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An Air France airplane is hijacked by the PLO due the large number of Israeli and Jewish passengers. We follow the action both with the hostages as they cope with confinement and threatened death, and the Israeli cabinet and military that must try to get them out. Written by
David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>
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It was in production at about the same time as
Raid on Entebbe, another TV production about the same incident. The shows aired on American TV less than a month apart.
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Goofs
The aircraft is an Airbus A300, accurately depicted with the passenger cabin and exterior shots, but the flight deck is from a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, with its very distinctive autopilot console and flight engineer panel showing three engine switches (the A300 has two engines).
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Quotes
Benjamin Wise:
What are you reading?
Etta Grossman-Wise:
Agatha Christie.
Benjamin Wise:
You read that one in Tel Aviv!
Etta Grossman-Wise:
Um-hum, I know. But fortunately, I have just gotten older and absent-minded enough to have forgotten who the murderer is!
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Connections
Version of
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
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After viewing both versions of the Entebbe rescue (the Encore Drama channel is showing both of them this month), I have to definitely say that this is the weaker of the two. While the true story is exciting and excellent, the bargain basement sets (most of this movie looks as though it were being filmed in an abandoned high school!), melodramatic overacting (Linda Blair and Liz Taylor I'm looking at you) and terrible Nazi caricatures really take away from the wonderful rescue story at hand. This is basically a soap opera, Hollywood version of a true story.
I'm sorry, but when Linda Blair walked around with that damn box of chocolates, I was ready to beat her up myself. If you want a great account of the Entebbe rescue, I'd highly recommend 'Raid on Entebbe' instead.