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The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Director: Alvin Rakoff

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/05/2008
  • Original Release: 1984
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 13,449
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Disc #1 -- The First Olympics Athens 1896
1. Chapter 1 [8:41]
2. Chapter 2 [9:05]
3. Chapter 3 [5:06]
4. Chapter 4 [11:10]
5. Chapter 5 [5:07]
6. Chapter 6 [11:51]
7. Chapter 7 [5:28]
8. Chapter 8 [6:45]
9. Chapter 9 [10:23]
10. Chapter 10 [5:38]
11. Chapter 11 [6:44]
12. Chapter 12 [8:26]
Disc #2 -- The First Olympics Athens 1896
1. Chapter 1 [13:14]
2. Chapter 2 [13:06]
3. Chapter 3 [9:03]
4. Chapter 4 [16:19]
5. Chapter 5 [8:38]
6. Chapter 6 [12:43]
7. Chapter 7 [14:12]
8. Chapter 8 [9:01]
9. Chapter 9 [11:19]
10. Chapter 10 [8:51]
11. Chapter 11 [10:44]
12. Chapter 12 [15:05]
13. Chapter 13 [:00]

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Five Emmy nominations went to the two-part TV drama The First Olympics: Athens 1896. The story begins in 1894, when Baron Pierre de Courbetin (Louis Jourdan) announces his intention to stage the first Olympic games of the Modern Era within two years in Athens. The baron heads to the US to recruit an athletic team. Despite disinterest, opposition and spotty funding, de Courbetin assembles his team with the help of Princeton professor William Sloane. The thirteen chosen Americans have a pretty bumpy time of it, but most survive to the final Olympic contest: the grueling Marathon. The supporting cast is top-heavy with veterans from both America and England, including Angela Lansbury, Honor Blackman, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. Among the leading players is future NYPD Blue star David Caruso as Irish-American athlete James Connolly. Originally running five hours, The First Olympics was first telecast May 20 and 21, 1986. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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July 31, 2008: With the Bejing Olympics on the horizon, I was hoping this wonderful film would be re-released. To my delight, it has. This wonderful ensemble piece weaves a story about the lives and efforts of the many people involved in getting the first American team to the Olympic games in 1896. Everyone had to be as determined and as inventive as our atheletes today. The acting by all of the principles and supporting cast is ourstanding. It is definately a movie for the enrite family.