I had the great honor of working on this film in Israel. Many memories with this giant Lee Marvin. The film tells the memories of the great director Samuel Fuller.
@@kevin-yv1ig It’s interesting that you mention that. Apparently Lee and Charles Bronson didn’t get along well at times because Lee would show up late and drunk on set.
Absolutely! Mark Hamill is such an amazing actor ❤ He transmits so many emotions! It's all in his eyes, the window to his characters' souls. He should have made so many good movies, we've been robbed of him! All my childhood hoping to see him starring on great movies and more Star Wars 😢 Also, I can see some angry Luke Skywalker pissed of by Dad Vader in ESB when he's pissed off by Lee Marvin's character here.
Wow, Lee Marvin, John Wayne, Charles Bronson, Robert mitchham, James colburn,no wonder Hollywood hit it big time in there era,look what they had to work with,
As a fan of Marvin , I have His M-Squad Tv series ( Police Squad was a parody of it ) to Attack , the Dirty Dozen , The Professionals Death Hunt and more . McQueen may had been the King of Cool but Marvin was the Man .
Young Hamill must not have seen Marvin in twilight zone episode playing a boxing manager playing a boxing robot since he mentioned next to marvin not wanting to go up against one. Marvin was so honest and quiet about his successes unlike most.
He'd made star wars, probably had Glorious sex with peak PEAK Annie Potts. Then he goes off to Israel and Ireland to be around for Lee Marvin's last great thing. Not a bad few years for Mr. Hamill.
The men of that generation weren't inclined by nature to speak about their experiences during the war -meaning WWII or sometimes Korea as well. My father was a veteran of that conflict, and whenever I tried to bring it up the way kids often do, he'd change the subject or ask something about me. The only time he'd open up - sometimes - was late at night maybe some Saturday when he and my mom had entertained company for a card game or something and everyone had gone home. He'd check on me and seeing me watching "Where Eagles Dare" or "Sink the Bismark" and he'd sit there with his beer and I could ask him things. Marvin was the real deal, a genuine tough guy - but like many strong men, he was a real softie underneath. He didn't need to prove anything to anyone; he'd survived the Great Depression and WWII, and done his duty as a Marine in combat. The men of that generation, including actors like Marvin - had a real presence to them. They were authentic. Sure wish he'd lived longer. Always enjoyed his work....
Lee Marvin certainly a class act - they don't make them like that nowadays; very sad. And watching these shows from 30 and more years ago, convinces me that the level of intelligent discourse and eloquence has declined noticeably during the intervening decades. Pathetic! really.
Marvin was a strange guy. He was from Manhattan from somewhat wealth. Rebelled, I guess and joined the marines in ww2. He always said that he got shot in the butt. However, his femoral artery was severed and he almost lost his leg. He spent months face down to save that leg. The wound happened on Saipan, not a fun place. I always appreciated Lee for finding roles that were honest. Unlike John Wayne, fuck him.
@@casioak1683 Tom Cruise? Humble?That’s a laugh. Guy is the highest paid actor in the world and essentially has an entire cult serving his every whim 24/7. Scientology is not about being humble, they teach the opposite of that. Look into how Cruise treats his staff behind closed doors. It’s not pretty
It was pivotal in the movie. They stopped it too early. After the explosion Hamill plays dead and Marvin shoots close to him to show Hamill he knows he is alive and will shoot him if he doesn’t get up and try. Also I think there was another soldier next to Hamill that is faking death and Hamill gets the idea from him. That tube is a bangledor. Sections are carried forward and assembled under fire. Then pushed forward to blow a path through wire. They draw numbers for the order and low numbers die. Hamill is a veteran of many battles by this time and he is part of core group that lives. Marvin has noticed Hamill scared in battles before, but Hamill overcomes then. The director Fuller sought out everyone of the actors for a reason. Hamill in 1980 was literally biggest cinematic hero in the world and Fuller wanted to show anyone can get scared. Hamill was Skywalker in 77 and again in 80 in Empire when this movie was released.
Wow, bad. I haven't seen the Big Red One in years and years now but those scenes were terrible, even the audio was so dated sounding. And Marvin was telling everyone that actors like Hamill were pussies? LOL
You tell 'em!!! +1 Remember one thing, very important >>> Lee Marvin WAS a war hero! Any of the guys that fought in real combat and did their job were heroes. The movies about war for the most part are make believe, not even getting it close.
Have to agree. Just based in that scene I don't think I'll be hunting that movie down. Just so dated. Not Marvin's best I'm sure. Man, imagine having drinks with Lee Marvin and listening to his stories. Epic.
Yeah, but that's being a bit tough on him. No one forced anyone to cast him in the role, and at least Marvin was an actual combat veteran. He'd been a Marine infantryman during WWII, and had been wounded during the invasion of Saipan. Samuel Fuller, the director of "The Big Red One" probably wanted Marvin in the role, age or not. Yes, it strains credulity a bit, but there were some very old noncoms and warrant officers in the military. That was especially true in the old days. Besides which, Hollywood has been casting older actors in war films for a very long time. Even Steven Spielberg did it in "Saving Private Ryan." When historian Stephen Ambrose, who consulted on the film, saw Tom Hanks as Captain Miller, he told Spielberg, "You know, all of these guys you've cast are too old," he got nowhere and was politely told not to raise the issue again. Hanks was in his forties, playing a role which in real life would have been done by a man of perhaps 25, at the outside, perhaps 30 years of age. That mistake wasn't made to the same degree in "Band of Brothers" or "The Pacific," but the actors in those were still a bit older than they characters they were playing.
hey, idiots? he didn't "ruin" the movie by being old, and there's no need to be an apologist about it, either. he's playing a CAREER NCO who fought in both world wars. end of story. i know the kiddies think everybody who enlists in the army is supposed to become a general someday, but that's not how it works in real life.
How very fascinating that today on June 6 2024 I should. connect the dots between Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill and suddenly Mark is telling us that George Lucas recreated. D day in Normandy. in miniature I'm hearing this for the first time in my life on D day 2024, On a 10 year old video filmed 40 years ago.. Very interesting. I can't find anything else about it through Google. The subject of Lucas recreating Normandy anywhere on the Internet It's only Mark saying this here that we've ever heard this? I suppose we might have to contact Mark Hamill directly and ask him about this.
I had the great honor of working on this film in Israel. Many memories with this giant Lee Marvin. The film tells the memories of the great director Samuel Fuller.
It's a great great movie, Lee's last great thing.
Thank God for RUclips. Mike Douglas, Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin all together. Wonderful.
Lee Marvin was a real class act!
Lee Marvin and Robert Mitchum, both great guys
Drunks are not class acts.
@@kevin-yv1ig It’s interesting that you mention that. Apparently Lee and Charles Bronson didn’t get along well at times because Lee would show up late and drunk on set.
R.I.P Lee Marvin
Ah Lee Marvin is sooo old school. I like his film about Pacific Hell with Japan soldier
‘Hell in the Pacific’. .. great movie , he had more in common with the Japanese Solider than he thought.
It helped that he was an actual veteran of the Pacific theater
Hell in the Pacific. Toshiro Mifune, Pretty much the Japanese Lee Marvin.
Marvin, gave up the Wild Bunch to make Hell in the Pacific.
@grosvnermcaffrey9862 Yep he was on Saipan and most of his company was wiped out.
the whole scene done with just the eyes
Absolutely! Mark Hamill is such an amazing actor ❤ He transmits so many emotions! It's all in his eyes, the window to his characters' souls. He should have made so many good movies, we've been robbed of him! All my childhood hoping to see him starring on great movies and more Star Wars 😢 Also, I can see some angry Luke Skywalker pissed of by Dad Vader in ESB when he's pissed off by Lee Marvin's character here.
Big Red One, AWESOME movie.....
Wow, Lee Marvin, John Wayne, Charles Bronson, Robert mitchham, James colburn,no wonder Hollywood hit it big time in there era,look what they had to work with,
they co stared together in the film the Big Red One , an a very good WW-2 film
Mark Hamill is a very good actor. Lee Marvin however, was a true legend.
heartfire daniel
Still waiting for them to carve Marvin's face onto Mt. Rushmore as they said in this video.
As a fan of Marvin , I have His M-Squad Tv series ( Police Squad was a parody of it ) to Attack , the Dirty Dozen , The Professionals Death Hunt and more . McQueen may had been the King of Cool but Marvin was the Man .
4;53 Marvin"He shot 6000 Krauts" "He shot everybody in the restaurant 17 time's" 😁😁 legend
😂😂😂4:53
Young Hamill must not have seen Marvin in twilight zone episode playing a boxing manager playing a boxing robot since he mentioned next to marvin not wanting to go up against one. Marvin was so honest and quiet about his successes unlike most.
He'd made star wars, probably had Glorious sex with peak PEAK Annie Potts. Then he goes off to Israel and Ireland to be around for Lee Marvin's last great thing. Not a bad few years for Mr. Hamill.
Steel aka Battling Maxo. Young Hamill wasn't that young. He loved Lee Marvin.
Mark said "Telling a joke." just twelve or so years before he became the Joker!
see the early makings of a fine voice talent?
+Roy Crave its weird how it was always there...
Mike Douglas interviewed Cagney at his home around this time. Wish someone would post that up...
Mike Douglas ruled
Oh my, that scene in the ovens... Who would dare do that today?
Lee Marvin must have been having flashbacks of his own beach landings as a U.S. Marine! Semper Fi!
PatrolOfficer161 he was a sniper
The men of that generation weren't inclined by nature to speak about their experiences during the war -meaning WWII or sometimes Korea as well. My father was a veteran of that conflict, and whenever I tried to bring it up the way kids often do, he'd change the subject or ask something about me. The only time he'd open up - sometimes - was late at night maybe some Saturday when he and my mom had entertained company for a card game or something and everyone had gone home. He'd check on me and seeing me watching "Where Eagles Dare" or "Sink the Bismark" and he'd sit there with his beer and I could ask him things. Marvin was the real deal, a genuine tough guy - but like many strong men, he was a real softie underneath. He didn't need to prove anything to anyone; he'd survived the Great Depression and WWII, and done his duty as a Marine in combat. The men of that generation, including actors like Marvin - had a real presence to them. They were authentic. Sure wish he'd lived longer. Always enjoyed his work....
Saipan
the big red one looks like it was a good movie
+Leasha Lewis It is actually, but not always historically correct!
It's one of the top five war movies ever.
Good at trivia? That's not trivia. That's MATH!!
How Did Mark Hamill played in different movies?
Pbuh God rest his Soul Lee Marvin the graveli voice what towering man just like Bronson people should watch prime cut its in an excellent movie
in swahili? had uhura watched star wars by the time she went on the voyage with kirk?
8:07 "LUKE! It's a trap! Luke!!"
ruclips.net/video/gZ0ql_qWF5w/видео.html
cause he wants to pass with the "phallus" helmet army
Lee Marvin certainly a class act - they don't make them like that nowadays; very sad. And watching these shows from 30 and more years ago, convinces me that the level of intelligent discourse and eloquence has declined noticeably during the intervening decades. Pathetic! really.
45 years old. Sorry, now you feel old
Marvin was a strange guy. He was from Manhattan from somewhat wealth. Rebelled, I guess and joined the marines in ww2. He always said that he got shot in the butt. However, his femoral artery was severed and he almost lost his leg. He spent months face down to save that leg. The wound happened on Saipan, not a fun place.
I always appreciated Lee for finding roles that were honest. Unlike John Wayne, fuck him.
Well.. Tom Cruise and other actors are still humble
@@casioak1683 Tom Cruise? Humble?That’s a laugh. Guy is the highest paid actor in the world and essentially has an entire cult serving his every whim 24/7.
Scientology is not about being humble, they teach the opposite of that. Look into how Cruise treats his staff behind closed doors. It’s not pretty
Star wars in Jive language pleease
MAn does he ever stop talking.
I think they did most of Marvin's interview before they brought Hamill out. Wish we could see that part too.
(Machine gun fire Sound effect)(7:32)
Hamill romances a bit sometimes. Swahili?
😂LOL😂
what in the fuck was that clip lol
stop talking. shhhhhh. stop.
It was pivotal in the movie. They stopped it too early. After the explosion Hamill plays dead and Marvin shoots close to him to show Hamill he knows he is alive and will shoot him if he doesn’t get up and try. Also I think there was another soldier next to Hamill that is faking death and Hamill gets the idea from him. That tube is a bangledor. Sections are carried forward and assembled under fire. Then pushed forward to blow a path through wire. They draw numbers for the order and low numbers die. Hamill is a veteran of many battles by this time and he is part of core group that lives. Marvin has noticed Hamill scared in battles before, but Hamill overcomes then. The director Fuller sought out everyone of the actors for a reason. Hamill in 1980 was literally biggest cinematic hero in the world and Fuller wanted to show anyone can get scared. Hamill was Skywalker in 77 and again in 80 in Empire when this movie was released.
one big think about humankind ...is...i want to know ?
where fast foods are donitz and not donuts...
Lee Marvin = Class act, Mark Hamill = D bag
have you another legal name as michael j fox?
that's an insult to michael j. fox.
Wow, bad. I haven't seen the Big Red One in years and years now but those scenes were terrible, even the audio was so dated sounding. And Marvin was telling everyone that actors like Hamill were pussies? LOL
Tomasina Covell Big Red One is great, looks great, &I don't know where you get info. I saw the making of that came w/the DVD
You tell 'em!!! +1 Remember one thing, very important >>> Lee Marvin WAS a war hero! Any of the guys that fought in real combat and did their job were heroes. The movies about war for the most part are make believe, not even getting it close.
Have to agree. Just based in that scene I don't think I'll be hunting that movie down. Just so dated. Not Marvin's best I'm sure.
Man, imagine having drinks with Lee Marvin and listening to his stories. Epic.
riggermorpus It's not dated to me. One of the most honest and yet hollywoodized movies on world war 2
Lee Marvin ruined "The Big Red One". He was way too old to play the sergeant.
Yeah, but that's being a bit tough on him. No one forced anyone to cast him in the role, and at least Marvin was an actual combat veteran. He'd been a Marine infantryman during WWII, and had been wounded during the invasion of Saipan. Samuel Fuller, the director of "The Big Red One" probably wanted Marvin in the role, age or not. Yes, it strains credulity a bit, but there were some very old noncoms and warrant officers in the military. That was especially true in the old days.
Besides which, Hollywood has been casting older actors in war films for a very long time. Even Steven Spielberg did it in "Saving Private Ryan." When historian Stephen Ambrose, who consulted on the film, saw Tom Hanks as Captain Miller, he told Spielberg, "You know, all of these guys you've cast are too old," he got nowhere and was politely told not to raise the issue again. Hanks was in his forties, playing a role which in real life would have been done by a man of perhaps 25, at the outside, perhaps 30 years of age. That mistake wasn't made to the same degree in "Band of Brothers" or "The Pacific," but the actors in those were still a bit older than they characters they were playing.
hey, idiots? he didn't "ruin" the movie by being old, and there's no need to be an apologist about it, either. he's playing a CAREER NCO who fought in both world wars. end of story. i know the kiddies think everybody who enlists in the army is supposed to become a general someday, but that's not how it works in real life.
No, he wasn't
Breakthrough was great war movie aswell with these actors
How very fascinating that today on June 6 2024 I should. connect the dots between Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill and suddenly Mark is telling us that George Lucas recreated. D day in Normandy. in miniature I'm hearing this for the first time in my life on D day 2024, On a 10 year old video filmed 40 years ago.. Very interesting. I can't find anything else about it through Google. The subject of Lucas recreating Normandy anywhere on the Internet It's only Mark saying this here that we've ever heard this? I suppose we might have to contact Mark Hamill directly and ask him about this.