Operation thunderbolt national center for jewish film. The manga is published by shogakukan in japan, with the english version licensed by shogakukan asia in. New film on operation entebbe likely to anger prime. The movie depicts the true operation to release hostages in uganda by israeli. The new film challenges the longexalted israeli version of operation thunderbolt. Originally named mivtza entebbe, the mission was later named in honor of yonatan netanyahu brother of the former israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who died in the operation. Operation thunderbolt 1997, an offensive operation during the second sudanese civil war and first congo war. The israeli mission to rescue them, known as operation entebbe or.
In the summer of 1976 an air france jet was hijacked by four men. Ive noticed that category was usually a good source of worthwhile fims i might otherwise miss completely. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda on july 4, 1976. This movie fits the bill although im not sure it fits the category since its 90% in english. The daring 1976 israeli commando raid at the entebbe, uganda airport inspired the 1977 movie operation thunderbolt, and now director jose padhila and screenwriter gregory burke have given us. The hijackers separated out all the jewish passengers and held them. Three quickie movies about the entebbe raid were rushed out in the late. In 2005, operation wolf was released on the xbox, playstation 2, and microsoft windows as part of taito legends. Although i enjoyed also raid on entebbe, the american version of the same. Operation thunderbolt 1978 cast and crew moviefone. Originally filmed with all characters speaking in hebrew, french, german, arabic, or english per role, operation thunderbolt was shot a second time concurrently in an allenglish version for the international market. Mivtsa yonatan 1977 pg 2h 4min action, drama, history 27 january 1978 usa in july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. Veritable film pas telefilm, lui, il existe aussi en version francaise sur dvd sous le titre operation yonathan. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history by saul david was an interesting way to learn about it.
Click on the jewish australia entebbe link below for details. Operation entebbe, hailed as the most brilliant rescue operation in recent history israels greatest mythological raid is the mimouni familys greatest tragedy. The great value of a work like operation thunderbolt is that it relights the dim corners of past events. It was the countless known and unknown missions that he completed for the country, to protect his people. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport served as the basis for the screenplay told the paper. The more a movie is in any language other than english, the less commercial it is seen to be, he said. Its a lesson that history has failed to teach us, filtered through a movie that. The heroism and tragedy of the zulu war of 1879 english edition. This reenactment of the fantastic rescue operation by israeli commados of. Operation thunderbolt, known in israel as mivtsa yonatan. In new film, jewish director challenges israeli version of. Documentary, history tv movie 2000 operation thunderbolt. Operation entebbe, aka operation thunderbolt, aka operation we should option. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe operation entebbe was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on.
Operation thunderbolt is a movie based on the true story of the freeing of hostages from the entebbe airport. The movie was released shortly after a more hastily released madefortelevision version came out victory at entebbe 1976. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation. With permission from the globus group, a number of documentaries on the rescue use footage from the movie alongside dramatizations of the events. In 1977 a movie was made of the mission operation thunderbolt. I had noticed the movie operation thunderbolt because it was nominated. Of the three films that appeared, operation thunderbolt was the most accurate with an authentic feel coming from the use of periodaccurate. It was released on dvd by new line cinemas home video division, new line home entertainment, in an uncut version, then a rescored, further edited version, with optional english dub or original cantonese audio with optional english subtitles and. Israel, 1977, 126 minutes, color hebrew with english subtitles directed by menahem golan. Trivia according to the unauthorized jackie chan sourcebook, new line cinema scheduled this movie for a 1997 u. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner. If chuck norris couldnt do it in his version, who could. Entebbe 2000 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. Operation thunderbolt mivtsa yonatan 1977 dvdisraeli movie.
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. Operation thunderbolt film, a film about operation entebbe. See the full list of operation thunderbolt cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. He was the older brother of benjamin netanyahu, the current prime minister of israel. The manga takes place in the universal century timeline during and after the events of mobile suit gundam. The slick 7 days in entebbe waxes nostalgic for the days.
John barnes, i also believe the film has one or two positive qualities which he neglected to mention. The raid at entebbe, first named operation thunderbolt was later renamed operation yonatan because yoni netanyahu was killed during the mission. Barnes, victory at entebbe is a poor quality, thirdrate, and hastilyprepared. Ntsc version temporarily unavailable israel, 1977 genre. Operation thunderbolt 2016, a bangladesh armed forces operation to end the gulshan hostage crisis. Operation entebbe film operation entebbe or operation. It has no extras and the most basic menu i have ever seen playing the movie is your only option when this is a film that is begging for appropriate commentary and features on the crimes, pursuit, capture, and trial of eichmann. I knew a little about the famous israeli rescue of hostages held in entebbe but didnt know a lot. A new special edition of the israeli movie about the hijacking of the air france flight to uganda, and the special operation by the elite forces of the israeli army under the command of jonathan netanyahu who was killed during the rescue of the passengers. Lacking both the exploitation movie claustrophobic urgency of golans operation thunderbolt and the irwin allendisasterfilm factor of the irvin kershnerdirected nbc version, raid on entebbe.
It was released in the united states on 16 march 2018 and in the united kingdom on 11 may 2018. It is not his death that made yoni a hero, it was the way he lived his life. It started less than three weeks after the chinese third. In the same spirit as moustapha akkads contemporary muhammad biopic the message, operation thunderbolt was filmed twice. Movies tv shows news live fashion learning spotlight.
Zameen 2003 is a bollywood movie starring ajay devgan and abhishekh bachchan who draw a plan to rescue hostages of an indian airliner hijacked by pakistani militants on the basis of operation entebbe. I had noticed the movie operation thunderbolt because it was nominated for best oscar for foreign language film the year it came out. For the israelis, meeting in a secure bunker known as the pit, the problem was not so. I opted to see the former, since it was the more famous of the two. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 tv movie directed by irvin kershner.
The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. This is the stunning retelling of the famed july 4, 1976 raid by israeli commandos to rescue 104 passengers from a hijacked plane at entebbe, uganda in africa. Operation thunderbolt, by saul david the new york times. New film on operation entebbe likely to anger prime minister netanyahu. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda, on july 4, 1976. This israeli movie is about the hijacking of the air france flight, its redirection to entebbe, uganda, and the special operation by the elite forces of the israeli army under the command of jonathan netanyahu who was killed during the rescue of the passengers. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. With martine mimouni arnold, akiva laxer, amos eran, ehud barak. The box for the master system version features promotional art from operation thunderbolt. Operation thunderbolt, also known in china as the defensive battle of the han river southern bank chinese. Entebbe is a 2018 action thriller film directed by jose padilha and written by gregory burke. 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.
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