Freedom's Fury
Freedom's Fury is a documentary film about the semifinal water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The match took place against the background of the Hungarian Revolution, that was brutally crushed by the Soviet army, and it quickly turned into a violent battle, with contemporaries dubbing it the "Blood in the Water match."
| Freedom's Fury | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Colin Keith Gray Megan Raney Aarons |
| Written by | Colin Keith Gray Megan Raney Aarons |
| Produced by | Kristine Lacey Lucy Liu Thor Halvorssen Amy Sommer Quentin Tarantino Andrew G. Vajna |
| Narrated by | Mark Spitz |
| Music by | Les Hall |
Production companies | Wolo Entertainment Cinergi Pictures Entertainment |
Release date | 2006 |
Running time | 90 min |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English, Hungarian with English subtitles |
The documentary was written and directed by Colin Keith Gray and Megan Raney Aarons, the brother and sister duo better known as "The Sibs". Gray's Michigan co-alumnus Lucy Liu, while working on Kill Bill, helped them enlist Quentin Tarantino as co-executive producer with Liu in 2001.
Freedom's Fury was produced by Kristine Lacey, executive produced by Quentin Tarantino, Lucy Liu, Amy Sommer, and Andrew G. Vajna, and co-produced by Thor Halvorssen. Narration was provided by Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz, who as a teenager had been coached by Ervin Zádor.
The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006, in the year of the 50th anniversary of the match.