Paramount Pictures has released the official September 5 trailer for its upcoming historical drama, which highlights the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics through the perspective of an ABC Sports news team covering the event. The film is scheduled to arrive in select theaters on November 29, followed by its nationwide release on December 13.
Check out the September 5 trailer below (watch more trailers):
What happens in the September 5 trailer?
The video provides views with a closer look at the main cast led by The Big Short’s John Magaro and Golden Globe nominee Peter Sarsgaard. It highlights the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage, after the news team realized the possibility that the terrorists might also be watching the live broadcast of the hostage situation. Following its world premiere at the recent Venice International Film Festival, the film has garnered a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, with a Tomatometer rating of 92%.
September 5 is directed Tim Fehlbaum from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alex David and Moritz Binder. The film also stars Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, and Ferdinand Dörfler. It is produced by Fehlbaum, Philipp Trauer, Sean Penn, John Ira Palmer, and John Wildermuth, with Martin Moszkowicz and Christoph Müller executive producing.
“Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, it follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage,” reads the synopsis. “Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.
At the heart of the story is Geoff, a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge. Together with German interpreter Marianne and his mentor Marvin Bade, 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.”
