
Sweet 'n Short
Original title: Sweet 'n Short
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4.7/10
(5)
12/13/1991
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1h 30min

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Synopsis
In South Africa, Sweet Coetzee wins an award for 20 years service as a sportscaster on his 40th birthday, beating his rival, pompous George "The Weasle" Weedle. After Sweet gets drunk one night at his birthday party, he misses a sportscast and his boss, Bryce Williams demotes him to interviewer and promotes Weedle. A subplot of the film are two robbers, "Bossy" and "Savage" who the main characters remain remotely unaware of as they are just a comic theme. Sweet pulls a prank on Weedle during a golf game and is suspended for six month. Sweet also records Weedle having humorous intercourse with a prostitute, "The Orphan in a Storm". Sweet then decides to drown his sorrows in a casino at the slot machines, where he tricks a small boy, Alfred "Shorty" Short into thinking he is a genie. Bossy and Savage try to rob the casino when they accidentally break the disco ball and it knocks Sweet unconscious just as he hits the jackpot.
Direction: Gray Hofmeyr
Cast

Leon Schuster
Sweet Coetzee

Alfred Ntombela
Alfred Short

Casper De Vries
George Weedle

Sean Higgs
Cowboys Scrumhalf

Jamie Bartlett
Spookie Simpson