Playing Away
| Playing Away | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Caryl Phillips |
| Directed by | Horace Ové |
| Starring | Norman Beaton Nicholas Farrell Robert Urquhart |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Vijay Amarnani |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 25 November 1986 |
Playing Awayis a 1986 TV comedy film directed byHorace Ové,from a screenplay byCaryl Phillips.[1]
Premise
[edit]In the story, an Englishcricketteam, fictitiously named "Sneddington" (based inLavenham,Suffolk), invites a team ofWest Indianheritage based inBrixton(South London) to play a charity game in support of their "Third World Week." According toScreenonline,"The gentle comedy of manners and unexpected reversal of white and black stereotypes inPlaying Awaycontrasts sharply with the stylistic experimentation and the militant denunciations of racial prejudice in director Horace Ové's earlier feature,Pressure(1975). "[2]
Reception
[edit]New York TimesreviewerVincent Canbycalled it "witty and wise without being seriously disturbing for a minute".[3]
Production
[edit]The cricket match scenes were filmed at Botany Bay Cricket Club inEnfield, London.[citation needed]
The film cost £924,000.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Norman Beaton
- Nicholas Farrell
- Brian Bovell
- Ross Kemp
- Gary Beadle
- Trevor Thomas
- Ram John Holder
- Bruce Purchase
- Joseph Marcell
- Patrick Holt
- Neil Morrissey
References
[edit]- ^"Playing Away (1986)".TCM.Retrieved18 January2021.
- ^Onyekachi Wambu,"Playing Away (1986)",Screenonline, BFI.
- ^Vincent Canby,"Playing Away (1986)",The New York Times,13 March 1987.
- ^"Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing"(PDF).British Film Institute.2005. p. 27.
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