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Truly, one of the most glorious moments in Olympic history was the Lithuanian team standing on the podium to receive their bronze medal, decked out in Grateful Dead tie-dyed finery.

Medals to producers Markevicius and Jon Weinbach for their all-star assemblage of technical talent. It鈥檚 not often in a documentary that the music is a rousing complement to the narrative: Composer Dustin O鈥橦alloran and music supervisor Marc Weinbach鈥檚 sounds 鈥?from rhapsodic piano sonatas to blues to Iko Iko 鈥?eloquently impart the individual struggles and the national fortitude of this golden tale.

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