Bibliograph

Escape from Pretoria, Momentum Pictures, MEP Capital and Hamilton Entertainment present ; in association with South Australian Film Corporation, Arclight Films International, Particular Crowd, Spier Films, Enriched Media Group, Storybridge Films and Premiere Picture ; a Footprint Films, Beaglepug production ; a Francis Annan film ; screenplay by Francis Annan & L.H. Adams ; produced by Mark Blaney, Jackie Sheppard, David Barron, Gary Hamilton, Michelle Krumm ; directed by Francis Annan

Type

Label

Escape from Pretoria, Momentum Pictures, MEP Capital and Hamilton Entertainment present ; in association with South Australian Film Corporation, Arclight Films International, Particular Crowd, Spier Films, Enriched Media Group, Storybridge Films and Premiere Picture ; a Footprint Films, Beaglepug production ; a Francis Annan film ; screenplay by Francis Annan & L.H. Adams ; produced by Mark Blaney, Jackie Sheppard, David Barron, Gary Hamilton, Michelle Krumm ; directed by Francis Annan

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, language and some disturbing material

Main title

Escape from Pretoria

Oclc number

1142131643

Responsibility statement

Momentum Pictures, MEP Capital and Hamilton Entertainment present ; in association with South Australian Film Corporation, Arclight Films International, Particular Crowd, Spier Films, Enriched Media Group, Storybridge Films and Premiere Picture ; a Footprint Films, Beaglepug production ; a Francis Annan film ; screenplay by Francis Annan & L.H. Adams ; produced by Mark Blaney, Jackie Sheppard, David Barron, Gary Hamilton, Michelle Krumm ; directed by Francis Annan

Runtime

106

Summary

The true story of Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, young, white South Africans branded "terrorits," and imprisoned in 1978 for working covert operations for Nelson Mandela's banned ANC. Incaracerated in Pretoria Maximum Security Prison, they decide to send the apartheid regima a clear message and escape! With breathtaking ingenuity, meticulous surveillance, and wooden keys crafted for 10 steel doors, they make a bid for freedom

Technique

live action

Classification