Leon Schuster In On the World Cup Fever!
May 7, 2010 by Brown Shuga
Leon is back with yet another silly/entertaining/hilarious (depending how you look at it) movie and this one is called “Survival Guide To South Africa”. The movie will be released nationwide on 28 May 2010. I don’t know what it is about this day but it seems everything is happening then… There will however be pre-release screening days scheduled in cities around the country.
A bit about the movie:
SCHUKS’S TSHABALALA’S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA is a combination of dramatic narrative and traditional candid camera gags unleashed on a new group of unsuspecting Schuster victims. Leon is incarnated in the lead as Schuks Tshabalala. Shot largely on location in Cape Town and surrounds, Leon plays himself and an array of alternate characters alongside his trusty sidekick “Shorty” (Alfred Ntombela). They are part of the 2010 tourism campaign, tasked with assisting tourists who are in the process of planning their visits to South Africa. The story is littered with all sorts of mishaps and belly laughs, in line with what fans have come to expect of Leon Schuster over the last few decades.
The tourists and students who are attending class with Schuks are a motley crew of all kinds of characters from all over the world. For the most part, they are the typical representations of each country and have some hysterical one-liners and questions they pose to Schuks throughout the film. Some are naughty, but mostly all are nice and totally impressed with the wonderful Schuks and Shorty, as they travel through the city to learn more about South Africa.
Personally, I’ve outgrown Leon’s kinda humour so his movies don’t appeal to me anymore but I admire him for always coming back year after year with something that gets people talking. The man is smart and he deserves some level of respect for his part in trying to entertain the masses. Yes, some say his movies are racist but hey, South Africans say that about flies too so … *shrug*
So ja, If you’re a Leon Schuster and Shorty fan, catch them and some of the cast members at the “Schucks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide To South Africa” exclusive screenings at the following venues:
- 16 May – The Zone, Rosebank, Johannesburg
- 18 May – East Rand Mall, Johannesburg
- 20 May – Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria
- 23 May – Maponya Mall, Soweto
- 24 May – Mimosa Mall, Bloemfontein
- 25 May – Tygervalley, Cape Town
- 26 May – The Bridge, Port Elizabeth
- 27 May – Musgrave, Durban
If you’d like to attend these Ster Kinekor Exclusive Premieres then please go to www.sterkinekor.com or call 082 16789 right now to book your tickets.
Here’s the movie’s trailer… if you haven’t seen it.
Hayi… those who are going, please come back and tell us about it 
Mina I still need to see Iron Man 2.
Bee on Fri, 7th May 2010 1:20 am
I’ll definately go on the 16th in Rosebank. Um Proudly SA.
Dladla on Fri, 7th May 2010 7:45 am
Same here, I’ll be at The Zone glued on its screens. Bee, don’t you want to be my purse just for that day?
mama ka Gundi on Fri, 7th May 2010 8:28 am
Hope its not ridiculas is in make stupid idiots of South Africans…as 4 IRON 2 went to the wat wat @Monte Casino twas great BS u better get urself a ticket mayifika!
sponono on Fri, 7th May 2010 9:07 am
i go watch his movies and then I sit there watching while everyone is laughing and i dont get the joke at the same time I can understand why they are laughing…he’s just not for me..and the toilet humor, the bumping onto things, being sprayed with water, or some such antics..He’s equivelant to the Wayans brothers who continuously make stupid-mindless-slapstick comedies, with no direction/creativity/or any sense…but STILL MAKE Millions…SMH some things dont make sense..lol
ntshepeng on Fri, 7th May 2010 9:32 am
23 May, ek is so daar!
kabzan on Fri, 7th May 2010 9:40 am
i also respect Schuster for always coming up with movies that makes people talk, & he makes money out of it! i will go watch it.
Keka on Fri, 7th May 2010 11:49 am
Hey guyz mna i don’t like Leon’s movies,, i think his movies are only catering for Kids…to me the man is old newz….
Kabelo on Fri, 7th May 2010 12:55 pm
Can anybody tell me why this guy always has to play the part of a stupid black man/woman? Never the same for his own people.
I’m very suspicious of boers like him. He thinks everything blacks do is funny/stupid. My 2 cen’t worth. Could be that i’m just being sensitive, mara i’ll skip this and any of his future movies.
TT on Fri, 7th May 2010 1:21 pm
East Rand Mall is not in Johannesburg, But Boksburg. Please BS don’t mislead the masses. Sorry for touching you on your studio, LOL.
Bee on Fri, 7th May 2010 1:24 pm
Lol@dladla udlala ngam yaz wena do i carry one? But i can shove u on the boot.
Bee on Fri, 7th May 2010 1:27 pm
@Dladla do u party with Open Closet? If you don’t understand i’ll explain.
Distance on Fri, 7th May 2010 1:54 pm
Leon Schuster MUST Fu*&^k Off ….
phoenix on Fri, 7th May 2010 4:24 pm
personally ive NEVER found his work entertaining
Dladla on Fri, 7th May 2010 4:52 pm
Bee, I understand what you mean… I am serious ketana. I want to go and watch it, not alone but with you…
I mean, what kind of a good man would I be if I would let you go out on your own?!
Come on, cling on to this (mfunalwazi@yahoo.com)
fabulicious on Fri, 7th May 2010 6:41 pm
TT if u say eastrandmall is not in Jhb but Boksburg, where’s BOKSBURG kanti??????
Bee on Fri, 7th May 2010 10:32 pm
@Dladla i’ll be with my boo babe but um sure we can go sonke i’ll confirm if we are really going.
Cnglema on Fri, 7th May 2010 10:51 pm
lekhehla lomlungu geez! he is so not funny!
squeeza on Sat, 8th May 2010 12:25 pm
Is east rand mall no longer in joburg? Since when?
Kiara on Sat, 8th May 2010 12:29 pm
I don’t like this man’s movies, its always the same typical thing.
He always shows blacks as stupid n proves just how racist whites actually are!
How come all his characters R black n they all get up to stupid hideous antics hai, I’m not going to see nonsense!
mbalir on Mon, 10th May 2010 6:10 pm
eish eish eish… Why is this man still making stupid slap-stick, “I like the part where it went ‘boom’!” type of films, and then the people who watch them… Come on! Couldn they have gotten Kagiso, David Kau, Trevor Noah, I MEAN the PMS GANG, use your imagination… ACTUAL COMEDIANS. Why him?
Leonie Myburgh on Fri, 21st May 2010 2:46 pm
Leon, Ons twee het baie in gemeen. Albei “Leon” altwee skreeu vir die Cheetahs en ons verjaar op dieselfde dag. Baie geluk met die verjaarsdag vandag. Cheetah groete
Leonie Myburgh on Fri, 21st May 2010 2:48 pm
Leon, Ons twee het baie in gemeen. Albei “Leon” altwee skreeu vir die Cheetahs en ons verjaar op dieselfde dag. Baie geluk met die verjaarsdag vandag.