How Coppola Raised Millions to Make ‘Apocalypse Now’ Independently | Ep3 | Making Apocalypse Now
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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In Episode 3, we look at how Francis Ford Coppola got the ‘Apocalypse Now’ project got off the ground with the help of Producers Fred Roos and Gray Frederickson, and Production Designer Dean Tavoularis. This episode looks at the location scouting (choosing between the Philippines and Australia), financing the film with distribution deals overseas, United Artists, and a $7 million bank loan, and how the Hearts of Darkness documentary got started with Eleanor Coppola.
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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.
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Sources:
(Cinephilia & Beyond) Incredible collection of resources on Apocalypse Now: bit.ly/35Mvv7M
(Great 'Lost Photographs' of Apocalypse) - Dutch Angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now (2019 dir. Baris Azman): bit.ly/2x6WCOf
Coppola on Letterman (1982): • Francis Ford Coppola i...
Coppola on The Merv Griffin Show (1979): • Francis Ford Coppola i...
Coppola on Charlie Rose (1994): • Francis Ford Coppola i...
Francis Ford Coppola on the art of filmmaking (1988) [Eyes on Cinema]: • Video
The New Cinema by Gary Young
Movie Clips:
Apocalypse Now (1979 dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse
Bonnie and Clyde (1967 dir. Arthur Penn)
The Conversation (1974 dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather (1972 dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather Part II (1974 dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
The Conformist (1970 dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
Last Tango in Paris (1972 dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003 dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Fight Club (1999 dir. David Fincher)
The Vietnam War: Series (2017 dir. Ken Burns)
Casting Apocalypse Now
Bananas (1971 dir. Woody Allen)
The Green Berets (1968 dir. John Wayne, Ray Kellogg, Mervyn LeRoy)
Music by Epidemic Sound
4:15 The Thin Red Line was in Guadalcanal, not Japan.
aaronsdavis wasn’t it called operation downfall?
@@maozedong537 Yes, the overall name was 'Downfall'. 'Olympic' was only the first part of the operational plan.
True ..
@RixBevo i'm skeptical.
While working on Bonfire Of The Vanities, I was befriended by the A Camera operator, Doug Ryan. Doug shared with me his stories of the first movie he worked on, Apocalypse Now, as a military advisor. Doug had been in the first wave of - i think it was Marines - that had hit the shores of Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and was there for 6 months. Doug began to be involved in cinema when he began to assist Eleanor with her shooting of production footage. He then moved on to be a second unit guy shooting the Tiger scene...
One of the really interesting stories Doug told me was about how Francis asked Doug to write on one page all the really weird things that he had seen while in country in Vietnam. Francis then took that page of images, and used them all as elements in one scene, which is the heliocopter attack at dawn. That shot where Francis is a newsreel director telling the soldiers not to look at the camera, that is one of the things that Doug wrote on the one page. So since this scene has all these weird things Doug saw over 6 months, the resulting scene is hyper-reality...
Thankyou CinemaTyler for delivering this like room service.
Was going crazy listening to the thud-thud-thud of my ceiling fan.
It's a real choice video, and after this one you'll never want another...
@@dan_swann Sometimes CinemaTyler goes to far, but he's the first one to admit it.
Cinema Tyler likes it hot,sticky sweet-Beats working in a factory in Ohio:)
"...I'd never want another."
Any fishing accidents on r&r?
Jeezuz ! The making of Apocalypse Now from the logistical human perspective is an incredible story even in 2019 40 years after The Heart of Darkness is still pulling the strings!!! Literally half the cast is dead ! What came out of this is a masterpiece a timeless classic !
Hearts of Darkness is a great film as well. Coppola might not like it, but after watching it I thought he was even more of a genius.
Where did u watched it
@@fassakguru3112 It was on cable TV decades ago, and I taped it on VHS. It's probably on You Tube or Netflix.
@@scottplumer3668 it is not in. RUclips it may be in Netflix
@@fassakguru3112 I just checked. NF has the DVD, but not for streaming. There is a pay option on YT to watch it, though. Prime video has it too.
@@scottplumer3668 ok dude thanks ❤️ I'm from Indian
When you watch stuff like this it just highlights the insane work ethic of Coppola
& general over whelming madness! After watching these, my mind is blown.. such adhoc cowboy vibes.. amazing! Fav film of all time..
I wish we had as many Copolla movies as we have Spielberg and Scorcese movies.
Too bad he entered this counter studio route.
I also wish we had more non Star Wars George Lucas movies.
amazing video as always by the way
I agree with you 70's films and filmmakers were original unique and risktakers we need that for the 2020s I can't stand Star Wars I want the Old Testament made instead.
Marcel Zachary after Covid I’m telling you the industry is going to go through a big change
@@kb5678 definetly, but what will it look like?
Like Red Tails.... >___
“Pabst Blue Ribbon: For your descent into madness and darkness.”
Narragansett Works Too-Quint's Sharkin' Beer from Jaws!They even do a Crush The Can Campaign that would make ALCOA weep!
Great Guitar Juice.I just drank a Pallet:)
"Heineken?! Fuck that Shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!" - Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
2020 Heart of Darkness...
A beautifully photographed descent into madness.
Something the dude from mad men would come up with
Coppola's attitude toward financing and production, and his tribulations, have a lot in common with Terry Gilliam's. They both sort of just duck their head down and start running forward.
Brazil is such a fantastic movie. Amazing cinematography too, stunning and totally unique, just like Apocalypse Now.
Good comparison. And I hope one day Terry Gilliam gets his due as one of the most brave, unique, and creative voices to have ever graced Cinema (and television). A true artist, whereas I think Coppola - an excellent filmmaker - had such longevity and impact because of his business acumen. And ultimately I think that is what either ruined/undermined the artistic quality of his output. He wasn't a visionary or true artist, just a good fillmmaker who played the game great. Terry Gilliam was more the opposite, and god bless him for it.
@@jonathanlevy3747 Coppola understands the human condition and how it translates to drama. Whereas Gilliam's super-power is his imagination, regardless of how it translates to relatable drama. Sometimes he reaches the audience, and sometimes I'm unsure if he even cares - he just does what excites him.
@@ShelltoeSoulRecords Brazil is truly great!
Isn't there like multiple movies that Terry Gilliam has spent like 50 years trying to make?
Like old times?
Do you remember, Snake? The feel of battle? The clashing of bone and sinew?
I've been waiting for this pain.
Hurt me more!
More! More!
Colonel....that ninja is gray fox!!!
You're videos are like opening Christmas presents man. When I see it pop up in my subscribe feed I get very excited. As a filmmaker of 10 years and lifelong cinephile I honestly feel like these are the best filmmaking episodes on RUclips. Congrats, keep it up, take your time and stay healthy my brother.
Thanks so much!
Tyler's documentaries about movies are better than any movies being made today.
I'm pretty damn impressed - just scrolled through on my RUclips feed and found this today...
I've been in this business quite a while, albeit way more TV than film.
He can't be as young as he sounds or maybe I'm really getting that old.
Bravo, young man.
Yeah, I'd go with that. Fantastic work.
Doubt.
You are too kind!
Your series on this I’ve been following & I have to say - your channel is the best at cinema analysis & commentary on social media & the internet. I’ve been following your channel since the French Connection piece - but this series is a pure masterclass. I applaud your efforts. There is a mountain of work & research. 10/10 . Your channel needs 10 million followers... or anyone who’s a film maker today. I love what he also tells the US military......’ You won’t see this film, it’ll happen to you’. FFC - what a God with an idea for cinema.
Thanks so much for your kind words! It really means a lot!
Been waiting so long for this bad boy
Hey man, just came here after watching AN for the first time. The quality of these videos is exceptional and is exactly what I wanted after watching a film like this. Thank you so much!
Coppola says: "it's not that I'm a risk taker...", and then immediately goes on to describe how he's not just a definitive risk taker, he's the quintessential risk taker. It would be hard for me to even talk to this guy.
LOL, yeah!
if you think coppola is bad, you should see kubrick
He could have saved$$ on Brando..
What little understanding I gleamed from him speaking of not being a risk taker, was that he was trying to say he didn't think much about the risks he was taking. He wasn't thinking in the way of an accountant about the amount of risk vs pay out, but more about the obsession he had for the art of film. His risk taking was a bit more like that of a complete degenerate gambler that could only think and obsess about the win, and once the money starts getting sunk in, the only way to win is to gamble more and more until a big win pulls them out of the loss column. He in effect was a huge risk taker, of course, but he was this as a matter of the affect of how he saw as the only way to go about making his film, and not really one of thinking about the security of his future
@@BigSmiley0TV, thanks for that BigSmiley. Looks like a well thought out, insightful, and well-written analysis.
I'm very young and uneducated on cinema history. Thank you I'm loving the series.
Saw the Final Cut in theaters. The best movie I've seen in a theater! Would recommend to every movie-lover.
Saw the same version on Imax; Gray Fredrickson was there to talk before and after to us about it.
Honestly, this is turning out absolutely amazing.
Vittorio Storrarro was an outstanding cinematographer and the whole movie shows it. No other film captures the lush greens of jungle and really makes the film pop on screen.
Heart of Darkness, A filmmaker's apocalypse is one of the best things i"ve seen in my whole life.. With Apocalypse Now, Coppola achived the highest point in his directorial career, reached his zenith and he would never comeback to make the same great film again, what a curse
Man I am loving this series I should have waited till they were all released so I don’t have to wait. Makes me think I should just jump the bridge and finally start making films.
Hi CinemaTyler,
I just wanted to thank you for consistently making the best film related content on youtube. Your love for cinema really comes through!
Thank you!
I love hearts of darkness, alongside the making of fitz carraldo, it’s just a documentary about madness.
I watched this series on repeat like I don't know 20 times already and I don't feel bored you have a great narration best of luck man
Seing "Morpheus" in the PBR has always made me grin over the last 20 years. =)
These videos are so good. They've always been good, but there's definitely a linear ascent going on re their quality and ability to captivate.
Thanks!
Yes! And a new PDF as well! Thanks Tyler! Please keep ém coming!
19:56 too funny! BTW the expression is "flying by the seat of your pants."
This docu-series on Apocalypse Now is excellent - thoroughly enjoying it 🔥
13:02 wow... I knew about Steve McQueen and Harvey Kietel being up for Willard, but I didn’t know Clint was up for the part.
It's funny that when a war picture is made today all of the actors involved almost always have to be in excellent physical condition...not so back them.
You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, Kurtz?
Jake Kilka a man has _got_ to know his limitations...
Swear at this point Clint was too old
El Roo keep in mind that APOCALYPSE NOW started filming in 1974. I believe Clint was 41 when he did DIRTY HARRY, so for either Kurtz or Willard, he would have been the perfect age for an experienced, grizzled killer.
Excellent, interesting, and thorough exploration into such an iconic film and the film making process. Your research and dedication is not only inspiring, it is Grade A work. Really been loving this Series and so looking forward to the remainder. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
Hey, you're without equal for cinema documentaries on RUclips, fantastic work as always.
How interesting it would have been to see Steve McQueen it Clint Eastwood in this film
Thank you god for shedding light on this because the information is just impossible to find ion the internet.
Just subscribed andloving the videos.
Ever watched Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, it's not much talked about because of the controversy surrounding the director i guess but the great attention to detail and the awesome cinematography by Dean Semler shooting with digital panavision genesis camera system through dense forest make it a modern day masterpiece.
Gibson may be weird but he is maybe brilliant. Have you seen his Hamlet? Great. The Passion-great. Apocalypco-great. Too bad Hollywood doesn't get him.
Best film account hands down
Dude, amazing stuff as always. I look forward to more!
Thank you for making this! I just recently watched hearts of darkness, it's so incredible that he pulled it off in the end. Also his daughter Sofia is killing it and has made some great stuff
Thank you for another great essay! As a side note, securing Australia was probably never going to happen: the actor's union was quite possibly serious about their position (although they may have accepted the idea of paid-to-not-be-sen roles), and the Queensland Government (where they had hoped to shoot) was extremely conservative and pro-american, and pro-Vietnam war (even after it was lost, and Australian conscripts had walked off the job). As to Marcos, you have to wonder if Coppola didn't bribe him personally...?
Absolutely fascinating. Love this series.
Absolutely fascinating. Love this series.
Great work! I live in the Philippines and have visited a ton of AN locations. This is next-level stuff my man! Fishing on R&R!
Awesome! I'd love to see a few pics of what some of the locations look like now!
I've watched your documentary several times and it is brilliant. You raise a very good point when you say you wish they'd release all sixty hours of footage that Eleanor shot. Imagine if something like the Peter Jackson 'Get Back' film could be created.
Absolutely fascinating. Love this series.
Just the other day part 2 got a reviewing as I wondered when part 3 was coming! Nice work, CinemaTyler!
A friend of mine worked on the editing of Hearts of Darkness. He told me that the original cut was almost three hours long. But Showtime insisted on 90 minutes. I asked him if there was a copy of the original cut. He said they had videotaped the three-hour version off the Moviola screen. But they had accidentally left the autofocus on and the people in the bay made the camera go in and out of focus.
They all went insane like Kurtz, deep into the jungle trying to shoot this film..
Down the River...
GREAT series man! You've really gone above and beyond with this. Good job
Yer apocalypse now stuff is stellar Tyler, despite my disagreement about Ridley Scott I gotta respect your vid’s attention to detail and the excellent choice of films you chose to analyze
I'm travelling through Thailand at the moment, until now, I've never understood the extreme weather this part of the world has.
Fantastic video, as always ♥️
I have to be honest: I didn't buy your pdf's. But wow, what an extraordinary job you did in these analyses. From the enriching background info to the semantic exegesis and spot-on sound excerpts from the movie, I stand in awe for your craftsmanship!
Wow! The quality of content in this series is gobsmacking.
You are a master sir. My thanks & love for such high quality content
I love how deep you go into these video’s - one of my favourite cinema channels on YT
Please do a video on Werner Herzog 🤟🏻
Just so you know, the Vietnamese President at 14:43 there is Ngo Dinh Diem, who was killed in a military coup of fellow anti-communist generals, not by the VC.
Approved by Kennedy.
Just re-watched the first two parts two weeks ago! Good stuff!
Thank you for your hard work!
"You aren't going to see this picture, it's going to happen to you."
"What are you, a fuckin weatherman?"
Foolish words to use when in the tropics
I've become very fond of these videos. You do an job above and beyond. Is there any chance of Terrence Malick content? Badlands is one of my favorite films. Martin Sheen and Sissy Spaceks monologues are so haunting and perfectly done. Also, with all the talk of Jack Nicholson throughout this series, maybe Five Easy Pieces is worth taking a look at.
Regarding Australia requiring almost ALL Aussie actors to allow filming here. I trained in production here in the mid 80's. It's true that back then our film industry was about to take off. It was just before Fox Studios, Sydney and future Goldcoast (Queensland) studios, were going to be built (or already being built, I can'rt remember... I was young then) etc and Australia wanted to get global acceptance. We were told that all movies made required ALL Aussie actors bar I think 2 main stars. It's why movies such as "Razorback"etc.. are entirely Aussie but one main star, (Gregory Harrison in that case), were "allowed" to "sell" the films made here overseas. It worked out for us as because, although we lost a lot of opportunitiest, this "rule" DID put our industry on the map... and indirectly opened it up for New Zealand (Peter Jackson) in fact, when I was training we were warned that Arnold Shwartzenegger, who had become Governor of California was fighting Australia to keep the film industry entirely in Hollywood. What Australia had though was cheaper, high-end artistes and construction plus deserts, tropics, ocean and cities that were accessible and cheap for varying location sets. It's why The Matrix was made here.
So, I can guarantee you that that rule you mention was not so our military could get "out of" being part of the film but because it was a rule to force our fledgling industry into the world spotlight. No Aussies, then you wouldn't know Australia was this good for movie making.
I hope that helped.
This series you've done is bloody AWESOME mate.
I loved Australia for the Mad Max and Crocodile Dundee films growing up. Last year I saw Australia show it’s tyrannical fangs.
even though the weather is a monster, ITS STILL MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES.
I can barely budget £10.......Guess we are going over budget in the movie called life.
We all are, luv.
Another great episode. Your work is appreciated.
The devil may care attitude with finances is driving me nuts lol, like Jesus Christ they really just said “fuck it”
I have a movie script called “A Race to Jihad” - but I know I suffer from the same popularity that Apocalypse Now being produced suffered. Its not a popular subject, but is truly entertaining as it comes from experiences I have had working in different areas of the Middle East.
You want editor, I am your guy
This film is an amazing experience of diving into the deep and dark corner of the soul
This really is a very fine documentary series. Can't praise it highly enough, Tyler. Wish I was in a position to contribute but I'm not... All I can do is tell you just how dynamite it is.
these are so good. well done, sah!
I need to get the new 4K disc and rewatch this.
Love this channel!!
Amazing! What a research! Keep on the good work!
VERY INTERESTING AND WORTH ALL THE TIME IT TOOK TO PUT TOGETHER!
Apologies for the language but what a Fucking tremendous channel you have here! I have a channel of my own so I think I can picture the amount of effort that goes into this work and it’s insane, keep up the incredible work. I watched your 2001 series and now I’m watching your Apocalypse Now series, everything I’ve seen from you is fantastic!
No the expectation that most of the actors must be Australian if the film was being shot in country was a pretty normal demand from the SAA during that time.
I am really enjoying this series. So much of my own visions and projects that i have only written out have been motivated from the story of Apocalypse Now.
So trippy to see Letterman interviewing Coppola before Letterman was Letterman. :)
Another great job my friend. I clicked on this immediately. 😊
4:16 Australia as Guadalcanal not Japan
Hey man, love these videos of yours. Have you ever considered doing one on Friedkin's Sorcerer?
I actually haven't seen that one yet! I've been sort of waiting for NYC to do a proper screening. They've got to do one at some point, right?
9:50 So Coppola developed the Lionsgate business model.
Is that what they do?? Get investors from all around the world like his business model
4:04 THOSE SIX FOOT SWELLS
Incredible work, thank you so much!
Superb work Tyler i thoroughly enjoyed it👍😊👍
Great videos CinemaTyler. Really insightful. Amazing content. Excellent job.
14:48: You are correct. Kennedy approved Diem's overthrow, but not murder. As a fellow Catholic, JFK was reportedly deeply upset by his murder.
You can't have it both ways!
6:00
United Artists was killed by Michael Cimono's Heavens Gate.....
" Michael Cimino had just come fresh off Academy Award success with the masterful The Deer Hunter, and so studios were keen to invest in his projects, given his confident ability to craft complex, epic cinema. His next work was the highly ambitious western Heaven's Gate, starring Kris Kristoffersen and Christopher Walken, which is noted for its troubled production history, such as Cimino's dictatorial mood on set, and the fact that the production ran wildly over both the allotted time and budget. The four-hour epic - later trimmed to 149 minutes - was a box office bomb, making only $3.4 million against a whopping $44 million budget, and causing distributor United Artists to post massive losses solely because of this. UA was rendered bankrupt by the film, causing the studio to cut their production schedule down hugely, while being saved by a merger with MGM. UA only returned to its former glory when Tom Cruise resurrected it back in 2006. "
"Cimino shot more than 1.3 million feet (400,000 metres; nearly 220 hours) of footage, costing the studio approximately $200,000 per day in salary, locations and acting fees.
Privately, it was said Cimino wished to surpass Francis Ford Coppola's mark of shooting one million feet of footage for Apocalypse Now (1979)."
Brilliant, as always!
My man you're doing an amazing job with these, one thing though, You gotta say "end quote" when you finish quoting.
I use CC and I still get confused sometimes after you're finished quoting and you just keep talking straight through to the next unquoted sentence. It gets really confusing at times.
Love these vids but you should get rid of the background music or replace it with something that matches the tone of the movie a little more
Coppola the best director for me!!
Never seen this movie 🎥🍿 I will watch this weekend on Netflix
Your videos are always good
I find it fascinating and impressive that his wife Elenore was there and so involved in the making of this movie. More so seeing this was in the jungles a lot and they had their 3 kids along too. I have not know of any other director's spouses that was so involved. Was she this involved with the Godfathers?
Love these videos.
Interestingly today, in the last couple of years- I can't remember any Movies being made about Vietnam, but lots of Movie about World War II, even a few about WW I.
The production of this film is as nuts as its title
just found your channel. you have alot of great stuff. subscribed
The best movie i ever seen!!!!!! 👍👍
The fact the movie turned out so great is a miracle, but it clearly broke Coppola. He’s never made a great movie since
RumbleFish,Tetro,TheOutsiderI love those flicks!!:)
@@ryangettig274
Never heard of those films.
It only takes ONE.
These are awesome! Bravo