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  1. 7 Days in Entebbe: Directed by José Padilha. With Batsheva Dance Company, Zina Zinchenko, Ben Schnetzer, Daniel Brühl. 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.

    • (17K)
    • Action, Drama, History
    • José Padilha
    • 2018-03-16
  2. In July 1976, four terrorists hijack an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris and force the flight crew to land in Entebbe, Uganda. There, the Jewish passengers are held hostage, with their ...

    • (118)
    • José Padilha
    • PG-13
    • Daniel Brühl
    • Surprisingly Even-Handed
    • Dead-Eyed Intensity
    • Inexplicably Squeamish
    • 7 Days in Entebbe: Conclusion

    7 Days in Entebbe is based on the real-life story of the hijacking by Palestinian and German left-wing militants of an Air France passenger jet en route from Tel Aviv to Paris. With the cooperation of the country’s ruler, Idi Amin (Nonso Anozie), the plane is taken to Uganda and the plan is to force Israel to agree to the release of prisoners (Pale...

    7 Days in Entebbe is sometimes clumsy and over-earnest but offers plenty of powerful moments to savour. Brühl’s Böse is a book publisher turned revolutionary and hijacker. The horrible irony of his actions – a German threatening the lives of Jews, barely 30 years after the Holocaust – isn’t lost on him. “I’m not a Nazi” he shouts at one point, but ...

    The finale, as the commandos storm the airport terminal at Entebbe, is an oddly bloodless affair, not helped by those previously-mentioned interjections from the Batsheva dancers. 7 Days in Entebbe is a measured, restrained piece of work throughout, one that perhaps doesn’t lend itself to massive explosions or gory scenes. But if there’s one thing ...

    A brave and ambitious film unafraid of wrestling with some very difficult questions, 7 Days in Entebbe is let down by an oddly-executed finale and dialogue that is clunky and expository a bit too often for comfort. I’m sure some will accuse it of making excuses for terrorism or going easy on the hijackers, but that entirely misses the point. It’s a...

  3. Feb 21, 2018 · 7 Days In Entebbe begins not with a hijacking, but with a dance. This is a rehearsal by Israeli dance company Batsheva – and we quickly learn that one of the performers (played by Russian...

  4. Entebbe [3] (titled 7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.) is a 2018 action thriller film [2] directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke. The film recounts the story of the Entebbe raid, a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation, and stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl.

  5. In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.

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  7. Mar 16, 2018 · José Padilha’s 7 Days in Entebbe recounts the story of the Operation Thunderbolt and the hijacking/hostage situation that preceded it. Sitting down with Screen Rant, he discusses making the film, how he came to define the characters, and why it’s hard for middle eastern politicians to negotiate.

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