Olympic Newsdesk -- Greenspan Beijing Film Debut; Taekwondo, Gymnastics World Championships End

Bud Greenspan's documentary on the Beijing Olympic premieres tonight at 7 p.m. on Showtime. (Getty Images) "Bud Greenspan Presents: Beijing 2008 - America's Olympic Glory" premieres at 7 p.m. EST tonight on Showtime. The two-hour documentary presents a behind-the-scenes look at six Americans who competed in Beijing including gymnast Nastia Liukin, rower Marry Whipple, swimmer Jason Lezak, brother and sister fencers Erin and Keeth Smart, and 100-meter hurdlers Dawn Harper and Lolo Jones. Greenspan follows their personal stories from training to results. This is the 12th Olympic documentary made by Greenspan and his New York-based Cappy Productions since 1984. The 83-year old Emmy award winning Greenspan first documentary was in 1968 called "Jesses Owen Returns to Berlin" in which he followed the runner's 1967 visit to West... [read full story]                    

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