Added: Nov 18, 2008
From: babylonianman
Duration: 9:18
THE DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE BROADCAST WORLDWIDE & RELEASED ON DVD!The lighting of the cauldron at the end of the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as broadcast in High Definition by the American TV network NBC.Music:Le Roi Lear (Fanfare) - Claude DebussyPirogov Suite (Finale) - Dmitri Shostakovich[adapted by the New Zealander composer John Psathas]
Channel: Sports
Tags: 2004 athens ceremony definition hd high opening αγωνες αθηνα εναρξης ολυμπιακοι τελετη
Rating: 4.93 (190 ratings) Views: 69163' favoriteCount='306 Comments: 25
tobyfresh Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Good ceremony. Most of the performances were beautiful. But I found the part that talked about history boring. This part of performance reduced a perfect 3D world into 2D. Those wooden characters were not artistic at all.
lxjilyfe Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - true, It's the first time China holds a olympic games, so we need to impress the world.If we gonna hold another in the future, the budget will be much less than this time.
DCHblog Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Where´s the part of Opalita? (The Final song)
alexchicho Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Well said! Let´s just leave it like "Every Ceremony is Unique".
malaysiatrulyasia Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - fake fake fakethe whole athens thing is fakefake boyfake waterfake lightfake culturefake airfake firefake presidentfake Roggefake peoplefake stadiumfake~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
easbmtao Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - shut up suckerlol¬¬'
marlboroap Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - La più bella cerimonia di apertura dei Giochì Olimpici di sempre!!!!! e sarà ineguagliata nei secoli!!!! Grazie Atene!
arisgreece26 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - noi preghiamo fratello!
arisgreece26 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - grazie:-)
andresotte729 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - gracias por el video...la verdad fue una presentacion sencillamente espectacular
marlboroap Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - efkharistò :-)
medic1979 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - the music gives a really dramatic tone to it all...love it!
arisgreece26 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - parakalo'
vallianatosp Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - thank you msnbc!
thanoulis8 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - thank you greece.congratulations!!macedonia is greece.
m4tinabu Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - oti nanai ... lol .. macedonia is greece? haha oti 8imase xeresai :p
m4tinabu Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - 3:01 panathanakios haha
merabel1 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - .......thanks for the memories....just THANKS
Mikebeaumek Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - ZITO !
danisxs Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - 1 word amazing thnks for the video man
reanzzzzzzz Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - did the athletes stand in the water?
MiguEduMx Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - No. The lake was drained in 3 minutes before the Athletes etered on the stadium. In fact you can browse here the vids where them are totally dry, jeje. Greetings from Mx
MiguEduMx Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - I prefer the original direction. This one has lots of long shots. That rest emotion. The only good point of this one is that, in the lighting moment, you can't see the mistake. nikolaos putted the torch below the cauldron, not in the middle. That make the lighting seems like an oven, jeje. Besides this, i love this ceremony. Thanks for uploading!!
Iarrived Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Simply emotional moving......I love the music on display, sync with the torch run. Please Please Please, can someone tell me the name of this song (music) I really would appreciate it!
sjaeckh Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - skyduster4, I agree with your comments and I'm glad you have a good outlook!! I think we should just enjoy every Olympic Opening Ceremony for what it is...