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- 143 Minutes
- Paramount Pictures
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated: R
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by John Frankenheimer
- Written by Ernest Lehman, Ivan Moffat, Kenneth Ross
- Starring Bekim Fehmiu, Bruce Dern, Fritz Weaver, Marthe Keller, Robert Shaw
BLACK SUNDAY is a powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hoverng over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the President of the United States in attendance. Robert Shaw plays an Israeli commando who discovers the plot, masterminded by Marthe Keller with the help of deranged Vietnam veteran Bruce Dern. Director John Frankenheimer creates a chilling portrait of people obsessed with a cause for which they will die. In the incredible finale, Dern and Keller navigate the lethal airship into the terror-stricken stadium, pursued by Shaw in a helicopter, climaxing one of the most exciting and unusual chases in movie history.
"Strong scripting and performances elevate [BLACK SUNDAY] far above the crass exploitation level, which at least mitigates subject matter that can never be completely comfortable on the minds of an audience." -- Variety Staff, VARIETY
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