Black Sunday (1977)

Crashing the Super Bowl

Despite being mortally wounded, Lander (Bruce Dern) manages to fly the Goodyear Blimp into the Super Bowl and light the fuse, while Kabakov (Robert Shaw) tries to attach a cable for a helicopter to haul the blimp to a safe distance before its weapon launches.

Directed by John Frankenheimer.

Released in 1977 by Paramount.

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  • character-type: Bystander
  • character-type: Pilot
  • character-type: Agent
  • character-type: Good Guy
  • character-type: Bad Guy
  • character-type: Police Officer
  • character-type: Cop
  • character-type: Terrorist
  • character-type: Athlete
  • action: Save
  • action: Fly
  • action: Crash
  • editors-choice: Action Sequences
  • primary-genre: Thrillers
  • primary-genre: Action and Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Action Thrillers
  • secondary-genre: Deadly Disasters
  • mood: Exciting
  • mood: Suspenseful
  • primary-occasion: Sports
  • secondary-occasion: Football
  • prop: Cable
  • prop: Fuse
  • prop: Blimp
  • prop: Helicopter
  • prop: Hook
  • setting: Blimp
  • setting: Arena
  • setting: Helicopter
  • theme: Life and Death
  • theme: Heroism
  • actor: Fritz Weaver
  • actor: Bruce Dern
  • actor: Robert Shaw
  • director: John Frankenheimer
  • producer: Robert L. Rosen
  • producer: Robert Evans
  • cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
  • editor: Tom Rolf
  • costume-designer: Ray Summers
  • role-name: Kabakov
  • role-name: Corley
  • role-name: Lander
  • screenwriter: Ernest Lehman
  • screenwriter: Ivan Moffat
  • screenwriter: Thomas Harris
  • year: 1977
  • studio: Paramount