1977
R
Paramount Pictures
2 h 23 m

1977
R
Paramount Pictures
2 h 23 m

Summary Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance.

Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: Thomas Harris, Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross, Ivan Moffat

1977
R
Paramount Pictures
2 h 23 m

1977
R
Paramount Pictures
2 h 23 m

Black Sunday

Name: Black Sunday
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1977-03-11
Duration: 2 min 23 s
Rating: 57
Cast: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

5.7

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Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: Thomas Harris, Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross, Ivan Moffat

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

John Frankenheimer does an excellent job of maintaining tension in an implausible situation in Black Sunday. Good performance by Bruce Dern as the loony. [31 Dec 1977]

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TV Guide Magazine

Black Sunday benefits from its technical skill, drawn-out suspense and developed characterizations, though the film could have been even more effectively tight with a shorter running time.

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Newsweek

The best thing about Black Sunday is its pulsating rhythm of suspense and the glittering texture of details it assembles as it drives its way toward its climax. [04 Apr 1977, p.73]

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The New York Times

The characters don't motivate the drama in any real way. They are cut and shaped to fit it, and if the cast of Black Sunday were not so good, and if Mr. Frankenheimer were a less able director, the movie would be unendurably boring.

By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Unfortunately, all the major characters have a whiff of Hollywood artifice, largely because (as has happened too often before in his career) Frankenheimer gets carried away by their verbosity. But perhaps any Hollywood film giving the Palestinian case an airing deserves to be welcomed.

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Washington Post

Black Sunday takes such a plodding literal-minded approach with an extravagant thriller premise that we have more than enough time to watch the gears working and all too often jamming. [01 Apr 1977, p.B1]

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Chicago Reader

Once again, violence (more than 30 on-screen deaths) makes a poor substitute for suspense, while sloppy, rear projection work drains most of the excitement from the climax.

By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW

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5.7

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Production Company Robert Evans Company

Release Date Mar 11, 1977

Duration 2 h 23 m

Rating R

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Tagline They Counted on Living in a World Without Heroes. They Forgot About HIM.

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Awards

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

• 1 Nomination

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

• 1 Nomination

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Robert Shaw

Kabakov

Bruce Dern

Lander

Marthe Keller

Dahlia

Fritz Weaver

Sam Corley

Steven Keats

Robert Moshevsky

Bekim Fehmiu

Mohammed Fasil

Michael V. Gazzo

Muzi

William Daniels

Pugh

Walter Gotell

Col. Riat

Victor Campos

Nageeb

Joseph Robbie

Joseph Robbie

Robert J. Wussler

Robert Wussler

Pat Summerall

Pat Summerall

Tom Brookshier

Tom Brookshier

Walter Brooke

Fowler

James Jeter

Watchman

Clyde Kusatsu

Freighter Captain

Tom McFadden

Farley

Robert Patten

Vickers

Than Wyenn

Israeli Ambassador

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