Blue Blood (2006 film)
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Blue Blood | |
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Directed by | Stevan Riley |
Written by | Stevan Riley |
Produced by | Rafael Marmor and Stevan Riley |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Blue Blood is a documentary film that was released in UK cinemas in 2007 and showed on BBC2's Storyville in 2008. The film follows the paths of five students from Oxford University as they try to win a place on the Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club Varsity squad. Those who do will face off against students from the University of Cambridge and earn the right to call themselves a "Blue".
Production
The film was shot and edited by the director Stevan Riley. The film was produced by Rafael Marmor and Stevan Riley. It premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival[2] one year before it debuted in the UK.
Reception
The film was nominated for the Variety New Documentary Award and for Best Film in the 2008 Evening Standard Film Awards.[citation needed] Director, Stevan Riley, was nominated for Best British Newcomer in the London Critics Circle Awards 2008.[citation needed]
Legal issues
The film's cover and DVD case used an image of the Oxford skyline taken by a former Oxford University student, where permission was given only for posters and only with credit given, neither of which conditions were adhered to.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Blue Blood". Tribeca Festival. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Anderson, John (15 May 2006). "Blue Blood". Variety. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
External links
- Blue Blood at IMDb
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