As a mega-scale
Wide World of Sports-style highlight reel, it's OK. But as a serious look at the events and personalities of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, this Imax documentary is disappointing. It features
some impressive snippets of footage featuring ski jumpers, speed skaters and the like, but fails to educate, inspire or inform in any depth. Early on, it appears the focus will be two very different cross-country skiers. Norwegian Bjorn Daehlie hopes to become the world's greatest Winter
Olympian, which -- despite the film's lip service to the notion that Olympic glory and honor lie in the trying, not the medals -- clearly means the
winni...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
40 mins