Olympic Spirit

1980 0h 27m EN

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★5.5TMDB · 8

Documentary

Synopsis

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A documentary covering the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Drummond Challis
Languages: No Language
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Drummond Challis, shot by Arthur Wooster. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor James Marsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7266258 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Drummond Challis directs. Arthur Wooster behind the camera. James Marsh cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in No Language.

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1Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Drummond Challis, shot by Arthur Wooster. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor James Marsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7IMDB entry: tt7266258 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Arthur Wooster
Editing: James Marsh
Runtime: 27 min · 0h 27m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Olympic Spirit (1980)

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.