The Delta Force (film)

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The Delta Force

The Delta Force DVD cover
Directed by Menahem Golan
Produced by Golan-Globus
Written by Menahem Golan
James Bruner
Starring Chuck Norris
Lee Marvin
Martin Balsam
Distributed by Cannon Film Distributors
Release date(s) February 14, 1986 U.S. release
Running time 125 min
Language English
IMDb profile

The Delta Force is a 1986 action film starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as leaders of an elite squad of special forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit. It was directed by Menahem Golan and featured Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Vaughn, Robert Forster, Shelley Winters, and George Kennedy.

The Delta Force was Lee Marvin's last film.

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[edit] Plot synopsis

A group of Arab terrorists hijack an American airliner bound for New York City. Taking all passengers and crew hostage and diverting the plane to Beirut, the group, the pro-Khomeini New World Revolutionary Organization, make demands to the United States government that, if not met, will result in the death of them all.

As a compromise, the terrorists release the non-Jewish, women, and children passengers. The remaining hostages are transported to a militant controlled area of Beirut. Using a sympathetic Orthodox Priest, the Israeli Army Intelligence prepare an operation to free the hostages.

The U.S. quickly responds by sending in Delta Force, an elite counter-terrorism unit to rescue the hostages. Successfully infiltrating the terrorist compound, they rescue the hostages and flee to the safety of Israel on the ATW jetliner, before returning to the U.S on a C-130 transport plane.

The film was followed by two sequels, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection and Delta Force 3: The Killing Game in 1990 and 1991.

[edit] Filming Locations

The film was photographed entirely in Israel, making use of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's newly opened GG Israel Studios facility in Jerusalem.

The Beirut, Tel-Aviv and Athens airport sequences in the film were shot at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel-Aviv.

In some sequences, Hebrew lettering and Israeli Police emblems are visible on some of the supposed Lebanese airport barriers.

The military aircraft used in the film were on loan from the Israeli Air Force. The lease arrangement was similar to that used for Iron Eagle, another Cannon Group Inc. film.

[edit] Historical connections

[edit] Trivia

  • Assaf Dayan, who plays Raffi Amir, is the son of Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan.
  • The Beirut terrorist militia carry pictures of Ayotollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the photographs can be seen in the school in which the hostages are kept.
  • The film reuses many actors from Menahem Golan's 1977 film Mivtsa Yonatan (Operation Jonathan or Operation Thunderbolt).
  • The account of the Delta Force rescue operation is historically inaccurate.
  • The movie only has one musical theme with minor variations which runs throughout the movie.

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