One Day in September
by Kevin Macdonald
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Actor: Ankie Spitzer, Axel Springer, Gerald Seymour, Jamal Al Gashey, Michael DouglasDirector: Kevin Macdonald
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Alwin H. Kuchler
Cinematographer: Neve Cunningham
Editor: Justine Wright
Producer: Andrew Ruhemann
Producer: Arthur Cohn
Producer: John Battsek
Producer: Lillian Birnbaum
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); German (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of One Day in September
DVD Review: Black "September"
Summary: 5 Stars
Oscar winner for the best documentary of 1999, "One Day In September" is an unflinchingly, explosively powerful film that should be mandatory viewing. No matter how many times I've seen this film the images still haunt me long after the film is over.
Using archival footage, photos, & new interviews with key people involved, as well as, family members, "One Day In September" chronicles September 5, 1972 & the massacre of the Israli Olympic Team in Munich, West Germany home of the XXth Olympiad.
From the early dawning hours of the break in at the Olympic Village, to the tragic final hours at the airport, "One Day In September" shows the viewer a raw, unflinching look at what happened during that dark day.
Usually, for me, I'm not particularly a big fan of the documentary until I saw this film (when I used to hear the word "documentary" I would think of the old high school science or nature film that I would have to watch in class & my eyes would start to glaze over with boredom).
I first watched "September", spookily enough, 28 years & 3 days after the incident & less than one year before another September day. A darker day in American history that would be forever known as 9/11.
Like I said twice before the film is unflinching, but also a bit brutal & overall honest (the film states the facts & doesn't preach.I find that a rarity).
Scenes that still stick in my mind:
The daughter of one of the slain athletes tells of how she sees her father thru the eyes of people who knew him, but, she can never hug him or tell him that she loves him (she can barely speak the last words without her voice breaking & her eyes tearing up). The film then cuts to photos of the slain & bloody body of her father lying on the floor of one of the athletes rooms.
Led Zepplin's, "The Immigrant Song" plays over images of that days Olympic events (yes, the games continued as the hostage crisis escalated not to far away).
While the tragedy unfolded, not more than 200 yards away, fellow Olympians were preparing for the days events or relaxing poolside, oblivous as to what was going on.
Disturbing photos of the airport tragedy & the strewn bodies of the victims in the aftermath.
As for the DVD re-release, it's basically the same as the original with the coverart a little different.
"One Day In September" should not be missed & is a perfect example of why terrorism must be stopped throughout our world.
Description of One Day in September
ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER - DVD MovieOn September 5, 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine others hostage at the Munich Olympic Village. The event stopped the games, gripped the world, and perhaps for the first time fully illustrated the volatile state of affairs in the Mideast to the world. Kevin Macdonald's 1999 Academy Award(r)-winning documentary painstakingly reconstructs the events, shedding light on what the world saw on television with the exasperating revelation of behind-the-scenes blunders.
This visceral, tense film uses riveting news footage to great effect, weaving in affecting interviews. Macdonald mourns the deaths of the innocent Olympic hostages and dutifully gives a voice to the Palestinian cause through interviews with Jamal al-Gashey, the only survivor of the eight terrorists, who briefly came out of hiding for the film. He earnestly but half-heartedly sketches a picture of the social and political situation that fueled the act, reserving his anger for the grossly unprepared German police force. The tragedy that erupted at the Fürstenfeldbruck air base becomes all the more upsetting in light of the incompetence and unforgivable mistakes: botched rescues, poor planning, bad intelligence, and lack of contingency plans. Even the irresponsibility of the media circus gets off lightly. It's a sobering, angering, often frustrating piece of non-fiction cinema, a thorough piece of historical research brought to life with an angry immediacy. Macdonald simply doesn't know what lessons to draw from it all. --Sean Axmaker
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