Black Sunday

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Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
thriller film
authorOfSourceWork Thomas Harris
basedOn Black Sunday self-linksurface differs
surface form: Black Sunday (novel)
cinematographyBy John A. Alonzo
colorProcess Color
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Frankenheimer
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Tom Rolf
featuresEvent Super Bowl
filmingLocation Miami
surface form: Miami, Florida

New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

Orange Bowl
genre action film
thriller film
hasTheme Middle East politics
surface form: Middle East conflict

political violence
terrorism
language English
mainCharacter Dahlia Iyad
Major David Kabakov
Michael Lander
mpaaRating R
musicBy John Williams
notableFor depiction of a terrorist attack on the Super Bowl using a blimp
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A terrorist group plots to attack the Super Bowl using an explosive-laden Goodyear blimp.
portrayedBy Bruce Dern
Marthe Keller
Robert Shaw
producer Robert Evans
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1977-04-01
releaseYear 1977
runtimeMinutes 143
screenwriter Ernest Lehman
Ivan Moffat
Kenneth Ross
setIn Miami
New Orleans
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh

Super Bowl X NERFINISHED
soundMix Mono
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s
title Black Sunday self-link

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Black Sunday basedOn Black Sunday self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Black Sunday (novel)
Bruce Dern notableWork Black Sunday
Black Sunday title Black Sunday self-link