White Rock (1977)

Name: White Rock
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Released: 1977-01-29

1h 16m

Running Time

Plot.

British documentary filmmaker and producer Tony Maylam reinvigorated the sports documentary genre with WHITE ROCK, an idiosyncratic and utterly engaging account of the XII Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976. He did so by placing music (by organ and synth wunderkind Rick Wakeman) front and center, and by using Hollywood star James Coburn as a "guide for the uninitiated."

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently White Rock is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

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Cast & Crew.

James Coburn

Rick Wakeman

Music

Tony Maylam

Director / Writer

Arthur Wooster

Director of Photography

Drummond Challis

Co-Producer

Gordon Swire

Editor

Michael Samuelson

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 29, 1977

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 16m

Genres
Documentary Sport

Last updated: 2025-04-08

This Movie Is About.

olympic games

sport

sport competition

innsbruck

Wiki.

White Rock is a 1977 documentary film about the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. The film was narrated by James Coburn, and directed by Tony Maylam. The film was nominated in 1977 for the Robert Flaherty Award (Feature Length Film, Documentary In Content) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. A soundtrack album, White Rock was released by Rick Wakeman in 1977 and it entered the UK Albums Chart on 12 February 1977, where it spent 9 weeks and reached number 14.