Screenwriter Eric Roth co-wrote the Oscar-nominated film "Munich", which was based on what real-life event?
Eric Roth Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Forrest Gump" (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films: "The Insider" (1999), "Munich" (2005), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008), and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (2012).
Venlo Incident The Venlo Incident was a covert German "Sicherheitsdienst" (SD-Security Service) operation, in the course of which two British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) agents were abducted on the outskirts of the town of Venlo, the Netherlands, on 9 November 1939. The incident was later used by the German Nazi government to link Britain to Georg Elser's failed assassination attempt on German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich, Germany, on 8 November 1939 and to help justify Germany's invasion of the Netherlands, while a neutral country, on 10 May 1940.