During 1986 the battalion participated in the filming of Heartbreak Ridge in Camp Pendleton, California and Hamburger Hill while deployed to the Philippines.
Heartbreak Ridge is associated with the title and backstory of the 1986 movie directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
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It has also been featured in several movies, among them Heartbreak Ridge starring Clint Eastwood.
At the peak of his career Villard was given featured supporting roles in big-budget studio fare, such as Clint Eastwood's Heartbreak Ridge, and My Girl (with Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis).