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Black Sunday (1976)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Black September terrorists attempt to wipe out a US football crowd by hijacking the TV blimp. Besides some good suspense sequences, Frankenheimer tries to utilise his well-known skill with actors to open up all sides of the issue. Unfortunately, all the major characters have a whiff of Hollywood artifice, largely because (as has happened too often before in his career) Frankenheimer gets carried away by their verbosity. But perhaps any Hollywood film giving the Palestinian case an airing deserves to be welcomed.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: John Frankenheimer
Producer: Robert Evans
Cast: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats, Bekim Fehmiu, Michael V Gazzo, William Daniels full cast
Duration: 143 mins
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