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When Herzog Rescued Phoenix
WHEN HERZOG RESCUED PHOENIX an animated short from award-winning filmmaker Sascha Ciezata (When Lynch Met Lucas, The Crossing Place).
When Herzog Rescued Phoenix features the famed director recounting the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette and saved his life.
