The Insane Story Of The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made

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[@cybr88]

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[@PeachTreeMan]

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[@LeadtheGoon]

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[@katharineball585]

Lol I got a jurassic park ad

[@Patchment]

As someone who volunteered at the Caroline Tiger Rescue, unfortunately there are more tigers being raised in the US as pets than there are in the wild. Two of the tigers at the sanctuary were just sort of walking down the road in America when they were rescued. It's bad man.

[@zombieedrea]

That depresses me so much. These are beautiful animals that need to be protected lest they get extinct, and yet these people just think "lol cute big kitty, this will be fun!" I'm sorry but if any of these people get mauled, I have no sympathy for them. These are WILD animals that belong IN THE WILD, or at the very least a sanctuary where they're in a similar habitat and treated with the respect they deserve. Just awful, irresponsible behaviour.

[@chuuchuuutrain]

@@zombieedrea well look I understand your statement but that's kinda heartless that you would have no sympathy, yeah it's their fault but they don't deserve it

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

@@chuuchuuutrain Yeah they do

[@use_alt_love_287]

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[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

"We rescued this tiger from his natural habitat" indeed

[@Kat-zh4ly]

"Three of their three children: John, John's brother, and his daughter" I think there's a favorite here

[@placeholderdoe]

Definitely the daughter

[@LampsB1ggestFan]

​@@placeholderdoe I think it's johns brother ngl

[@peachy1835]

@@LampsB1ggestFani thought it was danny..?

[@LampsB1ggestFan]

@@peachy1835 I love ur pfp so hot

[@dr.doofenshmertz]

People it's clearly the lions

[@70milesaway11]

The article says that the creators of the film raised the cubs with their children to ‘minimise’ the amount of injuries rather than eliminate them - they had already made peace with the fact that there would be casualties

[@Wremson]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) lizzies in a box in a box lizzies in a box L

[@Tomboysksksk]

The fact that your user has 70 in it

[@jungtothehuimang]

You can't save them all 😔

[@scoobertmcruppert2915]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) Oy! You got a loicense fa that boot yeah?

[@dannydevito5558]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) sus.......

[@jonathannoble7845]

Fun fact: Raising wild animals alongside humans INCREASES the risk of attacks, because it conditions them to view humans as slower weaker members of their own species and not as a potential predator. They (generally) won't attack the humans they live with, because they'll (usually) have imprinted on them as family (assuming the humans don't behave in ways that would provoke aggression within the animal's family unit), but you know how your dog reacts when the mailman is at the door? Imagine that but with tigers.

[@alexiswoodberry9119]

Woah that makes so much sense

[@DouglasShearer-j4c]

As the mailman, I approve this message.

[@itspribanerjee]

woah

[@RobertMcBride-is-cool]

I can’t blame wild animals for their ignorance since intellect is that made us the apex species of this world.

[@pablovirus]

​@@RobertMcBride-is-cooltoo bad only few people bear intellect even today lol

[@rosebyanyname]

True story: Tippi Hedren’s most noteworthy movie is Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” which has a scene where she is attacked by crows, ravens, gulls and other birds. Because this was the 60s, the way they shot it was by having crew members FLING ACTUAL BIRDS AT HER. She almost lost an eye and called that part of the shoot the worst week of her life…and then 10-15 years later decided that shooting Roar without any safety precautions was a good idea.

[@angelmars0087]

She wanted to be the bird thrower this time

[@destinybryner7267]

I saw that movie but I only know Tippi from an episode of family guy lol

[@anonybelle]

there's a part of the movie where she turns to look out the window and there's just this huge bird staring at her. felt like a reference lol

[@moodycheese9621]

That's what I've been thinking this whole video! Like I'm pretty sure Tippi Hedren was traumatized by "the birds"so why in the world would she think this was a good idea? Lol

[@kyiamack]

Actually, she had no idea they were using real birds. Hitchcock did not warn her all because she denied his advances.

[@ONIONYT]

I cannot believe that "no animals were harmed but 70 crew members were harmed" is the ACTUAL TAGLINE of the movie

[@Katanalikeskittens]

The “no animals were harmed…” tagline is from the re-release, not the original poster/release which was never released in the US. But it was billed internationally as an action comedy.

[@peppermintspice5873]

YEAH LIKE…WHAT

[@Playlists-That-I-Like-To-Make]

*72* crew members were harmed.

[@vivianmorch6339]

Meh they rounded

[@bernardeason1287]

peta be like

[@pijushsarkar3831]

"No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70 cast and crew members were." Legendary quote.

[@justgonnacomment]

BAHAHA

[@UncleSam76]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) they enslaved others

[@emmagrace394]

also like,,, “no animals harmed” seems debatable

[@lirachonyr]

“ummm actually humans are animals” 🤓

[@jayzfan2001]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) im smoking queen lizzie

[@harmc2301]

15:40 no wonder the lion turned around like “BITCH!” They were grabbing its tail. This movie sounds insane. I’m surprised no one DIED

[@46foryounger]

Its the most unhinged anxiety provoking thing I ever watched. It's complete horrific and insane. Totally off the wall. It's on KZbin.

[@ReiAnikaAyanami]

in fact, she was pretty calm! she just gave them a warning, didn't even swat. these people legit had death wish.

[@harmc2301]

@@ReiAnikaAyanami good point! It’s just insane that no one died

[@stars4charlotte]

yeah same like wtf? i saw these bears in a secure cage one time, and i was still nervous they would do something. imagine thinking of this movie, buying the lions, raising the lions, sustaining severe injuries, and keep filming the movie?

[@ericalang7846]

pretty sure when they pull the lions tail he has his teeth sunk into a child.

[@CourseConsumption]

Roar was actually a horror movie, the plot is that the lions turn on the humans and hunt them off one by one. You also didn’t mention how one of their daughters needed facial reconstruction surgery after being mauled by one of the tigers, after already leaving set in fear once and being convinced by her parents to come back. Truly insane story.

[@lampylightbulb]

M Sounds like child abuse

[@lrose5522]

@@lampylightbulb If not abuse, definitely child endangerment

[@aylinalz662]

I wish he watched and commented on the movie itself after reading the article

[@Toadfox1]

The daughter needing facial reconstruction was Melanie Griffith, mother of Dakota Johnson (thus the “50 Shades of Gray” reference).

[@Toadfox1]

And, upon watching the rest of the video, I see that Danny made the “50 Shades” connection. Serves me right for commenting prematurely…

[@emilyflavell1658]

'The Wizard of Oz' was insanely dangerous to film, the paint they used to make the witch was toxic, the costumes were really heavy and hot and they used a heap of extra lights so everyone was fainting. The props would sometimes explode and send people to the hospital. It's a horror show to read about

[@na6731]

god learning about the broom that "might explode" (which it did) was freaking insane

[@iclynnx]

And not to mention the "snow"

[@everythingz888]

And the way Judy Garland was treated

[@trxygacha]

I used to love that movie, i was shocked when i found out ab the stuff that happened on set

[@sleepyote]

Didn't the previous tin man die due to being poisoned by the makeup?

[@myra7011]

I don’t know if anyone else remembers the movie “Secondhand Lions” but I loved it as a kid and this video made me want to look up what the filming for that movie was like and I found this quote, “Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. The lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig might be a menace.”

[@1000-i7d]

Yeah pigs are fucking ferocious man, their bite can straight up crack your bones like glass and theyll even eat you if they had the chance 💀

[@chailattemhmm]

I am absolutely gonna watch this tonight that sounds hilarious 😂

[@sillylittlejenn]

I loved that movie as a kid! I was just thinking about it.

[@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver]

Poor Sora

[@Aura_Lucario]

That was a good movie but while I was watching it as a 13 year old I was just thinking "That lion isn't CGI dafuq?"

[@StinkyTreen]

At 14:40 you're not wrong; That's Tippi Hedren getting her ankle actually snapped in half by Tembo. In the scene, she starts letting out these really loud and pained screams, and apparently that was the moment Tembo broke her ankle, and they kept it in the film. Not only that but afterwards she ended up getting gangrene from the injuries.

[@peppermintspice5873]

That’s fucked up

[@lainedsyelwah]

@@peppermintspice5873it really is

[@pokaay3163]

That’s the shit I can’t handle. What the fuck man

[@Tw0Dots]

@Wynn right? But her choice, party her fault

[@ladysauce2508]

yeah they mentioned that in the article

[@augustmedbrod]

I have seen this movie, and yes it's literally 2 or so hours of people being attacked by big cats, it's nothing short of insane.

[@juul6633]

That one clip had my anxiety so high I can’t imagine watching this Omg

[@MelonHere20]

Wow, I feel like at that point it should be added to the list of the most disturbing films of all time

[@acookie7548]

snuff film lite

[@mattroberts3204]

I had no desire to watch this until I read your comment. Now I'm just curious.

[@IsaacClodfelter]

@@mattroberts3204 it manages to be both terribly boring and horribly disturbing. Like, so much time is just the "actors", victims, trying to stay really still so they don't get killed until the cast and crew bothers the lions and causes them to be attacked anyway. If I wasn't clear enough, it is an entirely joyless "film" to watch. More a chore than observing an oddity.

[@shradibop]

i have a feeling this movie could've easily been animated. wouldn't be any better but probably significantly safer

[@noe7366]

fr

[@AG-bq2zd]

I mean, not in the 70s😅

[@Vaul.]

Knowing these guys they would probably launch a pencil through the air that carves through 30 men and kills them all

[@bingflop81]

i was thinking the same thing omfg…

[@moaPro]

Honestly

[@twistmygrinder4777]

I’ve seen this movie because my dad had a VHS copy. The story and acting are goofy for sure, but it’s also horrifying because you legitimately see people scared for their lives and really getting hurt on screen.

[@YoSoyLaPared07]

I’m like curious to watch it but the clips he showed were dangerous enough for my liking haha

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

E

[@sega_sistarz]

F

[@SixtySecondYoga]

Omg?? Why did he have that? 😬

[@SixtySecondYoga]

If they kept all that stuff in the movie it’s literally a snuff film

[@sailortabbycat5097]

This reminded me of the 1928 Noah's Ark movie. 3 people drowned, one was so severely injured his leg had to be amputated and almost a dozen had broken limbs and other serious injuries.

[@yoongiverse.]

I will never understand how they didn’t just give up on film

[@Chilloutlilbro]

What

[@thestupidnintendokid]

Service of God for real

[@BigTopNetwork]

“We should really stop filming this movie.” Director: “If we do that, we show our fear, and then the lions win. Is that what you want?!”

[@hebakhalid437]

The couple needed help not funds 😅

[@dantecaputo2629]

‘Yes I’m mentally stable, why would you ask that?’

[@Canari_garde]

"The lions cant win If they aren't even participating"

[@mrgroucho5112]

Yeah fuck dem lions! (Moments before disaster)

[@mazonite]

Maybe lion bit them in the brain🧠🧠🧠

[@wescokubrick]

I find it absolutely insane that Tippi Hedren, after being traumatized from The Birds movie from being attacked by real birds, went ahead and did this movie. Girl must of never wanted to work with animals ever again

[@JeddieMPB]

i mean she had a lion as a pet and it's name was neil

[@Dell-ol6hb]

I mean these cats were literally her and her family's pets, it's not like she was asked from some third party to do this movie, it was her own family and her own animals

[@shelbyfawn1337]

it’s genuinely mind blowing.

[@morganvauls1868]

She'd rather live with lions than work with hitch. Good 4 her.

[@americachavez2846]

Didn’t the article end by saying that tippi is still living on the compound with a ton of lions. She said why go to therapy to process my trauma when I can live on a compound with 132 wild lions for the rest of my life instead

[@illymation]

damn this man makes the “we bought a zoo” guy look like a wimp

[@-_LL_-]

I saw this before it blew up, I love you dude! 💖

[@WhenItRainsitsRaining]

Fr ALSO HI ILLY

[@thealmightycrisprat]

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[@mozzarellasticksss]

heyyy my sister loves your videos

[@one-wu7kt]

Hi Illy! Love your videos!!

[@johnsmiter4654]

I was actually on the Shambala Preserve where they filmed this a few months ago. They have shifted to being a legitimate big cat sanctuary and their main focus is on the care and preservation of these animals. And Tippi Hedren still lives on the property, her house is between the enclosures they have for them. It's not just in the middle of the city either, they have a ton of space.

[@cmarquino]

That's good to hear, at least!

[@jennifervillalobos1505]

Bruh were is this place 🤔!!! I’ve lived in Santa Clarita and new nothing about this 😃

[@johnsmiter4654]

@@jennifervillalobos1505 It's actually in Acton. Look up Shambala Preserve.

[@Mmc.879]

the way they pulled on the lion's tail to provoke it was wild...they had no idea what they were doing, I'm flabbergasted

[@screamingbegins4688]

right?! like u dont do that to regular house pets, tf u on pulling on a cats tail whos paw is literally the size of ur head?????!!!!! i rlly hope it was fake

[@charcs_7624]

Literally borderline animal abuse

[@yxe_amy1736]

@@charcs_7624 I don’t think that’s really abuse they were annoying the lion a bit so he attacked so not really abuse but really their fault

[@angelicnm2121]

Ikr, like a normal cat for example, if you literally just touch the tail or pull it , it's gonna get mad, I have no idea wtf they were thinking pulling a LION'S tail

[@universalpower419]

@@charcs_7624 Not really, just stupidity.

[@punkrockbenny]

For anyone who doesn't know, this was one of the most famous families in Hollywood at the time. Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mom) starred in The Birds and Noel Marshall, at one point, represented the author of The Exorcist. I feel like the fact that the article made it seem like they were just some normal family to anyone who wasn't already familiar.

[@justin2308]

Tippi Hedren: The Birds Melanie Griffith: Roar Dakota Johnson: Fifty Shades Trilogy

[@mallorycarpinski1160]

Also I'm assuming the 50 shades reference has to do with the fact that Tippi Hedren is Dakota Johnsons grandmother.

[@mallorycarpinski1160]

O I just got to that part of the video...whoops.

[@acookie7548]

they sounded filthy rich from the beginning, but did they actually do stuff or were they more socialites/rich get richer by fraternising with rich people

[@punkrockbenny]

@@acookie7548 Referring back to my comment, she was in one of the most iconic horror movies of all time and he was a very prominent agent.

[@cuppy.]

"No animals were harmed in the making of the movie 70 cast and crew members were" what an absolute line 😭

[@carment.duplessis9125]

I'm getting a reindeer are better than people vibe from this.

[@writershard5065]

imagine advertising that your company abused your employees in the making of a movie, and a bunch of people happily giving them money for it. People really are fucked lol.

[@whimbrella]

Yeah, apparently a lot of them died due to their living conditions… people are monsters

[@ricoparadiso]

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[@Randsomm]

@@ricoparadiso okay this is probably not a bot, but I ain't readin all of that

[@ApocalypseMoose]

It's funny the tagline is "No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70 cast and crew members were," when one of those floods ended up killing a couple lions. Nothing was safe on _Roar._

[@eyliena]

I do assume the floods weren't the movie's fault though.

[@solarbell9990]

​@@eyliena sure, but they were still part of the making of it, so the tagline is still wrong

[@_its_lunar_]

I love how the commentary community has finally found out about the insane production of this movie

[@millie..]

wtf we get it ur british

[@crazy922blade]

No one cares about your British poems

[@Lamoosa]

what are these replies

[@finnpoe.]

These replies💀💀

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@@Lamoosa bots

[@ranniwolves]

this story reminds me of the lady who “raised” a chimpanzee who ended up ripping her friends face off, you can’t raise a wild animal like a human/in a human environment and expect them to just acclimate. they have instincts that just can’t be trained out of them

[@not_them]

That story is awful, especially since it turned out they were keeping it drugged out of its mind on xanax

[@Jukajobs]

That whole story is absolutely wild, in the worst ways possible. They taught the chimp to drive!!! They gave it human psychiatric medication!!!!! There is no way that could ever have gone well, but what happened was absolutely horrifying. The person who got the worst injuries wasn't even one of the owners, it was a friend of theirs. I hope the least that whole thing can do is make some people rethink getting wild animals as pets.

[@bluebrrypie]

and the opposite too. too many people dump their pets who have been raised in captivity as household pets and think that they’ll survive. they won’t.

[@ranniwolves]

@@bluebrrypie so true!! there are so many domesticated ducks and many other animals released all the time that just can’t survive without human help. it’s so sad that some humans just can’t understand how to treat animals

[@Pharmaec0p1a]

dont ever buy no chimp named travis from tha gas station

[@KeithKunstmannFilms]

My film professor in college was the assistant camera operator on this movie and he has so many bad memories frorm making this. He would never get into specifics but he would talk about how he saw terrible things. Saftey was his top priority ever since. Truly a changed man post Roar 😂

[@shineforeverz]

woah another person commented about their film professor too, seems like the same one!

[@tommymarco]

i think you college buddy is in the comments here mate

[@victoriakayes1765]

What college does he teach at? I might be interested in taking a class under him

[@Logiebear2310]

Frorm

[@Canari_garde]

R o a r

[@placeholdername7797]

watching that kid get attacked by that lion in the first scene was genuinely extremely disturbing. like that kid seems to be in actual pain and fear and it's hard to watch

[@kylief2975]

Good news, its probably acting, or at least mostly. The movie is a horror and the lions are supposed to "attack." The lioness was just playing and doing something called mouthing. The issue with that is that humans are more fragile than lions and they could have easily been hurt.

[@oliviacrews1485]

I highly recommend reading Tippi Hedren’s autobiography. A large portion of the book is about the making of this movie. They got the lions and other animals from bankrupt zoos and trainers that couldn’t take care of them anymore. They were also almost constantly bankrupt while making this movie. I believe now she just runs the animal reserve with actual skilled trainers to help her.

[@P4rz1va1]

Imagine being an actual animal trainer and having to give up a lion to a bunch of reckless amateurs because you can't take care of it anymore.

[@ghostlyhousehorrors]

@@P4rz1va1 you'd think they atleast could've done a background check and investigate how these people take care the animals before giving them into those people care.

[@P4rz1va1]

@@ghostlyhousehorrors they make it sound like they didn't have much of a choice anyway.

[@ghostlyhousehorrors]

@a proverbial lemon bro I'm not that stupid, but sure there's got to be some way to do some checking back in the 70s. Sure it's easier now, but... it just... i don't know...sorry, I'm just frustrated these people were able to acquire and given responsibility of that much lions and big cats, hell even one big cat. The whole thing is insane.

[@Hippidippimahm]

@a proverbial lemon from what I understand credit scores didn’t even exist until the 80’s or so, which is just…a whole other can of worms😂

[@John_Stafford07]

“The couple believed that raising both the big cats and their own offspring under the same roof would minimize the risk of cast members being attacked when shooting on the film,” So basically they thought that if they left their child with the lions, they would have a Disney princess relationship with them?

[@anonymous-mi8su]

That doesn't even work because if ons of the children is disturbed by adults then the lion could've attacked. And it's very possible the lion got a taste of blood somehow and started mauling people.

[@bibsp3556]

There's a certain logic behind that, but they didn't take into account that siblings fight

[@AuDHDarling]

Sounds like they thought they could train the cats, but you can't. You can raise big cats in your home, but you can't train them. Very few people can even manage to train their house cats.

[@ricoparadiso]

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[@Pokegirl1005]

I feel like they used the logic of "raising a cat and dog together makes them like each other more" and applied it to lions and humans

[@th4nky0uf0rth3ven0m]

I was jumpscared by Danny’s camera angle changing. I’m not used to this side of the room,Daniel.

[@Made_on_marzzz]

It makes me uncomfortable

[@mars_is_cooler]

Reddit is appalled by the lack of nutcracker

[@madokazzzsilly]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) lobster back " OIII LADDY, WOULD YOU FANCY A CRUMPET? "

[@tymcornell]

@RULE BRITANNIA! (fours04) 🤡

[@pissapocalypse]

The vibe is OFF Daniel.

[@chrisquinlan6527]

In the early 80s a film adaption of "The Twilight Zone" was filmed. Vic Morrow, a famous actor at the time, and two child actors were killed during a Vietnam War sequence when a pyrotechnic exploded next to a real helicopter that was hovering right above the actors. There was a huge lawsuit and lots of news coverage. Crazy stuff. Really sad.

[@mammoneymelon]

the kids weren't even supposed to be on set. this situation led to better enforced child labor laws in film. it sucks that two kids had to die for it to happen

[@fireice2.031]

Only one died by being crushed. The other two were straight up decapitated. In the footage (which was eventually released), you can actually see a smudge fling out from the helicopter. That smudge was a head.

[@carolineriechel1159]

This is exactly what Jordan Peele was trying to say in his new film Nope, we use animals so often as speculation to our benefit that we completely disregard the fact they deserve to be respected in their own environment WITHOUT human intervention. When an animal decides to react to unfair treatment, we label them as "unsafe" when in reality, it happened due to our lack of proper judgment - yet somehow we continue to do it and are surprised by the outcome.

[@mandemarks7559]

I was waiting for someone to mention nope. That what I was thinking the entire time watching

[@denjidenji9162]

Gotdang i gotta watch that movie

[@requiemgold]

@@denjidenji9162 do it its rlly good

[@mjl11]

@@requiemgold i heard the movie felt a lil flat, but might still give it a watch

[@ensommeille5315]

@@mjl11 I loved it, it was gripping

[@ThatGuy-B48]

LA really was a crazy place back then and not just because of tigers, it was actually considered the Bank Robbing Capital at one point. Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles bank branches were robbed 17,106 times. In 1992 the number was 2,641. Meaning that year, statistically a bank was robbed once every 45 minutes or so.

[@kingpiye7060]

Good

[@justin2308]

I can just imagine the police operations, like: “Finally! That was the last bank on our investigation route, right?” “Yea- no, wait, sorry lieutenant: The First National Bank just got hit again.” “Are you kidding me!?”

[@quinn6815]

1985 was also when the night stalker was on his killing spree in LA

[@Sakkaz]

@@justin2308 and this got repeated for about 17,106 times 😭

[@martina5296]

Wasn't there are really horrific shoot out at one bank in the 90s? FBI, local police, the bank robbers. LA was a hot mess of daytime crime in the 80s/90s.

[@gigiblack2231]

The fact that Tippi Hedren is still living with 13-14 lions and tigers after being attacked in two movies...Dakota Johnson has an interesting family.

[@gentianviolet2785]

WHAT that shouldn't be allowed legally right?!

[@justagirl36]

@@gentianviolet2785 she has a wildlife sanctuary in Shambala I think and their mission is preservation and care for the animals, it's actually quite nice

[@tradeka4206]

I haven’t finished the video yet so I don’t know if Danny touches on this but their claims that no animals were harmed are almost guaranteed to be false. It was the 1970s, back then zoos didn’t even know as much as they do now about taking care of these animals, and these were just random people with no qualifications. You can bet that the conditions the animals lived in were poor and their diets were wrong and their overall health was probably really bad. They were probably incredibly stressed 100% of the time too. Maybe there wasn’t any direct abuse of the animals, but everything about the poor organization of this film tells me that these animals were not given proper care and they lived very uncomfortable lives. I’m sure no one was actively trying to hurt them, but they were still abusing them

[@herb_rolls]

"Nope" coming out before this re-release is iconic. Peele makes such a huge statement on humans exploiting animals for spectacle and turning tragedy around animal exploitation into spectacle. This re-release is literally what Jupe did in "Nope" to the event where his chimpanzee costar killed and maimed actors on set.

[@Bluey306]

not to mention one of Jupe's problem is the fact that because of his (skewed) memory of what happened with the chimpanzee costar (thinking that the chimp was reaching out for a fist bump after killing/maiming everyone else), Jupe acts and believes like he has a special connection - and can form a special connection - with a wild animal. like a Disney princess. and it's often this belief that leads to the exploitation of these animals, making a spectacle out of it, as if they are on a higher plane of existence. this is contrasted with OJ who is good with horses because he understands that they are fundamentally wild animals, and in order to "tame" them you have to get to _their_ level, and even then it doesn't necessarily mean you have a "special connection" with them - just that you now know how to navigate with the animal and co-exist. it's what i get a lot from these people like the creators of "Roar", that they think that just because of something nice that happened with a wild animal or they raised it when they were cuddly cubs, that they have a unique and human connection with the animals. and it's like -- no!! not when you raise them or view them from human standards! calling them "wild animals" isn't """dehumanizing""" or """degrading""" them (real talk some people have this issue with the terminology) - that's literally what they are and you're doing absolutely zero favours to everyone by not _seeing_ that said animals can in fact destroy you in a heartbeat if you don't pay attention to how they function _as their own species._

[@chameleonrose16]

I was thinking about Nope while watching this too

[@djvibekiller]

The re-release was in 2015

[@Shaktixyzx]

Nope was terrible

[@toedpens4954]

@@Shaktixyzx Nope!

[@seigeengine]

The terrifying thing about big cats is they're an awful lot like house cats. It's just that what's cute in something half as tall as your knee is terrifying when the cat is twice the weight of an adult man.

[@JasminMiettunen]

Yeah, house cats scratch people constantly and might “bite” you when playing, it would make sense a fucking lion would do that too, except instead of a little scratch or nibble… Uh, I'm going to stop here.

[@P4rz1va1]

And I've gotten fucked up by a house cat. My cat climbed up my body in a rush once trying to get away from a dog. It hurt for about a week. If it was a big cat I would have been dead. Then again so would the dog.

[@honeycomb937]

@@JasminMiettunen absolutely. my cat nips me playfully but doesn't know how to do it gently, so it hurts, but because she's so small it's fine. imagine a fucking lion being the same way 😭 i can't believe these people thought this even resembled a good idea. couldn't they have just hired a trainer??

[@countryoffelines]

Also it's abusive for the big cats to be in a house or an enclousure so of course they'll be aggressive because it screws their mental health and physical too

[@nakenmil]

I remember watching the Cinema Snob's review of this movie. At one point the elephant is supposed to pull them out of the water or something, but instead he crushes their boat (iirc) and it's really obvious that the actors are terrified but have to play it off as going according to the script. Insane.

[@txyme]

elephants are so strong and huge its insane they didnt just use a puppet or something. elephants are generally calm but still, its a wild animal

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

​@@txyme They're calm, but they also have breakdowns sometimes. Like sometimes you'll see an elephant simply standing there, then all of the sudden he would get angry for no reason, run into someone's house, and knock it down.

[@isabelmarcus2823]

Ok but the craziest thing is that Tippi Hedren is famous for starring in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” which is the story of how wildlife can get a little murdery

[@sarahlaurent62]

And she got seriously injured being attacked by birds and almost lost an eye.

[@ollieno971]

And the behind the scenes on that is crazy too

[@Mrnotpib]

Crows.

[@redvelvetunderground]

then she had a cameo in birdemic, james nguyen's hitchcock mockbuster movie about CGI birds attacking and exploding on people bc of global warming

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

@@redvelvetunderground you say mockbuster, i say literal dogshit

[@dustyjo1010]

My parents used to volunteer at Shambala, the big cat rescue that Tippi Hedren(the wife of the guy who did this movie) ran. She was apparently really nice and fun to be around, she respected the animals, but her husband was uncomfortable to talk with.

[@clarissafariha4504]

I'm so sorry that I read the first sentence at first as 'the big cat that Tippi Hedren rescued ran'. I was confused why you didn't explain more and what happens to the big cat?? Oh I was reading it wrong 😂

[@sullengirl222]

I had a teacher who was close friends with Tippi Hendren and she used to sell bookmarks to raise money for Shambala. I remember telling us about this movie but I just didn't remember the name.

[@AuDHDarling]

I've seen a lot of people in unhealthy relationships with awful people so they never have to grow or work on themselves. If Tippi Hedren at her worst was never worse than her husband on a good day, then she probably never focused on herself (e.g., her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors). Maybe she felt insecure from constantly being in the public eye. Maybe she had unresolved trauma from the abuse she experienced in the film industry. But who cares about that when he husband is getting into arguments with people or has caused another animal attack on set? No time to worry about herself, she's got to do damage control for her husband! I'm very glad they got divorced.

[@sonicthehedgegod]

1. Stalker - entire set was radioactive and like half the cast and crew ended up dying of various cancers suspected to be from the radiation, including the director 2. literally every movie werner herzog ever made with klaus kinski. it's absolutely insane. they're literally in the jungle and the lead actor is the most dangerous thing on set

[@genericname2747]

Why was everything radioactive?? Did they film in the core of chernobyl

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

Bad to the bone

[@cyndrift]

@@genericname2747 the location they shot at was downstream from an abandoned hydroelectric plant in estonia, which evidently hadnt been shut off or quarantined properly and was dumping chemicals into the river.

[@hellaradusername]

There was a John Wayne movie called The Conqueror, where John Wayne played Genghis Khan, they filmed on a former atomic bomb testing site. The soil was radioactive and a lot of the cast and crew got cancer from this. Also they trucked in radioactive soil to Hollywood for reshoots.

[@cyndrift]

@@genericname2747 considering it was meant to be portraying an abandoned, apocalyptic setting it was appropriate for the film, but probably not worth the fallout

[@icarus4302]

10:00 "I honestly feel like if they crack down on him one more time, he's gonna lead his army (of exotic animals) to town hall and take the mayor hostage" Now THAT is a movie I would watch, Danny's gotta go to Hollywood at this rate, editing, writing, songwriting, singing, he could honestly make a movie by himself

[@tmillsfilms]

You didn’t even mention the craziest part of the trailer where they list the the actors names next to their injuries 😅 absolutely insane

[@dooley9654]

😂

[@MelonHere20]

Oh wow XD

[@ursidae97]

I'm glad that Tippi's experience was learning to love big cats but also seeking to better understand where she was failing them and how better to care for them

[@AuDHDarling]

Her journey with big cats seems similar to her journey with her ex husband. Just because something is pretty and exciting doesn't mean you can share a home with it.

[@sweetestgirlonline]

honestly, the boy saying “there are no tigers in africa” is the best. as africans we only ever get inaccurate or overwhelming negative representation in western media w most only knowing that there’s lions and poverty here - i applaud that boy 4 knowing the bare minimum. favourite part. everything else is uninteresting. shout out 2 that boy.

[@Talisguy]

Noel Marshall's character has a Kenyan friend who's the only sane character in the film, wisely refusing to go anywhere near the lions. He was played by Kenyan actor Kyalo Mativo, who wisely refused to go anywhere near the lions, and was thus one of the only people working on the film who didn't get injured. There's a great bit of behind the scenes footage of Mativo saying "where I come from - I'm African - we don't get close to lions. We don't cuddle them, we don't kiss them, we don't do that." He's clearly trying to find a polite way to say "these crazy Americans...", and it's beautiful.

[@jasperjazzie]

i've had people literally try to debate me when i say there's no tigers in africa, it's wild side note but i always found it funny that lions are called "king of the jungle" when they don't even live in the jungle but tigers do, it's only tangentially related but i never got that

[@laformacion]

@@jasperjazzie i never understood this it’s actually crazy

[@morbidsearch]

"There are tigers in Africa" "Actually, no, that's not the truth, Marshall"

[@shipofthesun]

9:00 "I feel like they weren't kidding." You have no idea how crazy. One example: Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys painted his house purple just to piss off his Bel Aire neighbors, and had a huge sandbox in his living room so he could play piano while his feet were twinkling in sand. Apparently it became the largest litter box on earth. That's a mild example. 15:20 It was the 70's, man.

[@boppob1343]

that scene of them panicking trying to get the lion off of Melanie was a real attack and their father just kept the camera running, not a joke

[@everythingz888]

Oh my god that’s terrible

[@boppob1343]

@@everythingz888 pretty sure i read that she had to go to the hospital like right after that clip lol...

[@lucilleballs2291]

that's so abusive, my god

[@autumnsugar6109]

Mentally insane man. He should be in jail

[@kirstene013]

Danny, you should totally make a part 2 where you actually watch the movie and review it! I’m so curious now, we’ve barely scratched (or should I say pawed 💀)the surface.

[@yufusTheFag]

I just watched the first 10 minutes and couldn’t sit through the rest. I watched at least 6 people get attacked, like actually attacked by big cats with actual wounds and blood pouring down their bodies. Trust me, it isn’t a movie you can review on KZbin. It’s absolutely insane

[@boomitscocosucker]

@@yufusTheFag GENUINELY REAL?? holy shit😭

[@kingofthebeast4024]

@@boomitscocosucker yes😭 like halfway through the movie there’s a scene where this pride of lions rips a horse leg apart in a room. Another dude gets clawed in the face by a tiger Edit: The horse was already dead and only the leg is visible

[@boomitscocosucker]

@@kingofthebeast4024 holy shit omg 😟

[@peppermintspice5873]

@@kingofthebeast4024 OH MY GOD 😰 yeah I don’t wanna watch that

[@amalready1684]

Danny needs his own sitcom with every character played by him

[@camelliatea6319]

Being back Vampire Dad!

[@n3wyorkdoll]

centricide?

[@kateb1127]

This reminds me of an old "Wizard of Oz" movie from 1939. The hazards that the actors faced were numerous. Just from a quick google search: the Lion costume was so hot the actor was overheating, the Tin Man costume was toxic, the wich was burned by a device making smoke effects because of a trapdoor failure, the main actress was pretty much starving, and on caffeine and ciggarettes so she wouldn't gain weight and wouldn't act sleepy during night sessions, and the snow they used in some scenes was made from asbestos (and so were some props). As you might have guessed, this one caused a lot of hospital visits...

[@Gunkerjunk]

and the whole witch fire thing

[@_edible_]

​@@Gunkerjunkthats already listed-

[@Gunkerjunk]

mb@@_edible_

[@Evie_SG]

And not to mention the guy who hung himself on the set....

[@Wolfie54545]

@@Evie_SGThat is not true

[@heehee2007]

Damn this Lion King remake sounds crazy

[@THE_GUY_OUTSIDE_YOUR_SCHOOL]

LAMO🤣🤣🤣

[@mewmewkittens8486]

Yeah man

[@tehr6809]

hahahaahha

[@ihaveurballs]

@@THE_GUY_OUTSIDE_YOUR_SCHOOL LIMO

[@remotecontrolledchaos]

LEGENDARY

[@Whatlander]

So Tippi Hedren was sort of a celebrity "spokesperson" at a refugee camp my mum worked in. She stayed in a private trailer and put up a stupid little fence to prevent any of the orphaned children from getting close to her. According to my mum, she mostly spent her time talking about how Hitchcock ruined her career. One time they needed a folding table for something actually useful, and remembering Hedren's little trailer setup had a table, they rode over there on motorbikes and grabbed it while she wasn't around. That's the story of how Tippi Hedren accidentally provided one (1) resource during a humanitarian crisis. Because my mum stole it (allegedly).

[@cmarquino]

That's so horrible omg! But your mom is an icon for stealing her table (allegedly)

[@pokaay3163]

Stupid little fence lmao. It sounds like such a small thing but so condescending that she put it there.

[@jasperjazzie]

to be fair hitchcock did ruin her career, he was really abusive towards people who worked for him and he literally threw birds to attack her for his film "the birds" (which makes this all the more baffling, that someone traumatized by animal attacks would make a film that basically is just entirely animal attacks) but yeah, i guess this is just further proof that someone can be both a victim and an awful person (assuming this is true)

[@46foryounger]

I had no idea she was such a pos. My heart goes out to Melanie. I had not idea until today that she basically tortured animals in this film and let her daughter be mauled. What a pos.

[@placeholderdoe]

@@cmarquino she is a real G

[@tejasgingerbelle87]

Tippi Hedren, the wife, is the actress from Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” I’m kind of surprised she was even down for this because from everything I’ve heard and seen she was completely traumatized from the set of that movie and the birds (her most feared animal) so I would assume she’d be at least somewhat fearful of such large animals if she’s afraid of such small ones. Because pride animals are furry and birds aren’t?🤷‍♀️ Things are really adding up as to why her kids, especially Melanie Griffith ended up so strange and “quirky” to put it lightly…poor tings😳

[@ruthie8785]

Cats eat birds…hmmm…

[@tejasgingerbelle87]

@@ruthie8785 good point🤔

[@kaiotic4910]

just because you have a fear/phobia of one small thing doesn't mean you will be afraid of everything bigger. i am scared of cockroaches (harmless) but not dogs, snakes, or spiders... sorry,, ik that's not the point but like... it makes complete sense why she would be scared of birds but be comfortable with something else even if it's way more dangerous.

[@HetaClaude]

insane form of exposure therapy going on there ngl

[@tejasgingerbelle87]

I was being somewhat facetious. I was only trying to elude to the fact that she was constantly having birds thrust upon her and swarming or enveloping her, which is very similar sounding to how her life was with the original 24 lions in LA. Even at the compound, and especially later on set, herself along with others were constantly being swarmed too, but with pride animals in this case, and even worse tackled, wrestled with, aggressively pawed at, and even bitten and mauled. It seems ironic is all…trading a swarm of animals that you’ve grown to fear due to work conditions for another fearsome swarm of animals for not only your work but now your home life too. It’s pretty ironic to me…only difference is she and her husband were now in Hitchcock’s position of power as the creators of this expansive terror of a set.

[@EntrailBeetle]

In the clip with the person in blue with the lioness on top of them, she wasn’t saying “no”, she was saying “naul” which was a code word for the cast to let the crew know they were being seriously injured. I think the had to go through face reconstruction surgery

[@weasel1822]

You left out the best part! This crazy bastard hired an actual African man to be in the movie to make it more “authentic” and the man thought real animals wouldn’t actually be used so when he started his job, he couldn’t withhold his reactions. So literally every one of his fearful reactions he was told to do are genuine and not an act.

[@daydream5120]

@touraubord You know, that’s telling something when the ACTUAL African man HIDES from the lions

[@tommymarco]

@@daydream5120 the smart man

[@Lisa_Flowers]

@@daydream5120 y'all know that most Africans don't just like...have some innate knowledge of lions or big cats right? Most will never see a lion because lions live on reserves far far away from people. They don't have any more or less experience with lions than people from anywhere else lol. Most humans with their heads screwed on correctly would run or hide from lions regardless of where they come from.

[@TreeDragon]

I checked the Wikipedia to answer my question right away, and oh thank god these weren't Ralph Helfer's animals. He did something similar to what these movie producers did, turning his home into an exotic animal rescue sanctuary and hand-rearing dangerous animals. He would sometimes transport animals for movie shots, and his best friend Zamba was literally the MGM lion. But his writings never mention anyone getting hurt. His bond with his animals was exceptional and he took training and safety seriously. He had a big ass bed made so he could still sleep next to his buddy Zamba when he was getting bigger.

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

Bad to the booone

[@alexandrarenee4323]

The mgm lion was like poked and prodded for that shot. Like they hurt him so he would roar 💀

[@TreeDragon]

@@alexandrarenee4323 apparently there were multiple different lions over the years. I'm confident that wasn't the case for Helfer's animal. Helfer went into the business largely to show you can train animals (especially exotic animals in the Hollywood business) without animal cruelty/whips and cruelty-based training.

[@forthefrogs]

none of the mgm lions are called Zamba on Wikipedia. did he have a different nickname maybe?

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

B-b-b-b-baaad

[@itskevinolear]

If Tippi Hedren had a nickel for every time she was in a movie where she was actually attacked by live animals, she’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

[@martina5296]

Sounds like animals have a sense about people. Probably why she keeps the "rescue" big cats at her "sanctuary" in cages. I saw a tour t hat she gave some reporter that was from years ago. Don't know if she still has it.

[@user-me3ge8de4o]

Phineas and ferb reference

[@itskevinolear]

@@user-me3ge8de4o actually I was referring to The Birds

[@loafbunmerp8050]

@@itskevinolear they're talking about the nickel thing. That originated as a joke in Phineas and Ferb

[@itskevinolear]

@@loafbunmerp8050 and I’m talking about the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, which Tippi Hedron also starred in and was also actually attacked by live birds during shooting.

[@le-monmarmalade1064]

I feel so bad for the kids who probably have so much trauma from growing up surrounded by dangerous animals, to when they questioned it being called stupid, and then their parents divorcing, and all this being put on the internet for anyone to watch.

[@saliv88]

Fun fact: Jan de Bont, after having his scalp sewn back on, went on to direct 2 of the biggest movies of the 90s: “Speed” and “Twister.”

[@cass6082]

I know some people who ran a lion sanctuary, and the thing about “raising” lions is that they’re a lot like wolves. While they can become accustomed to humans and even trained, they cannot be tamed. They are wild animals, not pets, their natural instincts are way stronger than something like dogs and they will act on them. This doesnt mean that they’ll hunt people, most lions aren’t man killers naturally, but they will play rough or get excited/frightened and lash out

[@ghostlyhousehorrors]

While play rough and lashing out doesn't often result in severe injuries or deaths in their own species and not an attack in these creature's perspectives, humans are not built to withstand that, plus these animals aren't like their domesticated relatives, their existence is not designed for human interaction and co-existence.

[@linneascameraroll]

@@ghostlyhousehorrors well worded

[@mofteef]

sigma

[@mastermarkus5307]

I don't have experience with big cats, but I follow the channel Big Cat Derek. His wife is the founder of CARE Rescue where they house quite a few big cats, and while Derek is literally able to pet some of them, the adult animals are ALWAYS behind a fence because even if you're friendly with one of the animals, they can get, say, defensive of their food, or just be in a bad mood. Hell, sometimes they're playful but you wouldn't want to be on the same side of the fence as them because they just... don't know/think about how they can injure you. The best way for people to live with wild animals isn't trying to force them into our lifestyle, but to respect their space.

[@tinyprettymoon]

Safari Sammi is great too! I love how she boops the noses of her big cats 🥺

[@JasminMiettunen]

Yeah, you can train them and they can love you, but like a house cat scratching you while playing, they might too, except they can do a lot more damage

[@linneascameraroll]

@@JasminMiettunen exactly

[@kjdubs5877]

"Hey Patrick, I found something even funnier than 70." "What is it?" "72."

[@bloodybutterfly2992]

As someone who actually works with big cats and studied them, this made me physically sick.

[@gretahunt4401]

Oh me too! The sick part. Not the big cats part, although I am from Zimbabwe and am friends with people who rehab wild animals including big cats. The mishandling of the animals especially the elephant in the movie would’ve been horrific. As bad as it sounds, I don’t care that these people got hurt by the animals. They deserved it for what they put the animals through!

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

Bad to the bone

[@J2nce]

@@gretahunt4401 Most people who signed up must've assumed the lions were well trained as they SHOULD'VE been, its not the actors faults it the directors. Don't be heartless, none of the actors deserved those injuries.

[@lampylightbulb]

Yeah, no, 100% feel the same way Shoulda just seen those lions in the house, taken some dope pictures and marvel at it from a distance *And left it at that*

[@prixe12]

@@lampylightbulb Those kids didn't get a choice though one of the daughters literally had to have facial reconstruction surgery after being mauled by a fucking tiger. I'm begging yall to think critically and not go "HumAns bAd". If you're gonna get mad at anyone be angry at their dumbass parents.

[@ajones7735]

Honestly, a movie about the making of this movie would be awesome.

[@Jessica-nu7qu]

How can we get this to Jordan Peele’s desk

[@sunshine3914]

Tippi wrote a book about it. I’m surprised it hasn’t been made into a movie. BTW - She’s in her 90s & still runs a wild animal preserve.

[@g.j.9515]

well since inception rules apply here the injured count would double to 144

[@mrgroucho5112]

@@sunshine3914 WTF

[@impano666]

And they use lions

[@ashleythekittymaster4907]

The fire and flood weren’t metaphors here’s a quote from IMDb under the trivia section “In 1978, a flood from a dam break killed many lions in the film, washed away the set and destroyed nearly all of the movie, including sets, completed film footage and three key lions including Robbie, the movie's lion king. The picture was set back several years and the damaged done amounted to approximately US $4 million.” “In September 1979, the production was hit by a second natural disaster - a bushfire threatened the ranch where this movie was filming. All the animals were evacuated to safety. Noel Marshall was clawed by a cheetah when protecting the wildlife during this fire.”

[@americachavez2846]

so I guess the tagline is a lie bc it sounds like there definitely were animals harmed during production

[@whimbrella]

Rip lions… that’s so depressing

[@MxDae]

God really went, "You dumbasses need to chill."

[@beththebubbly69]

@@americachavez2846 I dont think a natural disaster happening counts as "during production" since it wasnt a result of the production itself (legally), but youre definitely right that like... they wouldnt have been in the flood or fire zones if they werent in the production so

[@peachforce]

God Himself wanted to stop this shit.

[@ogzombiebreakfast]

That "scene" is Melanie Griffith being actually chewed on by a lion, and Tippi Hedren freaking out and trying to get the lion to let go.

[@omgthisissoawesome]

Obsessed with Danny covering this movie but not watching it or even so much as looking up what the plot actually ended up being 💀💀 I really wanna know what’s going on now!

[@vogelvrouw]

i think red letter media has a Best Of The Worst video abt this, they're a lot of fun, do recommend

[@GG_ab]

I mean honestly after reading that article, I do not want to watch the movie knowing ppl were injured lol, I would only think about that

[@Sanhitha]

@@GG_ab exactly

[@cumologist2654]

@@GG_ab honestly yeah

[@joemamacaprisun]

its actually a horror film about the animals turning on their humans one by one

[@yiltgir]

fun fact! another one (i just started watching idk if he mentions this one) is "noah's ark" (1928) where they actually flooded the set and didnt tell anyone. the fear and panic in the film is completely authentic during the "great flood" depiction. three people died, one man lost his leg, and many more were injured during the flood. it was most likely one of the reasons why film safety regulations were established in 1929.

[@yiltgir]

this fact wasn't very fun :(

[@katharineball585]

Imagine your movie being so dangerous that they have to make regulations for every movie after it

[@Pebble_.989]

I watch every thing you all watch

[@julessosaqtana6019]

apparently having exotic animals was like I thing around that time, my grandpa said he new someone who walked their lion around on a leash. he also new a middle school teacher who had a giant exotic snake in his classroom, but he had to get rid of it after it tried to swallow a little girl’s arm. ya, maybe wild animals like belong in the wild or something 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ThoughtlessHour]

It's "knew" my man

[@julessosaqtana6019]

@@ThoughtlessHour sorry lol

[@ThoughtlessHour]

@@julessosaqtana6019 no worries, just a grammar mistake

[@Ratsonratsonratsonrats]

I knew an elderly woman who had ordered a baby bear from a catalog when she was 8 and her parents took care of it for 6 years before giving it to a zoo

[@char1211]

The snake doesn't have to be that bad actually but it depends a lot on what type of snake it was and whether or not it was wild caught. If it was a boa constrictor raised in captivity it would've been a very nice and docile pet but if the girls hand smelled like food it would try to swallow her hand. It would've been very scary for her and it would've hurt but the snake isn't venomous or big enough to swallow any more than her arm and no snake would bite off part of a person, snakes always swallow their prey whole.

[@saturn.sunris3]

During the filming of 1986 “The Adventures of Milo and Otis” over 20 kittens were killed in the making of just a single scene, not to mention the scene where a pug is quite literally being attacked by a bear and the worst part is they can still put the “no animals were harmed during filming” even though many animals sadly lost their lives.

[@emlynsword203]

This whole thing is crazier when you find out that Tippi Hedren’s big break was ‘The Birds’ where she was mauled by birds constantly and was extremely traumatized. (There were also claims that she was mistreated by director, Alfred Hitchcock during filming.) Makes you think, why would she ever want to work with animals again after that?

[@firstnamelast5474]

crazy interesting how she's desperate to recreate the trauma which made her famous

[@46foryounger]

Yeah she was so traumatized that she let her own daughter get mauled and scalped by a lion and almost lose her eye. Absolute whack-job

[@picklegurrl]

This is so insane, I really wonder how traumatized these kids were and how CPS just didn't intervene

[@doefarris2189]

CPS didn't really exist in the 70s

[@marynewsom6037]

I’ve seen this movie twice and it’s amazing. It’s kinda terrible but watching the animals interact with the humans is both horrifying and fascinating, especially since probably half of the scary moments were moments where the big cats were acting affectionately/familial towards the humans. Scariest part of the movie was a giant tiger standing over Melanie Griffith and grooming the back of her neck…where a kitten would have a scruff and humans have thin skin over a fragile cerebral cortex😳 Also the reason behind raising the big cats together as cubs was so they would be less aggressive and territorial than if they were introduced as adults. NOT saying I condone or agree with any of this, just saying that was the “logic” behind that decision.

[@youngphix508]

where did you watch it i cant find it anywhere

[@ghostlyhousehorrors]

About that human fragility Another thing is, even if the animal had no intention to kill, actions such as play fighting, nips, a warning attack like the animal saying "cut it out" or "i don't want to do that" (usually harmless done to another of it's species) , or biting the scruff as one does to a kitten, all of those can severely injure or kill a human.

[@marynewsom6037]

@@ghostlyhousehorrors absolutely! The scene Danny played from the trailer, where Marshall’s on a bike and being chased by lions? In that scene, Marshall dismounts the bike and lovingly greets/plays with the various lions. One of the lions gets slightly too rambunctious and accidentally *impales his hand with a claw, that’s real blood on screen*

[@marynewsom6037]

@@youngphix508 I saw it once at Alamo Drafthouse, and the other time rented on Alamo on Demand (don’t know if this streaming service is still available, or just a thing Alamo Drafthouse had during the pandemic to raise money while theaters were closed). Sorry I couldn’t be more help :( Edit: fixed name to Alamo on Demand; also the service still exists-has listing for Roar but says it’s “not yet available” :( hopefully it comes back!

[@redglassesart]

It’s a bit sad when you hear something like this or in other classic movies where the actors are pushed way over their limit. However, i think they’re doing better nowadays. Like in Loki, Sylvie’s outfit was designed with easy access for Sophia Di Martino breastfeed her baby. Or decreasing the Inquisitor’s head size for Rupert Friend’s comfort because he’s doing a lot more than just walking a few steps. Things like that.

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

I fell down a rabbit hole recently about this movie and it blew my damn mind. Poor Melanie, imagine your parents are both committed to this fkn batshit film. I can see why she would come back after being hurt, because she trusts them, wants to help them and prove to them she's committed to the film.

[@Crazyjt]

Two uploads from Danny within like a week? Nice

[@officialneverfar]

fr lol

[@wetfish4066]

Oh god he’s dead isn’t he

[@NjgthS0rm]

Ikr

[@acunit55]

I thought this was like a fake at first tbh

[@Big_Simp2]

yes

[@kapowgirl123]

You know, one of the reasons they were probably so aggressive was because theres supposed to be only one male in a pride of lions, not only males living together, otherwise they constantly fight over territory. Even being raised in a house together, animal instincts always take over, as proven.

[@maroohater75]

Jokes aside, if someone made a sitcom about the making of this movie, I would watch it probably around 8 times over.

[@ninac1954]

The fact that they probably went and captured all those animals from their home and forced them into new high stress environments is insane

[@sunshine3914]

“Hedren's strong commitment to animal rescue began in 1969 while she was shooting two films in Africa and was introduced to the plight of African lions. In an attempt to raise awareness for wildlife, she spent over a decade bringing Roar (1981) to the screen. She started her own nonprofit organization, the Roar Foundation, in 1983…” - Wikipedia Makes one wonder…

[@TheReck12]

Yeah because living the fat LA house cat life is more stressful than in the wild...

[@Tw0Dots]

least of anyone’s worries

[@46foryounger]

@@sunshine3914 What does it say that she named the organization Roar after a movie which contained animal abuse and 70 animal attacks on the cast and crew. I would love if they did a netflix show about this and exposed her and her ex husband. That the least both of them deserve.

[@ReiAnikaAyanami]

​@@TheReck12 do you have a brain at all? because i doubt it. if you had a functioning brain you wouldn't think that was a correct point to make.

[@GothWithAGoldenRetriever]

This was one of my film school professor's first ever gigs in the industry! He was a light op- likes to whip out the story when students complain lmao

[@1000-i7d]

Holy shit did he get hurt??

[@gigiblack2231]

It would be horrifying to have that as your first gig

[@zw4026]

I watched this movie a few years ago and the whole movie really is just genuinely terrified people being attacked by lions.

[@troodon1096]

And they're not acting...

[@chuminc]

Bro where'd u watch it

[@gaby5546]

4:50 Bruh why did they think having the lion cubs around them and their kids would domesticate them and make them friendly to strangers??? Even DOGS - a domesticated animal - aren't usually friendly to strangers.

[@redvelvetunderground]

michael cimino's heaven's gate was pretty dangerous, a horse was literally blown up during one of the battle scenes in the film which is the reason nowadays whenever you see the phrase "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" in the credits of any movie that has animals in it.

[@Garsnoos]

Holy shit. Wtf. That’s awful!

[@whimbrella]

That’s so sad. People are monsters for using animals for their entertainment

[@honeybee2525]

That’s awful.

[@atulyabharadwaj2279]

@@whimbrella you eat chicken?

[@whimbrella]

@@atulyabharadwaj2279 No I’m vegan actually, have been for almost 6 years now

[@kittikat4124]

The 1928 Noag's Ark also had an incredibly high injury (and death) toll. 3 people are the confirmed attributed and there was a copy that existed that showed the people who drowned and it was released in the original theatrical version. That original cut is considered lost, though, but the revised version was preserved and can be watched on internet archive. It does still include the flood scene, so be aware you may be watching people actually die if you choose the watch the full movie. If I remember correctly, it is unknown whether the people who died are in the revised cut or not.

[@thepumpkinshorts4264]

imagine going in the theater to watch a new movie that came out, and before the movie starts it says “Hey btw, everybody you see in this movie is either DEAD or in critical condition”

[@babbybobabs8701]

it's funny how tipi hendren was in THE BIRDS and she was like "oh but lions are okay"

[@skyefirenails]

It's really sad that a teenage Melanie Griffith had to get married to "escape". But then that relationship was awful too. I mean, she had her face reconstructed after a run in with the lion on her parents property, but they still wouldn't get rid of the lion.

[@Epicwolf-ew7ig]

to be fair, it wasn't the lion's fault. also, to be fair, these people were never properly equipped to own wild animals in the first place. they were horrible parents for putting their kids in constant peril by having so many wild animals in the house, even if they had raised them from birth (which, to my understanding, they didn't). i do think most animals can bond with a human, especially ones as intelligent as big cats, but that does not mean that it's safe to own them; by taking responsibility for a wild animal, you accept the fact that they are alive and have minds of their own, and that if they hurt you, it's your responsibility too. what pisses me off the most isn't even that they put the kids in danger, though - it's that they put the animals in danger. 99% of the time, if a wild animal hurts a human, that animal is put down, just for being an animal. i think it was kevin hart that put it best (and correct me if i have the wrong comedian): "that tiger didn't go crazy, that tiger went tiger." it upsets me so much that people take these animals from their natural habitats to make a spectacle of them, then kill them when they act like they evolved to act. i'm glad tippy hedren is atoning, but it's so fucked that this movie was ever made, and everyone but the kids, who were coaxed into filming by their parents, should be in prison imo.

[@dirtysploof5890]

@@Epicwolf-ew7ig bro what set you off

[@Epicwolf-ew7ig]

@@dirtysploof5890 i like people a lot less than i like animals

[@dirtysploof5890]

@@Epicwolf-ew7ig i get it, us taking them then punishing them (killing) for acting out against captivity is fucked

[@INVINCIBLE840]

that "thank god for cgi bcuz imagine getting a real life thanos joke" has me absolutely losing it

[@1993Southparkfan]

Lol. I was thinking he was going to reference that lion from Chronicles of Narnia when he mentioned cgi

[@zeinaaaaaa7468]

my only experience with lions -or big cats in general- is when i went to one of those wildlife conservatives and the guy working there got a lion cub to show us and i was 6 and absolutely terrified, my dad tried to get me to pet it, but i suppose it realized how scared i was and roared at me the moment i stepped closer, and i literally bolted away and refused to get anywhere near it and cried till my parents left TLDR; 6 year old me showed more self preservation instincts than anyone who ever came close to the set of that movie

[@ghostlyhousehorrors]

That kind of reminded me of a young lion, (not close to full grown and not small size where you can hold them), that was in this talk show in some Latin american country. Anyway a toddler was there close by and was loudly distressed and that triggered the animal's prey drive and grab the kid's leg. Luckily the kid was fine and the time they removed the animal, the claws didn't get through the skin yet. Anyway dangerous situation, it doesn't matter how young a wild animal is, Luckily everyone was fine but it's a situation that could easily end up a lot worse.

[@TheBengineerTV]

The fact that he can make an an article about an obscure movie into a hilarious video just shows the talent

[@YorkerYeti]

Kind of interesting how the "he's right behind me isn't he" was supposed to be a funny subversion of the unaware guy when he's ranting about something with someone behind him, but then that subversion turned into an even worse trope

[@lejuanca]

That's The Joke Friend 🤓👍

[@YorkerYeti]

@@lejuanca Uh yeah, I wasn't making fun of this video or anything

[@bloomypeach6168]

They literally understood the joke that were just commenting on the use of it

[@lejuanca]

You're Right Friend 🤓👍 i guess that is Kind Of Interesting

[@OPnerdthey]

I'm so fucking glad Danny is talking about this movie, the filming of it was wild. It's a classic example of the way movies used to be filmed and the wild bullshit that happened to actors on set.

[@Ziob]

Milo and Otis was more dangerous in real life than the movie. It's a film about a pug and a tabby cat going on some crazy adventure but so many animals were harmed in the making of it: "According to a 1990 Australian newspaper report, more than 20 kittens were killed during its production and one cat's paw was intentionally broken to make it look unsteady when walking."

[@BroKenYaKnow]

Holy shit, I watched that movie so many times as a kid

[@littlecharizard426]

I always hated that movie

[@mountaindewbajablasst]

that is so fucked up, poor kitties.

[@michaelfurman5548]

This. Was a favorite of mine as a kid and it broke my heart to hear the story of how it was made.

[@julian3490]

We had to watch that movie every year for music class in elementary school I don't know why but we did

[@omaramo19]

2:24 ".... Make that 92."

[@dancinginyourlevis]

at 11:50 when danny says “how about 4 million hospital visits? how about half the earth?” i got an ad that just said in the same tone “how about cherry ice cream?” lol

[@Originabl]

*4 billion

[@Zerigala1028]

Oh hey, I was actually one of the lions in the movie. Tippi Hedren taught me English and computer literacy. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me.

[@godzdead]

wow lions can transition too??!?😨😨

[@BlueTrueBlueClue]

I highly recommend people watch some of the making-of footage from this shoot because Danny's descriptions do not do it justice just how insane it is. There was a really great documentary about it a few years ago worth watching too. Absolutely wild.

[@gabriellabello1906]

12:23 * a kid's head being chewed by a lion * Ouch! That's got to hurt! 😅