45/33
It was a privilege to see this great film at the AFI Film Festival
Narrative
In the 1972 Munich Olympics, a team of American sports broadcasters is forced to cover a hostage situation involving Israeli athletes. The film’s action takes place in 1972 in the ABC control room of the Munich Olympics.
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It realistically depicts both the normal aspects of the control room during an event and, of course, the tragic event of the Black September attacks on Israeli athletes. In the control room are ABC sports president Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), junior producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro), Olympic vice president Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin) and German translator Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch), who do a great job in their roles.
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But the most important aspect of any thriller is the script and direction by Tim Fehlbaum, who keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the film. The use of archive footage of Jim McKay’s coverage of the tragedy adds to the realism.
But that joke certainly doesn’t stop me from highly recommending this great film – it’s a must-see!
My only minor criticism is the casting of Benjamin Walker as Peter Jennings – he doesn’t seem quite right to play the handsome and dapper anchorman I remember (I probably would have cut his role and just relied on Jennings’ speaking voice from the Olympic Village).
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