In Werner Herzog’s feature narrative adaptation of his documentary film, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Rescue Dawn, Christian Bale stars as Dieter Dengler, a German born U.S. fighter pilot who is shot down while bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the early stages of the Vietnam War. He survives a crash landing in the jungle, but is soon captured by enemy forces, and transported to a prisoner of war camp in Laos.
Many people associate Steve Zahn with comedy because of his roles in films like Saving Silverman and Daddy Day Care, a perception that doesn’t bother Zahn, but a perception which he doesn’t quite understand. His resume includes a lot of comedy, which he excels at (he’s also very funny in person), but also plenty of serious dramatic roles, like his characters in Speak and Out of Sight.
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Probably most familiar to audiences for his portrayal of an interpreter who suffers a mental/emotional breakdown in the climatic battle of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, Jeremy Davies now takes on another such non-heroic role, and gives arguably the most brilliant supporting we’ve seen all year in acclaimed and award winning filmmaker Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn.