Big Fellas is a South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n comedy film produced by Rogue Star Films. It was released on November 23, 2007 at all NuMetro Cinemas.

Big Fellas was written by Ross Garland, directed by Philip Roberts and stars a South African cast. The film was shot on various locations that range from Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

 to Cango Caves

Cango Caves

The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The principal cave is one of the country's finest, best known and most popular tourist caves and attracts many visitors from overseas...

 to Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

. The story captures what life is really like in the new South Africa when it comes to BEE (Black Economic Empowerment

Black Economic Empowerment

Black Economic Empowerment is a programme launched by the South African government to redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups economic opportunities previously not available to them...

).

Plot

Jake (Colin Moss) and Zed (Ross Garland) decide to make a documentary about what life is really like for supermodels. What started out as a past time turns into a remarkable documentary that promises lots of money. However, they need to find a black partner in order to make the film make. They go on a road trip, with two days to find this partner and get to Jozi in order to close the deal.

Cast

• Colin Moss as Jake
• Ross Garland as Zed
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim
  Hakeem Kae-Kazim
  Hakeem Kae-Kazim , sometimes credited as "Hakim Kae Kazim", is an actor who played Georges Rutaganda on Hotel Rwanda in 2004 directed by Terry George...
  
   as Ray Whitehead
• Jason Cope
  Jason Cope
  Jason Cope is a South African actor best known for his work in Neill Blomkamp's District 9. In the film Cope plays a variety of different characters including the alien Christopher Johnson and the character Grey Bradnam, one of the narrators of the film...
  
   as Wiempie and Fabio
• Grethe Fox as Elsa
• Lesley Mongezi as Benzi
• Gina Athans
  Gina Athans
  Gina Athans is a South African former beauty queen and model.She was crowned Miss South Africa Teen 2000, model to appear on Marie Claire, and has been voted FHM sexiest woman in the world and South Africa's most Stylish Woman....
  
   as Gigi
• Minki van der Westhuizen as Mimi
• Carling Ernstzen as Lola
• Lee-Anne Summers as Hanneke, Yolanda and Ronnies bartender
• Cokey Falkow as Alfonso
• Mark Lottering as Traffic cop
• Louw Venter as Bullseye

Promotion

It was rumored that there would be a free give-away of movie props on the Facebook group. This included items such as the BEEast numberplate, roadsigns to Gatberg along with the pink nylon shorts worn by Gina during the production of the Film.