Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Double Trouble, directed by Frank Tashlin.
The newspaper detailing Killer's escape from prison mentions that the events of the short take place in Porkysville, on the "Thoid of Octember". Leon Schlesinger is listed as the paper's writer.
Long time viewers of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour knows that we here love video clip mash-ups and the music of Steely Dan. Well it appears that a retired British engineer, Pete Roberts, has combined clips from classic movie dancers with Steely Dan songs, making it appear as though they were made for each other.
By all means, please check out his YouTube site to enjoy some of his other videos
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1979 war epic, Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, was loosely inspired by Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness. The film stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, and Dennis Hopper. In the late 1970s, emboldened by the critical success of his two Godfather films, Francis Ford Coppola famously spent an enormous amount of time and money in the jungles of Southeast Asia to bring to life his vision of the hell of war and the lost meaning of glory through a journey into the abyss.
Coppola shot nearly 200 hours of footage, which took him nearly three years to edit. During the final edit, it became apparent that Martin Sheen would need to record several additional narrative voice-overs. However, Sheen was unavailable, so Coppola turned to Sheen’s brother, Joe Estevez, whose voice sounded nearly identical, to perform the new narration. Estevez had also served as a stand-in when Sheen suffered a heart attack during the shoot in 1976. He was not credited for either his stand-in work or his voice-over performances. Please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and watch this true classic of the cinema - Apocalypse Now.
An early scene in which Captain Willard is alone in his hotel room was completely unscripted. Martin Sheen told the crew to simply let the cameras roll. At the time, Sheen was genuinely drunk. He punched a real glass mirror, cutting his thumb, then began sobbing and even tried to attack director Francis Ford Coppola. The crew was so disturbed that they wanted to stop filming, but Sheen insisted they keep going. Struggling with alcoholism and his own personal issues, Sheen became so consumed by both the scene and his inner turmoil that he shattered the mirror. He believed that continuing to film would help him confront his problems.
Demand Euphoria!
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