“The Gods Must Be Crazy” quotes

(1980)
Movie The Gods Must Be Crazy
Title The Gods Must Be Crazy
Year 1980
Director Jamie Uys
Genre Comedy, Action
Plot – In tropical Africa, a group of insurgents attempts to assault the Government Palace of one of the many newborn African republics. When the assault fails, the rebels hide in the forest, where they encounter a scientific expedition led by a clumsy blond majoring in science and a tribe of Bushmen.
All actors – Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau, Louw Verwey, Michael Thys, Nic de Jager, Fanyana H. Sidumo, Joe Seakatsie, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Ken Gampu, Paddy O'Byrne, Vera Blacker, Jamie Uys
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  • “Humans avoid the deep Kalahari like the plague because man must have water to live.”
    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
    [Tag:desert, life, water]
  • “They're very gentle people. They'll never punish a child or even speak harshly to it. So of course the kids are extremely well-behaved, and their games are cute and inventive.”

    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
  • “One day, something fell from the sky. Xi had never seen anything like this in his life. It looked like water, but it was harder than anything else in the world. He wondered why the gods had sent this thing down to the Earth.”

    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
    [Tag:god, sky, water]
  • “There was another god. He had a fire inside him. The smoke came out through his mouth and nostrils.”

    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
    [Tag:fire, smoking]
  • “They brought Xi into a place where there were several people. He smiled at them in greeting. But nobody smiled back.”

    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
    [Tag:court, smile]
  • Xi said, "I will take the thing to the end of the earth, and throw it off". Pabo said "The end of the earth is very far from here; about twenty days of walking, or even forty". Xi said, "I will start walking tomorrow".

    Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator
    [Tag:distance, walking]
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