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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0096009112899
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Full Screen
Label: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 15, 2004
Running Time: 172 minutes
Sales Rank: 23259
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very intense drama
Sword of Gideon is a story of revenge by a team of Israeli spies on the perpetrators of the 1972 massacre during the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Speilberg's movie Munich is a poor remake of the Sword of Gideon. I disagree with other reviewers who call this a poor man's Munich. This show tells the story much better and does not need the gore and blood to do it. Plus Spielberg's treatment of the main characters is quite poor -- in his version they're confused knuckleheads who're trying to ... Read More
Rating:  - The Poor Man's 'Munich'
'Sword of Gideon' is essentially a B-rated, 1980's version of Steven Spielberg's 'Munich.' I was a bit surprised at the striking similarity between the two; many of the scenes were almost identical. Depending on how you look at it, you could call the latter either a rip-off or a remake of the former. Nevertheless, I don't see how anyone could think this was better than 'Munich.' It does go into a bit more detail in some parts, but the acting, cinematography, dialogue and the overall production quality ... Read More
Rating: - Revenge is Mine
The strenght of an old woman a strong leader "Golda" establisted the new ground rules , hit them at the center , suspense . tense , constant action , Steven Bauer , Michael York and the team fit well together in this action of vengeance no matter the cost , yet with a true code of honour and respect for those innocent by standers, unlike the terrorist
with savage unconcern for human life ingeneral. The eventual strugle between duty , commitment for country and self emotions stirrs one own heart ... Read More
Rating: - The movie that Spielberg's "Munich" was a remake of...
Having originally seen this made-for-HBO movie in the 1980's when it was first on cable, I decided to watch it again after seeing Spielberg's "Munich." The two movies, both based on the same book, differ in a few minor plot devices but are otherwise quite similar. I would say that the earlier version has a slightly less dark emotional feel to it; the Mossad handler comes across as not quite as evilly conniving as Spielberg's, for example. Both movies make Avner out to be the archetype Hero, mislead ... Read More
Rating: - The forerunner, almost a first draft, of "Munich"
My understanding is that Spielberg based the more recent film "Munich" on the same book that this HBO film from 20 years earlier was based on, which would account for the eerily similar, almost identical, sequence of events and character development. What I found dumbfounding is that not only are the story, the characters, and the incidents the same, but the sequence, some of the scenes, even some of the dialogue, are nearly identical: the early recruitment scene with Golda Meir eating fruit and pouring ... Read More
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