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One Day In September

Kevin Macdonald    Universal, suitable for all   DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Directors: Kevin Macdonald
  • Format: PAL, Colour
  • Language: English, Italian
  • Subtitles: Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Fandango
  • Run Time: 93.00 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0041KYCX6

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Nel 1972 le Olimpiadi di Monaco vengono interrotte da un atto terroristico che catalizza l'attenzione del mondo e lascia tutti con il fiato sospeso. Dei terroristi palestinesi prendono in ostaggio gli atleti israeliani e la polizia, dopo aver formato una squadra antiterrorismo, riesce a bloccare l'operazione. Il documentario cerca di ricostruire l'evento servendosi dei filmati dell'epoca, utilizzando le testimonianze dell'attentatore ancora vivente, Jamal Al Gashey, e le documentazioni della polizia.


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4.7 out of 5 stars
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars First rate documentary 20 Jan 2001
Format:VHS Tape
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than a feature 31 May 2007
Format:DVD
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.

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.

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.

Buy it, watch it and wonder how the hell someone let the mess in 1972 ever happen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Moving film 6 Sep 2004
Format:VHS Tape
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.

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.

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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars DISAPPOINTED.
My fault ! I thought I was ordering a film with Michael Douglas acting. Instead I had a documentry on a terrible event where Israel athletes were murdered at the Olympics in... Read more
Published 4 months ago by wusman12
5.0 out of 5 stars One Day in September
One more description of the events that occurred at the 1972 Munique Olympics, but never too many to show what a handful of terrorists can do to innocent people in a peaceful... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Maria Teresa Canelhas
5.0 out of 5 stars Completely changed my opinion of events!
It's not often you watch something that completely changes your opinion of an event. I was born the year of the Munich Olympic Games and although I thought I was familiar with... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J & K
4.0 out of 5 stars As with many documentaries, the devil is in the details
This documentary is quite captivating, and surely serves to illustrate why more recent Olympiads such as the one in London that has its Opening Ceremony tonight involve security... Read more
Published 10 months ago by markensteinchen
5.0 out of 5 stars All you ever wanted to know about the Munich Massacre
If you are interested in the Munich 1972 Olympics and especially in those fatal events which happened on September 5th ... THIS will give you all the answers to your Q's. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Wolfgang Meess
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth getting
Forget the film Munich, watching one day in September is reality, how the Germans messed up, i will not say too much i will let you decide. It is worth getting.
Published 13 months ago by Dennis
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent telling of a harrowing story
This is a top class documentary, telling the story of the events surrounding the murder of Israeli athletes and coaches in Munich in 1972. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2009 by haunted
5.0 out of 5 stars LESSONS IN TERRORISM, 1972 TO PRESENT
This is the documentary version of the true events concerning the Palestinian terrorists capture of the Israeli athletics squad in the 1972 Munich Olympics. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by Michael JR Jose
5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing.
A compelling account of the tragedy at the Munich Olympic Games. Michael Douglas lends his voice to what can only be described as a superb piece of documentary film making by... Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2008 by Mr. J. Archer
5.0 out of 5 stars An Object Lesson in How NOT to Conduct a Hostage Siege...
Germany learnt the hard way and now has both GSG-9 and KSK to resolve issues like this. If it isn't already, this should the set-text on how NOT to conduct a resolution to a... Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2008 by Bren Tierney
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