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The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984) (TV)
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20 May 1984 (USA)
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This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American...
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Won Primetime Emmy.
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3 nominations
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Way better than Chariots of Fire
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Ogden Stiers | ... | Dr. William Milligan Sloane | |
| Hunt Block | ... | Robert Garrett | |
| David Caruso | ... | James Connolly | |
| Alex Hyde-White | ... | Arthur 'Skip' Blake | |
| Benedict Taylor | ... | Edwin Flack | |
| Edward Wiley | ... | Coach John Graham | |
| Nicos Ziagos | ... | Spiridon Louis (as Nikos Ziagos) | |
| Honor Blackman | ... | Madam Ursula Schumann | |
| Gayle Hunnicutt | ... | Mary Sloane | |
| Virginia McKenna | ... | Annabel Flack | |
| Bill Travers | ... | Harold Flack | |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | Baron Pierre de Coubertin | |
| Angela Lansbury | ... | Alice Garrett | |
| Keith Edwards | ... | Albert Tyler | |
| Dave King | ... | Nathaniel Perry |
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The First Modern Olympics
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237 min
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Spiridon Louis' name entered the Greek language in the phrase, "Egine Louis", which means, "Became Louis" or ran quickly.
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Factual errors: In the series, it is mentioned that Edwin Flack was interrupting his studies at Oxford to compete in the Games. In reality, he was taking a month's holiday from his job at the accounting firm of Price, Waterhouse, and Company.
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Baron Pierre de Coubertin:
[The problem of international cooperation] The Germans mistrust the French because we are starting the whole thing. The English mistrust the Germans on principle...
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This is one of my favorite sports films.
It has lots of historically accurate information much like a documentary but is presented in an entertaining narrative format with good story and plot.
Purists may be annoyed that the casting of the actors doesn't always respect the look of typical athletes in each discipline but it's otherwise pretty realistic.
The anecdotes around the discus event are hilarious and unforgettable.
Now if it could only come out on DVD I would buy it instantly.
-Ben