43/14
Tale
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, an American sports broadcaster was forced to cover a hostage situation involving Israeli athletes
Set in the ABC control room in Munich for the 1972 Olympic Games, the film realistically depicts both the normal aspects of operating a control room during an event and, of course, the tragic attacks of Black September on Israeli athletes.
The control room consists of ABC Sports president Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), rookie producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro), vice president of Olympic coverage Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), and German translator Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch)
Their roles.
giant video recorders, satellites competing for space, manual insertion of graphics, etc)
The film accurately depicts technologies that were considered modern at the time but seem amusingly primitive today (e.g.
Adding to the realism is the use of archive footage in Jim McKay’s coverage of the tragedy
But the highlight of any thriller is the screenplay and direction by Tim Fehlbaum, which keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the film.
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 the tape of Jennings talking about the Olympic village).
