“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 224

I’m thinking there’s a theme I want to work with this week.

From the “Dark Docs” channel, “Alive and Free – Or Dead”, a short documentary about Dieter Dengler.

He was one of two survivors, the other being Phisit Intharathat, out of seven prisoners of war (POWs) who escaped from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos. He was rescued after 23 days on the run following six months of torture and imprisonment and was the first captured U.S. airman to escape enemy captivity during the Vietnam war.

Lawrence and I have a fair amount of Herzog on our giant movie list, including “Little Dieter Needs To Fly”. I did not know this until today, but there’s a huge Herzog blu-ray box set (affiliate link) from Shout Factory that tempts me greatly.

Bonus: from the “Wings Over Vietnam” series, “The Jolly Greens”, about the guys who rescued pilots who were downed over Vietnam.

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2 Responses to ““What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 224”

  1. Lawrence Person says:
    November 9, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    I do note that there’s significant overlap with the Herzog/Kinski box set I picked up cheap and the Shout factory boxed set.

  2. stainles says:
    November 9, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    There is, but there’s stuff in your box set that you’ve already seen or are not interested in, and that I am interested in seeing.