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Greenspan film to feature
Jason Lezak (9/4/2009)
“Bud Greenspan Presents: Beijing 2008 – America’s
Olympic Glory” will premiere on Showtime Oct. 19 at 7:00pm
EST/PCT.
The two hour film features the stories of six American Olympians,
including swim team captain Jason Lezak, whose
thrilling world best final leg in the 400 freestyle relay earned
the United States an upset victory over France.
The film marks the 12th in a series of Olympic Games films by
Greenspan. His previous Olympic documentaries beginning with
1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles have chronicled every Olympics
(except for 1992 Albertville) through the 2006 Torino Winter
Games.
Greenspan has been called the foremost writer/producer/director of
sports films and one of the world's leading sports historians. His numerous awards include seven Emmys, the
George Foster Peabody Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Directors
Guild of America Life Time Achievement Award, the International
Fair Play Award and the coveted "Olympic Order" by International
Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch for his
contribution to furthering the Olympic movement. In 2004, Bud was inducted into the United States
Olympic Committee Hall of Fame for his body of work and his
humanistic approach to filming the Olympic Games.
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