Read somewhere that a hollywood movie about this incident was in the planning, possibly with Harrison Ford starring as the hero captain. Look forward to that. Interesting to hear if anyone comes across further news of this.
I wouldn't have thought it really lends itself to a full movie because the time from from takeoff to splashdown is so short and whilst the rescue by the boats was of a movie length time frame there is little in the way of dramatic excitement at that point in time.
The time length involved for the events of say Raid On Entebbe to take place was absolutely perfect for a movie length dramaticisation
The only way they could really lengthen it out for a movie would be to follow on the impact of the subsequent lives of the crews and the passengers although that might detract from the hero worship that would be the focus of such a movie.
However its undoubtedly very well suited to an Air Crash Investigation program where the long history of problems with engine blockage due to bird strikes, possible means of engines being redesigned to overcome the issue (and why it has been avoided due to the expense) and the adequacy or otherwise of bird scaring arrangements at the airports as well as the actual incident, splashdown and recovery could then all be very thoroughly covered in a 50 minute or so long program (allowing for the ad breaks).