One Day in September
starring: Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer
directed by: Kevin Macdonald
directed by: Kevin Macdonald
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The 1999 academy award winning documentary feature provides explosive new insights into the 1972 munich massacre the horrendous murders of eleven israeli athletes by a group of palestinian extremists. Special features: talent files: bonus trailers: interactive menus: production notes and much more.Studio: Sony Pictures Home EntRelease Date: 04/24/2001Starring: Narrated By Michael DouglasRun time: 94 minutesRating: RDirector: Kevin Macdonald
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On September 5, 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine others hostage at the Munich Olympic Village. The event stopped the games, gripped the world, and perhaps for the first time fully illustrated the volatile state of affairs in the Mideast to the world. Kevin Macdonald's 1999 Academy Award(r)-winning documentary painstakingly reconstructs the events, shedding light on what the world saw on television with the exasperating revelation of behind-the-scenes blunders.
This visceral, tense film uses riveting news footage to great effect, weaving in affecting interviews. Macdonald mourns the deaths of the innocent Olympic hostages and dutifully gives a voice to the Palestinian cause through interviews with Jamal al-Gashey, the only survivor of the eight terrorists, who briefly came out of hiding for the film. He earnestly but half-heartedly sketches a picture of the social and political situation that fueled the act, reserving his anger for the grossly unprepared German police force. The tragedy that erupted at the Fürstenfeldbruck air base becomes all the more upsetting in light of the incompetence and unforgivable mistakes: botched rescues, poor planning, bad intelligence, and lack of contingency plans. Even the irresponsibility of the media circus gets off lightly. It's a sobering, angering, often frustrating piece of non-fiction cinema, a thorough piece of historical research brought to life with an angry immediacy. Macdonald simply doesn't know what lessons to draw from it all. --Sean Axmaker
The 1999 academy award winning documentary feature provides explosive new insights into the 1972 munich massacre the horrendous murders of eleven israeli athletes by a group of palestinian extremists. Special features: talent files: bonus trailers: interactive menus: production notes and much more.Studio: Sony Pictures Home EntRelease Date: 04/24/2001Starring: Narrated By Michael DouglasRun time: 94 minutesRating: RDirector: Kevin Macdonald
Amazon.com essential video:
On September 5, 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine others hostage at the Munich Olympic Village. The event stopped the games, gripped the world, and perhaps for the first time fully illustrated the volatile state of affairs in the Mideast to the world. Kevin Macdonald's 1999 Academy Award(r)-winning documentary painstakingly reconstructs the events, shedding light on what the world saw on television with the exasperating revelation of behind-the-scenes blunders.
This visceral, tense film uses riveting news footage to great effect, weaving in affecting interviews. Macdonald mourns the deaths of the innocent Olympic hostages and dutifully gives a voice to the Palestinian cause through interviews with Jamal al-Gashey, the only survivor of the eight terrorists, who briefly came out of hiding for the film. He earnestly but half-heartedly sketches a picture of the social and political situation that fueled the act, reserving his anger for the grossly unprepared German police force. The tragedy that erupted at the Fürstenfeldbruck air base becomes all the more upsetting in light of the incompetence and unforgivable mistakes: botched rescues, poor planning, bad intelligence, and lack of contingency plans. Even the irresponsibility of the media circus gets off lightly. It's a sobering, angering, often frustrating piece of non-fiction cinema, a thorough piece of historical research brought to life with an angry immediacy. Macdonald simply doesn't know what lessons to draw from it all. --Sean Axmaker
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- 3 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Though its soundtrack choices are bizarre and inappropriate at times (Deep Purple during a montage of death?), One Day in September does an excellent job mixing interviews with computer simulations and archive footage to not only display what happened during the Munich atrocity, but also to point the finger of blame.
Rating: 
- The real "Munich" is surprisingly boring
Another reviewer called this film "tense" and "visceral." I agree only with one of those adjectives -- visceral.The movie just doesn't move fast enough to keep the typical viewer's attention.Overall, good movie to see to remind yourself of the world that was, and still is, but it won't keep you on the edge of your seat.
Rating: - This could be you and yours
There is much about this film that will revolt you: the way the film-makers try to be "even and balanced" by giving Jama Al Gashey (the surviving terrorist) yet another chance to portray himself as a hero; the way a German politician looks the camera in the eye and proclaims that he "liked Issa" (the negotiator for the terrorists and arguably the most revolting man of the lot); the non-stop laughter from another German politician which starts when he recounts that the Israelis wanted to send a team ... Read More
Rating: 
- Terror of an Olympic Proportion
I was in college from 1970-74 and I missed out on a lot of news during those years primarily because I rarely ever watched TV then.(There were far too many other things to do).I saw "Apollo 13" and wondered, Wow! When did that happen?Of course, when I realized it was during that time frame, I understood just how cut off I was.The Munich Olympics did not entirely escape my attention but I wasn't exactly an expert on the subject either.That is why I enjoyed the documentary "One Day in September" ... Read More
Rating: - Profoundly disturbing, but unfortunately a true story...
I already knew about the horrible events of the Munich games and the deaths of the Israeli athletes at the hands of the fanatic Palestinians, but I was not aware that there were many opportunites to save the Israeli team, but were horribly bungled by the Germans.
This tragedy was preventable, but due to gross mishandling of this incident by the German authorities, every single Israeli hostage was killed.
This documentary will upset you, move you, anger you and ultimately make you ... Read More
- 3 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Though its soundtrack choices are bizarre and inappropriate at times (Deep Purple during a montage of death?), One Day in September does an excellent job mixing interviews with computer simulations and archive footage to not only display what happened during the Munich atrocity, but also to point the finger of blame.
- The real "Munich" is surprisingly boringAnother reviewer called this film "tense" and "visceral." I agree only with one of those adjectives -- visceral.The movie just doesn't move fast enough to keep the typical viewer's attention.Overall, good movie to see to remind yourself of the world that was, and still is, but it won't keep you on the edge of your seat.
- This could be you and yoursThere is much about this film that will revolt you: the way the film-makers try to be "even and balanced" by giving Jama Al Gashey (the surviving terrorist) yet another chance to portray himself as a hero; the way a German politician looks the camera in the eye and proclaims that he "liked Issa" (the negotiator for the terrorists and arguably the most revolting man of the lot); the non-stop laughter from another German politician which starts when he recounts that the Israelis wanted to send a team ... Read More
- Terror of an Olympic ProportionI was in college from 1970-74 and I missed out on a lot of news during those years primarily because I rarely ever watched TV then.(There were far too many other things to do).I saw "Apollo 13" and wondered, Wow! When did that happen?Of course, when I realized it was during that time frame, I understood just how cut off I was.The Munich Olympics did not entirely escape my attention but I wasn't exactly an expert on the subject either.That is why I enjoyed the documentary "One Day in September" ... Read More
- Profoundly disturbing, but unfortunately a true story...I already knew about the horrible events of the Munich games and the deaths of the Israeli athletes at the hands of the fanatic Palestinians, but I was not aware that there were many opportunites to save the Israeli team, but were horribly bungled by the Germans.
This tragedy was preventable, but due to gross mishandling of this incident by the German authorities, every single Israeli hostage was killed.
This documentary will upset you, move you, anger you and ultimately make you ... Read More
