Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe is a UK VHS release by The Video Collection on 13th July 1987, and then it got re-released by The Video Collection and Cinema Club on 1st May 1989.

Description[]

It was in June 1976 that an Air France plane carrying 244 passengers and a crew of 12 on a flight from Athens to Paris was hijacked by terrorists, who forced the captain to alter course and eventually land at Entebbe airport in Uganada. With the approval of President Idi Amin the Jewish passengers were held in a transit lounge and threatended with death unless the Israeli government didn't comply with their captors' demand to release 53 Palestinian so-called freedom-fighters.
The world held its breath, then seven days after the plane was taken over, out of the night sky an Israeli task force suddenly flew to the rescue with guns blazing.
There are fine performances from Charles Bronson as the Bridgadier General in charge of planning and leading the rescue operation, Peter Finch as Prime Minister Rabin and Yaphet Kotto as the jovial evil Idi Amin.

Cast[]

Peter Finch as Yitzhak Rabin
Charles Bronson as Brig. Gen Dan Shomron
Yaphet Kotto as Idi Amin
Martin Balsam as Daniel Cooper
Horst Buchholz as Wilfried Böse
John Saxon as Maj. Gen. Peled
Jack Warden as Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur
Meshach Richards as Maj. Gen. Allon
Sylvia Sidney as Dora Bloch
Robert Loggia as Yigal Allon
Tige Andrews as Shimon Peres
Eddie Constantine as Capt. Michel Bacos
David Opatoshu as Menachem Begin
Allan Arbus as Eli Melnick
Stephen Macht as Lt. Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu
James Woods as Capt. Sammy Berg
Harvey Lembeck as Mr. Harvey
Dinah Manoff as Rachel Sager
Kim Richards as Alice
Aharon Ipalé as Major David Grut

Credits[]

Opening (with no trailer)[]

Warning screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
Start of Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Closing (with no trailer)[]

End of Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Closing Credits Film
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Opening (Original 1987 release)[]

Warning screen (1986-1995)
Video Collection International "A Galaxy of Entertainment" promo from 1987
Start of Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Closing (Original 1987 release)[]

End of Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Closing Credits Film
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Trailers and info[]

It starts with a view of the video collection catalogue with a sky background and videos anywhere, one of which is the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Coal and Other Stories VHS, easily identified by the orange background on the cover. The announcer says "Welcome to The Video Collection. Our brand new catalogue is packed with great films."

it is followed by a montage of clips of the following and in order:

Ring of Bright Water
Richard lll
Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Escape to Victory
The Way Ahead
Tommy Cooper
Benny Hill and Friends
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
Tin Tin (The Animated Series)
Dennis
Thundercats
Button Moon
Teddy Ruxpin
Music Videos of Phil Collins, Queen and Hot Chocolate under the Gold Rushes range (Possibly a successor to The Video Music Collection range)
Finally, there are the front cover of two videos, one about making the most of your house and the other Jane fonda's Prime Time Workout

The 1987 promo ends with The Video Collection 1986 logo as the Announcer says: "Films, cartoons, music and much, much more. A galaxy of entertainment that is close to your high street and part of your home. The Video Collection. Britain's biggest selling video label!"