The daring israeli raid on entebbe described in exclusive firstperson accounts by the heroes who pulled off this impossible mission. Movies and tv 7 days in entebbe turns audacious rescue into a listless thriller. With batsheva dance company, zina zinchenko, ben schnetzer, daniel bruhl. The authors of a new british movie on the heroic hostage rescue operation known as entebbe claim they reveal the actual story behind an episode which israel has tended to mythologize.
When a commercial flight is hijacked in 1976 and diverted to an abandoned terminal at entebbe airport in uganda, the terrified passengers become bargaining chips in a deadly political standoff. 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. Rent 7 days in entebbe 2018 on dvd and bluray netflix. Entebbe would become a byword for military daring, the subject of three blockbuster movies, taught and studied by armies around the world. Ben schnetzer was born on february 8 1990 in new york, to actors stephen schnetzer and nancy snyder. Feeling a bit of a relic from a different time, 7 days in entebbe tells a truelife story in documentary fashion. The first two were american tv movies, titled victory in entebbe.
The film recounted the events and response of the israeli government and the controversy that the rescue stirred. It is a well made movie made in israel about the tragic events leading to and including this rescue mission in late june eraly july of 1976. This was a superb account of the israeli raid to rescue jewish hostages held at the entebbe airport after a hijack in 1976. Operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostage rescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. Operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostage rescue mission carried out by the special forces of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. A thriller inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an air france flight en route from tel aviv to paris, the film depicts the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.
Idi amin visits the hostages at entebbe airport, uganda. The lead hercules carried the sayeret matkal rescue force, led by lt. It creates sympathy for the despicable germanpalestinian arab terrorists who perpetrated the terror attack. Docudrama revisits a legendary israeli rescue this look at operation thunderbolt goes deeper than previous movies but still falls victim to dramatic inertia. The new movie tells the entebbe story from the terrorists perspective. The story of the hijacking of air france flight af9 on 27 june 1976 from athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at entebbe in uganda. When terrorists hijack a flight, the passengers become political pawns and are detained for a week in entebbe, uganda, inspiring a daring rescue mission. In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of. A daring israeli military rescue fuels truelife thriller 7 days in entebbe. This is the story about the daring rescue executed by the israeli defense force. Everything about the movie, apart from the starstudded cast, screams lowbudget. Raid on entebbe constitutes one of two allstar madefortv reenactments of the entebbe rescue of july 4, 1976. It is a horrible film that plays down israels heroism in the rescue operation. There have been at least four movies that have retold the infamous hijacking of air france flight 9 from athens.
Everything you need to know about 7 days in entebbe movie. A movie based on the rescue mission, titled entebbe is set to be released in march of 2018. I warn you, the description of this plot is essentially the 1970s game of thrones. The operation operation thunderbolt took place at night, as israeli transport planes. March, 1946 july 4, 1976 was an israel defense forces idf officer who commanded the elite commando unit sayeret matkal during operation entebbe, an operation to rescue hostages held at entebbe airport in uganda in 1976. Four hijackers take over an airplane, force it to land in entebbe, uganda, and take the israeli passengers hostage in 1976 in an effort to free dozens of palestinian terrorists and anarchists jailed in israel, germany, and sweden. Colonel shani was tasked with serving as lead pilot for the hostage rescue mission to entebbe, codenamed operation thunderball after the james bond movie, according to shani. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation. Israeli commandos raid ugandas airport in 1976 to free hostages from palestinianterrorist hijackers. The israeli mission to rescue them, known as operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt, is the latest historical event to be given the hollywood treatment, in director jose padilhas 7 days in. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including captain bacos who together with his crew refused to abandon his. A gripping thriller inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an air france flight en route from tel aviv to paris, the film depicts the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. He began acting in his teens, appearing in the tv drama happy town but, in his own words wanted to give acting a proper shot and moved to london in 2010 to.
The real story of the entebbe rescue was much more exciting and interesting than this. Indeed, there have already been three film adaptations about the event, and the week hostages spent in entebbe, uganda. Operation gunnerside, the mission that may have saved us all from nazi rule. The story of the daring 1976 israeli military raid to rescue 106 hostages in entebbe, uganda, following the hijacking of a french passenger. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. Gripping reenactments take you inside the assault that brought nearly all of the hostages of the highjacked air france flight 9 to safety. On june 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by. Only then was the plan revealed to the israeli cabinet, which decided to let the operation continue.
An act of terrorism leads to one of the most daring rescue missions ever attempted. The daring israeli operation that saved over a hundred. The umpteenth retelling of the 1976 commando mission to free hostages in. The dilemma facing the israeli government as it tried to decide on a course of action was believably portrayed, the plight of the hostages seemed very real, and, even though one knows what the outcome will be this, is, after all based on an historical event i was glued. Movies go bad in all kinds of ways, but in 7 days in entebbe the filmmakers found a brandnew way for their movie to commit suicide. Plans for an airborne hostage rescue operation were accelerated. Theres one hero of entebbe who deserves his own film. Peter finch and charles bronson starred in raid on entebbe. In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of 1976 entebbe rescue jose padilha casts yoni netanyahu in lessthanheroic light, tells story from terrorists perspective in movie. Raid on entebbe 1977 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
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