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Playing Away is a film of genre Drama directed by Horace Ové released in USA on 2 january 1987 with Ross Kemp
Playing Away (1987)
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Add to a movie listPlaying Away is a 1987 TV comedy film, from a screenplay by Caryl Phillips, about two cricket teams. The English 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 Ové's earlier feature, Pressure (1975)." New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby called it "witty and wise without being seriously disturbing for a minute".
The cricket match scenes were filmed at Botany Bay Cricket Club in Enfield, Middlesex.
Among those starring in Playing Away were:
Norman Beaton
Nicholas Farrell
Brian Bovell
Ross Kemp
Gary Beadle
Trevor Thomas
Ram John Holder
Bruce Purchase
Joseph Marcell
Director: Horace Ové
Producer: Vijay Amarnani
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