''A Step Away'' is an Official Olympic Film, a documentary filmed during the VIIIth
Pan American Games
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held in
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,
Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. It was produced and directed by Roberto Ponce and co-directed by
Marcos Zurinaga. The English language narrator was
Orson Welles;
Carlos Montalban
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narrated the Spanish version. The film was remastered in 2010.
Synopsis
Documentary focus on the performance of various elite athletes during the Pan American Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Athletes showcased in the documentary include US team swimmer of Puerto Rican origin
Jesse Vassallo; legendary
Cuban
track and field athlete
Alberto Juantorena; Mexican
diver Carlos Girón
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; American diver,
Greg Louganis; and the
Puerto Rico national basketball team, among others. Puerto Rican Basketball player
Roberto Valderas
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sang the team's rap anthem in the film. At the end of the movie, these athletes expressed their hopes of being "a step away" from the 1980
Olympic Games; however, these hopes were shattered by the political crisis and the eventual
USA-led boycott to the
Olympic Games held in
Moscow in 1980.
External links
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1980 films
Puerto Rican documentary films
Documentary films about the Olympics
1979 Pan American Games
Canadian documentary films
American sports documentary films
1980 documentary films
Films about the 1980 Summer Olympics
Spanish-language Canadian films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
1980s Canadian films
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