‘September 5’ trailer: Peter Sarsgaard steers ABC coverage of Munich Olympics hostage crisis
Tim Fehlbaum‘s docudrama “September 5” was an unexpected hit at the Venice Film Festival, generating plenty of buzz for its gripping retelling of the 1972 Olympics hostage crisis. Paramount picked it up and has slotted it for an awards-friendly release date of November 29. The new trailer packs a lot into two minutes, encapsulating the conflict at ABC about how to cover the rapidly unfolding events.
Peter Sarsgaard portrays Roone Arledge, the ABC Sports executive overseeing the live coverage produced by John Magaro (Geoffrey Mason) under the direction of Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin). Caught in the middle of the ongoing debate about the ethics of giving airtime to the terrorists is their German interpreter Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch).
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At his Venice Film Festival press conference, the Swiss director praised Arledge: “He was a visionary storyteller. He had ideas that are standard in today’s sports coverage, like handheld cameras on the field, behind the scenes interviews with the athletes… He was the first one to introduce the hero’s journey behind every game.”
At the Middleburg Film Festival, “September 5” shared in the audience award with another Oscar hopeful, “Conclave.” The film already merits a score of 92 at Rotten Tomatoes, which earned it the designation of “universal acclaim.”
“September 5” just cracked our Oscar predictions for the 10 Best Picture nominees with Sarsgaard and Chaplin both moving up our Best Supporting Actor chart. And the original screenplay by Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder and Alex David is on the cusp of making the cut.
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