The Wilby Conspiracy
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Movie Reviews of The Wilby Conspiracy
Movie Review: akr
Summary: 5 Stars
great film..difficult if not passe subject matter..michel caine & sayed jafrey (spelling) at his bestMovie Review: The Indian Insertion
Summary: 4 Stars
None of the previous 7 reviewers of this film speak to the impact of the Indian actors performance and the place the Indian connection is given in the script. When the heroes arrive at their initial destination much of the action takes place in the office of a Indian dentist and his attractive young wife who has an immediate sexual encounter with Poitier in a closet. Later both of these Indians are quickly murdered, the wife thrown down a shaft, the husband executed by a shot to the head by his spouse.
The Indian relationships are foreshadowed in an effective say earlier in the film by having a cashier in a Hindu movie making telling Caine that segregation is intended to keep a white as well as a black man from the theater.
Seen 35 years later this is a more interesting movie than it probably was when produced. How many people who saw it then and now outside South Africa really understood the nuances of the script.
I was able to see in on the Turner Classic films in a midnight showing and while disliking the violence and seeing the relationships among the characters as lacking nuance,believe it is today a good contribution to understanding world history and the interactions among outunmbered whites, small minorities among larger groups, and the brutality of the world
Point about individual scenes that were so well done
1. Slicing the handcuffs off Poitier. Good filmmaking
2.The closet seduction ...and who seduced whom
3.The humor of the dental office.
Movie Review: Sydney and Michael
Summary: 4 Stars
What a dynamic duo from the 70s. I'd seen this a long time ago when I was a child, but didn't remember until I purchased the DVD this year. And the pair reminded me of Denzel and Russell. They really played good together.
The suspense was great. They were on the run the entire time. If you don't appreciate how movies from the 70s were created, I wouldn't suggest it unless you understand there's a huge difference in plots, lingo and attitudes between the 70s and the 2k years. I would suggest this to those who appreciate African movies such as Cry Freedom, Bopha.
Movie Review: Enjoyable, mostly forgotten thriller from 70's
Summary: 3 Stars
Title: "The Wilby Conspiracy"
Released: 1975
Rated: PG
Running Time:1 hour and 41 minutes
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Sidney Poitier-as Shack Twala
Michael Caine-as Jim Keogh
Nicol Williamson-as Major Horn
Prunella Gee-as Rina van Niekirk
Rutger Hauer-as Blane
Rijk de Gooyer- as van Heerden
This is a good little movie about Poitier and Caine fleeing South African police while being tailed by South African State Security Bureau agents (Williamson and Gooyer). The film begins with Poitier being released from prison (having just served 10 years for political activism against the apartheid government) through the efforts of his lawyer (Gee)after a hearing in the South African Supreme Court in Capetown. Immediately following his release, Poitier, Gee and Caine-who plays Gee's boyfriend, a British mining engineer-decide to go to her office to celebrate. En route, they are stopped at a police checkpoint and Poitier is assaulted by the two officers. Gee comes to his aid and is in turn assaulted, which leads Caine to become involved. The policemen are seriously injured and Poitier and Caine decide to head for a safehaven in Johannesberg, 900 miles away.
Little do the duo know that Poitier's release and subsequent ease in evading the police are the result of the Security Bureau's intervention. It seems that the Bureau want to follow Poitier in the hopes that he will lead them to Wilby, the leader of the anti-apartheid forces. What follows is an entertaining chase across South Africa and a related quest for missing diamonds which all lead to a violent finale (despite its PG rating).
Poitier and Caine are great in the primary roles. They have to rely on each other, while not exactly always getting along. The movie is further helped by a strong supporting cast, including Gee and Williamson (in a standout performance as the lead Bureau agent following the fugitives). Rutger Hauer has a small role as Gee's estranged bush pilot husband.
The movie, which is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Driscoll, was filmed in Kenya and at Pinewood Studios in England. I recommend this film to fans of Poitier and Caine, as well as anyone looking for a good 1970's thriller/action movie.
Movie Review: Two great stars in an okay thriller
Summary: 3 Stars
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine are on the run in a good political chase thriller that has gone unnoticed over the years. The story is about a newly-freed black South African freedom fighter aided by a British engineer who flee sadistic police officials who hope their trail leads them to the resistance movement's leader. Nicol Williamson is great as the calculating state security agent on their trail and a young Rutger Hauer also appears but in a smaller role of a pilot. The scenes with rear-projection footage and Poitier's Bantu dialect don't really work but the picture is certainly worth a look.
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