@@voice_of_reason5604 - It is the sort of film/adventure that I enjoy. Was it always a film? I just think that it would have made an awesome book to read.
Why didn't Fallon tell anyone he was cutting the red wire before cutting it? If Fallon cut the red wire and it went off, everyone would have assumed Fallon cut the blue wire and cut the red, dooming themselves and everyone on board.
I haven't seen this clip since I saw the film at the cinema in 1974. What I remember about this film is him saying cut the blue, and he cuts red, another bloke getting blown up earlier, and as the bomb exploded, his face stayed there for a split second, and Roy Kinnear, thinking that he was hilarious. I remember him messing around with a table tennis bat. Er, and that's about it.
Brilliant film with a magnificent cast.won't see their like again.Wonderful scene with the great Richard Harris and the always excellent Freddie Jones.
I watched this the other day, my first rewatch in about forty-five years. What an amazing cast, in addition to the great Richard Harris we have Ian Holm, Freddie Jones, Anthony Hopkins, and a few familiar faces from the Star Wars universe, Kenneth Colley and Julian Glover.
1:41 - repeats with emphasis "CUT the blue wire". This repetition of the order, with that intonation, is what gives the game away. Fallon is just sitting there, pondering the first answer. How does Sid know with such total certainty that the blue wire has not yet been cut? The only way he could know this - again, with such total certainty - is that he has not yet heard an explosion. Fallon subconsciously realises this and knows he must in fact cut red. It is not a matter of pure luck, as many viewers may think. Great attention to detail by the screenwriter, who immediately follows this flash of genius up with a very basic error, as has been pointed out elsewhere: Fallon neglects to communicate his last minute change of heart to his colleagues. In the event of his having been wrong, at least one of them - and possibly all - would have been killed. Remember, the bomber is motivated by extortion, not 'terrorism', so there's no concern with the bombs having been constructed differently. The bomber wants money and does not wish to exacerbate his crime by needlessly adding murder to the charge-sheet and placing even more pressure on the police to find the culprit, and giving their investigation an even higher priority than it already has. Communication, Fallon: it's for life, not just for Christmas. But you're still the champion.
One issue with Fallon’s actions though is that he should have announced what he was going to do. This would obviously ruin the suspense, so not blaming them for not having him do that, but in practice of red had been the booby trap they might have thought blue was and all the others would also have been killed.
At the end, Fallon has to rely on psychology not expertise. As Buckland once saved Fallon's life he has the right to take it. Buckland is the one who changes the Goldfish water. So Fallon cuts the red line.
Anyone with a smattering of intelligence would realise a bit of deception is not uncommon among terrorists. Your navel-gazing would not be appreciated by the passengers.
A few years ago I was up in the attic changing a bathroom fan. My daughter was below, reading the procedures and calling out the wire colors that I had dictated down to her earlier. I said “Cut the blue wire.” And she yelled “RED LADS. CUT THE RED! R-E-D RED!” Yes, we both like this movie. 😂
pretty suspenseful flick remembering not liking it when i saw it at the movies as a young kid because i was expecting it to be another poseidon adventure so i thought it was boring. watching it as an adult its a pretty good disastet/thriller
Does anyone remember a 1986 episode of " Macgyver " where the story was almost the same ? In the end, Macgyver has to make an important decision. Does he cut the blue or yellow wire ? In the end he disregards the instructions of the criminal and cuts the wire that HE thinks will stop the bombing of the ship. In the end, Macgyver wins again !
Whe juggernaut asks fallon to cut the blue, and there's no bang he knows it's not cut and so repeats the instruction, expecting the Bang. So, fallon cuts the red. It's logic, not intuition as some say here. Back in the day they didn't patronise audiences like they do today.... either you got it.. or still just thought it was a brilliant film. Fallon is the champion. Based on a true story about the royal yacht bomb hoax.
Some great lines in this film: "How do we know he built all the bombs the same way?" "Well if he didn't, you will be one of the first to know." "Remember what the goldfish said.. there must be a god, I mean after all, who changes the water?"
I love this movie, but this ending scene has always bothered me. Fallon was not a careless man, yet after being told by Juggernaut, with everyone else listening in, to cut the blue wire, he instead, without telling anyone his plan ahead of time, cuts the red wire. Had that red wire proved to be the wrong choice and blown up Fallon's bomb, everyone else listening in would assume he cut the blue wire which detonated his bomb and therefore would cut their red wires, thereby blowing up all of their bombs and everyone on the ship. It was way too reckless and careless a move that just didn't make sense but made for great dramatic play. Other than that, the movie is flawless and a long time favorite.
Great film, cast, script and story line all come together to create a first rate movie. One small quibble..when Fallon uses his instinct to cut the red wire rather than the blue as instructed (rightly so of course) he needed to communicate this to his team leader. But it all adds to the dramatic suspense of the scene, of course, which is what matters here as Fallon 'outwits' his old comrade Butland (Juggernaut).
What If he had have been wrong . His last instruction was cut the blue wire. He cut red and if he were wrong his colleagues would have cut red too,been annoying me for years.
+Nick Moon No they wouldn't, think about it. He's told to cut BLUE. BUT, he changes his mind and without telling anyone, cuts RED. Only AFTER he's done it, does he tell his men to cut the RED. So had he gone boom-shaka-lack, his lads would ahve cut the opposite to the one they THOUGHT he'd cut! seemples........
+George Buller Right. The opposite of what was said is "red." They all would have thought he cut blue and died, so they'd cut red, which is the right wire to cut. They'd be ok. I will grant you that I am now confused and haven't slept so I might be wrong. Haha
He cuts the red wire, blows up, then all the lads cut the red wire too because they thought he’d cut the blue. A cool and memorable scene, it has stuck with me for almost half a century, but it breaks the movie. (haha I see I’m not the first to comment about this).
I had just remembered the false wire calling scene I saw when I was just 3-4 years old. Today, I thought of finding out the movie details and viola! I found the movie clip! That's the power of internet!
Why didn't Juggernaut mix up the red and blue wires on the bombs, so you wouldn't know which colour to cut as it could be either the red or blue wire on each bomb?
exactly - he should put a number on every bomb, and only he should know on which number you can cut red or blue wire - or he should even use green, yellow, black, white etc. wires, lol...
Because he only got vindictive in then end when the pay went wrong and they caught him. His life was over at that moment. Before? He was a fair guy. They pay the blackmail, he tells them how to defuse the bomb. He had to consider that the crew of the ship would have to defuse the bombs, he couldn't count on a bomb squad being at hand. If you watch the movie he only wanted what he considered a fair pension. He was bitter about the treatment he got and his pension. He risked killing people, but it was just business. He never wanted people to die. As I said, until the end when he faced the rest of his life in prison. That was the point where he didn't care about anything anymore.
The thing is why did he repeat the sentence "cut the blue wire" maybe he already did, but he knows it because he didn't heard the explosion , which he would expected so fallon maybe thought the tip could be a trap.
Silly ending. Everyone heard cut the blue wire, but he didn't tell anyone he is going to cut the red one. So if the red wire caused the explosion, everyone will cut it too with thinking, he cut the blue wire as advised.
And also Sir Michael Horden who did the voice of Gandalf alongside Ian Holm who also played the voice of Frodo Baggins in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
Mark Hodgson: Chances are, had he not - and had he had to disarm them himself - for whatever reason - then he would have blown himself to Kingdom Come! Also, it said so in the script! LOL
He was a fair guy in the beginning. They pay, he tells them how to disarm the bombs. He couldn't count on a bomb squad being on the ship so he made them in a way even the crew could disarm them. If you think about it. All he had to do was describe where the round plate was hidden under the paint, tell them to carefully remove the plate and cut the red wire.
A most underrated film and one of my favourites.
Alasdair Gardiner - I bet you like superheroes too...
100% agree. All star cast and cliffhanger ending.
@@voice_of_reason5604 - It is the sort of film/adventure that I enjoy. Was it always a film? I just think that it would have made an awesome book to read.
Absolutely..Between that and the book "Danger UXB" I learned alot
Fallon is the champion, clap clap clap clap clap!!!
I agree!!
I love that sing songy when Fallon disarms a bomb.
Why didn't Fallon tell anyone he was cutting the red wire before cutting it? If Fallon cut the red wire and it went off, everyone would have assumed Fallon cut the blue wire and cut the red, dooming themselves and everyone on board.
Because Fallon is the champion, clap clap clap clap clap clap.
This scene had me on the edge of my seat.
/ you & everybody else !
Good thing Juggernaut didn't mix the red and blue wires around!
This scene has been glued in my memory since childhood. Brilliant Richard Harris - and shows how important Instinct is!
not to mention the scriptwriting
I haven't seen this clip since I saw the film at the cinema in 1974. What I remember about this film is him saying cut the blue, and he cuts red, another bloke getting blown up earlier, and as the bomb exploded, his face stayed there for a split second, and Roy Kinnear, thinking that he was hilarious. I remember him messing around with a table tennis bat. Er, and that's about it.
Brilliant film with a magnificent cast.won't see their like again.Wonderful scene with the great Richard Harris and the always excellent Freddie Jones.
I watched this the other day, my first rewatch in about forty-five years. What an amazing cast, in addition to the great Richard Harris we have Ian Holm, Freddie Jones, Anthony Hopkins, and a few familiar faces from the Star Wars universe, Kenneth Colley and Julian Glover.
Dumbledore, Dr. Zhivago, Bilbo/Ash the robot, Hannibal, the role Freddie Jones played in disney's Black Cauldron, Piett, Veers/Kristatos
Always remember this "Fallon is the Champion" lol. Thik i watched it in the movie theater when it came out.
1:41 - repeats with emphasis "CUT the blue wire". This repetition of the order, with that intonation, is what gives the game away. Fallon is just sitting there, pondering the first answer. How does Sid know with such total certainty that the blue wire has not yet been cut? The only way he could know this - again, with such total certainty - is that he has not yet heard an explosion. Fallon subconsciously realises this and knows he must in fact cut red. It is not a matter of pure luck, as many viewers may think. Great attention to detail by the screenwriter, who immediately follows this flash of genius up with a very basic error, as has been pointed out elsewhere: Fallon neglects to communicate his last minute change of heart to his colleagues. In the event of his having been wrong, at least one of them - and possibly all - would have been killed. Remember, the bomber is motivated by extortion, not 'terrorism', so there's no concern with the bombs having been constructed differently. The bomber wants money and does not wish to exacerbate his crime by needlessly adding murder to the charge-sheet and placing even more pressure on the police to find the culprit, and giving their investigation an even higher priority than it already has.
Communication, Fallon: it's for life, not just for Christmas. But you're still the champion.
One issue with Fallon’s actions though is that he should have announced what he was going to do. This would obviously ruin the suspense, so not blaming them for not having him do that, but in practice of red had been the booby trap they might have thought blue was and all the others would also have been killed.
I disagree. If Fallon had started explaining his actions, he would have added confusion. Say "R-E-D Red!" and don't say anything else!
At the end, Fallon has to rely on psychology not expertise. As Buckland once saved Fallon's life he has the right to take it. Buckland is the one who changes the Goldfish water. So Fallon cuts the red line.
Anyone with a smattering of intelligence would realise a bit of deception is not uncommon among terrorists. Your navel-gazing would not be appreciated by the passengers.
@@--legion i'm not naval gazing at all. Just making close observations. What is your problem?
Ah - the value of being intuitive & listening to your gut instincts ..
A few years ago I was up in the attic changing a bathroom fan. My daughter was below, reading the procedures and calling out the wire colors that I had dictated down to her earlier. I said “Cut the blue wire.” And she yelled “RED LADS. CUT THE RED! R-E-D RED!” Yes, we both like this movie. 😂
If Dumbledore cuts the wrong wire.... BOOM!
pretty suspenseful flick remembering not liking it when i saw it at the movies as a young kid because i was expecting it to be another poseidon adventure so i thought it was boring. watching it as an adult its a pretty good disastet/thriller
Reckless as hell! But Fallon is the champion!
Does anyone remember a 1986 episode of " Macgyver " where the story was almost the same ? In the end, Macgyver has to make an important decision. Does he cut the blue or yellow wire ? In the end he disregards the instructions of the criminal and cuts the wire that HE thinks will stop the bombing of the ship. In the end, Macgyver wins again !
firepower158: Oh yes, not only did Macgyver copy this film, The Six Million Dollar man did as well.
Now I saw a reference to this movie at the end of Jujutsu kaisen episode 6 :D
the origin of red wire blue wire
Whe juggernaut asks fallon to cut the blue, and there's no bang he knows it's not cut and so repeats the instruction, expecting the Bang. So, fallon cuts the red. It's logic, not intuition as some say here.
Back in the day they didn't patronise audiences like they do today.... either you got it.. or still just thought it was a brilliant film.
Fallon is the champion.
Based on a true story about the royal yacht bomb hoax.
This was my first idea when i saw the film part again - but when i saw it the first time as whole film, i didn't regnognized that.
Hmm I’m not fully convinced this was their intention... but even if it isn’t I like this interpretation too
Some great lines in this film:
"How do we know he built all the bombs the same way?" "Well if he didn't, you will be one of the first to know."
"Remember what the goldfish said.. there must be a god, I mean after all, who changes the water?"
Crazy Irish bomber is the best kind of villain
This movie has been my source of inspiration school of electronics technician. Thanks genius "SIRs" Richard Harris, Anthony Hopkins and Ian Holm.
I love this movie, but this ending scene has always bothered me. Fallon was not a careless man, yet after being told by Juggernaut, with everyone else listening in, to cut the blue wire, he instead, without telling anyone his plan ahead of time, cuts the red wire. Had that red wire proved to be the wrong choice and blown up Fallon's bomb, everyone else listening in would assume he cut the blue wire which detonated his bomb and therefore would cut their red wires, thereby blowing up all of their bombs and everyone on the ship. It was way too reckless and careless a move that just didn't make sense but made for great dramatic play. Other than that, the movie is flawless and a long time favorite.
It’s troubled me for nearly fifty years. Not every day, annually, maybe..
"Just a thought boss...but maybe tell us you're cutting the red wire BEFORE you do...just saying."
Freddie Jones is a great actor
Fallon is the champion. Without a doubt.
Great film, cast, script and story line all come together to create a first rate movie. One small quibble..when Fallon uses his instinct to cut the red wire rather than the blue as instructed (rightly so of course) he needed to communicate this to his team leader. But it all adds to the dramatic suspense of the scene, of course, which is what matters here as Fallon 'outwits' his old comrade Butland (Juggernaut).
No the blue wire won't work only the red wire.
What If he had have been wrong . His last instruction was cut the blue wire. He cut red and if he were wrong his colleagues would have cut red too,been annoying me for years.
Tim Starbuck Me too! LOL
+Tim Starbuck If he was wrong, the bomb blows up and he's dead. So, they would cut the wire that wasn't suggested: red. They'd all still live.
+Nick Moon No they wouldn't, think about it. He's told to cut BLUE. BUT, he changes his mind and without telling anyone, cuts RED. Only AFTER he's done it, does he tell his men to cut the RED. So had he gone boom-shaka-lack, his lads would ahve cut the opposite to the one they THOUGHT he'd cut! seemples........
+George Buller Right. The opposite of what was said is "red." They all would have thought he cut blue and died, so they'd cut red, which is the right wire to cut. They'd be ok. I will grant you that I am now confused and haven't slept so I might be wrong. Haha
+Nick Moon Moral: Don't do bomb-disposal when you're tired! LOL
He cuts the red wire, blows up, then all the lads cut the red wire too because they thought he’d cut the blue. A cool and memorable scene, it has stuck with me for almost half a century, but it breaks the movie. (haha I see I’m not the first to comment about this).
Great movie, all time classic..and you have Dumbledore, Hannibal Lecter and Bilbo Baggins at once...
And General Veers and Admiral Piett as well
And Thufir Hawat from the original Dune.
Of Dumbledore is the best.
I had just remembered the false wire calling scene I saw when I was just 3-4 years old. Today, I thought of finding out the movie details and viola! I found the movie clip! That's the power of internet!
That was me yesterday on the phone with my father in law, walking me through bypassing a wireless control module for a ceiling fan. HaHaHa
Your own personal juggernaut. . .
He Just Like Cut a Red Wire Before Digesting Inside the Plant. HA!
Dumbledore saves the day.
Great film. Enjoyed it at the pictures then all these years later watched it with my kids who loved it too.
Why didn't Juggernaut mix up the red and blue wires on the bombs, so you wouldn't know which colour to cut
as it could be either the red or blue wire on each bomb?
exactly - he should put a number on every bomb, and only he should know on which number you can cut red or blue wire - or he should even use green, yellow, black, white etc. wires, lol...
Because he only got vindictive in then end when the pay went wrong and they caught him. His life was over at that moment.
Before? He was a fair guy. They pay the blackmail, he tells them how to defuse the bomb. He had to consider that the crew of the ship would have to defuse the bombs, he couldn't count on a bomb squad being at hand.
If you watch the movie he only wanted what he considered a fair pension. He was bitter about the treatment he got and his pension. He risked killing people, but it was just business. He never wanted people to die.
As I said, until the end when he faced the rest of his life in prison. That was the point where he didn't care about anything anymore.
The thing is why did he repeat the sentence "cut the blue wire" maybe he already did, but he knows it because he didn't heard the explosion , which he would expected so fallon maybe thought the tip could be a trap.
One of best movies i have ever seen 👏👏👏 FALLON IS the CHAMPION 💪💪
classic 70;s cult movie .. all star cast .. Brilliant !
Silly ending. Everyone heard cut the blue wire, but he didn't tell anyone he is going to cut the red one. So if the red wire caused the explosion, everyone will cut it too with thinking, he cut the blue wire as advised.
2:04 red lads cut the red R E D
Cut the red R-E-D RED!
@@KarlSturmgewher (everyone cuts the red wire) 😮💨
hey...bilbo baggins and hannibal lector in their second jobs....
And also Sir Michael Horden who did the voice of Gandalf alongside Ian Holm who also played the voice of Frodo Baggins in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
Forgetting also Android Bishop from Alien ;)
in pariot games richard played a terrorist here he plays a man who defeats a terrorist .
This isn't the best film out there but it's still pretty alright.
does anybody kmow where i can watch this movie online - ive searched everywhere.... Help please !
I m the champion clap clap clap
Olof
Juggernaut why did he make them all the same ?
Mark Hodgson: Chances are, had he not - and had he had to disarm them himself - for whatever reason - then he would have blown himself to Kingdom Come! Also, it said so in the script! LOL
he could have put a paint spot somewhere
At that level of intellect, such basic options are beneath one........
He was a fair guy in the beginning. They pay, he tells them how to disarm the bombs.
He couldn't count on a bomb squad being on the ship so he made them in a way even the crew could disarm them.
If you think about it. All he had to do was describe where the round plate was hidden under the paint, tell them to carefully remove the plate and cut the red wire.
It was sort of answered in Speed, bomb makers have a system and can be identified by the way it is made