Zhang Yimou to direct Olympic flag handover show

Updated: 2004-08-16 11:01

Zhang Yimou to direct Olympic flag handover show

著名导演张艺谋在奥运会开幕当天出现在雅典，他肩负着2008年北京奥运会开幕式的重任前去“取经”，张艺谋带去了12名中国美女，将在奥运闭幕式上参加奥运会会旗的交接仪式。

China's most famous film director Zhang Yimou has flown to Athens to prepare a show for the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics.

The eight-minute show will come after the handover of the Olympic flag to the Beijing Olympic Committee.

Zhang Yimou and his team started to select the actors and actresses two months ago, just after the release of his new film "House of Flying Daggers."

This is the second time that the director has worked on an Olympics-related program. He has shot the promotional film for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics.

(Xinhua)

Vocabulary:

handover: act of relinquishing property or authority（移交）

promotional: of or relating to serving as publicity（宣传的，促进的）

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