The Games

The Games (1970)

From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world. They are also the pawns of powerful nations, the victims of dangerous drugs and the object of many men's ambitions. Once every four years they come together... for the Olympic Games.

Data de estreia
1970-08-07
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (9)
Duração
1 h 40 min
Géneros
Drama
Realizador
Michael Winner

Elenco

Curiosidades

The Games is a 1970 British sports drama film directed by Michael Winner. It is based on the 1968 Hugh Atkinson novel and adapted to the screen by Erich Segal. The plot concerned four marathon competitors at a fictitious Olympic Games in Rome, played by Michael Crawford, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Aznavour and Athol Compton. Elton John recorded one song for the soundtrack.

Production

Athol Compton was an Aboriginal Australian postman who had never acted before being cast in the film.

To simulate vast crowds of people, thousands of life-sized dummies were placed in the seats in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.

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