Production Hell - Apocalypse Now

When it comes to movies that have had a nightmarish production, few films compare to Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, Apocalypse Now. Join me as I take you through the history of one of the most difficult movies ever made.

[@TheCriticalDrinker]

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[@wrongway1100]

Isnt this movie based on a book A Heart of Darkness

[@azenn-a-matics1]

Thanks for another great video, I hope to help provide for the labor costs, and by that I mean your bar tab. But really though, thanks again for another look into the Critical Drinker's mind.

[@darknessviking]

why the f did you have to show the animal slaughter scene. shame on you. come on man.

[@nephimcknight5832]

In a war, there are many moments for compassion and tender action, there are many moments for ruthless action, what is often called ruthless, what may in many circumstances be unkind, seeing clearly what there is to be done and doing it, directly, quickly, awake.

[@Charok1]

you mean "return to the CIVILIZED world", not the real world. Now you have to re-edit the whole video. Better get some coke from Hopper. haha ;)

[@kylevernon]

Brando was the only one on set who wasn’t on drugs and he still managed to be the weirdest guy there.

[@kenr4531]

Now 'that's' acting!

[@Garrus1995]

Maybe he wasn’t high, but I’m sure he tried to fuck everyone there.

[@mayatiita1]

Garrus1995 😂😂😂 Some of that is myth. I read his biography and I think those rumours started long after he died. They’re overstated.

[@raoulduke3000]

@LordMightyTrousers you are right of course, and I didn't state otherwise! Brando was drinking heavily, so complaining about Hopper using coke and whatnot seems ridiculous!

[@bruhdon4748]

Yeah he was getting all antsy thinking of all his sex slaves that are trying to escape when he’s away on set

[@GoblinKnightLeo]

"The attack choppers kept getting called away to blow up actual targets" Holy shit, that's quite the production.

[@dickmelsonlupot7697]

The Philippines at that time was under constant harassment by communists. It is still today as well but the communists here now are but a mere shadow of what they used to be.

[@DarkNova50]

"Is that...a bullet hole? It wasn't there in the previous scene." "We can edit it out in post."

[@Raskolnikov70]

Amazing that the pilots didn't mix up the movie set and the battlefield. Imagine having a bunch of extras or even some of the credited cast get blown up by napalm on set.

[@behindbarsmototouring898]

That topped Michael Jackson using real gang member in the Beat It music video by miles!!!!

[@visionist7]

Imagine the TIE fighters on a Star Wars set being constantly called away to fight real rebels lol

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

Before production began, Coppola sought out his former mentor, Roger Corman, to ask him for any tips on filming in the Philippines, as Roger had made SEVERAL movies in the Philippines during his career. Roger responded to him with just two words: “Don’t go.”

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

Coppola replied: NAH, IT'LL BE FINE!

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

@@ItsNotaTuhmah Pretty much

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

@Barstool4545 Yikes! I can imagine. I grew up in Louisiana, so trust me when I say I know all about relentless, agonizing heatwaves lol 🔥😳🔥

[@MountainTomb]

@Barstool4545 Where at in the Philippines? I spent some time in Cebu during the rainy season but there was a few days that got decently hot.

[@francreeps4509]

Heat, typhoons, unpredictable weather, merely the tip of the iceberg of everything that can drive you mad in my country.

[@nicholasedwin2278]

Marlon Brando being disgusted by unprofessional behavior is like Kathleen Kennedy being disgusted by over-politicization in movies

[@Raskolnikov70]

Seems like a similar mindset though - "it's okay when I do it"

[@MykeLewisMusic]

@@Raskolnikov70 Yeah, there's a lot of that going around North America these days 🤣

[@joejoe2658]

or by megalomaniacal chicks who look like dudes.

[@hebanker3372]

It's called ''moral myopia''.

[@johnsnow04]

Brando was a professional mostly. Trouble is, he was getting lazier and lazier by age. Refused to memorize the script and shit like that. Robert Duvall had to have a page of script pinned to his suite when Brando was talking to him in "The Godfather" just so this one knows the lines he was suppose to say. Brilliant performer, that is why Coppola and other take him even if they knew how he was.

[@rosephjosenbaum7130]

“I don't like cocaine. It's coarse, rough and irritating and it gets everywhere” What George Lucas would have said to Dennis Hopper had he directed the movie.

[@minigiganten]

Probably like death sticks

[@Herr_Artago]

😂😂😂😂

[@NicholasSilva1380]

this is a lame joke

[@Zamolxes77]

You should go home and rethink your life.

[@Zamolxes77]

@@rosephjosenbaum7130 Wow, just wow, /woosh. Kim Jensen mentioned death sticks. Do you want to buy death sticks ? No, I don't want you to sell me death sticks. I don't want to sell you death sticks You want to go home and rethink your life. So please, go home and rethink your life, read some books, like Sarcasm for dummies, watch some movies, preferably not by Disney.

[@Sandul666]

This movie is why TROPIC THUNDER is one of the greatest comedies ever. So much of it was influenced by this movie

[@r_r_rye2441]

I also think Tropic Thunder is a way better searing indictment of Hollywood than Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back was, which is the only other movie I can think of that takes a shot at Hollywood.

[@dantakeoff]

Try do blackface in a movie today....

[@fullclipaudio]

It is the Spinal Tap of war movies.

[@pilummurialis6490]

Come and See is the most horrifying war movie, cause it shows the real stuff that went on in WWIi

[@maydaverave]

Hot shots part duex parodies it pretty damn good and even has charlie sheen doing same part and scenes as his father.

[@siradro]

Imagine a world where art is no longer torture, where it’s easy, agreeable, just what you wanted...oh

[@stevedenis8292]

Must also be interpreted in only a specific agenda driven way.

[@047Kenny]

It’s not what I wanted. I prefer apocalypse now

[@siradro]

We have a whole world apart from crap films... it's literature. Pick up a good book and read. And if you have the resources build a decent personal library, and pass it on - in words, wisdom, certain nods... all is not lost to these basic btiches.

[@siradro]

Daphne Du Maurier.... she's fire, friend. That lady could WRITE.

[@ericaugust1501]

@homer555552 more reliable profit in mass appeal crap.

[@daddydreet145]

It's nice to remember a time when people actually cared about the movies they made.

[@0lionheart]

They still do. We only remember the good, or hilariously bad, films from that time. If Best of the Worst shows anything, it's that there's an absolute landfill of shitty low-effort cash grab films from that time, that we just forget about.

[@sc1338]

@@0lionheart maybe, but creativity is stifled now due to the “woke”.

[@juggmkj]

If people "caring" about the movies they made produced this awful, non-sensical, totally inaccurate, far too long movie...I'd rather them not care at all.

[@homerhat420]

Says the guy with a pennywise pic.

[@brucewallace1600]

@@sc1338 exactly. Especially when movies are being political instead of being Fantasy and creativity

[@dialaskisel5929]

"Somehow I don't think Disney would sanction something like this!" What, you mean digging up a corpse from its resting place, desecrating it, and putting it on display for the spectacle and their own greed? **looks at Star Wars meaningfully** Na, it'll be fine.

[@fuckgoogle2554]

They're also famous for pushing lemmings down a cliff.

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Not just Star Wars in general, but they also had the audacity to create a CGI abomination to stand in for Peter Cushing’s character in Rogue One due to the actual actor being... “unable” to reprise his role as the Grand Moff Tarkin. 😱

[@gram440a]

nailed it

[@evertonporter7887]

10:05 one could be talking about Star Wars and other modern blockbusters of late...

[@skylx0812]

Christian Bale was 18 when he starred in the Disney musical "Newsies!". In an interview he said the teens cast as extras were child prostitutes and drummed up a lot of business among the film crews. They would film their scenes during the day then sneak back into the closed studios after sunset and do their night work. Bale said he mostly rembers there was a lot of humping going on during the making of that film. Disney's no slouch either when it comes to crud.

[@jwnj9716]

Still, they survived and gave us a memorable classic unlike Ghost of the Noonday or Island of Doctor Moreau.

[@Anoneeemouse]

Island is a memorable classic just not in the way they intended.

[@ratchetthunderstud193]

Now its just an easy run of the mill bullshit, i'm sorry kids that your movies suck blame the left.

[@Blech319]

@Jkd Buck76 last tango in paris

[@floydvaughn836]

One overlooked factor in this saga is the real role that R.Lee Ermy played. He'd expatriated to the Phillipines and owned a chopper for hire company. Taught himself to fly. Coppola rented helicopters from him, saving him from bankruptcy. He also flies one of them and plays a Sergeant on the ground. Previously, he did The Boys of Charlie Company basically playing himself. R.I.P. Gunny.

[@John_on_the_mountain]

Damn i never knew that. Makes him even more of a legend

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Daisey Ridley: "I suffered for my role acting as Rey!" Martin Sheen: "Hold my M-16..."

[@rall172]

Hold the Colonel's surfboard!😂

[@harrambou9468]

She didn’t really say that, DID SHE? Sheeeeit...She suffered about as much as Rey.

[@dyveira]

The scene where he punches the mirror was 100% genuine. He was drunk and punched the mirror which cut his hands right open. The blood he wipes all over his face is just his actual blood. That's pretty metal.

[@illusioNery]

I mean, I’m sure she had to either spread her legs or swallow some Weinstein milk in order to get that role so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@studinthemaking]

illusioNery Yeah, the old Hollywood casting couch

[@IamBlackToast]

“Somehow, I don’t think Disney would sanction something like this.” Giving modern Disney a little too much credit there, mate. They’d give their own grandmothers’ corpses the “I Spit On Your Grave” special if Chairman Winnie the Xu threw enough yuans at them.

[@Legion849]

Hahahaha this is a masterpiece of a comment.

[@Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd]

fuckin genius

[@All2Meme]

"Winnie the Xu"...I'll have to remember that one! LOL

[@eddy1901]

Wow you went there. I love it. I wonder how many people actually catch that?

[@rc59191]

They filmed next to a active concentration camp as long as they're making Chinese money they will throw morals out the window.

[@rvnmedic1968]

I was in Vietnam from 1968-69, Air Force medic in an ER outside Saigon. Did medical missions to villages outside a 30 mile radius, responded to inflight emergencies on the flight line, sewed guys up, smoked some powerful stuff in bars in Saigon, and our dispensary was in an old French concrete one story building. Next to it was an Army mortuary with casualties arriving daily and the corpses sent home in stainless steel (or aluminum) caskets taken to the flight line on flat bed tractor trailers. We smelled death every day from the morgue, and knew when floaters (our wounded in rice paddies) and crispy critters (our wounded burned to death), recognizing the difference. Air raid sirens when VC activity was spotted near the base, flare parachutes lighting up the night sky and C-130 gunships firing streams of tracers down towards the enemy. Sometime we got hit by Soviet made 105mm rockets. The atmosphere was palpable on a daily basis. I refused to watch (afraid?) Apocalypse Now for the longest time. I listened to the Doors "this is the end" cut a lot of times and it added to the movie. I have moderate PTSD and I think the allegorical parts of the movie were genuine. We never should have been there. Thanks CD for a fascinating insight into the making of this classic war film.

[@WolfStory]

Wow.. thats quite a take on your experience. So did you indeed ever end up watching the whole movie?

[@rvnmedic1968]

@@WolfStory I've watched it a number of times in later years.

[@Hjerte_Verke]

You are one of the honored veterans, likely, because you had to go because of the draft--we others went because we volunteered, as fools. Cheers brother.

[@zackearl3200]

dude... thank you for your service man.. as crazy as it was...

[@jasonjones7461]

My dad was in Vietnam...he occasionally talks about it but never anything too graphic. However I know he feels much like you sir. He will not watch ANY movie like that because it's a terrible reminder and also gets very mad anytime something downplays or misrepresents it too. I have EXTREME respect for him and that extends to you as will sir. It's not been said NEARLY enough, thank you for your service.

[@S1ipperyJim]

Never get out of the boat

[@dante666jt]

Unless you are going all the way!

[@DerekPower]

Absolutely Goddam-right

[@nero5922]

DUDE I DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE

[@schopen-hauer]

@@dante666jt kurtz go out of the boat, he split from the whole fuckin program...

[@benwinter2420]

Until he gets you to the other side

[@timothye.2644]

Star Wars put George Lucas in the hospital. Apocalypse now would have killed him for sure...

[@187mrsmith]

It almost killed the Creator and director of The godfather he had to fund this out of his personal money because it was just so over budget and so crazy 😭

[@Red0543]

I prefer to imagine that George Lucas would have gone insane, grabbed all the drugs, loaded them unto one of the patrol boats before taking the boat up one of the Filipino rivers and turning into a real life Colonel Kurtz. “Hey George, you okay?” “The horror... The horror....”

[@studinthemaking]

Lucas ONLY had exhaustion. Not jungle diseases or a heart attack.

[@javi4101]

he was offered to direct it, but declined by not believing that he was the right man to do it. Edit: I guess you can say that Coppola made him an offer that he refused! BWAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@flower_girl4983]

@@studinthemaking he actually had a heart attack. the studio was giving him shit

[@jaymeister4850]

Nevermind an Oscar, Coppola deserves a Medal of Honor for getting this film done

[@AbhishekChaudhary-uq4xo]

He did win Palme D'Or for it.

[@johngeiger3770]

Old school filmmaking is no joke.

[@gram440a]

"Since he refused to learn his lines, the only option was to turn the camera on him and just let him talk, hoping that some of it would eventually be usable" ...ACTING!!!

[@apachehelicopter9032]

They tried that on the Ghostbusters remake too...just mindless f babble came out tho

[@Blei1986]

@@apachehelicopter9032 WAIT... did you just compare these two movies? O_O dude...not cool...

[@jackrenglish]

HUH?

[@bobnix3240]

"Acting" like a pompous asshat. Which at this point (1976) maybe they couldn't have anticipated, but for any films after this everyone involved should have known better. Brando had made it perfectly clear that he couldn't be bothered, and would be nothing but a giant (and I do mean "giant" in every sense of the word) baby on set.

[@DreAmeoba1]

As ridiculous as he was, he came up with some memorable lines..(as crazy, & weird, as they were)..."you are an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill"...

[@LordSkullkid]

They still made a better movie than most overbudgeted messes we see today

[@TheFly212]

"Most".... All. You mean All

[@LordSkullkid]

@@TheFly212 well.. yeah. You are right

[@danielpcowen]

I don't know, the last two Star Wars movies were pretty great!

[@MESRogerStudios]

Daniel Cowen we know ur joking mate

[@danielpcowen]

@@MESRogerStudios No way, they had fantastic world building, fantastic characterisation, helmed by highly talented writers and producers, dynamic actors, superb internal consistency and built a foundation for national and international popularity for decades, if not centuries, to come...

[@maxicle848]

Fun Fact: At the time if Francis Ford Coppola wanted to go to war, he would have had the sixth largest army in the world

[@50.CalFilms]

What do you mean?

[@ajbahlam]

@@50.CalFilms He/She means there were lots of soldiers involved in the film production.

[@50.CalFilms]

@@ajbahlam ah yeah makes sense g

[@rollrcoastrbacon2725]

Basically he could’ve become Kurtz if he wanted to

[@NashmanNash]

I somehow doubt that he had more than a hundred thousand men involved...Which would be required to come even into the top 10 of armies at that time..@@ajbahlam

[@fahimalvi9521]

Please do a video of The Drinker Recommends: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

[@theshadowman1398]

You mean the Jeremy Clarkson one ?

[@Anthony-hh7tk]

Recommends: once upon a time in the west

[@spaceodds1985]

Great film. IMO The best western ever.

[@pretorious700]

YES

[@deepatlantic2222]

One of the best films ever.

[@ctrygrl21]

Waking up to drinker video, means good day.

[@ELcoyote576]

Agreed

[@HarrDog]

Whiskey for breakfast, whisky for dinner 🥃 cheers

[@dimwitsixtytwelve]

yep, I just finished his first Ryan drake novel too. something to tide me over until I get the next one in the series.

[@ratbat1072]

I was going to like your comment, but i noticed that you had 269 likes

[@TheNefastor]

Somehow it feels totally appropriate that the production of a film about the Vietnam war was itself complete hell. Perhaps this is why it's so good. Some states of mind you simply cannot fake.

[@azenn-a-matics1]

who knew that 'Apocalypse Now' would be so true to its production that they had to produce a real Apocalypse For the film.

[@dwayneeutsey8162]

Back in '78 or '79 when Martin Sheen hosted SNL, they did a parody of "Apocalypse Now" in which the studio was sending Willard into the jungle set to terminate Coppola with extreme prejudice for going over budget. :-D The idea of the skit was funnier than the actual skit, though, but that's how SNL was by then in general.

[@TheYamR6Sp]

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning, smells like ...... Victory"

[@asdnetwork4268]

Smells like production delays. :)

[@Jacob-sy5xm]

@@asdnetwork4268 cocaine

[@asdnetwork4268]

@@Jacob-sy5xm lol

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

_"Charlie don't surf!"_

[@g.w.7893]

Actually: "Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell? The whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end."

[@DonGordonBELL]

I worked on the crew in Casting Dept. under local Director Ken Metcalfe from Harvey Keitel 1975 throughmain principle shooting in 1976 early 1977. This review is 80% accurate but with some embellishments naturally, the stories get better with the telling. One interesting urban legend about the 2nd Village up in Baler, where the main battle scenes wer to be shot the following month. Col. Killgore (Robert Duvall) is discussing with Capt. Willard (Martine Sheen) on taking the PBR (Patrol Boat River) by helicopter and gently putting into the river. One of Col. Killgore's men reminds him that the village has great waves but that it was "Charlie's Point". *Note: 40 years later Dir. Manny Marquez came back and interviews many of us who had worked on the production). Duvall makes the iconic statement "Charlie Don't Surf". A Filipino legend began that the surfboards were left and that began surfing in Baler. THIS IS NOT TRUE...International surfers already knew. Well, a surf shop began called "Charlie Does" and not even the owners realized that 'Charlie' was the V.C. or Victor Charlie, shortened to "Charlie"...they had no idea that Charlie was our enemy. Dir. Manny Marquez took footage of three major locations, but only a few ruins remain of Col. Kurtz's Compound, Du Long Bridge scene, and Baler lagoon. As a Vietnam Veteran with US Marine Reconnaissance service in I Corps, I will say that war movies are not um, totally accurate but artistic interpretations for entertainment. I am proud to have been with this epic production. Don Gordon Bell.

[@frankpinmtl]

"Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest war movies..." I think it's kinda one of the greatest movies, period, never mind the genre.

[@FabledGentleman]

I'm actually going as far as to say it's the greatest film ever made. It's the best film I've ever seen, out of thousands.

[@drek273]

Yea this is my personal favorite movie of all time with some close 2nd Nd thirds

[@juggmkj]

But...the story makes no sense. For one, why did they need to take a boat up the river when they could have used a chopper to get there in a few hours?

[@drek273]

@Jugg mkj that’s a good question. Only. Someone in war could probably answer that best

[@juggmkj]

@@drek273 My father was in Vietnam and that was the first question he had about the movie, among many others, when we watched it.

[@52moviesayear]

This movie could never be made today, every reason is a testament to what’s wrong with movies today. But mostly it’s because there are no actors and directors with that talent and caliber today.

[@HC-cb4yp]

But they could cast Robert Pattinson in the Sheen role... And Brie Larson as his commanding officer who beats up all the 250-pound, heavily armed white soldiers as he looks on...

[@jackrenglish]

4 YEARS..JE

[@Borganov20]

There’s many

[@jakemellen6556]

@@Borganov20 Someone just discovered the Drinkers videos what do you think? he's a great youtuber!

[@Borganov20]

@@jakemellen6556 k

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

When the filming of your eternal masterpiece becomes a movie on itself, you know you did it right.

[@jondingwall5941]

Hearts of Darkness

[@yourmother7052]

Moral of the story: don't film on location in a tropical jungle with Marlon Brando.

[@spudeleven5124]

...and "Never fight a land war in Asia!"

[@jackrenglish]

YEP..LISTEN TO THE LOCATION SCOUT, JACK ENGLISH......WEHO..5/2021

[@AtlanLD]

Better moral: do exactly that and get it on film. You'll go down in history if you survive it

[@TheSlammurai]

Better yet: Don't film with Marlon Brando.

[@yourmother7052]

@@TheSlammurai Especially not these days, it'd probably be in poor taste.

[@coniccinoc]

Sequel is currently being filmed, working title, Portland Now.

[@sandytrunks]

Good one, Venture B. Since plagiarism is the highest form of flattery, I offer you... "Portland Now: Everywhere Else Next"

[@coniccinoc]

Sandy Trunks I don’t think this protestiots would play well everywhere. There are people out there who love their country enough to do some bad things to keep it.

[@darrellcovello7917]

So, basically Portlandia

[@KelticTim]

Sorry pal, studio got involved, it’s now Seattle Now

[@jetboy33]

"The peaceful...the peaceful..."

[@asbestosfish_]

Marlon Brando really was The Phantom Of The Opera for Hollywood.

[@DoctorInk20]

A mysterious freak with a torture chamber in his house?

[@riograndedosulball248]

I fear no man, but that thing... *Marlon Brando's sex dungeon* It scares me

[@DoctorInk20]

@@riograndedosulball248 There there, Heavy. Have a sandvich.

[@jondingwall5941]

A favourite scene is the proposition for the mission... The awkward interaction between Martin Sheen and his trio of handlers played by Gervase Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer and Harrison Ford is truly something to behold.

[@jaybee9269]

“Yes, sir. Obviously insane, sir.”

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

Martin Sheen's voiceover is possibly the best ever put in a film.

[@jackrenglish]

YEP!...MY IDEA..

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

@@jackrenglish I don't see how the movie could have ever been concieved without it.

[@jackrenglish]

YEP..BEST THING ABOUT THE FILM..SAVED THE CLUTTER....

[@markzer0719]

Fun facts, that was not martin sheen voice it was his brother

[@DaSkonk]

Thanks to Michael Herr - he wrote it!

[@nightlock826]

Jesus Apocalypse now’s production is basically ”what could go wrong? Everything!”

[@ILikeGoils]

"Nah, It'll be fine." :D

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

This is why you don’t ask that.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

Except for the results. Now michael ciminos Heavens Gate is where everything absolutely went wrong

[@dantethewanderer4989]

The actors went through a bunch of rough shit, that is indeed true, but the finished product is really fucking good. Let's ALL just be thankful it didn't go the way of "The Island of Dr. Moreau." Let's also be thankful that "Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now" were successful enough to inspire several other pretty good pieces of entertainment, like Spec Ops: The Line for example

[@ocularnervosa]

Check out Lost in La Mancha sometime. :)

[@toddtangen6750]

Lawrence FIshburne was 15 years old on that set. Imagine coming of age in that environment.

[@Philistine47]

Imagine doing this movie at 15, and then saying, "Yep, I want to make a career out of this!"

[@gulogulo9867]

Trial by fire

[@dantethewanderer4989]

Got DAMN! I imagine he saw some really fucking wacky shit, I honestly can't even imagine what he might've seen while ALL the cameras were off.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

He probably thought it was awesome.

[@tomnorton4277]

It probably helped Fishburne become the badass he is today. It was a fitting trial for Morpheus. The actual Morpheus, not the imposter from Matrix 4.

[@FerDeLance06]

From the sound of this, Coppola got to find out the meaning of that phrase, "Be careful what you ask for, you might get it"! It's impressive enough that he continued with it 'til the end, much less delivered such a great film.

[@timgiraud7591]

When I watched this film my friends and i (both veterans of Vietnam) sat in stunned silence along with a whole theater, the credits rolled, the lights came up... nearly everyone just sat there silent. Slowly people began moving to the exits... it was a powerful film

[@werewolfb3122]

Denis hopper - “man I love the smell of cocaine in the morning”

[@chaosdweller]

It's been a long time , but it's really nice

[@donwhiteley3293]

"and the afternoon . . . and early evening . . . and night."

[@chaosdweller]

@@donwhiteley3293 lol

[@chaosdweller]

@@donwhiteley3293 I can't that often I like getting my swole on, and Im living poverty even though I make people rich

[@Facade953]

Denis Hopper: I must...SNIFF!!!

[@Necron-ez2cc]

Apocalypse Now is how you do a re-envisioning of a classic. I read Heart of Darkness in the 5th Grade, and saw Apocalypse Now two years later.... And knew exactly what it was based on without having to be told. As a side note, Robert Duvall's portrayal of Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore was my inspiration for joining the service.

[@omgsam7185]

Good, now play Spec Ops The Line. which was inspired by both of them. If it wasnt for mundane gameplay, I would have given that game a 10 out of 10. Because the story is an 11/10 GOD TIER.

[@Necron-ez2cc]

@@omgsam7185 thanks for the tip, but I never really got into video games beyond the ones you put quarters in at the arcade back in the 80's. I was always too busy doing things in the Real World. Now that I'm retired, I'm not really inclined to bother with trying the modern version of those games.

[@Laurencetw]

a 5th grader can understand conrad's novel? and then watch a portrayal of a murderous psychopath in a film and use that as inspiration to join the us military? either you are a troll or you are seriously ill.

[@Necron-ez2cc]

@@Laurencetw Obviously you fail to comprehend that the educational system back in the 70's was not the dumbed down participation award mill human warehousing project that it is now. We not only read Heart of Darkness, but also other literary works such as Lord of the Flies, Letters to the Earth, Watership Down, etc. We built actual flying model rockets in science class, studied geometry and basic principles of physics, and learned Latin or French, and we're exposed to classical music. We were strongly encouraged to participate in physical sports, learn to play musical instruments, and spent time participating in groups like The Scouts, 4H, JROTC, FFA, etc. We were not the wimps, simps, sissies, and weak minded SJW cry babies of these current generations. You can call the character of Kilgore a psychotic murderer if you choose. What you fail to see is he was also a warrior of extreme confidence, discipline, and dedication. He stood for his men, and they performed for him. He displayed utter control in the face of adversity and didn't allow himself the luxury of fear. Traits, wich are greatly lacking in this current generation of worthless and weak excuses for human beings.

[@Kageryushin]

@@Necron-ez2cc bravo

[@Barbel1th]

Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

_"Bye, tiger!"_

[@marknewton6984]

Kurtz got out.. and went insane.

[@danielpcowen]

This film is nuts, there is no way that huge amounts of drugs weren't involved in just about every stage of it

[@suflanker45]

Oh yes there was, a lot of them.

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

Yeah, that's exactly what the Drinker said.

[@sexpanther60ofthetimeitwor93]

Heroin ,coke and LSD and non stop drinking probably plenty of downers to like xanax and Valium but around that time qualudes were a popular drug the can’t be gotten anymore and unlimited pussy....I miss Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia even tho it was shot in the Philippines 😅

[@DonGordonBELL]

A certain actor brought with him LSD, uppers, downers, etc and was supplied by uh, certain members of the crew with herb from the mountains of the Ifugao tribal regions.

[@timgiraud7591]

I remember seeing this a few days after its open, i had no idea what kind of movie it was... as the credits began rolling to "the end" not a single person got up to leave... sitting awestruck in stunned silence as the lights came up and still not a word or movement by the audience. Finally and slowly the group began moving still stunned at what we had seen, it was unlike anything i had ever seen before or since

[@robtomben]

The best opening of any movie I've ever seen.

[@spudeleven5124]

My experience was similar. I saw it in Yongsan, Korea, amidst mostly Vietnam vets. The stony silence in that theater was unreal.

[@KaeYoss]

"Somehow, I don't think Disney would sanction behavior like this" You truly are the king of sarcasm.

[@stevensanna3651]

Maybe not on their set, but if they're doing it down the road in a concentration camp, sure.. lol

[@streetwisehercules9956]

It’s seems casting Brando in his old age leads to hellish production.

[@RobotHau5]

I don't wanna sound evil, but I imagine guys like him get the quick 1,2 "oh he died btw....carry on" type announcement when they pass away. I imagine no1 has anything good to say about him. lol

[@TheSlammurai]

These two videos make him seem like Hollywoods most unprofessional actor. Lol

[@bvdemier1]

The problem you young wippersnapper have is that Brando made a lot of his career in the old -old - old days. Last Tango in Paris, The Wild one, Street Car named Desire was one of his best preformances and that was 1951. By the time of the Godfather he was already falling in that spot of prima donna, but he was still making massive preformances. For god sake the man did Marc Antony in Ceasar and almost won an oscar for it. Brando is one of the Old Ones right next to Peter Sellers and Orson Wells

[@BillMcGirr]

bert bvdemier Yup... Brando might have morphed into an old, fat prima donna... But let’s be realistic. The man was a legend. He took Marilyn Monroe to the Oscars for f’s sake.😳 Brando was easily the most influential male actor of his generation.💪👍😊🥃

[@raylampert1243]

It's ironic that most of his roles audiences of the last 40 years are familiar with are the ones where he was just coasting on star power and phoning it in. The Godfather, Superman, Apocalypse Now. Many people have never actually seen Brando in his prime.

[@winglessmecha]

Last time I was this early cinematic story telling was still a thing

[@randomnerd3402]

The only good cinematic storyteller left is the guy that directed Mission Impossible Fallout.

[@winglessmecha]

@@randomnerd3402 Indeed

[@randomnerd3402]

@@winglessmecha James Wan is pretty good too.

[@winglessmecha]

@@randomnerd3402 yeah Aquaman was awesome despite having Amber Heard in it

[@randomnerd3402]

@@winglessmecha Yeah Aquaman was surprisingly solid

[@joe-hl9rl]

The madness of production is mirrored in the madness the movie presents. Its absolutely fantastic to watch

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Seeing APOCALYPSE NOW: REDUX in the IMAX has been one of the most magnificent viewing experiences of my life...

[@insanejughead]

They showed REDUX in IMAX? I saw Coppola's "Final Cut" on IMAX and it is far and away my favorite cinema experience of all time!

[@Jm-ki4su]

there's a difference between Apocalpyse Now and The Island of Doctor Moreau: The former was made with passion and loads of effort, despite being hammered by tropical storms, and resulted in one of the most harrowing works in cinema, and the latter was plagued with clashing egos, incompetent direction and unintentional hilarity to squirt out a mediocre mess.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

It was saved by a great director and editing team. It's as much of a clusterfuck as Dr. Moreau

[@jackrenglish]

YEP

[@johnblomquist9071]

One of my favorite pieces of trivia regarding this movie is how Brando though that an american Colonel wouldn't be named "Kurtz" and would instead be named something like "Lieghley", and it wasn't until the filming was finished when he finally read "Hearts of Darkness" and loved the reference and wanted the name to be changed back to "Kurtz"

[@marknewton6984]

Brando was talented but an illiterate.

[@tomasschuman6576]

The scene where they take the calvary helicopters in to take the point while blasting flight of the valkyries is one of the best scenes in any movie I've ever seen.

[@slyaspie4934]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning ........ Smells like victory

[@chelseachelseaboy]

There is a clip of German WW2 newsreel showing Luftwaffe planes dropping Fallschirmjager /paratroops in to battle using "Ride Of The Valkyrie" over the footage.....so I'm guessing the inspiration for Coppola came from seeing that clip.

[@tomasschuman6576]

@@chelseachelseaboy didn't know that🤙

[@DerekPower]

It even has an early appearance of one R. Lee Ermey (as one of the helicopter pilots).

[@BY-bj6ic]

@Nicholas "Charlie don't surf and we think he should"

[@derekbozich8835]

You think Lucas was looking at the production like "man, I'm glad I went with the space movie"

[@marshallgibson89]

The more often I watch this masterpiece of a film, the more I have the feeling that this is kind of a horror movie. It is amazing how people react to this film. Last year I saw it in a cinema. At the beginning you heard people munching chips (crisps) and popcorn, from the point where Willard is starting his mission, especially the famous Ride of the Valkyries scene, there was complete silence in the cinema. People left with nearly full chips (crisps) trays and popcorn containers at the end. It was really amazing to see, how the film stunned its audience.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

It is 100% a psychological thriller and horror movie. Watching Willard get closer and closer to his goal and realizing more and more that the person he is ordered to kill is more justified than the men who sent him. The hypocrisy of the whole situation twists on itself again and again until Willard meets Kurtz and realizes they are one and the same.

[@Zerradable]

@@ColoradoStreaming How so. Seriously, enlighten me How the film sells this idea that Kurtz is right.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

@@Zerradable The whole theme of the movie is that the Vietnam war just drags on with mounting death, horror and casualties and yet the US Military brass tries to uphold this façade they are doing some noble venture. Meanwhile the soldiers all suffer and just want to go home and have it end. Even "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" guy says his final, "This war is going to end one day." line before he walks off. Even his supposed bravado is just to keep his men motivated when deep down he knows the truth. Kurtz is one of the best military commanders and learns the hard way that the top brass wont let him do what it takes to really win the war and even does a successful mission without the generals permission. Kurtz is finally charged with murder when he executed double agents that were getting his men killed. Kurtz then went to the extreme knowing that the only way to win and eventually save lives is to fight as brutally and totally as possible. There is no hypocrisy with Kurtz, just simple realization that war is horror and you must accept that to win. Willard knows this as well which is why

[@janetcraft]

It is a horror movie marshallgibson89. Marlon Brando said that at the end of the movie :)

[@alwallace4538]

Don't forget Larry Fishburne got malaria and almost gave up acting. Bye bye Morpheus.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

I didn't know that. That's crazy! Though Denzel Washington, or Patrice O'Neill as Morpheus would've been entertaining. 🤣

[@philanderphillips2309]

Al Wallace All he would've had to do was take the "Blue Pill". Nah, it'll be fine.

[@GingerZombie29]

@@MykeLewisMusic "Remember. All I'm offering is the truth, nothing more." Neo takes the red pill "My man."

[@raoulduke3000]

@@GingerZombie29 which, as we know now, was not the PC thing to do! ;-)

[@michaelpipkin9942]

@@MykeLewisMusic Patrice????? Really?

[@USMC49er]

"You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill" One of my favorite quotes in any movie ever

[@JohnSmith-hh2nz]

The Seinfeld parody of the scene is pretty funny to those who recognize it.

[@MyUserTubeAccount]

one of the best films ever made... 1. The Godfather 2 1a. The Godfather 2. Apocalypse Now all directed by Francis Ford Coppola, amazing

[@marknewton6984]

I agree. But would add Last Tango in Paris.

[@K0m30ng]

The Conversation is a masterpiece too

[@bagggers9796]

You can't put '1a' and get around it. Why Godfather 2 above Godfather

[@crazyralph6386]

Dracula was epic too

[@piotrrashman6487]

12 angry men should be up there, too

[@asdnetwork4268]

Charlie don't surf because it will cost too much.

[@joshuatoms7664]

It was a good board, and I like it. You know how hard it is to find a board you like.

[@chrismitchell4010]

@@joshuatoms7664 This has to be one of the best lines in the movie.

[@bentramer682]

Charlie don't surf for his hamburger mama

[@dogstar7]

"We had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little we all went insane" ~ Gen. William Westmoreland

[@chaosdweller]

U could actually go literally insane in the opposite situation as well lol.

[@osamabinladen824]

True

[@jackrenglish]

ALREADY INSANE..JE

[@amannamedsquid313]

@@chaosdweller It seems then that moderation is key. Too much in either direction and things go very wrong.

[@sebastiangrumman8507]

8:02 You can see Scott Glenn (Capt. Colby) walking toward the camera (and sneezing) and then going out-of-frame to the left. Jerry Ziesmer, assistant director, and cast as the mysterious man in civvies, (CIA operative ?) is also making his way through the set.

[@anabolic5084]

Lucky Brando was overweight I say, the way it was shot really gave the feeling of a man who'd descended into madness.

[@wcw2793]

Now I understand why Coppola used “The End” by The Doors in this film.

[@spudeleven5124]

Brilliant choice.

[@oppositeworld6652]

"I was going for that speedy look." - Quote from actor in Apocalypse Now who popped amphetamines before his scene was shot.

[@nothanks3236]

R. Lee Ermy was a technical consultant on the film. He also had a couple of lines as a chopper pilot in the Ride of the Valkyries scene.

[@jackrenglish]

RIP

[@TheShuckmeister]

Heart of Darkness was the best book we had to read in high school

[@someone890]

You got to read that in high school? That's awesome!

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@someone890 They used to teach actual literature in schools, at least when I was growing up in the 70's and 80's. Stuff like Conrad, Twain, Orwell, Harper Lee - lots of books that get pulled out of students hands for being 'problematic' these days. Better to give kids context and explaining why they were written the way they were instead of censoring everything and dumbing the entire curriculum down.

[@someone890]

@@Raskolnikov70 well I've missed out. Could very well have been the school district I was in. Mark Twain is fantastic! Thankfully I found it on my own. I guess that kind of stuff was just too controversial for my school.

[@voraciousreader357]

My high school was, is, and probably always will be incredibly uncultured, and I now feel like I *need* to read Heart of Darkness.

[@D00dman]

All Quiet on the Western Front was my "favorite". Hard to call it a favorite cause its so miserable, but it was a very good read. Relatable too when I got out of the Army

[@SheldonAdama17]

5:07 “I wonder what they could have possibly spent it on.” Truly a riddle for the ages. Not even Sherlock Holmes could solve this one.

[@archstanton9073]

And Martin Sheen's body double was his brother, B-movie actor, Joe Estevez.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

Joe is in a few episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I think one of them is called Werewolf. It was pretty funny. 🤣

[@MykeLewisMusic]

Jkd Buck76 lol totally! 🤣😂🤣

[@drdeadbeat1604]

Emilio would have done the same for Charlie

[@uegvdczuVF]

I went to imdb trying to match the name and a face and holly crap, the man acted in more movies than Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando combined. And i never even heard of any of them...

[@archstanton9073]

@@uegvdczuVF To say that Joe is a B-movie actor is a bit of an overstatement. He "stats" in a lot of Z-grade trash. But there are worse ways of earning a paycheck.

[@Gonboo]

Fun fact: That cow was actually killed during the filming of that sacrifice scene.

[@jfb.8746]

Yep. They had hired some of the local tribe for that purpose. They had seen them previously performed that ritual and thought it'd fit nicely into the movie. LOL Dont believe me? Just watch Coppola's wife documentary about the whole thing.

[@sendintheclowns7305]

PETA has left the chat

[@Sporkmaker5150]

"Hardly any animals were harmed during the making of this film"

[@burneden]

When they use real dead bodies as props I don't think anyone hear doubted the cow in the scene wasn't real.

[@threadschanged4252]

@@sendintheclowns7305 yeah as if PETA fucking care they would slaughter the cow themselves for exposure

[@mr.pudding51]

Remember, When this film was released in 1979 there were 2 endings: 70mm Kurtz is killed, they get back into the boat and start to back away. 35mm Kurtz is killed, they get back into the boat and start to back away and an air strike destroys the temple and people. I remember seeing this in a large domed theatre in 1979. The opening helicopter fly byes, the beach battle, the sound. Amazing.

[@markparkinson6947]

I can’t believe you were able to sum up in 10 minutes what it took a documentary an hour and 37 minutes to do!

[@ianmansfield68]

I can't believe it either - this doesn't come close to Hearts of Darkness. It's a good summary, but not actually entirely accurate to that documentary. If you think it did, I encourage you to look at that film again.

[@suflanker45]

What the documentary had that this doesn't was Coppola's wife recording her husbands rants as the production dragged on and everybody was losing their goddamn minds.

[@d68st90]

@@suflanker45 Sounds funny to watch lol

[@morningstar9233]

Also i'm sure he's provided some details i'm sure the docco, which was great, never covered. For instance I don't remember anything in the docco about Dennis Hopper performing on coke.

[@raoulduke3000]

love the documentary though, it's not possible to fit all the amazing storys into a 10 minute video, but I agree, as always he did a good job providing the essence. I remember watching the documentary not long ago for the first time when I got the director's cut on blueray, like 20 years after watching the movie for the first time. It was fucking amazing.

[@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215]

When Kilgore says to Willard "this wars gonna end some day" and that look he gives...sends shivers up my spine

[@geert574]

The hardest part was finding places to land for all the 747's carrying Brando's cheeseburgers 🤣

[@047Kenny]

Stripey Arse obviously, there’s too many moving pieces to blame it all on Brando. But he was still a thorn in the side, and a big one at that.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

The Philippines used to only be one island. They dredged up the ocean to make more so they had room for the burgers. 🤣

[@fernandogimenez7520]

The cow they kill, was Brando's Dinner

[@sgcd11]

Lol

[@visionist7]

@@fernandogimenez7520 MoOoOooOooOOOOOOoooo!!!1!!1!

[@gram440a]

"The drugs were duly delivered and Hopper delivered most of his scenes high as a kite" AKA ACTING

[@joelolukaiyeja6095]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheFiddle101]

My favourite film ever, as was its companion piece of the making of it. Knowing the troubles all cast and crew went through only made it even more awesome.

[@BigBoss15310]

What a fantastic way to begin my Sunday morning with a Critical Drinker analysis of an all-time classic. NICE 😎

[@MAJORKANI]

The movie showing the breakdown of the human mind produced in the same way. Crazy to think that it was almost a free for all when recording in those days.

[@blahdyblah3387]

I just love marlon brando's monologues in the end when he gives his view of how to win a war as the "bad guy". Blurred the lines about good guys and bad guys in war pretty well for me after that haha.

[@Wicked061]

"Are you ok buddy?" You look like you've just had a heart attack". .........."nah, it'll be fine".

[@riograndedosulball248]

Isn't it cool how Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Apocalypse Now managed to score a hit high despite having troublesome productions, meanwhile katherine kennedy's Star Wars had a gigantic bankroll running for it, and yet utterly failed?

[@bacht4799]

The word you looking after is risk .. the problem with Katherine Kennedy is she does take risks.. it’s just the wrong ones.. the easy risk of shaming fans and nerds and geeks being political and condescending and focus on telling a story from hers world view instead of respect what was before.. it’s like getting a school principal who instead of making school better wants to burn down the school library and music department and instead want to focus on sports and maths.. it’s doesn’t help and it’s disrespectful to people who found something with those things..

[@evertonporter7887]

"We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and we went insane."

[@scifiwriter98]

The picture of her and the other women wearing the t-shirts with the Force is Female on them pretty much says it all.

[@bacht4799]

David Treciak I wouldn’t mind if it’s wasn’t Star Wars but theirs own thing instead.. I not a Star Wars or Star Trek fan but I understand why it’s has a important thing for people who loves sci fi .. why not making a sci fi action thriller franchise about some female agents in space instead.. think James Bond in space with strong independent women who kick ass in space.. Force is Female could be a slogan without its having something to do with Star Wars .. I don’t know if I want to watch it’s but if it’s a cool twist between James Bond and Kim Possible in space.. why not..

[@scifiwriter98]

@@bacht4799 I agree. Most of the backlash agains the recent Star Wars and Dr. Who installments is because the SJW writers and producers fundamentally altered them in order to accommodate their agendas. In Star Wars Rey is not only the most powerful Jedi in the series but has new invented powers that make her invincible. Meanwhile, Luke is weak and ineffective, which is an insult to old fans of the original movies. The latest Dr. Who reveals that there was an original Doctor, never mentioned before, who is a black female. In both cases there was no reason to make these choices other than to push an agenda. Old fans feel cheated to see something they loved and followed so radically changed. And, like you said, the writers and producers would have been better off to develop something new rather than change an existing property to make a statement.

[@christopherjohnson3520]

Napalm In The Morning. Destruction has been Inflicted. Imagine Being A Soldier. My Dad Was a USMC Marine in the early days of Korea. A fellow Marine Fell on a Grenade & Saved his Life. Edward “Babe” Gomez. Medal of Honor Recipient. Yeah. That’s A Real Story. Semper Fi. CJ

[@eamonia]

Your father wasn't a Marine. Your father (alive or dead) IS a Marine. We hate hearing "was a Marine." Once a Marine, always a Marine. Semper Fi.

[@LordStarscream100]

I was fortunate enough to take a producing class with Doug Claybourne, who executive produced ”Apocalypse Now”. Brilliant guy, he said it was a nightmarish production. He told us so much about it, like how they found a random tribe and asked them to be in the film. He also talked about organizing the helicopter scenes and when they’d come flying in.

[@Eli62104]

I like these production hell videos because the way Drinker talks sound a lot like how anyone working on these movies would feel. Tired, depressed, and very drunk. Great work!

[@blastimir]

Another instance of a War movie being shot during the actual war it was portraying, and very close to the front lines was “Pretty village pretty flame”.

[@DamnPictures]

The only Balkan great movie that ever came out in the last 30 years. Signed, Non-nationalistic, non-religious indigenous Bosnian.

[@hisheighnessthesupremebeing]

So 'Apocalypse Now' refers to the title of the movie, and the production hell they went through..

[@DeadRpoetry1167]

The extended directors cut is a different feel. More unnerving.

[@JohnSmith-hh2nz]

Yeah, some of the extended stuff works, but the whole French plantation scene is too jarring; it kills the pacing and slows the movie down to a standstill. I'd rather watch that scene as an outtake and not part of the actual film.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

I found the theatrical cut to be a commentary on the individual, whereas the redux felt like more of a commentary on America's psychological damage post-Vietnam. That's the most pretentious thing I'll say all day, I promise. Either way, I enjoyed both, but yeah, that plantation does slow things down a bit, even if it is still pretty solid.

[@philanderphillips2309]

@@JohnSmith-hh2nz Agreed.

[@dwayneeutsey8162]

I saw "Apocalypse Now Redux" on a huge screen when it was released in the late '90s. That is the best way to see it. The movie haunted me days afterward.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

Dwayne Eutsey same! 🤘

[@Captain_Hapton]

Last time i was this early, Drinker was telling me to have a nice day at the end of his videos.

[@geranball9678]

Doesn't he do that for this video? :'( this makes me sad haha

[@perryhunter3123]

The story of how this film was made would be absolute winner of a movie in itself.

[@thomascrabtree]

Young Martín Sheen and his “stress” related heart attack in the jungle whilst otherwise being perfectly healthy and having no congenital heart defects, diabetes or obesity... 🤔 hmmmm

[@etymos6644]

Stress is a hell of a drug.

[@bobsyruncle6683]

I miss the early 80's - the quality was exceptional.

[@peterblood50]

Actually, I had none of those things and still had a heart attack. The artery on the right side of my heart became clogged over time and one day it was totally blocked so I needed a stint. My heart was otherwise healthy (I have never smoked and only very occasionally drink a glass of wine), and the attack happened while I was doing artwork so no jungle heat nor stress, knowing that, I can't question that it was real.

[@wozzatech]

Some heart attacks are not necessarily brought on by cardiovascular disease but can be due to stress and traumatic events especially in the young.

[@scottwood1143]

Cocaine.

[@smillingdooku8116]

More movies like this. Man if only modern day movies had this good production stories

[@chieftandriver703]

Many of the extras were US servicemen who basically went AWOL or were presumed dead but who were happily living in remote Philippine villages and islands. They turned up and gave loads of advice about how the war was actually fought. One of the stunt pilots was an actual Cobra pilot who very nearly died when the special effects guy put too much explosives on the helicopter he was flying trying to simulate an actual explosion. Ultimately what strikes me is how Health and Safety impacted society. A good thing in many ways. The other was how invested Coppola was in the film, both financially and creatively. I look at the current crop of Marvel directors or Star award directors and weep at the corporate world who now control film making. Can you imagine any modern film director making anything like Apocalypse Now. Even the Playmates were actual Playboy models. It’s an absolutely bonkers story that deserves a film in its own right

[@raoulduke3000]

also 14 year old Charlie Sheen was visiting his father during production on set...

[@spiderman5459]

Aww

[@raoulduke3000]

@@spiderman5459 Martin Sheen: Nah it'll be fine!

[@BulletTooth504]

So that's how the production crew got so much cocaine.

[@raoulduke3000]

@@BulletTooth504 interesting conclusion, could have been the other way around though. No one can tell for sure, this is the kind of story legends are made of.

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

"Your old man's drunk and crying again, but don't worry Charlie, your uncle Dennis is right here *snorts*"

[@vladthe3rd414]

Definitely one of the most intense, confronting and surreal movies I have ever seen. Highly recommend watch if you in the mood, not necessarily if if you just want a popcorn flick.

[@HC-cb4yp]

You don't watch Apocalypse Now so much as go there, live it, and then leave it, a little numb. A little bit like Gone With the Wind...

[@mattjones5987]

You know, you deserve what you get when you hire/humor the ego of someone like Brando.

[@twt3716]

One of the best films ever made. Watched it aged twelve with my brother. Also on the cards that night was Withnail and I. So glad we had skunk and claret that night. Best movie night i ever had.

[@headrockbeats]

"Apocalypse Now is one of the best -war- films ever made." There, I fixed it for you.

[@jackrenglish]

NOPE..JE

[@nickrawls9092]

This movie is not good. Objectively bad. This is a ham fisted morality tale (war is bad/ all morality is a lie, there is no morality in war blah, blah, blah. The meaning in this movie can be expressed by any edge high school kid.) was anyone watching in suspense about what Kurtz would do? Nope did you actually relate to any character nope? Every single person in this movie was a caricatured a person. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” oh what a badass (eye roll) Playboy bunnies in a “hyper dangerous area of the jungle” no that was just a talking point to show the obsurdity, materialism,vanity and depravity of war!! Didn’t you get it!!! It’s a metaphor jeez guys hope that wasn’t to subtle. God this movie makes me more Mad the more I think about it. This move objective sucks. I give zero fucks about the termoil making this movie cause the director. This movie was basic pop psychology crap! For 2 fucking hours!! I don’t want to be that guy. But everyone who likes this movie is entitled to like this movie. But if you say this is a great movie you are wrong your opinion is wrong you are just flat out wrong. You are allowed to say it is your favorite movie that’s fine. But this movie is not good.

[@Mustang-wt1se]

No edge high school kid or anyone at all could reproduce this movie with any amount of money. Talent can’t be replaced. It’s both a good movie and a good war movie because it achieves what it set out to do and doesn’t sugar coat the reality of war. Anyways, I also recommend Hacksaw Ridge.

[@Kolvat07]

@@nickrawls9092 Jesus Christ you’re acting like a child having a tantrum “you’re wrong, your opinion is wrong” is a fucking hilarious quote, I cannot believe a human being unironically said that.

[@WolfStory]

@@nickrawls9092 Hmm interesting take.. too bad most of the planet totally disagrees with you (I'm one of them).

[@Travixius1]

I somehow can’t see Rian Johnson suffering for his art like Coppola did.

[@donwhiteley3293]

Me either. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see Rian Johnson suffering. Not necessarily for his art, just suffering in general.

[@dontdiscriminatehateeveryo9263]

He just likes to make others suffer.

[@CharlemagneGuy127]

Nah, everyone else around him suffers instead. He’s like some kind of living voodoo doll. Would explain why Carrie Fisher never beat the shit outta him, cuz the simp was asking for it.

[@mkultra2456]

@@CharlemagneGuy127 Wasn't she dead by the time TLJ was being filmed?

[@jedifonz7684]

@@mkultra2456 no she died after last jedi was completed.

[@johnski4709]

Rian Johnson to do a remake of Apocalypse Now: "The SOY... the soy... the soy.....

[@Raskolnikov70]

All roles will be recast with transgendered persons of color, all guns will be replaced with walkie-talkies, and the climax of the film will be 45 minutes of the characters apologizing for their privilege.

[@J0stAn0therJ0hn]

I wanna hear the Drinkers take on all the crazy shit that went down during the filming of original Wizard of Oz.

[@PotrzebieConolly]

March 24, 1910 "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" starring Bebe Daniels - the original Wizard of Oz movie.

[@dparis2172]

Especially the part about the orgies.

[@SecretMagician]

​@@dparis2172poor Judy Garland. Nearly every cast member kept harassing her except ironically, teh actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West. Her gradual downward spiral is also very sad and upsetting.

[@maxx1mus1041]

Hopper:I'll be taking an ounce of that powdery white substance Coppola :whatever it takes

[@JasonStevens]

maxx1mus1041 it’ll be fine!

[@ras902]

Gotta say I appreciate your channel so much. For many reasons but mostly because you dip into some ideas no one is really talking about but is super well done and interesting. So many times I've been shown things I'd not have experienced otherwise and I'm always interested enough to watch the whole video. Keep up the great work and may your liquor never run out buddy!