# Black Sunday (1977)

> A psychologically scarred Vietnam veteran becomes the instrument of a terrorist plot targeting the Super Bowl, forcing rival investigators into a desperate race to stop an airborne catastrophe.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/33998

## Facts

- Runtime: 143 min
- Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Cast: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats, Bekim Fehmiu, Michael V. Gazzo, William Daniels
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: paranoid, tense, foreboding, late night thriller viewing, 1970s cinema marathon

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