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September 5
A Riveting Procedural in the Eye of the Storm
★★★½☆
A brisk, high-pressure newsroom drama that captures the collision of sports and tragedy.
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum • 2024
Release Date
November 27, 2024
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Letterboxd Score
3.7/5
Running Time
1h 31m
Official Synopsis
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds themselves abruptly thrust from reporting on athletic events into live, high-stakes crisis journalism. When a Palestinian terrorist group infiltrates the Olympic village and takes members of the Israeli athletic team hostage, an ambitious young producer named Geoff and his team at ABC Sports must navigate the volatile, uncharted ethics of live television. Tim Fehlbaum delivers a highly claustrophobic, real-time historical thriller tracking the exact moment media transparency clashed with global tragedy.
Expanded Ensemble
- Peter Sarsgaard as Roone Arledge
- John Magaro as Geoff Mason
- Ben Chaplin as Marvin Bader
- Leonie Benesch as Marianne Gebhardt
- Zinedine Soualem as Jacques Lesgards
- Georgina Rich as Gladys Goodding
Expanded Architects
- Director: Tim Fehlbaum
- Screenplay: Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum
- Producers: Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, Sean Penn
- Cinematography: Markus Förderer
- Film Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich
- Music Composer: Volker Bertelmann
Official Promotional Trailer
Production Info & Specifications
| Financial Budget | $15 Million (Estimated) |
| Global Box Office | $14.8 Million |
| Capture Format | Digital (ARRI ALEXA 35 / 16mm Broadcasting Emulation) • 1.85:1 Layout |
| Primary Locations | Bavaria Studios, Munich, Germany |
| Production Label | Paramount Pictures • Republic Pictures • Berghaus Wöbke Film |
