Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977)

Original title

Jeux de la XXIème olympiade

Directed by

Jean Beaudin, Jean-Claude Labrecque, Georges Dufaux, Marcel Carrière

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a documentary about the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. It shows highlights from the sporting events.

episodicobservationalsweepingcelebratoryenergetichistoricathletic

What happens

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. The film compiles highlights of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. The film's 168-member crew shot 100 kilometres of film. The film had a budget of $1.37 million (equivalent to $7,233,248 in 2025) with $470,000 (equivalent to $2,481,479 in 2025) coming from the NFB. The film premiered at the National Film Board theatre in Montreal on April 21, 1977, before receiving a television broadcast on May 29 on both CBC Television in English and Télévision de Radio-Canada in French. The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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