Endgame ( End game )

Endgame (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: End game
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Pete Travis

Written By:
Paula Milne

Actors:
William Hurt ..... Professor Willie Esterhuyse
Chiwetel Ejiofor ..... Thabo Mbeki
Jonny Lee Miller ..... Michael Young
Mark Strong ..... Dr. Neil Barnard
Clarke Peters ..... Nelson Mandela
John Kani ..... Oliver Tambo
Derek Jacobi ..... Rudolph Agnew
Timothy West ..... P.W. Botha
Matthew Marsh ..... F.W. de Klerk
Mike Huff ..... Willem de Klerk
Stephen Jennings ..... Kobie Coetsee
Patrick Lyster ..... Sampie Terreblanche
Ramon Tikaram ..... Aziz Pahad
Danny Scheinmann ..... Albie Sachs
Porteus Xandau Steenkamp ..... Christo Brand

Synopsis:

Vantage Point director Pete Travis turns his attention from high-profile political assassinations to the high-risk talks that ushered in the end of apartheid while securing the release of Nelson Mandela in this historical drama starring William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofer, Mark Strong, and Johnny Lee Miller. The time is the late 1980s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging onto power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles towards insurrection. A British mining concern called Consolidated Gold is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa, and quietly dispatches Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue. As the story shifts between Mandela's jail cell, Botha's chambers, ANC headquarters, and a rented car occupied by a British bureaucrat, the prospect for peace becomes more than just a distant hope.

In 1985 South Africa burns as the vile Apartheid regime crumbles. In the months leading up to this historic moment, a group of men hold secret talks to bring about peace and democracy to the nation. Under constant threat and fearful for their lives, a gathering of ANC terrorists' led by the now president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki and key Afrikaner representatives meet in a manor house in South East England. Against all the odds, through volatile discussions, set backs and breakthroughs, the secret talks in Britain achieve a precious arena of frail trust between the two archenemies. While Mandela's tense negotiations at Pollsmoor Prison and later in the heavily bugged warden's villa at Victor Verster Prison prove fruitful, the courage of the unsung heroes at the crucial British talks begin to show results.

The film dramatises the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 June, 2011.

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