After a series of strong documentaries (GRIZZLY MAN, THE WHITE DIAMOND), a disappointing feature (INVINCIBLE) and a bizarre combination of the two (WILD BLUE YONDER), German maverick Werner Herzog returns to form with a dramatization of his 1997 documentary LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY. The result is the kind of straight-up, rumble-in-the-jungle historical adventure that made him internationally famous.
Laos, 1966: Having been diverted from his primary target over North Vietnam due to heavy cloud cover, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) is shot down over the thick Laotian jungles surrounding the Ho Chi Minh Trail that snakes down through La...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
126 mins