49/10
I had the privilege of seeing this excellent film at the AFI Film Festival
Scenario
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports television crew is forced to cover the hospitality crisis involving Israeli athletes.
The film is set in the ABC control room in Munich for the 1972 Olympics
It realistically depicts both the routine aspects of running a control room during an event and, of course, the tragic occurrence of the Black September attacks on Israeli athletes.
The film also accurately shows how technology that was then considered cutting edge now seems strangely primitive (examples include giant VTR machines, racing for satellite space, manual input of graphics, etc)
The control room is populated by ABC Sports President Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), rookie producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro), Vice President of Olympic coverage Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), and German actress Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch), all of whom excel in their roles.
Adding to the realism is the use of archive footage of Jim McKay’s account of the tragedy
But the key aspect of any thriller is Tim Fehlbaum’s writing and direction which keeps you on the edge of your seat for the entire film.
But this quibble certainly doesn’t stop me from highly recommending this excellent film – it’s a must-see!
My only minor quibble is with the casting of Benjamin Walker as Peter Jennings – he doesn’t seem entirely suited to the handsome, elegant announcer I remember (I probably would have cut his character and relied only on the recording of Jennings speaking from the Olympic village).
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