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One Day In September (1999)
One Day In September
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Editor:Justine Wright
Length: 94 Mins
Genre: Documentary
This heart pounding, Oscar winning Documentary puts together the tale of what happened at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. On September 5th at 4.30am, a group of Palestinian terrorist broke into the Olympic Village and armed with automatic weapons took 11 Israeli athletes hostage. By 3am on September 6th, most all of them were dead.
Director Kevin MacDonald (Touching The Void) spent years researching and gathering all available information and footage of this needlessly blood soaked 24 hrs. The story is told entirely with actual footage from the day and combined with interviews of all principal players, including the one surviving terrorist.
The tale unfolds and we relive this dark moment in history with those who lived through it. Solemnly Narrated by Michael Douglas and assembled for maximum tension. Cut to some of the finest music of the era (Led Zepplin, Deep Purple etc)
John Doe says:(9/10)
When I walked out of the cinema after seeing this for the first time I was speechless.One Day In September is urgently paced, the editing and awe inspiring footage made this an experience impossible to shake.
An editing tour de force, squirm inducing pacing cut with an eye for detail. I was overwhelmed with some of what I was seeing. One sequence features raw shots of swat style snipers crawling across the roof directly above the hostage situation. Meanwhile terrorists stick there heads out the window and a helicopter swoops down between buildings.
It’s all gut crunchingly real and it’s something that all the FX dollars in the world can not recreate, reality. The vicious Manhunt that followed these events was the subject of Steven Spielberg’s Munich.
Those who don’t know the story will be chewing there fingernails. If, like me you’re a reader of history, or were alive when it happened, the style may seem a little heavy handed but the experience is no less affecting.
The DVD
A must for any documentary collection, the transfer is crisp and clear. Real shame there are no extras to speak of. Some additional footage and deleted material would have been nice. Fortunately there have been many books written about the subject and its aftermath.
Genre: Documentary
This heart pounding, Oscar winning Documentary puts together the tale of what happened at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. On September 5th at 4.30am, a group of Palestinian terrorist broke into the Olympic Village and armed with automatic weapons took 11 Israeli athletes hostage. By 3am on September 6th, most all of them were dead.
Director Kevin MacDonald (Touching The Void) spent years researching and gathering all available information and footage of this needlessly blood soaked 24 hrs. The story is told entirely with actual footage from the day and combined with interviews of all principal players, including the one surviving terrorist.
The tale unfolds and we relive this dark moment in history with those who lived through it. Solemnly Narrated by Michael Douglas and assembled for maximum tension. Cut to some of the finest music of the era (Led Zepplin, Deep Purple etc)
John Doe says:(9/10)
When I walked out of the cinema after seeing this for the first time I was speechless.One Day In September is urgently paced, the editing and awe inspiring footage made this an experience impossible to shake.
An editing tour de force, squirm inducing pacing cut with an eye for detail. I was overwhelmed with some of what I was seeing. One sequence features raw shots of swat style snipers crawling across the roof directly above the hostage situation. Meanwhile terrorists stick there heads out the window and a helicopter swoops down between buildings.
It’s all gut crunchingly real and it’s something that all the FX dollars in the world can not recreate, reality. The vicious Manhunt that followed these events was the subject of Steven Spielberg’s Munich.
Those who don’t know the story will be chewing there fingernails. If, like me you’re a reader of history, or were alive when it happened, the style may seem a little heavy handed but the experience is no less affecting.
The DVD
A must for any documentary collection, the transfer is crisp and clear. Real shame there are no extras to speak of. Some additional footage and deleted material would have been nice. Fortunately there have been many books written about the subject and its aftermath.
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One Day in September is essential viewing IMO. To understand the past, is to improve the future.