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Release Date: 2006

Cast: Craig Gellis, Marshall Bell, Yuttana Muenwaja, Evan Jones, Saichia Wongwiroj, Christian Bale, Zach Grenier, Brad Carr, Steve Zahn, Chorn Solyda, James Oliver, GQ ...MORE

Cast: Craig Gellis, Marshall Bell, Yuttana Muenwaja, Evan Jones, Saichia Wongwiroj, Christian Bale, Zach Grenier, Brad Carr, Steve Zahn, Chorn Solyda, James Oliver, GQ, Toby Huss, Pat Healy, François Chau, Jeremy Davies, Teerawat Mulvilai, Kriangsak Ming-olo, Somkuan 'Kuan' Siroon ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Action, Biographical Film, Drama Film, Escape Film, War Film, Docudrama, Adventure

Rescue Dawn is a 2007 war drama film directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his acclaimed 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The film stars Christian Bale, and is based on the true story of a German-American pilot named Dieter Dengler, who is shot down and captured by villagers sympathetic to the Pathet Lao during an American military campaign in the Vietnam War. Veteran actors Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Pat Healy and Toby Huss also star in principal roles. The film project, which had initially come together during 2004, began shooting in Thailand... MORE

Rescue Dawn is a 2007 war drama film directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his acclaimed 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The film stars Christian Bale, and is based on the true story of a German-American pilot named Dieter Dengler, who is shot down and captured by villagers sympathetic to the Pathet Lao during an American military campaign in the Vietnam War. Veteran actors Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Pat Healy and Toby Huss also star in principal roles. The film project, which had initially come together during 2004, began shooting in Thailand in August 2005. Executive producers for the film comprised, Freddy Braidy, Jimmy De Brabant, Michael Dounaev and Gerald Green among others. Rescue Dawn explores subjects such as war, human torture and captivity. A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Gibraltar Films and Thema Production. It was commercially distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrically in the U.S., and by Pathé Distribution, Hopscotch Films and Central Film GmbH in foreign markets. In home media format, the film was distributed by MGM Home Entertainment. It was originally LESS