Spud

The best-selling book comes to the big screen


Spud
The popular SA novel hits the big screen. Set in the early 1990s, John ''Spud'' Milton has embarked on his first year at an elite, boys-only private school. Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe, a senile granny, and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has to forge a new life for himself in this foreign and sometimes hostile environment. He takes his first tentative steps along the path toward manhood, armed with only his wits and his diary. We go from illegal night swimming to the cricket field, to ghost busting to teacher baiting. We peek inside his mind as he struggles to come to terms with love, friendship and complete insanity.

104 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language, Sex).
Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
John Cleese, Tanit Phoenix, Troye Sivan, Jeremy Crutchley, Alex McGregor, Genna Blair, Sven Ruygrok, Aaron McIlroy
Director
Donovan Marsh
ScreenplayDonovan Marsh, from the novel by John van de Ruit
CinematographyLance Gewer
EditingMegan Gill
Sound formats
Made in2010
Produced byBLM Productions, Rogue Star Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageFrequent, moderate, comic
NudityNone
SexSuggestiveness, references only
ViolenceMild
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsBased on South African novel and set in South Africa
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Sally Scott quote iconNo growing pain, no gain
15
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople quote iconKlein Spud sal wêreldwyd sy man kan staan
15
Cape Times
Terri Dunbar-Curran quote iconSchool hostel antics will drive you to tears ... and laughter
10

Average .. 67%

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