Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony Part 01„G-Day Moment" The Man from Snowy River HD

[haspole29]

thanku for putting the whole cermoney on :)) i was to young to remember such an awesome event :)

[ahmedayat1]

well beijing is far better athens is far better too

[Lukey0915]

it was funny how this olypic opening ceromony was on my birthday because i was born on 15/9/1987 and this was on 15/9/2000 i had the whole australia giving me a great birthday pressie lol

[sstewart2787]

This is a stunning show! The show flows smoothly from one part to the next, something I felt Beijing and other ceremonies missed. And you can definitely see portions of this in what Atkins created in 2010 in Vancouver. I personally felt he achieved greater success in Vancouver, but none of his other spectacles can compare with the sheer size of the 2000 Opening Ceremonies.

Thank you for posting this!

[dave1053]

@Broncos69

She did sing it live

[coasterdork26]

i thought it was the second best beijing just barely edge them out for the best. stll one of the best in history

[davidatkinsfan]

@coasterdork26 sydney is and was the best ever opening ceremony of Olympic summer games. vancouver is the best of the winter games.

[gerrardgooding]

@coasterdork26 I don't know but Beijing lacked the soul and authenticity that Sydney Olympics had. Bejing was visually impressive but it was all too mechanical for my liking. I didn't like how their government 'forced' them to act and behave a certain way instead of them enjoying it with the Olympic spirit. It really kind of turned me off & it stopped me from really enjoying the games tbh.

I remember the IOC president saying this was the best Olympics ever. Didn't hear him say that in Beijing.

[sparkyy365]

Is that Julia Gillard at 9:52?

[sparkyy365]

This ceremony is particularly special to me since it was held on my 6th Birthday. I wish I was old enough to watch it but thankfully I found it (well most of it) 11 years later! Thank you so much! This means a lot to me!

[garykelly1944]

Definitely the best show I've seen in my life and it made me (and still does) proud to be an Aussie.

[fabricio2k]

Thank you so much for uploading this, thank you so much! It has such a sentimental value behind this.. it marked a big and important part of my life. Seeing this when I was 18... I was sure then I needed to visit Australia someday :)

[Arghiers]

wow very touching the performance of the anthem. congratulations and greetings from argentina.

[broncos69]

i think this is a great display of Australian Pride and I love it but nothing annoys me more than miming for the sake a perfection! Julie Anthony can sing that good live... Why not let her?

[djaircavalcante]

WOW...GREAT OPENING AND AT 04.20 THE SONG IS AMAZING!!! CONGRATS FOR POSTING!

[malaprop80]

That lone horse galloping into the middle of the stadium...kills me every time.

[crewoperator]

was waiting so long for that very spectacular event ..thanks for uploading. sven from berlin ((:

[davidatkinsfan]

@crewoperator gern geschehen. ebenfalls grüße aus berlin

[vnkn]

i want to know the best progam for put videos in hd

[DisasterOnline]

Where can this be downloaded? Been looking for the complete thing for years now!

[grafito347]

Who Cleaned all that horseshit?

[MrApplemelody]

Finding this so long and watching this brings my memory back. Sydney is the best Olympic ever to me.Thanks for davidatkinsfan:)

[PinkShirtz]

It really was amazing. I really like the opening sequence with the single galloping horse halting and rearing. Could watch it 100 times. :)

[o8zai]

oi.. i ddnt know advance australia fair had other verse.. LOL

[SuperEgo1989]

@o8zai It has 7 i think

[HTownCountryFan]

I was amazed by his work, too and I don't even live in the land down under, but this ceremony taught me more about Australia than I ever learned in world geography class. By the way, do you Aussies place your right hand over your heart during "Advance Australia Fair?"

[pinkfrog1992]

@HTownCountryFan no we don't put our hand on our heart that is a trait of the USA

[Jinda89]

@HTownCountryFan No, the only two nations that do/did that are the US and the Romans. Sometimes, though rare people do put their hand on heart, but it looks odd and unnecessary

[journalistgirl07]

Sydney and Athens the best OC´s ever :-) Watching this brings a lump to my throat !

[Pedroetbdf]

@journalistgirl07 I AGREE SYDNEY AND ATHENS WERE THE BEST OPENING CEREMONY, I HOPE RIO DE JANEIRO COULD MAKE A GREAT PARTY TOO!

[davidatkinsfan]

@Pedroetbdf The opening ceremony will be in rio de janeiro probably designed by scott griven. He has been the opening ceremony in Salt Lake City designed. Scott and his team have rio also advise during the application process for Olympic Games I'm looking forward to the first show, the academy award winner Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry design in London

[dasmysteryman12]

@journalistgirl07 I 100% agree!

[ilfiumi]

french and english god we need spanish too fuckers

[RaymondHng]

@ilfiumi The Olympic Charter specifies that opening ceremonies are to be in the official languages of the Olympics, French and English, and the national language of the host city. In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the ceremonies were in French, English, Spanish, and Catalán. The next time we'll probably hear Spanish in the opening ceremonies will be if Madrid gets to host the Olympics.

[jufovi]

Sydney Olympic scored with this spectacular ceremony and David Atkins reached achieving greater pedigree in your resume. Each segment of the opening ceremony was superbly to music with beautiful staging and costumes rather spectacular and not to mention the lighting of the cauldron that originality and beauty!. My rating: 9.5 / 10.

Hopefully all the parts of the ceremony would have gone in 1080 or 720p. A show worth seeing.

[GeoWing2]

This takes me back, This is one of the best opening ceremonies I have seen.

[lebkha]

Olympics of 2000 in Sydney and 2008 in Beijing had the most magnificent opening ceremonies ever in the history of this games the 2004 in Athens was somehow disappointing.

[TwyfordianArc]

...zoginated

[international153]

Are you (the uploader) really David Atkins?

[davidatkinsfan]

@international153 no I'm not. I'm just a fan of this fantastic artistic director and producer, for the Opening and Closing Ceremony Sydney 2000, Doha 2006 and Vancouver 2010 was responsible. I'm looking forward to september. David then shows another impressive show at the opening ceremony of rugby world cup in new zealand.

[czarnikko05]

from barcelona, atlanta, sydney, athens and bejing... i can say that every olympic opening ceremonies bring tears to my eyes because, even just for a few hours i can see that different nations of the world unite with smile on their faces...

[emjayis]

Thank you so much for putting this up! I've seriously been waiting for someone to upload it since YT began! My tape is dying :P

[kk36k3k6]

LOLOLOLOLOL 8:45 guy doesnt know his own national anthem.. cant blame him though im aussie too lol couldnt sing the second verse if my life depended on it LOL

[Peeweetara]

Thank you davidatkinsfan for post this. Could you please post the parade of nations as well, can't find it anywhere.

[ega230784]

Amazing!!! In my opinion the very best Olympic Games ever!

[journalistgirl07]

@ega230784 yeah :)

[FutureolympianXC]

@ega230784: Thats bascially everyones opinion...like its Universally agreed that these weere the best and no one will beat it :D

[SuperBearita]

just amazing 

[1992SFA]

I am going to post this on facebook. People should revisit this. It was truly amazing. I love being from Sydney :) Also, do you know where I can find a copy of the whole ceremony?

[davidatkinsfan]

@1992SFA What's your facebook account?

[davidatkinsfan]

with his company DAE is David now represented on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The next grand opening ceremony in New Zealand at Rugby World Cup in September.

[ZIGSVIDS]

Julie you are the greatest.