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Rescue Dawn is a 2006 American war film directed and written by Werner Herzog. The movie stars Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, and François Chau. It was produced by Elie Samaha and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix. The film features music by Klaus Badelt and cinematography by Peter Zeitlinger. It was filmed in Thailand and set in jungles and aircraft.
The plot follows a US fighter pilot’s survival struggle after being shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. The runtime is 125 minutes. The film holds a review score of 90% and a rating of 7.5/10. It also has an IMDb rating of 7.2 and a Metascore of 77. The movie was released on video on demand and direct-to-video. It received one win and six nominations for awards.
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7.0A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Cast
- Christian Bale as Dieter Dengler
- Steve Zahn as Duane
- Toby Huss as Spook
- François Chau as Province Governor
- Marshall Bell as Admiral
- Jeremy Davies as Gene
Themes
- vietnam war
- escape
- war crimes
- prisoner of war
- based on true story
- laos
- soldier
- struggle for survival
- escaped prisoner
- escape plan
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
113,626 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Biography, War
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- aviation
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Screenwriter
- Werner Herzog
- Cast member
- Chris Tallman
- Composer
- Klaus Badelt
- Producer
- Elie Samaha
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Peter Zeitlinger
- Filming location
- Thailand
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 108005
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/view/Movie/1624/Rescue-Dawn
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