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''Endgame'' is a 2009 British film directed by Pete Travis from a script by Paula Milne, based upon the book ''The Fall of Apartheid'' by Robert Harvey. The film is produced by Daybreak Pictures and reunites Travis with ''Vantage Point'' actor William Hurt. It also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller and Mark Strong. The film dramatises the final days of apartheid in South Africa. It was filmed at locations in Reading, Berkshire, England and Cape Town, South Africa in the first half of 2008 and was completed in December that year. The film had its world premiere on 18 January 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on Channel 4 on 4 May 2009. It will also have an international theatrical release, the distribution of which is handled by Target Entertainment Group. ==Premise== The film depicts the final days of apartheid, focusing on secret talks held between the African National Congress and the Afrikaner National Party in a country house in Somerset, England.〔Carnevale, Rob (5 March 2008). "(Vantage Point - Pete Travis interview )". IndieLondon. Retrieved on 17 April 2008.〕 The film focuses on the emotional relationship that develops between Willie Esterhuyse and Thabo Mbeki.〔 The secret talks were brokered by Michael Young, a British businessman who worked for Consolidated Gold Fields, a firm with considerable interests in South Africa. The talks took place in Mells Park House, a country house near Frome in Somerset. The house was then owned by Consolidated Gold Fields. Consolidated Goldfields was a company with interests in South Africa which is the subject of sanctions by other nations. In one scene, Young and Rudolf Agnew, chairman of Consolidated Goldfields, leave their offices in London and are mobbed by anti-apartheid protesters who batter and chase their car, unaware that the two men are sponsoring the very talks that are leading to the end of the system they oppose. In an interview on BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme on 24 April 2009, Michael Young mentioned how he had been asked by Thabo Mbeki to write the final chapter of the 2003 book by Robert Harvey on the ''Fall of Apartheid'' - the chapter titled "Endgame" - on which this film is based.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm〕〔http://us.macmillan.com/thefallofapartheid〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Endgame (2009 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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