Thursday, July 29, 2010

Rescue Dawn [2006]

"A true story of survival... declassified."


BASED ON THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF ONE MAN'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn and Jeremy Davies


Storyline

 

In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the plane of the German-American pilot Dieter Dengler is hit and crashes in the jungle. Dieter is arrested by the peasants, tortured and sent to a prisoner camp, where he meets five other mentally ill prisoners. He becomes close to Duane and organizes an escape plan; however, the unstable Gene opposes to Dieter's plan. When they discover that there is no more food due to the constant American bombings in the area and their guards intend to kill them, Dieter sets his plan in motion. However, an unexpected betrayal split the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison



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