Dir:Ralph Nelson
The Wilby Conspiracy
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Produced by Martin Baum
Paul M. Heller
Helmut Dantine
Written by Rodney Amateau
Starring Michael Caine
Sidney Poitier
Nicol Williamson
Music by Stanley Myers
Cinematography John Coquillon
Edited by Ernest Walter
Production
company
Baum/Dantine Productions
Optimus Productions Ltd.
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
1975
Running time
102 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 thriller film directed by Ralph Nelson and filmed in Kenya. It was written by Rodney Amateau, based on the 1972 novel by Peter Driscoll. It had a limited release in the US.
داستان فیلم
In apartheid-era South Africa, Shack Twala (played by Sidney Poitier), a black revolutionary who had served time on Robben Island, is freed by Rina van Niekerk (Prunella Gee), his Afrikaner defence attorney, because he would be a victim of retroactive legislation. Rina, estranged from her husband Blane (Rutger Hauer), is having a relationship with an English mining engineer, Jim Keogh (Michael Caine), who has attended Shack's trial. Surprised by the verdict, Rina, Jim and Shack go off to celebrate at her house. They are stopped by the South African Police who are conducting identity document checks and arresting everyone who does not have their papers on them. As Shack has only just been released from prison he will not receive his papers until the next day. The police Constable and Shack antagonise each other leading to Shack being handcuffed and arrested. When Rina attempts to pull the Constable off Shack, the policeman hits her, knocking her to the ground. Jim assaults and knocks out the Constable making all three fugitives.
At Police Headquarters, an SAP Brigadier (Patrick Allen) is criticised by Major Horn (Nicol Williamson) of the South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) for not only arresting Shack but continuing with their random identity checks and arrests that have infuriated world opinion.
The three fugitives are followed and monitored by BOSS to lead them to discover their escape route to Botswana and its facilitators, two Indian dentists; a stash of stolen uncut diamonds being used to fund the "Black Congress" (African National Congress) and the leader of the "Black Congress", a man named Wilby (Joe De Graft).
رها ماهرو : خوانندگان عزیز ، لطفا نظر و نقدتان را راجع به فیلم توطئه ویل بی به کارگردانی رالف نلسون برای ما بنویسید و بفرستید.
Cast
Sidney Poitier as Shack Twala
Michael Caine as Jim Keogh
Nicol Williamson as Major Horn, S.African Bureau of State Security
Prunella Gee as Rina van Niekerk
Saeed Jaffrey as Dr. Anil Mukarjee, Indian Dentist
Persis Khambatta as Dr. Persis Ray, Dentist
Rijk de Gooyer as Van Heerden, Bureau of State Security
Rutger Hauer as Blane van Niekerk
Patrick Allen as the Brigadier
Joe De Graft as Wilby Xaba
Archie Duncan as Gordon
Helmut Dantine as Prosecuting counsel
Additional Notes
After this motion picture, Poitier moved into both directing and acting. In addition, the film introduced Dutch actor Rutger Hauer to English-speaking audiences. Hauer went on to act in several of director Paul Verhoeven's early movies. The Wilby Conspiracy was also the western film debut of Indian actress Persis Khambatta, who would appear in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and with Rutger Hauer in Nighthawks
DVD & HD
The region 1 DVD was released January 20, 2004.
In 2010 it was digitized in High Definition (1080i) and broadcast on MGM HD.
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از شرلوک هلمز تا مارکوپولو در «سینما کلاسیک»
سری جدید «سینما کلاسیک» شبکه نمایش که هر شب ساعت یک بامداد از این شبکه پخش میشود، این هفته نیز از 4 تا 10 اردیبهشت با آثار برجسته سینمای کلاسیک به روی آنتن می رود.
به گزارش سرویس تلویزیون و رادیو ایسنا، «گرسنه» محصول 1966 دانمارک، «شرلوک هلمز و دکتر واتسون»(توطئه ویل بی) محصول 1975 انگلستان، «مردان خشن» محصول 1954 آمریکا، «اسلحه بزرگ» محصول 1973 ایتالیا، «داستان دو شهر» محصول 1935 آمریکا و «ماجراهای مارکوپولو» محصول 1938 آمریکا از فیلمهای انتخابی این هفته هستند.
مارکوپولو تاجر و جهانگرد ونیزی نیز از جمله داستانهای محبوب کارگردان های سینما بوده و اقتباسهای فراوانی از آن صورت گرفته است. «ماجراهای مارکوپولو» اثر آرچی مایو و جانفورد در 1938 به سراغ همین سوژه رفت و با حضور گری کوپر در نقش مارکوپولو به روی پرده نقرهای رفت. باسیل راثبون، سیگرید گوری و لانا ترنر از جمله بازیگران دیگر این فیلم هستند.
«مردان خشن» از دیگر فیلمهای این هفته، که با حضور گلن فورد و ادوارد رابینسون، از بازیگران سرشناس کلاسیک تبدیل به یکی از گزینههای قابل توجه این هفته شده است. فیلم داستان مزرعهداری با بازی گلن فورد است که تصمیم دارد با فروش زمین خود، به همراه نامزدش راهی شرق شود ولی سلسله اتفاقاتی همه چیز را تغییر میدهد. رودولف ماته، کارگردان و فیلمبردار لهستانی که پنج بار نامزدی جایزه اسکار را برای فیلمبرداری در کارنامه داشته است، در مقام کارگردانی این فیلم بوده است.