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Director
  
Philip Roberts

Duration
  

Music director
  
Joel Assaizky

Writer
  
Ross Garland

Language
  
English

5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Running time
  
1h 25m

Screenplay
  
Ross Garland

Country
  
South Africa

Big Fellas movie poster

Release date
  
23 November 2007 (2007-11-23)

Initial release
  
November 23, 2007 (South Africa)

Cast
  
Ross Garland
(Zed),
Colin Moss
(Jake),
Carling Ernstzen
(Lola),
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
(Ray),
Lee-Anne Summers
(Hanneke),
Cokey Falkow
(Alfonso)

Similar movies
  
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005), Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013), Bunny Chow (2006), Master Haroldand the Boys (2010), Hansie (2008)

Tagline
  
BEE all you wannaBEE

Big Fellas is a South African comedy film produced by Rogue Star Films. It was released on 23 November 2007 at all NuMetro Cinemas.

Contents

Big Fellas was written by Ross Garland, directed by Philip Roberts and stars a South African cast. The film was shot on various locations that range from Cape Town to Cango Caves to Johannesburg. The story captures what life is really like in the new South Africa when it comes to BEE (Black Economic Empowerment).

Plot

Jake (Colin Moss) and Zed (Ross Garland) decide to make a documentary about what life is really like for supermodels. What started out as a past time project turns into a remarkable documentary that promises lots of money. However, they need to find a black partner in order to make the film. They go on a road trip, with two days to find this partner and get to Jozi in order to close the deal.

Cast

  • Colin Moss as Jake
  • Ross Garland as Zed
  • Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Ray Whitehead
  • Jason Cope as Wiempie and Fabio
  • Grethe Fox as Elsa
  • Lesley Mongezi as Benzi
  • Gina Athans as Gigi
  • Minki van der Westhuizen as Mimi
  • Carling Ernstzen as Lola
  • Lee-Anne Summers as Hanneke, Yolanda and Ronnies bartender
  • Cokey Falkow as Alfonso
  • Mark Lottering as Traffic cop
  • Louw Venter as Bullseye

    • Promotion

    It was rumored that there would be a free give-away of movie props on the Facebook group. This included items such as the BEEast numberplate, roadsigns to Gatberg along with the pink nylon shorts worn by Gina during the production of the Film.

    References

    Big Fellas Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Big Fellas IMDb Big Fellas themoviedb.org