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Overview
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Charles Gary Allison (writer)
William Bast (writer)
Release Date:
20 May 1984 (USA) more
Plot:
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American... more | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
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One of perhaps 10 movies I have seen which I would call great!. more (18 total)
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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1.33 : 1 more
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Spiridon Louis' name entered the Greek language in the phrase, "Egine Louis", which means, "Became Louis" or ran quickly. more
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Factual errors: In the series, James Connolly is told by Coach Graham and the Dean of students at Harvard that he and Arthur Blake will be volunteering for the new U.S. Olympic Team as punishment for fighting with each other. In reality, Connolly was denied a leave of absence to compete in the Games. So, he dropped out and competed anyway. more
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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... more
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Without going into a lot of details, let me say that I regard "First Olympics" as one of the finest I have seen in my 70 years. The only problem I had was that it kept bringing tears to my patriotic American eyes!
Having first seen this film when it was shown on TV in 1985, I many years later special ordered a copy of it for my personal collection. That was one of the best investments I ever made!