36/33
I was honored to see this excellent film at the AFI Film Festival
During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting team must adjust to live coverage of Israeli athletes held hostage by a terrorist group.
The film takes place in the ABC control room of the 1972 Olympics in Munich
It realistically portrays the routine aspects of operating a control room during an event, and then of course the tragic event of the Black September attacks on Israeli athletes.
The film also accurately shows how cutting-edge technology at the time seems hilariously primitive today (such as giant VTR machines, competition for satellite space, manual insertion of graphics, etc)
In the control room are ABC Sports president Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), rookie producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro), vice president of Olympic coverage Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin) and German interpreter Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch), who they all excel in their roles.
The reality is enhanced by the use of Jim McKay’s archive footage of the tragedy
But the most important aspect of any thriller is the writing and direction of Tim Fehlbaum, who keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the film.
But this quibble certainly doesn’t stop me from highly recommending this excellent film – it’s a must-see!
My only minor complaint is the casting of Benjamin Walker as Peter Jennings – he doesn’t seem quite right to play the handsome and elegant anchor I remember (I probably would have cut his character and just relied on footage of Jennings’ conversation from the Olympic Village).
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