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==In popular culture== ===Documentaries=== *''Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe'', a documentary about the hijacking and the subsequent rescue mission.<ref>{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |author-link=Robert D. McFadden |date=26 July 1976 |title=6 Film Studios Vie Over Entebbe Raid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/26/archives/6-film-studios-vie-over-entebbe-raid.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> *''[[Rise and Fall of Idi Amin]]'' (1980), a biographical film of the Ugandan dictator briefly features the raid, with an unusual depiction of Amin displaying cowardice when he learns of it.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rich |first=Paul B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jn1jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 |title=Cinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Insurgency, Terrorism and Special Operations |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-350-05570-4 |page=196}}</ref> *Rescue at Entebbe, Episode 12 of 2005 documentary series ''Against All Odds: Israel Survives'' by Michael Greenspan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Against-All-Odds-Israel-Survives/dp/B06W2LP42C |work=[[Amazon Prime Video]] |title=Against All Odds: Israel Survives}}</ref> *''[[Cohen on the Bridge]]'' (2010), a documentary by director Andrew Wainrib, who gained access to the surviving commandos and hostages.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Film Selections |url=https://lajfilmfest.org/2012-selections/ |work=Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival}}</ref> *''Live or Die in Entebbe'' (2012) by director [[Eyal Boers]] follows Yonatan Khayat's journey to uncover the circumstances of his uncle Jean-Jacques Maimoni's death in the raid.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csab-m6QuZk |title=Operation Entebbe β 'Live or Die in Entebbe' Trailer |publisher=YouTube |date=3 December 2012 |access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref> *"Assault on Entebbe", an episode of the [[National Geographic Channel]] documentary ''[[Critical Situation]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.natgeotv.com/za/shows/natgeo/situation-critical |work=National Geographic TV |title=Situation Critical}}</ref> *''Operation Thunderbolt'', the fifth episode in the 2012 [[Military Channel]] documentary series ''Black Ops''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Thunderbolt/dp/B00A6LH9GQ|title=Amazon.com: Black OPS Season 1: Amazon Digital Services LLC|website=Amazon}}</ref> ===Dramatizations=== *''[[Victory at Entebbe]]'' (1976): with [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Richard Dreyfuss]], Director: [[Marvin J. Chomsky]].<ref name="TimesOfIsrael">{{cite news |author=Hoffman |first=Jordan |date=2 March 2018 |title=New 'Entebbe' hijacked by heavy-handed political correctness |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-entebbe-hijacked-by-heavy-handed-political-correctness/ |work=[[Times of Israel]]}}</ref> *''[[Raid on Entebbe (film)|Raid on Entebbe]]'' (1977): with [[Peter Finch]], [[Horst Buchholz]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[John Saxon]], [[Yaphet Kotto]], and [[James Woods]], Director: [[Irvin Kershner]], Producer: [[Edgar J. Scherick]].<ref name="TimesOfIsrael"/> *''[[Operation Thunderbolt (film)|Operation Thunderbolt]]'' (1977): with [[Yehoram Gaon]] played Col. Netanyahu, [[Sybil Danning]] and [[Klaus Kinski]] played the hijackers. Director: [[Menahem Golan]].<ref name="TimesOfIsrael"/> *''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (2006): The raid occurs as one episode in a longer story about Idi Amin.<ref name="TimesOfIsrael"/> *''[[Entebbe (film)|Entebbe]]'' (2018): Director: [[JosΓ© Padilha]].<ref name="TimesOfIsrael"/> ===Films inspired by Operation Entebbe=== *''[[The Delta Force]]'' (1986) which featured a hostage rescue operation inspired by Operation Entebbe.<ref>{{cite news |last=Romirowsky |first=Asaf |author-link=Asaf Romirowsky |date=6 July 2011 |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/entebbe-raid-35-years-later-asaf-romirowsky/ |title=The Entebbe Raid, 35 Years Later |newspaper=[[National Review]] |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-date=18 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218103044/http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/271208/entebbe-raid-35-years-later-asaf-romirowsky |url-status=live}}</ref> *''[[Zameen (2003 film)|Zameen]]'' (2003) is a [[Bollywood]] movie starring [[Ajay Devgan]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]] who draw a plan to rescue hostages of an Indian airliner hijacked by Pakistani militants on the basis of Operation Entebbe.<ref>{{cite book |author=Chaudhuri |first=Diptakirti |title=Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2014 |isbn=978-93-5118-799-8 |chapter=Taking Flight: 10 Aircraft and Photos |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gq-CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT261}}</ref> ===Other media=== *''[[Operation Thunderbolt (video game)|Operation Thunderbolt]],'' a 1988 [[arcade game]], loosely based on Operation Entebbe, but using a fictional location.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/operation-thunderbolt/3030-14088/ |work=Giant Bomb |title=Operation Thunderbolt (Game)}}</ref> *''[[To Pay the Price]]'', a 2009 play by [[Peter-Adrian Cohen]] based in part on Yonatan Netanyahu's letters.<ref name="theatreor.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreor.com/|title=theatreor.com presents A WORLD PREMIERE from an Israeli Perspective |last=Cohen |first=Peter-Adrian |author-link=Peter-Adrian Cohen |access-date=5 July 2009}}</ref> The play, produced by [[North Carolina]]'s Theatre Or opened off-off Broadway in New York in June 2009 during the [[Association for Jewish Theatre|Festival of Jewish Theater and Ideas]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Untitled_Theater_Co_61s_Fest_Of_Jewish_Theater_Ideas_Runs_520614_In_NYC_20090520|title=Untitled Theater Co #61's Fest of Jewish Theater & Ideas Runs|date=20 May 2009|access-date=5 July 2009}}</ref>
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