whole of South Africa in on the joke, the pair comes stuck at every stage of the journey until they discover that they have been conned and join forces to exact revenge.

Cast

• Leon Schuster as Boetie de Wett
• Kenneth Nkosi as Beast Buthelezi
• Tanit Phoenix as Kelsey
• Alfred Ntombela as Minister Mda
• Trevor Noah as Bookie
• Anthony Bishop as Daisy Terblanche
• Elize Cawood as Till Lady
• Josette Eales as Mda's PA
• Nobuhle Mahlasela as Female Traffic Cop
• Masilo Magoro as Male Traffic Cop
• James Reynolds as Kelsey's PA
• Bongi Mtsweni as Bride
• Nqaba Thela as Groom

External links

• Mad Buddies at IMDb