The Real Olympics
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Actor: Real OlympicsDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Real Olympics
Movie Review: Well crafted
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought The Real Olympics and The First Olympics. Both cover the same subject with slightly differing information.
The Real Olympics does great camera work with athletic men, wow! The historical review is equally intriguing. No full nudity iin this video even though they say the original olympics were all nude. We will have to wait for that.
Summary of The Real Olympics
PBS's The Real Olympics successfully compares the ancient and modern games with regards to politics, events and techniques, scandals, and commercialization, while demystifying many common beliefs and glorified myths of the ancient games. Part religious retreat, part bacchanal revelry, part athletic competition, the ancient Olympics were a ritualized celebration of the human form. No physical medals were awarded. There was no prize or honor for second and third place. Winners of event became earthly representations of the gods of Olympia, inheriting immediate fame and fortune. Considered a pagan spectacle, the ancient games were banned by ruling Christians 800 years after their birth. Over a thousand years later, it took a German archeological dig in the ancient grounds and the dream of a Frenchman to reignite the concept that the world could meet peacefully in sport. Today, the modern Olympics have grown to become one of the most prodigious and viewed sporting events in the world. In addition to comparing the past and present, the documentary also explores some of the darker elements of the modern-day Olympics--for example, the Nazis' development of the current modern Olympics pageantry and the ideal that amateurism would emphasize the pureness of sport, when in actuality it was a block by "gentlemen sport club" amateurs to keep out competitive athletes. Overall, the The Real Olympics is a well-put-together documentary rich with academic content set to visual reenactments of the ancient games and video clips of the modern Olympics. --Rob BraccoDocumentary DVD Video
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