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After the Beijing
Games, in which
14,000 performers
moved simultane-
ously to the beat of 2,008 drummers and the booming of 30,000
fireworks, you might have forgiven the London organizers if they’d
simply decided to have Daniel Radcliffe fly in on a broom, light the
torch and call it a night. Luckily, that appears not to be the case.
While much of the plan remains under wraps, here’s what we do
know: The artistic director for the ceremony is
Slumdog Millionaire
director
Danny Boyle, who will be working alongside
Billy Elliot
director Stephen
Daldry, Mark Fisher (production designer/architect for Pink Floyd’s
TheWall
show and every U2 concert since 1992) and live-TV director Hamish
Hamilton, who this year helmed both the Super Bowl halftime show and the
Academy Awards. The ceremony will be called “The Isles of Wonder,” and
include a short film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond (pictured at right).
So, with a budget that was recently doubled to nearly £80 million, it
appears London is going to at least try to give Beijing a run for its money.
(Though, admittedly, some flying brooms would be cool!)
BELARUS
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The athletes, the
venues, the medals,
the odds, the styles
and everything else
you need to know
about the London
2012 Olympic Games
BYKEVINALEXANDER
Se ing the Stage
INSIDE THE OPENING CEREMONY
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