Inside (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Arthur Penn

Writer (WGA):

Bima Stagg (written by)

Release Date:

25 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A South Afrikaan political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later...

Plot Keywords:

Political Prisoner | Apartheid | Atrocity | Suicide | South Africa

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Marty Strydom
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Colonel Kruger
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Questioner
Ian Roberts	...	Moolman
Janine Eser	...	Christie
Louis Van Niekerk	...	Strydom
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Coppin	...	Big Policeman
Desmond Dube	...	Scrabenga
Mandy Gulwa	...	Mrwaki's Wife
Joshua Lindberg	...	Guard Koos
Moscow Luka	...	Prisoner Voice
Sipho Mabaso	...	Sax Player
Mzwakhe Mathenjwa	...	Prisoner Voice #3
Nelson Mathipa	...	Jemba Marimba Band
Mandla Mdletshe	...	Prisoner Voice #4
Maxwell Mililo	...	Prisoner Voice #2
Ntokozo Mkhalpeh	...	Jemba Marimba Band
Hezekiel Mngomezyly	...	Prisoner Voice
Jerry Mofokeng	...	Mrwaki
Carlson Mokoena	...	Prisoner Voice
Fana Mokoena	...	Prisoner Voice #1
Mpho Moponya	...	Jemba Marimba Band
Ben Mpofu	...	Jemba Marimba Band
Tshepo L. Nake	...	Prisoner Voice #5
Themba Ndaba	...	Bakwana / Prisoner Voice #6
Seldom Ngwenia	...	Guard 1996
Nandi Nyembe	...	Prisoner Voice
Sizwe Nyembe	...	12 Year Old Prisoner
Ross Preller	...	Guard Pregieter
Patrick Shai	...	Bhambo
Duma Tsepane	...	1st Prisoner
Dimpie Tshabalala	...	Keyboard Player
Toto Tshimankinda	...	Big Guard

MPAA:

Rated R for political violence and torture, language and a brief sex scene.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Norway:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Company:

Elkins Entertainment

Quotes:

Colonel Kruger: We are phasing out apartheid, but these things take time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)

Weak "Apartheid" film

I saw this film the other night, together with another film about the Apartheid in South Africa, A DRY WHITE SEASON, and this was by far the weakest of the two. The other one is not a masterpiece either, but at least you get to know more about the issue than in this film.

Here, we have 90 minutes of people being tortured by a sadistic colonel(Nigel Hawthorne), with no real depth to it. It's all presented in a rather cold fashion too. The actors are good however and this is not a really bad film, it's just that if you want to see a film about this subject, you better watch A DRY WHITE SEASON. 5/10