7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.

Director:

José Padilha

Writer:

Gregory Burke (screenplay by)

Stars:

Batsheva Dance Company, Zina Zinchenko, Ben Schnetzer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Batsheva Dance Company	...	Dance Performers
Zina Zinchenko	...	Sarah
Ben Schnetzer	...	Zeev Hirsch
Daniel Brühl	...	Wilfried Böse
Amir Khoury	...	Ali Al-Maati
Ala Dakka	...	Haled Al Halili
Rosamund Pike	...	Brigitte Kuhlmann
Paloma Coquant	...	Ann Franking
Trudy Weiss	...	Dora Bloch
Danny Scheinmann	...	Ilan Hartuv
Brontis Jodorowsky	...	Captain Michel Bacos
Denis Ménochet	...	Jacques Lemoine
Gal Pertsiger	...	Pasco Cohen
Saffron Scheinmann	...	Talia Levy
Michal Shtamler	...	Hanna Cohen (as Michal Shtamler Yanai)

Storyline

In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages.

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Plot Keywords:

hijacker | year 1976 | airport | airplane | commando mission | 

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Taglines:

248 Passengers Were Held Hostage. For the Next Seven Days, The World Was Held Captive.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, some thematic material, drug use, smoking and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English German French Hebrew Arabic

Release Date:

16 March 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

7 Days in Entebbe

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,592,645, 18 March 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$3,189,220, 29 March 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Participant Media, Pellikola, Working Title Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although they shared no scenes together, Daniel Brühl and Denis Ménochet both appeared in Inglourious Basterds (2009).

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Goofs

The Israeli commandos use brushes to paint the brown Mercedes black. In subsequent scenes their black Mercedes has a shiny, factory finish.

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Quotes

Wilfried Böse: I didn't agree to this, I'm not a Nazi.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

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Soundtracks

Am Yisrael Chai
Written by Shlomo Carlebach (as Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach) (BMI)
Used by kind permission from the estate of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

User Reviews

Boring & Biased

My father and I went into this film having heard nothing about this new dramatization of the famous rescue operation. I checked movie listings and saw this title and thought my Dad and I would like it since we're both history buffs and I loved the old TV movie that I saw many times growing up in the '80s.

This movie was very disappointing. It was frightfully boring and came across more as a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel piece of propaganda. Under the guise of "balance," the film shows its bias. The terrorists' motives are rationalized throughout the film and great care is given to humanizing them. The Israelis are seen as dithering and even agreeing that they need to stop making war and start negotiating, as if the long-standing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is something caused by Israeli intransigence and not, at the very least, a complicated issue with actors on both sides continuing to stir the pot. Worst of all, one of the most famous special forces operations in history, a military action that Israel is rightly proud of on so many levels, is shoved to the side. There's a strange focus in this film on a nobody Israeli soldier whose girlfriend is a dancer and the climactic "raid on Entebbe" is literally intercut with scenes from a modern dance stage performance, complete with a Broadway-style song. My father said he was "disturbed" by the inclusion of that dance performance. It didn't belong there and completely destroyed what little tension was building up. Clearly, it's only purpose was to undercut the heroism and brilliance of the actual rescue operation.

The TV movie from decades ago had a true all-star cast, with some big-name stars having small roles. This new movie shows how the political winds have changed in Hollywood.