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

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

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

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

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.

"Why is Ride of the valkyres your favorite classic composition? " "You wouldn't get It"

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."

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

I used to watch this scene with excitement. Now I look at it with horror.

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

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

"This is Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?"

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

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.

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.

One of the greatest films ever made. I don't even like war films but never tire of this one. Masterpiece.

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

Just one of the best scenes in cinema history

One of the greatest battle scenes in history of flicks

A boy thinks this is exiting, A man knows this is horrific

"Outstanding Red team!....getcha a case of beer for that!"

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".

One of, if not the, most incredible combat scenes ever filmed. No wonder Coppola lost his mind

i'm a long time army aviation aircraft mechanic and i loved when this movie came out just for this scene.

Imagine Apaches doing this now.

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

probably one of the best war movie scenes ever filmed. And take note of the stars in this movie. What a list!

전세계 영화 역사상 가장 위대한 장면 top 5 안에 드는 위대한 명장면입니다 저런 장면을 CG 없이 1978년도에 만들었다는거 자체가 경이스럽지 않을 수 없습니다 존경합니다 위대하신 코폴라 감독님...

Richard Wagner's opera in this warlike scene, the best!

Somehow I conned my mom into taking me to see this when I was 12. I've been a Wagner fan ever since.

Loved the end of the scene when the mortar hit and Duvall says Don’t these savages ever give up? Nice!

Vittorio Stiraro won an Oscar for cinematography..outstanding !... as is the sound track..

The perfect combination of war, music and cinematography. Makes the hairs on my neck stand to attention.

I was flying Hueys in the First Cav at Fort Hood when this movie came out. ( The unit depicted here is the First Cav) The post theater went nuts !

I am not a man who thinks war is necessary, I watched the movie many times and many other ones, but the Ride of the valkyries and Apocalypse Now, unbelieveable great!

Good to see man, Kilgore and the boys vibing to some Wagner 🎶

I will always remember one scene of the movie the best. Robert Duvall delivers his (in)famous I love napalm speech. Then he walks away. Now watch closely the look on Martin Sheen's face. Even though a tough guy himself (as becomes clear at the end of the scene where they go through a boat in search of contraband), he cannot believe there are people who actually LOVE war...

2:40 My favorite part, the Doorgunner "Reaching Out And Touching Someone" with that M-60... Well Done !

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

hearing this in 5.1 sound is a whole new experience, it sounds like you're in the Huey with the thumping of the rotor above you. Iconic scene.

I see the panorama of the slicks in formation, I close my eyes, I hear the rotors; I smell the JP-4, I hear the crackles, the smell of sweat, the scent of Hops gun oil, that green rot smell of Nam, the bitter taste of cigarettes, and I feel the memory of my youth. 60 years later, this is what brings a surge to me.

I used to LOVE this scene when I was younger (54 now). We would watch it over and over in the barracks when I was in the Marines. Now, all I see is a tranquil, blissful little village going about its day, and then...... I mean I get it. I see both sides, but I'm really torn about it now.

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.

My wife asked me why i play this before i go to work , so i told her that everyday its a battlefield

For those who don't know a valkyrie is a Angel from Norse mythology. They would prowl the battlefield looking for Worthy Vikings to escort them to Valhalla

The best helicopter attack sequence in the history of cinema. You will never be able to do better in computer generated images.

I could not watch movies about Vietnam,but this one was the great one.❤

I watched Martin Sheen on an old interview, in which he stated that everyone on set was floored watching Duvall act.

This never gets old.

This is why I became a Helicopter pilot. Most badass scene ever filmed.

Some of the greatest cinematography ever in my opinion

Absolutely my favorite movie scene of all time! From my favorite movie! This song just does it for me!

What an awesome messed up movie....Loved it!!! Thank you to all that served❤

初公開時は劇場では見られなかったので、数年前のファイナルカットの上映は本当に嬉しかった😊

Radio traffic is so realistic...short, right to the point, off mic quickly and back to doing the job. Sounds so real. even with a little static added in.

Visited the sets in the Philippines in the Summer of 1976 for about 2-3 weeks (as my Cousin was one of the Huey pilots). It was messed up. It was interesting to meet & hang out w/ Larry (he also was about 16 yrs & the youngest cast member) and Emilio (about 12/13 ys) as he was there hanging w/ his Dad, Charlie Sheen. They really wanted to hang out w/ kids from the US. My Cousin was able to let me fly in the Huey many times and I even got a bit of stick time as PIC as I was already a fixed wing aircraft pilot having received my wings in May for my BDay. It was a very cool experience although the heat, humidity, & rainy season were pretty bad.

No matter what kind of music it is, if it truly manages to enhance one's fighting spirit, then that is truly amazing.

Saw this in the theater and still get chills watching it.

What a classic, right up there with Platoon and full metal jacket

No CGI, incredibly shot.

OMG one of the best helicopter movie scenes ever. No CGI.

Bradley's on the ground with sound, A10's screaming over 30mm blazing 🍻😎

One of the best moments ever inFilm History

To me this was the greatest Vietnam movie ever made! This seen will always be my favorite

The most iconic scene...

It gets better every time you watch it.

The Hueys flying in much like the Valkyries coming in after battle was so astounding a visual just like the Blue Danube playing as the space vehicle docked in slow motion or Also Sprach Zarathustra playing when the primitive ape man smashed a bone and the epiphany that the bone could also be used to smash another ape's skull, the beginning of mankind's violence.

I was in D Troop, 8/1 Air Cav Squadron stationed at Ft Knox in '71. I have no idea what the squadron tasking was, but I remember that those of us in the ground troop spent a lot of our time supporting the Armor School, supplying bodies and equipment for officer training. While we did not usually do any squadron activities, we did travel to the Ft Bragg area once to maneuver against the graduating class of Green Berets. Our troop never found them except for being the target of a prearranged ambush, (we did find a few stills in the back woods around the post, got out of there quickly since the brewers would have had real bullets and we only had blanks) but the chopper pilots flying in our food said they were having a great time following the trails in the snow. Going back to Ft Knox they decided to do a fly over in squadron formation. Those of us watching from the ground convoy decided that they really needed to practice that more since they visibly appeared to be having, um, problems with their spacing. Looks like doing it in CGI is much easier.

The horror of it all, so truly horrible what innocent people had to suffer. Whilst this being said, the entrance was perfect, perfect piece of music, which stays in the mind,

Wagner: the "bad boy" of Classical Music.

Love this scene, great film, always in my head driving a motorbike.

Os helicópteros Huey foram uma marca da Guerra do Vietnam. Cenas de bombardeios embaladas por música clássica, mostra a insanidade da guerra. Coppola genial.

As former military, I love how this scene depicts the insanity that comes with combat, I also love the idea of flying into battle listening to this XD

There are two types of people in the comment section: People who find this horrific and hate it because of it People who actually watched the movie and know that it’s supposed to be horrific

that soundtrack in the background is epic

One of the best scenes of all history.

Timeless classic! 👍🎥

I feel so bad for those inocent people

Am i the only one that gets chills everytime?

2:13 I could watch this formation for hours!

There's a reason this is the best Vietnam war films and the cinematography here proves why. Not even "We Were Soldiers" comes close.

gotta love those old cheesy movie explosions. works every time.

Great scene and great music by Richard Wagner!

2023.y todavía me gusta esta escena de la mejor película bélica. Robert y Martín geniales

One of the greatest movie scenes in history. Damn shame the volume on my phone doesn’t go to 120db or I would have it that loud!

Nothing compares to having seen this on the big screen with surround sound.

Najlepszy "film"wojenny w historii kina, żeby go zrozumieć tak naprawde trzeba przynajmniej dwa razy zobaczyć.

Astonishing scene, from an astonishing film...a true assault on the senses...

I'm so glad I missed the Vietnam War. So many guys my age and younger were there.

One of the best action scenes in movie history

I loved this scene then, and I love this scene now. Epic!

I would place this in the top two three movies of all time, in a tie with :Full Metal Jacket" and "Das Boot" the subtiltled version, and the longer directors cut, but you MUST see the directors cut in this as well, extended version, not the original release, its critical as it fills in the too many holes left on the cutting room floor.

Géant tant point de vue de la musique et des scènes de ce film, j'en ai toujours des souvenirs de l'époque super hard de la période de mon adolescence !

It was a very powerful scene but instead it brought tears to my eyes. 😟

I have heard this piece used on alot of films and television but its usually the instrumental version, Ride of the Valkyries is nothing without the mezzo-soprano's

One of my favourite movies

One of my all time favourites movies

Love it... Run charlie!

2 different compositions by Wagner were used in this scene. Both are awesome.

Es ist pervers, wozu Menschen fähig sind. Diese Szene bringt dies auf den Punkt. Wagner und Kriegsverbrechen, das harmoniert einfach. Fast schon wieder Kult.