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:

Actor Yaphet Kotto, who plays Ugandan President Idi Amin, Jr., is Jewish.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Air France's two-letter airline code is AF, not AR as shown on the flight information screen in Paris.

Quotes:

Capt. Sammy Berg: [discussing a military attack] It'll be the biggest noise to hit Africa since the elephants stampeded.

Movie Connections:

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

Great film

I first saw this movie as a kid, but didn't remember it until I rented it a few weeks ago. This is a very gripping film, one that manages to get across the enormous amount of stress the Israeli government faced as they decided how to deal with a precarious situation. This mission took a tremendous amount of courage, which is reflected in the film. The scene where the commandos are singing on the plane conveyed the solidarity and stalwartness of the Israeli people as they rushed to the rescue of their own people.