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Fire in Babylon

Play trailer Poster for Fire in Babylon 2010,  1h 23m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 91% 23 Reviews Tomatometer 86% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
91% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 86% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Capt. Clive Lloyd transforms his 1970s-era West Indies cricket team into champions who dominate the sport for many years afterward.

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Mike Hale New York Times Jul 22, 2011
3/5
It all adds up to an entertaining 88 minutes, despite the film's ramshackle construction and its once-over-lightly approach to political, cultural and athletic history. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Village Voice Jul 19, 2011
Riley shrewdly maintains focus on how the players co-opted the merciless tactics of their invective-hurling adversaries for their own, and the region's, self-actualization. Go to Full Review
Philip French Guardian May 23, 2011
It's a rousing film about ex-colonials uniting to assert their pride and to recover a dignity that continued to be denied them by the English and Australians. Go to Full Review
Simon Weaving Screenwize Sep 23, 2011
3.5/5
A sparkling - if perhaps somewhat nostalgic - documentary about the transformation of the West Indies "calypso" style of cricket in the 1970s, resulting in a team that dominated the game around the world Go to Full Review
Thomas Caldwell Cinema Autopsy Aug 13, 2011
4/5
Like all great documentaries, Fire in Babylon transcends its immediate subject matter to be a film with universal appeal. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams NewsBlaze Aug 1, 2011
3/4
An invaluable lesson that there can be social consequences attached to playing a sport without a conscience even if you're the best around at throwing, whacking or catching a ball. Just ask Muhammad Ali. Go to Full Review
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Stevan Riley

Director

Colin Croft

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Joel Garner

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Tony Greig

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Desmond Haynes

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Jason Holder

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Fire in Babylon

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Movie Info

Synopsis Capt. Clive Lloyd transforms his 1970s-era West Indies cricket team into champions who dominate the sport for many years afterward.
Director
Stevan Riley
Producer
John Battsek, Charles Steel
Screenwriter
Stevan Riley
Production Co
E & G Productions, Passion Pictures, Hargitay & Hargitay Pictures in Motion, Cowboy Films, ECN Motion Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Runtime
1h 23m
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