Games of the XXI Olympiad (film)

Games of the XXI Olympiad
FrenchJeux de la XXIème olympiade
Directed byJean Beaudin
Marcel Carrière
Georges Dufaux
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Written byGeorges Seltzer
Produced byJacques Bobet
Narrated byGeorges Seltzer
CinematographyPierre Letarte
Pierre Mignot
Edited byFrançois Labonté
Claude Langlois
Werner Nold
Alain Sauvé
Music byAndré Gagnon
Art Phillips
Vic Vogel
Production
company
Release date
  • April 21, 1977 (1977-04-21)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
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 (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]

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