Spud

  • Spud
Genre : Comedy
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Feature
Running time : 103 (in minutes)

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school.

South Africa, the early 1990s. John "Spud" Milton has embarked on his first year at an elite, boys-only private school. Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe, a senile granny, and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has to forge a new life for himself in this foreign and sometimes hostile environment. Surrounded by names such as Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud takes his first tentative steps along the path toward manhood. Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud takes us from illegal night swimming to the cricket field, from ghost busting to teacher baiting. He also invites us into the mind of a boy struggling to come to terms with a strange new world; a boy whose eyes are being opened to love, friendship and complete insanity.

South Africa, 2010, Feature, 103 mins, Comedy

Cast: John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Jason Cope, Tanit Phoenix, Jeremy Crutchley, Aaron McIlroy, Julie Summers, Graham Weir

Director: Donovan Marsh

Genre: Comedy, Biography



wrote and directed by Donovan Marsh

His Second feature film.

Donovan Marsh's adaptation of John van der Ruit's bestselling novel.

Director: Donovan Marsh
Writers: Donovan Marsh (screenplay), John Van De Ruit (novel)


CAST
John Cleese... The Guv - Mr. Edly
Troye Sivan... John'Spud' Milton
Jamie Royal... Henry'Gecko' Barker
Sven Ruygrok... Rambo
Blessing Yaba... Fatty
Tom Burne... Vern'Rain Main' Blackadder (as Thomas Burne)
Josh Goddard... Charlie'Mad Dog' Hooper
Travis Hornsby... Boggo
Byron Langley... Simon Brown
Jason Cope... Sparerib - Mr. Wilson
Genna Blair... Mermaid - Debbie
Charlbi Dean Kriek Charlbi Dean Kriek...
Amanda (as Charlbi Kriek)
Julie Summers... Mom
Aaron McIlroy... Dad
Tanit Phoenix... Eve - Mrs. Wilson

Production Companies
Rogue Star Films
BLM Productions

Distributors
Pinnacle Films (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2011) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
Nu Metro Films (2010) (South Africa) (all media)

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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