19/24
The action of the film takes place in 1972
Narrative
During 1972 At the Munich Olympics, a team of American sports broadcasters was forced to cover a hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes. in the ABC control room of the Olympic Games in Munich.
It realistically depicts both the normal aspects of running a control room during an event and, of course, the tragic Black September attacks on Israeli athletes
The control room includes ABC Sports president Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), rookie producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro), Olympic vice president Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin) and German translator Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch). Their roles.
Realism is added to the use of archival material in Jim McKay’s reporting on the tragedy
The film accurately showcases technology that was considered cutting edge at the time, but seems laughably primitive today (such as giant VCRs, satellites competing for space, inserting graphics by hand, etc.). But the highlight of any thriller is Tim Fehlbaum’s writing and direction, which keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the film.
But that joke certainly doesn’t stop me from highly recommending this great film – it’s a must-see!
My only minor gripe is the casting of Benjamin Walker as Peter Jennings – he doesn’t seem quite suited to play the handsome and elegant anchor I remember (I probably would have cut his character and just relied on Jennings’ speech from the Olympics). Village).