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The First Olympics: Athens 1896: With David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White. 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.
- (422)
- 1984-05-20
- Drama, History, Sport
- 237
This television miniseries tells the story of the founding of the modern Olympics by focusing on individuals in several countries and their preparations and eventual competition in Athens in 1896. The two-part mini-series originally aired in the United States on May 20, 1984.
- 2
- NBC
- May 20, 1984
- Bruce Broughton
Aug 5, 2008 · 14,256. Blu-ray. 31 offers from $9.99. Product Description. The inspiring story of a rag-tag team of amateur American athletes that stunned the sports world comes to life in this dramatization of the first modern Olympic games revived in 1896.
- (189)
- English
- TV Drama, TV, Drama, Special Interest
- DVD
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Baron Pierre De Coubertin (Louis Jourdan) decides to revive the ancient Greek games known as the Olympics. He invites all of the world's best athletes to compete in Athens, where the games were held. But the Americans are not sending a team, so he goes to his friend, historian Dr. William Milligan Sloane (David Ogden Stiers), whose work on the ...
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This two part mini-series shows the trials and tribulations all the participants endured to be a part of the very first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It focuses on the individuals from the many countries around the world that joined together to lay the foundation of the modern Summer Olympic Games.
Organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which had been created by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, it was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. [2]