Visions of 8

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"The spectacle of speed, strength, and (most piercingly) failure frequently assumes an epic dimension appropriate to the large role of the games" -Bill Weber, Slant Magazine

Dir. Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Arthur Penn, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling, Juri Ozerov, Michael Pfleghar (110min, Germany/USA, 1973)
Rated G

An omnibus documentary about the 1972 Munich Olympics from eight of the world's most accomplished directors captures what the naked eye cannot see. All the pain - the joy - the triumph - and especially the struggle to reach the pinnacle in mankind's most exacting competition. The eight segments are directed by eight different directors - Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Arthur Penn, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling, Juri Ozerov, Michael Pfleghar. Music by Henry Mancini. Winner of the 1974 Golden Globe for Best Documentary.

From the Directors Of:
-One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
-Bonnie and Clyde
-Midnight Cowboy
-Tokyo Olympiad
-A Man and a Woman