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One Day in September

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Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom · 1999
Rated R · 1h 34m
Director Kevin Macdonald
Starring Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour
Genre Documentary

This documentary examines the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Footage from the fateful day is interspersed with interviews with various officials who describe the incompetence of the German authorities — and words from a surviving terrorist himself.

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The New York Times by

Given the power of its story, One Day in September seems at times to be pushing too hard.

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Dallas Observer by Jean Oppenheimer

Nothing, however, can diminish the sense of horror we feel at what happened that day in September, while Macdonald's revelations and the candid comments he elicits more than make up for the film's less successful elements.

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Film.com by Peter Brunette

One Day in September does "being there" very well -- I just wish director Macdonald had spent a little more time explaining why we should want to be there in the first place.

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