The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 61,035 VOTES · DIR. Jamie Uys
Overview
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
Dialogue Timeline — 937 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:28 It looks like a paradise, but it is the most treacherous desert in the world:
00:03:45 They assume the gods have eaten too much and their tummies are rumbling.
00:07:15 Sorry. I'll only print sweetness and light, even if it bores the pants off them.
00:11:03 Other new things came. Anger, jealousy, hate and violence.
00:17:50 Where is your hideout?
00:21:17 I'll tell you. I'll show you where.
00:27:33 And every year, you turn up with this and I have to work my ass off.
00:30:34 It left very peculiar tracks, as if two enormous snakes had slithered past.
00:41:39 - Oh, this is too weird. I'm getting out. - No, it's okay. I just have to...
00:45:08 I'm all right. I'm okay.
00:49:05 Maybe it's upwind.
00:54:24 Sorry.
00:58:03 - You speak Bushman? - Yeah.
01:01:34 Is it true that when a rhino sees a fire, he stamps it out?
01:05:02 Morning, class.
01:10:23 You, Xixo, are hereby charged with wrongfully and unlawfully slaughtering...
01:13:16 He can teach you things about plants and animals.
01:18:24 The army and the police better clear out everybody.
01:21:56 Tell them to sing. Come on, everybody. Sing, sing!
01:27:37 Halt!
01:32:15 Yeah, he's clever.
01:39:53 Hold these for me.
01:43:16 - No, I'm going to talk to her. - Tell her you were the big hero.
01:45:49 It's flour.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed937
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line01:45:49
Production Record
DirectorJamie Uys
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$200,000,000
IMDb votes61,035