Overture, Echo partner on Saigon tale 'Rising'

April 03, 2007 Overture Films is partnering with Echo Lake Prods. to produce "105 Degrees and Rising," a film set against the backdrop of the fall of Saigon in 1975. The story weaves together several arcs as the characters struggle to escape South Vietnam during the final days of the U.S. control over the former capital city, culminating with the dramatic evacuation of the last Americans and many South Vietnamese via helicopter from the roof of the American embassy. The film's title is based on a secret code broadcast on Armed Forces Radio.

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