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Rescue Dawn (2007)

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Release Date: July 4, 2007 (LA/NY)
On DVD: November 20, 2007
Genre: Action, Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Marshall Bell, François Chau, Jeremy Davies, Craig Gellis, GQ, Zach Grenier, Pat Healy, Toby Huss, Bonnie Z. Hutchinson, Evan Jones, Abhijati 'Meuk' Jusakul, Mr. Tony B. King, Mr. Richard Manning, Mr. Garrett D. Melich, Mr. Kriangsak Ming-olo, Mr. Yuttana Muenwaja, Teerawat Mulvilai, Somkuan 'Kuan' Siroon, Mr. Chorn Solyda, Mr. Saichia Wongwiroj
Studio: MGM
Official site: rescuedawn.mgm.com
Running Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense war violence and torture.

In the annals of history's great escapes there is no other story like that of Dieter Dengler, the only American to ever break out of a POW camp in the impenetrable Laotian jungle. After months plotting his getaway from a harrowing prison and a death-defying journey through some of the world's fiercest wilderness, Dengler appeared at his first press conference looking like a dashing movie star and showing neither sentimentality nor bitterness - simply an...

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Wow. I don't know what movie the marketing department watched to make the cheap, B-grade trailers for the film, but Rescue Dawn is a shockingly good and emotionally tense war drama from director Werner Herzog.

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