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Film · 10 connectionsTwo sworn enemies, Boetie (Leon Schuster) and Beast (Kenneth Nkosi) are forced to do a road trip together on foot, only to discover that they have been conned into being part of a TV reality show.
Directed byGray Hofmeyr
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2018 · 91 min · Comedy
Two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the American Southwest.
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2013 · 86 min · Comedy
As the end of the world draws near, six friends realize that they need to live the rest of their lives to the fullest.
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2007 · 100 min · Action · Adventure · Comedy
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In this hidden-camera prank comedy, two best friends bond on a wild road trip to New York as they pull real people into their raunchy, raucous antics.
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2004 · 92 min · Comedy · Drama
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2004 · 127 min · Comedy · Drama · Other
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2017 · 103 min · Comedy · Drama
An idealistic recent film school graduate with few local professional options takes a road trip from Ohio to Los Angeles with his anxious best friend, his troubled high school sweetheart and a hitchhiker hippie, to chase his dream of becoming a filmmaker.
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2014 · 77 min · Action · Drama
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2021 · 95 min · Comedy
An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.
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1993 · 100 min · Comedy
Two South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a wanted criminal. The two end up being a part of a madcap chase involving a check for a large amount of lottery money, pursued by Gen. Diehard and Rhino's ex-wife Rowena, who was the cause of the rift between the two protagonists.
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