Eagles (2012 film)

Eagles
Film poster
Directed by	Dror Sabo [he]
Written by	Daphna Levin [he]
Cinematography	Tomer Shani
Edited by	Ofer Zar
Release date	9 September 2012 (2012-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

Eagles (Hebrew title: Hebrew: נבלות, romanized: Nevelot, "Scavengers") is a 2012 Israeli drama film directed by Dror Sabo [he] based on the novella Scavengers (Hebrew: נבלות) by Yoram Kaniuk.[1][2] It is the re-release of the 2010 Israeli 5-part TV miniseries with the same name aired by Hot Telecom.

In 2011 the miniseries won the Award of the Israeli Television Academy in the category "Best TV Movie, Miniseries or Drama".

Plot

Two elderly war veterans, Efraim and Moshka become vigilantes in Tel-Aviv.

Cast

• Noa Barkai [he] as Dina
• Yehoram Gaon as Moshka
• Yossi Polak [he] as Efraim

American remake attempts

There were two attempts at American remakes, in which the heroes were planned to be two Vietnam War veterans. At first it was sold to HBO network in 1985, to be directed by Alan Poul.[3][4] In 2018 Apple ordered the remake starring Richard Gere,[5] but cancelled it in 2019.[6]

References

1. "Eagles". TIFF. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
2. Eagles, Variety
3. Itay Stern, המיני־סדרה הישראלית "נבלות" נמכרה לרשת HBO, Haaretz, November 23, 2015
4. HBO, Happy Madison Developing Series Based on Israeli Miniseries ‘Neveilot’, Variety
5. Richard Gere to Star in Apple Remake of Israeli Series ‘Nevelot’
6. Apple cancels Richard Gere TV show

External links

• Eagles at IMDb