Charles bronson shines in typical tough guy form in this ensemble action drama. The raid on entebbe has been mythologised in books, articles, and movies. The entebbe raid was part of the ongoing arabisraeli conflict, which occurred on july 4, 1976, when the israeli sayeret matkal commandos landed at entebbe in uganda. True story of a daring israeli commando assault on the entebbe airport in uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking. The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. Entebbe commando critical of new film about the raid. True story of a daring israeli commando assault on the entebbe. After much debate, the israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages. Jun 25, 2016 entebbe would become a byword for military daring, the subject of three blockbuster movies, taught and studied by armies around the world including by the architects of the raid that captured. Raid on entebbe constitutes one of two allstar madefortv reenactments of the entebbe rescue of july 4, 1976.
The delta force 1986 which featured a hostage rescue operation inspired by operation entebbe. Too bad that the dvd version now being sold through amazon and other vendors is so bad. A plan was formulated and an israeli commando unit did a most daring raid on entebbe and freed the hostages killing all of the palestinian terrorists and. Raid on entebbe year 1977 director irvin kershner martin balsam. On june 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 tv movie directed by irvin kershner.
He has the distinction of being named by the the new yorker magazine as americas best nonhiphop lyricist. 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. It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in. On june 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by propalestinian revolutionaries. Peter finch yitzhak rabin, martin balsam daniel cooper, horst buchholz wilfred boese, john saxon maj. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport the most audacious hostage. Starring peter finch, charles bronson, martin balsam, yaphet kotto, jack warden, horst buchholz, john saxon, sylvia sidney, robert loggia and. In the early part of the critical week beginning sunday june 27, yoni was engaged in a military operation which is still to this. The entebbe rescue operation jewish virtual library. Operation entebbe simple english wikipedia, the free. Boeing 707 used in the raid on entebbe at the israeli air force museum at hazerim near beersheva beersheba israel. Raid on entebbe by irvin kershner irvin kershner, peter. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation.
The definitive account of one of the greatest special forces missions ever, the raid of entebbe, by acclaimed military historian saul david. At 140 minutes, the film moves at an unusually speedy pace. Israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner. Operation entebbe, also known as operation jonathan, was an israeli hostage rescue mission.
The class act that was raid on entebbe 1977 didnt go unnoticed. In the week before the raid, israel tried using political avenues to obtain the release of the hostages. Zameen 2003 is a bollywood movie starring ajay devgan and abhishekh. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport the most audacious. The plane left benghazi and flew to uganda, arriving at entebbe airport. Mordechai gur, yaphet kotto president idi amin dada, charles bronson brig. Many of the hostages were later released but 106 israelis and jews were still held. Dan shomron, tige andrews shimon peres, eddie constantine capt. As late as 2011, when the us military planned its operation to capture and kill osama bin laden, the man in charge was admiral william mcraven. It was in june 1976 that an air france plane carrying 244 passengers and a crew of 12 on a flight from athens to paris was hijacked by terrorists who frced the captain to alter course and eventually land at. A plan was formulated and an israeli commando unit did a most daring raid on entebbe and freed the hostages killing all of the palestinian terrorists and bringing the people back to israel. Ost operation thunderbolt jonathan the raid at entebbe 1977.
Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue. The plane lands in entebbe, uganda, where presidentforlife. Recollections of 1976 israeli raid on entebbe airport. Entebbe raid, july 34, 1976, rescue by an israeli commando squad of 103 hostages from a french jet airliner hijacked en route from israel to france. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful. Raid on entebbe 1977 cast and crew in this dramatization, members of the revolutionary cells and the popular front for the liberation of palestine hijack an air france flight, and the airplane. On june 27, 1976, an air france flight from tel aviv to paris was hijacked by a group of arab and german terrorists who demanded the release of 53 terrorists. Raid on entebbe internet movie firearms database guns. I recently purchased this dvd from amazon and was totally blown away by its abbreviations of the story line and the quality of production. The mission was later renamed operation jonathan in honor of yonatan netanyahu. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 a week earlier, on 27 june, an air france airbus a300 jet airliner with 248 passengers had been hijacked by two members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine external.
The original raid on entebbe that came out as a tv special was very, very good. Throughout the hostage situation, amin had played a highwire act, oscillating between supporting and protecting the. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Of the two telemovies that came out five months after operation entebbe, this is considered a better paced dramatization of the. Une version longue sort le 9 janvier 1977 au cinema dans divers pays. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious. The mountain goats raid on entebbe lyrics genius lyrics. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda on july 4, 1976. Entebbe raid humiliated amin, nearly caused east african. Generally netanyahus visit, which coincided with the 40th anniversary of israels famous raid on entebbe international airport in 1976, is meant to consolidate relations between israel and africa.
Download raid on entebbe 1976 xvid dvd rip avi file. The mountain goats is the musical project of singersongwriter, novelist, pianist and guitarist john darnielle. Morituri raid on entebbe soundtrack from 1965, 1977, composed by jerry goldsmith, david shire. On the shores of a lake named after a late queen of england i heard new rumors of war the sun was a red ball up in the summer sky i saw my sister standing in the doorway. Ost operation thunderbolt jonathan the raid at entebbe. The plane lands in entebbe, uganda, where presidentforlife idi amin yaphet kotto struts about feigning concern, though his sympathy toward the hijackers is obvious. This movie raid on entebbe was by far the worst production of any movie i have. After stopping at athens, the airliner was hijacked on june 27 by members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine and the red army faction a west german radical leftist group and flown to entebbe, ugan. With peter finch, charles bronson, yaphet kotto, martin balsam. Time spoke to historian saul david, author of the leading book about the entebbe raid, to sort the fact from the fiction. It was in june 1976 that an air france plane carrying 244 passengers and a crew of 12 on a flight from athens to paris was hijacked by terrorists who frced the captain to alter course and eventually land at ugandas entebbe airport.
Benny peled, sylvia sidney dora bloch, jack warden lt. Raid on entebbe 1977, operation thunderbolt 1977 and entebbe. Morituri raid on entebbe soundtrack cd details and availability. I knew there was a problem with the download, will not get into the details. Raid on entebbe there isnt a scriptwriter alive who could have invented a more exciting story. On entebbe and israel and desert one shortly after the raid the israelis quietly said that you never mount something like that without a backup plan it is interesting that in that raid was an impetus for col charles beckworth to form the delta force, which had a lot of input from his years as liaison to the british sas. Yonis last days the raid at entebbe excerpted from the afterword of the letters of jonathan netanyahu by maariv publication. As a new book on the raid on entebbe is published, we look at what really happened. Raid on entebbe internet movie firearms database guns in. An air france airplane was hijacked on 27 june 1976.
The israel knesset worked with the military chiefs to create a plan to rescue the hostages and bring their people home to israel. The film stars charles bronson, horst buchholz, peter finch, james woods, and yaphet kotto as uganda president idi amin. The palestinian freedom fighters wanted the release of prisoners held in israel and four other countries. Incredible factbased feature film that recounts the israeli governments daring and dangerous top secret mission to rescue an air france plane full of hostages at the hands of palestinian terrorists, who are aided by idi amin carried out on a sabbath day. She had been hospitalized in kampala prior to the time of the raid after she. Battle summary and timeline on june 27, air france flight 9 departed tel aviv for paris with a stop in athens.
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