Rescue Dawn (2006)

Christian Bale: Dieter Dengler

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• Dieter : Empty what is full. Fill what is empty. Scratch what itches.

• Dieter : I remember, I was in the attic with my brother. We were looking out, and we see this fighter plane, beautiful, coming right at us. And it's firing from its wings. And I see the machine gun, it's flashing and - whooosh - it goes flying past the house. It's so close. I mean, it's *feet* away from the house. And the canopy was open. And this pilot, he had his goggles up on his helmet. And I could see his eyes. And he was looking at me. Right at me. He's looking right at me. And then as he turns to go, he's starting back, he's looking right at me still. And the thing is, from that moment on, little Dieter, he needed to fly.

• Rescue Chopper Winchman : [hauled into rescue chopper]  Who are ya buddy? Name!

  Dieter : Flight Lieutenant Dieter Dengler, U.S.S. Ranger.

  Rescue Chopper Winchman : Authenticator? What's the authenticator?

  Dieter : Rescue Dawn.

  Rescue Chopper Winchman : Louder!

  Dieter : Rescue Dawn!

  Rescue Chopper Winchman : Favorite sport?

  Dieter : [big grin now]  Hunting.

  Rescue Chopper Winchman : Favorite fish?

  Dieter : Trout.

  Rescue Chopper Pilot : Confirmed, confirmed, it's him!

• Dieter : No, I never wanted to go to war. I just wanted to fly.

• Dieter : I believe I need a steak.

• Squad Leader : You're gonna be Spook's wingman. You think you can handle that?

  Dieter : I could not ask for a better man, sir. But, please, could I ask you a question?

  Squad Leader : Go ahead.

  Dieter : You know, Spook is such a goddamn daredevil, could you please order him not to try too hard to die for his country, but rather to let the son-of-a-bitch on the other side die for his instead?

• Dieter : [for his birthday]  What kind of champagne is this?

  Gene : You just got to keep thinking protein, lots of protein.

  Duane : It's not bad. Squished insect larva.

  Gene : Protein...

  Dieter : [drinking]  Mmmm... Oh, this is a good year, this one.

• Dieter : I love America. America gave me wings.

• Dieter : What the hell is this? The Middle Ages?

• Dieter : I'm not going to bail out! I'm not going to bail out!

• Dieter : The quick have their sleepwalkers - and so do the dead.

• Dieter : I just thought we'd be assisting some South Vietnamese generals against a few infiltrators. Whole thing would be done in three, four weeks.

  Spook : You picked the wrong time to enlist, Dengler.

  Dieter : I know. No, but I just wanted to fly so badly, and everybody, they were telling me all about the fantastic massage parlors go-go girls, everything, and - and what did I get? Goddamn one night? One night in Saigon.

  Farkas : Yeah and that didn't go so well.

  Dieter : That's me.

• Dieter : Well, my friends, you can rot in here if you like, but I'm going to scram this very night. This hut, it ain't no prison.

  Gene : 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.

  Duane : Look, I don't give a shit about our release or whatever you think is going to 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.

• Phisit : Phisit. Phisit. My name is Phisit.

  Dieter : Dieter. Dieter.

• Dieter : Look, look, look, I've created a secret compartment here for the rice. It is at the bottom of my crap container. So I don't think the guards are going to want to check that.

• Dieter : that girl, you know? She smiled at me. And when she smiled, man, did I wish there was no war.

• Dieter : If we can get to Thailand.

  Duane : Yeah.

  Dieter : If we can make it to the Mekong River.

  Duane : Yeah, the Big Muddy. If you could, you would, right?