Games_of_the_XXI_Olympiad_(film)

<i>Games of the XXI Olympiad</i> (film)

Games of the XXI Olympiad (film)

1977 Canadian documentary film

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]

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The film's 168-member crew shot 100 kilometres of film. The film had a budget of $1.37 million (equivalent to $6,237,685 in 2021) with $470,000 (equivalent to $2,139,936 in 2021) coming from the NFB.[3]

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.[4]

The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Michael Walsh, "All sweat and glory billed as documentary". The Province, May 18, 1977.
  2. [2]
    Martin Malina, "Olympic film premieres here". Montreal Star, April 22, 1977.
  3. [3]
    Evans 1991, p. 242.
  4. [4]
    "Acclaimed Olympic film on TV, Sunday". Sault Star, May 27, 1977.
  5. [5]
    "Canadian Film Awards nominations". The Albertan, October 18, 1977.

Works cited

  • Evans, Gary (1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849.


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