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This movie seems to have bombed


Production still has unpaid debts... including some of the cast, I hear. Sad to hear, but maybe making a movie like this, with so little International appeal, is taking too big a chance.

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Bombed is an understatement! But yeah they still have lots of unpaid debts and we keep getting letters about when payment will happen. I think the reason the movie was made is that they saw it being appealing to the South African audience and the Indian audience whom were interested in it. However i believe the way they depicted the Indian side made Hansie look innocent and like he was the victim. So it lost its appeal in India. And i think for the South African audience, we wanted a realistic depiction of the man, not some sugar coated innocent and blameless version of him!

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