Good Old Days Sunday Afternoon chilling with Gran Bag of Donuts ,sweets on sofa ready for Sunday Classic Matinee Kelly's Heroes has became classic No remake could better in my opinion mostly due to selected cast Rare EVERY CHARACTER Actors nail Oddball for me Donald Sutherland was hilarious Hippy Warrior rode a Sherman Played Loud Music as blew Germans up That scene Railroad song lol Hey it's the Band Take it Easy Big Joe Some These People Have Sensative Feelings Moriarty Negative Waves "Crap" Woof Woof Woof Woof lol
Germans used a lot of captured US jeeps later in war, it was not that uncommon. They didn't even bother painting the crosses. What gave the gig away was an actual US soldier behind the wheel...
@@michaelmclachlan1650 I wondered which country called their military police by that moniker.It's mentioned in David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books that "The Slammers were used to people wanting to kill them.Major Steuben was obviously used to the Slammers wanting to kill him."
The amazing thing about this intentionally silly movie is that the producers really went all-out to achieve an authentic look for this film in regards to weapons, uniforms, and especially vehicles. It's far more accurate looking than many of the more "serious" WWII films. It features the only semi-realistic looking Tiger tanks seen in Hollywood movie prior to Saving Private Ryan.
Well in 1970 Yugoslavian People Army or on Serbian JNA, have lot of US vehicle in inventory still active, also we have lot of real German weapons and uniforms. Because of that Producers of the movie take this movie in Ex Yugoslavia, Istra...i forgot, shore of Adriatic sea, IStra with here villages is similar to the coast of France in Normandy.....
Has always been on of my favorite movies! The cast, headed by Clint Eastwood, was perfectly balanced for this film. Every character is played by just the right actor.
Just imagine their situation. Weather is shit, they are facing the western allies, everyone knews that....yeah the war is kind of lost. They are cold, miserable. And then, when it's finelly their turn to get some warm food/drink, they AND their food get showered in cold mud.
blockmasterscott if I were in this movie I would try to accelerate speeds from 75 mph to 110 mph and purposefully run all the German’s over and say sorry just trying to get out of the rain.
a great sceene and proable. on friday nights church coffeee vans for bumms turn up on main street off auckland city and they so close too passing cars the bums get hit by water iff it raining especcially here in ugly cold south hemisphere winter seasons
As a former soldier you would be surprised how many time that ruses like this work. They are never planned but can save your arse if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time and keep your mouth shut until you canbreak away.
As a kid, i had the homemade VHS (Filmed from a TV Showing on a VCR) so i had never seen the intro (The VHS started as they drive up to the barn) and it wasn't until i saw this on TV i realized that part was in the flim.
Pure magic and great entertainment. Can't get enough of these golden oldies. Seeing movies like "KELLY'S HEROES" on the old huge cinema screens is truly a magical experience. Watching movies on the screens of today unfortunately, for me, don't have the same appeal as those of yesteryear and the going to the movies experience is not only expensive but not as fun. When you went to the movies you dressed up in your finest to look the part as everyone and anyone was there all decked out. You can never get any better than adjusting your canvas seat to get comfy and settle in for a good night's entertainment on the big screen. I remember going to the matinee and night screening of Kelly's Heroes and paying 20 cents for admission for a double feature. The great old days of the old cinemas with CinemaScope etc are all but gone. Good memories though. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Yep exactly, the grand old theatres in American cities, had huge screens, the curtains drew back when the movie started, a lot of the movies made in the 1960's had Intermissions, like Dr Zhivago, Ice Station Zebra, Battle of the Bulge, etc. It seemed like a huge event, of course being a small kid, it was all so big, so encompassing. Thankfully I grew up in this great era of Epic movies in epic movie theaters.
& who can forget Telly Savalas's Big Joe & Donald Sutherland's just brilliant Oddball, lol! This was one of my Dad's favourite films, he recognised & understood the humour. He was a WW2 & D-Day veteran, he would remember some pretty mad pranks from his experiences.
What a damn good movie. You just couldn't get any better than Kelly's Heroes. This movie showcased the best of the best actors all rolled into one movie. The likes of Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas add to the movie a kind of serious humour that you could laugh at. Seeing this movie on the huge silver screen was perfection as you felt part of the movie. I have seen this movie many a times over the years and it never ceases to amaze me that such a movie can be so serious and yet so hilarious at the same time. The brilliant casting of all the characters in this movie is exceptional. Kudos goes to the casting director. Burning Bridges was a brilliant score for the opening and ending of this movie. I don't think that we will ever see another movie where there will be great actors of the like all together in one movie. Each of the actors brought to this movie a huge share of their acting talents plus their fair share of humour. 10/10 for this movie. It brings back wonderful memories of going to the old picture theatre with canvas seats and a smooching balcony. These are the greatest movies of yesteryear. 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗😀😁😃😎😎😎😄😄😄😄😄😄👍👍
As a kid I always loved how they just have a tiger warming up in the street lol... Just revving the engine ready to destroy some shurms in the rain ...omg it set the tone
Excellent Movie and Cast!!!!! I THINK THAT I'LL WATCH IT TONIGHT ON THE DVD PLAYER!!!!! I'VE BUILT UP ONE HELL OF A COLLECTION OF BOTH VCR AND DVD'S!!!!!
"It is Hollywood" -- but if you're just off the front, in column, tired, hungry, at night, being rained on, being shelled randomly, the thought of an enemy light vehicle blowing by just does not compute.
When I was kid I didn't understand much of the story except it was an action-packed, war movie. Now that I see this scene it's boggles me on how an American jeep with American soldiers managed to mingle right under the noses of a German regiment. The Germans did much cared or noticed until one finally did. Very funny.
The Germans would also capture and use any jeeps they could get their hands on because they were a very capable off-road car so seeing a jeep in a German lineup was unusual but not unheard of
It's a tough call to decipher of which film has more reverence than the other be it "Where Eagles Dare" or " Kelly's Heroes" but I know when a film has Tiger Tanks, Eastwood in an American Uniform from start to finish, gold plunder to be sought after, and an amazing esoteric feature song as such be it this opening .................... I think I'd tip my hat to and have nothing but Positive Waves for "Kelly's Heroes" all day everyday!!
The Wehrmacht did use captured allied vehicles. I've seen pics of T-34's. Char 1B's, Somua S35, British Universal Carriers, KV1's and other vehicles in German markings. What makes you think they wouldn't use any jeeps they manage to capture?
used from battle of nertava but check liberation series its a 5 movie series and its made the soviets with lots of explosions, few talking scenes but very well done and many tanks.
That time of the war german army took everything with wheels, they could get. From the beginning of the war the use of captured vehicles was common in various armies, not only in Germany, soviets used german equiment for example. Check on Wikipedia->List of foreign vehicles used by N*** Germany in World War II for examples.
More if you count the other two tanks that Oddball lost, Plus the 3 that died in the mine field. and that's not counting the ones who were defending the Bridge while the heroes were crossing it.
Feldgendarmerie aka 'kettenhunde' (chained dog) - military police, it's the metal gorget worn on the chest that's a giveaway. More likely a feldwebel than an officer.
One those mega rare movies were casting was spot on.Perfection from main to cameo part characters.Donald Sutherland nailed Oddball Comical ,hippy tank riding warrior to uniform tank commander cap to facial expressions was genius acting as was Clint & Telly as Kelly ,Big Joe & Rickles as Crapgame and Gavin MacLeod as Moriarty acting one step away nervous breakdown right down to General Colt ,Little Joe ,Cowboy Willard and Karl Otto looked every part Nazi SS Tank Commander even Mulligan (George Savalas and weasel Maitland What cast perfection Movie exc storyline plot defo Sunday Afternoon Matinee Movie ,many from my generation have done memories Sunday with Gran bag sweets on sofa watching classics Kelly's Heroes is in my opinion a classic.Remake easily possible but due to original cast even with today's A listers & effects couldn't make better Kelly's Heroes Oddball Woof Woof Woof Woof
I wonder how many hair raising instances over the last 3 thousand years there were of a couple of soldiers walking through an enemy encampment with nobody noticing lol.
one of my favourite films of all time but the tiger isnt a tiger "baby",its a t-34 borrowed from the yugoslav army and made to look like a tiger,check out the running gear,great film though.sorry if these are negative waves baby,woof-woof
Everybody I show this to has the same two reactions. "How the flip did they get a Jeep itno the middle of a convoy!?" and "Why did they put the field kitchen next to a flooded ditch!?"
@Airbornerock the stolen villys is during the battle of the bulge along with other vichles lige gmc and dodge. They never used shermans because only very few shermans got into the germans hands, they were ofte to destroyed or smashed plus their own tanks were better. About small arms, the germans often stole the american garand, since it was semi automatic even when they had the gewerh since they werent that wel made.
The scene is very much possible in real life. Dark night, only lightning gives you 2 second light. Everyone is super exhausted. The Germans had used captured Jeeps for real. Everyone probably saw the German officer with the shiny uniform details inside the Jeep next to the driver not shouting for help or fighting so they must have thought that the driver and the guy at the back seat (both of which were in the dark) were germans too. As soon as the German military Police officer saw what was going on they ran him over, but even the German soldiers hated the military police officers, and assuming that everyone in the Jeep were Germans, they probably though something like "serves you right, military police ahole..." So that is why nobody even bothered to shoot at the Jeep.
Feldgendarmerie aka 'kettenhunde' (chained dog) - military police, it's the metal gorget worn on the chest that's a giveaway. More likely a feldwebel than an officer.
Uh...no. Don't you know who Don Rickles is? "What are you looking at, hockey puck?" The voice of Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story? A regular on Dean Martin's celebrity roasts? Served in the Navy during World War II? One of the most awesome actors and comics of all time? And by the way, it's spelled "misprint."
@WolfPackAttack1911 Well it wouldn't be unusual for the Germans to use captured enemy vehicles, such as Jeeps, which I guess the Germans had. Maybe the point is for you not to know how they got their.
So they didn't notice an american jeep? Even if the weather's shit You should notice something isn't right when one of your vehicles don't look vaguely familiar
It's called hiding in plain sight. The sheer incongruity of an American jeep with American soldiers in it being in the middle of German army camp is enough for them not to look twice. And then the MP does look twice.
I read an account of a guy who accidentally drove his jeep into a German staging area prior to the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans probably thought that he and his French female companion were on some covert recon mission so they were able to get out of there. The real incongruity in the scene was having a guy in a German uniform in an Allied marked vehicle.
You should read about the first SAS mission in benghazi it ended with 4 British commandos just marching out of an Italian naval base by having the one guy who spoke Italian shouting at the sleeping gate guard for his negligence sending to others guards who had fallen into formation behind them scurrying not wanting to attract the officers anger and that was just one of several “incidents” (I seriously could not make that up if I tried)
Who cares if its improbable? Its still a great scene nevertheless, and sets up the improbable nature of the film beautifully. Its less of a war movie and much more of a heist film.
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When we see an American jeep with Eastwood in an American uniform in the middle of a German column, you know this is gonna be an interesting movie
Putseller100 to a new yorker like a me, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich, not a crazy going up against three tigers
Maybe he is a republican, we can make him a deal deal
+Putseller100 ....and you know the Germans are in trouble.
Well, just make sure you tell the ionosphere to stay out of the way!
blockmasterscott Ionosphere shmiosinsphere
One of the greatest movie intros ever.
Damn straight! A Great War movie with the always badass Clint Eastwood!
And Don Rickles!!!.....Make A Deal With The Guy, A Deal, A Deal, Maybe The Guy's A Republican!
"DITTO" 😄😊
4 yrs later ahh hahaha
I remember my grandad singing this in his chair while I was just a kid. One of the best memories I have of him. Great man. RIP old man
I’m sorry to hear that, well he’s in a better place now
Good Old Days Sunday Afternoon chilling with Gran Bag of Donuts ,sweets on sofa ready for Sunday Classic Matinee Kelly's Heroes has became classic No remake could better in my opinion mostly due to selected cast Rare EVERY CHARACTER Actors nail Oddball for me Donald Sutherland was hilarious Hippy Warrior rode a Sherman Played Loud Music as blew Germans up That scene Railroad song lol Hey it's the Band
Take it Easy Big Joe Some These People Have Sensative Feelings
Moriarty Negative Waves "Crap" Woof Woof Woof Woof lol
Wow, my grandfather did the exact same thing to me when I was young
The look on that German officers face when he realizes that an American jeep sitting there is priceless
Germans used a lot of captured US jeeps later in war, it was not that uncommon. They didn't even bother painting the crosses. What gave the gig away was an actual US soldier behind the wheel...
Feldgendarmerie aka 'kettenhunde' (chained dog) - military police, it's the metal gorget worn on the chest that's a giveaway.
The casual look Clint had was classic
@@michaelmclachlan1650 Anytime they are mentioned in German accounts the soldiers hated them.
@@michaelmclachlan1650 I wondered which country called their military police by that moniker.It's mentioned in David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books that "The Slammers were used to people wanting to kill them.Major Steuben was obviously used to the Slammers wanting to kill him."
The amazing thing about this intentionally silly movie is that the producers really went all-out to achieve an authentic look for this film in regards to weapons, uniforms, and especially vehicles. It's far more accurate looking than many of the more "serious" WWII films. It features the only semi-realistic looking Tiger tanks seen in Hollywood movie prior to Saving Private Ryan.
Not to mention the producers got personal permission from Marshal Tito himself to shoot the film in Yugoslavia.
Well in 1970 Yugoslavian People Army or on Serbian JNA, have lot of US vehicle in inventory still active, also we have lot of real German weapons and uniforms. Because of that Producers of the movie take this movie in Ex Yugoslavia, Istra...i forgot, shore of Adriatic sea, IStra with here villages is similar to the coast of France in Normandy.....
One of the classic movies of alltime!!
😅😅😅😊😅😊9😊
"A Bridge Too Far" attempt at German vehicles was shithouse.
Don't hit me with those Negative Waves. I love this movie..
The Love Boat Captain before becoming Capt Stubing and he was mURRAY on Mary Tyler Moore, not long after this movie.
shut the hell up carole baskin
I remember my dad taking me and my younger brother to see this in the movie theater. Still brings me back.
12 people are with the negative waves.
balexwogel That's 12 bridges that are no longer there now.
woof woof
4yrs later ahh hahaha!
@@pgcracker82 Don't be hitting me with those negative waves... There will be a bridge, it will be big and beautiful.
Those 12 were clearly not republicans 😂
I dont know why this song isnt more popular
Yes, great song... just sad it's so short! Could do with some remixing to make it 5 minutes long.
I'm helping it's Spotify plays to this very minute, don't worry.
Has always been on of my favorite movies! The cast, headed by Clint Eastwood, was perfectly balanced for this film. Every character is played by just the right actor.
The Germans getting splashed with mud water while getting chow always cracked me up lol
Just imagine their situation. Weather is shit, they are facing the western allies, everyone knews that....yeah the war is kind of lost. They are cold, miserable. And then, when it's finelly their turn to get some warm food/drink, they AND their food get showered in cold mud.
blockmasterscott if I were in this movie I would try to accelerate speeds from 75 mph to 110 mph and purposefully run all the German’s over and say sorry just trying to get out of the rain.
me too. wonder what was on the menu that night. ????- Jew soup. ???
a great sceene and proable. on friday nights church coffeee vans for bumms turn up on main street off auckland city and they so close too passing cars the bums get hit by water iff it raining especcially here in ugly cold south hemisphere winter seasons
They didn't eat chow. They ate pizza, prepared by Mussolini himself.
As a former soldier you would be surprised how many time that ruses like this work. They are never planned but can save your arse if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time and keep your mouth shut until you canbreak away.
one of the 2 greatest movies to come out in 1970
2nd one being MASH
2nd one being Patton.
RIP Don Rickles
Kelly's Heroes and Die Hard are my 2 favorite movies ever
I watch Die Hard on Christmas and Kelly's Heroes on Easter :D
This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
As a kid, i had the homemade VHS (Filmed from a TV Showing on a VCR) so i had never seen the intro (The VHS started as they drive up to the barn) and it wasn't until i saw this on TV i realized that part was in the flim.
watched more than 20 times at this day and this movie is always so Great !!!
Pure magic and great entertainment. Can't get enough of these golden oldies. Seeing movies like "KELLY'S HEROES" on the old huge cinema screens is truly a magical experience. Watching movies on the screens of today unfortunately, for me, don't have the same appeal as those of yesteryear and the going to the movies experience is not only expensive but not as fun. When you went to the movies you dressed up in your finest to look the part as everyone and anyone was there all decked out. You can never get any better than adjusting your canvas seat to get comfy and settle in for a good night's entertainment on the big screen. I remember going to the matinee and night screening of Kelly's Heroes and paying 20 cents for admission for a double feature. The great old days of the old cinemas with CinemaScope etc are all but gone. Good memories though. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Yep exactly, the grand old theatres in American cities, had huge screens, the curtains drew back when the movie started, a lot of the movies made in the 1960's had Intermissions, like Dr Zhivago, Ice Station Zebra, Battle of the Bulge, etc. It seemed like a huge event, of course being a small kid, it was all so big, so encompassing. Thankfully I grew up in this great era of Epic movies in epic movie theaters.
This movie holds a special place in my heart, it was my first Clint Eastwood movie and it was because of this movie I joined the army
& who can forget Telly Savalas's Big Joe & Donald Sutherland's just brilliant Oddball, lol!
This was one of my Dad's favourite films, he recognised & understood the humour.
He was a WW2 & D-Day veteran, he would remember some pretty mad pranks from his experiences.
What a damn good movie. You just couldn't get any better than Kelly's Heroes. This movie showcased the best of the best actors all rolled into one movie. The likes of Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas add to the movie a kind of serious humour that you could laugh at. Seeing this movie on the huge silver screen was perfection as you felt part of the movie. I have seen this movie many a times over the years and it never ceases to amaze me that such a movie can be so serious and yet so hilarious at the same time. The brilliant casting of all the characters in this movie is exceptional. Kudos goes to the casting director. Burning Bridges was a brilliant score for the opening and ending of this movie. I don't think that we will ever see another movie where there will be great actors of the like all together in one movie. Each of the actors brought to this movie a huge share of their acting talents plus their fair share of humour. 10/10 for this movie. It brings back wonderful memories of going to the old picture theatre with canvas seats and a smooching balcony. These are the greatest movies of yesteryear. 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗😀😁😃😎😎😎😄😄😄😄😄😄👍👍
As a kid I always loved how they just have a tiger warming up in the street lol...
Just revving the engine ready to destroy some shurms in the rain ...omg it set the tone
I use to play this song all the way up when I use to go off roading in my old truck in Washington.
Excellent Movie and Cast!!!!! I THINK THAT I'LL WATCH IT TONIGHT ON THE DVD PLAYER!!!!! I'VE BUILT UP ONE HELL OF A COLLECTION OF BOTH VCR AND DVD'S!!!!!
Best war movie ever.
phantomofthenet yeah!!!!!!
Kelly’s hero barn scene
"It is Hollywood" -- but if you're just off the front, in column, tired, hungry, at night, being rained on, being shelled randomly, the thought of an enemy light vehicle blowing by just does not compute.
One of my favorite intro songs of all time.
I play this song when I driving my 1943 Ford GPW 😃👍. Mattias from Sweden
me and my dad used to watch this movie religiously good memories
When I was kid I didn't understand much of the story except it was an action-packed, war movie. Now that I see this scene it's boggles me on how an American jeep with American soldiers managed to mingle right under the noses of a German regiment. The Germans did much cared or noticed until one finally did. Very funny.
Probably the fact that it was dark, there was a German Officer present, and the fact that the MPs were too preoccupied.
The Germans would also capture and use any jeeps they could get their hands on because they were a very capable off-road car so seeing a jeep in a German lineup was unusual but not unheard of
It's a tough call to decipher of which film has more reverence than the other be it "Where Eagles Dare" or " Kelly's Heroes" but I know when a film has Tiger Tanks, Eastwood in an American Uniform from start to finish, gold plunder to be sought after, and an amazing esoteric feature song as such be it this opening .................... I think I'd tip my hat to and have nothing but Positive Waves for "Kelly's Heroes" all day everyday!!
the best film.[jimmy from ireland]
I actually live in the town where this was filmed
i wish they still made movies like this
One of the best war film ever made !
The Wehrmacht did use captured allied vehicles. I've seen pics of T-34's. Char 1B's, Somua S35, British Universal Carriers, KV1's and other vehicles in German markings. What makes you think they wouldn't use any jeeps they manage to capture?
RIP DON,TELLY, HARRY & the rest.
That's Clint Eastwood for ya. He doesn't let anyone get in his way, literally.
Clint Like really you in my way excuse me im driving
I thank you for keeping my child hood memories alive appreciate the classic movies greatest song in my life 😅
I love The positive waves fro. The comments
THE KRAUTS ARE NOT HERE, WERE HERE!!! love Kelly's Heroes. thanks for the load friend
I would love a pound for every time I’ve seen this great movie ..
The anti-war hippies in WW2 what more could you ask for....1970's music and kicking Nazi ass is a match made in heaven
used from battle of nertava but check liberation series its a 5 movie series and its made the soviets with lots of explosions, few talking scenes but very well done and many tanks.
One of the best Movies ever made .. And from the 70's! wow
That time of the war german army took everything with wheels, they could get. From the beginning of the war the use of captured vehicles was common in various armies, not only in Germany, soviets used german equiment for example.
Check on Wikipedia->List of foreign vehicles used by N*** Germany in World War II for examples.
Great song, I've always liked this film.
Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Lucas, Spielberg, bring it on. This is the best movie in History.
When I was a kid I used to imagine I was Kelly driving a golf cart out in the country singing this song as I jumped hills
More if you count the other two tanks that Oddball lost, Plus the 3 that died in the mine field. and that's not counting the ones who were defending the Bridge while the heroes were crossing it.
In my job,I drive a lot. When it gets rough, I think of burning bridges
What a great opening to this good flick. Thanks again. :)
Best war movie intro ever.
You got that right
the officer just casually glances at Eastwood and realizes at the last moment lmao
Feldgendarmerie aka 'kettenhunde' (chained dog) - military police, it's the metal gorget worn on the chest that's a giveaway. More likely a feldwebel than an officer.
Probably the greatest world War Two movie. My personal favorite.Star studded.
Kelly's Heroes always felt like a Vietnam movie set in WW2.
One those mega rare movies were casting was spot on.Perfection from main to cameo part characters.Donald Sutherland nailed Oddball Comical ,hippy tank riding warrior to uniform tank commander cap to facial expressions was genius acting as was Clint & Telly as Kelly ,Big Joe & Rickles as Crapgame and Gavin MacLeod as Moriarty acting one step away nervous breakdown right down to General Colt ,Little Joe ,Cowboy Willard and Karl Otto looked every part Nazi SS Tank Commander even Mulligan (George Savalas and weasel Maitland What cast perfection Movie exc storyline plot defo Sunday Afternoon Matinee Movie ,many from my generation have done memories Sunday with Gran bag sweets on sofa watching classics Kelly's Heroes is in my opinion a classic.Remake easily possible but due to original cast even with today's A listers & effects couldn't make better Kelly's Heroes Oddball Woof Woof Woof Woof
The poor krauts @ 2:02 lmao!
I wonder how many hair raising instances over the last 3 thousand years there were of a couple of soldiers walking through an enemy encampment with nobody noticing lol.
Well the germans did salvage us jeeps. They were better than the kublewagon (not sure of spelling) they just repainted a german cross on the star.
What an absolute legend driving through a fucking war zone.
Great stuff! Thanks again for the opening credits to this movie. Take care and have a very Merry Christmas. :)
i like the beginning he's sittin in that jeep == kinda out a place there --just wild
Yeah Germans used captured Willys, Shermans, and even small arms
So far its the best quality video of the opening scenes I've seen posted so far but the sound is a bit lacking on this one. Great movie.
The moment I love, is when Kelly drives past the German soldiers and floods them with rain water from a puddle and they curse him as he drives on.
@AngryOfMayfair But it sure does have meaning (the song). Burning bridges, and the metaphors for those words. Fits perfect. Great movie, great song.
one of my favourite films of all time but the tiger isnt a tiger "baby",its a t-34 borrowed from the yugoslav army and made to look like a tiger,check out the running gear,great film though.sorry if these are negative waves baby,woof-woof
Una de las mejores películas
So what? It's a fun flick!
In my mind the best movie Clint ever made. All star cast and Schifrin knocked the score out of the park!
Everybody I show this to has the same two reactions. "How the flip did they get a Jeep itno the middle of a convoy!?" and "Why did they put the field kitchen next to a flooded ditch!?"
Ahh, Brings back My best Memories HAHAHA!💗
You forgot Telly "Kojak" Savalas. He's since stopped breathing.
Greatest movie ever! WWII vets loved it to. They said they have seen crazier shit than this HAHAHAH! What a great generation!
That far behind the German lines, I don't think any of the Germans would even slightly suspect that there are any G.I.'s around
german forces were ordered to use captured jeeps because they were better than there own Kubelwagens wich were only 2 wheel drive
My favorite documentary about the war in Vietnam. Inane leadership, misuse of airpower, hippies, the works.
Love how they just there surrounded and no one noticed until that one guy looked.
This reminds me of old MOHAA Warchest collection that i played as a kid.
@AngryOfMayfair yea u see all of those *burning bridges* oddball runs into with the negative waves from morartti
Very good points.
@Airbornerock the stolen villys is during the battle of the bulge along with other vichles lige gmc and dodge. They never used shermans because only very few shermans got into the germans hands, they were ofte to destroyed or smashed plus their own tanks were better. About small arms, the germans often stole the american garand, since it was semi automatic even when they had the gewerh since they werent that wel made.
The scene is very much possible in real life. Dark night, only lightning gives you 2 second light. Everyone is super exhausted. The Germans had used captured Jeeps for real. Everyone probably saw the German officer with the shiny uniform details inside the Jeep next to the driver not shouting for help or fighting so they must have thought that the driver and the guy at the back seat (both of which were in the dark) were germans too.
As soon as the German military Police officer saw what was going on they ran him over, but even the German soldiers hated the military police officers, and assuming that everyone in the Jeep were Germans, they probably though something like "serves you right, military police ahole..." So that is why nobody even bothered to shoot at the Jeep.
The German that spotted them disliked this.
No idea why this theme song works so well...but it does.
at 1:06 that officer is probably thinking "o shit"
Feldgendarmerie aka 'kettenhunde' (chained dog) - military police, it's the metal gorget worn on the chest that's a giveaway. More likely a feldwebel than an officer.
best movie ever.
I am watching this in comparison to Girls und Panzer, and so far they are both pretty decent.
Uh...no. Don't you know who Don Rickles is? "What are you looking at, hockey puck?" The voice of Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story? A regular on Dean Martin's celebrity roasts? Served in the Navy during World War II? One of the most awesome actors and comics of all time?
And by the way, it's spelled "misprint."
Don't forget CPO Sharkey
Have a cup of tea and a lie down, it's not a documentary...
@WolfPackAttack1911 Well it wouldn't be unusual for the Germans to use captured enemy vehicles, such as Jeeps, which I guess the Germans had.
Maybe the point is for you not to know how they got their.
It’s amazing what you can get away with and no one notices.
you gotta have possitive waves and woof woof are my 2 favorite movie lines. odball is awsume
i have the orginal vhs
thank you very much my friend! :)
So they didn't notice an american jeep?
Even if the weather's shit
You should notice something isn't right when one of your vehicles don't look vaguely familiar
It is nothing wrong for them to use captured American transport. He saw the German general before he saw the American uniform.
The Germans used a lot of captured stuff when they could.
It's called hiding in plain sight. The sheer incongruity of an American jeep with American soldiers in it being in the middle of German army camp is enough for them not to look twice.
And then the MP does look twice.
I read an account of a guy who accidentally drove his jeep into a German staging area prior to the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans probably thought that he and his French female companion were on some covert recon mission so they were able to get out of there. The real incongruity in the scene was having a guy in a German uniform in an Allied marked vehicle.
You should read about the first SAS mission in benghazi it ended with 4 British commandos just marching out of an Italian naval base by having the one guy who spoke Italian shouting at the sleeping gate guard for his negligence sending to others guards who had fallen into formation behind them scurrying not wanting to attract the officers anger and that was just one of several “incidents” (I seriously could not make that up if I tried)
Kellys Heroes was from the same writer as The Italian Job Troy Kennedy Martin he also wrote some episodes of The Sweeney
Who cares if its improbable? Its still a great scene nevertheless, and sets up the improbable nature of the film beautifully. Its less of a war movie and much more of a heist film.