Desert One

 
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Desert One 

[ Shock / DVD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 19 May 2021

Using new archival sources and unprecedented access to key players including former US President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale, two-time Academy Award® winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple reveals the true story behind one of the most daring rescue attempts in modern history: Operation Eagle Claw, a secret mission by US special forces with the objective of freeing American hostages captured during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

" Featuring an impressive breadth of interview subjects, there's a sense that the full story - or something very close to it - is being told in as objective a way as possible. " - Edwin Arnaudin (Asheville Movies)
" You can learn a lot more from your failures than your rah-rah successes. Barbara Kopple is of course a veteran [filmmaker] and does this brilliantly. " - Christy Lemire (FilmWeek, KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
" Two time Academy Award winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple makes a film and you know that it is going to have several elements to it - excellence, education and entertainment. " - **
Carey-Ann Pawsey** (Orca Sound)