And even attracts the occasional big dog like quentin tarantino, with whom he coproduced freedoms fury, the story of the 1956 hungarian uprising told through the prism of their olympic water. Blood on the water hungarys battle against soviet oppression. Quentin tarantino described it as the best untold story ever. Rent freedoms fury 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Narrated by mark spitz this wonderful film, with much archive footage, tells the story of that clash. Their latest film, freedoms fury, is a documentary feature about the 1956 hungarian revolution when the population rose up against the oppression of the soviet union. Filmmaker colin keith gray looks back at the events of this crucial year in hungarian history with the documentary freedoms fury, which tells the stories of both the hungarian revolution and the. Freedoms fury tells the heroic story of the democratic hungarian uprising of 1956 through the lens of the epic olympic water polo showdown between hungary and the soviet union. The films are archived as the miko collection as part of the official historical record of that event. Far from a straight sports documentary, freedoms fury is uplifting and bittersweet, framing the drama of an athletic afternoon within the global political picture.
To his high school friends, he was a violent, dangerous combatant. Grainey pictures, the sibs, g sibs, the grainey siblings, colin keith gray, megan raney aarons, brothersister writerdirector, ottawa, canadian, canada, london. Produced by andy vajna, lucy liu, amy sommer, and quentin tarantino, and directed by the sibs colin keith gray and megan raney aarons, freedoms. In vietnam, he was a topnotch fighting marine, yet a danger to his own commanding officer. In 2006, for the 50th anniversary of the attempted hungarian revolution, the documentary freedom s fury, produced by kristine lacey and thor halvorssen, told the story of the match. Everyone should see this film, not just sports buffs and i urge everyone, if they get the chance, to visit budapest. The victory over the soviets inspired the making of a documentary freedoms fury and a feature film szabadsag, szerelem children of. Unlike the directors controversial nazi propaganda films, there is little overt. Held in australia, the match occurred as russian forces were in budapest, stomping out a popular revolt. Narrated by olympic gold medalist mark spitz, the film features remarkable footage of the surviving members of the soviet and hungarian water polo teams. Having completed a sociology and film degree, megan joined up again with her brother colin gray to work on the rock documentary this is staticx. The producers of the film were able to get these men before they aged too far.
Director leni riefenstahl shot this twopart film at berlins 1936 olympic games. Explore the history behind america with a luxury travel tour through its past from philadelphia to washington dc. Freedoms fury is a documentary film about the melbourne, australia 1956 summer olympics semifinal water polo match between hungary and the ussr, and. They have been featured on numerous television shows including the twentieth century with walter cronkite and the history channels caught on film and in recently completed documentaries freedom s fury and torn from the flag. It was well made and well edited, the filmmaking did a great job with all of the material they had to go through to put it together.
Far from a straight sports documentary, freedoms fury is uplifting and. With tom silardi, joy vogel, gil gerard, jaime alba. The result is a film that is now being showcased at one of leading film festivals in the united states, the tribeca film festival in new york, which. Freedoms fury tells the heroic story of the democratic hungarian uprising of 1956 through the lens of the epic olympic water polo showdown. Entre outros atrativos, tem quentin tarantino entre seus realizadores e mark spitz como locutor. Freedoms fury is a documentary film about the melbourne, australia 1956 summer olympics semifinal water polo match between hungary and the ussr, and the events that led up to the violent battle, the match that what would later be known as the blood in the water match. His name stood for fear, for fighting, and for fury. Fury 2014 all tank battles edited wwii april 25, 1945. Freedoms fury 2006 1h 30min documentary, sport 7 september 2006 hungary a documentary on the 1956 olympic semifinal water polo match between hungary and russia.
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