: U.S. Special Forces were tasked with transporting two elephants, named Bonnie and Clyde, from the village of Ban Don to Tra Bong.
: Green Beret Captain Sam Cahill (Danny Glover) and his successor, Captain T.C. Doyle (Ray Liotta), lead a misfit team to deliver an elephant to a remote village after the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) kills the village's original elephant. Production : Operation Dumbo Drop
: In real life, the elephants were tranquilized and airlifted using heavy-lift helicopters (CH-47 Chinooks) rather than parachuting out of a cargo plane as depicted in the film. Doyle (Ray Liotta), lead a misfit team to
: The role of Bo Tat was played by an Asian elephant named Tai , who also starred in Water for Elephants . Eight fake elephants (two animatronic and six fiberglass) were used for stunts and close-ups. Eight fake elephants (two animatronic and six fiberglass)
The film is loosely based on a 1968 mission known as , documented by retired U.S. Army Major Jim Morris.
: Unlike the movie's happy ending, the real story was tragic; the elephants were ultimately too small for the heavy labor required and were killed by the Viet Cong shortly after the operation. The 1995 Film