Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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Director: | Jean Beaudin Marcel Carrière Georges Dufaux Jean-Claude Labrecque |
Producer: | Jacques Bobet |
Narrator: | Georges Seltzer |
Music: | André Gagnon Art Phillips Vic Vogel |
Cinematography: | Pierre Letarte Pierre Mignot |
Editing: | François Labonté Claude Langlois Werner Nold Alain Sauvé |
Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 75 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Budget: | $1.37 million |
Games of the XXI Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXIème olympiade) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière, Georges Dufaux and Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1977.[1] The film compiles highlights of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.[2]
The film's 168-member crew shot 100 kilometres of film. The film had a budget of $1.37 million with $470,000 coming from the NFB.
The film premiered at the National Film Board theatre in Montreal on April 21, 1977,[2] before receiving a television broadcast on May 29 on both CBC Television in English and Télévision de Radio-Canada in French.[3]
The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977.[4]