Forgot how good 1977's Black Sunday is! Interesting perspective on a potential terrorist attack in a pre-9/11 USA in the 70s. From a great book by Thomas Harris (Silence of the Lambs), this is a taut suspense thriller. Wacko Bruce Dern (who does wacko better?) and Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) plot to kill everyone at the Super Bowl using the Goodyear blimp. Robert Shaw (Jaws, The Sting) is a tough foreign agent working with our FBI to track them down. Pre CGI effects hold it back a bit, but John Williams music score here is so good it's like another star of the movie. Great thriller! A
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