Raid on Entebbe

Starring:Peter Finch, Martin Balsam, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Charles Bronson, Tige Andrews, Eddie Constantine, Warren J. Kemmerling, Robert Loggia, David Opatoshu, Allan Arbus, Mariclare Costello, Stephen Macht, James Woods, Lou Gilbert, Alex Colon, Robin Gammell
Director: Irvin Kershner
Studio: Jef Films Inc.
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

The greatest anti-terrorist action of the 1970s!
Well Done Account of an Important Historical Event
Amazing event portrayed in not such an amazing film
Movie is GREAT! - the DVD is horrible!
Record this movie off of TV. It will be better.

Raid on Entebbe
Starring: Peter Finch , Martin Balsam , Horst Buchholz , John Saxon , and Sylvia Sidney
Director: Irvin Kershner
Manufacturer: Televista
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00062IYGE
Release Date: 2007-07-03

Description

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 forced the captain to alter course and eventually land at Uganda's Entebbe Airport. With the tacit approval of President Idi Amin, the Jewish passengers were held hostage and threatened with death if the Israeli government didn't comply with their captor's demand - to release 53 Palestinian so-called freedom fighters held in Israeli prisons. The world held its breath as the hours and minutes to the deadlines set by the terrorists ticked by.

Customer Reviews:

The greatest anti-terrorist action of the 1970s!.......2006-12-01

The 1970s were a very dark time, in regard to the rise of terrorist acts committed by radical-leftist groups and their Islamic cohorts. This outstanding movie portrays a true event, in which Isreal's valorous military forces pulled off one of the greatest commando-raids in history! A passenger plane was hijacked by terrorists affiliated with the Red Army Faction and the Palestine Liberation Organization, a flight from Athens to Tel Aviv. The plane was diverted to the heart of Africa, into the very worst of destinations for that time: Idi Amin's Uganda. Amin, possibly the most mentally unbalanced, and bloodiest dictator ever seen in Africa, was a full collaborator with the PLO and RAF. Typical of such groups, the PLO and RAF threatened innocent civilians as a means of attempting to coerce Isreal into freeing some terrorists from Isreali prisons.
Isreal did not stand for this. They deployed several C-130 transport planes loaded with commandos and paratroops, in one of the most daring resue operations of its kind. We may never again see such a brash operation as this one! The rescue was a success! Sadly, there were some casualties amongst the civilian hostages and Isreali troops, but the number was thankfully small. Those who fell died bravely!
This movie should be more well-known than it currently is, especially in our time! Also, Charles Bronson (God rest his soul) is in this film!

Well Done Account of an Important Historical Event.......2005-09-01

"Raid on Entebbee" was released shortly after are more hastily released version recounting these events came out -- "Victory on Entebbee." It" is hard to say which version is better (I like them both). I suppose this is simply a matter of taste.

This version of the audacious rescue of hostages held when highjackers working for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine boarded and high-jacked an Air France plane stopped in Athens, enroute to Paris from Tel-Aviv, recounts accurately the events and response of the Israeli government to another example of the outrageous terror war being perpetrated against Israel (and now many other countries). It is fast moving, action packed, and has an excellent musical score. Peter Finch stars as Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, with Charles Bronson portraying General Dan Shomron.
This version, as the previous one, show the difficult Israel Cabinet deliberations held to decide on a top-secret military raid on the Jewish Sabbath, by expert commandos; a difficult and daring operation carried out over 2500 miles from home, rather than give into terrorist demands. The outcome, of course, is well known, with only one commando killed (the operation commander Jonathan Netanyahu, brother of Prime Minister in waiting Benjamin Netayahu), a very small number of hostages, and several several soldiers under the then dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin". Well done and interesting docu-drama that treads the line between true history and historical fiction. Highly recommended to lift the spirits of anyone looking for an actual historical victory over the terrorists.

Amazing event portrayed in not such an amazing film.......2005-06-22

The raid of Entebbe became famous as a very successful strike against an act of terrorism. Israeli soldiers did an amazing thing when they managed to fly to Uganda and save 100 hostages.

I must admit I am a little bit disappointed with this film. I feel that such an exciting story and outstanding deed could have been portrayed in a much better way.

I feel that the film seldom touches a nerve and that it becomes a little bit dull.

Movie is GREAT! - the DVD is horrible!.......2005-03-14

All I can say is that it is too bad this is how this excellent movie is treated. I highly recommend the movie and have been waiting a long time for it to be released as a DVD. However, the other reviewer is correct, they did a terrible job of recording this movie onto DVD. The quality is worse than a bad reception TV broadcast and scenes have been cut out! The quality of this DVD is as if someone recorded it on VHS from TV and then copied it onto DVDs in their garage! It is truly lousy work. Again, the movie is excellent and if it were to come out in a DVD format made from the original movie reels, with widescreen as an option, I would still buy a copy. Don't waste your money on this one. The VHS might be better, but you'd get just as much satisfaction if you recorded it off of TV!

Record this movie off of TV. It will be better........2005-02-04

I like the movie and was hoping the DVD would be a good purchase. Unfortunately the DVD is the worst quality DVD I have ever seen. It's not even DVD quality. Regular TV broadcasts coming through my DirecTV signal are much sharper than this low quality piece of junk. The picture quality is very dark. I have seen this movie on TV and the darkness of the picture is very noticable. Even worse is that the makers of the DVD cut out complete scenes of the movie! The one star rating is not for the movie itself, but for the extremely bad job done to make this DVD. It sucks! Don't buy it! Record the movie off of TV and then have someone record it onto a DVD for you. It will be much better

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