Fire in Babylon (2010)

Director:

Stevan Riley

Writer:

Stevan Riley

Release Date:

22 July 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Plot:

Feature documentary about the great West Indies cricket team of the 1970's/80's. |

Plot Keywords:

Fast Bowler | Sportsman | Win | Cricket The Game

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Richie Benaud	...	Himself - Commentator (voice) (archive footage)
Ian Botham	...	Himself (archive footage)
Geoffrey Boycott	...	Himself - Commentator (voice) (archive footage)
Brian Close	...	Himself (archive footage)
Colin Croft	...	Himself
Jeffery Dujon	...	Himself
David Frost	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joel Garner	...	Himself
Sunil Gavaskar	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lance Gibbs	...	Himself
David Gower	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gordon Greenidge	...	Himself
Tony Greig	...	Himself
Desmond Haynes	...	Himself
Michael Holding	...	Himself
Alvin Kallicharran	...	Himself (archive footage)
Allan Lamb	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dennis Lillee	...	Himself (archive footage)
Clive Lloyd	...	Himself
Nelson Mandela	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bob Marley	...	Himself (archive footage)
Malcolm Marshall	...	Himself (archive footage)
Deryck Murray	...	Himself
Kerry Packer	...	Himself (archive footage)
Viv Richards	...	Himself
Andy Roberts	...	Himself
Robin Smith	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jeff Thomson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bunny Wailer	...	Himself
Bob Willis	...	Himself (archive footage)

Directed by
Stevan Riley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stevan Riley

Produced by
John Battsek	....	producer
George Chignell	....	co-producer
Ben Elliot	....	executive producer
Balthazar Fabricius	....	co-executive producer
Alasdair Flind	....	co-executive producer
Ben Goldsmith	....	executive producer
Peter Hargitay	....	co-executive producer
Stevie Hargitay	....	executive producer
Jessica Ludgrove	....	co-producer
David Moore	....	assistant producer
Andrew Ruhemann	....	co-executive producer
Charles Steel	....	producer
Nicole Stott	....	production executive

Cinematography by
Stuart Bentley
Balazs Bolygo

Visual Effects by
Allison Moore	....	motion graphics designer

Editorial Department
Ed Stevens	....	assistant editor
Jamie Stones	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Bruno Hovart	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Greg Hemes	....	production assistant

Thanks
Dickie Bird	....	thanks
Gladstone Small	....	thanks
Gary Welch	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Cowboy Films
• E & G Productions (presents)
• ECN Motion Pictures
• Hargitay & Hargitay Pictures in Motion (in association with)
• Passion Pictures

Distributors

• BBC Four (2012) (UK) (TV)
• Madman Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (all media)
• Tribeca Film (2011) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12

Filming Locations:

Bridgetown, Barbados

Company:

Cowboy Films

Quotes:

Tony Greig:I Intend to make them grovel

Something is missing... Fire may be ...

Being a huge fan of the game, i watched the trailer some time back and have that in my watch list. I got hold of the copy last week and watched yesterday. I must say, it took me by surprise. I am not saying it is a very well made documentary from cricket point of view, but what i meant to say is, its nothing there for its target audience which are "Cricket Fans" as far as cricket is concern.

Now the best part of the documentary is when it starts. The humiliating tour of WI to Aus, in 75. That is what put the things in motion and what followed was exactly what Aussies did to them in that particular tour. Right after that, the tour of India (I enjoyed that a lot) where India refused to play was an horrific but beautiful account from history at least from pace bowling point of view.

Comes the later part and it really disappoints as it shifts the focus from cricket to something else. Some less important if you are not a WI and a cricket fan, The altering egos and the politics. This is where it really gets messy. Now the point here is not what happen at that time, but what it yields after 10/15 years. Now if we take a look at WI they are at the rock bottom and its really hard to believe that it is the same country which produced legends of the game.