- ComingSoon.netComingSoon.net1d
- ComingSoon.netComingSoon.net2d
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter2d
- CinemaBlendCinemaBlend4d
- VarietyVariety5d
- Digital TrendsDigital Trends5d
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter5d
- ScreenCrushScreenCrush6dNo more articles
How ‘September 5’ Roots Are in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Munich’
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy Perez
scrn logline
How the tragic 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis inspired a new perspective on the complex moral dilemmas faced by the Israeli security team tasked with hunting down the perpetrators.
beat sheet
- Steven Spielberg's 2005 film 'Munich' explored the inner turmoil of the Israeli assassins, drawing condemnation from pro-Israel groups who saw it as an 'Israel hater' narrative.
- Spielberg initially chose not to do press for 'Munich', believing that 'sometimes silence speaks louder than everyone else', before eventually appearing on the cover of Time magazine, which hailed the film as his 'secret masterpiece'.
call sheet
Steven Spielberg, Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Eric Roth, Tony Kushner, Golda Meir, Steven Bauer, Peter Sarsgaard, Roone Arledge, Zionist Organization of America, DreamWorks, Universal, ABC Sports, Munich, Sword of Gideon, Vengeance, War of the Worlds