One day in September / Sony Pictures Classics ; a Passion Pictures production ; produced by John Battsek & Arthur Cohn ; directed by Kevin MacDonald ; a Passion Pictures production ; an Arthur Cohn production.

"They were billed as the 'Olympics of Peace and Joy' but became the Olympics of terror--Munich 1972. An extreme Palestinian group called Black September held 11 Israeli athletes hostage in the Olympic village while the world looked on, incredulous. Using extraordinary archive footage, music and int...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Passion Pictures (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Macdonald, Kevin, 1967-
Cohn, Arthur, 1928-
Battsek, John
Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Language:English
German
Language and/or Writing System:
Chiefly English with German interviews subtitled in English (2-channel, Dolby surround) ; optional subtitles in English ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2001.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Germany > Munich.
Athletes > Israel.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Olympic Games > (20th : > 1972 : > Munich, Germany)
Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"They were billed as the 'Olympics of Peace and Joy' but became the Olympics of terror--Munich 1972. An extreme Palestinian group called Black September held 11 Israeli athletes hostage in the Olympic village while the world looked on, incredulous. Using extraordinary archive footage, music and interviews with those who took part (including the only surviving member of the Black September group), "One day in September" tells the dramatic story of what happened in Munich during those 21 hours."--Container.
Note:Widescreen version (aspect ratio of 1.78).
Originally released in 1999 as a motion picture.
Special features: talent file ; bonus trailers.
Videorecording.
Call Number:GV722 1972 .O54 2001 VideoDVD
AF8 D0003236 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Awards:Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, 1999.
ISBN:0767865928 :
Credits:Cinematography, Alwin Kuchler, Neve Cunningham ; editor, Justine Wright ; music, Alex Heffes.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Narrator, Michael Douglas.