The Wilby Conspiracy (Blu-ray) PG
In the fight for freedom, you have to break all the rules.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: February 6, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Kl Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier & Nicol Williamson | |
Performer: | Rutger Hauer, Prunella Gee, Saeed Jaffrey, Persis Khambatta, Rijk de Gooyer & Patrick Allen | |
Directed by | Ralph Nelson | |
Edited by | Ernest Walter | |
Composition by | Stanley Myers | |
Art Direction by | John Hoesli | |
Produced by | Martin Baum & Paul M. Heller | |
Director of Photography: | John Coquillon | |
Executive Production by | Helmut Dantine |
Entertainment Reviews:
Fortunately the actors, direction, dialogue and scenic photography carry the film over some confusing moments in the plot.
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Los Angeles Free Press
An adventure yarn with enough odd flourishes to earn itself a cult audience
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Rating: 5/10 --
The film is a confused mishmash of genres and inexplicable character moments that fail to coalesce into something greater.
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The Retro Set
Product Description:
Michael Caine stars as Jim Koegh in this underrated chase movie in which Sidney Poitier plays his unwilling partner, Shack Twala, an African political activist. Shack is on the lam with his new non-friend, Jim, who by mutual agreement has planned to escape. This makes for a great drama about apartheid in South Africa. Nicol Williamson is perfect as Major Horn, the fantastically cold, brutal, and dedicated policeman who relentlessly pursues both characters. Caine is inadvertently linked to Poitier because his lawyer girlfriend, Rina Van Niekirk (Prunella Gee) has recently freed Poitier from prison for racial agitation. Williamson allows the two men to escape the first time hoping that they will lead him to Wilby (Joseph De Graft) who is Poitier's partner in guerilla activities. Ralph Nelson directs with a light touch and the film frequently evokes memories of another of Poitier's earlier films, THE DEFIANT ONES. On their way to save humanity the two run across everyone from playboys to princesses. Williamson's performance is a knock out. The film was shot in Kenya and is based on the novel by Peter Driscoll.