Munich

Munich (2005)

Timing: 2:44 (164 min)

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Release date

2005-12-23

Country

Canada, United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Barry Mendel Productions, Alliance Atlantis

Genre

Drama, Action, History, Thriller

Budget

$70 000 000

Revenue

$130 358 645

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Director

Steven Spielberg

Actors

Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Ayelet Zurer, Geoffrey Rush, Gila Almagor, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Amalric
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Scenario

Producer

Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, Barry Mendel

Operator

Janusz Kamiński

Composer

John Williams

Artist

Robert Cowper, Paul Kirby, Jean-Yves Rabier

Audition

Jina Jay, Lucky Englander, Fritz Fleischhacker

Editing

Michael Kahn, John Bernard
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• The film is based on George Jonas's book "Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team." A television film, "Gideon's Sword," was also made based on this book in 1986.
• Steven Spielberg's daughter, Sasha Spielberg, played the role of an Israeli girl watching television.
• Steven Spielberg intended to film this movie with a release date targeted for 2003 or 2004. However, after a window opened in Tom Cruise's shooting schedule, Steven preferred to put this project on hold and work with Tom on 'War of the Worlds'.
• Initially, the role that went to Geoffrey Rush was to be played by Ben Kingsley. The actor had to leave the project due to a conflict with his personal filming schedule.
• During filming in Malta, a truck rented by the film crew in Germany mysteriously caught fire. Concerns arose that the incident was the work of terrorists. According to the official version of the local police, the fire occurred due to overheating generators in connection with the incredibly hot summer in Malta.
• Tony Kushner initially refused to work on the screenplay for the film, as he considered it too laborious.
• Three screenplay drafts were initially written, but the script by Eric Roth was chosen, which was later revised by Tony Kushner.
• The protagonists of the comedy "Slightly Pregnant" are discussing and admiring this film.
• Guri Weinberg plays his own father, an athlete who was killed when Guri was a small child.
• In the scene with the operation in Rome, the shot body of Waël Zwiter falls face down, but later, when Karl comes for the casings, the body is lying on its back.
• The film is based on George Jonas’s book “Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team.” A television film, “Gideon’s Sword,” was also made based on the same book in 1986.
• Steven Spielberg intended to film this picture with a release planned for 2003 or 2004. However, after a window opened in Tom Cruise’s shooting schedule, Steven chose to freeze this project and work with Tom on “War of the Worlds.”
• The main characters of the comedy “Knocked Up” discuss and admire this film.