shawa
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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject: Spielberg risking Israeli anger over Munich tragedy |
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Could be a great movie but apparently Spielberg is putting his liberal slant to it.
| Quote: | Spielberg risking Israeli anger over Munich tragedy
By Hugh Davies
(Filed: 09/07/2005)
A drama about the 1972 Munich Olympics where Black September Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes is being filmed by Steven Spielberg, who is courting controversy by concentrating on the bloody aftermath as the murders were avenged.
The material is so delicate that the project, which is being filmed in Malta, is shrouded in secrecy.
For while movies like 1977's Raid on Entebbe, starring Peter Finch and Horst Buchholz, portray Israel in a heroic stance, the new picture is about the misgivings of Golda Meir, the then Israeli prime minister, as agents from Mossad tracked down the perpetrators.
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There is concern in Jerusalem that such a notable Jew as Spielberg has apparently avoided using the government's archives for his research, although Dennis Ross, formerly Bill Clinton's key Middle East diplomat, consulted by the director, has alerted the Israelis to the script.
Daniel Craig, one of the British stars of the film, said that the screenplay is a less-than-flattering portrayal of Israeli tactics. "It's about how vengeance doesn't work - blood breeds blood." |
Story at TELEGRAPH UK
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