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Sword of Gideon

Steven Bauer (Actor), Michael York (Actor), Michael Anderson (Director) Rated:
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4 out of 5 stars 120 customer reviews
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  • Actors: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurent Malet, Peter Dvorsky
  • Directors: Michael Anderson
  • Format: Color, NTSC, Full Screen
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
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  • Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: June 15, 2004
  • Run Time: 172 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002IQIH4
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,445 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 starsUnforgettable historical drama
By Scott Prazak on February 10, 2002
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Some of the best films are made for television, and this one is no exception.
This film has always been a heart stopper for me and never more than now. Following the events of 09/11/01 and the recently aired documentaries of the tragedy of the 1972 Olympic games, The Sword Of Gideon documents Israel's subsequent counteractions against the perpetrators of Munich. Based on the book "Vengeance" by George Jonas, this classic is brilliantly delivered and features a top notch cast (Stephen Bauer, Michael York, Rod Steiger, Colleen Dewhurst, et.al)
Bauer plays an Israeli soldier hired to head up a secret force of specialists to hunt down the remaining terrorists. However, the assignment soon goes awry and deteriorates into an "eye for an eye" personal quest.
This film is very hard to find but well worth the search. Don't miss it!
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4.0 out of 5 starsWell made and exciting
By Waldo-6 on September 28, 2005
Format: DVD
This film is a fictionalized account of the story of (one of) the Mossad teams which was sent globetrotting in pursuit of the Black September terrorists who massacred 11 Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village of the 1972 Munich Olympic games.

By fictionalized, I mean that the team members and the exact methods and locations for the assassinations probably do NOT match reality. The factual elements in the film are the Munich massacre, Golda Meir's directive to hunt the terrorists down, the names of the main Black September members involved, etc.

The film deals with the struggle to maintain sanity and humanity while fighting against those who lack decent amounts of each. The film is quite effective in showing the unbearable tension these men deal with in their jobs and how even the slightest mistake can be deadly.

The opening of the film has, in my opinion, some slightly poor production values. It is apparent that NOT a large section of the film's budget went into this section. Afterwards, though, it looks and flows very well.

The actors all do a good job in their roles. The direction is taut, the action strong, and the music is fabulous.

Just hope that the DVD transfer is a good one.
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnforgettable historical drama (expanded!)
By Scott Prazak on April 6, 2005
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Some of the best films are made for television, and this one is no exception.

This film has always been a heart stopper for me and never more than now. Following the events of 09/11/01 and the recently aired documentaries of the tragedy of the 1972 Olympic games, The Sword Of Gideon documents Israel's subsequent counteractions against the perpetrators of Munich. Based on the book "Vengeance" by George Jonas, this classic is brilliantly delivered and features a top notch cast (Stephen Bauer, Michael York, Rod Steiger, Colleen Dewhurst, et.al)

Bauer plays an Israeli soldier hired to head up a secret force of specialists to hunt down the remaining terrorists. However, the assignment soon goes awry and deteriorates into an "eye for an eye" personal quest.

The DVD contains multiple scenes not seen in the VHS version such as extra training sequences with Bauer's character, additional scenes with his wife and his team, as well as extra scenes with Rod Steiger. None of these are crucial to the story, but they do provide some additional detail as well as further depth into the characters and their frustration.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery intense drama
By Jaroslav Melgr on September 5, 2008
Format: DVD
Sword of Gideon is a story of revenge by a team of Israeli spies on the perpetrators of the 1972 massacre during the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Speilberg's movie Munich is a poor remake of the Sword of Gideon. I disagree with other reviewers who call this a poor man's Munich. This show tells the story much better and does not need the gore and blood to do it. Plus Spielberg's treatment of the main characters is quite poor -- in his version they're confused knuckleheads who're trying to figure out what it is they're doing. It's hard to conceive that MOSSAD would ever dispatch such a team for a mission this critical. In this movie the five MOSSAD agents are all the best of the best for their area of expertise. And the leader is a very accomplished army commander. So the Sword of Gideon does a much better job portraying the characters and telling the story. The way the plot carefully unravels will keep you on your toes. After all the better storyteller does not need to use pictures to tell his story -- which is what Spielberg does. He can't tell a good story so he fills up his show with gore.

The show is based on a book that while fictional, is based on real-life events. One of the things the book and this film try to show is the moral dilemma faced by the Israeli agents -- something most Israelis and Jew decry. This is perhaps the most conflicting piece of the whole story shown through the eyes of the leader of the five. As an army man he's used to combating other soldiers, armed men against armed men. But this operation thrust him into the shady world of intelligence operatives among the civilians. However, his team members don't share his dilemma as they all come from the intelligence community and have little sympathy for terrorists.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsEngrossing Drama of Israeli Agents in Europe
By Adam Bernstein on December 31, 2003
Format: VHS Tape
Sword of Gideon is the 1986 film which focuses on Avner (Steven Bauer) and his recruitment into the Massad for the purpose of hunting down and killing the Black September terrorists who killed the Israeli Olympic team of 1972. His overseer is well played by Rod Steiger and his team of agents includes Michael York, Robert Joy, and Laurent Malet. They track the terrorists through Europe defusing bombs, hunting down terrorists (including a femme fatale in Karen Racicot), and Avner has second thoughts about the whole mission.
The acting and script is believable if not completely true, gripping and intense. Another good similar film based on John Le Carre's novel is The Little Drummer Girl.
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