Battle summary and timeline on june 27, air france flight 9 departed tel aviv for paris with a stop in athens. Official feel films spanish region 0 region free pal dvd release as pictured. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 television film directed by irvin kershner the empire strikes back based on the true story of the israeli commando mission to liberate the hostages at the entebbe airport in kampala, uganda, on july 4, 1976. Abc put every famous 1970s actor it could get its hands on in its december 1976 tv movie victory at entebbe, in which kirk douglas shouts. The film recounts the 1976 hijacking by german leftwing extremists of a flight from tel aviv to paris and the rescue operation in uganda seven. Victory at entebbe 1976 israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. With helmut berger, linda blair, kirk douglas, richard dreyfuss. Anthony hopkins, burt lancaster, elizabeth taylor, richard dreyfuss, kirk douglas, helen hays, linda blair and jessica walter. Weve interviewed saul david, author of the definitive account of the event.
Six months after the event came the first of the action replays of the entebbe hijack. Benjamin netanyahu gives speech at entebbe on 40th anniversary of entebbe raid duration. Victory at entebbe thrillingly recounts the result. And, from the archives, we present a documentary that introduces you to the people who lived through it. Morituri raid on entebbe soundtrack from 1965, 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith, david shire. Operation entebbe and the freeing of israeli hostages at entebbe airport now entebbe international airport in uganda. Victory at entebbe is a 1976 american madefortelevision actiondrama film for broadcast on abc, directed by marvin j. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner.
Marvin chomsky, helmut berger, theodore bikel, linda blair, kirk douglas. The film recounted the events and response of the israeli government and the controversy that the rescue stirred. Its considered one of the most daring and heroic things israel ever did. To coincide with the release the new film entebbe, discover more about the hijacking of air france flight 9 and the subsequent special forces operation. Operation entebbe and the freeing of israeli hostages at entebbe airport.
Another production beat raid to the screens and it was called victory at entebbe. Mar 10, 2018 there is one central figure who isnt in the film, but should be. May 14, 2012 heres a promo for the made for tv movie victory at entebee. Victory at entebbe 1976 tv movie region free pal, plays in. Victory at entebbe 1976, directed by marvin j chomsky film. This tv movie begins when arab terrorists capture a civilian airliner and force a landing at entebbe. An allstar cast, most of the bigname actors spend their time chewing up the scenery and overacting. Dec 07, 2017 the 1971 hit id love to change the world by ten years after plays under the new trailer for 7 days in entebbe. Conspirators in their seats keep looking at each other and their watches. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda, on july 4, 1976. It was the first of three films made in the 1970s based on the entebbe raid. Theres one hero of entebbe who deserves his own film.
The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. The world held its breath while heroes did their work. Subscribe today for more clips, tv theme songs, and other treats from warner bros. But today, the bbc released a report claiming that the entire hijacking and hostage situation was, sort. Raid on entebbe 1976, operation thunderbolt 1977, flight 93 2006, strategic command 1997, final approach 2007. It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in the united kingdom on 11 may 2018. Victory at entebbe 1976 cast and crew israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. The incredible true story of the rescue mission that gripped the world.
Israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. Home all yerachmiel begun and the miami boys choir victory entebbe. Michel cojotgoldberg was one of my fathers oldest friends, and he was on that flight with his then 12yearold son, olivier. May 09, 2018 the title is entebbe and the film is largely set in the airport in the ugandan town where the hostages are in captivity but this is an arabisraeli story. In 1976, terrorists hijack an air france airplane, and divert it to uganda, where they demand to exchange their hostages for fellow terrorists held in israeli jails. Ugandan president idi amin struts about at the airport, insisting that he can do nothing. The sets seem deliberately amateurish, creating the image that were watching a play being performed on a stage, not a real motion picture. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. Within a year, no fewer than three movies about the raid were released, two of them on american television networks. Heres a promo for the made for tv movie victory at entebee. In 1976, terrorists hijack an air france airplane, and divert it to. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation. It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in. The airport is ugandas main airport and is situated near the capital city of kampala, uganda.
Victory at entebbe is a madefortelevision film from 1976 based on an actual event. Victory at entebbe is based on the actual event operation entebbe, the raid on entebbe airport now entebbe international airport in uganda and the freeing of israeli hostages on july 4, 1976. The film starred helmut berger, linda blair, anthony hopkins, burt lancaster, elizabeth taylor, richard dreyfuss, and kirk douglas. Julius harris portrayed idi amin, following the fatal heart attack suffered by the actor originally cast in the role, godfrey cambridge. The reallife hostage crisis from 1976 an air france flight from tel aviv was hijacked and diverted to entebbe in uganda inspired, less. The events of entebbe in that summer of 1976 were so far reaching that it would probably take a tv mini series to fully explore the scenario in any real depth, but padilhas film doesnt help itself by wasting time on pointless subplots like the dancer girlfriend of one of the israeli soldiers, which seems to exist solely so padilha can homage the godfather iii in his film s climax, cutting. Israeli raid to free hostages at the entebbe airport, uganda when it was under the murderer idi amin. Victory at entebbe tv movie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Victory at entebbe 1976 tv movie region free pal, plays in original english audio without subtitles.
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