7 Days in Entebbe background creation
2022-01-18 08:01
Director José Padilha and screenwriter Gregory Burke both conducted an in-depth study of the Entebbe hijacking incident in 1976, and talked with the surviving hostages and former soldiers who participated in the rescue, including shooting Kurman. With Poser’s soldiers and French flight engineer Jacques Le Mana, for example, when the Israeli special forces arrived to rescue the hostages, Poser refused to kill the hostages-this plot was adapted from the engineer’s description.
When the director filmed the scene where the Israelis arrived in Entebbe to rescue the hostages, standing beside him was the first Israeli officer Amir Ofer who entered the terminal building. There were also those who executed Kurman and Beth on the set. Soldier. At the same time, when the director directed the actors and conceived the shooting scenes, they were all done after talking with the soldiers who were actually there.
Extended Reading
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Shimon Peres: There can be no negotiations with terrorists.
Yitzhak Rabin: You want to invade Uganda, Shimon?
Shimon Peres: We'll give it back to them when we leave.
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Brigitte Kuhlmann: Anyone who tries to resist me will be shot.