Lies, Spies and Olympics
For three weeks in the spring of 1956, the XVI Olympiad stopped the nation. It was an opportunity for Australia to show the world what a young, ambitious country could achieve. Indeed, the Melbourne Olympic Games would become etched in Australian mythology as a watershed in sporting, cultural and civic history. But beyond the myth is an even more compelling story - a saga of deceit, clashing egos and local and international politics that almost turned the Melbourne Games into a national disaster. Lies, Spies and Olympics is an epic tale, spiced with petty squabbles, broken promises, Cold War chicanery and sheer "people power", that shows how the XVI Olympiad marked Australia's rite of passage - by the skin of its teeth - into the community of nations.
Australia - 1999 - 55 mn - Betacam SP - Colour
Réalisation
Peter Butt
Scénario
Peter Butt
Image
Calvin Gardiner
Montage
Peter Butt
Musique
Peter Kaldor
|
Production
Film Australia,
Level 4, 150 William Street, Woolloomooloo,
NSW 2011 Sydney, Australie
Tél : +61 2 8113 5800
Fax : +61 2 9357 3737
E-mail : bphelan@filmaust.com.au
Co-Production
Rob Mc Auley Productions
|
Ventes
Film Australia,
Level 4, 150 William Street, Woolloomooloo,
NSW 2011 Sydney, Australie
Tél : (61 2) 9413 8705
Fax : (61 2) 9416 9401
E-mail : pnelson@filmaust.com.au |
|
