Details

Release year: 1980

Storyline

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Top credits

Directors

Jamie Uys

Writers

Jamie Uys

Cast

N!xau — Xi
Marius Weyers — Andrew Steyn
Sandra Prinsloo — Kate Thompson
Louw Verwey — Sam Boga

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Did you know

• The film was the world's biggest non-US box office hit during its release.

• N!xau was paid less than $2,000 for his role as Xi, even though the film grossed over $200 million worldwide. Before his death in 2003, Jamie Uys gave N!xau $20,000 and a monthly stipend.

• The film ran for 532 consecutive days at the Oaks Theaters in Cupertino, California, setting a record for the longest uninterrupted run of any movie in Northern California. It was pulled only because the film reels fell into disrepair and a large section caught fire. After such a long run, replacing the reels was too expensive.