The Melbourne Rendezvous

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

François Périer

Narrator

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Raymond Marcillac

Narrator

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	René Lucot
	Assistant Director	Claire Attali Donald Eckles Serge Griboff Jean-Christophe Averty
Writing	Writer	Hubert-René Lucot Raymond Marcillac
Sound	Sound Engineer	Jacques Bonpunt
	Music	Christian Chevallier
	Sound	Brian Horman
Editing	Editor	Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Crew	Technical Supervisor	Dick Nicolian
Production	Production Director	Louis Gueguen
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