To all cable viewers like me who have watched Rescue Dawn on Cinemax this week, yeah, I know, it's a great movie! And If you like this movie then you and I got something in common, you far-flung friend you.
I like it very much, I decided to research the movie on the internet because that's what I do when I like something. I was anticipating about learning the wondrous true- to- life facts about the life of Dieter Dengler and how he survived the captivity and escaped from it.
But just like my momma said, "Don't always believe what you hear or see". The film "Rescue Dawn" isn't historically accurate.
1. There are actually seven people( including Dengler) who were captived by the Vietnamese rebels. In the movie, there are only six...SIX!
2. Dengler was not the first person to think of an idea to escape. One of the captives thought about a plan, even before he arrived.
3. The character Eugene DeBruin is a far cry from the real person! In the movie, he is portrayed as somewhat mentally-ill and not very helpful. There is a part where he was supposed to help with shooting the rebels when they decided to escape. But when I did my research and found a website written by one of the actual captives, Pisidhi Indradat, he stated that "Eugene is a brave, polite, calm and loyal person. He was in top mental and emotional condition throughout the whole ordeal, and there were none of the character traits that his character had in the film."
" wait, Im supposed to be crazy in this
and you get all the glory?"-jeremy davies as
Gene DeBruin
So screw you Herzog, the director of the film, to make such a work of lies. This should not be considered as a historical film. As Indradat had said on his website that the movie is Hollywoodized, full of exaggerations and lies.
Now that I got that out from my chest, I can now go on with my life....ahhhh.
sources:
http://www.rescuedawnthetruth.com/pisidhi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Dawn
