Raid on Entebbe (1976) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Writer:

Barry Beckerman (written by)

Release Date:

9 January 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History

Plot:

Second of a series of dramas about a daring Israeli commando assult on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

Plot Keywords:

Uganda | Jewish | Hijack | Airplane | Idi Amin

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Peter Finch	...	Yitzhak Rabin
Martin Balsam	...	Daniel Cooper
Horst Buchholz	...	Wilfred Boese (as Horst Bucholz)
John Saxon	...	Maj. Gen. Benny Peled
Sylvia Sidney	...	Dora Bloch
Jack Warden	...	Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur
Yaphet Kotto	...	President Idi Amin - Jr.
Charles Bronson	...	Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
Tige Andrews	...	Shimon Peres
Eddie Constantine	...	Capt. Michel Becaud
Warren J. Kemmerling	...	Gad Yaakobi (as Warren Kemmerling)
Robert Loggia	...	Yigal Allon
David Opatoshu	...	Menachem Begin
Allan Arbus	...	Eli Melnick
Mariclare Costello	...	Gabrielle Krieger

Runtime:

150 min | 121 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:PG | Iceland:16 | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The song sung by the Israeli soldiers on their way to Entebbe and at the end of the movie is a setting of Psalm 133.

Goofs:

Factual errors: One of the EL AL aircraft has a US Registry number. All US Aircraft registry begin with the letter N. All Israeli registered Aircraft being with 4X on their registration numbers known as tail numbers.

Quotes:

Yitzhak Rabin: [realising an Air France flight is late] Have we heard anything from the French?
Gad Yaakobi: Not a word.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "House M.D.: Alone (#4.1)" (2007)

Very Gripping

I had no doubts or opinions about the story line since it was based on an actual incident.But the direction was very good and the suspense was steadily built up until the climax. 2 hours of solid,non-stop thrill.