Munich in 35mm

After the killing of Israeli hostages at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a Mossad agent (Eric Bana) assembles a team to assassinate the men deemed responsible for the murders. Steven Spielberg’s fact-based international thriller is a thoughtful look at the moral costs of violence, with gripping suspense and an impressive supporting cast including Best Actor winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine, 1996), Supporting Actor nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast, 2021), and Daniel Craig, shortly before he debuted as James Bond. The film received five Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Directing, and, for John Williams’ music, his 22nd feature score for the director. Williams’s somber, restrained score focused on, in the composer’s words, “the enormous suffering and guilt, and eventually, paranoia” of... Bana’s protagonist.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

2005 | 167 min. | USA | Color | Scope | English/German/French/Hebrew | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg

WRITTEN BY: Tony Kushner, Eric Roth

WITH: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Geoffrey Rush

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