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Mood:
- ContemplativeDisturbingCaptivatingRoughSincere
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- HostagesTerrorismKidnappingConfinedMurderDangerDeadlyMedia
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Genres:
- HistoricalIndependentDocumentaryDrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century21st Century90s
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- Germany
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- Voice Over
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One Day in September, 1999
English, German
Switzerland, Germany, UK
Profile of One Day in September
One Day in September can be described as disturbing, contemplative, and captivating. The plot revolves around hostages, terrorism, and kidnapping. The main genres are independent, documentary, and historical. In terms of style, One Day in September includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Germany. One Day in September takes place in the 1990s. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of One Day in September
One Day in September is a unique and powerful documentary that tells an important story in an exciting and dramatic style that one doesn't typically associate with the genre. The film is about the Black September terrorist action at the 1972 Munich Olympics. It relies on interviews and archival news footage of the actual events, which personalize the story of the doomed Israeli athletes and the Palestinian terrorists who held them captive while the world held its collective breath. Also documented, in painful detail, is the astonishing ineptitude and indifference of the West German police and the insensitivity of the International Olympic Committee. Director Kevin MacDonald makes excellent use of news footage, promotional films, and the music of the early 1970s. He also uses interviews with many of those involved, including an on-camera interview with surviving terrorist Jamal Al Gashey and an in-depth interview with Ankie Spitzer, the widow of one of the Israeli coaches who was killed. But what makes the film so compelling is the shrewd way MacDonald brings these elements together to make a suspenseful, heartbreaking record of this tragic event. MacDonald sought to make a "documentary thriller" with this film, and he succeeded.
Details
| Language: | English, German |
| Country: | Switzerland, Germany, UK |
| Release date: | 22 October 1999 |
| Runtime: | 94 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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- by: Staff [Not Credited]
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- by: Ken Fox
