Endgame
2009 · 109 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 2,896 VOTES · DIR. Pete Travis
Overview
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.
Dialogue Timeline — 802 lines
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00:02:22 This is an illegal gathering.
00:07:04 The more visible, the more vulnerable we are.
00:10:24 indicating that it is ready to talk to us about ending apartheid.
00:15:16 An earthquake claims a thousand lives.
00:17:55 but rules in the manner of a medieval monarch.
00:23:36 they'll meet us over the barrel of a gun.
00:27:03 Heroics don't cut much ice with shareholders.
00:30:19 You don't co-operate...
00:35:04 We know that you Afrikaners have paid in blood for your country.
00:37:02 Or, disguising it under some new administrative structure.
00:39:55 Okay. It's a good idea.
00:45:57 Without trust, we'll achieve nothing.
00:50:39 Talk is cheap, Professor.
00:53:04 Botha's tactics will succeed. We play into his hands.
00:59:07 Maybe they think if they say it enough times, we'll buy it.
01:02:14 but will ensure that you alone...
01:05:46 - Safe home, Willie. - May I tell you....
01:12:04 a vacuum of uncertainty that is only fuelling the violence.
01:17:55 This one is in the wrong place. It needs more light.
01:21:52 Presumably that's why his party chose him.
01:26:08 Given the hard line position of the new State President...
01:28:19 Exactly!
01:32:51 It's as if I've been conducting a lifelong conversation...
01:35:33 72 years old, will be appearing in public...