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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Steven Spielberg |
| Stars: |
Daniel Craig |
| Actors: |
Hanns Zischler |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Full Frame |
| UPC: |
025192182426 |
| Release Date: |
2005 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 44min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 2-Disc Collector's Edition, 2hr 44min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (May 09, 2006)
UPC: 025192921124 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Tony Kushner |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/23/2005, p.E1, Kenneth Turan): "MUNICH is no small thing. No film by Steven Spielberg ever is, but even for this avatar of Hollywood filmmaking this is something apart, the most questioning, provocative film he's ever made." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
A thought-provoking surprise from famed director Steven Spielberg, MUNICH explores the aftereffects of the brutal terrorist attacks on the Israeli athletic team at that German city's 1972 Olympic games. Loosely adapted from the book VENGEANCE by Hungarian George Jonas, the script was largely written by the provocative, award-winning playwright Tony Kushner (ANGELS IN AMERICA), who lends an incisive intelligence to the dialogue. The film begins with the violent sequence of the terrorists carrying out their attacks on the Israelis; a bloody and gruesome sequence that is deftly and beautifully handled by Spielberg and his brilliant cinematographer, Januzs Kaminski. Back in Israel, we meet the handsome and charming Avner, deeply in love with his beautiful, pregnant wife. Domestic bliss is short-lived however; immediately following these "Black September" attacks, Avner (THE HULK's Eric Bana), the son of an Israeli hero, is summoned by his country's famed secret service agency, the Mossad, to carry out violen... |
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