The Melbourne Rendezvous
- Documentary
Overview
Rendez-Vous a Melbourne is the official filmed record of the 1956 Olympic Games in Australia. At the time of its release, there was much controversy in the documentary-filmmaking world over the fact that the Aussies signed over exclusive distribution rights to a French firm, resulting in a boycott from other movie companies. None of this matters when the film is seen today: though not in the same league as Leni Reifenstahl's Olympiad, this 110-minute extravaganza is consistently entertaining. Fifteen cameras were utilized to lens every aspect of the event; it was then up to editors Jean Dudrumet and Monique Lacombe to burrow through miles and miles of film to cull the highlights seen herein. Portions of Rendez-Vous a Melbourne have since resurfaced in practically every Olympics documentary -- not to mention the many TV specials attending the now-biannual event.
Keywords
- sports
- olympic games
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 21, 1957
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Productions CSA
- Director
- René Lucot
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0165926