Russel Savadier
Also Known As: Russell Savadier
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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Lullaby
Overview: An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-24
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Steel Dawn
Overview: In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Snake Island
Overview: A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-01
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The Bang Bang Club
Overview: In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-22
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Finding Lenny
Overview: "Everything happens for a reason" - on his 50th birthday, Lenny Vincent is fired from his job as a sports writer for a daily newspaper, his wife of 19 years leaves him for a much younger man and he and his best friend Dave are caught in a gang heist at a restaurant. He ends up being hi-jacked by the gang and dumped in a rural village. Here he befriends the local chief and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime; helping to reunite the chief's warring sons, fighting a money grabbing property company from turning the chief's land into a golf course, coaching the village soccer team and ultimately.. finding himself!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Tarzan and the Lost City
Overview: Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-24
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Hard to Forget
Overview: Private Dick Max Warner investigates the disappearance of a young heiress Sandra Applewhite. He is convinced that she was murdered by her fiancé - but without her body, he can not prove anything. So he sees a poster with a model who is an identical copy of Sandra. One by one the pieces are falling into place and Max realizes that much more than a legacy is at stake.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-11
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Jock of the Bushveld
Overview: 20-year old Percy Fitzpatrick hears about the Eastern Transvaal gold rush and sets out from Cape Town in hopes of finding fortune. He becomes a transport rider bringing in supplies from Delagoa Bay current Maputo and comes across a runt puppy and saves it's life and christens it Jock. Percy and Jock form a close bond and friendship and share many adventures. Based on the classic novel, JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Kite
Overview: When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker, and a mysterious friend from her past, she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-13
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Heroes
Overview: South African TV Movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-03
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Tears in the Rain
Overview: In a dystopian Los Angeles future, retirement engineer John Kampff hunts down suspected Replicant Andy Smith. As John soon learns, Replicant detection is nearly impossible without specialist equipment.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-12
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Options
Overview: An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-27
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Dead Easy
Overview: A married couple are about to face a series of difficult problems. The two engage in an escalating series of infidelities and mind games that could very well lead to their mutual destruction.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2004-12-13
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Thieves of Fortune
Overview: A beautiful woman must perform feats of bravery in order to inherit a $28 million fortune and win the man she loves.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-31
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The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
Overview: The story is inspired by the assassination of Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-10
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Mandela's Gun
Overview: Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-28
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Beauty and the Beast
Overview: Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed by his god Odin.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-18
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African Express
Overview: The adventures of three friends running an air charter business in Africa during WW II and their race to prevent a Nazi Baron from escaping to Germany with vital radar equipment.
Genres: War Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-01
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Outlaw of Gor
Overview: An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-01
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An Act of Defiance
Overview: Apartheid is rampant in South Africa, 1963. When ten men are arrested on a farm in Rivonia for conspiring to commit sabotage and violent acts against the repressive S. African government, tenacious lawyer Bram Fisher steps up to the challenge as lead counsel. He soon finds that political leader Nelson Mandela is also on trial. Mandela urges his fellow defendants to plead not guilty and shine light on the systemic corruption against the African people. As the outcome of the trial looks bleak, Mandela gives his famous "I'm Prepared to Die" speech, discussing how the ANC's resistance is justified. But will Mandela's impassioned speech save these men's lives?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2017-04-13
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The Poseidon Adventure
Overview: A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-20
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Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Overview: Based on true events, the film tells a story of the damaged relationship between a woman and her son, who is addicted to drug abuse. It also narrates the itenary of events that led to the murder of her son, as well as the legal process that followed afterwards.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: af
Release Date: 2018-09-07
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Table Manners
Overview: Housewife Megan's idyllic life is thrown into turmoil, when it emerges that her husband, Lloyd, faces a heavy prison sentence for tax evasion. Megan, caught completely unawares is sent into a tailspin as she, not only loses her husband, her home and her comfortable suburban life, but also finds herself implicated in the tax fraud and facing jail time. Down on her luck and with nothing to her name Megan has to rediscover who she really is. With the help of her son and her best friend, Lindiwe, she finds solace and hope in her life-long love and affinity for cooking. She learns that the path back home begins with realizing that she is enough and all she needs is her family, food and love. Life's 3 courses made easy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-08
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Overview: An English nanny and one of two brothers fall down a Hawaiian cave, all the way to Atlantis.
Genres: Fantasy Action Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-30
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Yankee Zulu
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-01
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