- Bat*21
Infobox Film
name = Bat*21
caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Peter Markle
producer =Michael Balson (producer)Mark Damon (co-producer)David Andrew Fisher (Executive producer)Evzen Kolar (line producer)Gary A. Neill (producer)Jerry Reed (executive producer)
David Saunders (co-producer)
writer = William C. Anderson (book)
William C. Anderson (screenplay)
and
George Gordon (screenplay)
narrator =
starring =Gene Hackman Danny Glover Jerry Reed David Marshall Grant Clayton Rohner
music =Christopher Young
cinematography =Mark Irwin
editing =Stephen E. Rivkin
distributor = StarlightTriStar Pictures
released = October 21, 1988
runtime = 105 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id ="Bat*21" is a
1988 movie directed byPeter Markle , and adapted from the book byWilliam Charles Anderson . [Anderson, William C. "BAT-21" Prentice-Hall, 1980. ISBN 0-13-069500-9] Set during theVietnam War , the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S. navigator officer whoseDouglas EB-66 electronics aircraft is hit by a SAM.The film stars
Gene Hackman as Lt. Colonel Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton, the downed navigator (EWO) officer, andDanny Glover as Captain Bartholomew Clark, an Air Force FAC pilot who flies a Cessna Skymaster. The film is based on the real-life rescue of Lt. Col. Hambleton by U.S. Navy SEALThomas R. Norris and team memberNguyen Van Kiet , a South Vietnamese SEAL.Executive producer David Andrew Fisher was also the director of "Toy Soldiers" (1984) and of "Liar's Moon" (1982).
Tagline: "Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him."
"Bat*21" was filmed in
Sabah ,Malaysia .References
External links
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