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Crazy Safari

1991 · 96 min

A silly, good-natured culture-clash romp where a hopping corpse becomes a helpful oddity and everyone bumbles toward friendship.

Directed by: Billy Chan Wui-Ngai
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Starring: N!xau, Lam Ching-ying, Christopher Chan San-Hiu

Overview: Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ancestor of the other guy. On the way, while flying over Africa, their plane stalls. And of all places, where do they land? That's right, in the village of the tribe of "The Gods Must Be Crazy".

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Directed by: Billy Chan Wui-Ngai
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Starring: N!xau, Lam Ching-ying, Christopher Chan San-Hiu

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
family
identity
survival
loyalty
Places: countryside
wilderness
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, fantasy
Directed by: Billy Chan Wui-Ngai
Written by: Barry Wong Ping-yiu
Starring: N!xau, Lam Ching-ying, Christopher Chan San-Hiu, Peter Chan Lung, Peter Pau Tak-hai, Michelle Bestbier, Saul Bamberger, Peter Mahlangu
Music: Lowell Lo Koon-ting
Cinematography: Henry Chan, Chan Tung-Chuen
Runtime: 96 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English

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