My husband always mentions McKales Navy from when he was a kid.I recently got to see Ernest Borgnine in this series and loved it .I'm hooked on his work.
I’ve seen Ernest Borgnine in so many movies I just love him to pieces is so awesome. I just don’t think there’s anybody out there quite like him. Thank you for uploading.
In his retirement, Borgnine traveled about the country in a big motorhome, meeting lots of his fans. He recorded his trips, and they are available here on Y/T.
It’s hysterical. Down in the deepest abyss… there’s sunlight and no such thing as narcosis or decompression sickness. Just a swim in the pool. Thank for uploading it.
While a sculpture student at Cal Arts in 1972, I was one of a handful of art students hired to create "rock" and "coral" forms with a foam and fiberglass guns for this movie in a warehouse in Pasadena. They had us making 3'-4' tall forms out of foam that would have taken hundreds of pounds of pull to keep from floating away. Not surprisingly, I didn't see one of them that made it into the movie. I remember the guy working on the model of the sub. It was about 12" long. it looks like they filmed the entire movie in a 50 gallon aquarium.
Hi Ron nice you did that for that film ere when i lived in lovely Torquay in the 80ees got lucky to do film xtra work 4 times sheer fun n got payed for it real nice memory have fun n good health cheers cas in Bournemouth
Thank you for this. It reminds me of Sunday afternoons watching a tv series called Family Classics out of Chicago many years ago. Watching this took me back to my childhood days in the 70s
So the rescue sub will be crushed If she lets the cable release and they end up going deep. Yet he gets into a wetsuit and swims about at a depth which would crush the rescue sub…… super man….man of steel…load of bull shit. Terrible film…
In the TV series, Airwolf, Ernest Borgnine was also co-pilot and he was typically jerry-rigging the computer board to get Airwolf to do what Stringfellow Hawke needed, like flying cold, no electronics and using a little electricity through wires to get the weapons to pop up so String could kill the enemy. Always love Borgnine in anything he comes out in.
In '75 we lived in Tacoma, our cousins in Vancouver. Visiting, my cousin Tom and I took the bus to downtown Vancouver to see Jaws 🐋 Bus fare was 10 cents! lol I was 11 and Tom 12 Afterwards, back in Tacoma, I was scared to take a bath after Jaws 😮🛁🤣
Not sure, but may have seen this movie a long time ago, Just watched it again. Yeah, the special effects were a bit simplistic--miniatures in a large aquarium with the usual types of aquarium fish, and some of the fish were tropical fish, which wouldn't be found in Canadian waters, but it was still entertaining, and suitable for family viewing. I also enjoyed seeing all of those old familiar faces, especially Ernest Borganine. Thanks for posting this video!🤗⛵🌊
Even Ernest's small role in Gattaca was an affirmation of how memorable he could make any role. The year after The Neptune Factor he made a comedy-drama film with Carroll O'Connor and Karen Black called Law & Disorder which was also particularly impressive.
Excellent movie as far as thrillers go!! Had me biting my nails right to the end!! That's if you discount all laws of physics, marine biology, scuba diving etc etc. All in all a GREAT thriller, thanks guys, really enjoyed it!!❤❤
I love undersea movies and with the fantasy/sci fi edge to it it was all the better. With Ernest Borgnine one of my favourite actors it couldnt be better 10/10
A walk down memory lane. I watched movies in my teens at the base theatre in Mitchel Field, Garden City, Ling Island, New York back in the early 70s. That's where I saw "Goldfinger" for th first time.
What a fabulous film. Well worth watching. After 50 year's this print of this film look's good just as it was made. I found the film very interesting to watch. Thank you for uploading this film. PC. 22. 03. 2023.
A total inner space experience- from 1973, when Jacques Cousteau SCUBA was more in the public eye, post Poseidon, but before the Star Wars and Star Trek mythos beginnings. Fun Sci fi from 70s. Thank you. Great cast, too.
@@privatebubba8876 wow. You is a rocket scientist. When making the comment about Sci fi from the 70s, I was referencing said movie that I just watched -1973, if I'm not mistaken. Referencing Star Trek, was referencing the movies that debuted in 1979, not the original series. Be an independent thinker, as opposed to a completely pathetic troll.
If someone made a list of the most awesome-but-misleading movie posters, The Neptune factor would surely be in the top five. That illustrated poster promised one of the most visually striking and fantastic underwater adventures in the world. What the movie showed was a miniature submarine in a fish tank. It's hilariously bad. I own the DVD because this movie was part of my childhood but it does have an option to listen to its original score and the alternate one. Still, they bring in some top talent for this movie and cheap out on the special effects?
Movie was made in 1973, perhaps limited budget, what did you expect from a movie that is 50 years old? 21st Century special effects like Marvel movies??? . Posters like that are illustrated with one thing in mind, to get you into the theatres. Remember it’s the 70’s….. 😊
Welcome to "Back in the Day", pre-CGI times. This film was well made with a B-lister cast. For the early 1970's this was a good saturday matinae feature. Many thanks to Donald P. Borchers for posting.
I saw this movie theatrically in Hollywood right upon its release. It was a huge experience for me. And looking at just the ffirst 5 minutes of it now, in April 2023, this film is markedly better than 99% of the Hollywood garbage being heaped upon us now. Particularly the custom scube tanks and headgear, that was decades ahead of its time when the film was made in 1972-73. Notice, for instance, the app. 12-inch antanna sticking out of the headsets. So, walkie-talkie communication whilst underwater. This was truly cutting edge in the early 1970s.
@@garybrockwell2031 Yeah, where does he get those unique emoji’s from. I watched the movie on a commercial free site. - It’s crud! Stinking 70’s cheap, disappointing, boring kak. 💩 A two outta ten, at best. 💩. A two turder!
I've been watching for 55 years and I can tell you Hollywood has nothing new!! I see many movies today that take their storyline and inspiration from the old classics 🤔👀😎🇺🇲👍
I don't envy the neurotic stress it must have taken to film an entire movie underwater half a century ago, when I know the pain of just trying to get a 10 second, C Camera, underwater pool shot today!!
@@theAxehound Sandy Howard was my mentor. He taught me all about titles. His working title was, "An Underwater Odyssey." But after he cast Ernest Borgnine, Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, and Yvette Mimieux there was more money to be made overseas by positioning it not as an adventure movie (think 20,000 leagues) but as an International suspense thriller. And the final title delivers on that marketing strategy in spades. But even after that decision was made, "The Neptune Disaster" was the first title. It did not do the job and was immediately replaced. I made "Voodoo" because Sandy told me that was a great title he never got around to.
Hi Donald! I remember this movie from my youth! Good movie with a solid cast. Walter Pigeon was a superb actor with great quite a resume. I have seen footage of him that taints my enjoyment of his films. He was apparently Proactive (heavily involved) with the McCarthy hearings in the 1950’s! He even went so far as to name names before the infamous committee. My understanding is that he was instrumental in the ruination of a number of his fellow actors. If anyone has more or different information on this subject, I would be interested. Thank you Donald for the movie 🍿! I really enjoyed it ! Am subscribing now 😊. Frances
Walter Pigeon was on the Original, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, he was Admiral Nelson before Richard Basehard. This movie reminded me of that series, loved it as a kid.👍❤
Hi Randy, one of my all time favorite movies! Barbara Eden, and I can’t remember the name of the famous actor who played Nelson’s friend…he played a lot of villainous roles…. What a great cast. Great story too. Frances
Hi Susan, so I’m correct that he actively participated? I guess it is wishful thinking. He was in so many of my favorite movies. Thanks for the reply. Frances
I have been wracking my brain since 2020 Covid onset to remember the title of this film as I too saw it only once and in the cinema when it was released when I was also about 8. All I could remember was the sub and the face of an actor who’s name I couldn’t remember. Then, thanks to YT algorithm and after watching a Cavett interview of 4 directors in 1972, I see another interview available of Cassavetes Gazzara and BAM! That’s him !!!! Why I couldn’t remember his name is embarrassing. This all happened in the last few hours. And well here I am. Gonna watch it at bedtime today. Thanks very much, Mr. Borchers, and for your fun comments in here. “The Neptune Disaster” LMAO
There was, in the closing years of the 20th century, a very cool poster of this movie hanging in the Neptune Theater and I'd been planning to see it since then. Part of the reason I put it off for so long was because I'd heard it was a cruddy movie. But it's actually reasonably good. True, we are being asked to imagine that sea creatures are bigger than the ship, instead of being forced to that conclusion with special effects. But there's nothing wrong with using your imagination to help your fantasy along. If you let it go it can take you farther than any computer generated effect ever could.
In a sense, the movie is almost spookily prescient. It shows marine organisms which have grown unusually large in an area warmed by volcanic activity, which is something that actually exists, but wasn't discovered until six years after this movie was made. Granted, hydrothermal vents don't cause ordinary coral reef organisms to grow to gigantic size, but they do provide the energy that allows tube worms with symbiotic sulfur-reducing bacteria to grow far bigger than ones found elsewhere, as well as permitting the existence of an entire community of organisms that are completely independent of the sun.
"Some movie goers back I the day said Star Wars sucked" but everyone has different tastes "! This movie still would have done well without the giant sea creatures, just dealing with the sea elements and science facts made the movie excited enough"!😊❤❤❤
Yes, you have to love Ernest Borgnine. Remember the Poseidon adventure. And then there’s Cliff Robertson. Watch the movie Charlie it will blow you away. He is amazing. I think that was his best performance. Based on the book flowers for Algernon.
A couple of interesting facts about Borgnine. 1) Up until at least late in his career he had never appeared in a film that lost money. 2) For years he had a standing gig as the Master of Ceremonies for the annual Milwaukee Circus Parade.
AND~ In his retirement, Borgnine traveled about the country in a big motorhome, meeting lots of his fans. He recorded his trips, and they are available here on Y/T.
Ernest Borgnine and Yvette Mimieux were also in THE FIFTH MISSILE (1986), a well done doomsday thriller that was based on THE GOLD CREW, a novel written by Frank M. Robinson and Thomas N. Scortia. UPDATE: I got through watching THE FIFTH MISSILE in May, 2023 and Ernest Borgnine was NOT in that 1986 television movie. It remains a suspenseful thriller despite its low budget.
@@DonaldPBorchersOG When THE FOG hit the silver screen, I saw it while stationed overseas in what was then West Germany. A pal of mine had seen it, and couldn’t resist saying “Arrrrrrrrr” repeatedly for the next couple of months.
I first saw Ernest Borgnine and Yvette Mimieux in The Black Hole. In retrospect, The Neptune Factor was the better sci-fi film for both of them together.
Borgnine looks so healthy here. I wasn't that crazy about him til I saw Marty. When he's allowed to actually "act" he's great! And Walter Pigeon legendary. Lost his hometown sweetheart 2 years into marriage during childbirth but re-married a studio secretary until he passed away in 1984 I think. Lot of faces I recognize but not the names. Thanks for posting as I was a little 🐤 when this came out hehe And the Neptune 2 guy w the horrible southern accent Gung ho about the craft not the people made me think of the implosion of the Titan in 2023 and this thing called Triton...anyway😢
Hola muy buena pelicula , por ser de la decada 70, muy bien hecha, y desde luego en el fondo del mar, sobretodo en Las fosas Marianas , se encuentran animales prehistóricos de peces y tiburones mas grandes de lo habitual, y peces que tienen luz propia, porque en esas profundidades existe muy poca luz , tambien hay que destacar los buenos actores que trabajan en esta pelicula , y es una pelicula muy entretenida y con suspense , genial, saludos.♥️♥️⚓⚓🌊🌊🌊🐬🐬🐬🐠🐡🐟🐟🐠🐡🐋🐳🦈🦈🐙🐙🦈🐙🐳🐋🐬🐳❤
Welcome. Sandy Howard and Harold Greenberg was filmed this in several locations in Canada, including Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, Ontario. Other filming locations included Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas Cayman Islands.
A good watch, with clever extreme closeups of fish in a fish tank to make them look threatening. This film is a bit close to comfort in 2023, as their submersible looks very similar to the Titan which imploded earlier this year taking the lives of all five on board. And even the mothership had the name 'Triton', which is similar to 'Titan'. RIP all those who died on the real Titan submersible - they were looking at the wreck of the Titanic.
Ernest Borgnine was a fantastic actor. He played all his characters with passion. Deserves more acknowledgement 😊❤
Roger that. I had the pleasure of working with him on John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1981).
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@@DonaldPBorchersOG great movie!( This one and 'escape from new York)
Esse canal é um verdadeiro tesouro. Um acervo de filmes clássicos e de época que são um verdadeiro achado!
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Thanks for the excellent commentary on the film.
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They don't make Ernest Borgnines like they used to.
Got that right. I had the pleasure of working on "Escape from New York," which he appeared in. A great man.
Well said!
I agree 💯 percent and I really liked him. Also, his acting abilities
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Enjoyable trip back in time . . . Ben, Yvette, Ernest, Walter - Rest in Peace.
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What a drag
It looks like big pay day for all them!😅
My husband always mentions McKales Navy from when he was a kid.I recently got to see Ernest Borgnine in this series and loved it .I'm hooked on his work.
You know he won an Oscar in 1956 for the movie "Marty." He was also in "From Here To Eternity" and "The Wild Bunch."
Rachel Welch was on that show once.
"My favorite Erenst Borgnine movies are Willard and Poisidon Adventure"!😊❤
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Yeh. He played mean very well. Great actor.
I’ve seen Ernest Borgnine in so many movies I just love him to pieces is so awesome. I just don’t think there’s anybody out there quite like him. Thank you for uploading.
In his retirement, Borgnine traveled about the country in a big motorhome, meeting lots of his fans. He recorded his trips, and they are available here on Y/T.
Ernest Borgnine was my favourite character from Airwoof
@@DavidRice111 i am soglad you told us that,he was a wonderful man.
Yep a classic indeed as both an actor and a man
@@DavidRice111 he did it into his 90s and only died not that long ago..
He had marble in his motor home..
Nice guy..
It’s hysterical. Down in the deepest abyss… there’s sunlight and no such thing as narcosis or decompression sickness. Just a swim in the pool. Thank for uploading it.
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Ernest Borgnine is one of the great character actors, that has been in almost everything from western to detective shows.
41:27 Aftershock effect was sometimes better in the TV series Lost in Space.
I agree, and had the pleasure of working with him on "Escape from New York" (1981).
Borgnine must've been in about 200 movies
McHale's Navy
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While a sculpture student at Cal Arts in 1972, I was one of a handful of art students hired to create "rock" and "coral" forms with a foam and fiberglass guns for this movie in a warehouse in Pasadena. They had us making 3'-4' tall forms out of foam that would have taken hundreds of pounds of pull to keep from floating away. Not surprisingly, I didn't see one of them that made it into the movie. I remember the guy working on the model of the sub. It was about 12" long. it looks like they filmed the entire movie in a 50 gallon aquarium.
Even if the submarine model was “12 long do you know what a 50 gallon fluids drum looks like, that’s way too small.
Hi Ron nice you did that for that film ere when i lived in lovely Torquay in the 80ees got lucky to do film xtra work 4 times sheer fun n got payed for it real nice memory have fun n good health cheers cas in Bournemouth
The movie looks like it was filmed at the bottom of somebody’s 10 foot deep swimming pool.
POOVIES GALLUNDER IN THE DEEP WATERS OF THE SEA DADDY'O !
Dog of a movie, paid to see it in the 70's. A Canadian collage movie. Look at the credits.. Just like Billy Jack look at the credits .....
Thank goodness for fast forwarding. I saw this when it first came out 50 years ago. It hasn't improved with age.
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What parts did you fast forward to?
Thank you for this. It reminds me of Sunday afternoons watching a tv series called Family Classics out of Chicago many years ago. Watching this took me back to my childhood days in the 70s
Love that!
Frazier Thomas 😊
The Neptune Factor is still a particularly interesting film after many decades. Thank you for uploading it. Happy 50th Anniversary (1973-2023)
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the visit!
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Loved this movie when I was a kid👍❤😀Reminded me of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea!!😀
Interesting?
So the rescue sub will be crushed If she lets the cable release and they end up going deep. Yet he gets into a wetsuit and swims about at a depth which would crush the rescue sub…… super man….man of steel…load of bull shit. Terrible film…
Love watching these old movies with all the familiar actors again. Thanks!
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A rescue mission from 50 years ago that is both entertaining and well acted. Thanks for the upload.
So strange to hear the 70s referred to as "50 years ago". To me it feels like just a few years ago!
Remember this comment in 2073, you'll get it. 😄
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Wow, I've never heard of this. Thank you!!!!
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Good movie. Never heard of it before. Love it. Will rewatch it, a bunch. Thanks.
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I love 70’s movies. This was classic 🎉
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Most 70s movies certainly have an atmospheric feel to them that has remained unmatched.
In the TV series, Airwolf, Ernest Borgnine was also co-pilot and he was typically jerry-rigging the computer board to get Airwolf to do what Stringfellow Hawke needed, like flying cold, no electronics and using a little electricity through wires to get the weapons to pop up so String could kill the enemy.
Always love Borgnine in anything he comes out in.
Mchale's Navy with Tim Conway, was a fun series.
Santini.air loved airwolf
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What a great old classic. Love being able to take a step back in time with a gem like this.
So do I. It makes both me and the sci-fi cinema feel so young again.
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Still quality from all aspects. Thank you for putting this film up.❤
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Thanks for this movie. I have never seen it or even heard of it but thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks again.
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I remember taking a bus to downtown Vancouver to watch this. 🙂
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Fellow Vancouverite here. Do you remember what theater it was? Was it on a double feature?
In '75 we lived in Tacoma, our cousins in Vancouver.
Visiting, my cousin Tom and I took the bus to downtown Vancouver to see Jaws 🐋
Bus fare was 10 cents! lol I was 11 and Tom 12
Afterwards, back in Tacoma, I was scared to take a bath after Jaws 😮🛁🤣
What a waste of a bus fare
I was well entertained, thanks for uploading. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh dear well at least I gave it a go …. Fast forward 50 yrs and I’m pleased to be able to still fast forward. Thanks for the upload 👍
The cheesy aquarium shots of saltwater aquarium fish ruined this otherwise mediocre movie.
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Not sure, but may have seen this movie a long time ago, Just watched it again. Yeah, the special effects were a bit simplistic--miniatures in a large aquarium with the usual types of aquarium fish, and some of the fish were tropical fish, which wouldn't be found in Canadian waters, but it was still entertaining, and suitable for family viewing. I also enjoyed seeing all of those old familiar faces, especially Ernest Borganine. Thanks for posting this video!🤗⛵🌊
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First time I ever watched this movie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️! AWESOME 👍
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Love it over 250 metres and Ernest just gets on a diving suit and pops out for a look around you don't get pressure at that depth in the movie
Ernest Borgnine was a seasoned actor and felt no pressure.
@@catmandenny Brilliant reply, totally owned K1 😁👍
Interior of the sub could have been pressurized
Don't even start on how light it was at those depths...
That was McHale from McHales Navy. He didn't no stinking pressure suit!!😂😂😊
Great fun. Thanks for posting.
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I wish that they could have given a bit more storyline for Stephens who I thought was an interesting character.
Earnest Borgnine...One of the Best..my favorite Ernie Movies The Wild Bunch,,& Marty,, top shelf Actor, a Great, Great Man
Don't forget AirWolf! 🙂
@@hamshackleton Also The Dirty Dozen and Airplane.
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Three minutes in and I feel I've been watching this movie for several hours!
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Ernest Borgnine was wonderful in The Poseidon Adventure and Marty.
Even Ernest's small role in Gattaca was an affirmation of how memorable he could make any role. The year after The Neptune Factor he made a comedy-drama film with Carroll O'Connor and Karen Black called Law & Disorder which was also particularly impressive.
Loved him in The Dirty Dozen
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great movie...Thank you for uploading
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Excellent movie as far as thrillers go!! Had me biting my nails right to the end!! That's if you discount all laws of physics, marine biology, scuba diving etc etc. All in all a GREAT thriller, thanks guys, really enjoyed it!!❤❤
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I love undersea movies and with the fantasy/sci fi edge to it it was all the better. With Ernest Borgnine one of my favourite actors it couldnt be better 10/10
Glad you enjoyed it! I worked with Ernest Borgnine on "Escape from New York" (1981). He was a treasure!
Absolutely enjoyed the movie. Worth watching again soon.
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Have always loved this film and never get tired of watching it. Thank you for sharing.
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And now films are not longer done, Kodak went broke.
@@robertkat Roger that. The only thing that never changes is that things change.
"Seen this movie 🍿 at the base theater Ft. Carson Colorado ( The Mc Mahan ) I was 14 years old. Oceanography was my first interest back then"!😊❤
A walk down memory lane. I watched movies in my teens at the base theatre in Mitchel Field, Garden City, Ling Island, New York back in the early 70s. That's where I saw "Goldfinger" for th first time.
Very enjoyable movie great upload
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Haven't seen this since ITV/LWT aired it one Saturday evening back in the late 70's. Better than I remembered it.
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i really like the work put into the underwater scenes
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A great indulgence with an all-star cast.
The effects are tremendous for a movie which was made almost 40 years ago. 😳 😊
Make that more than 50. Happy New Year!
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Four years after this movie was made, the first thermal vents and the ecosystems around them were discovered.
The tube worms were huge.
February, 1977, to be exact. Thanks for the visit!
What a fabulous film. Well worth watching. After 50 year's this print of this film look's good just as it was made. I found the film very interesting to watch. Thank you for uploading this film. PC. 22. 03. 2023.
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A total inner space experience- from 1973, when Jacques Cousteau SCUBA was more in the public eye, post Poseidon, but before the Star Wars and Star Trek mythos beginnings. Fun Sci fi from 70s. Thank you. Great cast, too.
Star Trek premiered in 1966.
@@privatebubba8876 wow. You is a rocket scientist. When making the comment about Sci fi from the 70s, I was referencing said movie that I just watched -1973, if I'm not mistaken. Referencing Star Trek, was referencing the movies that debuted in 1979, not the original series. Be an independent thinker, as opposed to a completely pathetic troll.
@@privatebubba8876 what's a few years, give or take?
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Fun fact, Ernest Borgnine appeared in every single low budget movie made in the 1970s.
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The title of this film was obviously inspired by The Poseidon Adventure that was still showing in theaters in 1973. They even cast Ernest Borgnine.
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This was also produced by Irwin Allen. The same man who produced "The Poseidon Adventure."
If someone made a list of the most awesome-but-misleading movie posters, The Neptune factor would surely be in the top five. That illustrated poster promised one of the most visually striking and fantastic underwater adventures in the world. What the movie showed was a miniature submarine in a fish tank. It's hilariously bad. I own the DVD because this movie was part of my childhood but it does have an option to listen to its original score and the alternate one. Still, they bring in some top talent for this movie and cheap out on the special effects?
Movie was made in 1973, perhaps limited budget, what did you expect from a movie that is 50 years old? 21st Century special effects like Marvel movies??? . Posters like that are illustrated with one thing in mind, to get you into the theatres. Remember it’s the 70’s….. 😊
Clearly, most of the budget went toward the stars' salaries.
@@redwandennaoui4508 2001: A Space Odyssey is older than this movie and looks about 1000x better.
Be fair it was 1973 ffs
@@susannah1948 2001 was made in 1968.
Excellent underwater movie
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I like how The Neptune Factor doesn’t need to be as advanced as The Abyss to be an effective undersea adventure with a sci-fi twist.
I enjoyed this trip around somebody's aquarium.
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Welcome to "Back in the Day", pre-CGI times. This film was well made with a B-lister cast. For the early 1970's this was a good saturday matinae feature.
Many thanks to Donald P. Borchers for posting.
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Lovely photography
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Some great legends here
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Wow what to to of stumbled on this oldie.not really that old,but enough to say its been a while.thanks for the view.
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What a silly movie! Enjoyed every minute. Thanks for posting it.
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Very good movie. Thank you for uploading.
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I saw this movie theatrically in Hollywood right upon its release. It was a huge experience for me. And looking at just the ffirst 5 minutes of it now, in April 2023, this film is markedly better than 99% of the Hollywood garbage being heaped upon us now. Particularly the custom scube tanks and headgear, that was decades ahead of its time when the film was made in 1972-73. Notice, for instance, the app. 12-inch antanna sticking out of the headsets. So, walkie-talkie communication whilst underwater. This was truly cutting edge in the early 1970s.
On your comment I’m gonna watch this. …It better be good. Or expect a knock on your door. 😂
@@jamespeters2859 funny just thought same meself 🤔 along with where did he find that
PINK HAND.???🧐🎬🇬🇧
@@garybrockwell2031 Yeah, where does he get those unique emoji’s from.
I watched the movie on a commercial free site. - It’s crud! Stinking 70’s cheap, disappointing, boring kak. 💩 A two outta ten, at best. 💩.
A two turder!
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I have not seen this for years excellent movie
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That movie was so good I didn't even mind the special effects that look like a Gumby show. I loved it thank you
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I've been watching for 55 years and I can tell you Hollywood has nothing new!! I see many movies today that take their storyline and inspiration from the old classics 🤔👀😎🇺🇲👍
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I don't envy the neurotic stress it must have taken to film an entire movie underwater half a century ago, when I know the pain of just trying to get a 10 second, C Camera, underwater pool shot today!!
I agree with you. I can only imagine. But, that was Sandy. He loved an adventure.
@@DonaldPBorchersOG, interesting. No one would even do it today, between; cost, safety and VFX.
Yes. With exception of an artist. I mean, I could totally see Guillermo del Toro doing this to direct a LOCH NESS monster movie.
@@DonaldPBorchersOG, maybe call it "H20 World", or better yet, maybe something like "Waterworld"?!!
@@theAxehound Sandy Howard was my mentor. He taught me all about titles. His working title was, "An Underwater Odyssey." But after he cast Ernest Borgnine, Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, and Yvette Mimieux there was more money to be made overseas by positioning it not as an adventure movie (think 20,000 leagues) but as an International suspense thriller. And the final title delivers on that marketing strategy in spades. But even after that decision was made, "The Neptune Disaster" was the first title. It did not do the job and was immediately replaced. I made "Voodoo" because Sandy told me that was a great title he never got around to.
I had completely forgotten about this. I saw it when I was a kid...over 35 years ago...
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For its day this was "outstanding". Still has interest in the realm of inner space. Someday I may just go down for a visit.
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Hi Donald! I remember this movie from my youth! Good movie with a solid cast. Walter Pigeon was a superb actor with great quite a resume. I have seen footage of him that taints my enjoyment of his films. He was apparently Proactive (heavily involved) with the McCarthy hearings in the 1950’s! He even went so far as to name names before the infamous committee. My understanding is that he was instrumental in the ruination of a number of his fellow actors. If anyone has more or different information on this subject, I would be interested.
Thank you Donald for the movie 🍿! I really enjoyed it ! Am subscribing now 😊. Frances
Walter Pigeon was on the Original, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, he was Admiral Nelson before Richard Basehard. This movie reminded me of that series, loved it as a kid.👍❤
Yep, Hollywood still reels.
Hi Randy, one of my all time favorite movies! Barbara Eden, and I can’t remember the name of the famous actor who played Nelson’s friend…he played a lot of villainous roles…. What a great cast. Great story too. Frances
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Hi Susan, so I’m correct that he actively participated? I guess it is wishful thinking. He was in so many of my favorite movies. Thanks for the reply. Frances
I saw this movie in the cinema I have been coming back to this movie for years. After watching the movie, I still dive to this day
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Although I have this film on CD, thank you kindly for sharing. I really like films from these years. Regards
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I have been wracking my brain since 2020 Covid onset to remember the title of this film as I too saw it only once and in the cinema when it was released when I was also about 8.
All I could remember was the sub and the face of an actor who’s name I couldn’t remember.
Then, thanks to YT algorithm and after watching a Cavett interview of 4 directors in 1972, I see another interview available of Cassavetes Gazzara and BAM! That’s him !!!!
Why I couldn’t remember his name is embarrassing.
This all happened in the last few hours.
And well here I am. Gonna watch it at bedtime today.
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“The Neptune Disaster” LMAO
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Sorry you've had covid I have been injured by the vaccines me and my father
I loved his movie when I was a kid.
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Yvette Mimieux was in the first movie of _The Time Machine_ released in 1960. She died in her sleep of natural causes at age 80.
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thnx. this scared the crap outa me when i was 9 at the Saturday matinee
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poor old walter pidgeon must be wishing he still had the SeaView ...
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Just found your channel. So many interesting vintage films! New subscriber.
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There was, in the closing years of the 20th century, a very cool poster of this movie hanging in the Neptune Theater and I'd been planning to see it since then. Part of the reason I put it off for so long was because I'd heard it was a cruddy movie. But it's actually reasonably good. True, we are being asked to imagine that sea creatures are bigger than the ship, instead of being forced to that conclusion with special effects. But there's nothing wrong with using your imagination to help your fantasy along. If you let it go it can take you farther than any computer generated effect ever could.
In a sense, the movie is almost spookily prescient. It shows marine organisms which have grown unusually large in an area warmed by volcanic activity, which is something that actually exists, but wasn't discovered until six years after this movie was made. Granted, hydrothermal vents don't cause ordinary coral reef organisms to grow to gigantic size, but they do provide the energy that allows tube worms with symbiotic sulfur-reducing bacteria to grow far bigger than ones found elsewhere, as well as permitting the existence of an entire community of organisms that are completely independent of the sun.
@@graemesmith6721 I hadn't even thought of that. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm not sure I'd heard about the phenomenon before or not.
"Some movie goers back I the day said Star Wars sucked" but everyone has different tastes "! This movie still would have done well without the giant sea creatures, just dealing with the sea elements and science facts made the movie excited enough"!😊❤❤❤
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Ernest Borgnine are known for the airwolf of the CBS drama of 1980's in my S.Korea,I miss him who got a charismatic talent
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What a great film! It was Land of the Giants under the sea. Very cool.
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Yes, you have to love Ernest Borgnine. Remember the Poseidon adventure. And then there’s Cliff Robertson. Watch the movie Charlie it will blow you away. He is amazing. I think that was his best performance. Based on the book flowers for Algernon.
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That was entertaining. I didn't realize salt water aquarium fish could be so dangerous.
Lion fish are lethal!
Lol! Hey, I really tried, but the catfish was the last straw.
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Nice to see a detailed movie narrative
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Being probably only about 8 when i seen this in the theater its the only thing me and my friends could talk about for how long it was so cool 😎 ✌🙂
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Great stars Ernest & Ben 🎬💯They both left the set 🙏 in 2012, the Mayans beginning of the end 🤔🔚.....sleep well gentlemen 🙏💯🎬👍✌️
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I really enjoyed this film, i watched it for Ernest Borgnine, there was no need for the woman at all however 😊😊😊
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What a gripping movie.✅
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私これ公開当時映画館で観たんですよね。
懐かしいなあ。
今観ても「とんでもＳＦ」ですねえ！
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Now ain’t that some dumb sh*t…. Thanks for posting! Loved it.
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A couple of interesting facts about Borgnine.
1) Up until at least late in his career he had never appeared in a film that lost money.
2) For years he had a standing gig as the Master of Ceremonies for the annual Milwaukee Circus Parade.
AND~ In his retirement, Borgnine traveled about the country in a big motorhome, meeting lots of his fans. He recorded his trips, and they are available here on Y/T.
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His birth name was, Ermes Effron Borgnino.
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Well, it was 70s cheesy, but I love it.
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Ernest Borgnine and Yvette Mimieux were also in THE FIFTH MISSILE (1986), a well done doomsday thriller that was based on THE GOLD CREW, a novel written by Frank M. Robinson and Thomas N. Scortia. UPDATE: I got through watching THE FIFTH MISSILE in May, 2023 and Ernest Borgnine was NOT in that 1986 television movie. It remains a suspenseful thriller despite its low budget.
I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Borgnine in St. Louis on John Carpenter's "Escape from New York". He was Legend.
@@DonaldPBorchersOG I don’t doubt that Ernest Borgnine had stories to tell. Did you work with John Carpenter on ESCAPE FROM L.A.?
@@thomastarwater2989 No. I originally worked on THE FOG as the Production Accountant.
@@DonaldPBorchersOG When THE FOG hit the silver screen, I saw it while stationed overseas in what was then West Germany. A pal of mine had seen it, and couldn’t resist saying “Arrrrrrrrr” repeatedly for the next couple of months.
I first saw Ernest Borgnine and Yvette Mimieux in The Black Hole. In retrospect, The Neptune Factor was the better sci-fi film for both of them together.
Borgnine looks so healthy here. I wasn't that crazy about him til I saw Marty. When he's allowed to actually "act" he's great! And Walter Pigeon legendary. Lost his hometown sweetheart 2 years into marriage during childbirth but re-married a studio secretary until he passed away in 1984 I think. Lot of faces I recognize but not the names. Thanks for posting as I was a little 🐤 when this came out hehe And the Neptune 2 guy w the horrible southern accent Gung ho about the craft not the people made me think of the implosion of the Titan in 2023 and this thing called Triton...anyway😢
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This almost seems like recent news events.
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A movie like this in the 70's? He made a great impression on me I always remembered him And now you can come back to him Thank you very much greetings
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Truly a classic.
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Can’t beat the oldie’s lol
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Hola muy buena pelicula , por ser de la decada 70, muy bien hecha, y desde luego en el fondo del mar, sobretodo en Las fosas Marianas , se encuentran animales prehistóricos de peces y tiburones mas grandes de lo habitual, y peces que tienen luz propia, porque en esas profundidades existe muy poca luz , tambien hay que destacar los buenos actores que trabajan en esta pelicula , y es una pelicula muy entretenida y con suspense , genial, saludos.♥️♥️⚓⚓🌊🌊🌊🐬🐬🐬🐠🐡🐟🐟🐠🐡🐋🐳🦈🦈🐙🐙🦈🐙🐳🐋🐬🐳❤
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Hello from Halifax, NS in 2024.
where this was filmed.
Welcome. Sandy Howard and Harold Greenberg was filmed this in several locations in Canada, including Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, Ontario. Other filming locations included Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
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A good watch, with clever extreme closeups of fish in a fish tank to make them look threatening.
This film is a bit close to comfort in 2023, as their submersible looks very similar to the Titan which imploded earlier this year taking the lives of all five on board. And even the mothership had the name 'Triton', which is similar to 'Titan'.
RIP all those who died on the real Titan submersible - they were looking at the wreck of the Titanic.
My thoughts exactly.
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old but great movie !
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That's Brad Wesley from the movie "Roadhouse" The dangers he faced in this movie were nothing compared to what Patrick Swayze did to him.
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