Official Trailer
Our Review
- Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin
- February 6th 2025
- 95
- Tim Fehlbaum
John Magaro and Peter Sarsgaard help the ABC Sports team cover the breaking news story taking place next to their studio.
The hostage crisis at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany has been depicted on screen several times, including Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film Munich, but September 5 covers it from a new perspective.
This film focuses on America’s ABC Sports broadcasting team, who are on the ground near the Olympic Village covering the sporting event live via satellite for the first time.
When producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro) arrives for his shift on 5th September, he expects to cover that day’s sporting schedule like usual. However, when gunshots are heard from the nearby village, the team soon pivot that report on the ongoing situation instead.
The ABC News team wants to take over the story, however, ABC Sports president Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard) insists it should be theirs due to their proximity to the unfolding hostage crisis and their ability to get their own footage.
September 5 retells what happened in that ABC Sports HQ...
