Black Sunday (1977 film)
| Black Sunday | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
|
|
| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Produced by | Robert Evans |
| Screenplay by |
Ernest Lehman Kenneth Ross Ivan Moffat |
| Based on |
Black Sunday by Thomas Harris |
| Starring |
Robert Shaw Bruce Dern Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Bekim Fehmiu |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Edited by | Tom Rolf |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
143 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $15.8 million |
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer, based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. The film was produced by Robert Evans, and stars Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller. It was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture in 1978. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross and Ivan Moffat. Ross had previously written the screenplay for The Day of the Jackal, a similar plot-driven political thriller.
The inspiration of the story came from the Munich massacre, perpetrated by the Black September organization against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics, giving both the novel and film its title.
Michael Lander is a pilot who flies the Goodyear Blimp over National Football League games to film them for network television. Secretly deranged by years of torture as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he had a bitter court martial on his return and a failed marriage. He longs to commit suicide and to take with him as many as possible of the cheerful, carefree American civilians he sees from his blimp each weekend.
...
Wikipedia