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Playing Away
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Wikipedia article
'Playing Away' is a 1986 TV comedy film directed by Horace Ov, from a screenplay by Caryl Phillips.
Premise
In the story, an English cricket team, fictitiously named "Sneddington" (based in Lavenham, Suffolk), invites a team of West Indian heritage based in Brixton (South London) to play a charity game in support of their "Third World Week." According to Screenonline, "The gentle comedy of manners and unexpected reversal of white and black stereotypes in 'Playing Away' contrasts sharply with the stylistic experimentation and the militant denunciations of racial prejudice in director Horace Ov's earlier feature, 'Pressure' (1975)."Onyekachi Wambu, [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/508052/ "Playing Away (1986)"], Screenonline, BFI.
Reception
'New York Times' reviewer Vincent Canby called it "witty and wise without being seriously disturbing for a minute".Vincent Canby, [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE2DA153EF930A25750C0A961948260 "Playing Away (1986)"], 'The New York Times', 13 March 1987.
Production
The cricket match scenes were filmed at Botany Bay Cricket Club in Enfield, London.
The film cost 924,000.
Cast
*Norman Beaton
*Nicholas Farrell
*Brian Bovell
*Ross Kemp
*Gary Beadle
*Trevor Thomas
*Ram John Holder
*Bruce Purchase
*Joseph Marcell
*Patrick Holt
*Neil Morrissey
References
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