Games of the XXI Olympiad (film)
| 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 | 118 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. The film compiles highlights of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.
The film's 168-member crew shot 100 kilometres of film. The film had a budget of $1.37 million (equivalent to $6,920,482 in 2023) with $470,000 (equivalent to $2,374,180 in 2023) coming from the NFB.
The film premiered at the National Film Board theatre in Montreal on April 21, 1977, before receiving a television broadcast on May 29 on both CBC Television in English and Télévision de Radio-Canada in French.
The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977.