Russel Savadier

Russel Savadier

Movies for Russel Savadier...

Table Manners
Title: Table Manners
Character: Jonty
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Title: Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Character: Martin Yodaiken
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Tears in the Rain
Title: Tears in the Rain
Character: Andy Smith
Released: February 12, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Mandela's Gun
Title: Mandela's Gun
Character: Mr. Grant
Released: October 28, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Kite
Title: Kite
Character: Old Boy
Released: June 13, 2014
Type: Movie
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
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The Bang Bang Club
Title: The Bang Bang Club
Character: Ronald Graham
Released: April 22, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Finding Lenny
Title: Finding Lenny
Character: David
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
"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!
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Lullaby
Title: Lullaby
Character: Joe
Released: February 24, 2008
Type: Movie
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
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The Poseidon Adventure
Title: The Poseidon Adventure
Character: Leo Mandebach
Released: November 20, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Blood of Beasts
Title: Blood of Beasts
Character: Olaf
Released: October 18, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Dead Easy
Title: Dead Easy
Character: Frank Strathman
Released: December 13, 2004
Type: Movie
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.
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Snake Island
Title: Snake Island
Character: Eddie Trent Jones
Released: August 1, 2002
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Fishy Fêshuns
Character: Harold Fisher
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: TV
Fishy Fêshuns is a South African television sitcom based on the 1960s BBC sitcom The Rag Trade by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney which revolves around the goings on between workers and their boss in a clothing factory in Cape Town.
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Tarzan and the Lost City
Title: Tarzan and the Lost City
Character: Archer
Released: April 24, 1998
Type: Movie
Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
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Hard to Forget
Title: Hard to Forget
Character: Hal Overron
Released: April 11, 1998
Type: Movie
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.
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Jock of the Bushveld
Title: Jock of the Bushveld
Character: Robbie
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
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.
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The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
Title: The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat
Character: Howard
Released: April 10, 1993
Type: Movie
The story is inspired by the assassination of Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party.
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African Express
Title: African Express
Character: George
Released: July 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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Thieves of Fortune
Title: Thieves of Fortune
Character: Miguel
Released: May 31, 1990
Type: Movie
A beautiful woman must perform feats of bravery in order to inherit a $28 million fortune and win the man she loves.
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Options
Title: Options
Character: Boyd
Released: May 27, 1989
Type: Movie
An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.
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Outlaw of Gor
Title: Outlaw of Gor
Character: Watney Smith
Released: December 1, 1988
Type: Movie
An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
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Steel Dawn
Title: Steel Dawn
Character: Off
Released: November 6, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Heroes
Title: Heroes
Character: Ira Galgut
Released: April 3, 1986
Type: Movie
South African TV Movie