Bat 21 DVD cover

Bat*21 is a 1988 movie directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from his own book by William Charles Anderson. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a US 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 movie is loosely based on Lt.Col. Iceal Hambleton's rescue, his codename was also Bat 21 Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is considered by many to be an important art form; films entertain, educate, enlighten and inspire audiences. ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet and Chinese-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ... A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... Gene Hackman Gene Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American actor. ... Danny Glover at World Social Forum 2003. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea...

Tagline: Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.

Bat*21 was filmed in Sabah, Malaysia. State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya Capital Kota Kinabalu Governor Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister Hj. ...