An original black and white press still from The Gods Must Be Crazy II, the 1989 Jamie Uys comedy, issued by Twentieth Century Fox and measuring the standard 10 x 8 inches, supplied loose and unframed as a single photograph. The image is a glossy landscape scene shot in bright Kalahari daylight, showing a smiling adult Bushman man striding towards the camera carrying a bow and quiver, with a laughing boy walking alongside him and a second child partly visible at the right-hand edge, all in traditional dress against open scrub and sandy ground.

Beneath the image, in the white caption band, the title THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY II is printed in bold capitals with "A Twentieth Century Fox Release" below it. The reference code G-1 is printed at the right-hand end of the same band, and a small block of fine print at the lower left carries the "Copyright 1989 Twentieth Century Fox Corporation" notice with the usual permission-to-reproduce wording for newspapers and periodicals. The reverse is plain and unprinted.

Condition & size

Pre-owned in Very Good condition for its age. The photograph has clearly been handled and stored rather than displayed, and presents cleanly overall. The image area is bright and sharp with good contrast and no fading, creasing or tears. There is light handling wear to the extreme edges and corners, with very slight softening at one corner, and a couple of faint surface marks in the white border area that are only visible when the sheet is tilted to the light. The printed caption and copyright block are complete and fully legible. The reverse is plain, unmarked and free of tape, stamps or writing. Supplied loose and unframed as a single photograph, with no press kit, folder or other paperwork included. Please review all of the photographs closely, as they show the actual item you will receive and form part of this description.

Approx. 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in); approx. 15 g

Background

The Gods Must Be Crazy II was written and directed by Jamie Uys as the sequel to his enormously successful 1980 original, and was produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group as a South Africa, Botswana and United States co-production. Twentieth Century Fox released it on 13 October 1989, with Columbia handling the American release in April 1990. N!xau returned as Xixo, this time searching the Kalahari for his two children, Xiri and Xisa, who have accidentally stowed away on a poachers' lorry. Stills like this one were sent out to newspapers and cinemas as publicity material, each carrying a coded reference such as G-1 so that picture editors could identify it against the press kit. They were never sold to the public, which is why originals survive in far smaller numbers than posters.

Who it's for

This will appeal to film memorabilia collectors, particularly those building a run of original press stills rather than reproductions, and to fans of 1980s and early 1990s comedy cinema. It is an obvious pick for admirers of Jamie Uys and N!xau, for collectors of Southern African film material, and for anyone assembling a themed display of Twentieth Century Fox publicity photographs. At 10 x 8 inches it also mounts and frames very easily for a study, hallway or home cinema wall.

Estimated Date

1989. The printed copyright line in the lower left of the caption band reads "Copyright 1989 Twentieth Century Fox Corporation", and the film was released by Fox on 13 October 1989, so the still was produced as publicity material for that release.

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