The Nagano Tapes - documentary about Nagano 1998

[Gintonicplz]

Hello everyone,

I have seen recently this new documentary about 1998 Olympics in Nagano called "The Nagano Tapes". It is really well edited and even though it does follow the traditional narrative of Czech hockey underdogs winning the tournament of century, but it actually puts a lot of things in broader context that might be interesting for some of you. It is just 73 minutes long and definitely worth the look!

Link for the documentary: The Nagano Tapes | Five Rings Films | Olympic Channel


P. S.: I hope I am posting it in the thread. If not, beg me pardon.

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[Hasbro]

Footage of Team USA:

 

[JackSlater]

I enjoyed that documentary quite a bit. Great footage from the tournament, interesting background information, some of the most colourful elements of the big teams interviewed, random inclusion of the Evangelion theme. Great shot of Hasek in the airport.

 

[Hanji]

It wasn't a Canadian victory, so it will never get the props it deserves. But, damn, this is a fantastic documentary.

 

[NyQuil]

Were there subtitles for the Czech players?

That’s what I was actually interested in.

Maybe I had the wrong settings or something.

 

[JackSlater]

Were there subtitles for the Czech players?

That’s what I was actually interested in.

Maybe I had the wrong settings or something.

Turn on closed captioning.

 

[NyQuil]

Turn on closed captioning.

Yeah I thought I tried that.

Weird.

 

[tony d]

Was a good tournament and a good way to kick off pros being able to play in the Olympics. Disappointing results for Team Canada though.

 

[Scott Stevens]

My favourite player ever, Scott Stevens, played here. So it’s kind of special to me. And Trevor Linden, pre benning protecting regime as president, did good work here.

Man, that Canada defence. Yikers.

Bow to hasek.

 

[IamNotADancer]

On a general note, the Olympic channel on youtube always has some really nice short documentaries.

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[Gintonicplz]

I am glad you like the documentary! It is truly well done. Did you manage to switch on the ENG subtitles during Czech interviews? If not, I might try to translate some parts (Hasek etc) if you are interested.

Cheers, Gin

 

[SenzZen]

This was a great doc. I watched it while the Olympics were on, and it was a fantastic stroll down memory lane- as well as a very good piece of story-telling.

It wasn't a Canadian victory, so it will never get the props it deserves. But, damn, this is a fantastic documentary.

Neither was it a US victory, so it will never be heralded as a product of Divine Intervention.

 

[Rexor]

I enjoyed the documentary, it was very well made. The only thing I didn't like was the obvious attempt to sell this story to North American audience as a kind of a symbolic completion of the Czech democratic revolution (the rivalry with Russia, Petr Svoboda's life story, the fact that his last name stands for "freedom" in Czech, people in the streets after the final victory just like in November 1989 etc.). The Czech Nagano mythology revolves around a David v. Goliath kind of narrative, a small and underrated country beating all the hockey superpowers, with a larger than life netminder leading the team. But unlike the documentary suggests, there's never been anything political about it.

Footage of Team USA:

That's a bit harsh I think. I recently rewatched all the Czech Nagano games and the U.S. was the only team that thoroughly outplayed us. They were really unlucky to run into Hašek at his absolute best.

 

[MMANumminen]

Nice document, thanks for sharing. Reminded me about WC 1995 here in Finland. Never forget.
Beating that stacked Canada team in bronze game was epic too even they didn't care about it that much

 

[Jumptheshark]

for me when they announced Lindros as Captain I was concerned of what was going on behind the scenes

here was the roster

• Head coach: Marc Crawford
• Rob Blake - Los Angeles Kings
• Raymond Bourque - Boston Bruins
• Rod Brind'Amour - Philadelphia Flyers
• Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils
• Shayne Corson - Montreal Canadiens
• Éric Desjardins - Philadelphia Flyers
• Theoren Fleury - Calgary Flames
• Adam Foote - Colorado Avalanche
• Wayne Gretzky (A) - New York Rangers
• Curtis Joseph - Edmonton Oilers
• Trevor Linden - New York Islanders
• Eric Lindros (C) - Philadelphia Flyers
• Al MacInnis - St. Louis Blues
• Joe Nieuwendyk - Dallas Stars
• Keith Primeau - Carolina Hurricanes
• Chris Pronger - St. Louis Blues
• Patrick Roy - Colorado Avalanche
• Joe Sakic - Colorado Avalanche
• Brendan Shanahan - Detroit Red Wings
• Scott Stevens (A) - New Jersey Devils
• Steve Yzerman (A) - Detroit Red Wings
• Rob Zamuner- Tampa Bay Lightning

This was the first time pros went and we had some of the greatest players of all time on that team and I would not have given him the C--but there was back room politics in play

 

[Rob]

I remember being so enraged that Paul Kariya was unable to play because of a cheap shot from Gary Suter. The later still got to play for the US.

 

[Rob]

Nice document, thanks for sharing. Reminded me about WC 1995 here in Finland. Never forget.
Beating that stacked Canada team in bronze game was epic too even they didn't care about it that much

Finland beating Sweden in the quarter finals must have been big too.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Finland beating Sweden in the quarter finals must have been big too.

the coach for sweden was peter forsbergs father lol.

 

[Cruor]

I had this bookmarked but didn't get around to watching it until just now. I thought it was a pretty great documentary, much better than I was expecting. You don't have to be interested in Czech hockey to get something out of it (just be sure to turn on English CC), it has a lot of focus on the U.S. and Canadian teams aswell. Well worth a watch (and a bump)!

 

[member 305909]

I remember how I was waiting for Nagano and it turned out to be such a letdown; all those NA-NHLers weren't super-humans after all.

The tournament left a sour taste in the mouth mainly because Bure single-handedly beat Finland and in the other semi-final one goalie single-handedly beat those supposed super-humans.

 

[jj cale]

I remember how I was waiting for Nagano and it turned out to be such a letdown; all those NA-NHLers weren't super-humans after all.

The tournament left a sour taste in the mouth mainly because Bure single-handedly beat Finland and in the other semi-final one goalie single-handedly beat those supposed super-humans.

If you really believed that going into this tournament then the fact you were disappointed lies squarely on your shoulders because it had been known for quite some time ( I mean, where had you been?) that European hockey was on same the level as N.A hockey, no way any fan that follows hockey couldn't have known that with all the European stars in the N.H.L and results from international tournaments.

 

[Rexor]

I remember how I was waiting for Nagano and it turned out to be such a letdown; all those NA-NHLers weren't super-humans after all.

The tournament left a sour taste in the mouth mainly because Bure single-handedly beat Finland and in the other semi-final one goalie single-handedly beat those supposed super-humans.

For the millionth time, this is a revisionist history.

 

[ForumNamePending]

Ya, "Hasek stole the gold in Nagano" has become one of hockey's great myths. I mean Hasek was obviously really good, but the Czechs also had the better run of play in both the semifinal and final.

I think up until Canada choked the life out of the Sochi tournament, that '98 Czech team had been the most impressive team (not on paper, but with the way they performed on the ice) at a "best-on-best" Olympics.