Yet until them, “7 Days in Entebbe” is a credible and arresting slice of history. The Air France jumbo jet, bound for Tel Aviv, is hijacked by German terrorists with ties to the Red Army Faction.

Yoni was Joe Kennedy Jr.; Bibi was Jack. Yoni was Sonny Corleone; Bibi was Michael. And now, 42 years after the Entebbe operation comes yet another film, 7 Days in Entebbe, retelling a story ...

Movies go bad in all kinds of ways, but in “7 Days in Entebbe” the filmmakers found a brand new way for their movie to commit suicide. It happens, rem.

I am a resident of Entebbe Baita where I have lived for decades. I write to bring to your attention to Entebbe’s most dangerous black spot at Nkumba University - the turn near the shopping mall ...

“I was six years old when I was captured by terrorists during the Entebbe hostage crisis, and Emilia Aloni, who was just released, is the same age. I can’t get her out of my head,” Shay ...

The jetliner ultimately landed in Entebbe where, with the blessing of Ugandan President Idi Amin (Nonso Anozie), the terrorists held 106 hostages, overwhelmingly Israeli, for ransom.

So with “7 Days in Entebbe,” director José Padilha’s task was simple: Find something new to say about the 1970s most famous air rescue. To that end, he ably succeeds at his goal, even if ...

7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE. 2 stars, out of 5. Snapshot: A ripped-from-the-headlines drama about the hijacking of a 1976 Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the subsequent plan to rescue those on ...

In this era of moral relativism any new movie about Entebbe would inevitably lapse into the two-sides-to-every-issue syndrome. And that is precisely where “Seven Days in Entebbe” lands.

Miss Entebbe Israel Production: An Aspamia Films (Jerusalem) production, in association with Sam Spiegel Film & Television School. (International sales: Cinephil, Tel Aviv.) Produced by Yoav Roah ...

ENTEBBE AIRPORT, Uganda — Israel’s 1976 operation to rescue over 100 hostages from terrorist hijackers in Entebbe proved to the world that Jews were “powerless no more,” Prime Minister ...