Olympic Films http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk Just another My Top 10 weblog Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Chariots of Fire http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/chariots-of-fire/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/chariots-of-fire/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:26:59 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=30 Vangelis’s haunting music; Ian Charleson as Liddell and Ben Cross as Abrahmas; the scenes of them training on the beach and racing round Trinity Great Court; and the showdown at the 1924 Olympics.  A classic.

(1981)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/chariots-of-fire/feed/ Munich http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/munich/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/munich/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:25:34 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=27 Steven Spielberg’s treatment of the 1972 Olympic hostage drama, dealing mostly with the violent response of the Israeli secret services.

(2005)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/munich/feed/ Cool Runnings http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/cool-runnings/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/cool-runnings/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:24:20 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=24 The semi-fictional story of the Jamaican Olympic bobsleigh team, under the eager tutelage of John Candy, in one of his best roles.

(1993)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/cool-runnings/feed/ Geordie http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/geordie/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/geordie/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:23:25 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=21 Bill Travers is the simple Highland lad whose talent for hammer-throwing in a kilt makes him a star at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

(1955)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/geordie/feed/ Blades of Glory http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/blades-of-glory/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/blades-of-glory/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:22:30 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=18 Two banned ice champions team up as a same-sex Pairs team to compete at the winter Olympics in a sharp comedy with Will Ferrell.

(2007)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/blades-of-glory/feed/ Personal Best http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/personal-best/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/personal-best/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:21:16 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=15 Track and field eventer Mariel Hemingway gets caught up in a three-way love tangle while training for the Olympics.

(1983)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/personal-best/feed/ The Cutting Edge http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/the-cutting-edge/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/the-cutting-edge/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:20:31 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=12 Romance blossoms between two figure skaters as they train together for Olympic gold.  Directed by ‘Starskey’, Paul Michael Glaser.

(1992)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/the-cutting-edge/feed/ A Celebration of the Olympics http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/a-celebration-of-the-olympics/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/a-celebration-of-the-olympics/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:19:19 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=9 Former ‘New Avengers’ action hero Gareth Hunt tells the Olympics story in muscular fashion.

(2005)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/a-celebration-of-the-olympics/feed/ Asterix at the Olympic Games http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/asterix-at-the-olympic-games/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/asterix-at-the-olympic-games/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:18:24 +0000 tinaw http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/?p=5 Gérard Depardieu and Alain Delon appear in a live-action version of the French comic hero, in which Asterix and Obelix must win the Olympic Games to help a friend.

(2008)

]]> http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/asterix-at-the-olympic-games/feed/ Golden Girl http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/hello-world/ http://havegottoseeolympicfilms.my-top-10.co.uk/2008/09/17/hello-world/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:10:59 +0000 tinaw Former beauty queen Susan Anton stars as an athlete trained for success since birth and hoping for gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics - which in real life the Americans boycotted.

(1979)

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