Mentions in Popular Culture
- Hostages, a 1993 HBO film based on the event, starring Colin Firth as John McCarthy
- Hostage (1999) three part UK documentary series for Channel Four, featuring interviews with Anderson, Keenan, McCarthy, Waite, Kauffmann, and with the politicians involved, including George Shultz and Oliver North.
- An Evil Cradling, Brian Keenan's memoir of his ordeal
- Blind Flight, a 2003 UK film focusing on McCarthy and Keenan
- Someone Who'll Watch Over Me a play an American, an Irishman and an Englishman being hostages in Lebanon
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