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1* CaliforniaDoubling: Scenes set in Tel Aviv, Beirut, Cyprus, Athens and Rome were filmed in Malta, and scenes set in London, Rome, Paris, New York City and a German airport were filmed in Budapest.
2* ChristmasRushed: Spielberg rushed it into production and post-production in just five months so he could open it in time for Oscar qualifying. Though the film was a box-office disappointment, due to the advertising not being ready until two weeks before the film premiered, [[AcclaimedFlop it did get five Oscar nominations]].
3* FakeNationality: Israelis Avner and Ephraim are played by Australian actors Creator/EricBana and Creator/GeoffreyRush respectively. South African Steve is portrayed by British actor Creator/DanielCraig while Israeli Carl is portrayed by Irish actor Creator/CiaranHinds. Belgian Robert is played by French actor Creator/MathieuKassovitz, and Danish Hans is played by German actor Hanns Zischler.
4* RealLifeRelative: Guri Weinberg is the only son and child of Moshe Weinberg, the first Israeli team member who was killed in the massacre. Guri plays his own father. Eerily, Moshe was 33 when he was murdered, and Guri was 33 when he portrayed him, as revealed in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20061117214655/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3205661,00.html this 2006 Ynet interview]].
5* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There's an upcoming Creator/{{Netflix}} film also titled ''Munich'', about the infamous 1938 Munich Agreement between UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, France, the UK and Italy regarding Czechoslovakia and the Sudeten minority.
6* ThoseTwoActors: Although they never share a scene, Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/MathieuAmalric starred in this three years before being enemies in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.

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