Desert One

Name: Desert One
Director: Barbara Kopple
Genre: War, History, Documentary
Released: 2020-08-21
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Ted Koppel, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, James Q. Roberts, John Limbert

IMDb link: 10793982
IMDb rating: 7.3 (426 votes)
Genres: War, History, Documentary
Director: Barbara Kopple
Cast: Ted Koppel, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, James Q. Roberts, John Limbert, Gerald Rafshoon and others

Release date: 21 Aug 2020
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: iran hostage crisis, plan gone wrong, rescue mission, secret, helicopter, u.s. military, reference to jimmy carter, failure, damaged helicopter, operation eagle claw

Plot:

Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution.

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