Rescue Dawn
Rescue Dawn
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Werner Herzog's narrative film version of his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly. There were initial criticisms about Herzog making a Hollywood film based on the survival story of downed U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, but Rescue Dawn is far from a popcorn movie. An ironic undertone seethes throughout this outwardly patriotic film, which stars Christian Bale as the German-born pilot who was captured in Laos, tortured, left to starve in a prison camp, and escaped only to endure the physical and psychological horrors of the jungle before his rescue. As usual, Herzog''s production was one of legend, fueled by stories of battles with the American crew over his unconventional approach to capturing "the ecstatic truth." In the end, the images photographed by DP Peter Zeitlinger in the jungles of Thailand are stunning and free of gloss. Co-stars Steve Zahn and Jeremy Davie s Werner Herzog---USA---2007---126 mins.

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  | JohnH#1

Werner Herzog must have a fascination for jungle ordeals, witness Fitzcarraldo. Rescue dawn is intriguing, and Dangler is a gung ho hero, but somehow his travails pale beside dragging that boat over a mountain to get from one river to another.

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