Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/23/05 (Limited)\ 01/06/06 (Wide) Home Video 05/09/06 MPAA Rating Rated R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language Running Time 2 Hours 44 minutes Genre Drama, Terrorism Director Steven Spielberg Writer Tony Kushner, Eric Roth Cast Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Ciaran Hinds, Brian Goodman Studio Universal Pictures |
MUNICH
SYNOPSIS
Three-time Academy Award®-winning director-
producer Steven Spielberg directs Munich, an historical
thriller set in the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
Munich recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli
squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11
Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich
massacre -- and the personal toll this mission of revenge
takes on the team and the man who led it. Eric Bana
(Troy) stars as the Mossad agent charged with leading
the band of specialists brought together for this
oper=ation.
Inspired by actual events, the narrative is based on a
number of sources, including the recollections of some
who participated in the events themselves. The script is
the first feature film written by Tony Kushner, winner of
the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and many other
awards for his epochal Broadway drama Angels in
America as well as its Emmy Award-winning adaptation
for HBO. The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy,
Barry Mendel, Spielberg and Colin Wilson.
The international cast also includes Daniel Craig (Layer
Cake), Geoffrey Rush (Shine), Mathieu Kassovitz
(Birthday Girl), Hanns Zischler (Walk on Water) and
Ciarán Hinds (Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the
Opera).--© Universal Pictures
Three-time Academy Award®-winning director-
producer Steven Spielberg directs Munich, an historical
thriller set in the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
Munich recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli
squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11
Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich
massacre -- and the personal toll this mission of revenge
takes on the team and the man who led it. Eric Bana
(Troy) stars as the Mossad agent charged with leading
the band of specialists brought together for this
oper=ation.
Inspired by actual events, the narrative is based on a
number of sources, including the recollections of some
who participated in the events themselves. The script is
the first feature film written by Tony Kushner, winner of
the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and many other
awards for his epochal Broadway drama Angels in
America as well as its Emmy Award-winning adaptation
for HBO. The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy,
Barry Mendel, Spielberg and Colin Wilson.
The international cast also includes Daniel Craig (Layer
Cake), Geoffrey Rush (Shine), Mathieu Kassovitz
(Birthday Girl), Hanns Zischler (Walk on Water) and
Ciarán Hinds (Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the
Opera).--© Universal Pictures
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