Movie Review: ‘September 5’ goes inside a newsroom during the Munich Olympics hostage crisis

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Movie Review: ‘September 5’ goes inside a newsroom during the Munich Olympics hostage crisis
Ben ChaplinTim FehlbaumYossi Romano
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The new film “September 5' is a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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This image released by Paramount Pictures shows John Magaro in a scene from"September 5." This image released by Paramount Pictures shows a scene from"September 5." . There are spirited debates about reporting with only one source, use of words like “terrorism” and what to do if violence breaks out during a live shot.

And while they all rise to the occasion, mistakes are made – including a rather big one at the end, following imperfect secondhand information from the Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield. They don’t call it the first draft of history for nothing, after all, and it may be illuminating for audiences to see how it’s handled.

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Ben Chaplin Tim Fehlbaum Yossi Romano Moshe Weinberg Marianne Gebhardt John Magaro Lindsey Bahr Entertainment Marvin Bader Peter Sarsgaard Jim Mckay Benjamin Walker

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