Games of the XXI Olympiad (film) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Michael Walsh, "All sweat and glory billed as documentary". The Province, May 18, 1977.
  2. Martin Malina, "Olympic film premieres here". Montreal Star, April 22, 1977.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106902157/ "Acclaimed Olympic film on TV, Sunday"
  4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96301859/ "Canadian Film Awards nominations"