Mr. Bones (South Africa: 2001)

Director

Gray Hofmeyr

Cast list

Leon Schuster ...
Mr. Bones
David Ramsey ...
Vince Lee
Faizon Love ...
Fats Pudbedder
Robert Whitehead ...
Zach Devlin
Jane Benney ...
Laleti
Fats Bookholane ...
King Tsonga
Seputla Sebogodi ...
Young Tsonga
Fem Belling ...
Helicopter Pilot
Zack du Plessis ...
Farmer
Craig Morris ...
Future Son-in-Law
Adam Woolf ...
Young Bones
Keketso Semoko ...
Laleti's mother
Ruth Cele ...
Mamise
Neo Tlhapi ...
Young Mamise
Sonia Mbele ...
Thandi

Credits

Producers:
Lesley Fox, Nicci Perrow, Sudhir Pragjee, Paul Raleigh, Anant Singh, Sanjeev Singh, Helena Spring

Synopsis

In this comedy, Mr. Bones is the bone-throwing prophesier for an African kingdom. The king longs for a male child to be heir to the throne, but has fathered only daughters. He gives up hope until he remembers fathering a boy decades before, and he sends Mr. Bones to find the prince.At the same time golf star Vince "The Prince" Lee arrives in the city for a golf tournament. Vince nearly wins the game until Mr. Bones stops a perfect putt because he believes Vince to be the prince. Vince retires in disgrace, but meets a local singer named Laleti afterwards, whom he is infatuated with. Mr. Bones kidnaps Vince and introduces him to King Tsonga, but after discovering that Vince is terrified of animals, King Tsonga disowns him and prepares to die. When Laleti is threatened by a lion, Vince overcomes his fear and chases the lion away. King Tsonga sees this, and decides that he doesn't want to die. King Tsonga proclaims that Vince is his son, but asks Mr. Bones to throw his prophesy bones once more just to be sure. Mr. Bones does this, and it is confirmed that he is the actual prince.

Academic Writing:

Humor as “Cultural Reconciliation” in South African Situation Comedy: Suburban Bliss and Multicultural Female Viewers, by Dorothy Roome. Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 51, No. 3/4, (Fall 2000), pp. 61-87

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