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DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Steve Zahn and Christian Bale in Werner Herzog's Vietnam-era POW tale Rescue Dawn
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Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: Nov 20, 2007; With: Christian Bale and Steve Zahn; Distributor: MGM

Werner Herzog's rousing true story, Rescue Dawn, about a pilot (Christian Bale) who engineered a daring escape from a Laos POW camp in the mid-'60s could be misconstrued as yet another mainstream actioner. Not surprisingly, the obsessive director has deeper pursuits, and he unspools themes of valor and loyalty with a spare beauty. EXTRAS include Herzog's intimate commentary and a doc in which Bale and costar Steve Zahn recount eating maggots, running barefoot in the jungle, and swimming in snake-infested waters. The shoot ''was a blast,'' Zahn assures us. B+


Posted Nov 16, 2007
 

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