''White Rock'' is a 1977

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about the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

held in Innsbruck,

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. The film was narrated by James Coburn, and directed by

Tony Maylam Tony Maylam (born 1943) is a BAFTA-nominated English filmmaker, known for directing documentaries such as '' White Rock'', the 1979 thriller '' The Riddle of the Sands'', and horror films such as ''The Burning'' and '' Split Second.'' Life ...

. The film was nominated in 1977 for the Robert Flaherty Award (Feature Length Film, Documentary In Content) by the

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. A soundtrack album, '' White Rock'' was released by Rick Wakeman in 1977 and it entered the

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on 12 February 1977, where it spent 9 weeks and reached number 14.

Production and release

Michael Samuelson was given the chance to make the

film, and he contacted Tony Maylam to direct and write the film. However, they felt that only two films had "worked". '' Olympia'' by

Leni Riefenstahl Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for her role in producing Nazi propaganda. A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl also became in ...

of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in

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and the

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won ...

film ''

Tokyo Olympiad ''Tokyo Olympiad'', also known in Japan as , is a 1965 Japanese documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Like Leni Riefenstahl's '' Olympia'', which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berli ...

'' of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in

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. They decided that they did not want the film to be a documentary, but a feature film. Tony Maylam made two music movies ''White Rock'' and '' Genesis: In Concert'', also known as the ''Genesis Concert Movie'', which is a movie shot in concert at The Apollo Theatre, Glasgow and the New Bingley Hall, Stafford with the rock group

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. They were screened together as a double bill. Rock promoters

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and

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purchased the films for the US market and distributed them as ''Sensasia''.

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*{{IMDb title, 0076916, White Rock 1977 films Documentary films about the Olympics 1977 documentary films Films about the 1976 Winter Olympics 1970s English-language films British sports documentary films 1970s British films

Production and release

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