Mama Jack

Mama Jack
Mama Jack DVD Cover
Directed by	Gray Hofmeyr
Produced by	Anant Singh Helena Spring
Written by	Leon Schuster Gray Hofmeyr Paul Slabolepszy Geoff Newton
Starring	Leon Schuster Mary-Ann Barlow Alfred Ntombela Jerry Mofokeng Lionel Newton Sharleen Surtie-Richards
Music by	Didi Kriel
Distributed by	Videovision Entertainment Distant Horizon
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	104 minutes
Country	South Africa
Language	South African English

Mama Jack is a 2005 Leon Schuster movie made in South Africa. It was directed by Gray Hofmeyr and distributed by Nu Metro.

Tagline: He's hiding out... in someone else! or alternatively He's back... in black!

Plot

Set in Cape Town, South Africa Mama Jack is the story of Jack Theron, an ordinary person working on a film set as a grip. However, his movie producer boss, John Daragon, hates him and wants to remove him from the production of the movie they are producing about Nelson Mandela, Sweet Bird of Freedom. In a bid to get rid of Jack, the producer spikes his drink with a fictitious drug, Mama Africa at a glamorous function, and before long Jack has unwittingly offended all the attending dignitaries, ruined the function and got himself on the wrong side of the law while hallucinating.

While on the run, Jack turns to his friend and house mate, Shorty, who is a make-up artist who turns him into "Mama Bolo". Mama Bolo soon finds “herself” employed by the producer’s fiancée, Angela, and begins to fall in love with her. A series of deceptions and misunderstandings pile up and comic mayhem ensues with Jack Theron becoming another character, Doctor Donald, a tramp from Scotland.

The movie ends with Mama Bolo being found out by her dress being torn off her when Stanley stands on the long, green train of her dress. John admits to drugging Jack and is arrested and put in prison, although we see him escaping through a manhole cover in the road at the end of the film.

Cast

Leon Schuster...Jack Theron, Mama Bolo, Dr. Donald
Alfred Ntombela...Shorty Dladla
Mary-Ann Barlow...Angela
Lionel Newton...John Daragon
Jerry Mofokeng...Stanley
Laura Catlin...Rivonia Ryder
Andrea Dondolo...Sisi Dladla
Lee Duru...Gladys
Bongi Mdongwe...Innocence
Sharleen Surtie-Richards...Mayoress

Trivia

Mama Jack Vs Mrs Doubtfire

Mama Jack has many similarities to the 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire:

• Both movies have men disguised as women using prosthetic masks and body suits.
• While cleaning, Mrs. Doubtfire pretends to use a broom as a guitar; Mama Jack uses a mop just after she blows John's computer up.
• Both films feature the song Figaro at some point in the films, but only Mrs. Doubtfire has the song in its original form whereas Mama Jack's version has the words re-written to match the pictures on-screen.
• Both of the main characters (Jack Theron in Mama Jack and Daniel Hillard) have to juggle characters. Jack has to juggle between Donald and Mama when Stanley arrives unexpectedly and Daniel has to switch between himself and Mrs. Doubtfire when Gloria Chaney arrives to inspect his living environment. The transitions between the two characters in both films is made when the faces of the female characters are covered up with a facial mask - icing of a cake in Mrs Doubtfire and maize meal in Mama Jack.
• Both Mrs Doubtfire and Mama Jack are discovered in public when a part of their disguise is removed.

External links

• Mama Jack Official Site
• Mama Jack at the Internet Movie Database