WPIX News: Apocalypse Now review (1979)

[hadrons]

Run time: 01:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q234WONYZeU   Posted on YouTube: September 04, 2010 By YouTube Member: RealAgentOfSHIELD Views on YouTube: 4   Posted on DU: September 04, 2010 By DU Member: hadrons Views on DU: 1163

 
How one of the first real films on Vietnam was received

[stlsaxman]

1. "Private Video"

:thumbsdown:

[psychopomp]

11. Worked for me just now

Wow, Brando got panned. Even though he ad-libbed his lines and showed up fifty pounds overweight and without reading the script, his performance did add to the surreal craziness of the movie. "Hearts of Darkness" is well worth checking out, it's the documentary on the making of this film.

[Iggo]

2. 'This is a private video. If you have been sent this video...'

'...please make sure you accept the sender's friend request.'

Huh?

[brooklynite]

3. FWIW: My mother did the extras casting for Apocalypse Now...

...and had to locate a case of Perrier water (hard to find in the 1970's) for Marlon Brando

[grahamhgreen]

5. Great work!

Not an easy task at all.

Kudos

[hadrons]

4. I fixed the youtube settings, so it should be available ....

sorry for those trying to access it earlier, but it should be OK now

[stlsaxman]

6. thanks- ah a young Jeffrey Lyons... lookin' all disco n shit!

[bunkerbuster1]

8. What was he, 17?

Just about spewed coffee when he appeared onscreen...

[dotymed]

7. It was a

"funny" movie until Brando appeared?
Oh for the days of more freedom....

[bunkerbuster1]

9. "It is far from perfect, alas."

But if it were "perfect", it woulda sucked, is the thing...

[BEZERKO]

10. Pretentious yes,

most of the good ones are pretentious. One of my favorite movies. Lyons was taking himself too seriously.