The First Olympics: Athens 1896

1984 "Let the Games Begin"

The First Olympics: Athens 1896

7.6 | 3h57m | en | Drama

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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Released: May. 20,1984 | Released Producted By: , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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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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Cast

Alex Hyde-White , Honor Blackman , Louis Jourdan

Director

Alvin Rakoff

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Reviews

sonya-67 This is one of the most delightful miniseries I've ever seen! We've watched it as a family as part of a unit study on the Olympics. I thought we would learn the history of the first Olympics, but we learned that and so much more. We also discovered an engaging, entertaining, funny, perfect family film.There are a few curse words here and there - such as calling someone an "a**," but this was certainly not overbearing. The humor inserted into the film was great.I would highly recommend this to anyone! Sonya www.thehomeschooladvocate.com

Benoit Martel This is one of my favorite sports films.It has lots of historically accurate information much like a documentary but is presented in an entertaining narrative format with good story and plot.Purists may be annoyed that the casting of the actors doesn't always respect the look of typical athletes in each discipline but it's otherwise pretty realistic.The anecdotes around the discus event are hilarious and unforgettable.Now if it could only come out on DVD I would buy it instantly.-Ben

sweetturtle I was only 12 the first time I saw this mini-series/movie but luckily my parents got it on tape and I watched it over and over until I killed the tape. I was absolutely in love with David Carouso. It is because of this mini-series that am so in love with history and with the olympics that come every few years. It was well written and the cast was incredible. It was wonderful to see the traditions and all the various athletes from various countries and what they had to go through to get to the olympics. It makes me think about how far we have come and what our athletes go through now versus what they went through then. It will be interesting to see what Athens looks like this summer when we all conviene for the new season of Olympics. Should be interesting!!

grattone 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!