Bunny Chow (film)

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Bunny Chow
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Directed by John Barker
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Zeno Petersen
Edited by Sakie Bergh
Music by Joel Assaizky
Distributed by Deviant Selling
Release date
  • 11 September 2006 (2006-09-11)(Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time
95 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

Bunny Chow (also billed as Bunny Chow Know Thyself) is a South African comedy film by John Barker, partnered by MTV. It premiered on 7 September 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival. [1]

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Synopsis

Bunny Chow follows the weekend journey of four stand-up comedians, who embark on a road trip to Oppikoppi, South Africa's biggest annual rock festival. The four slip out of their normal lives for a few days with hopes of mass debauchery, drugs, rampant sex, true love and conquering the rock stages with their comedy, but they get a bit more than what they bargained for.

Cast

Awards

Release

The movie was released March 21, 2008 in the United Kingdom and 19 May 2009 on DVD. [2] The Movie has a score of 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. [3]

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References

  1. News24: MTV, SA film team up Archived 17 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bunny Chow: Know Thyself (2006) - IMDb , retrieved 13 September 2021
  3. Bunny Chow , retrieved 13 September 2021