I guess I’m one of the few. I actually just finished the book (which is pretty great) and I googled to see if there was a movie they made of it. Of course this is the first thing that pops up. Imagine my shock haha! (he has no verbal reaction at all in the book)
Sound engineer: "You need to take this scene out of the movie. It's a total disgrace and it's going to ruin our careers." Mailer: "The scene stays in" Sound engineer: "Oh god, oh man. Oh god oh, man, oh god oh man..."
Only because the rest of the movie is total shi on its own, this scene does good for it. If the movie itself was good, the scene would destroy it. Imagine smth like this in James Bond or in Matrix. NOBODY would ever take these movies serious after this.
@@Stanser_Lagrange Agree, same situation with Terminator 3, movie is not that bad, but all what people remembered from it - is that stupid scene with stupid eye glasses at the beginning that ruined everything
it really ruined a stellar script. without those few moments the film is almost perfect, now idiots who never watch the film act like the whole thing is a joke
u mean after her got called out for it by many people and now he doesnt want to look like an idiot, 'er mm ye yea that scene is horrible i agree the ONE bad thing in the movie is that'
it's terrible, but you should watch the film. it's so much better and more honest that crime films that even came decades later. each principal acts logically and none of it is spelled out to the audience
there is real emotion in Mailers delivery and his voice is rising, O'Neil just says it very plainly. If he had delivered it like Mailer it might not be so bad.
he was directed to say it that way, or didn't you watch the clip here? he's saying he insisted and oneal didn't like it, he wanted it to be that loud, that pitch, and that prominent
The problem is that this reveals what an egotistic jerk he was when he made the film. Everyone begged him that the scene was garbage, but he was too blind to outside critiques that he held his ground. Sure, he's a 'BIG man' years later after everyone on the planet mocked the scene as stupid. I feel sorry for the crew and the actors. We laugh at the meme now, but it was humiliating for them in 1987 and it wasn't necessary to put them through that.
this is one of the most candid, honest things i've ever _seen._ especially out of popular entertainment and ESPECIALLY out of Hollowood. him actually taking full credit for arguably one of the most laughable moments in movie history is amazing. THAT'S class. (in the entertainment industry everybody's a dickhead and will _very_ famously throw you under the bus if they think it'll shift the blame off themselves.)
You are so right! OMG, I cannot imagine what Nic Cage would have done with that scene. If we all thought Ryan O’Neal’s line delivery was ridiculous, I am sure that Nicolas Cage would have given us a run for our money! LOL.
Nic Cage would've have definitely made the line somehow convincing Lol. he has a weird talent, to make every ridiculous thing somehow feel convincing and fun
Every time something bad happens to me, I think, "oh man oh God oh man oh God oh man oh God" and it's never once in the last 20 years failed to get me through. Thank you Mr. Mailer, RIP.
@@kimberlyhonig8030 far from it. it's an odd little film and he's not a great director but the script is amazing and complex. if you approach the film seriously without focusing on the one bad line as if it's the whole film, that might become apparent. it's a sleeper film that's never been given it's due except by some movie afficianados because of it
Саша Б92 yeah its hilarious everyone should just lighten up and laugh about it. but some people want the realistic feel and wherent looking to find humor in bad acting
To be honest, I can't blame Ryan O'Neal for begging this guy to take that scene out of the film. Even though it all turned out for the best as it has now become a famous internet meme :) :) :)
When Norman acts it out, it’s obvious that he wanted the character to sound like he’s having mental breakdown. But when Ryan O’Neal it sounds like reading off a teleprompter Lmao
I think the scene conveys the fact that when your world falls apart you cannot help but appear funny and incoherent to the outside (coherent and well put together) world. So this was a funny scene by design.
I'm actually not a big fan of Ryan O'Neil but I don't think it's fair to blame the actor for this scene. Actors need something to work with. You can't really expect good results when you put an actor in such an awful scene and just tell them "I want a high pitch!"
Exactly. You could cast the world's greatest actor and still get a shit performance it the writing and directing are incompetent (e.g. any movie Malcolm McDowell has done in the last twenty years).
@@alwayjohnrallos7359 I mean, yeah, to be fair it's not the worst line in the world. But still, he needed direction. If a good actor isn't sure where to go with a line, this is what happens.
i think if they just cut the part out of him spinning in pov, it wouldnt come out so campy, as soon as they cut to the pov shot spinning around while he says oh god oh man louder & louder, well that shits just goofy lol
it was a terrible new director move to do it that way and i often asked myself why they left it in. ruins what is a very smart script and an otherwise salvageable film.
This is why I love Actors/Actresses when they're out of character and talking about the bad hilarious scenes that made the movies more watchable, even when it was bad, it was still hilarious even today.
then you're either a moron or haven't watched the film. there are extremely tense scenes between powerhouse actors saying things that really puzzle the audience because noone spoon feeds the plot to them.
The score is super heavy handed here - I would actually really like to hear it with something more understated and without the camera swirl. I bet it would be slightly better haha
I think O'Neal's to blame. You either go all-in or not at all. He's definitely at about 15% in on this...and that's what makes it suck. Imagine Jeff Bridges (ala Lebowski) doing this scene...then you'd have it....
it took him this long to admit to this much of a fault people have been screaming at him for decades over. try to find another video of him admitting fault on anything
I don't know what this movie was supposed to be (drama? thriller? comedy?) but it was hilarious. The funniest thing was the main character's dad who constantly said tough-guy stuff that was completely ridiculous. At the end, when the main character and his dad is throwing all the movie's dead bodies in a lake I was in tears and that was not of sorrow.
the end scene was supposed to be comedy, glad you got that at least. the dad wasn't supposed to be funny and his performance indeed was not, but what it was - was disjointed and felt out of place, because mailer isn't a decent director. the acting is fine, but the setting and direction is all wrong for the character, so the lines come off as wooden and odd. the film is a thriller but if you can't see past some odd directing or bad takes, i dont know what to tell you. it's one of the only movies from the 80s where the characters think for themselves and act logically and none of it is explained to the audience. few movies are this logical and complex today with their characters
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If it wasn't for this scene no one would have heard of the movie.
I thought you died 16 years ago.
I don't know about that, there are many other disastrous lines in the movie "One potato a man eats!"
God's big plan: "Things don't make sense to you know but later you'll see the benefits".
Lol
Could also be that it was so horrible thanks to that scene that they didnt bother to market it well enough
I guess I’m one of the few. I actually just finished the book (which is pretty great) and I googled to see if there was a movie they made of it. Of course this is the first thing that pops up. Imagine my shock haha! (he has no verbal reaction at all in the book)
Sound engineer: "You need to take this scene out of the movie. It's a total disgrace and it's going to ruin our careers."
Mailer: "The scene stays in"
Sound engineer: "Oh god, oh man. Oh god oh, man, oh god oh man..."
Nice one
this comment is egregiously underrated
Hahahaha. That's great.
Dead!
Haha, good one.
"The sound engineer begged me to change it but I kept it in"
Worth.
#thuglife
Oh god oh man
@@themayqueen666 lol
666 likes oh God oh man!
1987: "this scene was a disaster"
decades later: "This is a gold tier meme"
Only because the rest of the movie is total shi on its own, this scene does good for it.
If the movie itself was good, the scene would destroy it. Imagine smth like this in James Bond or in Matrix. NOBODY would ever take these movies serious after this.
No gold isn’t the right tier. It’s Star Platinum!
@@Stanser_Lagrange hard disagree. a scene like this one would make those movies even better imo.
@@Stanser_Lagrange Agree, same situation with Terminator 3, movie is not that bad, but all what people remembered from it - is that stupid scene with stupid eye glasses at the beginning that ruined everything
Ryan I'm leaving it in. "Oh man, oh God, oh man..."
LOL
Hahahaha😂😂😂😆😆😆
Hilarious 😂
This scene MADE the film!
they should make a whole movie with 2 hours of just this scene for pure enjoyment
Exactly...
I'll never forget it!
it really ruined a stellar script. without those few moments the film is almost perfect, now idiots who never watch the film act like the whole thing is a joke
@@friedchicken1 now my room is spinning, o man
And he actually admits fault. I think it's a rather respectable quality.
How admirable of you. You are a man among men. While we are fawning
over people for doing shit your supposed to do anyway, lolololol.
u mean after her got called out for it by many people and now he doesnt want to look like an idiot, 'er mm ye yea that scene is horrible i agree the ONE bad thing in the movie is that'
what fault? The scene is cinematic genius
If only he’d done that for his ex wife
far too late and far too rarely
Oh god oh man I will never stop laughing at this scene
it's terrible, but you should watch the film. it's so much better and more honest that crime films that even came decades later. each principal acts logically and none of it is spelled out to the audience
your room is spinning, why? :P
Me too🤣🤣
there is real emotion in Mailers delivery and his voice is rising, O'Neil just says it very plainly. If he had delivered it like Mailer it might not be so bad.
And none of us would be here today talking about it.
it was a terrible line tbh. and shouldn't have made it to the final movie
he was directed to say it that way, or didn't you watch the clip here? he's saying he insisted and oneal didn't like it, he wanted it to be that loud, that pitch, and that prominent
@@jerkchickenblog he was talking about sound design
At least he accept the mistake it was.
was it though? seems like a pretty successful move if you ask me
@@ToxicallyMasculinelol it made like 500K at the box office on a $10mil budget
@@tony_anello it's a joke.
The problem is that this reveals what an egotistic jerk he was when he made the film. Everyone begged him that the scene was garbage, but he was too blind to outside critiques that he held his ground. Sure, he's a 'BIG man' years later after everyone on the planet mocked the scene as stupid. I feel sorry for the crew and the actors. We laugh at the meme now, but it was humiliating for them in 1987 and it wasn't necessary to put them through that.
@@Frankie2012channelI reckon he left it in to make Ryan look a fool.I mean how could anyone think that scene is acceptable?
I love the way he said the lines way better then the actor did
When Norman Mailer does the line, I'm able to better understand what that scene was supposed to be...
this is one of the most candid, honest things i've ever _seen._ especially out of popular entertainment and ESPECIALLY out of Hollowood. him actually taking full credit for arguably one of the most laughable moments in movie history is amazing. THAT'S class. (in the entertainment industry everybody's a dickhead and will _very_ famously throw you under the bus if they think it'll shift the blame off themselves.)
this really wasn't a hollywood movie. mailer hated hollywood, which is why he picked mostly new york theatre actors for this
Nic Cage would have loved this role and loved norman for the instructions he gave lol ❤
You are so right! OMG, I cannot imagine what Nic Cage would have done with that scene. If we all thought Ryan O’Neal’s line delivery was ridiculous, I am sure that Nicolas Cage would have given us a run for our money! LOL.
@@kimberlyhonig8030 Josh Gad needs to put together a montage video with every actor he can get reciting this scene.
Nic Cage would've have definitely made the line somehow convincing Lol. he has a weird talent, to make every ridiculous thing somehow feel convincing and fun
@@v-trigger6137 he legit has that talent 🤣
@@v-trigger6137probably drop to his knees and start eating sand with bulging eyes
Every time something bad happens to me, I think, "oh man oh God oh man oh God oh man oh God" and it's never once in the last 20 years failed to get me through.
Thank you Mr. Mailer, RIP.
The best type of comedy is when you intend to do something great but it fails disasterly
yep, agreed. that's pretty much my entire life
Thank god (and man) he insisted on keeping the scene!
He still remembers his line after all these years! 🤣
Actually he said it wrong😂
the "one" disaster in this movie!?
Hiten Mitsurugi Back From The Dead Dojo It’s certainly the most infamous and memetic.
I know! He thinks that is the “one” disaster in this film? LMAO. That comment made me laugh so hard. The whole movie is a disaster, haha.
@@kimberlyhonig8030 far from it. it's an odd little film and he's not a great director but the script is amazing and complex. if you approach the film seriously without focusing on the one bad line as if it's the whole film, that might become apparent. it's a sleeper film that's never been given it's due except by some movie afficianados because of it
@@jerkchickenblog It’s cool if you like it, but I’m sticking with my original statement. The movie is a disaster.
That dude believed in his decision and got the balls to admit it probably was a mistake afterwards. Thats true strength right there
No but I'm sooo happy that this interview exists
it really needed to be said
I'm suprised ONeil didnt throw himself into the sea after that reading
This man is a genius.
Саша Б92 yeah its hilarious everyone should just lighten up and laugh about it. but some people want the realistic feel and wherent looking to find humor in bad acting
how so/
Norman Mailer in this clip played the scene better as an example than in it was played in the original xD
Norman Mailer was so far ahead of his time that he left it in there for the meme.
dosn't get mad, accepts responsibility, see's it from the actor's perspective.
What a fucking king.
Clearly, he wasn’t taking anyone’s perspective at the time.
@@danzigvssartre Oh, God. You're right. Oh, man. Good point.
To be honest, I can't blame Ryan O'Neal for begging this guy to take that scene out of the film. Even though it all turned out for the best as it has now become a famous internet meme :) :) :)
It's 2023 and this still can't get old
That scene ensured that the movie would live forever. It's what Bob Ross would call a "happy accident".
the fact that he is explaining this in great detail....legend
When Norman acts it out, it’s obvious that he wanted the character to sound like he’s having mental breakdown. But when Ryan O’Neal it sounds like reading off a teleprompter Lmao
Don't ever regret making a meme Norman, ever. Memes are what make the movies stand out from the dull things.
this is why star wars 3 is the best movie ever made
I think the scene conveys the fact that when your world falls apart you cannot help but appear funny and incoherent to the outside (coherent and well put together) world. So this was a funny scene by design.
I'm actually not a big fan of Ryan O'Neil but I don't think it's fair to blame the actor for this scene. Actors need something to work with. You can't really expect good results when you put an actor in such an awful scene and just tell them "I want a high pitch!"
Exactly. You could cast the world's greatest actor and still get a shit performance it the writing and directing are incompetent (e.g. any movie Malcolm McDowell has done in the last twenty years).
Nah, it's too easy, even me, I can do it and it sounded good and not funny, all he did was saying it like reading it
The actor could have said it higher and scream, nod his head, look down, or kneel, that would be good instead of just like announcing it
@@alwayjohnrallos7359 I mean, yeah, to be fair it's not the worst line in the world. But still, he needed direction. If a good actor isn't sure where to go with a line, this is what happens.
Possible he sabotaged his takes on purpose so they would drop the dumb lines altogether.
i think if they just cut the part out of him spinning in pov, it wouldnt come out so campy, as soon as they cut to the pov shot spinning around while he says oh god oh man louder & louder, well that shits just goofy lol
The music already made it absurdly campy even before that - the spinning around shot just iced it.
it was a terrible new director move to do it that way and i often asked myself why they left it in. ruins what is a very smart script and an otherwise salvageable film.
@@jerkchickenblog You saying wildly spinning the camera around isn't something a sophisticated director does? 😆
This scene made the movie. It's LEGENDARY. Absolutely amazing and hilarious
Tough guys don't remove good scenes
This is why I love Actors/Actresses when they're out of character and talking about the bad hilarious scenes that made the movies more watchable, even when it was bad, it was still hilarious even today.
The combined efforts of an Academy Award winning actor and Pulitzer Prize winning writer.
When the hero lives long enough to become the villain.
O"Neal didn't win an Oscar.
Its been however many years since this scene and he still delivers it absolutely perfectly XD
This guy started memes before the Internet was invented.
honestly the fact that the sound engineer and other producers were begging this guy to cut the scene just makes the scene all the more hilarious
Oh god, oh man, oh god, oh man, oh god!!
Natasha Bellasario oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
I’m so happy you insisted
What a strange director to insist this scene be in his own work, brilliant and madness combined= Norman Mailer
This is the closest to "humble" that Mailer ever got
The thing is, this movie is so fucking crazy that within the context of the rest of the film, it sort of works.
0:32 I love how he reprises his role lol
what i Don't understand is how could Ryan O'Neal deliver a great performance in Barry Lyndon then deliver one like this later?
Godzilla52 Bad lines can trip up the best of actors.
that is not an excuse, he barely even tried, he was not being a professional
Laurence Olivier nor Meryl Streep can save such an awful scene.
Lord Bullingdon: "I have come to claim... satisfaction."
Redmond Barry: "Oh man, oh God. Oh man, oh God. Oh man, oh God.Oh man, oh God!"
HAHAHAHA)))
great memes require great sacrifices
Nah fam that scene will be remembered..
The 6 downvotes all came from the ghost of Gore Vidal
That's the best scene in the movie.
then you're either a moron or haven't watched the film. there are extremely tense scenes between powerhouse actors saying things that really puzzle the audience because noone spoon feeds the plot to them.
1:08 *He will never forgive me.*
RUclips will never forget you !!!! kkkk
And 99.99% of people would only know this scene from this movie, so in the long run, leaving it in was genius
I love the scene, and I love the movie.
The music just amplifies it's absurdity.
I’m so happy he didn’t, I love how he says it. I quote it a lot, it’s the best scene in cinema.
It’s a fantastic camp moment!
Great scene
"oh man" was too much, you say oh man when you're let down, you say oh god when your life is falling apart, or you're in adult entertainment
Little changes like this become the stuff of legends.
0:32 Not sure why, but I actually prefer the way he reads the line here, that final “oh GAHD” really works for me
Strangely he starts saying the line at the exact second in this video that Ryan says it in the other video of the scene I just watched.
Drake: oh man oh man not again!
You had ONE job.
The score is super heavy handed here - I would actually really like to hear it with something more understated and without the camera swirl. I bet it would be slightly better haha
Sounds like the score to Airplane and Police Squad.
They want me to take the scene out? Oh god oh man oh god oh man oh god oh man
The funny thing is, it's something someone would actually say. It just doesn't have that cinematic gravitas everyone expects.
it was badly done and the director didn't fix it
@@jerkchickenblog You're badly done, someone should fix you.
I think O'Neal's to blame. You either go all-in or not at all. He's definitely at about 15% in on this...and that's what makes it suck. Imagine Jeff Bridges (ala Lebowski) doing this scene...then you'd have it....
And then it became a Meme years later.
Its why we remember the movie, though
Saw it years ago and several scenes have stuck in my memory.Anyone going to upload it?
its on youtube. there are some amazing scenes in this complex script
Norman Mailer loved bad acting moments ,too . I have a feeling he would've been among those throwing spoons in a theater at The Room showings
Possibly the only record of a director admitting fault. Probably because he's not a director...
it took him this long to admit to this much of a fault people have been screaming at him for decades over. try to find another video of him admitting fault on anything
Spielberg said he doesn't like Hook. Also said he made a mistake CGI'ing changes to E.T. for the DVD.
It could have been worse, he could've put on a darth vader suit and just said "noooooooooo!"
he said the lines 1000 times better than the original
priceless.
Sound engineer: You've got to remove this scene! It's just awful!
Mailer: I'm about to perform what's called a "Pro Gamer Move".
This scene could work without the music. Take it out! I feel like I'm watching a scene that could have been in the movie "Airplane!" with it in.
you're absolutely right. the music and the spinning really take it over the edge. ruined what is otherwise a very smart film
well if he had removed it, no one would know this film existed
@Lamporre It took youtube and that clip to get Mailer's film career off the ground... 20 years too late!
I know Norman and I know this meme. I could never imagine they were related 😂
it was the funniest moment ever, it was worth it
"Oh, God! Oh, Man! Oh, God! Oh, Man!" And they also left it in the DVD version! Oh, No! Oh, No! Oh, No!
it's in every version unfortunately. it mirrors the same line much earlier in the movie
bro got shocked in lowercase
It doesn't matter if your name's Norman Mailer or Ryan O'Neal, we all f@ck up.
Me: Hears this scene was almost not in the movie
"Oh man, Oh god, Oh man"
Nobody would even know this movie exists if it wasn't for this scene. Keeping it was a good choice.
And we all would've missed out on some good nudity if we didn't watch it.
It’s like when your parents try not to swear around you as a kid and just say nonsense in anger
Truth is ... when Mailer does the line, it's not half as cringy. But then again it would probably never have become a meme.
I don't know what this movie was supposed to be (drama? thriller? comedy?) but it was hilarious. The funniest thing was the main character's dad who constantly said tough-guy stuff that was completely ridiculous. At the end, when the main character and his dad is throwing all the movie's dead bodies in a lake I was in tears and that was not of sorrow.
the end scene was supposed to be comedy, glad you got that at least. the dad wasn't supposed to be funny and his performance indeed was not, but what it was - was disjointed and felt out of place, because mailer isn't a decent director. the acting is fine, but the setting and direction is all wrong for the character, so the lines come off as wooden and odd. the film is a thriller but if you can't see past some odd directing or bad takes, i dont know what to tell you. it's one of the only movies from the 80s where the characters think for themselves and act logically and none of it is explained to the audience. few movies are this logical and complex today with their characters
"I just deep-sixed two heads."
I think the cheeseball music is half of the fun. It sounds like it came straight from Airplane.
The actor could have said it higher and scream, nod his head, look down, or kneel, that would be good instead of just like announcing it
"He said calmly."
0:32 expectations
0:38 outcomes
Best scene of the movie!
I wouldn’t know this scene if it wasn’t for family guy 😂👌
that's the problem with people. they think this is worst than family guy. america has zero fucking culture
he wrote it, btw guys
We did 20 takes ... and THAT was the best one.
What you call a disaster I call performance perfection
The making of a meme