Talk:Entebbe (film)

Yoni's death criticism

The movie represents a different version of Yoni Netanyahu's death that differ from the Netanyahu's family version and previous film on the subject. The article should address that in criticism section. [1] [2] [3] Sokuya (talk) 10:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Article name

According to the revision history, the article was originally "Entebbe (film)" and was changed to "7 Days in Entebbe", and was then reverted due to incorrect undiscussed move. I understand that WP:CONCISE and WP:TITLEVAR may apply. The film name "Entebbe" is used in the UK and Ireland by the distributor Entertainment One, while "7 Days in Entebbe" is used in the rest of the world and not only in the U.S. unlike what is stated in the article in the lead section, according to the official Facebook page regional setting. However, I feel that the name is too concise, especially when Entebbe is already an existing article's name and so the move to "7 Days in Entebbe" can be considered per WP:NATURALDIS. What do you guys think? LightKeyDarkBlade (talk) 05:55, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

The film is called "Entebbe". IMDb Kreecher (talk) 13:24, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

According to IMDb again, it's only called "Entebbe" in the UK. There are other names used in other countries like "7 Days in Entebbe", "Operation Entebbe", "Rescue in Entebbe", etc (some are in non-English languages). As mentioned before, there's already an existing Entebbe Wikipedia article and so WP:NATURALDIS may apply. Since "7 Days in Entebbe" is used more commonly compared to others excluding "Entebbe", for example by critical reviewers, that name can be used as the article name in place of "Entebbe". LightKeyDarkBlade (talk) 04:52, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

British film, British title. — Film Fan 22:23, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

And that overrides WP:NATURALDIS? LightKeyDarkBlade (talk) 04:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes. — Film Fan 21:19, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Juan Pablo (boyfriend of terroristin) & Patricia Martel (dancing girlfriend of soldier)

Both characters are entirely fictitious? Crotopaxi (talk) 08:07, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Patricia Martel is neither fictitious nor the dancing girlfriend of a soldier. She is the (real-life) British-Israeli passenger that faked a pregnancy complication and was allowed to leave the hijacked plane at the stop-over at Benghazi airport. The dancer and the whole dance/romance parallel story is fictitious. Brigitte Kuhlmann's boyfriend at the time was her German RZ comrade Gerd Schnepel. --Hvd69 (talk) 11:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Opening and closing text innacuracies

The text over the dance scene at the beginning of the film says that the UN recognised the State of Israel in 1947. The State of Israel became a member in 1949, a year after the State of Israel was declared. The reference to 1947 is presumably to UNGA 181 which has no relevance.

The next text says that the 'Palestinians' immediately began fighting for the return of their land. The 'Palestinians' from Palestine were created by the KGB in 1964. They have no historic validity. Its not their land. The land is the Jewish National Home and has been so for 3,800 years. The Arab claim was rejected unanimously by the League of Nations and the reconstitution of Israel enshrined in the Palestine Mandate.

The Arabs began fighting the Jews long before 1948. The Arabs had no use for the land and for 400 years under the Turks it was barren and desolate. Only when the Jews started to rebuild the land and make it flourish did the Arabs want it.

At the end of the film, the text says there was an agreement between Israel and Palestine. It was signed with the PA. There is no 'Palestine'. Rabin was not assasinated by a 'Jewish extremist'. Mrs Rabin clearly said blanks were fired. Rabin was murdered by a bodyguard while being driven away with Peres.

Its a real shame that the film makers did not do a better job on the captions. You dont have to be Jewish to know the facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.96.112 (talk) 14:16, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Conspiracy theories aside, the closing credits (taken together with the rest of the movie, which remarkably but not surprisingly depicts the terrorists as the good guys and interrupts the climax with a bizarre dance number) were remarkable. Somehow, Rabin is painted as the starry-eyed peace optimist while Peres is shown as the "warmonger", when every Israeli knows the exact opposite was true. The reason for this is of course is obvious: To the Left, Rabin is a sainted martyr and Peres later became a fierce defender of Israel, so the roles had to be switched. And of course all of this is in service of the central, and most bizarre, part of the closing credits- making Bibi Netanyahu (not a typo) the bad guy of the whole story. After all, the Left still blames him for killing Rabin. (Let's be honest, Rabin was probably killed by the person convicted, but it's also well-known, if never said aloud, that the assassination was the result of a sting operation gone very bad.)

Long story short, it's best for Israel if Hollywood never relates to it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nelamm (talk • contribs) 12:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

"Rabin was not assasinated [sic] by a 'Jewish extremist'. Mrs Rabin clearly said blanks were fired. Rabin was murdered by a bodyguard while being driven away with Peres."

What a crock of shit! Get a grip of yourself, fool. 2A0A:EF40:1242:3701:B4E6:1C8D:4954:1251 (talk) 22:26, 24 December 2023 (UTC)