Award-winning sports chronicler Bud Greenspan delivers a powerful and emotional look at six individual stories in the official film of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Greenspan goes beyond highlight footage to tell the story of how these athletes overcome incredible obstacles to achieve Olympic glory.
Direction
Greenspan's patient storytelling builds to devastating payoffs.
Editing
Juxtaposes archival training footage with triumphant final moments.
Director
Bud Greenspan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released just months after 9/11, the film deliberately weaves national grief into athletic triumph, with the tattered Ground Zero flag carried during opening ceremonies.
Bud Greenspan invented the modern Olympic documentary format; this was his final Winter Games film before his death in 2010.
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