movie:on wings of eagles

[jpapa]

Hi does anyone know the movie on the wings of eagles with burt lancaster is on dvd at all. Hope you can help.

[mark f]

I'm not familiar with your movie. John Wayne was in The Wings of Eagles, and Burt Lancaster was in The Gypsy Moths. What is your film about?

[jpapa]

hi this is what the movie On Wings of Eagles (1986) is about
Ken Follett's best-selling novel becomes a 5 hour mini-series. As the Ayatollah Khomeini takes over Iran, two executives of the Texas based Electronic Data System's (EDS) are arrested in Tehran and held for $13,000,000 ransom. H. Ross Perot (Richard Crenna), the company head, tries diplomatic approaches to get his executives released. When that fails, he hires a retired Army Colonel (Burt Lancaster) to head up a rescue mission. They put together a first-class team including Paul Le Mat as Lancaster's second-in-command and Esai Morales as an Iranian EDS trainee.

I think it was based on a true story. And it is a great movie.

jpapa