The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
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Too much of everything
Thanks for the memories!
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
I want to secure a copy of this movie. My son is a triathlete and wants the movie for his personal viewing.I know I can purchase it for $140.00 at Amazon.com, but I don't have that kind of money. If it is known when it will be shown on Encore again I could probably tape it. Have been unable to secure this info from Encore.If anyone can help me I would appreciate it.This is probably not the comments you all want, but thought I would give you a try. My son will be competing in the Ironman Triathlon in Clermont, FL in October 2005 and if I could give this to him then it would be great.Thanks
Just 10 days before the Athens 2004 Olympics games, I spent my evening watching this film inspired by the title. In the beginning I thought of the movie as a historical description of the first modern olympic games. Unfortunately a more accurate title would be "The American olympic team during the 1896 Olympic games" since this movie is all about it and nothing else. Four hours of lame dialogues, poor acting, historical inaccuracies and the infinite number of the US national anthem add up to one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Minimum comments for the achievements, the training and the difficulties the other athletes came across.
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!
It was great historically. It showed at least once all of the countries that competed and got the winners correct. The acting and directing was consistent. There were also some great shots. Although not outstanding it is a worthwhile film to seeMy score 9.662/10