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Black Sunday (1977) 6.8
Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance. Director:John Frankenheimer |
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Cast
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| Marthe Keller | ... |
Dahlia
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Bekim Fehmiu | ... |
Fasil
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Muzi
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Pugh
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Colonel Riat
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Victor Campos | ... |
Nageeb
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Robert J. Wussler | ... |
Robert Wussler
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Tom Brookshier
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Walter Brooke | ... |
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Plot Synopsis
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Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. A woman called Dahlia is the one overseeing the operation. She was in the Middle East with the other members of the organization, discussing the operation when some Israelis came in; the leader, Major Kobakov had his gun on her but didn't shoot her. Kobakov then informed the US what they found. Though they don't know what their operation is, Kobakov assures them that it will be devastating. So, with FBI man, Corley, they try to find out what it is before it's too late. But they both have different ways of doing things, and since Kobakov is the visitor, he is warned to watch it. Dahlia's "partner in crime" is Michael Lander, a Vietnam P.O.W., who is psychologically scarred by that experience, thus making him very susceptible to her machinations. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>
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11 March 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(1896) (uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa
Played by the band at the Super Bowl
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The climactic scene in which the blimp descends onto the Orange Bowl was filmed the day before the actual game to avoid setting off a real panic. See more »Goofs
After Bruce Dern's character test fires the bomb in the old aircraft hanger he rushes inside to survey the damage. The metal wall reveals thousands of tiny holes caused by the exploding spikes however, the wooden beams which criss-cross the exact same wall are completely unmarked. See more »Soundtracks
The Stars and Stripes Forever(1896) (uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa
Played by the band at the Super Bowl
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There are a number of good things going for this film, among them two things you learn right from the opening credits: (1) John Frankenheimer is the director and (2) it's based on a book by Thomas Harris, the man who created "Hannibal Lechter."
Throw in two intense always-interesting actors, Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller, and you now have a good, no-nonsense story translated to the screen. By that, I mean that when people are shot, that's it, no questions asked, no stupid talking.
Even the football scenes were real-life with actual footage of the Cowboys and Steelers playing in a past Super Bowl.
The suspense was done well, although a bit hokey at the very end (can't say more without spoiling it) but it can't take away from the previous two-plus hours of credibility.
Dern also makes for a good "psycho" (he's almost made a career of it) and Keller is convincing as a villain, too, as she was in a film from the previous year: Marathon Man. Two other consistently- good actors also help make this an interesting film: Robert Shaw and Fritz Weaver.
It was nice to see this film on a widescreen DVD but the picture was a bit grainy. The transfer was okay, but could have been better. The film is worthy of a top- notch print.