Bat*21
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Image:Bat21.jpg Bat*21 is a 1988 movie directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William Charles Anderson. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S. officer whose plane is hit by a SAM.
The film stars Gene Hackman as Lt. Colonel Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton, the downed officer, and Danny Glover as Captain Bartholomew Clark, a C-SAR pilot. The film is based on the real-life rescue of Hambleton by U.S. Navy SEAL Thomas R. Norris and team member Nguyen Van Kiet, a South Vietnamese SEAL.
Tagline: Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
Bat*21 was filmed in Sabah, Malaysia.
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