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Black Sunday
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Writers:
Thomas Harris (by)
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Release Date:
11 March 1977 (USA) more
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There has never been a motion picture adventure like... more
Plot:
An Isreali anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Shaw ... Kabakov
Bruce Dern ... Lander

Marthe Keller ... Dahlia
Fritz Weaver ... Corley
Steven Keats ... Moshevsky
Bekim Fehmiu ... Fasil
Michael V. Gazzo ... Muzi
William Daniels ... Pugh
Walter Gotell ... Colonel Riat
Victor Campos ... Nageeb
Joseph Robbie ... Joseph Robbie
Robert Wussler ... Robert Wussler
Pat Summerall ... Pat Summerall
Tom Brookshier ... Tom Brookshier
Walter Brooke ... Fowler
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Runtime:
143 min
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Three Goodyear blimps are used in the film, one based in Miami, one in Houston and one in Los Angeles. more
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Revealing mistakes: When the helicopter is destroyed by the woman shooting from the blimp, and when the blimp itself is destroyed over the river, the explosions are obviously fakes. more
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Robert Moshevsky: My mother once said "Anyone who has a nervous breakdown has got to have something wrong with them". more
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16 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Top notch excitement, 15 May 2002
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Author: jrs-8 from Chicago

"Black Sunday" is a flat out exciting motion picture about the planning and execution of a terrorist attack during the Super Bowl. Robert Shaw plays the head of an agency trying to prevent the attack. Bruce Dern is at his creepy best as a brainwashed Vietnam vet enlisted by the lovely Marthe Keller to help carry out the sinister plan. Dern is a blimp pilot and the perfect person to help detonate a contraption that will send thousands of deadly needles into the unsuspecting crowd. Dern was born to play parts like this and it's a reminder of how terrific an actor he is and how sad it is that he doesn't work as much as he used to.

The final 40 minutes is intercut between the game (actually shot during the real Cowboys-Steelers Super Bowl game of 76) and the unfolding of the final stages of the plot. It's tense and exciting as Shaw and cohorts commandeer helicopters to try to catch the blimp heading to the big game to unleash its deadly attack.

Kudos to director John Frankheimer for keeping the pacing on this 2 hour 25 minute thriller moving. The editing is first rate and the music score by John Williams is one of his best though it is never mentioned when his name comes up.

If you like a good thriller that is never boring and will keep you on the edge of your seat, I highly recommend "Black Sunday."

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