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Image Entertainment |
Release Date:
December 14, 2007
Summary:
Under the brutal apartheid regime of the Nationalist Party Government, 25 million blacks are ruled by a minority of 4 million whites. Black people have no vote, no land rights, no rights to freedom of movement, to own a business, or to housing or education. Determined to retain power, whites ban all black opposition organizations, which forces their leaders into exile or imprisonment for life on Robben Island. James Gregory, a typical white Afrikaner, regards blacks as subhuman. Having grown up on a farm in the Transkei, he learned to speak Xhosa at an early age. This makes him an ideal choice to become the warden in charge of Nelson Mandela and his comrades on Robben Island. After all, Gregory speaks their language and can spy on them. However, the plan backfires. Through Mandela's influence, Gregory's allegiance gradually shifts from the racist government to the struggle for a free South Africa. Goodbye Bafana tracks the unlikely but profound relationship between these two men. Through their unique friendship, we witness not only Gregory's growing awareness of man's inhumanity to man, but South Africa's evolution from apartheid to a vibrant democracy. The story, which documents how Mandela became the most inspirational political figure of the modern world, poses the questions: Who is the prisoner? And who sets whom free? (Paramount Vantage)
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| Runtime: | 140 min |
| Rating: | Rated R for language including some sexual references. |
| Production: | X-Filme Creative Pool |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, History |
| Countries: | Germany, UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, South Africa |
| Languages: | English, Xhosa |
| Director | Credit |
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| Bille August | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Bille August | Writer |
| Bob Graham | Writer |
| Greg Latter | Writer |
| James Gregory | Writer |
| John Kaylin | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Dennis Haysbert | Nelson Mandela |
| Diane Kruger | Gloria Gregory |
| Faith Ndukwana | Winnie Mandela |
| Jessica Manuel | Natasha Gregory |
| Joseph Fiennes | James Gregory |
| Leslie Mongezi | Walter Sisulu |
| Megan Smith | Natasha Gregory |
| Mehboob Bawa | Ahmed Kathrada |
| Patrick Lyster | Major Pieter Jordaan |
| Shakes Myeko | Andrew Mlangeni |
| Shiloh Henderson | Brent Gregory |
| Sizwe Msutu | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Terry Pheto | Zindzi Mandela |
| Tyrone Keogh | Brent Gregory |
| Zingizile Mtuzula | Raymond Mhlaba |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Alison Ellard | Development Producer |
| Andro Steinborn | Producer: X Filme Creative Pool |
| Carola Ash | Associate Producer: Future Films |
| Christine Raspillère | Line Producer: Arsam Interational |
| David Wicht | Producer: Film Afrika |
| Dianne Beatty | Line Producer: South Africa |
| Frédéric Bal | Line Producer: Arsam International |
| Gherardo Pagliei | Producer: Fonema SPA |
| Guillaume Benski | Associate Producer: Arsam International |
| Ilann Girard | Producer: Arsam International |
| Jean-Luc Van Damme | Producer: Banana Films |
| Jimmy de Brabant | Executive Producer |
| Kami Naghdi | Executive Producer |
| Kwesi Dickson | Producer: Future Films |
| Livio Negri | Associate Producer: Fonema SPA |
| Luciano Sovena | Co-Producer |
| Marc Noyons | Executive Producer: Banana Films |
| Michael Dounaev | Executive Producer |
| Michel Houdmont | Executive Producer: Banana Films |
| Roberto Cipullo | Producer: Fonema SPA |
| Skady Lis | Executive Producer: X Filme Creative Pool |
| Stephen Margolis | Executive Producer: Future Films |
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