Every tank commander for the last 50 years has secretly wanted to be Oddball. The theme song, Burning Bridges, was sung by the Mike Curb congregation. He later became lieutenant governor of California. The little Yugoslav town where this was shot still gets alot of tourism from this movie.
Carroll O'Connor played General Colt. A year or so after "Kelly's Heroes" came out, O'Connor became famous as Archie Bunker on the "All in the Family" TV series.
They say this role helped to get him the role of Archie Bunker. When he’s first introduced at his headquarters, O’Conner is yelling at his staff in a way that is very similar to the Archie Bunker character.
As a retired U.S. Tank Commander I love this movie. The music as they walk toward the tank was right out of Clint Eastwood's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
I give the production team huge props for making the German armour have a very good likeness to Tigers. Can't remember what they actually were, most film makers wouldn't even bother.
I saw this when it came out, while I was in the army with a couple of other draftees. We were blow away and I still love this movie. The 60's sensibility in Oddball's dialog (negative waves, etc.) in a WW2 movie, just made it that much funnier for us. Glad to see you watch and enjoy it. We had also just seen Donald Sutherland(Oddball) as the original "Hawkeye" Pierce in the movie version of M*A*S*H released not too long before this one.
One of my dad's favorites too. He wasn't a movie buff but recommended a few gold nuggets of lesser known movies made before my time that makes me remember him whenever I watch them. This one I would probably have found by myself some day, but it still counts. When he was older and I tried to return the favor it became a thing of finding movies he would have seen when young if he was as big a movie freak as I turned out. Best result was Seven Samurai when I discovered he hadn't seen a single Kurosawa movie. I think he turned into a young teen (the age he would have been at the original release) while watching it. Sad thoughts, happy memories. (Smiling with tears in my eyes.) Fun times!
At 64 I still miss my old man , his Favourites Was The Quite Man or The Searchers but Kelly`s Heroes was guaranteed to always put a smile on his face...
Same here! My father was primarily a taciturn movie watcher. This movie had him slapping his knee, laughing out loud and quoting "No negative waves!" I have a secret smile whenever I encounter Kelly's Heroes.
One of my favourite war movies. Sometimes I'm in the mood for something gritty and realistic, like "Das Boot" or "Dunkirk", and sometimes I'm in the mood for something completely bonkers, like this. Strangely enough, this film was actually loosely inspired by a real crime from World War 2 - Mark Felton did a video about it a while ago.
I remember seeing Dunkirk in the theatre and as I came out, someone’s car backfired or something, anyway it sounded like a gunshot. I literally hit the pavement right outside the theater I was so spooked by it!
Brian G. Hutton directed both films. And he did a great job with both, especially since they are both 30 minutes longer than the average run time of similar movies.
My favourite aspect of the movie is the absurdity of war and how it’s about regular, everyday guys getting a reward more meaningful than medals accompanied with speeches full of empty platitudes delivered by gasbag officers. It’s a different pov than the traditional war movies from ww2
"60 feet o' bridge I can pick up almost anywhere!" .. I love that line. Thank you for reacting to this, I love this movie & it's nice to see someone watch it for the first time. It gets me when we lose the three guys in the field. I wish they all could've made it. Sutherland, Eastwood and Savalas all appeared in westerns and I love the spurs sound effect, makes me chuckle every time.
Alexa, I was like you when I saw this in the theater at age 15. My friend asked me to see it, and I had no idea what it was about. The only character I knew was Don Rickles, even though many were big name stars. It's a movie I've enjoyed watching repeatedly over the years.
Just discovered your channel this morning. Love it! As an avid filmgoer and retired actor I love watching people’s reactions to films. If ok, I will suggest a few films along the way. ( None of my own I promise!). Kelly’s Hero’s has been a favorite for years. Thank you for your gift of love for film.
Have you seen a film entitled The Ninth Configuration? Written and directed by William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist. Strange hybrid of a film. Would enjoy your take. I’ve recently finished the Stargate series. All of them in fact. Thoughts?
Your observation about not hearing Eastwood’s character because the firing was so loud was a brilliant one. Warfare is SO loud and hard to depict without distorting audio. I hadn’t really noticed it in this movie before.
A friend of mine had a WWII Mauser bolt action rifle, the same standard issue German army rifle used in both world wars. We took it out and fired it when we were in high school in 1974. My ears are still ringing, it's a wonder that every one who has combat experience isn't stone deaf...
Fun fact: The Japanese anime series Girls und Panzer contains several references to Kelly's Heroes, and at one point a group of characters are shown watching the film with the trapped tiger scene reproduced in animated form on their TV screen.
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I’m glad you picked up on Crapgame’s call to “Hogan in intelligence”. I noticed that reference a while back. Not sure if it’s a direct nod to the show Hogans Heros or just a coincidence but either way I found it cool
Miss Chipman I would first like to say how much not only I but my family enjoyed your reaction Video to one of the best and most comical war movies ever made (my opinion) I grew up watching this wonderful movie with both my grandfather and father and now I've passed it on to my children who thoroughly enjoy it thank you so very much for posting this truly awesome video.
Love this movie- its on TV a lot in the UK and I often watch it again when I see it on the tv planner, just because its so much fun. I notice new things every time I watch. I hadn't noticed the part where Kelly's words were drowned out by the gunfire until you pointed it out. Glad you enjoyed it too.
5:24 People always think Oddball is out of place in a WWII movie, but when I was in Iraq, I didn't get my hair cut for six months and felt like a hippie.
16:57 We had this movie on VHS when I was a kid, and I couldn’t get enough of it, must’ve watched it three hundred times, easy. But our TV back then was a 4:3 ’80s CRT, so it was only when my brother gave me the DVD for Christmas about six years ago and I saw it in widescreen that I realised that Fez was in this scene with Oddball the whole time, rather than ending with Oddball just barking and talking to an empty chair. (Which TBF _would_ still be on-brand for Oddball.... )
I saw this in the theatre when I was 6. I Love It! "Burning Bridges" became one of my all time favorite songs. Just rewatched it a month ago great movie! "The Three Kings"(1999) was a modern retake of this movie and worth a watch.
The "walk up " music is based on "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" iconic score. That movie was what made Cl;int eastwood an international star, so this was a definitive wink at the audience at the time the movie was released.
The movie was filmed in Yugoslavia. Much of the equipment is stuff US gave to Yugoslavia in the early years of the Cold War. Contrarily, it is also why the sniper is carrying a Russian Mosin Nagant, rather than an American Springfield rifle. They used what was available locally.
And the Yugoslav army was still using Sherman tanks from WW2. Every last one of that enormous line of tanks that passes through the camp is a real Sherman. Tigers, however, are much rarer; there's only one confirmed operational Tiger known to exist, and I doubt the British (who captured it early in the war) would have let it out of their collection (although they did consent to it being used in 'Fury). So the three 'Tiger' tanks in this movie are Russian WW2-era T34 tanks with fake Tiger hulls mounted on them.
My Dad was part of the crew on this film, a lot of the crew were used as extras. My Dad was General Colt's driver. Great film, always watch it when it come on TV in the UK.
Brilliant and shared to my Facebook and Instagram. I used to teach film at Sinclair Community College and when I showed Kelly's Heroes in my New Hollywood class, the students went crazy. They loved it especially my students who took my Spaghetti Western and Italian Horror Films class. They got the in jokes.
The town in the climax is a Croatian village used by hollywood for films called Vižinada. There are other you tibe videos made where each year in the village they recreate Kelly's Heroes and other WWII battles right in the same village square where the bank and tiger tank battle were. The historic buildings are and small roads are all still there...they are hundreds of years old. The bank in particular looks almost exactly the same as a run down building...you can look up there videos under Vižinada airsoft or kellys hero reenactment Vižinada
The town of Vizinada in Croatia is still there, and in Street View is recognizably the same place with very few changes. The brown building they blew up is gone, and part of several building facades.
I saw this move at the drive-in when it came out - the first movie I actually remember seeing (there were others before, but I was too young to remember). It has always had a special place in my heart.
Thank you so much for the reaction! Kelly's Heroes is one of my all time favorite movies. An enjoyable story and an incredibly quotable film. A terrific cast with wonderful performances. Great music, sound , special effects, and very well shot. Really loved the characters and performances of Don Rickles, Donald Southerland, and Carroll O'Connor. This movie is not as well known or appreciated as it should be. IMO. Thanks again!
The western music played at 17:57 is actually the theme song from the movie, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, a western that Clint Eastwood stared in. A subtle 4th wall breaking.
15:15 Well spotted. Yes, it is the Croix de Lorraine which was used as the Free French symbol. Since Vichy France was also using the French tricolour flag, the Croix de Lorraine was added to the flag to distinguish the Free French from Vichy France.
A real fun movie, written by a British screenwriter and, unbelievably, based on something that really happened towards the end of WW2. I love this movie.
In 1944 an ounce of gold was worth $32 per ounce. In 2024 an ounce of gold is worth $2025 per ounce. *The gold stolen from that bank was worth nearly $2.3 Billion dollars* when adjusted to 2024 value.
I saw this movie in the theater as part of a Clint Eastwood double feature (when they did double features). This and “Where Eagles Dare”. Don’t know why that would stay with me all of these years. Thank you for reacting to it!
The humor in this movie is great. I saw it when it came out in 1970. Watched it more than once. I'd love to see it again. BTW, near the end there's a fun poke at Eastwood's man with no name movies.
Definetly a underrated film. I saw someone most a meme of oddball the other day and i had to dig up my old dvd. Every once in a while when my friend is being negative i quote oddball lol.
Way to take a risk and watching this CLASSIC. So many great actors and the music is fantastic. The characters are so awesome from Kelly, to Crapgame even to Mulligan. ONE of my top 3 favorite mov of my favorite movies.
This movie is based on a true story from WW2. After the heist, several of the men became Swiss citizens and stayed in Switzerland; they were deserters from the U.S. Army and couldn't risk going back home.
Interesting facts (or not) The following actors had military service: Clint Eastwood-Army Korea Telly Savalas- Army WWII Don Rickles-Navy WWII, pacific theater. Appearing in theaters even back then! Carrol O'Connor-WWII Merchant Marine Atlantic Harry Dean Stanton-Navy cook on a landing ship at Okinawa Gavin Macleod - Air Force 1950s and of course, later Captain of The Love Boat🚢 (it's exciting and new)
My brother is a retired tanker. (Captain, C Troop, 1-113th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Army National Guard.) "Kelly's Heroes" is must-see viewing for American soldiers and "Oddball" is iconic among American tankers. Oddball is very true to life: Tankers *don't* shave and they do have this odd speech cadence. (The irony is Donald Sutherland was a bitterly leftist, anti-Vietnam figure in the Sixties and Seventies, but, hey, whatever.)
The Mike Curb Congregation's recording of "Burning Bridges" reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on March 6, 1971; but did much better in South Africa, where it was the #1 song on the charts for five weeks ending in November 1970, and in New Zealand, where it spent two weeks at #1 in March 1971. It also had a two-week stay at #1 in Australia, and in Canada the song reached #23 in March 1971.
When you look at it, it's actually a heist comedy movie disguised as a war movie. And Oddball the hippie tank commander is one of the greatest comic creations in all of cinema.
I'm so glad you reacted to this one! I used to watch this with my dad whenever it came on TV. It brings back great memories. I think it is such an underrated movie. It's one of my favorite war movies (along with 'The Dirty Dozen' and 'Patton').
When I was a baby learning to talk, I took words I heard on TV and mashed them up. Like all those sci-fi movies where aliens learn English from TV? I really did that. One of my mashups was "Mwah Savalas!". To this day, when I see Telly Savalas pop up in something, I go "Mwah Savalas!" and chuckle.
I read the book before I saw the movie as a teenager. The one bit of backstory I recall which was omitted from the movie was that Clint Eastwood's character "Kelly" had been an officer. He commanded a platoon in the Sicily landing, got drunk, and took the wrong hill (which was occupied by other Americans.) For this he was busted to the ranks. That's why he has a "commanding" character and eperience and was involved in the interrogation. Thoroughly enjoyed reliving the movie again through your commentary.
Yes early role for him. I really like Margolin whenever he shows up. Had a role in a Canadian 2 year series called Intelligence. He was a pleasure there too.
I wish they were real Tiger tanks but they were actually T-34s made to look like Tigers. This movie was filmed in Yugoslavia which at the time their army was equipped with a lot of US vehicles from WW2
That core problem every Dungeons and Dragons party knows: when you get the million gold piece hoard, how inna hail are you gonna get it anywhere? Tolkein had the answer: you open up the Dwarven city now the dragon is dead, make alliances now that the master of Rivertown is gone, and RULE like the kings of old. Keeping that gold in the vault, and becoming the occupying force might have worked, but Kelly's Captain would likely have figured it out.
Chock full of superstars of the time. Clint Eastwood, Telly (Kojack) Savales, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, and Carrol ( Archie Bunker ) O’Connor. Was actually shot in Yugoslavia while the country was still communist. A lot of actual captured German equipment left over from WW2. The German “Tigers” were actually T-34 chassis on which the tiger was built. If you listen to the “Germans” speak , you’ll notice they are speaking Serbs-Croatian .
A heist film, set during WW2 with a fantastic ensemble cast. Lucky for us no one decided to make Kelly's Heroes 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . . . "But we WANT more". Fine. Hollywood made all kinds of ensemble cast movies without resorting to sequels. The Dirty Dozen. The Longest Yard. Several 'Disaster flicks' . . . . . The list is impressive.
I went to school for an MBA. However, I'd say about a third of my MBA came from this movie, from Don Rickle's character Crapgame. "Make adeal." "What kind of deal?" "A DEAL DEAL!" Another third came from Kenny Rogers and The Gambler, and that last third took 3 years and $30K. This is one of my favorite movies.
Fun Fact: the story of the movie, with the gold heist behind enemy lines during WWII is inspired by a real-life event. During the last days of the war, in May 1945, the Nazi gold treasury in Bavaria/ S. Germany was robbed. Over 2,5 Billion $ in gold bars & coins, most of it was stolen during the war by the Nazis from the various European countries they invaded, disappeared over night incl. the elite Waffen-SS regiment who was supposed to guard it. According to 2 British investigative journalists, a group of high ranking US Army personnel conspired with the German guards, they stole the gold, divided it amongst them, sold it to a Swiss bank & helped the Waffen-SS members to escape to Switzerland, where they got new identities and vanished. Over the years, some of the gold has resurfaced but the majority was never recovered.
That bit about everyone in that little army working together. The general, the politicals, the officers, the audience (except for veterans) miss that little detail. Nobody in any army wants to do anything, because fups like that general cause all the problems, even ignoring success to defend his drinks cabinet, for example. Or losing a hill because he didn't know it had been captured, and told his troops to return to the start line, then ignored them, because it was 3 PM, and he didn't think that morning's battle had been successful enough (actually happened in 1944, at Bourgebus Ridge in France).
Kelly's Heroes is one of my favorite movies. i'm glad you enjoyed it. i liked Donald Sutherland playing Oddball he plays the character so good. like you want to be friends with Oddball. Happily Ever After (1989) and The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Still my favorite war movie after 52 years. I love the old guy with the wheel barrow. He calmly watches them go by and decides he needs to be somewhere else. The Tiger tanks were actually Russian T-34s in disguise. Moriarty (tank mechanic) is Gavin McCloud. Captain Stubing from "The Love Boat".
There were rather a lot of WW2 movies made in post-war period. As is typical, there were a load of forgettable duds made, but we did get stuff like "Ice Cold in Alex" (1958), "The Guns of Navarone" (1961), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), and "The Great Escape" (1963). For reasons I can't fathom, "The Great Escape" always used to get shown over Christmas in the UK when I was a younger (along with "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Sound of Music") despite not being in the slightest bit Christmassy! I think someone has already mentioned "The Heroes of Telemark" (1965), but there is also Ray Mears' documentary series "The Real Heroes of Telemark" (2003) which tells the true story.
WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF! (That's my other dog impression.) The film was actually shot in the former Yugoslavia. The Shermans were actually Yugoslavian army tanks, (albeit reserve vehicles). The 'Tigers' were Soviet T-34's mocked up to resemble panzers. They did a pretty good job, except they are about 3/4 scale..
My dad took me to see this when I was 7 in 1970 and has been one of my favorite movies since. They filmed this in the former Yugoslavia. Thank you for doing this reaction.
Really enjoyed your reaction. I was thrilled to see someone react to a not often recognized great war movie from the past. Can I suggest you react to "Taking Chance" with Kevin Bacon released in 2009. A couple of popular reactors have already reacted to it, but it's not a big blockbuster movie so it doesn't appear in the viewer polls. It is a profound true to life story. Impactful and heart rending Let me add, you are very astute , you caught so much of this movie that others would have missed, such as when Eastwood is yelling but the weapons fire drowns him out. Usually only people who have experienced combat would be aware of this.
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Finally! Someone who reacts to a huge classic forgotten film!
Badly and stupidly...
Forgotten? It's still shown on tv often. At least in England.
@@melangellatc1718 ..is what?
Every tank commander for the last 50 years has secretly wanted to be Oddball. The theme song, Burning Bridges, was sung by the Mike Curb congregation. He later became lieutenant governor of California. The little Yugoslav town where this was shot still gets alot of tourism from this movie.
🔔 6:07 Supposedly 'Crap Game' asking for 'Hogan' actually was a deliberate reference to "Hogan's Heroes"
Woof, woof, woof!
Digging all these positive waves from Alexa.
Carroll O'Connor played General Colt. A year or so after "Kelly's Heroes" came out, O'Connor became famous as Archie Bunker on the "All in the Family" TV series.
A couple of years after that Telly and George Savalas (Big Joe and Mulligan) carved their own piece of TV fame in "Kojak".
@@zvimur1970s classic runaway movie 😊
He also played Lt Cmdr Burke in the 1965 movie "In Harms Way" which would be a good one to react to.
O'Connor also played a general in "The Devil's Brigade".
Moriarty (Gavin MacLeod) went on to play the ship's captain in "The Love Boat".
They say this role helped to get him the role of Archie Bunker. When he’s first introduced at his headquarters, O’Conner is yelling at his staff in a way that is very similar to the Archie Bunker character.
I come here to tell you that Donald Sutherland has joined Telly Salvalas, Don Rickles and many more on the heaven last night
As a retired U.S. Tank Commander I love this movie. The music as they walk toward the tank was right out of Clint Eastwood's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
I give the production team huge props for making the German armour have a very good likeness to Tigers. Can't remember what they actually were, most film makers wouldn't even bother.
@@nicksykes4575 I am pretty sure they mocked up the Tiger's using T-34 tanks.
I saw this when it came out, while I was in the army with a couple of other draftees. We were blow away and I still love this movie. The 60's sensibility in Oddball's dialog (negative waves, etc.) in a WW2 movie, just made it that much funnier for us. Glad to see you watch and enjoy it.
We had also just seen Donald Sutherland(Oddball) as the original "Hawkeye" Pierce in the movie version of M*A*S*H released not too long before this one.
R.I.P. Donald, dead at 88.
Thanks for reviewing one of my favorite movies.
This was one of my dad's favorit movies, and one of the few movies I remember watching with him. He passed away 27-09-2023 :(
Yeah. I miss my dad too. It’s the Guns of Navarone for me and my dad 😊
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One of my dad's favorites too. He wasn't a movie buff but recommended a few gold nuggets of lesser known movies made before my time that makes me remember him whenever I watch them. This one I would probably have found by myself some day, but it still counts.
When he was older and I tried to return the favor it became a thing of finding movies he would have seen when young if he was as big a movie freak as I turned out. Best result was Seven Samurai when I discovered he hadn't seen a single Kurosawa movie. I think he turned into a young teen (the age he would have been at the original release) while watching it. Sad thoughts, happy memories. (Smiling with tears in my eyes.) Fun times!
At 64 I still miss my old man , his Favourites Was The Quite Man or The Searchers but Kelly`s Heroes was guaranteed to always put a smile on his face...
Same here! My father was primarily a taciturn movie watcher. This movie had him slapping his knee, laughing out loud and quoting "No negative waves!" I have a secret smile whenever I encounter Kelly's Heroes.
One of my favourite war movies. Sometimes I'm in the mood for something gritty and realistic, like "Das Boot" or "Dunkirk", and sometimes I'm in the mood for something completely bonkers, like this. Strangely enough, this film was actually loosely inspired by a real crime from World War 2 - Mark Felton did a video about it a while ago.
I remember seeing Dunkirk in the theatre and as I came out, someone’s car backfired or something, anyway it sounded like a gunshot. I literally hit the pavement right outside the theater I was so spooked by it!
@@alexachipmanz. Good to know you have good survival instincts.
When it comes to dramas (with funny moments), another really bizarre WWII film is CASTLE KEEP.
First video I've seen of yours, this is one of my favorites. Brings me joy to see someone else watch it with such attention.
I have to say, Oddball is who I wish I was.
This is one of my top 3 classic WWII Clint Eastwood movies, Where Eagles Dare being #1. Kelly's Heroes is a fun and exciting war heist movie.
Brian G. Hutton directed both films. And he did a great job with both, especially since they are both 30 minutes longer than the average run time of similar movies.
My favourite aspect of the movie is the absurdity of war and how it’s about regular, everyday guys getting a reward more meaningful than medals accompanied with speeches full of empty platitudes delivered by gasbag officers. It’s a different pov than the traditional war movies from ww2
YES! I hit the like button before I even watched the video. I love this film.
Much appreciated!
This is a great film. It gives Hogan’s Heroes vibes. I love the opening song.
"60 feet o' bridge I can pick up almost anywhere!" .. I love that line.
Thank you for reacting to this, I love this movie & it's nice to see someone watch it for the first time.
It gets me when we lose the three guys in the field. I wish they all could've made it.
Sutherland, Eastwood and Savalas all appeared in westerns and I love the spurs sound effect, makes me chuckle every time.
Alexa, I was like you when I saw this in the theater at age 15. My friend asked me to see it, and I had no idea what it was about. The only character I knew was Don Rickles, even though many were big name stars. It's a movie I've enjoyed watching repeatedly over the years.
Just discovered your channel this morning. Love it! As an avid filmgoer and retired actor I love watching people’s reactions to films. If ok, I will suggest a few films along the way. ( None of my own I promise!). Kelly’s Hero’s has been a favorite for years. Thank you for your gift of love for film.
Have you seen a film entitled The Ninth Configuration? Written and directed by William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist. Strange hybrid of a film. Would enjoy your take. I’ve recently finished the Stargate series. All of them in fact. Thoughts?
You have to remember the context for the jokes in this film is that this was made during the Vietnam War hence forth the Hippie vibes by Oddball.
Damn! She knows a bit of Hogan's Heroes! Wow!!!
My uncle is a Hogan so it is kind of a must watch in my family! I even did some fan audio dramas.
A superb cast, a great story and that soundtrack!!! There's nothing to dislike about this movie
I was a Medic in the 3ID in Iraq, I got the CMB. Combat is very strange and the longer you are in it the more you don't care how it ends.
Your observation about not hearing Eastwood’s character because the firing was so loud was a brilliant one. Warfare is SO loud and hard to depict without distorting audio. I hadn’t really noticed it in this movie before.
Genious scene - I don’t think I have seen that technique used in a film before.
A friend of mine had a WWII Mauser bolt action rifle, the same standard issue German army rifle used in both world wars. We took it out and fired it when we were in high school in 1974. My ears are still ringing, it's a wonder that every one who has combat experience isn't stone deaf...
I've loved watching this movie every time it would come on tv for past 50 years...every scene is gold. 👍
I subscribed as soon as you mentioned the "Unsung Heroes"!!! Love me some Hogan's Heroes.
Fun fact: The Japanese anime series Girls und Panzer contains several references to Kelly's Heroes, and at one point a group of characters are shown watching the film with the trapped tiger scene reproduced in animated form on their TV screen.
I love the theme in this movie.
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I’m glad you picked up on Crapgame’s call to “Hogan in intelligence”. I noticed that reference a while back. Not sure if it’s a direct nod to the show Hogans Heros or just a coincidence but either way I found it cool
Sending “positive waves” for reacting to this.
I loved that at 16:26, Girls Und Panzers did a camo of this scene and then used the same tactic to win.
Oddball is the spirit animal of every tanker.
Miss Chipman I would first like to say how much not only I but my family enjoyed your reaction Video to one of the best and most comical war movies ever made (my opinion)
I grew up watching this wonderful movie with both my grandfather and father and now I've passed it on to my children who thoroughly enjoy it thank you so very much for posting this truly awesome video.
Thank you so much!
Love this movie- its on TV a lot in the UK and I often watch it again when I see it on the tv planner, just because its so much fun. I notice new things every time I watch. I hadn't noticed the part where Kelly's words were drowned out by the gunfire until you pointed it out. Glad you enjoyed it too.
5:24 People always think Oddball is out of place in a WWII movie, but when I was in Iraq, I didn't get my hair cut for six months and felt like a hippie.
Thank you for your service
16:57 We had this movie on VHS when I was a kid, and I couldn’t get enough of it, must’ve watched it three hundred times, easy. But our TV back then was a 4:3 ’80s CRT, so it was only when my brother gave me the DVD for Christmas about six years ago and I saw it in widescreen that I realised that Fez was in this scene with Oddball the whole time, rather than ending with Oddball just barking and talking to an empty chair. (Which TBF _would_ still be on-brand for Oddball.... )
6:13, not being too saturated in old US TV, took me decades to find out the inspiration for the movie title😂.
I love your honest, "They are lucky to have a bridge. They should blow the bridge," comment. You made me aware of foreshadowing I never saw!
I saw this in the theatre when I was 6. I Love It! "Burning Bridges" became one of my all time favorite songs. Just rewatched it a month ago great movie! "The Three Kings"(1999) was a modern retake of this movie and worth a watch.
Thank you but due to spoilers in your recommendation, it is now disqualified from a reaction.
Sorry it s not a Spoiler.@@alexachipman
The "walk up " music is based on "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" iconic score. That movie was what made Cl;int eastwood an international star, so this was a definitive wink at the audience at the time the movie was released.
When you look at the number of big names in this movie, and their salaries, it's amazing anything was left over for bullets. This movie just works.
This popped up on my feed, no idea who you are all I saw was Kelly’s Heroes and I’m watching. Great movie.
The movie was filmed in Yugoslavia. Much of the equipment is stuff US gave to Yugoslavia in the early years of the Cold War. Contrarily, it is also why the sniper is carrying a Russian Mosin Nagant, rather than an American Springfield rifle. They used what was available locally.
And the Yugoslav army was still using Sherman tanks from WW2. Every last one of that enormous line of tanks that passes through the camp is a real Sherman. Tigers, however, are much rarer; there's only one confirmed operational Tiger known to exist, and I doubt the British (who captured it early in the war) would have let it out of their collection (although they did consent to it being used in 'Fury). So the three 'Tiger' tanks in this movie are Russian WW2-era T34 tanks with fake Tiger hulls mounted on them.
My Dad was part of the crew on this film, a lot of the crew were used as extras. My Dad was General Colt's driver. Great film, always watch it when it come on TV in the UK.
5.56 A Hippie driving a Sherman...LOL Oddball's appearance has always caused a chuckle.
Brilliant and shared to my Facebook and Instagram. I used to teach film at Sinclair Community College and when I showed Kelly's Heroes in my New Hollywood class, the students went crazy. They loved it especially my students who took my Spaghetti Western and Italian Horror Films class. They got the in jokes.
Filmed in the former Yugoslavia. They had all kinds of surplus WWII equipment used in the movie.
The town in the climax is a Croatian village used by hollywood for films called Vižinada. There are other you tibe videos made where each year in the village they recreate Kelly's Heroes and other WWII battles right in the same village square where the bank and tiger tank battle were. The historic buildings are and small roads are all still there...they are hundreds of years old. The bank in particular looks almost exactly the same as a run down building...you can look up there videos under Vižinada airsoft or kellys hero reenactment Vižinada
Oddball was ahead of his time, He was living the 70's in the 1940's : )
The town of Vizinada in Croatia is still there, and in Street View is recognizably the same place with very few changes. The brown building they blew up is gone, and part of several building facades.
I saw this move at the drive-in when it came out - the first movie I actually remember seeing (there were others before, but I was too young to remember). It has always had a special place in my heart.
"Wasted trip, baby. Nobody said anything about lockin' horns with no Tigers !'
Thank you so much for the reaction! Kelly's Heroes is one of my all time favorite movies. An enjoyable story and an incredibly quotable film. A terrific cast with wonderful performances. Great music, sound , special effects, and very well shot. Really loved the characters and performances of Don Rickles, Donald Southerland, and Carroll O'Connor. This movie is not as well known or appreciated as it should be. IMO. Thanks again!
Agreed - loved it! I am going around to people now going “have you seen Kelly’s Heroes?”
The western music played at 17:57 is actually the theme song from the movie, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, a western that Clint Eastwood stared in. A subtle 4th wall breaking.
Fabulous pick up thank you!
15:15 Well spotted. Yes, it is the Croix de Lorraine which was used as the Free French symbol. Since Vichy France was also using the French tricolour flag, the Croix de Lorraine was added to the flag to distinguish the Free French from Vichy France.
Very cool!
A real fun movie, written by a British screenwriter and, unbelievably, based on something that really happened towards the end of WW2.
I love this movie.
In 1944 an ounce of gold was worth $32 per ounce. In 2024 an ounce of gold is worth $2025 per ounce. *The gold stolen from that bank was worth nearly $2.3 Billion dollars* when adjusted to 2024 value.
I saw this movie in the theater as part of a Clint Eastwood double feature (when they did double features). This and “Where Eagles Dare”. Don’t know why that would stay with me all of these years. Thank you for reacting to it!
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST features a harmonica.
One of my favorite movies of all time !
RIP ODDBALL! You will be missed.
Another great Donald Sutherland movie among the many is CITIZEN X, released in 1995.
The humor in this movie is great. I saw it when it came out in 1970. Watched it more than once. I'd love to see it again. BTW, near the end there's a fun poke at Eastwood's man with no name movies.
Definetly a underrated film. I saw someone most a meme of oddball the other day and i had to dig up my old dvd. Every once in a while when my friend is being negative i quote oddball lol.
Way to take a risk and watching this CLASSIC. So many great actors and the music is fantastic. The characters are so awesome from Kelly, to Crapgame even to Mulligan. ONE of my top 3 favorite mov of my favorite movies.
This movie is based on a true story from WW2. After the heist, several of the men became Swiss citizens and stayed in Switzerland; they were deserters from the U.S. Army and couldn't risk going back home.
Woof Woof !
I love Oddball and have used that handle for many years in video games
Interesting facts (or not)
The following actors had military service:
Clint Eastwood-Army Korea
Telly Savalas- Army WWII
Don Rickles-Navy WWII, pacific theater. Appearing in theaters even back then!
Carrol O'Connor-WWII Merchant Marine Atlantic
Harry Dean Stanton-Navy cook on a landing ship at Okinawa
Gavin Macleod - Air Force 1950s and of course, later Captain of The Love Boat🚢 (it's exciting and new)
My brother is a retired tanker. (Captain, C Troop, 1-113th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Army National Guard.) "Kelly's Heroes" is must-see viewing for American soldiers and "Oddball" is iconic among American tankers. Oddball is very true to life: Tankers *don't* shave and they do have this odd speech cadence. (The irony is Donald Sutherland was a bitterly leftist, anti-Vietnam figure in the Sixties and Seventies, but, hey, whatever.)
The Mike Curb Congregation's recording of "Burning Bridges" reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on March 6, 1971; but did much better in South Africa, where it was the #1 song on the charts for five weeks ending in November 1970, and in New Zealand, where it spent two weeks at #1 in March 1971. It also had a two-week stay at #1 in Australia, and in Canada the song reached #23 in March 1971.
When you look at it, it's actually a heist comedy movie disguised as a war movie. And Oddball the hippie tank commander is one of the greatest comic creations in all of cinema.
I'm so glad you reacted to this one! I used to watch this with my dad whenever it came on TV. It brings back great memories. I think it is such an underrated movie. It's one of my favorite war movies (along with 'The Dirty Dozen' and 'Patton').
Donald Sutherland as Oddball the hippie world war II tank commander you didn't know you needed in a movie.
When I was a baby learning to talk, I took words I heard on TV and mashed them up. Like all those sci-fi movies where aliens learn English from TV? I really did that. One of my mashups was "Mwah Savalas!". To this day, when I see Telly Savalas pop up in something, I go "Mwah Savalas!" and chuckle.
I read the book before I saw the movie as a teenager. The one bit of backstory I recall which was omitted from the movie was that Clint Eastwood's character "Kelly" had been an officer. He commanded a platoon in the Sicily landing, got drunk, and took the wrong hill (which was occupied by other Americans.) For this he was busted to the ranks. That's why he has a "commanding" character and eperience and was involved in the interrogation. Thoroughly enjoyed reliving the movie again through your commentary.
They included part of that in the film, but I cut it for time.
You had me at Hogan's Heroes!! 😄
Stuart Margolin there was a known cast member on the TV show the Rockford Files.
Yes early role for him. I really like Margolin whenever he shows up. Had a role in a Canadian 2 year series called Intelligence. He was a pleasure there too.
I was particularly impressed that that the Tigers were Tigers and not Chieftains painted with Wermacht markings.
I wish they were real Tiger tanks but they were actually T-34s made to look like Tigers. This movie was filmed in Yugoslavia which at the time their army was equipped with a lot of US vehicles from WW2
@@tbob8212 Cool. Thanks for the correction, but that just impresses me more in that they did a REALLY good job of dressing up a Russian tank.
Hogan's Heroes episode reference was good.
That core problem every Dungeons and Dragons party knows: when you get the million gold piece hoard, how inna hail are you gonna get it anywhere?
Tolkein had the answer: you open up the Dwarven city now the dragon is dead, make alliances now that the master of Rivertown is gone, and RULE like the kings of old.
Keeping that gold in the vault, and becoming the occupying force might have worked, but Kelly's Captain would likely have figured it out.
Chock full of superstars of the time. Clint Eastwood, Telly (Kojack) Savales, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, and Carrol ( Archie Bunker ) O’Connor. Was actually shot in Yugoslavia while the country was still communist. A lot of actual captured German equipment left over from WW2. The German “Tigers” were actually T-34 chassis on which the tiger was built. If you listen to the “Germans” speak , you’ll notice they are speaking Serbs-Croatian .
A heist film, set during WW2 with a fantastic ensemble cast. Lucky for us no one decided to make Kelly's Heroes 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . . .
"But we WANT more". Fine. Hollywood made all kinds of ensemble cast movies without resorting to sequels. The Dirty Dozen. The Longest Yard. Several 'Disaster flicks' . . . . . The list is impressive.
I went to school for an MBA. However, I'd say about a third of my MBA came from this movie, from Don Rickle's character Crapgame. "Make adeal." "What kind of deal?" "A DEAL DEAL!" Another third came from Kenny Rogers and The Gambler, and that last third took 3 years and $30K. This is one of my favorite movies.
Fun Fact: the story of the movie, with the gold heist behind enemy lines during WWII is inspired by a real-life event.
During the last days of the war, in May 1945, the Nazi gold treasury in Bavaria/ S. Germany was robbed.
Over 2,5 Billion $ in gold bars & coins, most of it was stolen during the war by the Nazis from the various European countries they invaded, disappeared over night incl. the elite Waffen-SS regiment who was supposed to guard it.
According to 2 British investigative journalists, a group of high ranking US Army personnel conspired with the German guards, they stole the gold, divided it amongst them, sold it to a Swiss bank & helped the Waffen-SS members to escape to Switzerland, where they got new identities and vanished.
Over the years, some of the gold has resurfaced but the majority was never recovered.
That bit about everyone in that little army working together.
The general, the politicals, the officers, the audience (except for veterans) miss that little detail.
Nobody in any army wants to do anything, because fups like that general cause all the problems, even ignoring success to defend his drinks cabinet, for example.
Or losing a hill because he didn't know it had been captured, and told his troops to return to the start line, then ignored them, because it was 3 PM, and he didn't think that morning's battle had been successful enough (actually happened in 1944, at Bourgebus Ridge in France).
So classic of the brass!
Kelly's Heroes is one of my favorite movies. i'm glad you enjoyed it. i liked Donald Sutherland playing Oddball he plays the character so good. like you want to be friends with Oddball. Happily Ever After (1989) and The Great Train Robbery (1978)
RIP Donald Sutherland.
Still my favorite war movie after 52 years.
I love the old guy with the wheel barrow. He calmly watches them go by and decides he needs to be somewhere else.
The Tiger tanks were actually Russian T-34s in disguise.
Moriarty (tank mechanic) is Gavin McCloud. Captain Stubing from "The Love Boat".
Thank you. So few reactors do this movie. It earned you a subscription from me.
Thank you!
There were rather a lot of WW2 movies made in post-war period. As is typical, there were a load of forgettable duds made, but we did get stuff like "Ice Cold in Alex" (1958), "The Guns of Navarone" (1961), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), and "The Great Escape" (1963). For reasons I can't fathom, "The Great Escape" always used to get shown over Christmas in the UK when I was a younger (along with "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Sound of Music") despite not being in the slightest bit Christmassy! I think someone has already mentioned "The Heroes of Telemark" (1965), but there is also Ray Mears' documentary series "The Real Heroes of Telemark" (2003) which tells the true story.
LOVE this movie. Such a good cast. Thank you for reacting to this!
awesome flick.
9:00 the song playing on the loud speaker is " I've been working on the railroad" ha ha ha
on moms account but Kelly's heroes will never be forgotten, it's a timeless classic!!!!!!!!!
Oddball is like ww2s version of the dude.
Great reaction, so many positive waves!
WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF! (That's my other dog impression.)
The film was actually shot in the former Yugoslavia. The Shermans were actually Yugoslavian army tanks, (albeit reserve vehicles).
The 'Tigers' were Soviet T-34's mocked up to resemble panzers. They did a pretty good job, except they are about 3/4 scale..
My dad took me to see this when I was 7 in 1970 and has been one of my favorite movies since. They filmed this in the former Yugoslavia. Thank you for doing this reaction.
Really enjoyed your reaction. I was thrilled to see someone react to a not often recognized great war movie from the past. Can I suggest you react to "Taking Chance" with Kevin Bacon released in 2009.
A couple of popular reactors have already reacted to it, but it's not a big blockbuster movie so it doesn't appear in the viewer polls. It is a profound true to life story. Impactful and heart rending Let me add, you are very astute , you caught so much of this movie that others would have missed, such as when Eastwood is yelling but the weapons fire drowns him out. Usually only people who have experienced combat would be aware of this.
Thank you, I'll add it into my list.