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Film / 1977
White Rock
Directed by
Tony Maylam
British documentary filmmaker and producer Tony Maylam reinvigorated the sports documentary genre with WHITE ROCK, an idiosyncratic and utterly engaging account of the XII Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976. He did so by placing music (by organ and synth wunderkind Rick Wakeman) front and center, and by using Hollywood star James Coburn as a "guide for the uninitiated."
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British documentary filmmaker and producer Tony Maylam reinvigorated the sports documentary genre with WHITE ROCK, an idiosyncratic and utterly engaging account of the XII Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976. He did so by placing music (by organ and synth wunderkind Rick Wakeman) front and center, and by using Hollywood star James Coburn as a "guide for the uninitiated."
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Gold and Glory
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The Horse in Focus
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White Vertigo
The Melbourne Rendezvous
Alain Mimoun
People, Hopes, Medals
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IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964
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Sensation of the Century
13 Days in France
Snows of Grenoble
The Olympics in Mexico
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Visions of Eight
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Olympic Spirit
O Sport, You Are Peace!
A Turning Point
16 Days of Glory
Beyond All Barriers
Hand in Hand
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One Light, One World
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