Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory

2003 2h 0m EN

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Synopsis

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Award-winning sports chronicler Bud Greenspan delivers a powerful and emotional look at six individual stories in the official film of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Greenspan goes beyond highlight footage to tell the story of how these athletes overcome incredible obstacles to achieve Olympic glory.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Stefania Belmondo
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Bonnie Blair
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Herb Brooks
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George W. Bush
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Alisa Camplin
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Jenny Camplin
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Jacqui Cooper
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John Davidson
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bud Greenspan
Writers: Bruce Beffa, Bud Greenspan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 23 years ago.

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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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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bud Greenspan, shot by Kent Harvey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Stefania Belmondo and Bonnie Blair and Herb Brooks carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0414472 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Bud Greenspan directs. Kent Harvey behind the camera. Michael Schanzer cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Bud Greenspan, shot by Kent Harvey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Michael Schanzer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Stefania Belmondo and Bonnie Blair and Herb Brooks carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0414472 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kent Harvey
Editing: Michael Schanzer
Sound: Peter Levin
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory (2003)

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.