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Rescue Dawn [Blu-ray]

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I can’t remember the last time I actually found a movie worth seeing in a theatre. I did not see this film in a theatre, but I wish I had!

I first heard of Dieter Dengler from the Guidebook For Marines. His story is mentioned in the Code Of Conduct chapter, as an example of how an American fighting-man should conduct himself as a P.O.W.

As a Naval aviator during the Vietnam War, he served aboard the aircraft-carrier U.S.S. Ranger. Dengler flew an AD Skyraider, a prop-plane designed for close air-support and reconaissance. Assigned to fly a secret mission to bombard targets in Laos, Dengler was shot down, and manged to evade capture for some time.

Captured by Pathet Lao guerrillas, he was brutally beaten, and eventually interned in a small P.O.W. camp with two other Americans and a small group of Thais. All of the others were personnel employed by Air America, except for Duane Martin, who was an Air Force pilot.

Having no intention of staying in this prison, Dengler improvised a number of tools for an escape attempt. He eventually mobilized the others into making an ingenious escape effort. When the time came, Dengler killed the guards with their own weapons. Dengler and Martin set out together, into the jungle, toiling through dense foliage, mud, incessant rain, illness …and afflicted by such jungle-pests as leeches and insects. Sadly, Martin was later murdered by a Lao farmer. Dengler survived for 23 days in a hostile environment, hunted by Pathet Lao soldiers, before he was eventually rescued by an Air Force helicopter crew.

This movie is a fine portrayal of Dengler’s impressive and relentless will to survive.

I do not know where the film was shot, but some truly incredible mountain and jungle landscape is featured throughout.

Sadly, Mr. Dengler is no longer with us. Afflicted with ALS, he passed away on 7 February, 2001.

Mr. Dengler was born in Germany, and witnessed World War II as a child, as Allied forces invaded in 1945. Watching the exploits of Allied fighter-pilots inspired him to become a pilot. As a teenager, he was apprenticed as a machinist, and saved his money to emmigrate to America. At age 18, he sailed to the U.S., and survived on the streets for a short time, before enlisting in the Air Force in 1957, where he served as a gunsmith.
Dengler took the test for aviation late in his enlistment, and passed. However, his enlistment was soon completed, before he could enroll in the program, and he moved to California to attend college. He was accepted into the Navy cadet Program, and was soon commissioned. He originally trained as a Skyraider pilot, but was trained to fly jet-aircraft after his P.O.W. ordeal. After his time in the Navy, Dengler was employed as a test-pilot for TWA.

Another point of interest regarding Mr. Dengler:
While attending S.E.R.E. school, Dengler escaped the simulated P.O.W. camp THREE TIMES, …and was the only student in his group to actually GAIN weight! Check Special Price!

Rescue Dawn review – J. M. Barnes – Idaho Falls, ID
Pretty good movie. I really enjoyed the fast pace action throughout the film. The movie came to me promptly and was in excellent shape with no scratches. I would recommend this movie to anyone that enjoys war movies.
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The heart of dorkness – Automated Message – SF
Playing more like “The Three Stooges” than “The Great Escape,” had this film been released in 1978, it would have caused theater-goers to riot not for any political reason, but due to its tasteless exploitation of, well, exploitation.

Seriously, how does Christian Bale continue to keep getting work as a male lead? The only thing he’s good at is losing weight and sneering. In all honesty, Werner Herzog hasn’t conducted any great feat here either. In fact, if I didn’t know any better (and I don’t) I would think this bratwurst was just making fun of Americans and Vietnamese like it’s just some playground skirmish and he’s Bob Costas on the sidelines trying to impress the peaceniks.

This film made “Forrest Gump” look like “Citizen Kane” by comparison, and that movie was about a guy who had the IQ of a shrimp’s digestive tract.
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A dirty gritty Vietnam War movie – Jim Gateley – Sunnyvale, CA
4 of 5 stars for the Vietnam war movie Rescue Dawn. This is the story of an American pilot shot down over Laos early in the war before it was common knowledge that the USA was bombing in Laos. This is a tough, gritty, hard movie. Not alot of fun; but, a solid story (based on the life of German-born Dieter Dengler). The story is heavy but true, the action gut-wrenching. The strength and determination of Dengler was impressive. The movie was well created with realistic settings (mostly filmed in Thailand). Yes, I do recommend this movie, but, make sure you are ready for a 2+ hour heavy war movie. BTW, shout-out to actor Christian Bale who played Dengler; no matter what, that must have been a tough movie to make and the personal stuff he went thru to make it…well, wow!
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