Stephen Daldry’s & Kim Gavin’s London Olympics Closing Ceremony: Details

Joe Utichi is Deadline’s London contributor: Maybe you waited for NBC’s tape-delayed primetime broadcast tonight of the London Olympics Closing Ceremony orchestrated by executive producer Stephen Daldry and artistic director Kim Gavin. The duo promised to put on an unforgettable party showcasing British icons and British creativity – but the live show couldn’t quite pack the same punch of Danny Boyle’s opening night. In the U.S., NBC‘s live webstream of the show – heavily branded by Olympics sponsor Coca-Cola - struggled to keep up with Eric Idle singing “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life” from the iconic Monty Python movie Life Of Brian and cursing on the song lyric, “Life’s a piece of shit when you look at it,” which made its way into the stream. That was edited out by NBC for primetime. Blogger Matt Drudge watched the spectacle live and tweeted that it was “easily top most moving media event of year so far. Watch NBC butcher it.” UPDATE: Tweets from NBC viewers on the East Coast say Ray Davies of the Kinks performace of “Waterloo Sunset” and the dance piece to Kate Bush music were edited out of American broadcast of Olympics Closing Ceremony. Related: NBC Olympic Coverage Mistakes Jesse Eisenberg For Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg The ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/stephen-daldrys-kim-gavins-london-olympics-closing-ceremony-details/

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