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Going the Distance
19791 h 29 min 13 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Paul Cowan
Production: Robert VerrallJacques Bobet
Script: Paul Cowan
Produced by the NFB for the Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport and the XI Commonwealth Games Foundation.
This is the official film of the XI Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Canada, in August, 1978. An international sports event occurring every four years, the Games draw hundreds of athletes from the many nations of the Commonwealth. Eight athletes from four continents were selected to illustrate the nature of individual effort. They were filmed in their home countries before the Games and in competition in Edmonton.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > CompetitionsGames and SportsOlympic and Commonwealth GamesPortraits
Credits
- director
- Paul Cowan
- writer
- Paul Cowan
- executive producer
- Robert Verrall
- Jacques Bobet
- cinematography
- Georges Dufaux
- Pierre Letarte
- Tony Westman
- Paul Cowan
- sound
- Richard Besse
- Alain Corneau
- Garrell Clark
- Ralph Parker
- Richard Nichol
- editing
- Paul Cowan
- Steven Kellar
- Jeepy Macadam
- Rosemarie Shapley
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Michael Kane
Awards
- First Prize - Gold PlaqueInternational Festival of Sport Films
- Best Film of the FestivalCommonwealth Television and Film Festsival