Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
- Original title
- מבצע יונתן
- Directed by
- Menahem Golan
- Genre
- drama film, action film, docudrama, thriller film
- Country
- Israel
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Based on a real 1976 hijacking, it follows the flight from takeoff through the hostage crisis at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. It shows the planning and execution of the rescue mission that freed the Israeli hostages.
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What happens
Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtza Yonatan (מבצע יונתן, literally 'Operation Jonathan'), also called Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt in the US, is a 1977 Israeli film directed and co-written by Menahem Golan and starring Klaus Kinski, Yehoram Gaon and Sybil Danning. The film is based on an actual event – the hijacking of a flight by terrorists and the freeing of Israeli hostages on July 4, 1976 at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The Entebbe raid was known as Operation Entebbe or Operation Thunderbolt. Operation Thunderbolt follows the events following the flight's takeoff until the hostages' return to Israel. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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LH 615 – Operation München (1975)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.