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Harrison Ford In Apocalypse Now And Matt, The Radar Technician
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:25 am
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:25 am
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Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:27 am to Byron Bojangles III
I thought he was a radar tech in Patton?
ETA: Holy crap. I could have sworn he was in Patton.
It's crazy how 'Pocalypse is '79, but SW is '77...and Ford is just a random guy in 'Pocalypse.
ETA: Holy crap. I could have sworn he was in Patton.
It's crazy how 'Pocalypse is '79, but SW is '77...and Ford is just a random guy in 'Pocalypse.
This post was edited on 3/4/16 at 7:30 am
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:41 am to Pectus
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It's crazy how 'Pocalypse is '79, but SW is '77...and Ford is just a random guy in 'Pocalypse.
True...but I want to say that these two were shot nearly back to back...it's just that SW came out before Apocalypse Now.
Looking at it, principal photography for AN ended on May 21 of 1977. SW opened on May 25th of '77. Kinda' cool.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:47 am to Pectus
Let us not forget about Harrison Ford in American Graffiti
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:49 am to GetCocky11
See, it makes more sense he is in that (Even though it came out before SW). And he had a big role too. he was the bad guy.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:53 am to GetCocky11
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Let us not forget about Harrison Ford in American Graffiti
Watched it this week for the first time.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:54 am to Pectus
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It's crazy how 'Pocalypse is '79, but SW is '77...and Ford is just a random guy in 'Pocalypse.
Coppola and Lucas were good buddies back then - Ford got pulled into that circle - literally because he worked between acting jobs doing odd jobs (like building a doghouse for Lucas) during that time.
As far as the Patton confusion, I think I can resolve it - and, yes, it is Blade Runner related (sort of).
Morgan Paull played Patton's aide in Patton:
He looks and sounds remarkably like Harrison Ford. (And although Paull passed away in 2012, Ford is actually more than 2 years older.)
In fact, because of that, Ridley Scott hired him to do the casting reads with all the potential Rachels in Blade Runner. They had such a good working relationship, Paull was hired to play the Blade Runner cop Holden doing the first V-K test on Leon at the beginning of the film.
So, that's why one might mistakenly think that Harrison Ford was in Patton.
This post was edited on 3/4/16 at 7:56 am
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:00 am to Ace Midnight
Excellent! Thank you! I'm not too crazy! 
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:08 am to Pectus
I was probably the perfect person on the M/TV board to fix that for you, Pectus - those are my 2 favorite films.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:33 am to GetCocky11
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American Graffiti
Great movie
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:48 am to GetCocky11
Or in the Conversation
This post was edited on 3/4/16 at 8:50 am
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:52 am to Goatofgoats
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American Graffiti
Great movie
On Amazon Prime right now if you want to watch.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 11:36 am to Byron Bojangles III
Posted on 3/4/16 at 1:03 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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...it's just that SW came out before Apocalypse Now.
There is a whole mythology surrounding the making of AN! - between the problems on set, Brando, funding, the delays - etc.
It's a miracle it ever got completed.
IMDB - Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Posted on 3/4/16 at 1:16 pm to Ace Midnight
Community even had a great parody episode of Apocolypse now. In season 3 I believe.
Some people died on the set early on and Keitel was the lead instead of Sheen but he wasn't conveying the character the way Coppola wanted and yeah Brando showed up with a bald head overweight and kept spouting T.S. Eliott and Shakespeare instead of his lines.
Some people died on the set early on and Keitel was the lead instead of Sheen but he wasn't conveying the character the way Coppola wanted and yeah Brando showed up with a bald head overweight and kept spouting T.S. Eliott and Shakespeare instead of his lines.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 1:17 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Well, they are father and son.
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