The Melbourne Rendezvous

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.

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Release Date	January 21, 1957
Status	Released
Original Title	Rendez-vous à Melbourne
Runtime	1h 46min
Budget	—
Revenue	—
Language	French
Original Language	French
Production Countries	France
Production Companies	Productions CSA

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100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Includes: The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912, The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games, The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece, The Olympic Games in Paris 1924, The White Stadium, The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928, The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam, Youth of the World, First, Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory, The Everlasting Flame, Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory, Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory, Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory, Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory, Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory, Atlanta’s Olympic Glory, Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory, Marathon, One Light, One World, Beyond All Barriers, Hand in Hand, Seoul 1988, Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory, 16 Days of Glory, A Turning Point, O Sport, You Are Peace!, Olympic Spirit, Games of the XXI Olympiad, White Rock, Visions of Eight, Sapporo Winter Olympics, The Olympics in Mexico, 13 Days in France, Snows of Grenoble, Tokyo Olympiad, Sensation of the Century, IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964, The Grand Olympics, People, Hopes, Medals, The Horse in Focus, Alain Mimoun, The Melbourne Rendezvous, Olympic Games 1956, White Vertigo, Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952, Gold and Glory, Where the World Meets, The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952, XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport, Fight Without Hate

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