Jamie Bartlett
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Biography: James Bartlett was a British-born South African actor. After completing high school he trained in speech and drama at the University of Cape Town followed by post Graduate Masterclasses at Chrysalis Theater Acting School. Bartlett was best known for roles in the TV series Isidingo and Rhythm City, but also played various film and stage roles. He died suddenly of a heart attack in South Africa in 2022.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: July 09, 1966
Age: 58 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 23, 2022
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American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
Overview: The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-30
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Ernest Goes to Africa
Overview: The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking for the stolen diamonds and kidnap Rene, all of her fantasies come true as Ernest has to go to Africa to rescue her.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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Red Dust
Overview: Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-11
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Prey
Overview: An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.
Genres: Adventure Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-18
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White Lion
Overview: According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote African valley. When a white lion is miraculously born into that valley, a young Shangaan named Gisani, finds himself destined to protect this rare and magnificent creature at all costs. This young lion, whom will be known as Letsatsi, is cast from his pride and forced to embark upon a perilous journey of survival.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-19
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Piet's Sake
Overview: A white employer swapping identities with his Black employee to experience each other's lives and whatever blessings and burdens they bring with.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-13
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Bravo Two Zero
Overview: When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, their only hope is to risk capture and torture in a desperate 185-kilometer run to the Syrian border. Based on the true story of a British Special Forces unit behind enemy lines during the Gulf War, Bravo Two Zero explores the tragedies and triumphs of men taken to the edge of survival in the Persian Gulf War.
Genres: War Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-07
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Overview: A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-28
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Nothing for Mahala
Overview: Nothing for Mahala is a comedic film that follows Ace (Thapelo Mokoena) into his deep and unpleasant hole of debt and financial woes. Ace who likes to play the part of the high flier is forced to get money from illegal loan sharks, which eventually lands him into some legal trouble. The result is Ace doing community service at an old age home, where much is learnt about finances, life and what really holds value.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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A Private Life
Overview: Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-14
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12 Days of Terror
Overview: July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-01
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Beyond Borders
Overview: Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Warhead
Overview: Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-22
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Avenger
Overview: After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard 'Ricky' Edmunds for his pa, influential rich businessman Stephen Edmonds. Ricky for a private Canadian war victims charity in Bosnia and went missing. Dexter discovers Ricky was beaten to pulp and drowned for no other crime then helping street boys from the other side by Zoran Zilic and his Serbian paramilitary 'order'. He offers Steven to 'finish the job' as such war criminals don't go to trial. But deputy CIA director Paul Devereaux cares only for a nuclear arms project he wants to use Zilic for. So CIA troubleshooter Frank McBride is ordered to protect him and handle Dexter.
Genres: TV Movie Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-09
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The Sandgrass People
Overview: The Sandgrass People is set in South Africa and tells the story of Dalmain, a man who gets wrongly accused of murder so goes on the run. When a local tribe helps him, he becomes embroiled in their plight too.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-01
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Sweet 'n Short
Overview: In South Africa, Sweet Coetzee wins an award for 20 years service as a sportscaster on his 40th birthday, beating his rival, pompous George "The Weasle" Weedle. After Sweet gets drunk one night at his birthday party, he misses a sportscast and his boss, Bryce Williams demotes him to interviewer and promotes Weedle. A subplot of the film are two robbers, "Bossy" and "Savage" who the main characters remain remotely unaware of as they are just a comic theme. Sweet pulls a prank on Weedle during a golf game and is suspended for six month. Sweet also records Weedle having humorous intercourse with a prostitute, "The Orphan in a Storm". Sweet then decides to drown his sorrows in a casino at the slot machines, where he tricks a small boy, Alfred "Shorty" Short into thinking he is a genie. Bossy and Savage try to rob the casino when they accidentally break the disco ball and it knocks Sweet unconscious just as he hits the jackpot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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