It's sad that the younger generation is not seeing this movie! It's one of my all time favorites.
shareI'm 21. Absolutely love this film. Writing, cinematography, Vangelis soundtrack. Beautiful film.
share32 this year and probably saw it first time when I was 14 or 15. But my father majored in filmmaking (and minored in engineering which is what he did and what he still does and it pays the bills, we all know how that goes) so he introduced me to quite a few of the great classics. Some of them have aged with time but others, like this, still blow me away. The actors have got such intensity to them, I love the scene when Liddle and Harold are getting ready to race each other and everyone is getting ready in the locker room or whaetver and you can just feel the tension in the air. Plus Vangelis does such an awesome job with the music, goes without saying.
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Great that you guys love this film and that it is finding a new audience!
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23 here! I just saw it for the first time a few hours ago and I loved it!
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I did, yesterday... I'm still in shock;, it was just the PERFECT masterpiece. I knew it from myt childhood, around 4 or 5 so I didn't remeber it, only for the music which is transcending!
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It's such a great film, and I'm so glad it's getting a revival in London and the rest of the UK this year. There's even a play about it in London right now.
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I'm 32 and saw it for the first time this year.
It's a nice snapshot of the Games as they used to be, shorn of high technology, product placements and the occasional steroid cheats.
And yet...the Olympic spirit, of wanting to show your country's greatness to the rest of the world in a non-violent way...was as strong then as it is now.
Long may it stay that way.
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