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September 5 Movie Featurette - Live On Air   - Plot Synopsis:  September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), an ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) & his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), 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, he grapples with tough decisions while confronting his own moral compass. September 5 is directed by German filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum.

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00:00Action on my cue. And now.

00:03Take two.

00:04Take one.

00:06And we're clear.

00:07Great job, everyone.

00:13This movie investigates the 1972 Olympic hostage crisis and the sports reporters who covered it.

00:19The police are reporting that armed terrorists have attacked the Israeli athletes.

00:23Get the crew in.

00:25This was the first time that a horrible event like this was shared globally on live TV.

00:32There's a hostage situation going on right now in the Olympic Village.

00:35News will want to take over soon.

00:36I'll talk to them.

00:38This team of people that were used to reporting sports was suddenly reporting on a crisis situation.

00:44We just got word. Peace was shattered this morning.

00:47These sports reporters all pivot and turn these live cameras onto this potentially violent situation,

00:53not quite knowing what they were doing.

00:55ABC wants news to take over.

00:56Your sports, you're in way over your head.

00:59We're 100 yards away from where this is happening.

01:01We are the only people capable of following it live.

01:04This is our story, and we're keeping it.

01:07The fundamental question in this room is, can we cover it live?

01:10And does that coverage affect the real world outcome?

01:14Now, police are on the roof.

01:15Oh, guys.

01:17That's a TV.

01:19Are they seeing what we're seeing?

01:22What are you talking about?

01:23Are the terrorists seeing this?

01:29This film's really concentrated on the journalist's perspective.

01:32They were in a situation where they had to improvise and work as a single unit.

01:36Our job is to tell the story of these individuals whose lives are at stake.

01:42Ordinary people having to make difficult decisions.

01:45There's something very human about that.

01:47It's not okay.

01:48We made it worse.

01:50The film is a thriller.

01:52There's never really a moment to breathe.

01:54The terrorists have set a deadline.

01:55They are always against the ticking clock.

01:57We have to go now.

01:58It keeps people on the edge of their seats.

02:00Tell me what happened.

02:01It's a manhouse down here.

02:04If they shoot someone on live television, whose story is that?

02:08Is it ours or is it theirs?

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