Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)

August 13, 2004 (GR) • Documentary, TV Movie • 208m

Overview

With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the entire development of the Olympics over the centuries, until arriving at the modern Olympics.

Directors

Dimitris Papaioannou, Lynne Parker, Bucky Gunts

Writers

Dimitris Papaioannou, Greg Jennings, Brian T. Brown

Top Billed

Björk

Keywords

olympic games greece athens, greece opening ceremony

Where to watch

Check streaming options on TMDB

Top Billed Cast

Björk

Self

Lydia Koniordou

Self

Jacques Rogge

Self - IOC President

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

Self - ATHOC President

Costas Karamanlis

Self - Prime Minister of Greece

Maria Callas

Self (archive footage)

Constantinos Stephanopoulos

Self - President of the Hellenic Republic

Georgios Dritsakos

Self - Adjutant to HE the President of the Hellenic Republic

Thomas Bach

Self - IOC Vice President

Tony Blair

Self - British Prime Minister

Anne, Princess Royal

Self - IOC Member (Great Britain)

George H. W. Bush

Self - Former U.S. President

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Self - IOC Honorary President for Life

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Self - Italian President

Barbara Bush

Self - Former U.S. First Lady

Claudia Bach

Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach

Natasa Pazaiti

Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister

James L. Easton

Self - IOC Vice President

Eleni Tsaligopoulou

(voice)

Ion Iliescu

Self - President of Romania

Lambis Nikolaou

Self - ATHOC Vice President

Jan Peter Balkenende

Self - Prime Minister of the Netherlands

King Frederik X of Denmark

Self - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Self

Jacques Chirac

Self - President of the French Republic

João Havelange

Self - Honorary FIFA President

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Self - President of Brazil

Horst Köhler

Self - President of Germany

Eva Luise Köhler

Self - First Lady of Germany

Ilham Aliyev

Self - President of Alzerbaijan

Mehriban Aliyeva

Self - First Lady of Alzerbaijan

Sofía of Spain

Self - Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain

Jenna Bush Hager

Self

Cherie Blair

Wife

Vitaly Smirnov

Self - IOC Vice President

Costas Simitis

Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece

Konstantinos Mitsotakis

Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece

George Papandreou

Self - President of the Hellenic Socialist Movement

Jean-Claude Killy

Self - IOC Member (France)

Anna Benaki-Psarouda

Self - Speaker of Hellenic Parliament

Julian Hunte

Self - President of the United Nations General Assembly

Romano Prodi

Self - President of the European Commission

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Self - Secretary General of NATO

Dora Bakoyannis

Self - Mayor of Athens

Georgios Voulgarakis

Self - Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece

Christodoulos of Athens

Self - Archbishop of Athens

John Howard

Self - Prime Minister of Australia

King Albert II of Belgium

Self

Barbara Pierce Bush

Self

Chris Evert

Self - Former U.S. Tennis Champion

Demetrios of America

Self - Archbishop of America

Sofía of Spain

Self - Queen of Spain

Shimon Peres

Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Israel

He Zhenliang

Self - IOC Member (China)

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Self - Prime Minister of Denmark

Wolfgang Schüssel

Self - Chancellor of Austria

Patrice Leclerc

Self - French Ambassador to Greece

King Haakon VIII of Norway

Self - Crown Prince of Norway

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Self - Prime Minister of Norway

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Self - Crown Prince and IOC Member (Netherlands)

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Self - President of the Republic of Poland

Jolanta Kwaśniewska

Self - First Lady of Poland

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos

Self - Prime Minister of Angola

Queen Paola of Belgium

Self

Prince Hitatchi

Self

Yasuo Fukuda

Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Japan

Mikhail Saakashvili

Self - President of Georgia

Abdullah II of Jordan

Self - King of Jordan

Rania Al Abdullah

Self - Queen Consort of Jordan

Li Zhaoxing

Self - Foreign Minister of China

Roh Moo-hyun

Self - President of the Republic of Korea

Tassos Papadopoulos

Self - President of the Republic of Cyprus

Otmar Hasler

Self - Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

Self

Eddie Fenech Adami

Self - President of Malta

Lloyd Axworthy

Self - Foreign Minister of Canada

Saad Hariri

Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon

Prince Albert II of Monaco

Self

Victor Yanukovich

Self - Prime Minister of Ukraine

Megawati Sukarnoputri

Self - President of the Republic of Indonesia

Vladimir Putin

Self - President of the Russian Federation

Viacheslav Fetisov

Self - Head of Federal Sport Agency

Leonid Tyagachyov

Self - President of the Russian Olympic Committee

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Self

Queen Silvia of Sweden

Self

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Self - Prime Minister of Turkey

Algirdas Brazauskas

Self - Prime Minister of Lithuania

Alex G. Spanos

Self - Owner ans Chairman of A.G. Spanos Companies

Brent Scowcroft

Self - Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Václav Klaus

Self - President of the Czech Republic

Tarja Halonen

Self - President of the Republic of Finland

Paul Kagame

Self - President of the Republic of Rwanda

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Self - President of the Philippines

Vladimir Rushailo

Self - CIS General Secretary

Adnan Terzić

Self - Chairman of the Council of the Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Omar Bongo

Self - President of the Gabonese Republic

Phyllis Easton

Self - Wife of the IOC Vice President James Easton

Marc Forné Molné

Self - Prime Minister of Andorra

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Self - President of Iceland

Stipe Mesić

Self - President of the Republic of Croatia

Hosni Mubarak

Self - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Theodore Angelopoulos

Self - Husband of ATHOC President

Crew

Dimitris Papaioannou

Director

Eleftheria Deko

Lighting Artist

Konstantinos Vita

Music

Lynne Parker

Director

Bucky Gunts

Director

Dimitris Papaioannou

Writer

Greg Jennings

Writer

Brian T. Brown

Head of Story

Brian T. Brown

Writer

Tiësto

Music

Jeremy Conway

Production Design

Rhonda Barrymore

Makeup & Hair

Kris Evans

Makeup & Hair

Stella Karapouliou

Makeup & Hair

Yiannis Iakovidis

Production Manager

Jason Atwell

Sound

Matthew Johnson

Digital Effects Producer

Marcus Dillistone

Music

Dave Adkins

Camera Operator

Cody Alexander

Camera Operator

Andy Allman

Camera Operator

Dean Andersen

Camera Operator

Bob Basile

Camera Operator

Joe Carzoli

Camera Operator

Steve Cozokas

Camera Operator

Graeme Daisley

Camera Operator

Joe De Bonis

Camera Operator

Robert A. Dickinson

Lighting Artist

Richard B. Fox

Camera Operator

Mike Harvath

Camera Operator

Terry Hester

Camera Operator

Andy Italiano

Camera Operator

Robert Jaeger

Camera Operator

Richie Leible Jr.

Camera Operator

James Mansfield

Camera Operator

David Manton

Camera Operator

Andi O'Reilly

Lighting Artist

Brian Phraner

Camera Operator

John Pinto

Camera Operator

Ricky Rice

Camera Operator

Pat Rondou

Camera Operator

David Taylor

Camera Operator

Marc Tippy

Camera Operator

Theodore Tsevas

Lighting Artist

Michael Tsimperopoulos

Steadicam Operator

Michael Tsimperopoulos

Camera Operator

Nick Utley

Camera Operator

James Wachter

Camera Operator

Harry Weisman

Camera Operator

Ted Wells

Lighting Artist

David Whitlock

Camera Operator

Mike Wimberly

Camera Operator

Ken Woo

Camera Operator

Dimitris Birbilis

First Assistant Director

Manos Gasteratos

Second Assistant Director

Yannis Zafeiriou

Third Assistant Director

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$43,000,000

Revenue

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Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)

Dimitris Papaioannou, Lynne Parker, Bucky Gunts

Dimitris Papaioannou, Greg Jennings, Brian T. Brown

Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

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