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Old 01-08-2004, 09:20 AM
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OK somebody had to do it.
seeing as we are doing well in the test, Engerland scarf So far./
What films are based around cricket matches or have cricket scenes in them?
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THE FINAL TEST 1953 jack warner.
THE SHOUT 1978 (one of me fave's)alan bates,susannah york,john hurt.
HOPE AND GLORY 1987(Ian bannen's instruction on how to bowl a googlie)
OUTSIDE EDGE 1994.not a film but a great tv comedy (originally play based)who can forget Roger Dervish"ok right then fair enough"
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There was a cricket film out earlier in the year entitled Wondrous Oblivion. It could have been dubbed "Bowl it like Flintoff" as it owes a lot to another sport/race film.

There's a farcical cricket match at the close of Three Men in a Boat.

One image that springs to mind is the dreamy scenes of Forest Whitaker running up to bowl in his cricket whites in The Crying Game.

The best pure cricket film I've seen is the Aussie tv series Bodyline of the 1980s.

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What about Charters & Caldicott (Basil Radford & Naunton Wayne) in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and again in Night Train to Munich (1940) as the cricket obsessed Englishmen abroad?

A much better image of English sports fans than the more recent lager louts.

No cricket scenes in those films and the films aren't exactly based around cricket matches - but the cricket does play an important role in the story (usually as comic relief).

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The best pure cricket film I've seen is Aussie tv series Bodyline of the 1980s. [/QB][/quote]

Just for the record I thought I should mention that I have recently found a good copy of BODYLINE after many years of searching.
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Not a cricket fan as such,but here's my contribution. Jim Dale's cricketing prowess in Carry On Follow That Camel,especially batting coconul shells with gunpower and a lit fuse.
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You've missed out on one - and 'the best recreation of cricket's Golden Age made', or so I once read - ''The Go Between'' (1971)...I'm bias, as it's my favourite sport
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Here's another (albeit a TV play) - P'tang Yang Kipperbang - one of Jack Rosenthal's plays about a school boy who dreams of kissing Abigail and playing test match cricket.
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There is also another Basil Radford / Naunton Wayne film, It's Not Cricket (1949).

Personally I'm not keen on the game itself but love it's depiction in the movies, so was highly disappointed when The Final Test was due to be shown last week but was cancelled because of the cricket!
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I caught THE BROWING VERSION half way through last night nice spot of cricket in that.
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Another one, though a bit off-beat, is the 1967 Michael Crawford/John Lennon film HOW I WON THE WAR in which an army unit is assigned to make a cricket pitch behind enemy lines. Jack McGowran is court martialled for insubordination and Michael Hordern demands 'Don't you like war?!' McGowran : 'Oh I love war; I just don't like cricket'!
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On watching alan bennets A Day Out 1972,on bbc4 last night, a nice scene of an impromptu cricket match, with chalk drawn wickets(no less) on a wall,brought back childhood memories especially the bit "OUT" ...WHICH WICKET? lol
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TV movies include:
Several scenes in "The Prisoner" - "The Girl Who Was Death". Ironically, the first man at bat is John Drake. :)

Cricket team part of theme in "Deceived by Flight" " from Inspector Morse (third series).

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Movies with cricket.
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The elsewhere metioned afternoon film today on BBC 2 (THE COMMON TOUCH) opened at a cricket match...

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Just really enjoyed arthurs hallowed ground 1986,on film 4,jimmy jewel played a great part as a cantankerous,perfectionist,cricket groundsman,who really dosen't want anyone to even walk on his pitch let alone play on it,a nice gentle comedy,with the familier faces of david swift,jean boht,michael elphic,exec prod david putnahm,script edited by jack rosenthal.
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Just really enjoyed arthurs hallowed ground 1986,on film 4,jimmy jewel played a great part as a cantankerous,perfectionist,cricket groundsman,who really dosen't want anyone to even walk on his pitch let alone play on it,a nice gentle comedy,with the familier faces of david swift,jean boht,michael elphic,exec prod david putnahm,script edited by jack rosenthal.
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In case anyone missed it, it's on again on FilmFour on Thu 19th.

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