Paramount Pictures has dropped the final trailer for their true story drama September 5, a feature based around the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis.
John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Beneschv, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, and Ferdinand Dörfler lead the cast of the film which lands in select U.S. cinemas today before expanding on 13th December.
The movie unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Through this lens, “September 5” provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time, so say the official press notes.
At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumors spread, with the hostages’ lives hanging in the balance, Geoff grapples with tough decisions while confronting his own moral compass.
In terms of UK release, the film is set to land a little later on 25th January.
So far, reports on this have been extremely positive and I can’t wait to see it.
Here’s the final trailer.
