![]() ![]() With Dengler's assistance, the prisoners escape, but the untamed wilderness turns out to be just as dangerous (cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger ably captures its cruel beauty). While Dengler is arrogant and resourceful, Martin is patient and humble. Through his internment, he meets Duane Martin (Steve Zahn in his finest performance), with whom he becomes fast friends. Though he survives, Dengler is captured by the Pathet Lao. When he joins the Navy during the Vietnam War, he gets his wish. German-born Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale, who first made his mark in Steven Spielberg's prison camp drama Empire of the Sun) has longed to pilot a plane since he was a boy. ![]() Unlike most such efforts, however, his isn't just based on a true story, it's a remake of his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly. ![]() Rescue Dawn In the tradition of The Great Escape and The Deer Hunter, Rescue Dawn is Werner Herzog's take on the pulse-pounding POW genre.
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