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 (equivalent to $6,920,482 in 2023) with $470,000 (equivalent to $2,374,180 in 2023) 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
- ^ Michael Walsh, "All sweat and glory billed as documentary". The Province, May 18, 1977.
- ^ a b Martin Malina, "Olympic film premieres here". Montreal Star, April 22, 1977.
- ^ Evans 1991, p. 242.
- ^ "Acclaimed Olympic film on TV, Sunday". Sault Star, May 27, 1977.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Games of the XXI Olympiad at IMDb
- Games of the XXI Olympiad at the National Film Board of Canada catalog
- Watch Games of the XXI Olympiad on the NFB website
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