"Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad" (2008) TV mini-series

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

8 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Plot Keywords:

Roman Numeral In Title | Year In Title | TV Mini-Series | Digit In Title | Beijing China

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Tim Daggett	...	Himself (10 episodes, 2008)
Elfi Schlegel	...	Herself (10 episodes, 2008)
Al Trautwig	...	Himself (10 episodes, 2008)
Naho Emoto	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Motoko Fujimoto	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Emi Inui	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Ayumi Karino	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Yukiyo Mine	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Rei Nishiyama	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Mika Someya	...	Herself (9 episodes, 2008)
Natalie Coughlin	...	Herself (8 episodes, 2008)
Kosuke Kitajima	...	Himself (8 episodes, 2008)
Leisel Jones	...	Herself (7 episodes, 2008)
Asami Kitagawa	...	Herself (7 episodes, 2008)
Nastia Liukin	...	Herself (7 episodes, 2008)
Aaron Peirsol	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2008)
Michael Phelps	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2008)
Alain Bernard	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2008)
James Blake	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2008)
Ian Hanomansing	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2008)
Shawn Johnson	...	Herself (6 episodes, 2008)
Ron MacLean	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2008)
Rafael Nadal	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2008)
Stephanie Rice	...	Herself (6 episodes, 2008)
Dinara Safina	...	Herself (6 episodes, 2008)
Haruka Ueda	...	Herself (6 episodes, 2008)
Ming Yao	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2008)
Katie Hoff	...	Herself (5 episodes, 2008)
Jason Lezak	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2008)
Misty May-Treanor	...	Herself (5 episodes, 2008)
Tae-Hwan Park	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2008)
Anna Pavlova	...	Herself (5 episodes, 2008)
Rebecca Soni	...	Herself (5 episodes, 2008)
Kerri Walsh	...	Herself (5 episodes, 2008)

Country:

China

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

China

Company:

Chinese Olympic Committee

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Amazing Race: Having a Baby's Gotta Be Easier Than This (#14.10)" (2009)

Shoulda been there...

This is a review of the Opening Ceremonies DVD produced by NBC. None of the actual competition is on this DVD.

I'm sure its hard to even partially capture the monstrous spectacle of an Olympiad, still harder to condense it into bite-size segments for viewing on even a widescreen TV. Nonetheless, and unfortunately, the NBC produced DVD of the Opening Ceremonies actually does the spectacle a disservice.

Essentially, this DVD came straight from the NBC airwaves. It is not the entire ceremony, but has been edited, apparently for "American" audiences. Worse still, it has been overlaid with the banal commentary of the NBC announcers. The only saving grace is that the commercials have been removed.

We can hope that the Beijing Olympic Committee will see an opportunity to produce a complete, full length, and untainted version of the opening ceremonies. But until then this is the best we have, and it still gets only a 4, not because the ceremonies were unimpressive, but because the DVD is decidedly sub-par.