Rescue Dawn

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Rescue Dawn
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PG13,2hrs 0min
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July 27, 2007
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MGM
Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog returns to direct his first feature since 2001's Invincible with this dramatic action film inspired by his own 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly and detailing the escape efforts of a German-American pilot who was taken as a prisoner-of-war after being shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) escaped death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, ... Full Synopsis
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Out of a harrowing story set in a foreign thicket, Herzog has found American beauty. Full Review
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77
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Dieter Dengler
Duane Martin
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Christian Bale in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Steve Zahn and Christian Bale (in background) in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Christian Bale, left, and Jeremy Davies in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Christian Bale, left, and Steve Zahn in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Writer-director Werner Herzog on the set of "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Christian Bale in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Jeremy Davies in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
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