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- Games of the XXI Olympiad at the National Film Board of Canada catalog
- Watch Games of the XXI Olympiad on the NFB website
| Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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| French | Jeux de la XXIème olympiade |
| Directed by | Jean Beaudin Marcel Carrière Georges Dufaux Jean-Claude Labrecque |
| Written by | Georges Seltzer |
| Produced by | Jacques Bobet |
| Narrated by | Georges Seltzer |
| Cinematography | Pierre Letarte Pierre Mignot |
| Edited by | François Labonté Claude Langlois Werner Nold Alain Sauvé |
| Music by | André Gagnon Art Phillips Vic Vogel |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $1.37 million |
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.[1] The film compiles highlights of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.[2]
The film's 168-member crew shot 100 kilometres of film. The film had a budget of $1.37 million (equivalent to $6,237,685 in 2021) with $470,000 (equivalent to $2,139,936 in 2021) coming from the NFB.[3]
The film premiered at the National Film Board theatre in Montreal on April 21, 1977,[2] before receiving a television broadcast on May 29 on both CBC Television in English and Télévision de Radio-Canada in French.[4]
The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977.[5]