A similar film to this raid on entebbe was a tv movie made a few years ago 42 years ago, to be precise. With virtually no other option, the israeli government gives the goahead for operation thunderbolt, a commando raid on the entebbe airport. As a new book on the raid on entebbe is published, we look at what really happened. Released 1977, raid on entebbe stars peter finch, martin balsam, horst bucholz, charles bronson the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. How israel really got hold of entebbe airport plans haaretz. Factbased drama, recounting the israeli raid on ugandas entebbe airport where more than 100 passengers were held hostage on board a hijacked airliner in 1976. Israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. How was israel able to obtain the blueprints for the ugandan.
The mountain goats raid on entebbe lyrics genius lyrics. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 a week earlier, on 27 june, an air france airbus a300 jet airliner with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine external. Con assaf dayan, klaus kinski, gila almagor, yehoram gaon. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful. We had an italian surname, so the end result would have been very musical. Half way through this dvd, the movie just quit, and it could not be restarted. On the shores of a lake named after a late queen of england i heard new rumors of war the sun was a red ball up in the summer sky i saw my sister standing in the doorway. In 1976 an air france plane hijacked by palestinian ad german terrorist was rescued by the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on operation entebbe later renamed operation. Raid on entebbe irvin kershner, usa 1976 and mivtsa yonatan operation.
The heterodox left and the holocaust in postwar italian culture. Raid on entebbe 1977 stream and watch online moviefone. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport serves as the basis for gregory burkes screenplay. True story of a daring israeli commando assault on the entebbe. Raid on entebbe 1977 in this dramatization, members of the revolutionary cells and the popular front for the liberation of palestine hijack an air france flight, and the airplane makes its way. Based on a true military operation by israeli commandos.
Morituri raid on entebbe soundtrack from 1965, 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith, david shire. Rosamund pike and daniel bruhl in 7 days in entebbe. Movie music by composer jerry goldsmith, david shire. With peter finch, charles bronson, yaphet kotto, martin balsam. I knew there was a problem with the download, will not get into the details. On june 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by.
Watch the raid on entebbe now on your favorite device. Raid on entebbe dvd movie video at cd universe, it was in june 1976 that an air france plane carrying 244 passengers and a crew of 12 on a flight from athens to paris. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner. How israel really got hold of airport plans ahead of entebbe raid.
It starred peter finch, martin balsam, jack warden. In this dramatization, members of the revolutionary cells and the popular front for the liberation of palestine hijack an air france flight, and the airplane. Starring peter finch, charles bronson, martin balsam, yaphet kotto, jack warden, horst buchholz, john saxon, sylvia sidney, robert loggia and. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda, on july 4, 1976. Morituri raid on entebbe soundtrack cd details and availability. The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Raid on entebbe constitutes one of two allstar madefortv reenactments of the entebbe rescue of july 4, 1976.
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