One Day In September
1999
One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 innocent athletes hostage, the .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Douglas |
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| Director | Kevin Macdonald |
| Genres | Documentary |
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One Day In September
One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 innocent athletes hostage, the tension-filled negotiations that followed and the shocking conclusion at a German airport that stunned the world. Featuring the frightening perspective of the only surviving terrorist and revelatory facts about what really happened on that dark night.
| Starring | Michael Douglas |
|---|---|
| Director | Kevin Macdonald |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 29 May 2006 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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A worthy winner of an Oscar for Best Documentary, this dynamic, polemical account of the Black December terrorist... read more on Time Out
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13 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Wake me up when September ends
If you don't leave this documentary wide-eyed and slack-jawed by the stupidity of political madness you're as dumb as any other person that ignores this fascinating and deeply moving film. A tragic loss of life.
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- hush1977 from Market Harborough
- Posted 03 Jun 2006 21:56
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
An educational watch
I quite enjoyed this story and found it very well documented.
However I was amazed by the complete incompetence of the German authorities when it came to attempting a rescue of the Israeli athletes and this you will see at various times throughout the footage.
If you like true life, informative and interesting documentaries then you will no doubt enjoy this but be prepared to be Gob smacked by the bumbling and sheer madness of the so called German rescue team! -
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