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The Worst Film Ever

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Blistering performances.

The most famous clue in cinema history is the title of this film by Otto Preminger about the kidnapping of five young girls who are the daughters of prominent individuals in their countries by the Black September terrorists. Rosebud instead of being the childhood toy sled of Charles Foster Kane is the name of a yacht where the girls are kidnapped from.The Seventies were the first decade of Islamic terror and certainly it was a hot button topic. How then could Otto Preminger make such a boring film as this is beyond me. Certainly for the man who took such loving care in making Exodus, the survival of Israel was an issue near and dear to his heart. The players look like they were sleep walking through their roles. The head of Black September in this film is of all people Richard Attenborough who plays an English scholar who converted to Islam and there's nothing like the zeal of a convert. He's actually based on a real life character Abdullah Philby who was the father of Communist spy Harold Kim Philby. Abdullah was a Mid-east scholar who did in fact convert to Islam. He never participated in anything like Black September however. Through a little detective work by Peter O'Toole, a British mercenary working for the American CIA, the girls are set free and Attenborough captured. How it's done is for you to see if you want to watch Rosebud. It should only be as easy to capture Osama as it was to take Attenborough in this film. Quite ridiculous and I know you'll agree if you bother to watch.Nice location cinematography in Europe and America is all this film really has to recommend it. That and an attempt by former Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York to get an acting career going. He plays a United States Senator five years before he actually tried to become one.

After reading so many reviewers opinions written against this film, I am very glad I saw it tonight. It is the 70's "Syriana" and/or "Munich." It is NOT James Bond, thank god! O'Toole was fine by my taste, just as I'd like a Newsweek-writer-cum-CIA-agent to be portrayed. I especially enjoy his verbal banter w/ the one the father's of the kidnap victims, and his verbal battle w/ the German dyke, photo shop owner. While some reviewers complain that the pacing is s-l-o-w, it requires just this type of feel for what is a docu-film disguising itself as a studio release. The few scenes w/ Attenborough are all that is needed to establish the evil in terrorism. It's no coincidence this film was made in the 70's ... our little geo-political landscape hasn't changed.

Here is even more evidence of the decline of director Otto Preminger in the 1970's. His penultimate film is egregiously horrific. This suspense thriller lacks both suspense and thrills. The films hackneyed script by Preminger's no talent progeny just barely surpasses the ham-fisted direction that Otto delivers.Perhaps he let his son direct most of this movie too. It certainly looks like the work of a complete amateur. Unlike many of his other failures, which are at least interesting to watch, this film has no redeeming value at all. The first problem is the way the film plods along. At times we just wonder if this story is ever going to get moving. Secondly, all of the somnolent actors look like they are lost and confused. Finally none of the characters we are suppose to be sympathetic towards deserve are sympathy. They seem either banal or puerile. Is it any wonder Mitchum turned down this stinker!

OK so the plot moved a bit slowly, and the dialog was stiff - but one thing stands out. This thing reeks of history. It is a terrorist film decades before its time. It features Palestinian commando's (headed by Arafat, who is mentioned by name)it mentions the Black September group by name. In one scene a top Palestinian (couldn't tell if it was supposed to be Arafat or not) explains the meaning of Jihad or holy war.Kinda makes one wonder if anyone in our State Department ever saw this movie? I give it a better than average rating simply because its got the historical context correct - - and was decades ahead of its time.