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September 5 - Can We Show Someone Being Shot on Live TV?
Roone (Peter Sarsgaard), Geoffrey (John Magaro), and Marvin (Ben Chaplin) argue about the ethics of going live.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount Pictures (2024)
Cast: Ben Chaplin, Benjamin Walker, John Magaro, Leonie Benesch, Peter Sarsgaard
Screenwriter: Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum
Director: Tim Fehlbaum

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Transcript
00:00What do I tell the cameras?
00:02What do you mean?
00:03I mean, can we show someone being shot on live television?
00:12We can't control what happens.
00:14No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:15We're the only station going live with this.
00:17Which means everyone will be watching us, including the hostages' families.
00:22Okay, okay.
00:24It's a hallway.
00:30All right, everyone, stay on your headsets.
00:33You don't want anybody to see their kid executed on television now.
00:37So I don't know about the Israelis, but David Berger's folks are in Ohio.
00:41So I'm pretty sure they'll watch.
00:43Well, someone should tell them not to watch it.
00:44But we have a bigger responsibility here.
00:46What about the sponsors?
00:47The sponsors are not going to be concerned.
00:50Guys, we have two minutes.
00:51Viewers, okay.
00:52So is that what we're trying to achieve here, is ratings?
00:55No, we're just...
00:57We're following the story.
01:00Wherever it takes us.
01:01All right, then let me ask you this.
01:03Let me ask you this.
01:04Black September, they know the whole world is watching.
01:06All right, that's why they chose the Olympics.
01:09If, I'm saying if, they shoot someone on live television.
01:14All right, whose story is that?
01:17Is it ours or is it theirs?
01:20How about this?
01:22If things get tense, we only leave the 16mm running.
01:25That gives us plenty of time to decide whether we air it or not.
01:29Yeah, that's it.
01:34That's it.
01:35That's it.
01:35That's it.
01:36Thank you, John.
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