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A lawman fed up with the corruption in Apartheid-era South Africa takes to robbing banks in this gritty crime drama from writer/director Bronwen Hughes. The title Stander refers to Andre Stander (Thomas Jane), an ambitious second-generation policeman whose strategies and experience make him the perfect candidate for commander. But when the privileged Stander is chosen to direct the police force against a brutal, majority-led uprising in Soweto, he becomes so disgusted with his actions that he decides to undermine his own authority as an officer. His means for doing so is to moonlight as a bank robber, partly out of disgust for the force and partly as an adrenalin-fueled act of deception. After pulling more than two dozen heists, Stander is caught -- but it isn't long before he breaks out of jail, and fortified by two hardened-criminal pals, Lee (Dexter Fletcher) and Allan (David Patrick O'Hara), he resumes his anti-authoritarian crime sprees. Stander premiered at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival.
Original Release
10/10/2003
US Release
08/06/2004
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Thomas Jane | Andre Stander |
Dexter Fletcher | Lee McCall |
David O'Hara | Allan Heyl |
Deborah Kara Unger | Bekkie Stander |
Ashley Taylor | Cor van Deventer |
Marius Weyers | General Stander |
At Botha | General Viljoen |
Lionel Newton | Sergeant Smit |
Melanie Merle | Sharmiane |
Sean Else | Ed Janis |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Thomas Jane | Andre Stander |
Dexter Fletcher | Lee McCall |
David O'Hara | Allan Heyl |
Deborah Kara Unger | Bekkie Stander |
Ashley Taylor | Cor van Deventer |
Marius Weyers | General Stander |
At Botha | General Viljoen |
Lionel Newton | Sergeant Smit |
Melanie Merle | Sharmiane |
Sean Else | Ed Janis |
Peter Gardner | Allums |
Patrick Mynhardt | Judge |
Wikus du Toit | Lawyer |
Drummond Marais | Prosecutor |
Nicole Abel | Young Lady |
Craig Jackson | Traffic Jam Cop |
Emgee Pretorius | Wedding Judge |
Corrie Van Deventer | Bekkie's Dad |
Rita Van Deventer | Bekkie's Mother |
James Borthwick | Vorster |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David E. Allen | Executive Producer |
Izidore Codron | Executive Producer |
Jan Fantl | Executive Producer |
Frank Hübner | Executive Producer |
Steve Markoff | Executive Producer |
Eric Sandys | Executive Producer |
Bruce McNall | Executive Producer |
Hillard Elkins | Producer |
Martin Katz | Producer |
Paul Raleigh | Producer |
Chris Roland | Producer |
Julia Verdin | Producer |