[The Olympics in Mexico]

 

(Sección de Cinematografía del Comité Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada, 1968) Exec Prod: Federico Amérigo; Dir/Story: Alberto Isaac; Text: Fernando Macotela; Directorial Collaborators: Julio Pliego, Rafael Castanedo, Rafael Corkidi, Paul Leduc, Giovanni Korporaal, Felipe Cazals, José María Sánchez Ariza; Tech Director for Mechanics and Maintenance: Benjamín Montaño; Photo: Antonio Reynoso; Photo Consultant: Michael Samuelson; Music: Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras; Prod Mgr: Antonio de Salazar; Film Ed: Carlos Savage, Alberto Valenzuela, Rafael Ceballos, Reynaldo P. Portillo, Eufemio Rivera; Sound Ed: Sigfrido García; Technicolor and Techniscope

Narration: Enrique Lizalde, Roberto Morales

Notes: this documentary about the 1968 Mexico City Olympics allegedly ran 240 minutes (!) in the original version, but was cut to about two hours for international release. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969 in the Best Feature Documentary category but lost to a film on pianist Artur Rubinstein.

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