About this title: Five Emmy nominations went to the two-part TV drama The First Olympics: Athens 1896. The story begins in 1894, when Baron Pierre de Courbetin (Louis Jourdan) announces his intention to stage the first Olympic games of the Modern Era within two years in Athens. The baron heads to the US to recruit an athletic team. Despite disinterest, opposition and spotty funding, de Courbetin assembles his team with the help of Princeton professor William Sloane. The thirteen chosen Americans have a pretty bumpy time of it, but most survive to the final Olympic contest: the grueling Marathon. The supporting ...
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Format: VHS TAPE
Studio: Sony Pictures
UPC:043396609471
Description: Fair. 043396609471 Ex-library video rental. The box may have wear at the corners and edges. Tape looks okay, but has not been tested. Clear plastic on case is torn. Bottom corner of back of case broken off. read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures
UPC:043396267831
Description: New. 043396267831 Brand new and factory sealed! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence! You WILL receive your item QUICKLY! read more
Format: VHS Tape
Studio: Sony Pictures
Date: 1994-06-22
UPC:043396609471
Description: Very Good. Double video set, in slip case, not ex-library, nor is it an ex-rental. From a private smoke free collection. The slipcase is an exact match of the picture. read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures
Date: 2008-08-05
UPC:043396267831
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