Limited and VOD Releases: Bitter Pill to Swallow Here’s a round-up of what we’re seeing around the world this week. This includes limited business in movie theaters in a handful of markets. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues in full force in many parts of the world, there are some places where the outbreak is contained enough that things are starting to reopen. International Round-up: Small Steps Forward Around the World As for this week’s box office numbers, there is not a lot to talk about, but what we few numbers we have are mostly positive. If there’s a second wave and cinemas have to be shut down again, like what happened in China, then it could be devastating. If this works, then it will be a big boost to morale as it is a concrete sign things are returning to normal. There are still several major markets in Europe with tens of thousands of active cases of COVID-19, including the U.K., France, Spain, Italy, so it remains uncertain whether their full plans will come to fruition. The cinema chain is the biggest in the US domestic market, but it is also a major player in Europe. This would be great news for the movie industry, if it happens. International Round Up: Onward Leads Taiwan, Box Office Moves Upward, Cineworld Eyes July for ReopeningĬineworld announced tentative plans to reopen all 790 theaters they operate in 11 markets in July. PG-13 for violence, language and some disturbing material. March 6th, 2020 by Universal Home Entertainment September 4th, 2020 (Wide), released as Pretoria’dan Kaçış ( Turkey) March 6th, 2020 (Limited) ( United Kingdom) March 6th, 2020 (Limited) by Momentum Pictures See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. For the most part, Escape From Pretoria works well, but it’s a shame Annan didn’t take more time to dig into the ordinary men who made this extraordinary escape.All Time International Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,201-10,300) Colleague David (Daniel Webber) is given so little depth he’s basically a glorified extra, despite being second on the bill. His life before prison is largely a mystery. We learn only the bare minimum about Jenkin and his motivations. Given the effectiveness of the escape scenes, it’s a pity there’s little character-work around them. His South African twang takes a few detours via Wales and north London, but it’s far from the shakiest on screen (Ian Hart, as a veteran protestor, gives us an accent from… we’re not exactly sure).ĭaniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber in ‘Escape from Pretoria’. His big eyes turn in a hell of a performance. Radcliffe gets very little dialogue to work with – you don’t talk a lot while trying to evade detection – but his face tells us everything we need to know. It boils down to a lot of variations on the same sequence – a desperate game of hide and seek – but they’re all executed very well. As Jenkin loses keys, snaps keys, or struggles to find a hiding spot before the guards spot him, the soundtrack is heavy with panicked breathing and the scenes tightly edited to make you feel as jittery as possible. He ratchets up some very clammy tension as Jenkin perfects his methods. He chooses to focus on the mechanics of the escape, rather than the men escaping. Up-and-coming British director Francis Annan is straightforward in his approach. Even more absurdly, it works, though obviously not without complication. He’ll use those keys to unlock every door in the prison and walk out the front entrance. He will make wooden keys, copied from the originals by observing the guards using the keys each day and then, well, just giving it a go. In the film, Jenkin’s plan for escape is simple but absurd. He made sure he only spent a fraction of that time behind bars. Their actions involved nothing more violent than distributing pamphlets, but the government’s zero-tolerance stance on dissent meant Jenkin was given a 12-year sentence. He plays Tim Jenkin, one of a group of white South African men imprisoned for protesting against apartheid in the 1970s. Based on a true story, prison break drama Escape From Pretoria sees Daniel Radcliffe give one of his best performances to date.
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