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Munich (2005) -- Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tony Kushner (screenplay) and
Eric Roth (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 January 2006 (USA) more
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The world was watching in 1972 as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This is the story of what happened next.
Plot:
Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 21 nominations more
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(131 articles)
The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 8 December 2009, 10:25 PM, PST)

Spielberg No Longer Remaking ‘Harvey’
 (From Screen Rant. 4 December 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)

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A Half Cooked Masterpiece more (773 total)

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Also Known As:
Munich (Canada: French title) (France)
Steven Spielberg's Munich (Australia)
Untitled 1972 Munich Olympics Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.
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164 min | Philippines:163 min (cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
When Avner meets with Andreas and Yvonne to find contacts, he asks them if they are Baader-Meinhof or the Red Army Fraction. Andreas is played by German actor Moritz Bleibtreu. While it's never clearly explained if the Andreas in question is intended to be Andreas Baader, Bleibtreu also later played the role of Andreas Baader (with a very similar haircut and beard) in the German production Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008). more
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Anachronisms: Outside the hotel in London, a taxi goes over a speed bump, which wouldn't have been there in the 1970s. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
American Athlete: Hey! Oh! Shame, shame! Closing down the beer garden. 100 meter dash powered by knackwurst and lager.
American Athlete: Where are you guys from?
American Athlete: What is your event?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Knocked Up (2007) more
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Papa Was a Rollin' Stone more

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Did Hans kill himself?
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367 out of 552 people found the following comment useful.
A Half Cooked Masterpiece, 23 December 2005
8/10
Author: marcosaguado from Los Angeles, USA

Steven Spielberg has absolutely everything at his disposal, he can make an epic in no time at all. But, even he must know that films, most films have a soul and that can't be rushed. Why the need to rush this film into screens? For Oscar consideration? If there was a film that needed nurturing and thought was this one. The length is a flaw in itself. It makes it appear self indulgent and, quite frankly,annoying. If one could, and one should, put that aside, "Munich" is a remarkable experience. Tony Kushner and Eric Roth deal with people in all its complexity - a welcome new detail in a Spielberg film - and that gives "Munich" its most powerful aspect. Eric Bana is extraordinary and the humanity of his gaze is confusing and recognizable at the same time. His crying at hearing his child's voice over the phone is as real as his hardness when he massacres his targets. The controversy raising after the first public screenings seems pre-fabricated by a marketing machine. The questioning of Bana's character and the appalling nature of revenge can't be controversial it's at the base of human nature. To call Spielberg "no friend of Israel" is as absurd as it is suspicious. No, this movie is a thriller, based on actual events, directed by the greatest craftsman of the last 30 years in a record amount of time. Go see it.

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