kammo-man Posted August 15, 2019 Share #1 Posted August 15, 2019 Hard to imagine but A N is 40 years old this week August 15th 2019. I first seen it on Betamax , then Vhs .....then late night TV that was heavily edited. Best of all was a showing 70mm in London on the big screen that was a real treat. Got tickets to see its final cut for this sunday in Hollywood and cant wait. Whats everyones stories of seeing the film ? owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyDevil117 Posted August 15, 2019 Share #2 Posted August 15, 2019 I remember picking up the vhs tape at a flea market in the early 2000's. Being just a kid my mind was blown. To this day still one of my favorite movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted August 15, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted August 15, 2019 Share #4 Posted August 15, 2019 Was a great movie in my youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hochiminhtrail Posted August 15, 2019 Share #5 Posted August 15, 2019 I was 10 when it came out, went with my father, from there on i was hooked on the Vietnam war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCheese Posted August 15, 2019 Share #6 Posted August 15, 2019 We watched it over the course of a week in my 11th grade film & literature class. Best week of class ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted August 15, 2019 Share #7 Posted August 15, 2019 Saw it at my rich friends house on something called "Home Box Office"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted August 15, 2019 Share #8 Posted August 15, 2019 Abundant great performances. Duvall was great, Brando was great, but both may have gotten outshined by Sheen. Truly one of the great films of our time. Thank you for the reminder Owen. Gonna rewatch it asap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted August 15, 2019 Share #9 Posted August 15, 2019 I saw it on the big screen with my girlfriend. The memories of both still remain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themick Posted August 15, 2019 Share #10 Posted August 15, 2019 I remember sharing a bottle of whisky with my brother in the theater when it first came out. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted August 15, 2019 Share #11 Posted August 15, 2019 I was in the Philippines in 1977. On liberty out out in Olongapo I remember seeing civilian guys in the bars and restaurants wearing Apocalypse Now T shirts. We couldn't figure out what that meant. A few year later when the movie came out it made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted August 15, 2019 Here’s the t shirts ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted August 15, 2019 Drawing of assault Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old Marine Posted August 15, 2019 Share #15 Posted August 15, 2019 Yeah, I guess they were shooting somewhere nearby. Olongapo was almost exclusively occupied by Marines and Sailors from Subic Bay, those civilians kind of stood out. It's a good movie, Martin Sheen's Captain Willard is a great movie character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted August 15, 2019 Share #16 Posted August 15, 2019 Owen, thanks for posting the photos, very neat to see them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted August 15, 2019 Share #17 Posted August 15, 2019 Saw it the second day it came out at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. When the tiger scene happened all you could see was popcorn everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted August 15, 2019 Share #18 Posted August 15, 2019 That is funny as heck. Saw it the second day it came out at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. When the tiger scene happened all you could see was popcorn everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettow Posted August 15, 2019 Share #19 Posted August 15, 2019 I watched it frequently in college in the 80s. I must have seen it 200 times. I watched it last night and for the first time noticed the title written as grafitti on the ruins at Kurtz' camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share #20 Posted August 16, 2019 B , Show your t shirts ! o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeb137 Posted August 17, 2019 Share #21 Posted August 17, 2019 Was on a Med Cruise (79/80) on the Forrestal. It played a few times over a week over the closed circuit TV the ship ran. If you weren't on watch, you were in the berthing area watching it. Jon B. Newaygo MI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted August 17, 2019 Share #22 Posted August 17, 2019 I watched it on Christmas Eve 1980 in the bar of a small officer's club in Germany... along with all the other sorry souls who had nowhere else to be and no one else to spend it with that night. It was my first year overseas. Great movie...sorriest Christmas Eve of my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share #23 Posted August 17, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted August 17, 2019 Share #24 Posted August 17, 2019 great flick. I bought a printed out copy screenplay when I was a kid and the opening screen was Willard doing security for a rich guy on yacht after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share #25 Posted August 18, 2019 I read that one also ! Ok going to screening tomorrow owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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