Rescue Dawn (written and directed by Werner Herzog) tells the true story of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler (CHRISTIAN BALE), a renegade German-born American, who is shot down on his first mission and crash lands in Laos. While the rest of his squadron searches for him, Dangler is captured and tortured by Pathet Laos troops, eventually landing in a camp with other American POWs. To escape certain death, Dengler and the other POWs make a daring escape through the jungle and build a raft to take them downriver. After Duane (STEVE ZAHN), his last fellow escapee, is beheaded by a local villager, Dengler finds himself alone once again. After 22 days struggling to survive, Dengler is finally rescued by a U.S. plane, only to find himself under scrutiny by the CIA because of his knowledge of the illegal incursion into Laos.
Top Gun Productions (a subsidiary of Gibraltar Entertainment) and producers Steve Marlton & Elton Brand have appointed Conquistador Entertainment as the exclusive international sales agent on the Vietnam War action drama Rescue Dawn, written and directed by Werner Herzog, original score by Hans Zimmer, and starring Christian Bale, Steve Zahn and Jeremy Davis.