Munich is an historical thriller set in the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Universal Pictures will release the film in the United States and Canada on December 23, 2005; DreamWorks Pictures will handle international marketing and distribution. 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 operation.
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 Ciaran Hinds (Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera).
Official website.
Some reviews (might contain slight spoilers):
CNN
Rolling Stone
Emanuel Levy
Dutch trailer. Worth a look as it's different from the trailer on the official website, only includes minor Dutch subtitles, should be easily watchable for you freaks in America, Canada, Australia, Brasil, Argentina, Mexico and The Northpole. Recommended for the music alone.
Appearantly it came out over there (meaning you, my US brethren) yesterday, but I only learned of this movie today, it's slated for a 26th of jan release over here, but I have a P2P program objecting to that. Don't worry, I will watch it in the cinema as well if it's as descent as the reviews and trailers lead me to believe. After the abysmal War Of The Worlds however I'm not taking my money there just quite yet.
But enough whining, anyone seen this yet? To me it almost looks like a combination of Leon and Ronin, with some real emotion chucked in for good measure.
Well, let me know what you think of the movie or else this thread will have been made in vain, and it's pushing 5am here already. Don't disappoint me.
