Bat*21
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| Bat*21 | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Peter Markle |
| Produced by | 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) |
| Written by | William C. Anderson (book) William C. Anderson (screenplay) and George Gordon (screenplay) |
| Starring | Gene Hackman Danny Glover Jerry Reed David Marshall Grant Clayton Rohner |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Editing by | Stephen E. Rivkin |
| Distributed by | Starlight TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 21, 1988 |
| Running time | 105 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Bat*21 is a 1988 movie directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William Charles Anderson.[1] Set during the Vietnam War, the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S. navigator officer whose Douglas 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, and Danny 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 SEAL Thomas R. Norris and team member Nguyen 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Anderson, William C. BAT-21 Prentice-Hall, 1980. ISBN 0-13-069500-9
[edit] External links
- Bat*21 at the Internet Movie Database
