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.
DirectorRenรฉ Lucot
WritersRaymond Marcillac, Hubert-Renรฉ Lucot
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Includes: The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games, The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece, The Olympic Games in Paris 1924, The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928, The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam, The White Stadium, Youth of the World, XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport, Fight Without Hate, The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952, Where the World Meets, Gold and Glory, Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952, The Horse in Focus, Olympic Games 1956, White Vertigo, The Melbourne Rendezvous, Alain Mimoun, People, Hopes, Medals, The Grand Olympics, IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964, Tokyo Olympiad, Sensation of the Century, 13 Days in France, Snows of Grenoble, The Olympics in Mexico, Sapporo Winter Olympics, Visions of Eight, White Rock, Games of the XXI Olympiad, Olympic Spirit, O Sport, You Are Peace!, A Turning Point, 16 Days of Glory, Beyond All Barriers, Hand in Hand, Seoul 1988, Calgary โ88: 16 Days of Glory, One Light, One World, Marathon, Lillehammer โ94: 16 Days of Glory, Atlantaโs Olympic Glory, Nagano โ98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory, Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory, Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory, Bud Greenspanโs Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory, Bud Greenspanโs Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory, The Everlasting Flame, Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory, First, The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912
