Zhang Yimou to Direct theCeremony of Beijing Olympics
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今年8月8日北京奥运会开幕，首先登场的是当天晚上8点08分的开幕式。北京奥组委预计，全球将有超过40亿观众同时收看这场中国人的大秀，可想而知，这个开幕式对中国的重要性，而导演这场奥运大秀的就是知名导演张艺谋。2006年4月16日，知名导演张艺谋受聘担任北京奥运会开、闭幕式总导演张艺谋曾被美国《娱乐周刊》评选为当代世界二十位大导演之一，多年来他一直都是中国电影的一面旗帜，也许这就是他被选为奥运会开、闭幕式总导演的原因吧。The organizers of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games chose famed Chinese film maker Zhang Yimou as the director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the high-profile event.

American film maker Stephen Spielberg, Yves Pepin, head of the French entertainment group ECA2, and director of the Sydney Olympic Games opening ceremony Ric Birch were named as special consultants, the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee said on its Web site.

“I am very honored to be named chief director of the ceremonies, it is a huge task ... but I promise that I will fulfill the task successfully,” Zhang said.

The opening ceremony will be held on Aug. 8, 2008, when China hosts its first ever Olympic Games.

“Through the visual arts, the performing arts, the art of music, the art of dance, the art of celebration of life, all of us are dedicated to making this Olympic opening and closing ceremonies the most emotional everyone has ever seen,” Spielberg said.

Liu Qi, Beijing’s top Communist Party official and chairman of the Organizing Committee, tasked Zhang and his directorial group with organizing ceremonies to showcase both the world’s greatest sporting event and China’s long history.

“The level of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games will play a decisive role on whether we can host a special, high-level Olympic Games,” Liu said.

“For 1.3 billion Chinese awaiting the Olympics, they will place importance on the quality and level of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, while for billions of world viewers, the opening ceremony will become the first impression of the Beijing Olympics,” he said.

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