Best cinematography ever. You could not do this today. Coppala is extraordinarily gifted. So much going on in this scene and its historically accurate of the time. Robert Duvall should have gotten an Oscar for his role. So should have Sheen. Brilliant work all the way around. Apocalypse Now in my opinion is the best Vietnam war movie ever made. Platoon is second.
Well. Airmobile.... those boys just couldnt stay put. As a former Cav trooper, I can say that Duvall wearing that stetson and ascot is still our spirit animal. A half century later
Yeah, that's a GREAT hat Kilgore is wearing. Wish I could wear one, but it's just TOO cool. I'm afraid I'd fail to do it justice and come off like an doofus.
I remember the first time I saw this spending the weekend with my aunt and uncle. He was a Vietnam vet who loved all these old movies. When it showed the tank shooting fire he said “that there’s a Zippo lighter!”
Collector, imagine being so stupid that you won't even admit to yourself that you're a war criminal. The last line in the clip says it all: "We're here to help you", right after the Americans torch a village with that "zippo", and then desecrate the dead villagers with the unit's playing cards.
Imagine being such a gullible leftist stooge that you don’t understand what happened in Vietnam and that after the communists took over in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) that 100,000’s fled to live free lives on the USA while millions who stayed perished at the hands of the progressive communists.
France occupied Vietnam BY FORCE, the French secret security in Vietnam tortured/imprisoned/executed any Vietnamese who resisted their own enslavement, while France stole Vietnam's material wealth and even forced the Vietnamese to assist in their own imperial rape. During famine, MILLIONS of Vietnamese starved to death while rice was still exported out of the country for French profit. Ho Chi Minh was expelled from his own country (Vietnam) By the FRENCH merely for translating the complaints of his country men into French (so that the French could read what they had to say). In 1919, Ho Chi Minh asked US President Wilson for intervention in helping the Vietnamese on the principles that President Wilson's own 14-point plan for world peace unveiled at the Versailles Peace Conference resulting from WWI: "All nations deserve self determination", but HCM was rudely rebuffed by President Wilson (you know, the "Leader of the Free world"). Unable to find an ally in the "free world", HCM had no choice but to turn to the USSR. However, USSR only helped nations that aspire to socialism, and this is where HCM became allied with "Communist". HCM was actually RELUCTANT to align with the USSR, because he didn't want Vietnam to become a pawn in the Cold War (but he didn't have a lot of options). *It was the American hypocrites who drove the Vietnamese into the loving arms of the USSR & China.* From that moment on, it was "We gotta stop communist expansion into Vietnam" (ignoring that the Americans CAUSED the "communist expansion" in Vietnam). In 1954, the USA forced a deal onto HCM: Accept the creation of the Republic of Vietnam at the 17th parallel (an American dictatorial PUPPET), and we promise to have elections in all of Vietnam. Guess what, the American liars broke their promise, *"South Vietnam" was an American-created dictatorship where the Americans refused to recognize or allow any elections (So much for "freedom & democracy", huhh?).* This kicked of military action by independent Vietnam (and duly helped by China & the USSR). My source: American professors of history. "100,000’s fled to live free lives on the USA", ummm 1st of all, It's true that life in the USA is more stable & materially better than life in Agent-Orange-contaminated war zones caused BY the YooEss. If i were a Vietnamese man, i'd want to move my family to ANY country that was more stable than my home country, EVEN if the new country CAUSED the problems in the old country (it's survival, duhh). 2ndly, Besides the economic refugees, i'm sure there were a lot of TRAITORS in that 100,000's ( who sided/collaborated with the Americans in killing Vietnamese), sure thing, those traitors had good reason to leave Vietnam (what's y00r point?). Pol Pot (leader of the oppressive & genocidal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia) was a US ally, and his rule ended ONLY when the Vietnamese physically destroyed the Khmer Rouge. Thanks for mentioning Laos, it was the United States who bombed the hell out of Laos (wouldn't THAT cause a refugee crisis?) Besides Vietnam, the USA CREATED THE OPPRESSIVE "BANANA REPUBLICS" of LATIN AMERICA (watch from 1:41 to 2:52 in this Vice documentary: ua-cam.com/video/2Bm5NWCMlPo/v-deo.html ), Besides the oppressiveness of those Y00Ess-made Banana Republics, much genocide was created in the process. And WHY did the USA create those Banana Republics? Answer: Because American big business wanted a CHEAP source of fruit (cheap land & virtual slave labor) to produce FOR American fruit companies. THAT is the reason why the USA created Banana Republics (and not to "fight communism", which is the typical YooEss lie, WHICH truth rapists like Y00 are happy to believe, because y00re extremely dishonest & bias towards your home team (just like a football fan)). *The typical USAian resembles the Neo na2is, who deny the holocaust even happened, Y00 will always DENY, DENY, DENY the facts that are inconvenient to y00.* The "stooge" is Y000.
Initial plans was to film it in Vietnam during the war with George Lucas. That didn't plan out. But Harrison Ford's character is named Col Lucas as a reference to the original director.
+François Royal No, if you saw the movie. The village was in a location accepted by both sides as "Charlie's point". The Colonel wanted to take it because it was a good location for surfing. He wanted to watch a new guy in the unit, who was a champion surfer, surf.
They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace. Calgagus was a Caledonian (Scotland) chieftain who fought the Romans
Coppolla said every actor on the set took a few weeks to find their way with respective characters but not Duvall, he arrived the complete article with Kilgore. Sheen said with all the explosions and helicopters flying around he felt unsafe but was stunned at Duvall walking through it all in complete character. What an actor.
This is so impressive. Real pilots, real birds, and no CGI crap. I guess this was the one benefit of that SOB Marcos was that he gave permission for the Philippines army to use all these birds for this epic scene.
@@mikeblitzen Most, if not all, of the helicopters and pilots were from the Philippines military, where the movie was filmed. The helicopters kept flying off to help fight insurgents, which drove Coppola nuts! In some of the footage of helicopters landing head on to the camera you can see that the pilots are all Philippinos.
@@greva2904 But Francis Ford never thank and give any credit for Philippines letting him film there like Oliver Stone did. So, Francis is more concern of his film to be blockbuster $$ hit than human lives.
I agree - one small bit of advice if I may. DONT watch the extended version that demeans Duvals character and includes the French family hold out and good time girls - it ruins the whole pace of the classic version...
Killgore is both a parallel to Kurtz and also a contrast. They both saw the same things but one of them handled it better than the other. A perfect reflection on how our leaders and our people saw Vietnam.
I fought in Vietnam as a US Marine in 1967. Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket paints a more realistic canvas of that war than Apocalypse Now. But I enjoyed both films.
They literally shot the movie and took 2 years to edit it, and it really shows. Everything in scenes like this is a commentary on some aspect of the war. The callous nature with which the Lt Col drops the playing cards on corpses, how casually the Captain covers himself whenever a bomb goes off next to him, the American translator telling the locals that they're there to liberate them when bombs and fire are going off in the background destroying their village. I like movies that have something to say.
@Takeshi Matimoto Yes, actually, I do think that we in the free world are learning from media like this. Back when the US and Iran were seriously considering war a few years ago, I recall that Americans polled 80% against a war in Iran. And the US' treatment of the locals in the Middle-east has been a lot better than how the US treated the locals in Vietnam due to more oversight. I think that things are changing and that the US and other first world nations are becoming much more hesitant to invade other countries with outright military aggression, but it doesn't feel like it because we get bombarded with bad news 24/7 and we're still a ways off.
My dad always said that "The greatest lesson ever learned from the Viet-Nam war was don't let the American people see soldiers dying while they are eating their dinner." He was a WW2 and Korea vet and got called up for Viet Nam when he was 56, But he never wound up going, Had a mild heart attack 2 days before he was to report and was grounded.
Your dad's full of shit. They showed Americans dying on TV during WW2. The movie was called With the Marines at Tarawa and contrary to the assumption it would demoralize, it actually prompted support. The reason being people supported the war and its aims. The reason bodies seen on TV with Vietnam didn't is because it was not a moral conflict that deserved the support of the public. If you have to lie and deceive the people to get their support for a conflict that costs their citizens' lives and costs the lives of other people from over there then its not a cause worth fighting for. With all the power to control the narrative the government had they still couldn't convince the people. To suggest hiding it is to have contempt for democracy.
@@andrewbecker9062 Seeing the bloody cost is what got people to turn away from the Vietnam war, a thoroughly evil enterprise for any group of people to support. If it takes ruining your dinner then so be it. You sitting there comfy enjoying yourself while people get maimed and killed in the jungle? You shouldn't be allowed to be so ignorant.
Your father spoke the truth, war is brutal and not meant to be seen by civilians at home. Let these men fight and do what their country has asked of them. Once the public seen men with their intestines hanging out snd the media putting a spin on everything the people at home lost their support of the war and that’s not good for us to win. It should have been an all out war and we should of limited the media’s access. And let the military do what was needed. We would of won the war instead we won every battle and skermish which would of led to winning the war but politics won and we lost.
@@zero-nh3rj Close. Colonel Patton commanded the 11th ACR. Armored Cavalry Regiment, not air Cavalry. His motto was "Find the Bastards and Pile on! " PFC Killer, 3/11th, How Battery. 75-77.
This whole 10ish min scene is hilarious to me. The death cards, the procession while fire burns behind them, all the dead bodies with the PA "we are here to help you!" how passionate Kilgore gets about giving that guy water before completely ignoring him after one of his guys points out Lance. Its such a chaotic scene but it does a lot to show just how hopeless the fighting really was, bc all it did was ensure the locals hated us.
Hard to believe that just 7 years after this movie, Platoon came out. Back in the day AN seemed so old and Platoon seemed modern fresh & new. Now as adult, I love AN even more, with Platoon 2nd & FMJ a close 3rd for Vietnam movies.
In my opinion, Kilgore is just as much of a tragic character as Kurtz is, perhaps more so. I believe his illogical enthusiasm for the chaos and mayhem of battle isn’t an extension of his natural personality, but instead is a coping mechanism he developed as a result of his past experiences in the war or, judging by his rank and age, past wars like Korea. He must’ve been so traumatized by all the death and destruction, he figured the only way he can control himself in such in an environment was by embracing it, finding joy and pleasure in the violence and savagery. This is why he has his helicopters play epic music while attacking an enemy village, orders his troops to surf while bombs are being dropped in the water and provides every commodity he can possibly give to his soldiers. He doesn’t want them to experience war the same way he had to, especially the young, optimistic recruits. This “trying to make light of a dark situation” philosophy is admirable of him, however, it does come at a cost. By making his men’s happiness and satisfaction his main priority, Kilgore becomes a rather reckless and ignorant warmonger. He doesn’t care about actually winning the war, he just wants him and his men to have fun. This is why he loses one his helicopters during the village attack and has his surf board stolen and wrecked by Willard’s crew (at least in the Redux edition). He doesn’t take the war seriously and only views it as a game, which is just as bad as being grimly-determined yet morally apathetic (Kurtz). To quote Willard in the movie, “If that's how Kilgore fought the war, I began to wonder what they really had against Kurtz.”
I think Kilgore genuinely enjoys war and is also genuinely sad when he said someday the war is going to end. He just does all the gimmicks so that he can "trick" his soldiers into enjoying it too. Sometimes things are simply how they seem.
@@Leinja but Killgore is also a deaman. He is going to drink himself to death once the war end. There is not civilian life for him after this. Same with Willard.
it's possible. Vietnam, however, had quite a few officers straight out of ROTC show up for duty, commanding Korean vets who knew war better. As officers died in the field, lower rankings got moved up fast. the chaos of war can do wonders for the sociopath, who appears calm amongst it all and ends up with a followership as a result. Not that Killgore (pretty obvious name for a character) is necessarily a sociopath. This wasn't the first time a TV crew was there to film, so he probably was playing up to that as much as anything inside his head. we can't forget, fighting in Asia was different than fighting in Western Europe for the American soldier. culturally and spiritually. Also, in the 1940's we were seen as liberators, but handing IndoChina back to the French after VJ Day instead of letting them be free, we were not seen as liberators in 1960's Viet Nam.
@Leo Peridot I would agree with you. It was a dumb, useless war. Most of them are, and every country has their Vietnam. England had WW1. France had Vietnam. Germany had WW1 & WW2. Russia had WW1. The list goes on and on.
Coppola really got screwed by Marcos, he was promised the choppers but then they’d fly off on missions for Marcos, often in the middle of filming a crucial scene
Yeah the actual flying and pyrotechnics made the movie. The actors reaction to explosions and debris was more believable than what CGI is now. CGI is okay for sci-fi movies but recreating actual battle reaction or car stunts nothing replaces the real thing.
One always considered Barry Lyndon as the best cinematography in the history of films. But the more and more I watch Apocalypse Now...my mind is changing.
My favorite film if for no other reason because of the brutal conditions in which this classic was made. I'm an American who's now been retired in the Philippines for nearly a year and let me tell you the heat and humidity will humble even the best in shape. I came from Texas and it still kicked my ass.
I saw this film at the Post Theater at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a member of the 101st. It came out in late '79 so a sizable portion of the audience we're Vietnam vets. It was quite an experience.
I saw this movie in a packed theater stoned out of my mind opening🙂 week-end August 1979 in New Jersey. "What do you know about surfing Major you're from God Damn New Jersey" The crowd roared!
2:26 has to one of the best scenes with the Helos huey.. The way it cuts through the black smoke and the noise... The Air Cav... Man that is impressive
If anyone is confused about the camera at 1:43 the Vietnam war was the first war to broadcast on television which made people see how severe it really was
@mistermodified1 Much respects to you sir, Vietnam Vets were E-6 and above when I went in service, would not change a GD thing, DIs reveille every morning "Stay alert, Stay alive." GD it.
@mistermodified1 Sounds like you fell asleep in history class. The reason America lost in Vietnam was because they supported a tyrannical puppet state that didn’t have the support of the Vietnamese people, in fact it made them prefer the communists. Blaming hippies for losing the war is just typical coward argument. USA was losing even before the hippie movement became mainstream and in full force.
@@MAC-ws8fz Exactly! Lots of airborne units used that motto. Never saw it used by AirCav. “The horse that no one could ride. The river that couldn’t be crossed. The size of the lies they told. The color that told it all”. Never forgot those comments about the 1st Cav shoulder patch! Lol!
Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that? Lance: What? Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. [kneels] Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like [sniffing, pondering] Kilgore: victory. Someday this war's gonna end... [suddenly walks off]
I wonder if Martin's character intentionally stared at the camera to ensure the footage was never used and there would be no evidence of him being there. With the top secret mission and all
@@Kier4n99 He was on a top secret mission When Willard has the meeting with the Colonel and the CIA dudes WILLARD "Sir, I am unaware of any such activity or operation, nor would I be disposed to discuss an operation, if it did in fact exist, sir." He keeps his missions secret later COLONEL "You understand, Captain, that this mission does not exist, nor will it ever exist." There is nothing in the script about your aspect VOICE (O.S.) "Go on, keep going. It's for television. Don't look at the camera." Willard and the two who are following stop incredulously, their M16s still in hand. But surely being on tv and keeping the mission secret would be a conflict!
@@scottouellette9411 Was up in Highlands near Pleiku 70-71 and drove loaches, lifts and guns (snakes). Promised myself to never return if I made it out in one piece. Went back for a visit in 2004 and pretty much ended up staying for a few years, married a wonderful lady near my age, met several former VC and NVA and all very friendly. Whether wandering around Saigon or countryside of Song Ve, everyone was friendly to me and I never kept my role a secret. The former VC commander of the My Lai area invited me to dinner under the stars first night in Song Ve and I was convinced I was walking into trouble. Nope, what he said to me reflects my experience: "We both did what our government told us to do, the war was a long time ago, now is the time for peace and understanding." Best time of my life, from hell to heaven.
Speaking as a writer, this moment could be to show willard has forgotten some ground rules while on furlough or because he dont usually operate in a battlefield situation, so dont know any diff.
@@bkreed27 not that straight I guess.. I've seen a documentary of this film where he's toking up big time! And if I recall he was only 16 or 17 when this film was made.
I watched the film again last night for the first time in years. Duvall was incredible. Read a comment on another clip where someone said they "couldn't stand Kilgore because of his macho personality". They completely missed the point that the man is not full of bluster and machismo, he would require sanity to muster either. This is how his personality handles the madness of the situation he finds himself in. Any less and he would be unable to perform.
Some critics didn’t like the Wizard Of Oz either and it was a financial box office flop and wasn’t until 10 years later in 1949 upon the re-release did it make any profit. ““It has dwarfs, music, technicolor, freak characters and Judy Garland,” Ferguson wrote. “It can’t be expected to have a sense of humor as well -- and as for the light touch of fantasy, it weighs like a pound of fruitcake soaking wet.””
What's great about this scene is all the many stories going on in the background. As Streetgang pulls up you have a soldiers carrying people up the dock, another soldier is trying to talk a guy down from up top of a pole, the mine sweeping vehicle coming onshore and detonating a mine, multiple helicopters flying around doing helicopter things, tanks in the background, Francis and the camera crew yelling at them, a kid playing on a fuel barrel, grenades and explosions everywhere, flame throwing tank, and that's before Kilgore even enters the scene. There's another bunch of stuff happening after that. I can't remember another scene in any other movie with so much other stuff going on in the background that had nothing to do with the main story. It's a visually stunning scene, with the added little things like having the guys repeat questions and statements because of all the other stuff going on around them. Freaking brilliant!!
I recommend The Critical Drinker's channel, one of his videos is an in-depth look at what it took to get this film made. Sheen had a heart attack, Coppola lost 100 lbs and had a nervous breakdown, Brando showed up obese and totally unprepared, etc. Yet the finished film is a masterpiece
Not sure is Sheen was instructed, but I noticed his character Willard maintains range safety and points the muzzle of his M-16 down and away from the colonel's Huey kicking up dust/debris. Nice touch in a movie with SO MUCH happening that you catch with every viewing. Willard is in his element-I don't even see Martin Sheen.
"What happened Captain, Na Trang forgot all about your mission"? Duvall had so many great lines as Lt. Col. Killgore. His character was based on a real life dude named "Bullwhip Six" who made quite a name for himself in Vietnam, pissed the top brass off more than once. My kind of officer.
@Alexander Atkinson In 'nape? "Big Duke Six" was actor Duvall's call sign in the FILM, the real life character's nick-name/call sign was "Bull Whip Six". I researched it years ago, did you?
@Alexander Atkinson No worries, mate, throw another shrimp on the barbie and hand me a frosty :) The Aussies (and South Koreans) gave the VC and NVA a lot more trouble than the pathetic ARVN . Sorry about missing the term 'nape, that one flew right past me. "Willy Peter" (white phosphorus) was also a nasty weapon used against "Victor Charles".
Best scene in this movie.... Captain Willard: "Hey soldier...do you know who's in command here? The Roach, with a 1000 yard stare and a hint of a smile: "Yeah.."
@@jamesmcbeth4463 "butter bar" is a first lieutenant insignia. It's a single gold bar and called butter bar cause it's gold colored like butter. Willard had captain insignia, two parallel silver bars. Sometimes referred to as "railroad tracks" but never "two butter bars".
Still alive at 93, very few had the screen presence he did. I can't remember ever seeing him in a role that didn't carry, at least in his later years. The dude just kept getting better and better. See "Lonesome Dove" miniseries if you haven't.
i love how the talk about the arc light and say charlie dont ever see em or hear em man but later on down the river they pass under a downed B-52 pretty deep i love it
no there's the part with the helicopter and the little girl wearing the helmet but there's also a part where they pass underneath the tail wing on a b-52
you know John they say American Sniper passed it at the box office and Sniper was a good movie but with all the great actors and being about the Vietnam war I like better and with my dad and uncle also served there as well
There no way thank God for my uncle who faught in this war the picture he took just amazing me rest in peace 🕊️ uncle I will always respect the military
Great lines: "Don't look at the camera! Just go through like you're fighting. Don't look at camera!" I'm not looking at the camera, Francis. "We are here to help you..." Yes, of course you are.
You do NOT salute in a combat zone and thus given possible enemy snipers to see who the officers are and you do NOT wear shiny badges of rank (as Lt. Col Kilgore does) for the same reason, to give snipers targets.....and we are here to help you !
As this was one of the first major Vietnam War movies made, this is the one that actually made all the Vietnam War movie stereotypes (except playing "Fortunate Son" while the Hueys came in).
Best cinematography ever. You could not do this today. Coppala is extraordinarily gifted. So much going on in this scene and its historically accurate of the time. Robert Duvall should have gotten an Oscar for his role. So should have Sheen. Brilliant work all the way around. Apocalypse Now in my opinion is the best Vietnam war movie ever made. Platoon is second.
Best war movie period
Vittorio Storaro was the cinematographer and won an Oscar for this. Don't leave his name out.
@@martinishot I apologize as I didn't know his name.
It is manifestly NOT historically accurate, it is complete fantasy except for the color of the uniforms.
@@ihatekillerclowns Best movie, period.
Well. Airmobile.... those boys just couldnt stay put.
As a former Cav trooper, I can say that Duvall wearing that stetson and ascot is still our spirit animal. A half century later
Yeah, that's a GREAT hat Kilgore is wearing. Wish I could wear one, but it's just TOO cool. I'm afraid I'd fail to do it justice and come off like an doofus.
@@Russell_Huston You're smart as Dirty Harry said "A man's got to know his limitations.."
Question: Did any of the choppers you were in combat with read: "Death From Above?"
@Russell_Huston you would. So does everyone in the Cav. It looks fucking dumb in uniform, and looks worse when they add all their flair to it.
Agree. My last unit was Air Cav. The Sergeant Major and the C.O. both wore black hats and spurs on their combat boots.
I remember the first time I saw this spending the weekend with my aunt and uncle. He was a Vietnam vet who loved all these old movies. When it showed the tank shooting fire he said “that there’s a Zippo lighter!”
Collector, imagine being so stupid that you won't even admit to yourself that you're a war criminal.
The last line in the clip says it all: "We're here to help you", right after the Americans torch a village with that "zippo", and then desecrate the dead villagers with the unit's playing cards.
Imagine being such a gullible leftist stooge that you don’t understand what happened in Vietnam and that after the communists took over in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) that 100,000’s fled to live free lives on the USA while millions who stayed perished at the hands of the progressive communists.
France occupied Vietnam BY FORCE, the French secret security in Vietnam tortured/imprisoned/executed any Vietnamese who resisted their own enslavement, while France stole Vietnam's material wealth and even forced the Vietnamese to assist in their own imperial rape. During famine, MILLIONS of Vietnamese starved to death while rice was still exported out of the country for French profit. Ho Chi Minh was expelled from his own country (Vietnam) By the FRENCH merely for translating the complaints of his country men into French (so that the French could read what they had to say).
In 1919, Ho Chi Minh asked US President Wilson for intervention in helping the Vietnamese on the principles that President Wilson's own 14-point plan for world peace unveiled at the Versailles Peace Conference resulting from WWI: "All nations deserve self determination", but HCM was rudely rebuffed by President Wilson (you know, the "Leader of the Free world"). Unable to find an ally in the "free world", HCM had no choice but to turn to the USSR. However, USSR only helped nations that aspire to socialism, and this is where HCM became allied with "Communist". HCM was actually RELUCTANT to align with the USSR, because he didn't want Vietnam to become a pawn in the Cold War (but he didn't have a lot of options). *It was the American hypocrites who drove the Vietnamese into the loving arms of the USSR & China.* From that moment on, it was "We gotta stop communist expansion into Vietnam" (ignoring that the Americans CAUSED the "communist expansion" in Vietnam).
In 1954, the USA forced a deal onto HCM: Accept the creation of the Republic of Vietnam at the 17th parallel (an American dictatorial PUPPET), and we promise to have elections in all of Vietnam. Guess what, the American liars broke their promise, *"South Vietnam" was an American-created dictatorship where the Americans refused to recognize or allow any elections (So much for "freedom & democracy", huhh?).* This kicked of military action by independent Vietnam (and duly helped by China & the USSR). My source: American professors of history.
"100,000’s fled to live free lives on the USA", ummm 1st of all, It's true that life in the USA is more stable & materially better than life in Agent-Orange-contaminated war zones caused BY the YooEss. If i were a Vietnamese man, i'd want to move my family to ANY country that was more stable than my home country, EVEN if the new country CAUSED the problems in the old country (it's survival, duhh).
2ndly, Besides the economic refugees, i'm sure there were a lot of TRAITORS in that 100,000's ( who sided/collaborated with the Americans in killing Vietnamese), sure thing, those traitors had good reason to leave Vietnam (what's y00r point?).
Pol Pot (leader of the oppressive & genocidal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia) was a US ally, and his rule ended ONLY when the Vietnamese physically destroyed the Khmer Rouge. Thanks for mentioning Laos, it was the United States who bombed the hell out of Laos (wouldn't THAT cause a refugee crisis?)
Besides Vietnam, the USA CREATED THE OPPRESSIVE "BANANA REPUBLICS" of LATIN AMERICA (watch from 1:41 to 2:52 in this Vice documentary: ua-cam.com/video/2Bm5NWCMlPo/v-deo.html ), Besides the oppressiveness of those Y00Ess-made Banana Republics, much genocide was created in the process. And WHY did the USA create those Banana Republics? Answer: Because American big business wanted a CHEAP source of fruit (cheap land & virtual slave labor) to produce FOR American fruit companies. THAT is the reason why the USA created Banana Republics (and not to "fight communism", which is the typical YooEss lie, WHICH truth rapists like Y00 are happy to believe, because y00re extremely dishonest & bias towards your home team (just like a football fan)). *The typical USAian resembles the Neo na2is, who deny the holocaust even happened, Y00 will always DENY, DENY, DENY the facts that are inconvenient to y00.* The "stooge" is Y000.
@@terryadams2652 Cool essay. Now stfu and go back to reddit, lefty.
@@LordVader1094 Trump called he wants his stupid back
The guy pretending to direct the soldiers for the camera is actually the real life director, Mr. Francis Ford Coppola
Yeah we know dude
VINNIE ORTEGA good for you!
@@vinnieortega some people don’t know that, dickhead.
had no idea, thx
YA DONT SAY?
To think this came out just four years after Saigon fell.
And it started being filmed just ONE year after Saigon fell.
Initial plans was to film it in Vietnam during the war with George Lucas. That didn't plan out. But Harrison Ford's character is named Col Lucas as a reference to the original director.
@@Mirokuofnite fucking hell really? Would have loved to see how that would have turned out, what a fucking crazy idea.
I bet it was really emotional are hard to watch for the men and kids that had just been there a few years before
"We are here to help you" while they finish blowing up the village.
Only in war
Turtles Run The village was mostly likely hiding weapons for the NVA and the VC.
+François Royal No, if you saw the movie. The village was in a location accepted by both sides as "Charlie's point". The Colonel wanted to take it because it was a good location for surfing. He wanted to watch a new guy in the unit, who was a champion surfer, surf.
They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace. Calgagus was a Caledonian (Scotland) chieftain who fought the Romans
@@ironpirites You are referring to the other village. Attacked later with the Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on helicopters' loudspeakers.
Vietnam became a dues paying member of 'WTO' in 2007'. hearts & minds dude.
Coppolla said every actor on the set took a few weeks to find their way with respective characters but not Duvall, he arrived the complete article with Kilgore. Sheen said with all the explosions and helicopters flying around he felt unsafe but was stunned at Duvall walking through it all in complete character. What an actor.
He was also doing a lot of coke. Told Coppolla it would help him get into character.
@@mkultra2456 That was Dennis Hopper. Not Robert Duvall.
@@lindefann8311 Awww.... I was really hoping Duvall was high on coke.
This is so impressive. Real pilots, real birds, and no CGI crap. I guess this was the one benefit of that SOB Marcos was that he gave permission for the Philippines army to use all these birds for this epic scene.
They spent nearly 400 million dollars for special effects, when making the matrix. Can you imagine Coppola with that budget in this movie.
SOB Marcos compared to the Muslim Marxist Insurgents who would make the Philippines into a killing field?
those helicopters were us military, and they used marines stationed in the Philippines as extras.
@@mikeblitzen Most, if not all, of the helicopters and pilots were from the Philippines military, where the movie was filmed. The helicopters kept flying off to help fight insurgents, which drove Coppola nuts! In some of the footage of helicopters landing head on to the camera you can see that the pilots are all Philippinos.
@@greva2904 But Francis Ford never thank and give any credit for Philippines letting him film there like Oliver Stone did. So, Francis is more concern of his film to be blockbuster
$$ hit than human lives.
It's incredible this movie was finished at all. Might be my favorite movie of all time. TY for video.
I agree - one small bit of advice if I may. DONT watch the extended version that demeans Duvals character and includes the French family hold out and good time girls - it ruins the whole pace of the classic version...
This scene is better than most of the MOVIES made today.
movies made today dont even come close
Um
Perfection
Correction......ALL of the movies made today !!!
That's not really saying much, 'cause the movies today are pure crap.
Killgore is both a parallel to Kurtz and also a contrast. They both saw the same things but one of them handled it better than the other. A perfect reflection on how our leaders and our people saw Vietnam.
Willard is Marlowe.
I fought in Vietnam as a US Marine in 1967. Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket paints a more realistic canvas of that war than Apocalypse Now. But I enjoyed both films.
It's not supposed to be realistic. It's mainly an adaptation of the heart of darkness, using vietnam more like a background.
@@SimoN-vf8ps Who said that?
Well since you were a marine during the event…..I will take your word over anyone else’s lol!! Much respect!!
Thank you for your service
Bro my dad fought in the 25th infantry 67 68 tay ninh mainly but cu chi as well . Much love sir .. Joe McVey from okc Oklahoma city
Some men manage to walk the fine line between hero and sociopath. And yeah, awesome acting on Duvall's part. He's one of the best.
Made a better German eye patched Oberst in der filme "Der Adler ist Gelandt"....Donald Sutherland is the best actor of his generation.
Along with Tom Hagen in The Godfather one of Duvall’s best roles
@@jennifersman7990 ... ' The Apostle', 'The Great Santini', Tender Mercies'...
@@jennifersman7990 Duvall said his role as Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove was his most defining role.
I await you here in Cambodia
Gotta love no cgi
No kidding.
If they did this movie today, it would probably look like a videogame.
Truth.
Seriously, just great actors, great acting, and great videography. God it's been years since I've watched the whole movie, I need to do it soon.
@2019k91 You can't be serious with that comment of yours..? :D
Charles Miley amen
Interesting that 2 of the best Vietnam movies had a Sheen in them.
Hats off to Duvall, hits a homerun every time.
He was nominated for an Academy Award.😙
They literally shot the movie and took 2 years to edit it, and it really shows. Everything in scenes like this is a commentary on some aspect of the war. The callous nature with which the Lt Col drops the playing cards on corpses, how casually the Captain covers himself whenever a bomb goes off next to him, the American translator telling the locals that they're there to liberate them when bombs and fire are going off in the background destroying their village. I like movies that have something to say.
@Takeshi Matimoto Yes, actually, I do think that we in the free world are learning from media like this. Back when the US and Iran were seriously considering war a few years ago, I recall that Americans polled 80% against a war in Iran. And the US' treatment of the locals in the Middle-east has been a lot better than how the US treated the locals in Vietnam due to more oversight. I think that things are changing and that the US and other first world nations are becoming much more hesitant to invade other countries with outright military aggression, but it doesn't feel like it because we get bombarded with bad news 24/7 and we're still a ways off.
@@wariyoshidirector You gotta stop saying literally.
In war there are no heroes
@@Sunderbanz322 Infinity War
#checkmate
For the record, both of these played Robert E. Lee in two Civil War epics.
Gettysburg(Martin Sheen).
Gods and Generals(Robert Duvall).
Cowboy Bob was the best Robert E. Lee ever!
Duvall is actually related to Robert E Lee. look it up. And well spotted.
@@johnpetty7066 Much more convincing than Sheen imho.
ARCtrooperblueleader i
Duvall as an Obest in der Adler ist Gelandt!...the eagle has landed.
My dad always said that "The greatest lesson ever learned from the Viet-Nam war was don't let the American people see soldiers dying while they are eating their dinner." He was a WW2 and Korea vet and got called up for Viet Nam when he was 56, But he never wound up going, Had a mild heart attack 2 days before he was to report and was grounded.
Your dad's full of shit. They showed Americans dying on TV during WW2. The movie was called With the Marines at Tarawa and contrary to the assumption it would demoralize, it actually prompted support. The reason being people supported the war and its aims. The reason bodies seen on TV with Vietnam didn't is because it was not a moral conflict that deserved the support of the public.
If you have to lie and deceive the people to get their support for a conflict that costs their citizens' lives and costs the lives of other people from over there then its not a cause worth fighting for. With all the power to control the narrative the government had they still couldn't convince the people. To suggest hiding it is to have contempt for democracy.
@@andrewbecker9062 Seeing the bloody cost is what got people to turn away from the Vietnam war, a thoroughly evil enterprise for any group of people to support.
If it takes ruining your dinner then so be it. You sitting there comfy enjoying yourself while people get maimed and killed in the jungle? You shouldn't be allowed to be so ignorant.
@@BollocksUtwat 👈 tw*t
Your father spoke the truth, war is brutal and not meant to be seen by civilians at home. Let these men fight and do what their country has asked of them. Once the public seen men with their intestines hanging out snd the media putting a spin on everything the people at home lost their support of the war and that’s not good for us to win. It should have been an all out war and we should of limited the media’s access. And let the military do what was needed. We would of won the war instead we won every battle and skermish which would of led to winning the war but politics won and we lost.
@@BollocksUtwat "They showed Americans dying on TV during WW2."
Very few people could afford TV back in the 40's.
Martin Sheen meets Francis Ford Coppola then Robert Duvall.
Martin Sheen Met Francis before Duvall Robert Duvall I love the Smell of what in the Morning who’s Martins Brother Joe Estevez
@@TOM15555555 Martin Sheen' s brother. Martin had a heart attack on set and was in hospital. His brother did the voice over for him
Death from above is a US Paratrooper thing from WW 2. Always surrounded always outnumbered is from Vietnam.
Great scene from a great picture. R. Lee Ermey played a Huey pilot here, one of his early roles.
Kilgore, Patton’s stepson who got really into theatrics and surfing.
there was a real life version of Kilgore actually, who lead the eleventh air Calvary.
They were lead by George Patton's son, I shit you not.
zero reality’s funny sometimes
Give me back my surfboard Lance. It’s a good board and I like it (Redux)...
@@zero-nh3rj Close. Colonel Patton commanded the 11th ACR. Armored Cavalry Regiment, not air Cavalry. His motto was "Find the Bastards and Pile on! " PFC Killer, 3/11th, How Battery. 75-77.
@@mcpaplus thanks for correcting me. I bet patton was rolling in his grave when I typed that.
the cameo is both Coppola and his actual cinematographer Vittorio Storaro holding the camera while Francis shouts directions
This whole 10ish min scene is hilarious to me. The death cards, the procession while fire burns behind them, all the dead bodies with the PA "we are here to help you!" how passionate Kilgore gets about giving that guy water before completely ignoring him after one of his guys points out Lance. Its such a chaotic scene but it does a lot to show just how hopeless the fighting really was, bc all it did was ensure the locals hated us.
Wow that IS hilarious! 😂
lol it's not 10-ish, it's less than 5 minutes son. You gotta learn to count!
@@mkultra2456 10 minutes in the actual move but this is cut down for youtube reasons
@@cha0x712 Ohhhhhh fair enough.
Still, there were some legit reasons for the US intervening over there, Communism is a virus that needed/needs ripped out of the earth
Duvall's father was a Rear Admiral. Playing Kilgore was right up his alley.
Duvall's , Great, Great , Uncle ...........is Jesse James.......Yepper , the American Outlaw..........True Fact......
Jim Morrison's father was an Admiral during Vietnam as well.
even in 240p apocalypse now is the greatest film ever made.
I never realized it was Robert Duvall as the Colonel until now! Can't believe I never recognized him before...
I never knew that was Robert Duvall either!
Nor did I, dam he didn't age well... or did it.
Maybe he needs to reprise the roll .
Check out the Great Santini!
Hard to believe that just 7 years after this movie, Platoon came out. Back in the day AN seemed so old and Platoon seemed modern fresh & new. Now as adult, I love AN even more, with Platoon 2nd & FMJ a close 3rd for Vietnam movies.
BD I need to rewatch Platoon and The Deer Hunter, but Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now are my favorite Vietnam war films.
Kilgore's one of the best characters in the history of cinema.
In my opinion, Kilgore is just as much of a tragic character as Kurtz is, perhaps more so.
I believe his illogical enthusiasm for the chaos and mayhem of battle isn’t an extension of his natural personality, but instead is a coping mechanism he developed as a result of his past experiences in the war or, judging by his rank and age, past wars like Korea. He must’ve been so traumatized by all the death and destruction, he figured the only way he can control himself in such in an environment was by embracing it, finding joy and pleasure in the violence and savagery. This is why he has his helicopters play epic music while attacking an enemy village, orders his troops to surf while bombs are being dropped in the water and provides every commodity he can possibly give to his soldiers. He doesn’t want them to experience war the same way he had to, especially the young, optimistic recruits. This “trying to make light of a dark situation” philosophy is admirable of him, however, it does come at a cost. By making his men’s happiness and satisfaction his main priority, Kilgore becomes a rather reckless and ignorant warmonger. He doesn’t care about actually winning the war, he just wants him and his men to have fun. This is why he loses one his helicopters during the village attack and has his surf board stolen and wrecked by Willard’s crew (at least in the Redux edition). He doesn’t take the war seriously and only views it as a game, which is just as bad as being grimly-determined yet morally apathetic (Kurtz).
To quote Willard in the movie, “If that's how Kilgore fought the war, I began to wonder what they really had against Kurtz.”
I think Kilgore genuinely enjoys war and is also genuinely sad when he said someday the war is going to end. He just does all the gimmicks so that he can "trick" his soldiers into enjoying it too. Sometimes things are simply how they seem.
@@Leinja but Killgore is also a deaman. He is going to drink himself to death once the war end. There is not civilian life for him after this. Same with Willard.
I've known guys like him who thought it was fun and hated to see it end, and afterwards they went on to have productive civilian lives.
it's possible. Vietnam, however, had quite a few officers straight out of ROTC show up for duty, commanding Korean vets who knew war better. As officers died in the field, lower rankings got moved up fast.
the chaos of war can do wonders for the sociopath, who appears calm amongst it all and ends up with a followership as a result. Not that Killgore (pretty obvious name for a character) is necessarily a sociopath. This wasn't the first time a TV crew was there to film, so he probably was playing up to that as much as anything inside his head.
we can't forget, fighting in Asia was different than fighting in Western Europe for the American soldier. culturally and spiritually. Also, in the 1940's we were seen as liberators, but handing IndoChina back to the French after VJ Day instead of letting them be free, we were not seen as liberators in 1960's Viet Nam.
Very interesting analysis.
GIVE ME SOME ROOM TO BREATHE
LIEUTENANT BOMB THAT TREELINE ABOUT 100 YARDS BACK
YES SIR!
*Explosions*
Someday this war is gonna end.
Goes on for me every night! Doc Mike USN PBR 56 '72
Stabsnipers
No the war doesn’t end, they just change the name!
,hood
Not as long as there's still a few of us alive who remember. That probably won't be too long now though. "Teach your children well."
@Leo Peridot I would agree with you. It was a dumb, useless war. Most of them are, and every country has their Vietnam. England had WW1. France had Vietnam. Germany had WW1 & WW2. Russia had WW1. The list goes on and on.
How many choppers Mr. Coppola?
Coppola: "Yes"
Philippines Army. Choppers Marcos
Coppola really got screwed by Marcos, he was promised the choppers but then they’d fly off on missions for Marcos, often in the middle of filming a crucial scene
How many shoes for Mrs Marcos?
I always thought Martin Sheen looked more like his other son, Emilio Estevez
EEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLIIIIOOOOO
The two brothers in their own way look like the father, but don’t look anything alike. Crazy ain’t it?
"Lieutenant, bomb that tree line back about a hundred yards! Give me some room to breathe!"
A hell of a fucking entrance.
3:34 I love how he hands off the orders so he can have deniability later on. A subtle nod to how things work with the brass.
I saw it as more of a “read this for me, I don’t have time”
Others have said this, but if this movie had been made after the invention of CGI it wouldn't have been half as good
Yeah the actual flying and pyrotechnics made the movie. The actors reaction to explosions and debris was more believable than what CGI is now. CGI is okay for sci-fi movies but recreating actual battle reaction or car stunts nothing replaces the real thing.
Exactly, this looks more truthful for a war scenes...
"We are here to help you".Is the second village wiped out by Duvall in this movie.
Some of the Best 4 minutes on film I've ever viewed......the horror of war. Love Duval and Sheen.
"Lieutenant! Bomb that tree line back about a 100 yards, give me some room to breath!" F*cking bad ass!!
One always considered Barry Lyndon as the best cinematography in the history of films. But the more and more I watch Apocalypse Now...my mind is changing.
Close call!
The reporter shouting " don't look at the camera ,pretend you're fighting " is a cameo Francis Ford Coppola .
Really? I never knew........
@@TheBundleofkent This is how we learn.............🤣
My favorite film if for no other reason because of the brutal conditions in which this classic was made. I'm an American who's now been retired in the Philippines for nearly a year and let me tell you the heat and humidity will humble even the best in shape. I came from Texas and it still kicked my ass.
I had no problem dealing with it at all, you must be a weakling, mentally and physically.
Very cool. Enjoy your retirement.
I saw this film at the Post Theater at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a member of the 101st. It came out in late '79 so a sizable portion of the audience we're Vietnam vets. It was quite an experience.
I saw this movie in a packed theater stoned out of my mind opening🙂 week-end August 1979 in New Jersey. "What do you know about surfing Major you're from God Damn New Jersey" The crowd roared!
At 4:30, you see he was upset at the line of his dead boys. That's the sign of a true commander who puts his men first.
To think this guy played the highly dignified and level headed Hagen in The Godfather films.
I love how he only saw Willard's letter only for a second and he knew that he probably have to escort some SF or SOG or SAD guy
Yeah willard was mac V Sog that went after kurtz!
2:26 has to one of the best scenes with the Helos huey.. The way it cuts through the black smoke and the noise... The Air Cav... Man that is impressive
Incredible movie. Imitated but never duplicated.
If anyone is confused about the camera at 1:43 the Vietnam war was the first war to broadcast on television which made people see how severe it really was
@mistermodified1 Much respects to you sir, Vietnam Vets were E-6 and above when I went in service, would not change a GD thing, DIs reveille every morning "Stay alert, Stay alive." GD it.
@mistermodified1 What job would that be?
@mistermodified1 Sounds like you fell asleep in history class. The reason America lost in Vietnam was because they supported a tyrannical puppet state that didn’t have the support of the Vietnamese people, in fact it made them prefer the communists. Blaming hippies for losing the war is just typical coward argument. USA was losing even before the hippie movement became mainstream and in full force.
The government won't let you see war like that today. No TV coverage and no protesters.
"Death from above" you gotta love the cavalry
"Death from Above"...101 Airborne!! Not Cav.
@@MAC-ws8fz Air Assault.
Air Cav .
@@MAC-ws8fz Exactly! Lots of airborne units used that motto. Never saw it used by AirCav. “The horse that no one could ride. The river that couldn’t be crossed. The size of the lies they told. The color that told it all”. Never forgot those comments about the 1st Cav shoulder patch! Lol!
Duvall disappeared into the role, completely unrecognizable
Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that?
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.
[kneels]
Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like
[sniffing, pondering]
Kilgore: victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
[suddenly walks off]
De Veelvraat a
Duvall had the best line in the movie. People that never even heard of the movie have heard about Napalm in the morning.
Absolutely iconic.
God I'm losing it. Haven't seen this film in ages and momentarily forgot Duvall was in it. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
You can never forget that famous line." It has the smell of ...victory"! Duvall was superb in this, although it was really little more than a cameo.
I wonder if Martin's character intentionally stared at the camera to ensure the footage was never used and there would be no evidence of him being there. With the top secret mission and all
Never thought of that aspect!
@rods6405 I don't even understand my own comment. Defs need to rewatch lol
@@Kier4n99 He was on a top secret mission
When Willard has the meeting with the Colonel and the CIA dudes
WILLARD
"Sir, I am unaware of any such activity or operation, nor would I be disposed to discuss an operation, if it did in fact exist, sir."
He keeps his missions secret
later
COLONEL
"You understand, Captain, that this mission does not exist, nor will it ever exist."
There is nothing in the script about your aspect
VOICE (O.S.)
"Go on, keep going. It's for television. Don't look at the camera."
Willard and the two who are following stop incredulously, their M16s still in hand.
But surely being on tv and keeping the mission secret would be a conflict!
@rods6405 holy dhit I remember, Thank you. Damn, I was smart
Helicopter pilots are a crazy bunch. At least the good ones were.
They used Philippine Military pilots for this movie
I was a CWO3 101st AA in country from 67-70 I flew every bird there was in the zoo.Today I am in my 70's and nobody bothers me. LOL
Scott Ouellette thank you for your service🙏
@@scottouellette9411 Was up in Highlands near Pleiku 70-71 and drove loaches, lifts and guns (snakes). Promised myself to never return if I made it out in one piece. Went back for a visit in 2004 and pretty much ended up staying for a few years, married a wonderful lady near my age, met several former VC and NVA and all very friendly. Whether wandering around Saigon or countryside of Song Ve, everyone was friendly to me and I never kept my role a secret. The former VC commander of the My Lai area invited me to dinner under the stars first night in Song Ve and I was convinced I was walking into trouble. Nope, what he said to me reflects my experience: "We both did what our government told us to do, the war was a long time ago, now is the time for peace and understanding." Best time of my life, from hell to heaven.
@@phapnui Great story. Thanks for sharing and glad that you found peace.
"Just stay out of my way till this is done Captain"
NEVER SALUTE ANYONE, WHEN IN A COMBAT ZONE !!
Yeah, don't give away the officer in a combat zone. Your just putting a bullseye on their back.
@Alan Dempsey hahaha are you saying ignorant bullshit
Lt. Dan taught me that.
Speaking as a writer, this moment could be to show willard has forgotten some ground rules while on furlough or because he dont usually operate in a battlefield situation, so dont know any diff.
@Sweetbutter Cupcakes like how the CO normally wouldn't want to land in a hot LZ in Just his surfing shorts and his Cavalry Officer's hat
Young Lawrence Fishburne, you gotta love how skinny he was...
And the next big gig he did was Pee Wes’s Playhouse...
We all gotta love how skinny we once were!
@@AbrahamLechLacha He was in "The Cotton Club" which also turned into a sequel with him playing the same character in "Hoodlum".
His Dad accompanied him during filming to keep him... safe (straight)
@@bkreed27 not that straight I guess.. I've seen a documentary of this film where he's toking up big time! And if I recall he was only 16 or 17 when this film was made.
Enlisted in the Marine corps shortly after watching this movie after it first came out.
I love how at 3:42 when he bumps open the card pack an explosion goes off in the distance. Like the fist of God.
YES
I love little sound design like that. Especially his voice crack when he asks for room to breathe. He represents the entire military mentality.
Robert duvall was OUTSTANDING in this flick 👊
I watched the film again last night for the first time in years. Duvall was incredible. Read a comment on another clip where someone said they "couldn't stand Kilgore because of his macho personality". They completely missed the point that the man is not full of bluster and machismo, he would require sanity to muster either. This is how his personality handles the madness of the situation he finds himself in. Any less and he would be unable to perform.
Very right analysis. Thanks.
Kilgore is almost as badass as his real life inspiration Lt Col. Hackworth
I remember when critics were "so, so" about this movie.
If they were exposed to the last 20 years of movies, they would consider this a masterpiece right away
It’s almost like the reception 2001:A Space Odyssey got, you either got it or you didn’t
Some critics didn’t like the Wizard Of Oz either and it was a financial box office flop and wasn’t until 10 years later in 1949 upon the re-release did it make any profit.
““It has dwarfs, music, technicolor, freak characters and Judy Garland,” Ferguson wrote. “It can’t be expected to have a sense of humor as well -- and as for the light touch of fantasy, it weighs like a pound of fruitcake soaking wet.””
Critics are basically useless anyway. People should use their own mind to decide what they like or not.
@@davidrichter9164 they mostly get it right. The problem is most movie fans have no discretion.
This gentleman is real hard work and cinematography.. Look at all the individual units moving around.
See how good everything looks without CGI.
Thats how id love to be introduced to people: "Oh thats him arriving now" as a UH-1 Huey comes chopping in, lol. What a badass entrance!
"Well, we'll see what we can do, just stay out of my way until this is done"
Love Kilgore 😂
What's great about this scene is all the many stories going on in the background. As Streetgang pulls up you have a soldiers carrying people up the dock, another soldier is trying to talk a guy down from up top of a pole, the mine sweeping vehicle coming onshore and detonating a mine, multiple helicopters flying around doing helicopter things, tanks in the background, Francis and the camera crew yelling at them, a kid playing on a fuel barrel, grenades and explosions everywhere, flame throwing tank, and that's before Kilgore even enters the scene. There's another bunch of stuff happening after that. I can't remember another scene in any other movie with so much other stuff going on in the background that had nothing to do with the main story. It's a visually stunning scene, with the added little things like having the guys repeat questions and statements because of all the other stuff going on around them. Freaking brilliant!!
Your car is gay
I could always tell Martin Sheen was acting. He has never sold me. Duvall on the the other hand is a freakin force of nature.
One thing, the stillness of the water leading up to Frequent Wind was awesome.
I recommend The Critical Drinker's channel, one of his videos is an in-depth look at what it took to get this film made. Sheen had a heart attack, Coppola lost 100 lbs and had a nervous breakdown, Brando showed up obese and totally unprepared, etc. Yet the finished film is a masterpiece
It was almost a miracle it came to be.
Check out the documentary Coppola's wife made about the making of this movie called Hearts of Darkness, A Film Maker's Apocalypse.
Not sure is Sheen was instructed, but I noticed his character Willard maintains range safety and points the muzzle of his M-16 down and away from the colonel's Huey kicking up dust/debris. Nice touch in a movie with SO MUCH happening that you catch with every viewing. Willard is in his element-I don't even see Martin Sheen.
then he muzzle sweeps his fellow men a second later
4:17 "Cheer up Son".
Same first name
Thanks for posting, good film.
“We are here to help you..” Sends shivers 😱
Let freedom sting.
Robert Duvall was the perfect for this role!!!!!
A real Cowboy/Cav officer!!!!!🤠🤠🤠
"What happened Captain, Na Trang forgot all about your mission"? Duvall had so many great lines as Lt. Col. Killgore. His character was based on a real life dude named "Bullwhip Six" who made quite a name for himself in Vietnam, pissed the top brass off more than once. My kind of officer.
@Alexander Atkinson In 'nape? "Big Duke Six" was actor Duvall's call sign in the FILM, the real life character's nick-name/call sign was "Bull Whip Six". I researched it years ago, did you?
@Alexander Atkinson No worries, mate, throw another shrimp on the barbie and hand me a frosty :) The Aussies (and South Koreans) gave the VC and NVA a lot more trouble than the pathetic ARVN . Sorry about missing the term 'nape, that one flew right past me. "Willy Peter" (white phosphorus) was also a nasty weapon used against "Victor Charles".
@@marvinthiessen3454 everyone did their respective parts.
@@genericcreator6467 Except 90% of ARVN. Only a few were decent fighters.
They'll never make another movie like this ever again.
This movie is so perfect.
1:42 Coppola himself :-) great cameo "don't look into the camera"
probly the greatest scene in movie history
Travis Young not quite even the best scene in the movie
Best scene in this movie....
Captain Willard: "Hey soldier...do you know who's in command here?
The Roach, with a 1000 yard stare and a hint of a smile: "Yeah.."
Agreed
Producer: So, Francis. How many Helicopters would you need for this scene?
Francis Coppola: Yes.
Saluting like that in the middle of that mess is like yelling for snipers.
Not like it matters, Duvall only guy in a Cav hat.
@@shaunr5450 That too.
And sheen's two butter bars on his helmet
@@jamesmcbeth4463 "butter bar" is a first lieutenant insignia. It's a single gold bar and called butter bar cause it's gold colored like butter. Willard had captain insignia, two parallel silver bars. Sometimes referred to as "railroad tracks" but never "two butter bars".
@@bkreed27 2nd Lt. is the gold one, you mean..
Still alive at 93, very few had the screen presence he did. I can't remember ever seeing him in a role that didn't carry, at least in his later years. The dude just kept getting better and better. See "Lonesome Dove" miniseries if you haven't.
i love how the talk about the arc light and say charlie dont ever see em or hear em man but later on down the river they pass under a downed B-52 pretty deep i love it
its a helicopter not a B52
no there's the part with the helicopter and the little girl wearing the helmet but there's also a part where they pass underneath the tail wing on a b-52
John Pacheco
didn't notice it,the helicopter in the tree always sticks in my mind
yea i hear you man.i love all the symbolism in this movie
you know John they say American Sniper passed it at the box office and Sniper was a good movie but with all the great actors and being about the Vietnam war I like better and with my dad and uncle also served there as well
What an introducing character shot! Wow! Such supreme cinematography
*destroys entire village*
"we are here to help you."
HARRY, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
There no way thank God for my uncle who faught in this war the picture he took just amazing me rest in peace 🕊️ uncle I will always respect the military
Great lines: "Don't look at the camera! Just go through like you're fighting. Don't look at camera!" I'm not looking at the camera, Francis.
"We are here to help you..." Yes, of course you are.
You do NOT salute in a combat zone and thus given possible enemy snipers to see who the officers are and you do NOT wear shiny badges of rank (as Lt. Col Kilgore does) for the same reason, to give snipers targets.....and we are here to help you !
Technical advisors: “How many Vietnam stereotypes do you want in this scene?”
Coppola: “Yes”
As this was one of the first major Vietnam War movies made, this is the one that actually made all the Vietnam War movie stereotypes (except playing "Fortunate Son" while the Hueys came in).
"We are here to help you" I think that's what we told Iraqi citizens too!
Saw this movie when it came out. It was my favorite for the longest time. I've seen it about ten times. I don't need to see it anymore.
Kilgore is so badass lmao
Marki Faux fuck off coward
@@jackofspades9742 Triggered.
Lol. It’s a movie.
@@davemaxa5263 Really?! I thought it was a Thames TV documentary.
My cousin was first AIR CAV ,he was a real hard grut ,when I was in a lot of guys were scared of him ,I knew him they were RIGHT !
Great, great-military-films to celebrate Remembrance-Sunday-2019 too period!!!.
This scene really makes it look like its the end of the world and everyone went crazy
Everyone is crazy now.