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One Day In September [DVD] [1999]
enlarge	Director: Kevin Macdonald Actor: Michael Douglas Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. UK Ltd Category: DVD List Price: ~~£6.99~~ Buy New: £4.32 as of 19/3/2010 04:39 GMT details You Save: £2.67 (38%) New (10) from £4.32 Seller: Revision Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 9696 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 94 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5060052410894 ASIN: B000FOPO4I Theatrical Release Date: 1999 Release Date: September 10, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next » First rate documentary January 20, 2001 PlexShaw (London, England) 12 out of 12 found this review helpful Kevin MacDonald's gloriously exhilarating and fascinating documentary charts the events surrounding the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, when the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took several Israeli athletes hostage - with tragic consequences. From the sparse but effective narration by Michael Douglas to the unbiased approach, this is a class act through and through. Much of the documentary focuses on the German government and the Olympic Committee's ineffective handling of the situation and the way in which real people's lives were put at risk for what descended into a media circus of the worst kind. A horrifying reminder of what complacency at the most dire of times can do. Better than a feature May 31, 2007 Brian Levine 6 out of 6 found this review helpful If you do not watch documentaries, watch this and you will be converted. The slow release onto the celluloid is mesmerising and compelling: it just keeps getting better and better. br / br /No padding, no dodgy dialogue, no script boobs; just an incredible story packed into a relatively short period of screen-time. It feels as though every image, every frame has been chosen specifically to drive the story. br / br /Basically, this film sucks you in, grabs you by the neck and delivers such a painful sucker-punch that it leaves you shaking, quite literally. br / br /Buy it, watch it and wonder how the hell someone let the mess in 1972 ever happen. br / br / Moving film September 6, 2004 ILONACAT (WIRRAL, ENGLAND) 9 out of 10 found this review helpful I don't think anyone could watch this film and not be moved . .to anger as well as tears. The hopeless (as we know now) situation of the Israeli hostages is interspersed with interviews with many of the people involved that day, and with coverage of the Olympic events themselves. Though we know how it's going to end, the almost unbearable tension is palpable.p This video is rated 12 and over. Would I be happy for a 12-year-old to see close-up photographs of the dead hostages ? Depends on the 12-year-old, I think.p The apparent lack of remorse in the only surviving terrorist remains the most chilling aspect of this film, whilst the daughter placing sunflowers on the grave of the father she cannot remember remains the most poignant. LESSONS IN TERRORISM, 1972 TO PRESENT October 11, 2009 Michael JR Jose (the UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This is the documentary version of the true events concerning the Palestinian terrorists capture of the Israeli athletics squad in the 1972 Munich Olympics. Mark Spitz, the Jewish American won seven gold medals at these Olympics. This is an impressive, Oscar-winning documentary, and reveals the staggeringly amateur handling of the whole event by West German security forces at the time, and the duplicity and cowardice of the later deal to release the three terrorists who were captured that night in the gunfight at the airport. It relies heavily on actual footage of the newsreels of the time and interviews with the relatives of the athletes and the police chiefs of that time, nearly thirty years after the events. The film most directly brought to mind is the fairly recent and excellent thriller 'Munich', which tells the story of the revenge of Mossad on those who were responsible, some while after the event. The truth is always stranger than fiction, and the story is so far from over it brings the news of then and of today together most disturbingly. Compelling May 18, 2007 Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza) 3 out of 4 found this review helpful br /This is the best way to learn about the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games by Palestinian terrorists. Narrated by Michael Douglas, includes an interview with one the terrorists - who shows no regret - and relatives the Israelis who were killed. br / br /It runs for 90 minutes and is as good as the Spielberg movie (minus the last 30 minutes), It won an academy award for best documentary in 2000. Includes archive footage and CGI to represent the events. br / br /After watching the movie you might feel angry at the incompetence of German government and the cruelty of the terrorist, who used the last efforts to kill the surviving Israelis. br / br /The only extras are subtitles and a trailer. br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next »

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