NEW YORK -- In the latest sale from the Tribeca Film Festival, Colin K. Gray and Megan Raney Aarons' docu Freedom's Fury, from exec producers Lucy Liu and Quentin Tarantino, has garnered a Hungarian distribution deal with Best Hollywood. The film, narrated by Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz, chronicles the 1956 Olympic water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union set against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution. The event often is referred to as "the bloodiest game in Olympic history." "We've been working on it for five years," Liu said. "It's about the idea of students struggling for freedom, and it's a passion project for all of us. We're thrilled to secure such a wide theatrical release in Hungary this fall, which will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution."...
Andy Vajna's Cinergi Prods. is coming on board to complete the financing of the feature documentary Freedom's Fury, which is being written and directed by Colin Gray and his sister, Megan Raney, and produced by Wolo Entertainment. The film revolves around the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the epic 1956 Olympic water polo semifinal match between Hungary and Russia. Shortly after Soviet Red Army tanks rolled through the streets of Budapest, suppressing a popular uprising, the two countries found themselves set to compete against one another in the water polo semifinals in the Summer Olympics, held in Australia. The topic has long been of interest to Gray, who grew up playing water polo and first learned of the story from his university team coach, who was Hungarian.
- 9/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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