Munich (2005)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers (WGA):

Tony Kushner (screenplay) and
Eric Roth (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

6 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller

Tagline:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Mossad | Olympics | Munich | Terrorist | Palestinian

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 21 nominations

Cast

Eric Bana	...	Avner
Daniel Craig	...	Steve
Ciarán Hinds	...	Carl
Mathieu Kassovitz	...	Robert
Hanns Zischler	...	Hans
Ayelet Zurer	...	Daphna
Geoffrey Rush	...	Ephraim
Gila Almagor	...	Avner's Mother
Michael Lonsdale	...	Papa
Mathieu Amalric	...	Louis
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Andreas
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	Sylvie
Meret Becker	...	Yvonne
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Jeanette the Dutch Assassin
Yvan Attal	...	Tony - Andreas' Friend
Ami Weinberg	...	General Zamir
Lynn Cohen	...	Golda Meir
Amos Lavi	...	General Yariv (as Amos Lavie)
Moshe Ivgy	...	Mike Harari
Michael Warshaviak	...	Attorney General Meir Shamgar
Ohad Shahar	...	Minister (as Ohad Shachar)
Rafael Tabor	...	Minister
Sharon Alexander	...	General Nadev (as Sharon Cohen Alexander)
Samuel Calderon	...	General Hofi (as Shmuel Calderon)
Oded Teomi	...	Mossad Accountant
Alon Abutbul	...	Israeli Soldier with Zamir
Makram Khoury	...	Wael Zwaiter
Yigal Naor	...	Mahmoud Hamshari (as Igal Naor)
Hiam Abbass	...	Marie Claude Hamshari
Mouna Soualem	...	Amina Hamshari
Mostefa Djadjam	...	Hussein Abad Al-Chir
Assi Cohen	...	Newlywed Man
Lisa Werlinder	...	Newlywed Bride
Djemel Barek	...	Zaid Muchassi (as Djemal Barek)
Dirar Suleiman	...	Abu Youssef (as Derar Suleiman)
Ziad Adwan	...	Kemal Adwan
Bijan Daneshmand	...	Kamal Nasser
Rim Turkhi	...	Adwan's Wife (as Rim Turki)
Jonathan Rozen	...	Ehud Barak
Jonathan Uziel	...	Commando
Guy Zoaretz	...	Commando (as Guy Zu-Aretz)
Yossi Sagie	...	Commando
Liron Levo	...	Commando
Ohad Knoller	...	Commando
Charley Gilleran	...	Commando / Arab Guard (as Charley H. Gilleran)
Lyes Salem	...	Arab Guard
Carim Messalti	...	Arab Guard
Hichem Yacoubi	...	Arab Guard
Omar Mostafa	...	Arab Guard
Mahmoud Zemmouri	...	Older Lebanese Man
Souad Amidou	...	Yussef's Wife
Amrou Alkadhi	...	Yussef's Son
Omar Metwally	...	Ali
Nasser Memarzia	...	Older Palestinian
Abdelhafid Metalsi	...	Palestinian in 30s
Karim Quayouh	...	Young Palestinian (as Karim Qayouh)
Mihalis Giannatos	...	Hotel Aristides Porter
Faruk Pruti	...	KGB Liaison
Rad Lazar	...	KGB Liaison
Laurence Février	...	Papa's Wife
Habir Yahya	...	Girl with Papa
Mehdi Nebbou	...	Ali Hassan Salameh
Hicham Nazzal	...	Salameh Guard
Lemir Guerfa	...	Salameh Guard
Hisham Silman	...	Salameh Guard
Brian Goodman	...	Belligerent American
Richard Brake	...	Belligerent American
Robert John Burke	...	Belligerent American
Yehuda Levi	...	Tel Aviv Airport Soldier
Danny Zahavi	...	Tel Aviv Airport Soldier
Itay Barnea	...	Israeli Deputy Consul NY
Elyse Klaits	...	Israeli Consulate Secretary
Nabil Yajjou	...	Young Tarifa Guard
Karim Saleh	...	Issa - Luttif Afif / Mohammed Massalha
Merik Tadros	...	Tony 'The Cowboy' - Yusuf Nazzal
Mousa Kraish	...	Badran - Mohammed Safady
Karim Saidi	...	Denawi - Adnan Al-Gashey
Moa Khouas	...	Samir - Jamal Al-Gashey (as Mohammed Khouas)
David Ali Hamade	...	Paulo - Afif Ahmed Hamid
Ben Youcef	...	Salah - Khalid Jawad
Sami Samir	...	Abu Halla - Ahmed Chic Thaa
Guri Weinberg	...	Moshe Weinberg
Sam Feuer	...	Yossef Romano
Sabi Dorr	...	Yossef Gutfreund
Wojciech Machnicki	...	Tuvia Sokolovsky
David Feldman	...	Kehat Shorr
Ori Pfeffer	...	Andre Spitzer
Shmuel Edelman	...	Yacov Springer (as Shmuel Edleman)
Joseph Sokolsky	...	Amitzur Shapira
Lior Perel	...	David Berger
Ossie Beck	...	Eliezer Halfin
Guy Amir	...	Mark Slavin
Haguy Wigdor	...	Ze'ev Friedman
Jonathan Avigdori	...	Gad Tsabari (as Roy Avigdori)
Kevin Collins	...	American Athlete
Daniel Bess	...	American Athlete
Baya Belal	...	Palestinian Woman Watching TV
Ula Tabari	...	Palestinian Woman Watching TV
Saïda Bekkouche	...	Aida Refugee Camp Woman
Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari	...	Aida Refugee Camp Woman (as Fettouma Bouamari)
Alexander Beyer	...	German Reporter in Munich Underground
Amos Shoov	...	Male Israeli News Anchor (as Amos Shoub)
Rana Werbin	...	Female Israeli News Anchor
Jane Garioni	...	Italian Girl in Car
Félicité Du Jeu	...	Young Swiss Bank Official
Gil Soriano	...	Younger Man in Haifa Bar
Mordechai Ben-Shachar	...	Older Man in Haifa Bar (as Mordechai Ben Shachar)
Amani Zain	...	Palestinian Teacher
Leda Mansour	...	Palestinian Teacher
Sasha Spielberg	...	Young Israeli Woman Watching TV
Renana Raz	...	Israeli Woman Watching TV
Hagit Dasberg-Shamul	...	Israeli Woman Watching TV
Patrick Kennedy	...	English Reporter in Munich Underground
Stéphane Freiss	...	French Reporter in Munich Underground
Arturo Arribas	...	Spanish Reporter in Munich Underground
Yaron Motola	...	Israeli Reporter in Munich Underground (as Yaron Josef Motolla)
Jalil Naciri	...	Arab Reporter in Munich Underground
Martin Ontrop	...	Camera Crew at Munich
Joram Voelklein	...	Camera Crew at Munich
Michael Schenk	...	Photographer at Munich
Andreas Lust	...	News Crew at Fürstenfeldbruck
Tom Wlaschiha	...	News Crew at Fürstenfeldbruck
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Xavier Bonastre	...	Passer-by in Paris (uncredited)
Vincent Bowen	...	Silhouette (uncredited)
Jaymes Butler	...	Belligerent American (uncredited)
María Casal	...	(uncredited)
Arthur Chazal	...	Young Boy (uncredited)
Greg D'Agostino	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Geoffrey Dowell	...	Israeli News Anchor (uncredited)
Sonia Hell	...	Passer-by in Paris (uncredited)
Amelia Jacob	...	Young Girl (uncredited)
Arnaud Marciszewer	...	Young Boy (uncredited)
Rob McCabe	...	American Athlete (uncredited)
George Mendel	...	Bar Staff in Budapest (uncredited)
Sarah Mennell	...	Caroline Smith (uncredited)
Ben O'Brien	...	Businessman in London Bar (uncredited)
Léo Paget	...	Young boy (uncredited)
Lucas Sehili	...	Young Boy (uncredited)
Samy Sehili	...	Young Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Steven Spielberg

Writing credits (WGA)
Tony Kushner		(screenplay) and
Eric Roth		(screenplay)
George Jonas		(book "Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team")

Produced by
Kathleen Kennedy	....	producer
Barry Mendel	....	producer
Vincent Servant	....	assistant producer
Steven Spielberg	....	producer
Colin Wilson	....	producer

Original Music by
John Williams

Cinematography by
Janusz Kaminski

Film Editing by
Michael Kahn

Casting by
Lucky Englander
Fritz Fleischhacker
Jina Jay

Production Design by
Rick Carter

Art Direction by
Rod McLean		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
John Bush

Costume Design by
Joanna Johnston

Makeup Department
Nicola Buck	....	crowd makeup artist: Budapest
Paul Engelen	....	key makeup artist
Carl Fullerton	....	key makeup artist: New York
Marcelle Genovese	....	hairdresser: Malta
Hilary Haines	....	hair stylist
Judit Halász	....	crowd hairdresser: Budapest
Katalin Jakots	....	crowd makeup artist: Budapest (as Kati Jakots)
Deborah Jarvis	....	hair stylist
Melissa Lackersteen	....	first assistant makeup artist
Craig Lindberg	....	makeup artist: New York
Alain Luzy	....	key hairdresser: Paris
Gabi Nemeth	....	crowd hairdresser: Budapest (as Gabriella Nemeth)
Balázs Novák	....	makeup artist
Rossana Parker	....	makeup artist (as Rosanna Parker)
Paula Price	....	hair stylist
Florence Roumieu	....	key makeup artist: Paris
Neal Scanlan	....	prosthetics makeup supervisor
Kenneth Walker	....	key hair stylist: New York (as Ken Walker)
Julia Wilson	....	makeup artist
Jeremy Woodhead	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
John Bernard	....	production supervisor
Gilles Castera	....	production manager: Hungary & France
Aneta Cebula	....	unit manager
Maxime Couteret	....	assistant unit manager
Mike Fantasia	....	production supervisor
Christophe Fustini	....	assistant unit manager
Ian Hickinbotham	....	unit production manager
Stephanie Ito	....	post-production supervisor
Colas Jourdain	....	assistant unit manager
Peter Seres	....	production manager
Jérôme Servant	....	unit manager
Denis L. Stewart	....	unit production manager: prep
Tamás Zákonyi S.	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Colin Azzopardi	....	third assistant director: Malta
Paul Bennett	....	third assistant director
Jerome Borenstein	....	first assistant director: Paris (as Jérome Borenstein)
Ali Cherkaoui	....	second assistant director: Paris
William Dodds	....	co-second assistant director (as Will Dodds)
Pierre Ellul	....	second second assistant director
Sean Farrell	....	dga trainee: New York
Gergely Fülöp	....	third assistant director: Budapest (as Gergo Fülöp)
Zsuzsa Gurban	....	first assistant director: Budapest (as Zsuzsa Gurbán)
Emma Horton	....	key second assistant director
Ariane Lacan	....	third assistant director: Paris
Eric Richard Lasko	....	second second assistant director: New York (as Eric Lasko)
Gary S. Rake	....	additional second assistant director: New York (as Gary Rake)
Adam Somner	....	first assistant director
Ian Stone	....	second assistant director: New York
Tamás Vass	....	second assistant director: Budapest
Kevin J. Walsh	....	third assistant director (as Kevin Walsh)
Guilhem Malgoire	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Alan Bailey	....	property master
Adrienn Baranyai	....	assistant set dresser
Joel Barkow	....	property master: New York
Edit Blaumann	....	art department production assistant
Ino Bonello	....	art director: Malta
Lino Chetcuti	....	signwriter
Steve Christensen	....	archivist
Liz Colbert	....	graphic designer
Robert Cowper	....	assistant art director: Budapest
Judit Csák	....	assistant art director: Budapest
Tamás Csoóry	....	draftsman: Budapest
Mike Cuddy	....	props storeman: Malta
George DeTitta Jr.	....	set decorator: New York (as George De Titta Jr.)
Laura Dishington	....	graphic designer
Stephen Dobric	....	stand-by art director
Mark Anthony Ellul	....	second prop buyer
Gerard V. Engrassia	....	set dresser
Jools Faiers	....	graphic designer
Tony Fanning	....	art director: Budapest
Kasra Farahani	....	hair and makeup illustrator
Dean Fisher	....	on-set dressing
Tamás Gál	....	key assistant construction manager
Peter Gantner	....	set dresser
Alex Gorodetsky	....	charge scenic artist
Scott Herbertson	....	set designer
Gyula Herjeczki	....	construction coordinator
Christian Huband	....	assistant set decorator: Malta
Timothy Joliat	....	on-set dresser: New York
Georges Kafian	....	graphic designer
Slemer Karolina	....	art department coordinator
Géza Kerti	....	assistant art director: Budapest
Heesoo Kim	....	assistant art director: New York
Paul Kirby	....	assistant art director: Malta (as Paul Kirkby)
Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner	....	model maker
Attila Kiss	....	stand-by props: Budapest
József Kiss	....	construction manager
Balázs Kóczán	....	art department runner
Magdi Kondorosi	....	assistant set dresser
Maddy Lederman	....	props
Rick Marr	....	special property designer
Szalay Marton	....	set dresser
Christine Mayer	....	assistant set decorator: New York (as Chrissy Mayer)
Iain McFadyen	....	art director: Malta
Zsuzsanna Mehrli	....	assistant to set decorator
Andrew Menzies	....	art director: Budapest
Johanna Muench	....	set decoration buyer: Germany
Gábor Nagy	....	set dresser: Budapest
Sándor Nagy	....	stand-by props: Budapest
Sophie Newman	....	assistant set decorator: Budapest
Tibor Nyári	....	set dressing runner
Imre Nyéky	....	assistant to production designer
Wesley Peppiatt	....	prop supervisor
Gábor Posewitz	....	props buyer: Budapest
Jean-Yves Rabier	....	assistant art director: Paris
Peter Regnier	....	set dresser
Daniel Rosenfeld	....	scenic shopman
Zsolt Sajgó	....	construction coordinator
Kyle Salvatore	....	greensperson
Anne Seibel	....	art director: Paris
Dylan Sheridan	....	set dresser
Tom Still	....	assistant art director: Budapest
Lucinda Sturgis	....	production buyer
David Swayze	....	art director: New York
Gábor Szabó	....	props
János Szabolcs	....	art director: Budapest
Krisztina Szilágyi	....	assistant art director: Budapest
Kinga Trimmel	....	assistant property master
Jean-Charles Venet	....	assistant set decorator: Paris
Karen Wakefield	....	stand-by art director
Rachael Weinzimer	....	assistant property master: New York
Jeff Wisniewsky	....	assistant art director: Budapest
Mickey Woolfson	....	chargehand stand-by props
Robert Zorella	....	art department coordinator: New York
Mario L. Cassar	....	props electrician (uncredited)
Charlo Dalli	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Chris DeTitta	....	leadman: New York (uncredited)
Péter Kovács	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)
Cameron Matheson	....	set dressing gangboss: re-shoot (uncredited)
Zoltan Moll	....	assistant to the art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Alexander Beddow	....	adr re-recording mixer (as Alex Beddow)
Alexander Beddow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Berger	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Robert Bonello	....	sound assistant: Malta
Karen Brocco	....	assistant dialogue editor (as Karen A. Brocco)
Ben Burtt	....	sound designer
Ben Burtt	....	supervising sound editor
John Casali	....	boom operator
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	foley editor
Coya Elliott	....	assistant sound effects editor
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Csongor Fazekas	....	assistant sound
Andre Fenley	....	supervising assistant sound editor (as André Fenley)
Sylvain Gage	....	adr re-recording mixer
Pascal Garneau	....	apprentice sound editor
Jeanne Gilliland	....	boom operator
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr re-recording mixer
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr re-recording mixer
Noah Katz	....	second assistant adr editor
Bruce Lacey	....	adr editor
Barbara McBane	....	adr editor
Marilyn McCoppen	....	dialogue editor
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant adr editor
Al Nelson	....	sound effects editor
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Nutt	....	adr editor
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Gene Radzik	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Charleen Richards	....	adr re-recording mixer (as Charleen Steeves)
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Gary Rizzo	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
William Sarokin	....	sound mixer: New York
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Sellers	....	foley editor
Vincent Servant	....	boom operator
Denis St. Amand	....	re-recording engineer
David Stephenson	....	sound mixer
Ewa Sztompke	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Ewa Sztompke-Oatfield)
Addison Teague	....	sound effects editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Matthew Wood	....	sound design recordist
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising adr editor

Special Effects by
Connie Brink	....	special effects coordinator: New York
Frederick Buhagiar	....	special effects technician: Malta
Joseph Calleja	....	special effects technician: Malta (as Joe Calleja)
Kenneth Cassar	....	special effects technician: Malta
Paul Clancy	....	special effects senior technician
Gábor Csákovics	....	armourer
Jeff Cunningham	....	special effects technician: Budapest
Keith Dawson	....	special effects technician
Michael Dawson	....	special effects assistant supervisor (as Mike Dawson)
Ferenc Deák	....	special effects supervisor: Budapest
Charles Debattista	....	special effects technician: Malta
Raymond Debono	....	special effects technician: Malta
Pascal Declercq	....	special effects coordinator: Paris
Grégoire Delage	....	key special effects: Paris
Paul Dimmer	....	special effects technician
Tony Edwards	....	special effects technician
Jody Eltham	....	special effects technician
Terry Flowers	....	special effects technician
Andy Garner	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects floor supervisor
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects technician (as Alex Gunn)
Matthew Johnson	....	special effects technician
Zsolt Kindl	....	special effects technician: Budapest
Gyula Krasnyánszky	....	pyrotechnician: Budapest
Jason Leinster	....	special effects technician
Jason Leinster	....	special effects wireman
Ian Lowe	....	special effects senior technician
David McGeary	....	special effects technician
Keith Shannon	....	special effects technician
Zoltan Varkonyi	....	special effects technician: Budapest
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects technician
David Watson	....	special effects technician
David Watson Jr.	....	special effects technician
Hayley J. Williams	....	special effects technician (as Hayley Williams)
Joss Williams	....	special effects supervisor
Victoria Williams	....	special effects technician
Ashley Yallop	....	special effects technician
Chris Clarke	....	mechanical prop designer (uncredited)
Rick Marr	....	mechanical prop designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christian Alzmann	....	digital artist
Lance Baetkey	....	digital paint/roto supervisor
Jamie Baxter	....	compositor
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor
Grady Cofer	....	associate visual effects supervisor
Jay Cooper	....	digital artist
Sam Dabbs	....	compositor
David M. Gray	....	visual effects production coordinator (as David Gray)
Pablo Helman	....	visual effects supervisor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Gretchen Libby	....	visual effects producer
Jake Maymudes	....	digital artist
Darin McCormick-Millett	....	digital opticals producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Sébastien Moreau	....	Inferno artist: ILM
Erin D. O'Connor	....	visual effects production assistant
Anthony Pitone	....	visual effects editor
Chad Taylor	....	Inferno artist
Alex Tropiec Jr.	....	Inferno artist: ILM
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor
Kevin May	....	Sabre artist (uncredited)
Michael Rich	....	assistant digital effects artist: ILM (uncredited)
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Digital Intermediate, Pacific Title (uncredited)

Stunts
Steve Abela	....	stunt performer
Wade Allen	....	stunts: tactical advisor
Faycal Attougui	....	stunts
Menyhért René Balog-Dutombé	....	stunt performer (as Menyhert Balog)
Sándor Boros	....	stunt performer
Bruce Cain	....	stunt performer
George Cottle	....	stunt performer
David Cronnelly	....	stunt rigger
Gabe Cronnelly	....	stunt coordinator
Sandor Czirjak	....	stunt performer
Nicholas Daines	....	stunt performer
Georgi Dimitrov	....	stunt performer (as George Dimitrov)
Geoffrey Dowell	....	stunt driver
Rick English	....	stunt performer
Glenn Foster	....	stunt performer
Kinga Gavalda	....	stunts
Albert Goldberg	....	stunt performer
R.D. Hansen	....	stunt performer
Sy Hollands	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Paul Jennings	....	stunt coordinator
Ivo Kehayov	....	stunt performer
Kalin Kerin	....	stunt performer
Krisztian Kery	....	stunt performer (as Kristian Kery)
Adam Kirley	....	stunt double: daniel craig
Roland Kollárszky	....	stunts
László Kósa	....	stunts
Emma Mac	....	stunt performer
Kai Martin	....	stunt performer
Nick McKinless	....	stunt performer
Lee Morrison	....	stunt performer
Daniel Naprous	....	stunt performer
Ray Nicholas	....	stunt performer
James O'Donnell	....	stunt performer (as James O'Dee)
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Domonkos Párdányi)
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt double: Avner (as Domonkos Párdányi)
Miklós Pardányi	....	stunt performer (as Miklos Pardanyi)
Radoslav Parvanov	....	stunt performer (as Radoslav Purbanov)
Peter Pedrero	....	stunt performer
Velizar Peev	....	stunts
Gábor Piroch	....	hungarian stunt supervisor: Budapest Unit
Dominic Preece	....	stunt performer
Nikovich Sammut	....	stunt performer
Ákos Schenek	....	stunts
Svilen Skerlev	....	stunt performer
Tom Struthers	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	stunt performer (as Kala Vodenitharov)
Reg Wayment	....	stunt performer
Steen Young	....	stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt double: Mathieu Kassovitz (uncredited)
Lou Horvath	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rowley Irlam	....	stunt double: Daniel Craig (uncredited)
Samantha MacIvor	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Cedric Proust	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Addison	....	rigging gaffer: New York
Bill Almeida	....	best boy electric: New York
Karen Ballard	....	still photographer
Adrian Bartolo	....	rigging electrician: Malta
Michael Bauman	....	gaffer
Antal Berger	....	best boy: Hungary
Gyorgy Berghoffer	....	rigging electrician: Hungary
Mike Bicknell	....	lamp operator: New York
Attila Bilik	....	rigging gaffer: Hungary
Marek Bojsza	....	electrician
Lamont Crawford	....	key grip: New York
Rebecca Cremona	....	video assist assistant
Michal Dabal	....	electric intern
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	best boy electric
Adrien Debackere	....	second assistant camera: France
Alessandro Di Meo	....	additional clapper loader: Budapest/Paris
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician
Mitch Dubin	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jean-Marc Dupuy	....	grip: France
Petr Dvorak	....	rigging electrician
David Elwell	....	lighting technician: New York
Kevin Fahey	....	rigging grip best boy
Pat Garrett	....	dolly grip
Shaun Gilbert	....	lamp operator: New York
Charley Gilleran	....	rigging key grip
Mario Grech	....	grip
Attila Hevesi	....	rigging electrician: Hungary
Gábor Hevesi	....	gaffer: Hungary
Vladimir Holzknecht	....	rigging gaffer
Róbert Jász	....	grip
Tom Jordan	....	second assistant camera
Scott Kincaid	....	lamp operator: New York
Alex Klabukov	....	grip
Alex Klabukov	....	key rigging grip: France
Zoltán Kristoffy	....	rigging key grip: Hungary
Norbert Kroó	....	generator operator
Tibor Kun	....	electrician
Mateusz Kuzniak	....	electrician
Jim Kwiatkowski	....	key grip
Gabor Laczkó	....	key grip: Hungary
Jarred Land	....	cinematographer: additional footage
Maciej Lisiecki	....	electrician
Patrick Lowry	....	best boy rigging grip: New York
Giulio Magnolia	....	assistant camera
Adrien Manant	....	electrician
John Mang	....	dolly grip
Jean-Philippe Marier	....	location best boy grip
Daniele Massaccesi	....	Steadicam operator
Daniele Massaccesi	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Mark McDevitt	....	assistant camera
Charlie McIntyre	....	rigging gaffer: Hungary
Steven Meizler	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
István Ménkü	....	electrician
Piotr Michalski	....	electrician
Bogdan Modzelewski	....	electrician
Marek Modzelewski	....	electrician
Adam Napora	....	electrician
Michal Obloza	....	electrician
Michael Panevics	....	chief fixtures rigging electrician
James Parsons	....	camera production assistant: camera, New York
Pal Perlaki	....	rigging electrician: Hungary
Earl Perque	....	best boy grip
Viktor Racsek	....	rigging electrician
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
Jim Richards	....	gaffer: New York
Ryan Rodriguez	....	lamp operator: New York
Peter Russell	....	generator operator: New York
Werner Shelzig	....	rigging best boy
Pierson Silver	....	assistant camera: New York
Jeffrey P. Soderberg	....	chief rigging gaffer
Mark Spath	....	first assistant camera
József Szücs	....	electrician
Joel Tishcoff	....	rigging best boy electric: New York
Michael Tolochko	....	rigging electric best boy
Jozsef Torba	....	grip
Adrian Tujak	....	electrician
Andrew T. Watts	....	lamp operator: New York (as Andrew Watts)
Tibor Zambo	....	rigging electrician: Hungary

Casting Department
Rodica Alkalai	....	casting: Israel
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Dixie Chassay	....	casting assistant
Sándor Dénes	....	extras casting: Hungary
Elizabeth Dionne	....	casting manager
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Evy Figliolini	....	extras casting
Makis Gazis	....	casting: Greece
Bonello Gordon	....	assistant extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Robin Hudson	....	casting assistant
Hervé Jakubowicz	....	casting contact: France
Mari Makó	....	casting: Hungary
Juliette Ménager	....	casting contact: France
Marc Robert	....	casting contact: France
Eric Souliere	....	casting assistant
Terri Taylor	....	casting consultant
David M. Waldron	....	background casting associate: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pam Aaron	....	set costumer: New York
Nigel Boyd	....	assistant costume designer
Charlotte Child	....	costume assistant
Lee Clayton	....	costume cutter
Lee Clayton	....	tailor
Patricia Colin	....	wardrobe supervisor
Yvonne Zarb Cousin	....	costume supervisor: Malta
Sally Crees	....	costume assistant
Charlotte Finlay	....	costume supervisor
Gabe Gerber	....	costume assistant
Brendan Handscombe	....	wardrobe assistant
Mathieu Hennion	....	wardrobe assistant
Stephen Kill	....	costume breakdown
Stephen Kill	....	costume dyer
Linda Lashley	....	costumer
Hayley Nebauer	....	costume maker
Marcia Patten	....	costume supervisor: New York
David Paulin	....	costume ager/dyer
Amparo Pineiro	....	daily costume assistant
Lindsay Pugh	....	costume supervisor
Gabriella Schwarz	....	costumer
Laura Sewrey	....	assistant costume designer: New York City
Éva Vass	....	assistant costume designer
Krisztina Vavrinecz	....	costume supervisor
Peter White	....	key set costumer
Sheena Wichary	....	costume department coordinator
Susan J. Wright	....	costumer: New York
Dominic Young	....	costume cutter

Editorial Department
Samantha Becker	....	post-production coordinator
Andrew Blustain	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Martin Cohen	....	post-production executive
Patrick Crane	....	associate editor
Mike Cuevas	....	assistant editor
Kristóf Deák	....	editing department assistant
Mark Gillard	....	assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Andrew Lee	....	post-production assistant
Yvan Lucas	....	dailies timer
Michael Pedraza	....	post-production assistant
Silja Tõnisson	....	apprentice editor
Michael Trent	....	assistant editor
Michael T. Wilson	....	assistant editor
Sam Seig	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Ramiro Belgardt	....	music editor
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Steve Erdody	....	musician: cello solos (as Steven Erdody)
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Edward Karam	....	orchestrator
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Kathy Nelson	....	executive in charge of music: Universal Pictures
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Joel Sill	....	music consultant
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor (as Ken Wannberg)
Robert Wolff	....	scoring crew (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim	....	picture vehicle assistant coordinator: France
Gábor Bársony	....	picture vehicle assistant
Soma Benke	....	assistant transportation coordinator
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle technician
Nicolas Coatantiée	....	driver
Henry Dray	....	transportation captain
Charles Heidet	....	action vehicle coordinator
Yann Jouannic	....	driver: cast, France
Graham Kelly	....	picture vehicle supervisor
Peter Knob	....	driver: producer
Balazs Lengyel	....	picture vehicles
Patrick Thomas McManus	....	assistant picture vehicle coordinator
Szabolcs Mihályi	....	transportation captain (as Dr. Szabolcs Mihályi)
Grégoire Mouveau	....	transportation assistant: France
Boris Olomi	....	picture vehicle technician
Octave Raspail	....	production driver
Jérôme Servant	....	transportation coordinator
Zsolt Somogyi	....	unit transportation coordinator
Zoltán Szalay	....	assistant picture vehicle coordinator
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle technician
Alexandre Thiery	....	production driver: Paris (uncredited)

Other crew
Topaz Adizes	....	set production assistant
Tia Adrián	....	location coordinator
Pierre Agius	....	locations assistant
Wade Allen	....	tactical advisor
Rebecca Anastasi	....	production assistant
Simon Atherton	....	principal armorer
Imre Balázs	....	location manager
Berta Barbalics	....	office staff
Brian K. Barnes	....	location scout
István Bártfai	....	production assistant
Deborah Becker	....	second assistant accountant: New York
Jane Beck	....	accounting assistant
Bea Beliczai	....	production assistant
Csaba Benedek	....	security coordinator
Ben Bohling	....	assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Robin Borden	....	stand-in: Ayelet Zurer
Karla Bukantz	....	assistant production coordinator
Nick Carr	....	location production assistant
Frank Cattano	....	location assistant
Andrew Cavagnet	....	production assistant: New York
Kyle Cookmeyer	....	production assistant
Romain Courtine	....	assistant location manager
György Czutor	....	location manager
Sarah Delooz	....	assistant production coordinator
Antonin Depardieu	....	location manager: France
Morgan Develay	....	key lock-off productiion assistant
Veronika Dobos	....	location production assistant
Edina Dr. Varga	....	location production assistant
Tommy Dunne	....	assistant armorer
Neal Dusedau	....	assistant: Barry Mendel
Logan Wolfe Edler	....	set production assistant
Marty Elfalan	....	first assistant accountant
Joy Ellison	....	dialect coach: Mr. Bana
Wesley Ellul	....	production assistant
Iván Erõs	....	location manager
Lisa Jean Felski	....	post-production accountant
Krisztián Forgács	....	office runner
Mavis Formosa	....	assistant to production coordinator
Joseph Formosa Randon	....	assistant location manager: Malta
Kathryn C. Galberth	....	assistant travel coordinator
Charlie Galea	....	marine coordinator
Francesca Galea	....	production assistant
Julian Galea	....	personal assistant to producer
Joshua Cassar Gaspar	....	production assistant
Matthew Gatt	....	production assistant
Oorlagh George	....	assistant: Eric Bana, New York
Alexis Giraudeau	....	office production assistant: France
Kater Gordon	....	production assistant
Fabien Gourmelen	....	office runner
James Grant	....	additional location manager
Frédéric Greene	....	production controller: France
Justin Grizzoffi	....	production assistant
François Guillaume	....	stand-in: Michael Lonsdale, Paris
Susan Hegarty	....	dialect coach: Eric Bana, pre-production
Jacky Henser	....	talent agent
Kim Jackson	....	assistant production coordinator
Kim Jackson	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Ali James	....	assistant location manager
Ádám Jankovits	....	office staff
Géza Jánossy	....	caterer
Bobbie Johnson	....	financial controller
Arnaud Kaiser	....	facilities manager
Anna Karikás	....	location manager
Tamás Kertész	....	extras coordinator: Hungary
Amir Khan	....	production assistant
Alex Kirby	....	production assistant
Elyse Klaits	....	associate: Ms. Kennedy
David Koch	....	production assistant: New York
Bendegúz Körmöczi	....	animal handler
Balázs Kovács	....	extras coordinator
Barnabás Kovács	....	office runner
Eszter Kovács	....	accounting assistant
Kinga Kovacs	....	first assistant accountant
Gyorgy Kuntner	....	key location manager
Jan Kwiecinski	....	set production assistant
Christelle Lahaye	....	set production assistant
Péter László	....	production assistant
Amy Lo	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Elizabeth 'Lizzi' Lowell	....	publicity associate
Tamas Lukacs	....	set production assistant
Kristie Macosko	....	associate: Mr. Spielberg
Martha Magnuson	....	assistant: Mr. Mendel
Randy Manion	....	assistant location manager
Theresa Marsh	....	first assistant production accountant: New York
Donny Martino Jr.	....	key assistant location manager: Budapest
Matthew Mason	....	production assistant: New York
Lia Mayer-Sommer	....	production assistant
Rob McCabe	....	stand-in: Eric Bana, Malta/Budapest
Gavin McKenzie	....	computer and video playback technician: Useful Companies
Veronika Megyeri	....	location manager
Ágoston F. Megyesy	....	location manager
Alexandra Miklos	....	assistant: graphic designer
Sean Murray	....	production assistant: New York
Mónika Nagy	....	location manager
Clarissa Newman	....	location coordinator: Malta
Kenyon Noble	....	key production assistant
Elizabeth Nye	....	assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Balázs Nyitrai	....	office runner
Nick Oliver	....	location assistant
Justyna Pawlak	....	assistant production office coordinator
Zsolt Pereházi	....	head of security
Alen Petkovic	....	title designer: BLT
Mike Phillips	....	production accountant: New York
Emma Pill	....	location manager
Lyn Pinezich	....	location manager: New York
Carlo Pratto	....	assistant accountant
Mélanie Ravot	....	set production assistant: Paris (as Melanie Ravot)
Carla Raygoza	....	production coordinator
B. Reeves	....	production assistant
Patricia Reid-Douglas	....	production coordinator: France
Judit Ritteródisz	....	location manager
Brett Robinson	....	set staff assistant: New York
Corinne Saglio	....	production accountant: France
David Serge	....	set production assistant
Jérôme Servant	....	production coordinator
Lisa G. Shillingburg	....	second assistant accountant
Konstantine Simakis	....	production assistant (as Dean Simakis)
Alexandre Singer	....	set production assistant
Katalin Skuts	....	assistant to line producer
Katalin Skuts	....	production assistant
Mark Somner	....	location manager: malta
Eric J. Sonntag	....	location assistant
Tina Sövény	....	location manager
Charmaine Spiteri	....	assistant accountant
Zsolt Spitzer	....	location manager
Marcin Starzecki	....	set production assistant
László Sterk	....	location manager
Benjamin Stevens	....	production assistant
Benjamin Stevens	....	stand-in
Zachary Stuart-Pontier	....	production assistant: New York
Ryan Suffern	....	production assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Richard Szabó	....	head of security
Enikö Szakács	....	cashier
Szonja Szekerák	....	set production assistant
András Szûcs	....	production assistant
Timothee Talandier	....	assistant location manager: France
Forgó Tamás	....	statistician
Kelly Taylor-Dias	....	assistant coordinator: Budapest
Mark Robert Taylor	....	researcher
Jennifer Teves	....	associate: Mr. Wilson
Jesse Thompkins III	....	office production assistant
Jesse Toledano	....	set production assistant: New York unit
Kolos Trimmel	....	second assistant accountant
Sarah Trowse	....	production accountant
Sara-Jane Valentine	....	computer and video coordinator: Useful Companies
Márton Váradi	....	assistant to producer
Steven Wargo	....	key craft services: New York
Matthew H. Wiesner	....	parking production assistant
Anne Wilson	....	key assistant production accountant
Gregor Wilson	....	production controller
Deborah Wuliger	....	unit publicist
Galea Yolanda	....	first assistant accountant
Tom Gire	....	synthesizer programmer (uncredited)
Mike Lane	....	client services (uncredited)
Benjamin Lemaire	....	talent agent (uncredited)
John Sponsler	....	synthesizer programmer (uncredited)

Thanks
Sándor Demján	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG
• Universal Pictures
• Amblin Entertainment
• Kennedy/Marshall Company, The
• Barry Mendel Productions
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (in association with)
• Peninsula Films (executive production)

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2005) (worldwide) (all media) (rights)
• Universal Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Net5 (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title and Art Studio (opticals)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (special visual effects)
• Custom Film Effects (foreign release)
• Neal Scanlan Studios (prosthetics) (as Neal Scanlan Studio)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  adr recording (as Fox Post Production Facilities)
• ABC Sports  archive footage
• APTN Library  archive footage
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment provided by
• ARRI Rental  cameras and lenses (as ARRI Rentals Deutschland GmbH)
• ARRI Rental  chapman camera dollies (as ARRI Rentals Deutschland GmbH)
• ARRI Rental  grip and lighting equipment
• Abacus Consult  accounting: audit
• Adacc  
• BLT  main title design
• Bank of Budapest  Hungarian sponsorship provided by
• Buena Vista Sound  adr recording (as Buena Vista Post Production)
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinéphase  adr recording
• Corbis  photo images courtesy of (as Corbis)
• Creative Regie  services
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  adr recording (as De Lane Lea Post Production Ltd.)
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Figaro, Le  special thanks
• Flashback Productions  production services: Hungary (as Flashback Film Productions)
• Getty Images  photo images courtesy of
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr recording (as Goldcrest Post Productions Ltd.)
• Government of Malta  produced with the financial incentives provided by
• ITN Archive  archive footage
• Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)  archive footage
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Jo Ann Kane Music Service)
• John Wayne Cancer Foundation  special thanks
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Laboratoires Éclair  film processing (as Laboratoire Eclair, Paris)
• Light Odyssey  truss and lighting equipment: Hungary
• Malta Film Commission  special thanks (as Maltese Film Commission)
• Maltese Armed Services  special thanks
• NLS Studios  adr recording (as N.L.S. Studios Ltd.)
• National Geographic Television Film Library  stock footage licensed with permission of (as National Geographic Television & Film Library)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  opticals
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  subtitles
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Paramount Pictures  scene from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" courtesy of
• Peninsula Films  production services: France
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• RBB Media  archive footage
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Pictures Studios  music recorded at
• Technicolor  processing (as Technicolor, L.A.)
• Translux  facilities and trucks
• United States Olympic Committee  archive footage (as US Olympic Committee)
• Useful Company  digital playback and design
• Useful Company  video assist equipment
• Wayne Enterprises  John Wayne licensed by

Also Known As:

Munich (Canada: French title) (France)
Steven Spielberg's Munich (Australia)
Untitled 1972 Munich Olympics Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.

Runtime:

164 min | Philippines:163 min (cut)

Country:

USA | Canada | France

Language:

English | German | French | Hebrew | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Australia:MA | Czech Republic:12 | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:18 | Philippines:R-13 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (heavily cut) | Hungary:16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15 | Japan:PG-12 | Brazil:16 | Peru:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Denmark:15 | South Africa:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #42321) | France:U (with warning) | Australia:M (TV rating) | India:A (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

Bir-Hakeim Bridge, Paris, France

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

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).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Avner is on the airplane to Geneva, the flight number starts with SA. That's the code for South African Airways, which has never flown to Geneva.

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?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Munich: Editing, Sound and Music (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Des millions d'amoureux

"It's strange, to think of oneself as an assassin." - Carl

If you ask me who was the most talented director working in film today, I'd hesitate for a while. Then I'd look at you and say, "Probably Steven Spielberg'. A lot of film directors in Hollywoodwho are well-known are overrated (Oliver Stone, Sofia Coppola, Anthony Minghella, etc), but one that is not overrated at all is Spielberg. The man is obviously a cinematic genius who thrilled and enthralled us with his grim but unimaginably powerful WWII epic 'Saving Private Ryan', his still-frightening 'Jaws', his severely underrated 'Amistad' and of course, his heart-breaking masterpiece that still remains one of the twenty best films of all time 'Schindler's List'. I can't even begin to describe to you how jazzed I was about the controversial vengeance drama 'Munich', which was Spielberg's first Oscar-contending movie in seven years. After viewing it I have to say I was a bit let down, but I still got what I predicted I'd get going into the theater -- the best film of 2005. Spielberg challenges our beliefs on justice with his intense but painfully realistic bone-chilling masterpiece. You have to see this movie.

Almost around the age of 45-50 remembers the 1972 Olympics incident that happened in Munich. On a gloom September day, eleven innocent Israeli athletes were abducted and taken prisoner by a mob of Palestinian terrorists. The terrorists held them hostage at the Munich airport, then based on a mistake by the Munich police department many terrorists were killed and took all of the unfortunate hostages with them. The film starts after these events when Prime Minister Golda Meir (Lynn Cohen), secretly decides to start a small mission to find the Palestinian's responsible and murder them. She hands the case down to case officer Ephraim (Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush - Shine) who hands it over to Meir's ex-bodyguard Avner (Eric Bana - Troy). Avner must leave his family to undergo this mission and form a team to help him complete it. The team is; Steve (Daniel Craig - Layer Cake), the trigger-man, Carl (Ciarin Hinds - HBO's Rome) the clean-up man, Robert (Mathieu Kassovitz - Birthday Girl), an ex-toy maker turned explosives expert, and the elderly Hans (Hanns Zischler - Undercover) who is a forging expert. They five go on a mission of vengeance, but are soon faced with unexpected problems in the process and feelings of guilt which lead some to believe maybe what they are doing isn't righteous.

When creating 'Munich' Steven Spielberg could have sided one way or the other on issue 'revenge killing', but he doesn't, and I strongly admire that. Instead, Spielberg does what any intellectual would do, he presents situations and historical truths and makes you decide for yourself. That's something you can't expect nasty politically-slanted morons like Michael Moore to do. Spielberg provides us with the best film directing in two years with his quiet stroke of genius that is Munich. Spielberg's directing is both electrifying during the action sequences and beautiful during the poignant and thought- provoking scenes like when Kassovitz's Robert questions Bana's Avner about the good of what they are doing in a subway station on the way to assassinate another target. Munich's film editing and cinematography both should win Oscars, while the acting (which isn't getting much acclaim from award mediums) is frightfully close to perfect. Eric Bana gives the performance of his career as Avner that will no doubt impress you, while Kassovitz, Zischler and Craig exceptional also. Rome's Ciarin Hinds turns in an outstanding performance as the ultra-cool clean-up guy Carl that should also win an Oscar nomination, while Geoffrey Rush does wonders with a small role as Avner's case officer (so does Lynn Cohen as Golda Meir).

If Spielberg's 'Munich' doesn't tug at your chest at the end, I would question your humanity. Spielberg doesn't butter this up so it goes down easier, he aims straight for the gut with his razor sharp realism and rubs salt in the wound. 'Munich' isn't a fun film, but there is no question it is a riveting and nearly flawless one. You will have a lot to talk about after the film has ended. With 'Munich', Steven Spielberg gives us one hell of a history lesson. Grade: A (screened at AMC Deer Valley 30, Phoenix, Arizona, 1/7/05)