According to the NBC Olympic Schedule website, they are offering over 1,400 hours of coverage on their flagship station and its many sister stations combined. And if you are really hooked, there is over 2,000 hours of coverage online. Whew! That’s a lot of synchronized diving, cycling, running and ball spiking.
If you’d like to take a break from all the current coverage the library’s collection has some films to consider. No listing of Olympic movies would be completer without mentioning Chariots of Fire. Relive a sad chapter in Olympic history with the movie Munich. If the sport of running interests you, staff suggests Prefontaine about Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine. For those that appreciate gymnastics, give Peaceful Warrior a viewing. It’s a delightful lesser known film with an upbeat ending about a gymnast who faces many challenges.
I’m not sure any of the actual sporting events can top the opening ceremonies directed by Chinese film maker, Zhang Yimou. Several of this director’s films are in the library’s audio visual room.
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