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Allan let's Allan let's talk about the
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film September five tell me the story
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tell you the story so uh September 5th
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refers to the 5th of September uh I
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forget the year it's s
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1976 during the Munich
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Olympics uh this is when the uh in
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Infamous uh kidnapping of the Israeli uh
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Olympic team and their UL murder um and
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uh where we've seen Munich Steven
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spelberg did it in Munich what makes
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September 5th more interesting or un is
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that it takes a look at how ABC covered
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uh the events of the terrorist act uh
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during the Olympics because the only
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news team available at the time in uh um
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in Munich was the uh Wide World of
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Sports team with Jim M and how
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coell and uh so that was your news team
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and I I believe uh oh why can't I who's
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who's the main guy from ABC News Peter
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Jennings Peter Jennings yeah okay so he
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was there as well and so what this
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basically it's a story about the hard
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pivot that the sports news team had to
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make to Pivot to uh international news
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and a terrorist attacked also at the
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same time uh the Munich Olympics were
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the first live uh sporting event uh film
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uh filmed live for the networks right
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through satellite so satellite
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technology is uh pretty much brand new
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at this point meaning that there's one
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satellite above uh Germany and all the
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networks had to share that satellite or
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had to schedule time during that
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satellite that the news is breaking ABC
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is covering it and um they have and so a
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they have to Pivot uh in term we're not
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covering the Olympics anymore B we have
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to turn um uh oh was we have to turn our
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uh our our Sports casting team into news
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anchors uh and then then there are a lot
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of decisions that have to be made of
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just what exactly do you show and what
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do exactly do you not show uh then
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there's also this Intrigue of the German
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government not wanting anyone inside
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filming this and then trying to sneak
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past them and get it all on get it all
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live and then also the fact that when
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you're covering a a terrorist attemp
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terrorist attack and you have cameras on
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everything the terrorist can watch
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everything the world is seeing uh about
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their actions and um and so the the
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other thing about this is that it all
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takes place within the broad studio uh
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at at at ABC News at that time and so
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it's a very claustrophobic movie let's
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put it that way um and uh so uh correct
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you real quick was the
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1972 Munich Olympics and the terrorists
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they even even debate like should they
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are these gorillas no they're terrorists
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it was a new word that people didn't use
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they had they had one Glimpse they show
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all the I I I really like the aspect of
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the film I really like was um Peter
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sarsgard as run arage was great I always
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loved Peter sarsgard he was fantastic as
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run arage thought he was really good um
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and I like seeing all the uh behind the
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scenes the technology how like
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unsophisticated it was they didn't have
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computer Graphics they they literally
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had like a bug of the network was
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something he film they filmed on a black
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screen and then superimposed like it
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showed how crude everything was like 16
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mm footage had to be R ran over and then
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developed and then trans it was like
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they they really fetishized over the
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process and I like it because I remember
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I have shot 16 mm film so like that
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stuff was really fascinating it is very
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claustrophobic and uh yeah so so it's
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it's about this Main Event uh on a
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personal note September 5th was my
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birthday I mean also currently is my
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birthday so kind of strange but um
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I I this film is kind of mixed for me I
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felt like the best parts of the movie or
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the best parts of the story are are
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offscreen right we don't see them
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because the whole movie takes place in
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the control room right so you're seeing
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like there's stuff happening at the
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airport and you're hearing reports and
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you're hearing like like it's this
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insane you know 24hour plus period of
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time where this event happens it all
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happens in one place and we see kind of
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what the public sees what's fascinating
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it is the most watched event in TV
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history 900 million people tuned in to
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this happening this event that was
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unfolding live they do a few things that
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were kind of like h i kind of rolled my
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eyes where there's like they're hearing
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German on this radio and this guy says
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to a woman hey can you get me coffee
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and the guy says to the other other man
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like you know you s the the one person
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who could translate that out of the room
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and he realizes oh and then the same
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thing with the woman who uh creates the
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idea of the ABC bug she like invented a
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bug sitting in the corner it's a woman
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that comes up with the idea and they
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really focus on the two these two women
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I was like I kind of rolled my eyes like
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it's kind of a little that was those
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were the only two that stood out they're
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not they don't ruin the movie but um I
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guess the the one thing I'll say it's 91
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minutes very short it's very thrilling
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once it gets to gunshots boom they hear
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it it's it's like a an action thriller
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but it's told in this in this confined
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space so overall I I I recommend this
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movie probably a seven out of 10 for me
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but um I I almost it's it's one of those
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films I see where I think God this might
6:30
have been better as a
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documentary you know um what are your
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thoughts Alan yeah
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I than you in the sense of uh I thought
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it was the idea was fascinating just
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just the pivot that it had I mean I'm
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very I'm very you know I was very young
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when it happened um but you know I know
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these people I know the players involved
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here from from my childhood um yeah you
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know the there's some pretty cool things
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that happened one is m is in the movie
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as Jim McKay uh and so they the footage
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that they have of him yeah they actually
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use the footage I don't think they ever
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showed Peter Jennings but you hear his
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voice no yeah no no there was a guy
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playing Peter Jennings yeah H but uh but
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I think when they played the real
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because they're introducing when they
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can use the real footage of the event
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they do it uh which is again very
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fascinating because now you're seeing
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when you when you say most exciting h
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things that happen were done off screen
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yeah that was done in Munich we've
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they've already filmed that part right
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right right so you don't need um I it's
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just you know um it's a a very tragic
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moment in human history and from this
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standpoint to me is the reason why to
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see it because it's done so well and and
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you forget that he you you forget that
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once a hallowed
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profession was once a respected
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profession um and this reminds you of
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why it was uh and and you know because
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there are there are discussions about
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journalism and journalistic integrity
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that that happened that you wish people
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would have today uh there's another
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movie that does that as well yeah they
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that was really fascinating how they
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would like sit there and have
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discussions about what word to call the
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people that took the hostages it wasn't
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Terror ISM and terrorist was not a
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common word so they have a discussion
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about the word they have a discussion
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about can we do this what do we what
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image do we open with they show them
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telling the story to the American public
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saying open with this shot do this quote
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cut to this interview who is this guy
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and so I did like that stuff yeah so
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well there there was also you know
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because they were filming they were they
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had cameras on the German police on the
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roof and you realize by doing that
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you're telling the terrorists exactly
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where the police are um and weirdly
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enough uh they probably saved lives
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doing
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that yeah they're like do the terror are
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they watching the TV seeing what we're
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doing like like they had to make these
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these um calls and run arage Peter
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sarsgard is run arage that that was he
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was pivotal he was the Cornerstone of
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the film and was really amazing to see
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the thought process so yeah I mean you
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liked it a little better than I did yeah
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I thankfully this movie is not two hours
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and 40 minutes you know it's a it's a
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tight 90 plays like a thriller and it's
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just I'd say it's very good it didn't
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blow my mind um you know like like a
9:50
similar film there's a movie that's
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similar that is not a thriller which is
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Saturday night Saturday night about the
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inside of the very first first episode
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of Saturday night SNL
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right and that was really also similar
10:06
thing you got a glimpse on the inside
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how does it work how they do a live
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comedy show how are they you know
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deciding what bits to use and what not
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and um so it's it's they're not similar
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movies they're just um sister films in a
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sense because they're like behind the
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scenes look at television television but
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I think when the media is looking at
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itself they always make themselves look
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good yeah you know what I mean like they
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always make themselves look good that's
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one one thing I'm a little skittish on
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yeah I mean because when when they were
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showing the police in the on the video
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they were trying to justify why they
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were right in doing it right and and the
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Germans were not having any of it um
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yeah I I this is one of those movies
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where it's it's small in scale but it's
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fascinating yeah it is like I got to say
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like all everything from like they've
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got one guy that um that you know they
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can't go to certain places so they take
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one of their crew guys and they make a
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fake ID yeah what I love what I love
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about it is they make a fake ID so one
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of their guys inside can pretend to be
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an athlete and they they show them
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making the ID and I'm like oh my God I
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remember as a kid having a fake ID and
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like actually making it and he made it
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and they dressed him up and they put
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film and taped it to him so he could get
11:35
things you know back and forth and he
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carries a giant bag of camera equipment
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yeah and they don't check it so I did
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like that inside view so it's well worth
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it well worth seeing I'm recommending it
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definitely recommend but not a Stellar
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review so but the fact that it's 91
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minutes I mean boom you're in you're out
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there's not a dull moment yeah when it
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was when I saw it it was amazing to me
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how fast this movie runs very fast paac
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and um yeah so so recommend from both of
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us yep
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