Rescue Dawn: The Truth

Pisidhi Indradat on the "real" Gene DeBruin. See the truth about the movie Rescue Dawn. Visit www.rescuedawnthetruth.com for more information.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Rescue
• Dawn
• Dieter
• Dengler
• Werner
• Herzog
• Christian
• Bale

[pattywolford]

Well, then it's a shame that Herzog portrayed Gene as a total nutcase.

[nefertiti324]

I can't believe that I was so foolish to think that Hollywood could make a decent portrayal of a piece of history.

[Bedablablabla]

Well, "Herzog acknowledged that DeBruin acted heroically during his imprisonment, refusing to leave while some sick prisoners remained, but Herzog was unaware of this fact until after the film had been completed. Herzog states that this narrative aspect probably would have been included had he learned it earlier."...

[razmoe2000]

werner herzog is my favorite director and he is an amazing storyteller. when i was a child i would watch his movies in languages i didnt understand , with no subtitles, and still be totally fascinated.if you want to learn about history, or anything for that matter, read a book! we watch movies to be entertained,they take us to a make believe place that exists nowhere save for on that screen.i think i'll go watch fitzcraldo now,i love it there.klaus kinski best actor ever!! R.I.P.

[stevekon11]

I suspected there was something fishy about the movie portrayal of Gene,it just didnt add up.Im glad to read he was just as much a hero as Dengler,perhaps more so since he paid the ultimate price.One question still lingers in my head,where did the idea that he was a nut case originaly come from???

[punkypenguin321]

@clewi1091 Deiter Dengler and Pisidhi Indradat were the only prisoners to survive that we know about. Nobody knows for certain what happened to the others except for Gene. Apparently he was recaptured by viet kong then was sent to a prison center somewhere. There is no record of him ever reaching the prison center so he might have died, but he might not. No one really knows for sure. And yes, the movie does really portray him in a bad way.

[clewi1091]

I just saw the movie today. Did Gene and the others die? I think they should have shown Gene differently in the movie after watching things like this and finding out what really happened. He was pictured as a jerk in the movie. But the movie didnt tell what happened to him and the others that werent with Dengler.

[krglongbourn]

seems the money makers used dieter, for show. Dieter was healthier than any of them and his object was to run, and survive. The others got the socks knocked out of them. Longer time at camp Im not sure I saw a hero, i saw someone who made it out and he had good love for his friend.or friends.But honour all P>O>W and soldiers of this rotten wars that wasnt worth it.ti die not remembered has real men..........

[Marlatyson2005]

ahh one thing more I am not american but i cannot understand somehting i dont understand why USA goverment doesent more for try to find out what happened with all the missed people of the war.....who know maybe still is there prissioner of war alive???

[Marlatyson2005]

Hello! I visited your website and was doing my own research about what happened in real and i must to say that before to make all this i was impressed with the movie but now that I know things happened in a Very different way I feel so dissapointment with the movie!! I hope another director can make the True Story on a film because is not fair all this 7 heroes are portrayed as only 1 heroe.

Thank you so much for Posting this!!!!

[bhenzz]

there were reports that he lived after the Vietnam War. He lived until the 1990s.

[woo1693]

yeah he didn't know anything about debruin until after the movie, so he couldn't do anything about it im pretty sure he wanted to change that but he couldn't have