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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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