One Day in September (1999)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Kevin Macdonald

Release Date:

24 August 2000 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

The Palestinian terrorist group Black September holds Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.

Plot Keywords:

Olympics | Palestinian | Hostage | Munich Olympics | Munich Germany

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Himself / Narrator (voice)
Ankie Spitzer	...	Herself
Jamal Al Gashey	...	Himself
Gerald Seymour	...	Himself
Axel Springer	...	Himself
Gad Zahari	...	Himself
Shmuel Lalkin	...	Himself
Manfred Schreiber	...	Himself
Walter Troger	...	Himself
Ulrich K. Wegener	...	Himself
Hans-Dietrich Genscher	...	Himself
Schlomit Romajo	...	Herself
Magdi Gahary	...	Himself
Zvi Zamir	...	Himself
Dan Shillon	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Ein Tag im September (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for some graphic violent images

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Switzerland | Germany | UK

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Passion Pictures

Quotes:

Jim McKay: When I was a kid my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said there were eleven hostages; two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone.

Movie Connections:

Features "Munich 1972: Games of the XX Olympiad" (1972)

Soundtrack:

Reting's Eyes

I remember...

One of my strongest memories of my grandparents farm was of watching the 1972 Olympics on their TV while vacationing there. I have faint memories of the tragedy that transpired thirty odd years ago and watching this documentary brings it all back for me.

This is one of the best documentaries out there. It tells simply and clearly what happened and why. Using both news footage of the event and interviews conducted recently, amazingly the interviews include one with the only surviving terrorist who is now in hiding, this story tells the tale completely and compellingly. You get sucked into it even though you know whats going to happen, or think you do. The amazing thing about this film is that even if you know what happened it still manages to surprise you with new information that wasn't available before.

This is a sad story told compellingly.