Black Sunday

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American film film thriller film

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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Black Sunday (novel) 1

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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 ⓘ