The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (mini-series) - David Caruso, Honor Blackman, Louis Jourdan, Matt Frewer & More Star in the 1984 Mini-Series

The inspiring story of a rag-tag team of amateur American athletes that stunned the sports world comes to life in this dramatization of the first modern Olympic games revived in 1896. Veteran Actor Louis Jourdan stars as Baron Pierre du Coubertin, a relentless visionary who sets out to renew the ancient Olympic games after 1500 years.

Dr. William Sloane (David Ogden Stiers) is the Princeton professor who pulls together the first American team with 13 unlikely boys and a meager supply of sports equipment. Competing in events that had never been seen in the United States before the Americans went on to Athens and secured the winner's post despite almost insurmountable odds.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that The First Olympics: Athens 1896 will be coming to DVD on August 5th, just a few days before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics. This 2-disc set of the mini-series, produced in 1984, runs 248 minutes long and costs $19.94 SRP. Video is full screen, audio is English mono, and subtitles are in English and French with closed captioning for the hearing impaired. Familiar faces on this cast includes David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H), David Caruso (CSI: Miami, NYBD Blue), Honor Blackman (The Avengers, Goldfinger), Louis Jourdan (Octopussy, Swamp Thing), Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote), Jason Connery (Robin of Sherwood), Matt Frewer (Max Headroom, Eureka) and Shannon Tweed (Gene Simmons: Family Jewels). Here's a look at front and rear package art: