Poor: We rarely sell poor condition books, unless the books are in demand and difficult to find in a better condition. Good: A few creases on the spine, perhaps a forward lean, bumping on corners or shelfwear maybe an inscription inside or some shelfwear or a small tear or two on the dustjacket inside clean but page edges might be somewhat yellowed.įair: In overall good condition, might have a severe forward lean to the spine, an inscription, bumping to corners one or two folds on the covers and yellowed pages in exceptional cases these books might contain some library stamps and stickers or have neat sticky tape which was used to fix a short, closed tear. Very Good: Might have some creases on the spine no hard cracks maybe slight forward lean and short inscription inside perhaps very minor bumping on the corners of the book inside clean but the page edges might be slightly yellowed. SYNOPSIS: Arrested for fighting a corrupt South African regime, Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe) and Stephen Lee. Sent down for distributing leaflets that promoted the ANC and their armed wing throughout the 1970s, the activist was. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, and Ian Hart.
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Now if only they’d included a line or two to explain why the climactic event seems to occur in the middle of the day, with street life in full bloom, while Pretoria Central Prison behaves like it’s 3 a.m.We are very proud of the condition of the books we sell (please read our testimonials to find out more!)Īs New: Pretty much new but shows small signs of having been read inside it will be clean without any inscriptions or stamps might contain a remainder mark. Escape From Pretoria follows Jenkin’s story from the day he was jailed. Adams invent clever ways to resolve them. Still, for a viewer who accepts that getting caught remains a possibility, Annan does find the usual ways to generate suspense - and once or twice, he and co-screenwriter L.H. That guard isn’t used for comic effect, really, so it’s hard to say why the pic makes him so unthreatening. Then there’s that Keystone Kop who seems to be the only lawman in the jail after lockup: He wheezes and waddles on his rounds, in no hurry to investigate noises he surely hears if he sees a clue that something’s amiss on the cell block, you can be fairly sure he’ll ignore it so he can get back to his chair and his opera records.
If you can’t get to the button, you could probably just pry the chain off its gear. Security cameras would have made it impossible, for instance the highest-tech thing in the jail seems to be the big button that controls a barred door via a motor and bicycle chain. Viewers who find this quaintly low-tech will have many opportunities in the film’s second half to observe how this breakout could never have happened today.
(The film mostly eliminates what must have been an agonizingly long trial-and-error phase.) Tim, who has a job in the wood shop, takes every opportunity to scrutinize the shape of guards’ cell keys, then carves little replicas to try on his own cell. (In real life, it seems Goldberg was willing to join the attempt, only backing out after practicalities interfered.) Escape From Pretoria is the true story of Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber), young, white South Africans branded terrorists, an. From day one, Tim is fixated on plans to escape, but Goldberg argues vehemently against it: They’re prisoners of conscience, he argues, who must play that role stoically and anyway, getting out is impossible. This is Denis Goldberg (Ian Hart), who’s serving an impossibly long term for armed support of Nelson Mandela. On the inside, the film quickly settles into a familiar mode: An older prisoner takes the men under his wing, warning them of which inmates to avoid and explaining how eager guards are to shoot if they’re given a reason.
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