'Ride of the Valkyries' | Apocalypse Now

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) descends on a Vietnamese village from the air while playing 'The Ride of the Valkyries' by Richard Wagner.

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[iamtimfoley]

My goodness, the cinematography is brilliant. No wonder why this movie won an Oscar for cinematography.

[georgeshanks]

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning…”. Best war movie line ever.

[sillysod]

Sheen, Brando, Hopper, Duvall, Forrester, Fishburne…. what a cast. 🤩

[Havoc-bcoy]

this scene must have cost coppolla a fortune but it was worth it - one of the best scenes across all movie history.

[artisaprimus]

That's one of the most memorable scenes in movie making. The scene when the kids are lined up and ushered to a shelter is powerful. The writer/ director reminds us of the terrible price of war paid by civilians, including innocent children.

[richardburtonjr]

My uncle said they would never do this, but "When possible we would wait till a large storm was approaching or in the area, so the weather would help blend out the rotor blade noise on the way in."

[peterbrown]

I love this part 1:24, where it starts off quiet, then suddenly you hear the music, when the VC soldiers are preparing (as they run under the bridge) you can hear that 'wump wump wump' getting louder.

[Kobra-bg]

"Why is Ride of the valkyres your favorite classic composition? "

"You wouldn't get It"

[bonusbone]

Can we all agree that this is the official music video for ride of the Valkyries

[johnearle]

Robert Duvall earned his Oscar nomination for this scene. Not bad for 15 minutes work. Apocalypse Now is by far the best war movie ever made. The brutality, insanity, moral turpitude, fear, and elation are all there. Brando’s performance was top notch, as was his cast mates. Surreal film.

[CryptoX-krwu]

00:21 I always loved the look on the Navy chief’s face. Like he’s thinking these Army air cavalry boys are crazy. 😂

[rfletch]

"This is Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?"

[MrLorenzovanmatterho]

"Well he wasn't a bad officer I guess, he loved his boys and they felt safe with him"

[kc_was_here]

Never noticed Gunny in a pilots seat. He does it all!

[andrewmontgomery]

"Run Charlie!!!" Well said, Laurence Fishburne!

[doublep]

What makes this scene even better, is how it was filmed.
Coppola shot the movie in the Philippines and got the choppers from their army. (Yes, these are all real helicopters, no special effects.)
Unfortunately, a communist insurrection broke out in another part of the Philippines, that escalated into a civil war & the military called off the helicopters to fight off the rebels.
This was going on for weeks & also, a tropical Typhoon storm destroyed the set of the village.
The whole production of "Apocalypse Now" was an insane shitshow, it´s a miracle Coppola even managed to finish it. (Among other things, protagonist Martin Sheen almost died from a heart attack, Coppola went over budget & was forced to take a private loan, mortgaging his house, in order to finish the movie, the entire crew was on drugs on booze, Marlon Brando refused to even read the script & improvised his lines, not to mention he was so overweight they had to shoot all his scenes in the dark to hide that, Coppola had a nervous breakdown on set etc. )
There´s a documentary about it, directed by his wife, called " Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse".

[blankityblank]

This scene is so amazing now because there was no CGI involved in this whole combat scene!

[susanborkenhagen]

The editing and choreography of the helicopters is brillant. When I saw this for the first time my mouth was hanging open, then I sat through the whole film again. One of my top 5 films. No wonder Anthony Bourdain was in love with this film. He must have mentioned it on about 15 episodes of his food/travel shows. The opening scene still leaves me speechless.

[baddercom]

Just one of the best scenes in cinema history

[Fedakeen]

and to think, this is actually pretty gentle compared to some of the things that took place during the war.