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Rescue dawn - Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Werner Herzog

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Movie propaganda

A true story of survival... declassified.

Rescue dawn (written and directed by Werner Herzog) tells the true story of US Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale), a renegade German-born American, who is shot down on his first mission and crash lands in Laos. While the rest of his squadron searches for him, Dangler is captured and tortured by Pathet Laos troops, eventually landing in a camp with other American POWs. To escape certain death, Dengler and the other POWs make a daring escape through the jungle and build a raft to take them downriver. After Duane Martin (Steve Zahn), his last fellow escapee, is beheaded by a local villager, Dengler finds himself alone once again. After 22 days struggling to survive, Dengler is finally rescued by a US plane, only to find himself under scrutiny by the CIA because of his knowledge of the illegal incursion into Laos.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film Dieter Dengler true war POW biography Laos Vietnam escape CIA US Navy pilot

Persons of interest

Christian Bale .... Dieter Dengler
Steve Zahn .... Duane Martin
Jeremy Davies .... Gene
François Chau .... Province Governor
GQ .... Farkas
Pat Healy .... Norman
Toby Huss .... Spook
Evan Jones .... Lessard
Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul .... Phisit
Tony B King .... Jet Pilot
Richard Manning .... Helicopter Pilot
Garrett D Melich .... Rigger
Kriangsak Ming-olo .... Jumbo
Yuttana Muenwaja .... Crazy Horse
Teerawat Mulvilai .... Little Hitler
James Oliver .... Jet Pilot
Somkuan "Kuan" Siroon .... Indian
Chorn Solyda .... Walkie Talkie
Saichia Wongwiroj .... Walt Disney Soldier
Galen Yuen .... YC
Werner Herzog .... Screenwriter
Werner Herzog .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Rescue dawn official movie site
Rescue dawn film production notes
Rescue dawn QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Independent Spirit Awards 2007: Nominated: Best supporting male (Steve Zahn)
London Film Festival 2007: Screening
Melbourne International Film Festival 2007: International Panorama
Sydney Film Festival 2007: Screening

See also Changi, To end all wars
Studios and distributors:

Hopscotch Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Woo hoo! Rescue dawn is definitely one for the boys. It's got blokes running around in the jungle shooting at other blokes and everything. There's a big explosion and some torturing and some starving and some more starving and some running around and some mateship and even a bloody dog. It's some hard-core suffering but it's worth it in the end.

PS When politicians go to war, soldiers die.

PPS You won't believe that fucking jungle.

The Dieter Dengler, true, war movie Rescue dawn is directed by Werner Herzog and stars Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies.