Operation thunderbolt 2016, a bangladesh armed forces operation to end the gulshan hostage crisis. Operation thunderbolt video game, a 1988 arcade game by taito. In 2005, operation wolf was released on the xbox, playstation 2, and microsoft windows as part of taito legends. Operation thunderbolt is a movie based on the true story of the freeing of hostages from the entebbe airport. Entebbe film entebbe titled 7 days in entebbe in the u.
Of the three films that appeared, operation thunderbolt was the most accurate with an authentic. It tells the compelling tale of the raid on entebbe and is an israeli. New film on operation entebbe likely to anger prime minister. New film on operation entebbe likely to anger prime minister netanyahu historian whose book is basis of screenplay says 7 days in entebbe downgrades slain yoni netanyahus hero status. Two nuclear warheads are stolen from a british vulcan by the secret criminal organization known as spectre. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing operation thunderbolt near you. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land. Codenamed thunderbolt, the operation carried huge risks. Israel, 1977, 126 minutes, color hebrew with english subtitles directed by menahem golan. In 1977 a movie was made of the mission operation thunderbolt. For the israelis, meeting in a secure bunker known as. The film is mainly in hebrew and english, although there is also some german, arabic, and french, but. It tells the compelling tale of the raid on entebbe and is an israeli production.
Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history david, saul on. Aug 29, 2018 but it has not the chance to be the first film about the operation to find adolf eichman and the mistake of director remains to give a film who seems reduce the importance of shoah and propose a love story who escapes to it. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. 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. With only a small time to meet the blackmail demands the british send james bond sean connery to the bahamas to try to find the warheads and the people responsible. The film recounts the story of operation entebbe, a 1976 counterterrorist hostagerescue operation. 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. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. On the ground, the israeli commandos had just three minutes to carry out their mission. Jan 06, 2018 operation entebbe military code name operation thunderbolt was a counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in. To sort the fact from the fiction, time spoke to the historian saul david, whose account of the entebbe raid, operation thunderbolt, was optioned by focus features and used as a guide for the movie. 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. With janet almog, michel bacos, ehud barak, moshe betser. Mivtsa yonatan operation thunderbolt 1977 rotten tomatoes.
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. 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. Operation thunderbolt national center for jewish film. 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. Janet almog ona sama, michel bacos on sam, ehud barak premier izraela on sam and others operation entebbe military code name operation thunderbolt was a counterterrorist hostagerescue translate to english the film talks about the operation from 3 points of view.
Mivtsa yonatan, entebbe, entebbe operation thunderbolt description. Operation thunderbolt 1997, an offensive operation during the second sudanese civil war and first congo war. What i like about this movie is that the actors speak in their own native languages. In july 1976, an air france flight from telaviv to paris via athens was hijacked and forced to land in entebbe, uganda. The set contains the movie with original multilingual audio and english subtitles on one disc and a. What really caught my attention was an interview with one of the israeli actors featured in the movie. The jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in israeli prisons. Operation thunderbolt is a great movie about the israeli hostage rescue mission at entebbe aiport in uganda. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious hostage rescue mission in history by saul david, peter ganim, et al. Raid on entebbe is a 1977 nbc television film directed by irvin kershner. 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. Operation thunderbolt film, a film about operation entebbe. Operation thunderbolt dvd the israeli army entebbe legendary hostage rescue.
For the israelis, meeting in a secure bunker known as the pit, the problem was not so. In the summer of 1976 an air france jet was hijacked by four men. Operation thunderbolt, known in israel as mivtsa yonatan. With permission from the globus group, a number of documentaries on the rescue use footage from the movie alongside. Jan 24, 2016 the great value of a work like operation thunderbolt is that it relights the dim corners of past events.
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. Operation thunderbolt, also known in china as the defensive battle of the han river southern bank chinese. Thunderball is a 1965 spy film and the fourth in the james bond series produced by eon productions, starring sean connery as the fictional mi6 agent james bond. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in entebbe, uganda, on july 4, 1976. Trivia according to the unauthorized jackie chan sourcebook, new line cinema scheduled this movie for a 1997 u. The channel dash or unternehmen zerberus operation cerberus was a german naval operation during the second world war. In june of 1976, palestinian terroristts led by radical german communist guerillas hijacked an air france flight from tel aviv to paris, embarking en route in athens, and took the plane first to benghazi and then to entebbe airport in uganda, then ruled by friendly dictator idi amin. With permission from the globus group, a number of documentaries on the rescue use footage from the movie alongside dramatizations of the events. 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. The story of the hijacking of air france flight af9 on 27 june 1976 from. Jackie chan thunderbolt 1995, anita yuen, chan, jackie, jackie chan, thunderbolt, trailer. Translate to english the film talks about the operation from 3 points of view. Operation thunderbolt 1977 directed by menahem golan. But, sure, it has the virtue to be the start point for viewer to discover the real story of the operation.
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. Bringing the greatest special forces operation of modern times blazingly to life, davids book, full of new revelations, written with the excitement of an action movie, the authority of a historian, is great drama, superb storytelling and yet tells us much about the middle east today. Operation thunderbolt 1977, yehoram gaon action movie. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including captain bacos who together with his crew refused to abandon his. 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.
Operation thunderbolt mivtsa yonatan 1977 dvdisraeli movie. The great value of a work like operation thunderbolt is that it relights the dim corners of past events. The portrayal of prime minister yitzhak rabin was peter finchs final performance. This movie fits the bill although im not sure it fits the category since its 90% in english. This thrillpacked factbased actionadventure from israel chronicles the daring rescue of 104 passengers from a. Operation entebbe film operation entebbe or operation. The box for the master system version features promotional art from operation thunderbolt. 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. Celebrations after operation entebbe associated press entebbe hostages return to israel moshe milnergpo the british production company working title, which produced the film, heard in 2015 that david was working on a book that would disclose new information about the israeli rescue operation, and bought the rights to it.
Feb 17, 2017 jackie chan thunderbolt 1995, anita yuen, chan, jackie, jackie chan, thunderbolt, trailer. It is an adaptation of the 1961 novel of the same name by ian fleming, which in turn was based on an original story by kevin mcclory, jack whittingham, and fleming. The hijackers separated out all the jewish passengers and held them. After much debate, the israeli government sent an elite commando unit to. A kriegsmarine german navy squadron of the two scharnhorstclass battleships, the heavy cruiser prinz eugen and escorts, ran a british blockade from brest in brittany. Mathew and justin discuss operation thunderbolt aka mitvsa yonatan, the first cannon film directed by menahem golan, and it turns out to be a drama about a real life antiterrorist operation. Jul 02, 2015 i knew a little about the famous israeli rescue of hostages held in entebbe but didnt know a lot. Mivtsa yonatan operation thunderbolt movie trailers. Most leaders dont even know the game theyre in simon sinek at live2lead 2016 duration. Menahem golan premiered january 27, 1977 in june of 1976, palestinian terroristts led by radical german communist guerillas hijacked an air france flight from tel aviv to paris, embarking en route in athens, and took the plane first to benghazi and then to entebbe airport in uganda, then ruled by. Mar 06, 2017 most leaders dont even know the game theyre in simon sinek at live2lead 2016 duration. This was a superb account of the israeli raid to rescue jewish hostages held at the entebbe airport after a hijack in 1976. 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 original.
It represented the first offensive under the new commanding officer of the us eighth army, general matthew ridgway. The most cinematic of all fleming novels, the movie is quite faithful to its source material while adding some welcomed changes the character of fiona volpe for example an therefore making it a more entertaining movie going experience. Feb 20, 2017 operation thunderbolt mivtsa yonatan dir. With yehoram gaon, gila almagor, assi dayan, klaus kinski. New film on operation entebbe likely to anger prime. Click on the jewish australia entebbe link below for details. 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. Han jiang nan an fang yu zhan, was a us offensive during the korean war. Mivtsa yonatan 1977 operation thunderbolt, the raid on entebbe, oscar nominated for best foreign.
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