Bat*21 (1988)
- Original title
- Bat★21
- Directed by
- Peter Markle
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 221 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American air navigator is shot down over Vietnam and must evade capture behind enemy lines. A fellow officer coordinates a dangerous rescue mission to bring him home.
tenseharrowingsuspensefulgrittyrealisticsomberclaustrophobicemotional
What happens
Bat*21 is a 1988 American war drama film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the 1980 book by William C. Anderson, novelist and retired United States Air Force colonel. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is a dramatization based upon the rescue of a U.S. air navigator shot down behind enemy lines in Vietnam. The film stars Gene Hackman and Danny Glover with Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson and Joe Dorsey in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Stranger on My Land (1988)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.