Munich
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Release date: December 23, 2005
Studios: DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures
Running Time: 164 minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Ayelet Zurer, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Amalric, Lynn Cohen, Marie-Josee Croze, Makram Khoury, Igal Naor, Omar Metwally, Moritz Bleibtreu, Mostefa Djadjam, Gila Almagor, Moshe Ivgy, Yvan Attal, Hiam Abbass, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Meret Becker
Seven Spielberg recounts the aftermath of the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists.
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Music composed and conducted by: John Williams
Reviewing the film for Variety, Todd McCarthy commented that "John Williams' subdued, flavorful score is perhaps as atypical as is his concurrent one for Memoirs of a Geisha, the film Spielberg once intended to make himself." In The Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Honeycutt wrote: "Michael Kahn's editing builds suspense in the individual sequences in a Hitchcockian manner as John Williams' muted score quickens the pulse."
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The soundtrack album to Munich will be released by Decca on December 27, 2005 (purchase). The album was made available for download via iTunes and Sony Connect on December 20, 2005.
Munich premiered in theaters on December 23, 2005 and will likely be released on DVD in mid-2006.
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"Master class: Williams earns himself a spot in pantheon of composers," Jon Burlingame
Variety, November 30 2005
"Review: Munich," Todd McCarthy
Variety, December 12 2005
"Review: Munich," Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter, December 12 2005
"A Revenger's Odyssey in Pursuit of Terrorists," Manohla Dargis
New York Times, December 23 2005
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Internet Movie Database entry for Munich
Official Web site for Munich
soundtrack.net "First Listen" with 30-second clips from all 18 tracks of the Munich soundtrack CD
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