Added: Jan 11, 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 Debussy Pirogov 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 (195 ratings) Views: 70095' favoriteCount='306 Comments: 25
alexchicho Says:
Sep 6, 2008 - Well said! Let´s just leave it like "Every Ceremony is Unique".
malaysiatrulyasia Says:
Sep 6, 2008 - fake fake fake the whole athens thing is fake fake boy fake water fake light fake culture fake air fake fire fake president fake Rogge fake people fake stadium fake~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
easbmtao Says:
Sep 7, 2008 - shut up sucker lol ¬¬'
marlboroap Says:
Sep 9, 2008 - La più bella cerimonia di apertura dei Giochì Olimpici di sempre!!!!! e sarà ineguagliata nei secoli!!!! Grazie Atene!
arisgreece26 Says:
Sep 9, 2008 - noi preghiamo fratello!
arisgreece26 Says:
Sep 9, 2008 - grazie:-)
andresotte729 Says:
Sep 9, 2008 - gracias por el video... la verdad fue una presentacion sencillamente espectacular
marlboroap Says:
Sep 9, 2008 - efkharistò :-)
medic1979 Says:
Sep 10, 2008 - the music gives a really dramatic tone to it all...love it!
arisgreece26 Says:
Sep 10, 2008 - parakalo'
vallianatosp Says:
Sep 11, 2008 - thank you msnbc!
thanoulis8 Says:
Sep 13, 2008 - thank you greece.congratulations!!macedonia is greece.
m4tinabu Says:
Sep 14, 2008 - oti nanai ... lol .. macedonia is greece? haha oti 8imase xeresai :p
m4tinabu Says:
Sep 14, 2008 - 3:01 panathanakios haha
merabel1 Says:
Sep 16, 2008 - .......thanks for the memories....just THANKS
Mikebeaumek Says:
Sep 17, 2008 - ZITO !
danisxs Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - 1 word amazing thnks for the video man
reanzzzzzzz Says:
Oct 17, 2008 - did the athletes stand in the water?
MiguEduMx Says:
Oct 31, 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:
Oct 31, 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 9, 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!
XxDreamDivaxX Says:
Nov 23, 2008 - no the water drained fully before the athletes came out, it was a plexi-glass floor so it wouldnt have been too slippery. xx
audition1992 Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - I Agree With You skyduster4!! The Lightning of the Cauldron of both 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics are the best. 2004 Athens Olympics Torchlighter: Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Sailing) 2008 Beijing Olympics Torchlighter: Li Ning (Artistic Gymnastics)
DCHblog Says:
Dec 2, 2008 - Where is Opalita (the final song)?
DCHblog Says:
Sep 5, 2008 - Where´s the part of Opalita? (The Final song)