Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the entire development of the Olympics over the centuries, until arriving at the modern Olympics.
Directors: Dimitris Papaioannou, Lynne Parker, Bucky Gunts.
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Björk as Self |
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Lydia Koniordou as Self |
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Jacques Rogge as Self - IOC President |
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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki as Self - ATHOC President |
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Costas Karamanlis as Self - Prime Minister of Greece |
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Maria Callas as Self (archive footage) |
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Constantinos Stephanopoulos as Self - President of the Hellenic Republic |
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Georgios Dritsakos as Self - Adjutant to HE the President of the Hellenic Republic |
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Thomas Bach as Self - IOC Vice President |
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Tony Blair as Self - British Prime Minister |
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Anne, Princess Royal as Self - IOC Member (Great Britain) |
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George H. W. Bush as Self - Former U.S. President |
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Juan Antonio Samaranch as Self - IOC Honorary President for Life |
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as Self - Italian President |
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Barbara Bush as Self - Former U.S. First Lady |
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Claudia Bach as Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach |
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Natasa Pazaiti as Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister |
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James L. Easton as Self - IOC Vice President |
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Eleni Tsaligopoulou as (voice) |
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Ion Iliescu as Self - President of Romania |
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Lambis Nikolaou as Self - ATHOC Vice President |
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Jan Peter Balkenende as Self - Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
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King Frederik X of Denmark as Self - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark |
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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark as Self |
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Jacques Chirac as Self - President of the French Republic |
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João Havelange as Self - Honorary FIFA President |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Self - President of Brazil |
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Horst Köhler as Self - President of Germany |
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Eva Luise Köhler as Self - First Lady of Germany |
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Ilham Aliyev as Self - President of Alzerbaijan |
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Mehriban Aliyeva as Self - First Lady of Alzerbaijan |
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Sofía of Spain as Self - Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain |
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Jenna Bush Hager as Self |
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Cherie Blair as Wife |
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Vitaly Smirnov as Self - IOC Vice President |
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Costas Simitis as Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece |
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Konstantinos Mitsotakis as Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece |
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George Papandreou as Self - President of the Hellenic Socialist Movement |
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Jean-Claude Killy as Self - IOC Member (France) |
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Anna Benaki-Psarouda as Self - Speaker of Hellenic Parliament |
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Julian Hunte as Self - President of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Romano Prodi as Self - President of the European Commission |
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as Self - Secretary General of NATO |
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Dora Bakoyannis as Self - Mayor of Athens |
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Georgios Voulgarakis as Self - Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece |
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Christodoulos of Athens as Self - Archbishop of Athens |
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John Howard as Self - Prime Minister of Australia |
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King Albert II of Belgium as Self |
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Barbara Pierce Bush as Self |
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Chris Evert as Self - Former U.S. Tennis Champion |
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Demetrios of America as Self - Archbishop of America |
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Sofía of Spain as Self - Queen of Spain |
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Shimon Peres as Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Israel |
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He Zhenliang as Self - IOC Member (China) |
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen as Self - Prime Minister of Denmark |
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Wolfgang Schüssel as Self - Chancellor of Austria |
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Patrice Leclerc as Self - French Ambassador to Greece |
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King Haakon VIII of Norway as Self - Crown Prince of Norway |
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Kjell Magne Bondevik as Self - Prime Minister of Norway |
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King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands as Self - Crown Prince and IOC Member (Netherlands) |
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski as Self - President of the Republic of Poland |
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Jolanta Kwaśniewska as Self - First Lady of Poland |
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Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos as Self - Prime Minister of Angola |
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Queen Paola of Belgium as Self |
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Prince Hitatchi as Self |
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Yasuo Fukuda as Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Japan |
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Mikhail Saakashvili as Self - President of Georgia |
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Abdullah II of Jordan as Self - King of Jordan |
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Rania Al Abdullah as Self - Queen Consort of Jordan |
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Li Zhaoxing as Self - Foreign Minister of China |
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Roh Moo-hyun as Self - President of the Republic of Korea |
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Tassos Papadopoulos as Self - President of the Republic of Cyprus |
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Otmar Hasler as Self - Prime Minister of Liechtenstein |
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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg as Self |
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Eddie Fenech Adami as Self - President of Malta |
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Lloyd Axworthy as Self - Foreign Minister of Canada |
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Saad Hariri as Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon |
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Prince Albert II of Monaco as Self |
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Victor Yanukovich as Self - Prime Minister of Ukraine |
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Megawati Sukarnoputri as Self - President of the Republic of Indonesia |
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Vladimir Putin as Self - President of the Russian Federation |
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Viacheslav Fetisov as Self - Head of Federal Sport Agency |
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Leonid Tyagachyov as Self - President of the Russian Olympic Committee |
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King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden as Self |
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Queen Silvia of Sweden as Self |
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Self - Prime Minister of Turkey |
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Algirdas Brazauskas as Self - Prime Minister of Lithuania |
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Alex G. Spanos as Self - Owner ans Chairman of A.G. Spanos Companies |
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Brent Scowcroft as Self - Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board |
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Václav Klaus as Self - President of the Czech Republic |
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Tarja Halonen as Self - President of the Republic of Finland |
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Paul Kagame as Self - President of the Republic of Rwanda |
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Self - President of the Philippines |
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Vladimir Rushailo as Self - CIS General Secretary |
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Adnan Terzić as Self - Chairman of the Council of the Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Omar Bongo as Self - President of the Gabonese Republic |
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Phyllis Easton as Self - Wife of the IOC Vice President James Easton |
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Marc Forné Molné as Self - Prime Minister of Andorra |
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson as Self - President of Iceland |
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Stipe Mesić as Self - President of the Republic of Croatia |
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Hosni Mubarak as Self - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
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Theodore Angelopoulos as Self - Husband of ATHOC President |
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Bertie Ahern as Self - Taoiseach of Ireland |
| Directing | Dimitris Papaioannou | Director |
| Lighting | Eleftheria Deko | Lighting Artist |
| Sound | Konstantinos Vita | Music |
| Directing | Lynne Parker | Director |
| Directing | Bucky Gunts | Director |
| Writing | Dimitris Papaioannou | Writer |
| Writing | Greg Jennings | Writer |
| Writing | Brian T. Brown | Head of Story |
| Writing | Brian T. Brown | Writer |
| Sound | Tiësto | Music |
| Art | Jeremy Conway | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rhonda Barrymore | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kris Evans | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stella Karapouliou | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Yiannis Iakovidis | Production Manager |
| Sound | Jason Atwell | Sound |
| Crew | Matthew Johnson | Digital Effects Producer |
| Sound | Marcus Dillistone | Music |
| Camera | Dave Adkins | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Cody Alexander | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Andy Allman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dean Andersen | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bob Basile | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joe Carzoli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Steve Cozokas | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Graeme Daisley | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joe De Bonis | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Robert A. Dickinson | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Richard B. Fox | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mike Harvath | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Terry Hester | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Andy Italiano | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Robert Jaeger | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Richie Leible Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Camera | James Mansfield | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Manton | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Andi O'Reilly | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Brian Phraner | Camera Operator |
| Camera | John Pinto | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ricky Rice | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pat Rondou | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Marc Tippy | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Theodore Tsevas | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Michael Tsimperopoulos | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Michael Tsimperopoulos | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Nick Utley | Camera Operator |
| Camera | James Wachter | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Harry Weisman | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Ted Wells | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | David Whitlock | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mike Wimberly | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ken Woo | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Dimitris Birbilis | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Manos Gasteratos | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yannis Zafeiriou | Third Assistant Director |
