Ewan McGregor in Incendiary © Optimum Releasing
Writer/Director: Sharon Maguire
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Matthew Macfadyen, Sidney Johnston
Production Company: Aramid Entertainment Fund ,Archer Street Productions ,Capitol Films ,Film4 ,Incendiary ,Sneak Preview Films,UK Film Council, Wild Bear Films
Kent Filming Locations: Metropolitan Police Training Ground, Gravesend
Incendiary is the heartbreaking story of a young wife and mother whose family falls victim to a terrorist attack when a bomb explodes during a football match. Watching the horrific events unfold before her eyes on TV, her feelings of are intensified by guilt, because at the time of the blast she was with another man. Anguished, she rejects her lover and seeks comfort from the officer investigating the incident.
Adapted from Chris Cleave’s controversial novel, Incendiary caused furore at the time of its release: appearing in bookshops only a week after the 7/7 attacks in London, the story seemed chillingly close to reality, causing major retailers to pull their marketing campaigns for the novel.
Michelle Williams and Sidney Johnson © Optimum Releasing
- The film visited the Metropolitan Police training facilities near Gravesend to shoot the scenes under the football stadium, after the bomb has exploded.
Incendiary was released in cinemas in October 2008 and is now available on DVD.
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