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Munich
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Munich is a 2005 spy drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, based on a work by George Jonas. The cast includes Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, and Mathieu Kassovitz. Production was handled by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, and Barry Mendel, with Janusz Kamiński serving as director of photography and John Williams composing the score. The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, and Alliance Atlantis, and distributed by Universal Pictures and DreamWorks.
The narrative is set in London, New York City, Paris, and Greece, while filming took place in Paris, Budapest, Malta, and New York City. The story addresses the Munich massacre, espionage, collective trauma, and revenge, featuring characters such as Golda Meir, Zvi Zamir, Juval Aviv, and Yossef Romano. The film is in English, Hebrew, German, and Arabic, and originates from the United States, France, and Canada. It has a runtime of 164 minutes.
Munich received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It holds a 7.5 rating on IMDb based on 253,880 votes and a 7.133 average on TMDb from 2,990 votes. The film had a budget of 70,000,000 and generated revenue of 130,982,129.
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7.1During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Cast
- Eric Bana as Avner
- Daniel Craig as Steve
- Ciarán Hinds as Carl
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Robert
- Hanns Zischler as Hans
- Ayelet Zurer as Daphna
Themes
- hotel room
- israel
- mossad
- assassination
- paris, france
- hostage
- olympic games
- 1970s
- intelligence
- munich, germany
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Encyclopedic overview
Munich is a 2005 epic historical drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. It is based on the 1984 book Vengeance by George Jonas, an account of Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre.
Munich was released by Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada and internationally by DreamWorks Pictures on December 23, 2005, and received five Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Score. The film made $131 million worldwide but just $47 million in the United States, making it one of Spielberg's lowest-grossing films domestically. In 2017, the film was named the 16th "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by The New York Times.
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