The Lucky Specials (2017)
1h 48m
Running Time
February 28, 2017Release Date
The Lucky Specials (2017)
1h 48m
Running Time
February 28, 2017Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
The Lucky Specials are a cover band in a dusty town in southern Africa. Mandla is a miner by day and plays lead guitar for The Lucky Specials by night. He dreams of making it big in the music industry. When tragedy strikes, the band, Mandla and their friend Nkanyiso struggle to hold everything together.
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Cast & Crew.
Oros Mampofu
Mandla
Sivenathi Mabuya
Nkanyiso
Blondia Makhene
Bra Easy
Richard Lukunku
Jose
Thomas Gumede
Sello
Fulu Mugovhani
Zwanga
Chantel Carter
Production Design
Rea Rangaka
Director
Nonzi Bogatsu
Writer
Tim Greene
Writer
Sean B. Carroll
Executive Producer
Wilma Davis
Associate Producer
Harriet Gavshon
Producer
Peter P. Gudo
Producer
Aric Noboa
Producer
J.P. Potgieter
Producer
Brendan Jury
Music
Tom Marais
Cinematography / Camera Operator
Chantel Carter
ProductionDesigner
Melanie Jankes Golden
Editor
Bonnie Lee Bouman
Casting
Lehasa Molloyi
Costume Design
Thabani Gigaba
First Assistant Director
Awongiwe Noluvo Polo
Second Assistant Director
Gita Cerveira
Sound Mixer
Jonty Everton
Foley Artist
Thapelo Makhubo
Sound Designer
Janno Müller
Sound Editor
Dallas Ncala
Gaffer
Patrick Toselli
Still Photographer
Mpumi Phillips
Music Supervisor
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
musical
miner
friendship
social issues
Wiki.
The Lucky Specials is a 2017 South African musical romantic drama film directed by Reabetswe Rangaka and co-produced by Harriet Gavshon, Peter Gudo, Aric Noboa, and J.P. Potgieter for Discovery Learning Alliance and Quizzical Pictures in association with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios. The film stars Oros Mampofu and Sivenathi Mabuya with Blondia Makhene, Richard Lukunku, and Fulu Mugovhani in supporting roles. The film is about a cover band called "The Lucky Specials" in a dusty town in southern Africa where Mandla, a miner by profession plays lead guitar but later problems arise with Nkanyiso, a fellow band member.
The film has been shot in and around South Africa and Mozambique.