Rescue Dawn Page #2

No, I cannot sign this. I cannot sign it.

If you sign this, we would be your friends.

- You could be released in two weeks if...

- I cannot sign this.

- It's against my...

- Your what?

I mean, what is in here?

What isn't here?

I love America. America gave me wings.

I will not sign it, absolutely not.

No way.

Your choice.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(PANTING)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(MUMBLING)

The quick have their sleepwalkers,

and so do the dead.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey.

- Hey. Hey.

- GENE:
Hey, there. Who's that? Hello.

GENE:
Hey, you American?

- What?

- GENE:
He's American.

(LAUGHING)

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm American.

My name is Dieter. I'm a U.S. Navy pilot.

And originally I was born in Germany...

- DUANE:
Be quiet.

- ... but I am a U.S. citizen now.

- DUANE:
Quiet.

- What?

- Who's that?

- DUANE:
Quiet.

Why? I'm whispering.

- Little Hitler's coming.

- Who?

- Little Hitler.

- Who's that?

Who's Little Hitler?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Okay.

Now, what the hell is this?

The Middle Ages?

DUANE:
Hey, listen. Don't mess with

these guys. You'll regret it.

- Hi. Dieter Dengler.

- All right, let's go. Give it over.

Who won the World Series?

- The World Series?

- Yeah.

- I don't know...

- Hey, man, the guy don't like baseball?

You don't like baseball?

- No, I don't know. I don't follow baseball.

- I'm Yik Chiu Tuo.

- Yik Chiu Tuo?

- They call me Y.C.

- Okay, Y.C.

- Y.C.

Hi, I'm Dieter Dengler.

- Dieter Dengler.

- Yeah.

We all flew together for Air America.

Yeah, I'm world champion of bad luck.

But I tell you something, I'm undefeatable.

Hi. Phisit.

- Phisit.

- My name is Phisit.

- Dieter. Dieter.

- Yeah.

Procet Kam Phong Kit.

- What?

- Procet.

- Okay.

- Procet.

What was that?

- Procet.

- It's okay.

Okay.

- That was actually Procet... Got that?

- Right.

- But you need to call him Procet.

- Okay, Procet.

That's what we call him.

He's also Air America.

- Also got shot down flying supplies...

- Okay, okay.

...to royalist villages,

- just like the rest of us.

- And when was that?

Two... No, two and a half year ago now.

- Two and a half years ago?

- Oh, yeah.

I had no idea that we were here

for that long.

Yeah, been here a lot longer

than people know.

- Duane Martin.

- Duane Martin. I'm Dieter Dengler.

United States Air Force. I was shot down

about a year and a half ago.

- Okay.

- And when this war starts,

we'll be here a lot longer

than we already have.

Well, you see...

How many more times you think

I'm gonna have to say,

like I been saying and saying and saying

and saying again,

that we will never go to war

in Vietnam, man?

- DIETER:
No, they just...

- They, no...

Because any day now... Listen.

They will what?

- Yeah, Christmas come every day.

- They...

They will release us, man.

(LAUGHING)

They will let us go any day now.

- No, you see...

- Gene, by the way.

- Gene.

- But listen.

It's... The trick to it is it's actually Eugene.

- Okay, Eugene.

- Eugene DeBruin from

- Eugene, Oregon.

- Okay.

- How do you like that?

- Yeah.

See how that works out? Name, name...

Jesus Christ, not this Oregon sh*t, again.

I've heard this over 2,000 goddamn times.

- Eugene from Eugene.

- Oh, yeah, right. Eugene from Eugene.

- You know what? You know what? Listen.

- Yeah.

What you really need to know is

you see this man here?

Take a good look at him. He, he...

Listen now, he shits in his pants

every night without fail, man.

Trust me.

And you know the only thing that he

thinks is worth complaining about?

You know what that is?

- This man right here.

- Right.

- Eugene from Eugene.

- From Eugene.

Okay.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

GENE:
Dieter.

Take a careful look to your right.

You see that guy there?

We call him Little Hitler

for a very good reason.

He is the worst.

This one we call Jumbo.

DIETER:
Oh, wow.

That's the first smile I've seen

since I was shot down.

Yeah. He's, in fact,

one of the only truly nice guys here.

This is Nook the Rook right here.

He's also very much not a nice guy.

- What is his problem?

- It's all right. Just keep going.

His problem is he's Crazy Horse.

That's what we call him.

And he is a bastard. Keep going.

And I just cannot stand him.

- That's Walkie Talkie.

- Walkie Talkie?

We call him that 'cause he does not speak.

Never, never.

Hey, do yourself a favor, Kraut.

Keep your head down

and your mouth shut.

That's your best chance of surviving.

So there is a war.

There is a war.

All right. So tell me about

the peace talks, man. Geneva?

There's got to be peace talks, man.

Shut up, Gene.

There is no goddamn conference.

When are you gonna get that

through your skull?

Secret talks, man.

I'm just talking about secret talks.

Forget it.

We're not getting out.

No, no, no, there was a honcho

on the outside,

he said I would not be here too long.

They tell that to everyone

to get them to sign.

No, I did not sign. No.

Anyway, nice having met you.

What do you mean, met?

Well, my friends,

you can rot in here if you like,

but I'm gonna scram this very night.

This hut, it ain't no prison.

Scram. I like that. I like that.

Listen, listen, my friend,

you cannot escape.

If you try to escape,

you'll screw up our release.

Look, I don't give a sh*t about our release

or whatever you think is gonna happen.

But without water, you won't survive

more than two days out there.

And without water,

your tracks will be visible for even more.

The jungle is the prison. Don't you get it?

Hey, when does the rainy season start?

Five months, maybe six.

I can't wait that long.

Hey, listen, let's say you do survive

the jungle and lack of water,

whatever you find, snakes and animals

and sh*t are out there,

you won't make it out of camp.

There's six guards posted during the day.

Yeah.

That is during the day.

I'm going at night.

Why, what happens at night?

No.

No.

No.

I'm shitting my intestines out.

Again.

I'm sorry, I can't help it.

You just sh*t right on my hand again, man.

- Sorry.

- That makes it 2,207 times and counting.

Leave the guy alone, okay?

There ain't no alone, brother.

Does anybody have a nail?

What are you gonna do with a nail?

You're gonna stab all the lousy guards

to death with a nail?

What kind of plane you fly off of?

- Procet has got a shard of glass, man.

- No, that's no good.

I have porcupine needle.

No.

I've got a hammer and a socket wrench

stuffed up my ass.

There's no nails.

This whole prison's made

of bamboo and rattan.

Damn it.

I know where there's a nail.

Okay.

I'm gonna make my move.

So all of you scatter in

all directions, okay? Go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

What makes you think you're not crazy

for thinking that'll work, man?

Eugene's right.

It'll attract too much attention.

Oh, for God's sake, that's what I want.

Please.

You trust me? Please.

Duane, head to the outhouse.

Y.C., go to the top right. Okay?

Gene, please come on. No, no, no.

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