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‘September 5’ Director Tim Fehlbaum Says Film About 1972 Olympics Massacre Is Not A “Political Statement” On Israel-Gaza — Venice Film Festival


Tim Fehlbaum said 'September 5,' the buzzy drama about the 1972 Olympics Massacre, was in post-production when war escalated between Israel and Gaza.

That’s according to Tim Fehlbaum ( The Colony), who directs the buzzy Sean Penn-produced picture, which opens the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Extra competition on Thursday. He said the movie sticks to the media narrative of the events during the 1972 Munich terror attack, depicting the sports broadcasting team who became hostage crisis reporters when Palestinian militants infiltrated the Olympic village. Peter Sarsgaard plays Roone Arledge, the producer of ABC TV’s Wide World of Sport, who decided to stay with the live broadcast for 17 consecutive hours.

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