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.

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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.\n

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

References

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External links

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Mad Buddies at IMDb

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Mad Buddies

Broadcast History