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The Wilby conspiracy

Blu-ray Disc

2018

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Format:	Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The Wilby conspiracy / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Baum/Dantine Productions present ; made by Optimus Productions Ltd. ; screenplay by Rod Amateau and Harold Nebenzal ; produced by Martin Baum ; directed by Ralph Nelson.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2018]
Description:	1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file Blu-ray 1920 x 1080p region A
Summary:	When anti-apartheid activist Shack Twala is freed from prison, he quickly runs into trouble with the police. British engineer Keogh helps Twala elude a sadistic government official, but as both men, now fugitives, race 900 miles to cross the border to safety, they are drawn into a conspiracy much bigger and deadlier than they realize.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG.
Series:	KL studio classics KL studio classics.
Subjects:	Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama. Ex-convicts -- Drama. Fugitives from justice -- Drama. Anti-apartheid activists -- Drama. Police corruption -- Drama. South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
Genre:	Action and adventure films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films.
Other Author:	Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987, film director. Amateau, Rod, 1923-2003, screenwriter. Nebenzal, Harold, screenwriter. Baum, Martin, 1924-2010, film producer. Poitier, Sidney, actor. Caine, Michael, actor. Williamson, Nicol, actor. Gee, Prunella, 1950- actor. Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015, actor. Khambatta, Persis, actor. Gooyer, Rijk de, 1925-2011, actor. Hauer, Rutger, 1944-2019. actor. Allen, Patrick, 1927-2006, actor. Coquillon, John, director of photography. Walter, Ernest, editor of moving image work. Myers, Stanley, composer (expression) Pottle, Harry, 1925-1998, production designer. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Driscoll, Peter, 1942-2005. Wilby conspiracy. Optimus Productions (Firm), production company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. United Artists Corporation. Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Other Title:	Container of (work): Wilby conspiracy (Motion picture)
Notes:	Based on the novel by Peter Driscoll. Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. Wide screen (1.66:1). Cinematographer, John Coquillon ; editor, Ernest Walter ; music, Stanley Myers ; production designer, Harry Pottle. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Saeed Jaffrey, Persis Khambatta, Ryk De Gooyer, Rutger Hauer, Patrick Allen. Blu-ray; region A; 1920x1080p; DTS; requires Blu-ray player. In English with optional English subtitles.
ISBN:	9786317189386 : BRHD 6317189382 : BRHD
Publisher Number:	K21613
Other Number:	1023863339
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	728263
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Call Number:	BLU MOVIE Wilby co

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