Not only that but apocalypse now actually had a pretty big impact on culture in general. Like now,ride of the valkyries is the helicopter song,I love the smell on napalm in the morning is a HUGE meme,etc...
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Fantastic?! - What is this? The Vietnam War on the one hand and the Middle East, Yasser Arafat (Palestine) on the other hand shaped my childhood. Arafat's words: It's time to tell the world that Palestine exists.
@@MaoZiyuanSuzhou stfu he just said that it was a good movie scene. He wasn’t trying to push any political agendas fuck off and go and push your ideas where they are wanted. Not everyone is going to talk about Palestine 24/7
@@josemanuelpedro9451 Robert Duval é o Coronel Killgore, com o lenço amarelo nessa cena. É dele a frase "Adoro o cheiro de napalm pela manhã..." É a atuação mais memorável do filme apesar de pouco tempo de cena. Merecia Oscar sim.
With NO CGI digital effects available in the 1970's!! The perfect coordination and execution of helicopters in the air and action on the ground is simply astounding!!
For anyone who had boots on the ground in Nam from 1965 to 1974 especially my brothers in Quang Tri and Quang Nam and up and down the Cua Viet River, Rockpile, LZ Bravo, Dong Ha, Dai Do, Camp Carroll, Hoi An, I apologize for this fake ass piece of embarrassing crap...this movie, in spite of what the "I was never there" Hollywood crowd may say is an absolute false portrayal of anyone who did tours in Nam.
@@fourseasons2349 I don't think it's meant to depict complete accuracy because film makers can have a bit of creative freedom. It was meant to depict how dumb the vietnam war was and how war affects people psychologically.
I was in the 1st Cav as a Huey pilot when this came out ( the unit portrayed in this) and I saw it at the base movie theater. When this scene came on, the entire audience went nuts ! We spent months trying to figure out how to put speakers on the Hueys- never could
You'll require a clean unarmed helos for that. The speaker, sound system, and the power requirement available that time with that kind of output would be too much for a fully armed huey. The best you can haul in an armed huey would be a compo, dunno if it is available back then. One question: did your unit really surfing?. The actually beach surfing that is.
Because it is not real.... it is a movie..... The sound of the Huey would overwelm the sound from the speakers no matter what... Unless you would put the speakers outside the range of the helipcopter blades for at least 90ft.
This is without a doubt one of the most powerful movie scenes ever filmed. The contrast of the hubris of the Captain (?) and the Ride of the Valkyries juxtaposed against the confused and scared faces of the average troops - black and white - and then serving as the soundtrack of the horrific strafing of the village in high powered Hueys says everything about the horror of war as video game.
@@hellionshark3197 Don't worry, their love of death and willingness to go to war means they usually do us all a favour and readily remove themselves from the gene pool and society.
@Robdog 1 don't make me laugh restraint by invading a country killing many innocent and for what, a country should be able to decide there own economic policies not dictated by a country that supposedly supports freedom
@James Monroe The only thing that beats U.S Forces are Politics & Politicians. Fighting the US Mitary is a Death Sentence for anyone. Remember that! As deadly as Vietnam was for American Soldiers. The VC lost allot more people, Which in part made the war allot more unpopular. They made American Soldiers look like Baby Killers. Even under these brutal conditions. American Soldiers handle them selves admirably. Vietnam Vets deserve our Respect. To the Fallen and the Ones who are still alive.
3:50 It's shots like this that make this film legendary. The amount of time, pain, money, literal blood, etc that went into every sequence of this movie is truly awe inspiring (see the documentary on the film called Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), but most especially the helicopter/explosive scenes. The crew often waited for *weeks* to get certain shots; they were literally filming in a warzone. Then here at 3:50, seemingly by chance, but who knows, a shot of smoke and flames on the bottom right, juxtaposed by a rainbow (a rainbow!) on the right, with a helicopter in the middle. A 3 second throwaway shot that could be a painting in a museum. Flames representing misguided hate, fury, destructiveness, and a rainbow the opposite, beauty/graceful interconnectedness of nature, and then man (in a machine) flying in between them. An elegant display of a practical/natural metaphor, in this case representing the duality of man (much like the "born to kill"/peace sign bit in Full Metal Jacket) in a 3 second blip of a shot. Outstanding art. Am I reading into this too deeply? Most certainly! But the fact that this film inspires me to do so is in it of itself is what makes it so great.
@@dianasayson2846 where in the 70s there were a bunch of commies fighting the gov, the helicopters in this scene would sometimes even fight with US markings still on them because they were pulled at a moments notice
@@dianasayson2846 at the time, the dictator in charge was rxecuting anti rebel ops. These helicopters had to be diverted to eliminate an incursion only 10 miles from the filming area.
I don't think you're reading into this too deeply at all. As someone brought up on the Christian story, the rainbow being God's promise was a major juxtaposition to the war and tragedy taking place. Apt, and well thought out post.
The two best shots of the scene are the ones where you see the Little Bird almost drifting between the flock of Huey gunships (1:58), and the other is the shot of the fast approaching village from behind the chopper pilots (2:12). Superb camerawork. Sound wise, the ominous thudding of the rotor blades as the unseen gunships approach the village adds to the atmosphere and tension of the upcoming battle. Adding Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries as the score for the scene was also a stroke of genius, especially seeing as it's actually a part of the scene rather than being played over it. Again, superb film making, only equalled when Black Hawk Down was released decades later.
Precisely, this is one of those scenes what we studied in university to understand the intent of every aspect of every shot in a scene storytelling wise. This is THE scene why we understand who Kilgore is with only 11 minutes of screen time, which is impressive as hell. Pretty rare to see something like that nowadays. In my opinion the best cut is at shots 1:15 - 1:22 and 1:22 - 1:45 . First we get the arrival of the Valkyries from the Kilgore's perspective with these beautiful long shots, which are presented with his intent and methods in mind. Kilgore is so bold/confident that he announces his approach with the song and then the music cuts completely and most of all, mid-note. Then Coppola turns the whole scene around by switching the perspective to Charlie and their reaction to Kilgore's approach with this super well directed and shot, 23 second long drive all while the tension rises while the music grows more loud. What I had done during this scene as a director, would have been cutting the shots showing how they turn the music up and saved up the reveal of Kilgore blasting the Ride of the Valkyries instead of it's being the score, but that's just small artistic flare/afterthought of mine lol
@@Joni_Tarvainen Я бы да кабы как у нас говорят в россии "если бы у бабушки был бы "Х,,, " она была бы дедушкой" он один из первых потому и изучаете, так я понял это демократию они принесли) демократия с американским акцентом)
к нам, русским, ссыкло прилететь. высушим на подлёте. чмошники. срёте всюду, дрыстуны. дИшовки. джапы анус зализывают. пока ещё. дальше будет интересней.
As a veteran with two Infantry tours in Vietnam, I saw a version of all of this pan out in real time. The REMFs, Bob Hope Shows, air assaults, villagers who were real VC.
Trying to pinpoint exactly when this movie takes place, and I came up with September 1969. Chef is reading the newspaper article he received as mail from his girlfriend about the Charles Manson murders ( which occurred in August 1969 ). Would have taken several weeks for mail to arrive from the US to Vietnam.
I spent two tours in Vietnam and mail got over there pretty quickly because of all those transport planes. It took about eighteen hours from San Francisco where all military post offices originated to get in-country.
I was working in London when this was released. Me and three good friends from work watched it at the ABC in Shaftesbury Avenue, pre multiplex screens so the screen was huge, not like the Gnats piss screens that pass for cinemas nowadays. I believe it was the first cinema to have Dolby Surround Sound in the UK. We were so impressed that we watched it for about another 5 Friday nights while it was on. It is a classic film showing the madness of war, particularly the weirdness that summed up the Vietnam war. The soundtrack was amazing as were the surreal scenes during the river journey and the Suzi Q and Do Lung Bridge, probably spelt incorrectly, elements of the film. Coppola is a genius.
"Ride of the Valkyries" is the most badass song in all of human history. This song will still be played 500 years from now when the ET's invade and we have to fight them off.
@@leob4403 It wasn't a Vietnam war movie. It was set in Vietnam but it didn't have anything to do with Vietnam. If someone else wants to make a movie based on Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" they should make a movie about "Heart of Darkness." "Apocalypse Now" was an insult to Vietnam veterans.
Yes, Congress definitely managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The U.S. never lost a major engagement in Vietnam and we still acted like we lost.
If only Francis Ford Coppola continued to make epic films like these. This movie did affect his later career in a huge way, financially in another. From the 1990s on, I didn't think any other movie had the same feeling everyone got when this came out.
He directed The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather 2, and Apocalypse Now roughly within the span of 6 or 7 years, working non-stop the whole time. Sometimes that's the price of greatness, you burn yourself out. I think Coppola was always more interested in making more personal films but he got sidetracked along the way. I still think some of his later films like Rumble Fish have a lot of merit and he was still finding ways to push the envelope.
@@TheVetoSkreeemerWRONG. “Apocalypse Now performed well at the box office when it opened on August 15, 1979.[96] It initially opened in three theaters in New York City, Toronto, and Hollywood, grossing $322,489 in its first five days. It grossed over $40 million domestically, with a worldwide total of over $100 million.”
Robert Duvall is someone I enjoy in everything he's in even if the movie is otherwise "meh". Open Range, which is just amazing on every level, is his magnum opus, IMO.
in reality, the noise of the helicopters is so loud, no one would hear the music you would have to be right next to the speaker and still barley make it out
What's really impressive is that they film REAL helicopters with REAL explosion's happening with REAL people running about and this is all practical so it's amazing how much effort was put into movies back then since now you could just have some guy in a office make this on a computer... Never forget the good old movie days
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 It was not for a scene in a movie. It was traditional ritual in one of villages. Coppola just film it, becuse it was amazing and fit into the movie.
This is just a DAMNED AWESOME SCENE! It is over the top and conveys the craziness of war in a way that many other movies simply couldn't do for the time. And that young Lawrence Fishburne though!?!? HAHAHA!!
@@yohanespaskal9352 For reels though....it was so much fun doggin' on EVERYONE and not having to worry about some weak minded individual all the time. As a brown dude, that's what I like. EQUAL opportunity shit talk hahaha🤣😂
I was in the theater when this movie showed on the big screen with a vet from 1st Air Cav - he had a flash back in this scene and they had to stop the movie. He just stood straight up and was frozen. It took about 20 minutes for his wife and me to get him together enough to go home.
Coppola did it with Godfather and did it here. This particular scene is something to behold. Nowadays even more. Considering the fact, the Manila leader took the helicopters in the middle of shooting while represing the civil war and other hundreds of difficulties, this movie is a masterpiece.
At 3:18, that's R Lee Ermey himself, in an uncredited role. I got to talk with him a couple of times and never thought to ask him about this. I so wish I had... RIP, Gunny!
Ermey was cast in his first film while attending the University of Manila in the Philippines, using his G.I. Bill benefits.[10] He played a First Air Cavalry helicopter pilot in Apocalypse Now,[11] and doubled as a technical advisor to director Francis Ford Coppola. Ermey then was cast as a Marine drill instructor in Sidney J. Furie's The Boys in Company C. (Wiki)
I have been to villages like this. Really wins hearts and minds. 20 years later I had a meeting in Hanoi with one of the NVA leaders. It was very much thank you appreciating that we won.
@@demun6065 If we just could have had a surf contest. Best surfer wins. Communism or whatever it was we would have imposed. Many lives would have been saved.
@@davidbolger7309 I know, I was meeting with a very senior official (former NVA) of Vietnam, not North Vietnam. Perhaps I should have said that he appreciated that I recognized that his side won. Sorry for any confusion.
@@davidbolger7309 America stopped engaging in the Vietnam civil war in 1972-73, with the Paris Peace accord. About 80% of US military forces were withdrawn by 1974. What you saw in 1975 was a skeleton crew of US forces that had to withdraw, along with the US Embassy. So there was about three years of no major engagements between American and the NVA. There were still skirmishes between the NVA and the South Vietnam army. Basically in 1975 President Ford abandoned South Vietnam to their northern invaders. Wouldn't even send them money and equipment, not that he had much of a choice. Congress and the American public had enough of it. It was an incompetent war the US engaged in, but the end result did drain North Vietnam and even the Soviets from continuing further conflicts in the region. You saw this when China invaded North Vietnam in 1978. The Soviets had to refuse because they couldn't afford the costs, especially since they were now engaged in Afghanistan.
I never get tired of watching this. I remember sitting in a cinema in Paris watching it. They had speakers all over the auditorium so the sound was as real as you can get. I also remember this scene and afterwards thinking to myself "what in the the hell did I just watch?!" 🤣🤣🤣
Micah Johansson I can smell you're clichèd dumbass who hasn't got a clue what he's talking about and just parrots dumb shit he's seen written in the TH-cam comment sections..😂 Nothing like a dose of reality is there boy..
MusicMadMaurice Whereas America was offering indiscriminate carpet bombing and spraying the country with birth defect causing toxins.. Got to love that American "freedom"...
When I fill the bird feeder in the morning, and dozens of pigeons and sparrows appear èn-masse from all of the rooftops and bushes around. I always hear the flight of the valkyries in my mind and often chuckle out loud as a great hoarde of avian hunger descends down upon me. That's the power of a really epic movie like 'Apocalypse Now'. It stays with you and becomes enmeshed in the world around you.
Muhammad the lost boy prophet says hi Mr. O Reilly. Kiss the pessimistic Pepsi cola and the next generation. Kid Rick Rock Hill Rd also give them a big thank you.
I always wondered about the sitting on helmets. I googled it and turns out because the metal on the bottom of Hueys was so thin, a bullet would go clean through and could blow somebody’s balls off
Having been in nam and riding on those choppers dozens of times i get flashbacks,,,,met some grea t guys there 52 years and it all comes flashing back 1969 1st air cav
Fun fact Some of the Helicopter Gunship that was Loaned by the Philippine Airforce were Called Back to Engage Real Enemy Communist Rebel that was Engaging Goverment Troops.
A tight budget is preventing the Armed Forces of the Philippines to make any great progress. Because of Corruption, this country is struggling to weed out Corrupt government officials even those from the Senate and the Congress. We're so heavily reliant on Western Aid.
Iconic scene, but it hits differently now. Great thing about this movie; it broke the mold of "We, the good guys, vs them, the bad guys." In this scene, it is a village being attacked, and they are trying to defend it. Sure, it's a war, and enemy are based there, but, it still shows a village full of civilians (and it's no accident they showed a school full of kids) being rocketed and strafed and people being slaughtered, which gives one pause to think, war really is hell, and "good vs bad" is a moving target on a battlefield.
Russians always fight without rules. No need for illusions: the Vietnam War was a war between the USA and the USSR (Russia). In 2014, Putin officially announced that his army in the Donbass would conduct hostilities, letting women and children ahead of him. See the archives of Putin's 2014 statements.
@@janetmerner3731 - then why were so many fleeing the commies? Why did so many locals join America in fighting the commies? Why did the commies kill so many locals? Nobody chooses Communism.
I was 17 years old when I got to Vietnam-1966 through 1969 (My mom had to sign a waiver for me), I grew up fast and learned a lot, good and bad. (I am now 73 and still learning). I was stationed on the USS Providence and also stationed in Country at a place called "Monkey Mountain" close to DaNang,. I spent 3 tours of duty in and around Vietnam. 3 of my high school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. I participated in the TET Offensive in Feb 1968, that was bad. Somewhere along the way I was exposed to Agent Orange (Nasty Stuff) I am now on disability for the effects of agent orange. When I was discharged and came home to the States we arrived in San Francisco, and there were a lot of protesters spitting on us and throwing rocks and eggs and called us baby killers. That was our welcome home. I tell you this to say to you, that whatever your position is or was on the Vietnam war, it was not the veteran who got us into the war, most of us went because we were patriots and loved our country. Blame the politicians, yes, but not the veteran. To all Vietnam Vets out there, you are not forgotten. As a previous combat Vet myself, I salute you my friend.
@@adrianjackson2696 fun fact, during the shooting of this scene, these choppers got called to fight the real war that was happening very close to the filming location and also they used real bodies for this scene
@@funnysitcom In fact the Vietnamese used the landscape as primary allied. The American relied on their technology, like demonstrated in this movie. In the end they looses.
Because character is going insane from savagery of war. It's based on heart of darkness, human savagery, he slowly becomes psychopathic uncaring to horrors of war. I think you missed point of Sheens character
About a few years later his son Charlie shot the movie "Platoon". Both movies ("Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon") were shot in the Philippines. Part of "Platoon" was shot in the town where my maternal grandfather grew up.
Only because they were hamstrung by Congress; You can't chase Charlie in Laos or Cambodia, you can't bomb this particular building or bridge in Hanoi, you can't kill this provical offical even if you do have a ton of corroborating evidence he is a VC leader...then there was the campaign inside the US by agent provacateurs to poison the minds of college students against the US military in the name of 'stopping the war....' Had this war been ran like WWII was, Hanoi would be a glassed, radioactive parking lot. Not saying that would be the right action, but that would have been the result.
@@schaferhundschmidt1798 I wonder what could have been the effect if Operation Vulture could have happened. To summarize Vulture: DROP A TAD LOAD OF BOMBS ON THOSE GODDAMN CHARLIE COMMIES
In 1940 the Maginot Line was bypassed by the German army. However, the largest fort in the world, Fort Eben-Emael, in Belgium, still stood in the way. 58 German paratroopers landed gliders on top of the fort and disabled the guns in a matter or hours. Yes, we've all heard about that, but then this little bit came out in a recent book devoted entirely to this event...which occurred 39 years before Coppola's film: "The Fallschirmjäger [German paratroopers] filed onto a non-illuminated tarmac at 03:00, as the loudspeakers played Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries".[18]"....according to Sweeting, C. G. (7 August 2012). "Hitler's Secret Attack on the World's Largest Fort". I seriously doubt that Coppola was unaware of this. But, perhaps it was a coincidence.
I learned that he already had it all planned before the editing. But during the editing, he and the other learned about that little issue you mention aswell as the fact that they did not have the license for the music and many of them would not give it for that very same reason. They went far and wide to get the song because they believed it really fit better than all the standard Rock band songs that you'd usually get
Held distinction as the largest single pyrotechnic display in a movie scene until 'Stargate' supposedly unseated it. I don't care what anyone says: This is far more epic than Stargate (I LIKED Stargate), as the helos, explosions, and people are real and choreographed to perfection.
"Lieutenant General, please pick Combat Team 4!" "We've got the stereo, the loudspeakers, and the Wagner CD all ready to go." "Perfect, Lieutenant Colonel Younga!"
Andrzej Kocikowski are... not “ were “! And if necessary for the economy and for geopolitical controls ( basically same things) let’s build up the “ casus belli “!
@@andrzejkocikowski9529 Because it was a war between democraty and communism. And we do know what communism is. All communistic countries are very poor and there are no democracy or human rights. And I think that commuistic regieme should not exists on our planet.
@@0xSerg If I remember correctly - and I'm 72 - the Vietnamese did not want to build communism in the US but only in their own country. Of course, I don't know how you know what communism is, but I've lived in Poland since 1948. Should I understand that the choice of Vietnam instead of Poland as a field of war between democracy and communism was a matter of chance? And that it had to have been done through genocide?
@@brianmccarthy5557 Uhh... i don't think the vietcong existed before the americans arrived, they were only put together when marines first landed, correct me if i'm wrong cuz at least that's what i think
@@franzivan4567 Seriously? You're an idiot. The Viet Cong were there right from the beginning. Fighting the South Vietnamese from Day 1. Get an education, fool!
I play Ride of the Valkyrie out my shopping trolley going into the loo roll isle. It gains respect, fear and I get a 12 pack of Andrex with Shia butter every time.
I've been truly blessed to have seen this movie twice on the big screen. The Redux release in Melbourne in 2002, and the original in Bangkok Scala cinema in May of 2018. The cinema there was packed out!!!
and more... he was Sgt. Hurtman in the "Full metal jacket" movie! one of the most iconic characters ever in cinema, (he was a veteran sgt in real life) thats why they made such a perfect basic training and recruitment scenes on that movie! its funny couse he just appears for some few seconds in "Apocalypse Now" xD He died in 2018! RIP a legend!
One of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history. Over 40 years later and it’s still as popular as ever
Not only that but apocalypse now actually had a pretty big impact on culture in general. Like now,ride of the valkyries is the helicopter song,I love the smell on napalm in the morning is a HUGE meme,etc...
@@imperialguardsman5726 charlie don't surf
@@imperialguardsman5726 Charlie dont surf is my personal fav.
All I see are underpowered crash enthusiasts called UH-1 Iroquois. The Huey was garbage.
@@DonFatherTrump Bruh
No CGI. What you see is what you get. This is a fantastic scene. 👍
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Fantastic?! - What is this?
The Vietnam War on the one hand and the Middle East, Yasser Arafat (Palestine) on the other hand shaped my childhood.
Arafat's words: It's time to tell the world that Palestine exists.
@@MaoZiyuanSuzhou stfu he just said that it was a good movie scene. He wasn’t trying to push any political agendas fuck off and go and push your ideas where they are wanted.
Not everyone is going to talk about Palestine 24/7
@@MaoZiyuanSuzhou Unfortunately for you History does not remember it that way
@@MaoZiyuanSuzhou hava nagila hava
Space fantastic é la fica di tua madre, rjspondi castrato
One of the most memorable movie scenes ever filmed. Still sends a shiver down my spine
@RuneStone cuz bad Cong's get burnt!
It shows the rascist Americans murdering Asians. Rascist Americans.
agreed !
Duval deserved an Oscar for his performance. "Someday, this war's gonna end". You can hear the regret in his statement.
Não é o Robert Duval nem entra no filme o actor é MARTIN SHEEN...
@@josemanuelpedro9451 Robert Duval é o Coronel Killgore, com o lenço amarelo nessa cena. É dele a frase "Adoro o cheiro de napalm pela manhã..." É a atuação mais memorável do filme apesar de pouco tempo de cena. Merecia Oscar sim.
Amazing actor who never gave less than 100% in his performances.
@@josemanuelpedro9451sorry dude he’s Colonel Kilgore.
If not this, Dr Strangelove
With NO CGI digital effects available in the 1970's!! The perfect coordination and execution of helicopters in the air and action on the ground is simply astounding!!
Unfortunately, Vic Morrow and 2 kids were killed by a Huey chopper on the set of Twilight Zone. 😢
Und trotzdem konntet ihr diesen Krieg nicht gewinnen,wie soviele auch nicht
It actually took alot of effort and he had a mental breakdown just shooting this film.
@@cobracharmer6178 h see
@@alfredomartines7223 We were not allowed to win. Our Government did not want a victory, if they did, it would have been very easy.
This clip alone beats 99.9% of all modern CGI action sequences.
Brilliant film
For anyone who had boots on the ground in Nam from 1965 to 1974 especially my brothers in Quang Tri and Quang Nam and up and down the Cua Viet River, Rockpile, LZ Bravo, Dong Ha, Dai Do, Camp Carroll, Hoi An, I apologize for this fake ass piece of embarrassing crap...this movie, in spite of what the "I was never there" Hollywood crowd may say is an absolute false portrayal of anyone who did tours in Nam.
@@fourseasons2349 I don't think it's meant to depict complete accuracy because film makers can have a bit of creative freedom. It was meant to depict how dumb the vietnam war was and how war affects people psychologically.
No 100% ;-)
Haha yes
I was in the 1st Cav as a Huey pilot when this came out ( the unit portrayed in this) and I saw it at the base movie theater. When this scene came on, the entire audience went nuts ! We spent months trying to figure out how to put speakers on the Hueys- never could
You'll require a clean unarmed helos for that. The speaker, sound system, and the power requirement available that time with that kind of output would be too much for a fully armed huey. The best you can haul in an armed huey would be a compo, dunno if it is available back then. One question: did your unit really surfing?. The actually beach surfing that is.
God bless you sir and thank you.
There was a version of the O-2 Cessna that carried a sound system for syops
Because it is not real.... it is a movie..... The sound of the Huey would overwelm the sound from the speakers no matter what... Unless you would put the speakers outside the range of the helipcopter blades for at least 90ft.
massacre of civilians, oh great usa empire
This is without a doubt one of the most powerful movie scenes ever filmed. The contrast of the hubris of the Captain (?) and the Ride of the Valkyries juxtaposed against the confused and scared faces of the average troops - black and white - and then serving as the soundtrack of the horrific strafing of the village in high powered Hueys says everything about the horror of war as video game.
You can just read my name and you'll know what I think this scene represents
@@prowaractivist6220 I do think people who get inspired to kill from that scene must be some level of psychopath.
@@hellionshark3197 Don't worry, their love of death and willingness to go to war means they usually do us all a favour and readily remove themselves from the gene pool and society.
@Hellion Shark They're Communists, that makes them property of the state. Therefore it isn't killing.
racist. Shut up.
This film looks like it was made today. Coppola really was a genius.
Netflix has a remastered version now
Agreed, but I wish to remind that the scene was idealized by the great scriptwriter John Millius
Only took Coppola 3 years to make.
Exactly.
@@carlitobrigante6304 And lots of cocaine
Everybody eating rice till the sky starts playing wagner
😂😂😂😂😂😳.. 💥💥💥💥💥💥
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@Robdog 1 don't make me laugh restraint by invading a country killing many innocent and for what, a country should be able to decide there own economic policies not dictated by a country that supposedly supports freedom
@James Monroe The only thing that beats U.S Forces are Politics & Politicians. Fighting the US Mitary is a Death Sentence for anyone. Remember that! As deadly as Vietnam was for American Soldiers. The VC lost allot more people, Which in part made the war allot more unpopular. They made American Soldiers look like Baby Killers. Even under these brutal conditions. American Soldiers handle them selves admirably. Vietnam Vets deserve our Respect. To the Fallen and the Ones who are still alive.
3:50 It's shots like this that make this film legendary. The amount of time, pain, money, literal blood, etc that went into every sequence of this movie is truly awe inspiring (see the documentary on the film called Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), but most especially the helicopter/explosive scenes. The crew often waited for *weeks* to get certain shots; they were literally filming in a warzone.
Then here at 3:50, seemingly by chance, but who knows, a shot of smoke and flames on the bottom right, juxtaposed by a rainbow (a rainbow!) on the right, with a helicopter in the middle. A 3 second throwaway shot that could be a painting in a museum. Flames representing misguided hate, fury, destructiveness, and a rainbow the opposite, beauty/graceful interconnectedness of nature, and then man (in a machine) flying in between them. An elegant display of a practical/natural metaphor, in this case representing the duality of man (much like the "born to kill"/peace sign bit in Full Metal Jacket) in a 3 second blip of a shot. Outstanding art.
Am I reading into this too deeply? Most certainly! But the fact that this film inspires me to do so is in it of itself is what makes it so great.
Filming in a war zone? Wasn't this movie shot in the Philippines?
@@dianasayson2846 where in the 70s there were a bunch of commies fighting the gov, the helicopters in this scene would sometimes even fight with US markings still on them because they were pulled at a moments notice
@@dianasayson2846 at the time, the dictator in charge was rxecuting anti rebel ops. These helicopters had to be diverted to eliminate an incursion only 10 miles from the filming area.
I don't think you're reading into this too deeply at all. As someone brought up on the Christian story, the rainbow being God's promise was a major juxtaposition to the war and tragedy taking place. Apt, and well thought out post.
NOPE I dont think you are reading too much into it... They don't DO cinematography today
The two best shots of the scene are the ones where you see the Little Bird almost drifting between the flock of Huey gunships (1:58), and the other is the shot of the fast approaching village from behind the chopper pilots (2:12). Superb camerawork. Sound wise, the ominous thudding of the rotor blades as the unseen gunships approach the village adds to the atmosphere and tension of the upcoming battle. Adding Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries as the score for the scene was also a stroke of genius, especially seeing as it's actually a part of the scene rather than being played over it. Again, superb film making, only equalled when Black Hawk Down was released decades later.
Precisely, this is one of those scenes what we studied in university to understand the intent of every aspect of every shot in a scene storytelling wise. This is THE scene why we understand who Kilgore is with only 11 minutes of screen time, which is impressive as hell. Pretty rare to see something like that nowadays.
In my opinion the best cut is at shots 1:15 - 1:22 and 1:22 - 1:45 .
First we get the arrival of the Valkyries from the Kilgore's perspective with these beautiful long shots, which are presented with his intent and methods in mind.
Kilgore is so bold/confident that he announces his approach with the song and then the music cuts completely and most of all, mid-note. Then Coppola turns the whole scene around by switching the perspective to Charlie and their reaction to Kilgore's approach with this super well directed and shot, 23 second long drive all while the tension rises while the music grows more loud.
What I had done during this scene as a director, would have been cutting the shots showing how they turn the music up and saved up the reveal of Kilgore blasting the Ride of the Valkyries instead of it's being the score, but that's just small artistic flare/afterthought of mine lol
Nerd
@@RM-xl1ed no u
@@Joni_Tarvainen Я бы да кабы как у нас говорят в россии "если бы у бабушки был бы "Х,,, " она была бы дедушкой" он один из первых потому и изучаете, так я понял это демократию они принесли) демократия с американским акцентом)
к нам, русским, ссыкло прилететь. высушим на подлёте.
чмошники. срёте всюду, дрыстуны. дИшовки.
джапы анус зализывают. пока ещё. дальше будет интересней.
I'm 62, I've been asked many times what my all time favourite film is, only one answer. This is it, always will be. Brilliant!
As a veteran with two Infantry tours in Vietnam, I saw a version of all of this pan out in real time. The REMFs, Bob Hope Shows, air assaults, villagers who were real VC.
@@jimhunter4999 Respect to you. I hope you have found some peace and love in your life, you deserve it. Thank you you for your service.
Everything in this movie is just perfect: Soundtrack, script, acting, photography, sound...
@GarthanSaal444 😁😁 No I haven't, YET! Must give that a look. Thank you for giving me the heads up. You take care.
My favorite war movie plus Platoon Apocalypse surreal
I just love how the non-cavalry guys look around, thinking to themselves 'well this shit ain't normal' lol.
that's exactly what I thought...
I hear you bro
The fact that they’re only doing it to have a better surfing location is a subtle clue
Because Air Canada were so AWESOME👍👍
Thats Air Cav
watching this as a teen: lol this is so crazy and awesome!
watching this as an adult: wow this is so brilliant and disturbing…
Huey themesong:
1: ride of the valkyries
2: Fortunate son
and Paranoid (black sabbath)
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally PREDATOR
Paint it black.. rolling stones
“Napalm Sticks To Kids”
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Trying to pinpoint exactly when this movie takes place, and I came up with September 1969. Chef is reading the newspaper article he received as mail from his girlfriend about the Charles Manson murders ( which occurred in August 1969 ). Would have taken several weeks for mail to arrive from the US to Vietnam.
That murder has become an extraordinary moments in pop culture
@@muhamadgibrantbintangzainu189. Those murders, there was more than one person killed.
@@gsd4me00 Oh yeah sorry bud
I spent two tours in Vietnam and mail got over there pretty quickly because of all those transport planes. It took about eighteen hours from San Francisco where all military post offices originated to get in-country.
You have more clues. When Kurtz is reading the magazine clippings to Willard, in that shipping container, he cites the dates, iirc.
I was working in London when this was released. Me and three good friends from work watched it at the ABC in Shaftesbury Avenue, pre multiplex screens so the screen was huge, not like the Gnats piss screens that pass for cinemas nowadays. I believe it was the first cinema to have Dolby Surround Sound in the UK. We were so impressed that we watched it for about another 5 Friday nights while it was on. It is a classic film showing the madness of war, particularly the weirdness that summed up the Vietnam war. The soundtrack was amazing as were the surreal scenes during the river journey and the Suzi Q and Do Lung Bridge, probably spelt incorrectly, elements of the film. Coppola is a genius.
One of the greatest and most iconic moments in cinema history!
"Ride of the Valkyries" is the most badass song in all of human history. This song will still be played 500 years from now when the ET's invade and we have to fight them off.
This song is almost 170 years old. Let that sink in.
6e 6e 5e 43 65 6 43 3 43 64646464e4eez
I bet some sons of bitches will invade Mars while playing this song.
@@BratislavMetulskiwell this one's 3500 years old. Now let THAT sink in .... (its not very good though)
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@@theshamanarchist5441 still better than modern "music" 🤣
They'll never make another film like this, not even close.
I hope not.
@@mikefrech1123 why
@@leob4403 It wasn't a Vietnam war movie. It was set in Vietnam but it didn't have anything to do with Vietnam. If someone else wants to make a movie based on Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" they should make a movie about "Heart of Darkness." "Apocalypse Now" was an insult to Vietnam veterans.
@@mikefrech1123 why is it an insult to vietnam veterans?
@@leob4403 It makes us look like lawless undisciplined renegades.
Fun Fact:The helicopters they Used are from the Phillipine Airforce
@@randymarch9446 22 people
@@randymarch9446 make that 26 now
@@randymarch9446 ❄️
34 sweetie😎😘
@@randymarch9446 38 does
Charlie don't surf!.. The best quote from a movie ever!
This scene gives me chills every time.
It increases my breathing every time I see this.
Every soldier knows this tune means death from above!
@@R.P.Pyotrsovich Sadly I never saw this incredible film with my Dad (WW2/ Korean vet). I wonder what his answer would have been.
Ride of the Valkyries' original meaning was to give a false sense of victory... wich fits perfectly
Vietkong
I agree with you
You win the battle, but do you win the war?
Yes, Congress definitely managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The U.S. never lost a major engagement in Vietnam and we still acted like we lost.
Mickey Bitsko because you did
If only Francis Ford Coppola continued to make epic films like these. This movie did affect his later career in a huge way, financially in another. From the 1990s on, I didn't think any other movie had the same feeling everyone got when this came out.
Its a masterpiece but was also a financial disaster.
He directed The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather 2, and Apocalypse Now roughly within the span of 6 or 7 years, working non-stop the whole time. Sometimes that's the price of greatness, you burn yourself out. I think Coppola was always more interested in making more personal films but he got sidetracked along the way. I still think some of his later films like Rumble Fish have a lot of merit and he was still finding ways to push the envelope.
@@silversnail1413 100% right!
If he’d never made anything but Godfather 1 he’d be a legend!
@@TheVetoSkreeemerWRONG. “Apocalypse Now performed well at the box office when it opened on August 15, 1979.[96] It initially opened in three theaters in New York City, Toronto, and Hollywood, grossing $322,489 in its first five days. It grossed over $40 million domestically, with a worldwide total of over $100 million.”
Robert Duval has been in some great movies, and a few bad movies, but his performance was always excellent. He is one of the great actors.
Robert Duvall is someone I enjoy in everything he's in even if the movie is otherwise "meh". Open Range, which is just amazing on every level, is his magnum opus, IMO.
Não é o Robert Duval nem entra no filme o actor é MARTIN SHEEN...
@@JohnMichaelson Não é o Robert Duval nem entra no filme o actor é MARTIN SHEEN...
The Ride of the Valkyries was on the demo record that came with my father's first stereo in the 50's , I have loved it forever .
I think everybody loves that song since tje first moment they've heared it
Well, if you're going to show off the capability of a stereo, can't do much better than Ride of the Valkyries.
A young Morpheus didn’t kno yet that he was in the matrix
yeahh!!!!!
So
Oh and Harrison Ford didn't know he was han solo
@@mr.sinister1279 are you a nigga
@@JohnDoe-df2nh hell yea I am!!! U got a problem wit that!! 🖕🏻
Still gives me a shiver down my spine all these years ago.
The choppers coming into formation to the tune of the sound track is simply breathtaking
This is one of the most frightening scenes ever, the music is just like something * from the beyond.
Agreed. I think a lot of people misinterpret this scene as being 'badass'. That's not the point at all.
in reality, the noise of the helicopters is so loud, no one would hear the music
you would have to be right next to the speaker and still barley make it out
This is awesome! Run Charlie!
Thank You! All the best from Romania.
@@hindugoat2302 Luckily humans have better ears than goats! :)
Zero CGI required. Makes you appreciate it even more.
Practical effects is always better than special effects.
What's really impressive is that they film REAL helicopters with REAL explosion's happening with REAL people running about and this is all practical so it's amazing how much effort was put into movies back then since now you could just have some guy in a office make this on a computer... Never forget the good old movie days
I feel bad for the animals, they don't know what's going on, they're scared, they don't give a fuck about a "beautiful scene"
@@igotaname wait until you realise an actual buffalo was chopped to pieces for a scene in this film
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 yea, remember that, poor thing
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 It was not for a scene in a movie. It was traditional ritual in one of villages. Coppola just film it, becuse it was amazing and fit into the movie.
@@igotaname No it wasn't part of the script, it was the villager and they just happened to come across them and filmed it.
This is just a DAMNED AWESOME SCENE! It is over the top and conveys the craziness of war in a way that many other movies simply couldn't do for the time. And that young Lawrence Fishburne though!?!? HAHAHA!!
Before red n blue pills lol
@@yohanespaskal9352 For reels though....it was so much fun doggin' on EVERYONE and not having to worry about some weak minded individual all the time. As a brown dude, that's what I like. EQUAL opportunity shit talk hahaha🤣😂
You know that this is Hollywood and not real life?
It was a heck of a movie for its time and is a classic. The choppers swooping in matches perfectly with Wagner's music !
Real Choppers....... No CGI's.
@Leon Russell you sound like an ass hole.
Leon Russell You sounds like an asshole, x2, fella.
@Leon Russell it was a real choppers. google it plz.
@Leon Russell You sound like an asshole, (x2)
@@마파두부동 I think he knows that
I was in the theater when this movie showed on the big screen with a vet from 1st Air Cav - he had a flash back in this scene and they had to stop the movie. He just stood straight up and was frozen. It took about 20 minutes for his wife and me to get him together enough to go home.
damn
why? he was the one doing the killing
@@sunritroykarmakar4406 Perhaps that is why 🤔
@@sunritroykarmakar4406It may shock you to learn that soldiers regret what they do in war
Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.
...and some of them dying the moment after.
True.
Who tf gunna be on a cell phone while there village is getting lit up by attack choppers
@@jwoodzy3169 it... was a joke
@@jwoodzy3169 they could be calling their ubers to get out of there asap
The camera angle and movements of these scenes is like a 90s film. But what makes this interesting is this was made in 79.
Coppola did it with Godfather and did it here. This particular scene is something to behold. Nowadays even more. Considering the fact, the Manila leader took the helicopters in the middle of shooting while represing the civil war and other hundreds of difficulties, this movie is a masterpiece.
At 3:18, that's R Lee Ermey himself, in an uncredited role. I got to talk with him a couple of times and never thought to ask him about this. I so wish I had... RIP, Gunny!
Ermey was cast in his first film while attending the University of Manila in the Philippines, using his G.I. Bill benefits.[10] He played a First Air Cavalry helicopter pilot in Apocalypse Now,[11] and doubled as a technical advisor to director Francis Ford Coppola. Ermey then was cast as a Marine drill instructor in Sidney J. Furie's The Boys in Company C. (Wiki)
To say its a master piece is a understatement, very few films are re watchable, this looks fresh everytime, amazing
The contrast between daily life and extraordinary life is amazing.
I have been to villages like this. Really wins hearts and minds. 20 years later I had a meeting in Hanoi with one of the NVA leaders. It was very much thank you appreciating that we won.
I'd bring in the choppers too if the village has a good surf break.
@@demun6065 If we just could have had a surf contest. Best surfer wins. Communism or whatever it was we would have imposed. Many lives would have been saved.
But America didn't win, they had to withdraw in 1975!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@davidbolger7309 I know, I was meeting with a very senior official (former NVA) of Vietnam, not North Vietnam. Perhaps I should have said that he appreciated that I recognized that his side won. Sorry for any confusion.
@@davidbolger7309 America stopped engaging in the Vietnam civil war in 1972-73, with the Paris Peace accord. About 80% of US military forces were withdrawn by 1974. What you saw in 1975 was a skeleton crew of US forces that had to withdraw, along with the US Embassy. So there was about three years of no major engagements between American and the NVA. There were still skirmishes between the NVA and the South Vietnam army. Basically in 1975 President Ford abandoned South Vietnam to their northern invaders. Wouldn't even send them money and equipment, not that he had much of a choice. Congress and the American public had enough of it. It was an incompetent war the US engaged in, but the end result did drain North Vietnam and even the Soviets from continuing further conflicts in the region. You saw this when China invaded North Vietnam in 1978. The Soviets had to refuse because they couldn't afford the costs, especially since they were now engaged in Afghanistan.
I never get tired of watching this. I remember sitting in a cinema in Paris watching it. They had speakers all over the auditorium so the sound was as real as you can get. I also remember this scene and afterwards thinking to myself "what in the the hell did I just watch?!" 🤣🤣🤣
I can smell the democracy and liberty in this scene.
Micah Johansson I can smell you're clichèd dumbass who hasn't got a clue what he's talking about and just parrots dumb shit he's seen written in the TH-cam comment sections..😂 Nothing like a dose of reality is there boy..
MusicMadMaurice Whereas America was offering indiscriminate carpet bombing and spraying the country with birth defect causing toxins..
Got to love that American "freedom"...
MusicMadMaurice What credible commenter on the Vietnam war ever suggested it was...?
MusicMadMaurice 👍
@MusicMadMaurice where did you hear this bullshit story ? Bring me some clues
Ugh literally every shot is perfect but I really like that one of the two chopper pilots in the cab coming unto the beach
When I fill the bird feeder in the morning, and dozens of pigeons and sparrows appear èn-masse from all of the rooftops and bushes around. I always hear the flight of the valkyries in my mind and often chuckle out loud as a great hoarde of avian hunger descends down upon me. That's the power of a really epic movie like 'Apocalypse Now'. It stays with you and becomes enmeshed in the world around you.
One of the greatest scenes in cinema.
I saw Apocalypse Now Redux in the theatre and this scene was stunning. The editing and cinematography is just amazing.
Definitely.
Muhammad the lost boy prophet says hi Mr. O Reilly. Kiss the pessimistic Pepsi cola and the next generation. Kid Rick Rock Hill Rd also give them a big thank you.
My father was one of the Philippine Air Force pilots who flew the Hueys.
I salute to him
Thanksfor his service!
Your father was one of those pilots who killed innocent civilians in Vietnam for the sake of the Americans, right?
@@IvoMalakov You know a lot of american Vietnam war troops probably A) Had no Idea what was happening and B) were conscripted into service
salute my mate
If im gonna get blown to pieces it better be to ride of the valkyries playing as loud as possible
The effects look better than the movies today
It is because most of it are done practically or for real at all.
What they had no effects
Надеюсь, когда-нибудь, такое же счастье прилетит и вам, наши американские "друзья"!
These special effects look realistic ... CGI is too pretty to look realistic.
@@josephcope7637 there are no special effects in this movie
1:36 hell I remember this exact layout. It's a map from Battlefield Vietnam, even the housing layout is identical.
I always wondered about the sitting on helmets. I googled it and turns out because the metal on the bottom of Hueys was so thin, a bullet would go clean through and could blow somebody’s balls off
"Why you guys sitting on your helments?!"
"So we dont get our balls blowned up"
-gate
That was one hell of a way to get sterilized
@@veryhistorysmokey5523 Glad to see a Gate fan here
@@veryhistorysmokey5523 yea lol
1andOnlyGeneraLucius “oh yeah haha...”
*proceeds to copy
Possibly the greatest scene in film history!
Brilliant!!
I just wrote nearly the same thing without seeing your comment first. We’re on the same page.
@@lbco5229
Well, what do you expect?
Great minds think alike...
😁
Disturbing but true..
@@carolynbarnes7098
Yeah.....
The whole Vietnam War was disturbing... for some, it still is. ✌
Having been in nam and riding on those choppers dozens of times i get flashbacks,,,,met some grea t guys there 52 years and it all comes flashing back 1969 1st air cav
Thank you for your service!!!
We all thank you for your service. Your the backbone of your country. God bless you.
disgusting war criminal....nothing in your fiber, in your being, said this is wrong? I know, you're just following orders, huh...
“Big Duke 6 to Eagle Thrust. Put on psy-war-op. Make it loud. This is a Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?”
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Outstanding, outstanding I'll get you a case of beer for that one!!
One of the greatest movie scenes ever! The intensity! Wow!
Fun fact
Some of the Helicopter Gunship that was Loaned by the Philippine Airforce were Called Back to Engage Real Enemy Communist Rebel that was Engaging Goverment Troops.
i wonder why the PAF dont use a gunship version of huey anymore or do they even operate one?
@@aximvs4222 corruption and most are used as utility no spare to create a dedicated gunship.
Loved the fact that they indeed went off engaging rebels while "riding the valkyries"
Welp, time to go to the PAF to get that huey
A tight budget is preventing the Armed Forces of the Philippines to make any great progress.
Because of Corruption, this country is struggling to weed out Corrupt government officials even those from the Senate and the Congress.
We're so heavily reliant on Western Aid.
Iconic scene, but it hits differently now. Great thing about this movie; it broke the mold of "We, the good guys, vs them, the bad guys." In this scene, it is a village being attacked, and they are trying to defend it. Sure, it's a war, and enemy are based there, but, it still shows a village full of civilians (and it's no accident they showed a school full of kids) being rocketed and strafed and people being slaughtered, which gives one pause to think, war really is hell, and "good vs bad" is a moving target on a battlefield.
Russians always fight without rules. No need for illusions: the Vietnam War was a war between the USA and the USSR (Russia). In 2014, Putin officially announced that his army in the Donbass would conduct hostilities, letting women and children ahead of him. See the archives of Putin's 2014 statements.
I remember watching this scene at a young age and thinking 'yeah the Americans are the bad guys'.
I see you swallowed the Kool Aid well
“I love the smell of Napalm in the morning, smells like...victory”.
classic
One day this war is going to end.
No, it smells like warcrimes and innocent children burning in agony
@@egewg1207 well said, that's the sad truth.
@Polish WWII Hero Witold Pilecki good point and add to that the Tet Offensive - oh, sorry, the Viet Cong massacre of the citizens of the city of Hue’.
Best helicopter scene ever......run charlie......
@@janetmerner3731 - vietnamese were so much happier when the commies took over.
yeah, right.
@@janetmerner3731 - then why were so many fleeing the commies? Why did so many locals join America in fighting the commies?
Why did the commies kill so many locals?
Nobody chooses Communism.
@@janetmerner3731 - you are a democrat, in the US, aren't you?
Haha is great hehe genial
@Wayne Haile wow is great hehe
I was 17 years old when I got to Vietnam-1966 through 1969 (My mom had to sign a waiver for me), I grew up fast and learned a lot, good and bad. (I am now 73 and still learning). I was stationed on the USS Providence and also stationed in Country at a place called "Monkey Mountain" close to DaNang,. I spent 3 tours of duty in and around Vietnam. 3 of my high school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. I participated in the TET Offensive in Feb 1968, that was bad. Somewhere along the way I was exposed to Agent Orange (Nasty Stuff) I am now on disability for the effects of agent orange. When I was discharged and came home to the States we arrived in San Francisco, and there were a lot of protesters spitting on us and throwing rocks and eggs and called us baby killers. That was our welcome home. I tell you this to say to you, that whatever your position is or was on the Vietnam war, it was not the veteran who got us into the war, most of us went because we were patriots and loved our country. Blame the politicians, yes, but not the veteran. To all Vietnam Vets out there, you are not forgotten. As a previous combat Vet myself, I salute you my friend.
respect for you fella
Sorry to hear that. I am phyically disable too. Shot in lower back.
Surprising that a scene like this could have been recorded in 1979, that makes the effort of the team and the actors even more commendable.
Oh yes no cgi back then or only real shitty ones so everything had to be practical
Filmed in Philippines with their army providing the helicopters and aircrew for short periods between their real training.
@@adrianjackson2696 fun fact, during the shooting of this scene, these choppers got called to fight the real war that was happening very close to the filming location and also they used real bodies for this scene
Coppola unknowingly made the biggest US army recruiting video of the 1980s. I joined in 87'.
I just love the genius of Stanley turning the small kid other way before the bombardment and him being led away outstanding
Stanley?
Francis Ford Coppola.
3:20 This is Gunny, R. Lee Ermey in an uncredited role, and only his second movie appearance.
He was a technical advisor for the film
The Siege of Firebase Gloria being the other if memory serves me...
Just noticed that too
Fun fact, Gunny R. Lee Ermey was on military duty in the Philippines before he became an actor.
That's R. Lee Ermy as one of the pilots
Rip R Lee Emery
Well spotted
Yep i spotted him too
@@kevinwilliams8784 he did well spotting that 50. Cal too
Answers the question I just asked below.
Girls in Vietnam: Omg dont forget your sunscreen
Boys in Vietnam:
TRUE
Usa run like a dog. Vietnam is the best
@Agnite is that from Kong Skull Island
@@naforous7651 No its from Apocalypse Now (1979).
@@funnysitcom In fact the Vietnamese used the landscape as primary allied.
The American relied on their technology, like demonstrated in this movie. In the end they looses.
No CGI can achieve this level of realism to real choppers flying in the sky
Sem dúvida, está entre os 100 filmes que já assisti: suspense, frenesi, adrenalina, emoção e magistral.
When this song is played in other films and TV it is usually the instrument version 'ride of the valkyries' is nothing without vocals.
I saw this in cinemas for the release of the special edition or whatever. This scene was fucking amazing on the big screen with the loud speakers.
Yeah the one scene where you see the Huey just coming up on the village just above the water was amazing!
@@robertbruce7772 - Francis Ford Coppola: a genius!
@@marcob4630 You know a film is extraordinary when it's 40 years old and still sends chills down your spine when you watch it in the big screen again.
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 : Exactly ! A piece of real art
I caught the final cut on the big screen just before COVID. What an experience!
And there sits Martin Sheen doing a brilliant job under-acting. Chewing gum and just watching. Brilliant.
Because character is going insane from savagery of war. It's based on heart of darkness, human savagery, he slowly becomes psychopathic uncaring to horrors of war. I think you missed point of Sheens character
“I expected someone like you. What did you expect? Are you an assassin?”
About a few years later his son Charlie shot the movie "Platoon". Both movies ("Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon") were shot in the Philippines.
Part of "Platoon" was shot in the town where my maternal grandfather grew up.
Likely the best scene ever
Imagine having this much of a technological edge and you still lose.
Only because they were hamstrung by Congress; You can't chase Charlie in Laos or Cambodia, you can't bomb this particular building or bridge in Hanoi, you can't kill this provical offical even if you do have a ton of corroborating evidence he is a VC leader...then there was the campaign inside the US by agent provacateurs to poison the minds of college students against the US military in the name of 'stopping the war....'
Had this war been ran like WWII was, Hanoi would be a glassed, radioactive parking lot. Not saying that would be the right action, but that would have been the result.
@@schaferhundschmidt1798 Doesn't change the fact that the USA lost.
hahahah Vietnamese speaking trees go brrrrrrrrr
@@schaferhundschmidt1798 Colonel Kurtz had it correct!
Done it his way you would have won.
@@schaferhundschmidt1798 I wonder what could have been the effect if Operation Vulture could have happened.
To summarize Vulture: DROP A TAD LOAD OF BOMBS ON THOSE GODDAMN CHARLIE COMMIES
Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now), his son Charlie Sheen (Platoon). Two of the best war films ever.
0:43 I like his finger positioning during that act of loading. must be professional
"Getcha a case of beer for that one," love that line.
In 1940 the Maginot Line was bypassed by the German army. However, the largest fort in the world, Fort Eben-Emael, in Belgium, still stood in the way. 58 German paratroopers landed gliders on top of the fort and disabled the guns in a matter or hours. Yes, we've all heard about that, but then this little bit came out in a recent book devoted entirely to this event...which occurred 39 years before Coppola's film:
"The Fallschirmjäger [German paratroopers] filed onto a non-illuminated tarmac at 03:00, as the loudspeakers played Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries".[18]"....according to Sweeting, C. G. (7 August 2012). "Hitler's Secret Attack on the World's Largest Fort".
I seriously doubt that Coppola was unaware of this. But, perhaps it was a coincidence.
I learned that he already had it all planned before the editing.
But during the editing, he and the other learned about that little issue you mention aswell as the fact that they did not have the license for the music and many of them would not give it for that very same reason.
They went far and wide to get the song because they believed it really fit better than all the standard Rock band songs that you'd usually get
@@MrDwarfpitcher you do not need a license for classical msic
3:21
This pilot is Mr. Lee Ermey, who is famous for Sergeant Hartmann in Full Metal Jacket.
He served as a military advisor to Apocalypse Now.
Wow that's true 😳😳
I am crying. I never came back completely. So sad.
Sorry brother. Keep the faith.
It's not a film it's an experience, just sheer genius
A brilliant piece of cinematography of an action in a ridiculous war that America lost and which cost 57,000 American lives.
Don't forget about the Vietnamese casualties
@@cowsaysboo of course, the greater tragedy.
Lenin's Spear, bro. Fight them there or Europe with 8 million men and nukes...
Held distinction as the largest single pyrotechnic display in a movie scene until 'Stargate' supposedly unseated it. I don't care what anyone says: This is far more epic than Stargate (I LIKED Stargate), as the helos, explosions, and people are real and choreographed to perfection.
Still a classic even Japanese anime show "The Gate" has a scene in it using the same song and the exact same scenes.
Because it was an homage
Top Tier Reference (TTP)
"Lieutenant General, please pick Combat Team 4!" "We've got the stereo, the loudspeakers, and the Wagner CD all ready to go." "Perfect, Lieutenant Colonel Younga!"
I fought the NVA for almost three years. The only thing I took away from this movie was "Charlie don't surf!"
This is how "freedom" and "human rights" were delivered ...
It was cruel but necessary.
Andrzej Kocikowski are... not “ were “! And if necessary for the economy and for geopolitical controls ( basically same things) let’s build up the “ casus belli “!
@@0xSerg Why it was necessary?
@@andrzejkocikowski9529 Because it was a war between democraty and communism. And we do know what communism is. All communistic countries are very poor and there are no democracy or human rights. And I think that commuistic regieme should not exists on our planet.
@@0xSerg If I remember correctly - and I'm 72 - the Vietnamese did not want to build communism in the US but only in their own country. Of course, I don't know how you know what communism is, but I've lived in Poland since 1948. Should I understand that the choice of Vietnam instead of Poland as a field of war between democracy and communism was a matter of chance? And that it had to have been done through genocide?
"Eagle Thrust, put on psy war op. Make it loud. This is a Romeo Fox Trot. Shall we dance?"
*Rice farmers: minding their own business, planting
*Also rice farmers: why is the sky singing ride of the valkyries? And it's getting louder....
Rice Farmers - 🤣
Rice farmers,with what looks like a VC company or stronger force and heavy weapons. Or did you miss that?
@@brianmccarthy5557 Uhh... i don't think the vietcong existed before the americans arrived, they were only put together when marines first landed, correct me if i'm wrong cuz at least that's what i think
@@franzivan4567 yeah but America only arrived to protect its ally against the North
@@franzivan4567 Seriously? You're an idiot. The Viet Cong were there right from the beginning. Fighting the South Vietnamese from Day 1. Get an education, fool!
❤Danke für das Video ❤
I play Ride of the Valkyrie out my shopping trolley going into the loo roll isle. It gains respect, fear and I get a 12 pack of Andrex with Shia butter every time.
Bog Roll Apocalypse Now! :D
ten film to arcydzieło. Myślałem że Martin to nr jeden w tym filmie. Aż nagle zjawia się Marlon i kradnie całe show
Martin??🤣😂🤣😂a pussy guy, only lucky!
I've been truly blessed to have seen this movie twice on the big screen. The Redux release in Melbourne in 2002, and the original in Bangkok Scala cinema in May of 2018. The cinema there was packed out!!!
The specific scene where the copters are coming in over the waves is magnificent. What a brilliant piece of cinematography.
Ja so bescheuert wie dein Profil Bild bist Du auch , ansonsten würde man so ein Scheiss nicht gut finden .
most likely the best movie ever made, together with "once upon a time in the west"
Or the best film ever made in America anyway
And Excalibur...
What about Schindler's list. I love that movie.
101 Dalmations was pretty good.
3:20 Gunny was actually flying the chopper. He was brought on set as a technical advisor , and also served in Nam.
and more... he was Sgt. Hurtman in the "Full metal jacket" movie! one of the most iconic characters ever in cinema, (he was a veteran sgt in real life) thats why they made such a perfect basic training and recruitment scenes on that movie! its funny couse he just appears for some few seconds in "Apocalypse Now" xD He died in 2018! RIP a legend!
@@t-800model-johnny2 R. Lee Ermy...RIP Gunny.
Smh Hollywood should make this kind of movie again, this scene is golden
4:33 minutes of filmmaking brilliance
Long live Francis Ford Coppola