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The Melbourne Rendezvous

01/21/1957

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1hr 46min

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Documentary

STORY

Rendez-Vous a Melbourne is the official filmed record of the 1956 Olympic Games in Australia. At the time of its release, there was much controversy in the documentary-filmmaking world over the fact that the Aussies signed over exclusive distribution rights to a French firm, resulting in a boycott from other movie companies. None of this matters when the film is seen today: though not in the same league as Leni Reifenstahl's Olympiad, this 110-minute extravaganza is consistently entertaining. Fifteen cameras were utilized to lens every aspect of the event; it was then up to editors Jean Dudrumet and Monique Lacombe to burrow through miles and miles of film to cull the highlights seen herein. Portions of Rendez-Vous a Melbourne have since resurfaced in practically every Olympics documentary -- not to mention the many TV specials attending the now-biannual event.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • François Périer
  • Raymond Marcillac

    Directors

  • René Lucot
  • Jean-Christophe Averty
  • Serge Griboff
  • Donald Eckles
  • Claire Attali

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Productions CSA

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French

Cast

François Périer

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