Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Wikidata Q182692, film, IMDb tt0078788, TMDB 28: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Francis Ford Coppola as director (Star 80 with Julie Klausner); 6 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Dead Presidents: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (craft): Apocalypse Now ⇒ Dead Presidents (the host's read). The Hughes brothers kept an Apocalypse Now poster; the film borrows its helicopter shots.
    “The directors were big time movie obsessives, who kept an apocalypse now poster on the wall of their Hollywood studio.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (visual influence): Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
    “He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Saving Private Ryan: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Apocalypse Now ⇒ Saving Private Ryan (the host's read). Two decades of Apocalypse Now, Platoon and Born made Ryan's grit necessary.
    “By the time Saving Private Ryan was released, moviegoers have spent two decades being confronted by the likes of Apocalypse Now in Platoon and born in the Fourth of July.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 1:00:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Connected to

Dead Presidents: 2 lines craft ×1 people ×1

  1. craft (craft): Dead Presidents → Apocalypse Now. The Hughes brothers kept an Apocalypse Now poster; the film borrows its helicopter shots.
    “The directors were big time movie obsessives, who kept an apocalypse now poster on the wall of their Hollywood studio.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Francis Ford Coppola: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Francis Ford Coppola → Apocalypse Now. Coppola could not escape monsoons and Martin Sheen's heart attack on the long shoot.
    “there was monsoons and Martin Sheen had a heart attack”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:11:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Gladiator II: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Gladiator II → Apocalypse Now. Sean demands real animals, citing the tiger in Apocalypse Now.
    “You're not responding like the way Frederick Forrest responds to the tiger in apocalypse now”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:38:38 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (visual influence): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Apocalypse Now. The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
    “He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

R. Lee Ermey: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (technical advisor): R. Lee Ermey → Apocalypse Now. Ermey advised on Apocalypse Now and other Vietnam films before Full Metal Jacket.
    “Arlie Ermy had been a technical advisor in Apocalypse. Now, Purple Hearts, Boys and Company C, a lot of these Vietnam movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (analogy): Samuel L. Jackson → Apocalypse Now. Jackson's performance transcends its memes like hearing Satisfaction for real, which then plays in Apocalypse Now.
    “It's like you've heard it a 1000000000 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:01 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Saving Private Ryan: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Saving Private Ryan → Apocalypse Now. Two decades of Apocalypse Now, Platoon and Born made Ryan's grit necessary.
    “By the time Saving Private Ryan was released, moviegoers have spent two decades being confronted by the likes of Apocalypse Now in Platoon and born in the Fourth of July.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 1:00:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Apocalypse Now. The Ewok guerrilla war ties to Lucas's Vietnam interest; he was supposed to make Apocalypse Now before handing it to Coppola.
    “George Lucas is supposed to make apocalypse now, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:46:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Color of Money: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (peaks early): Apocalypse Now → The Color of Money. Apocalypse Now is the example of a film whose best sequence arrives in the middle, so the viewer stops watching around 65 minutes.
    “Everyone's like, I love apocalypse now. Of course, I always stop watching about 65 minutes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:10:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Lost City of Z: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Lost City of Z → Apocalypse Now. Coppola's shoot ran about 270 days against Gray's four months, though Gray says four months is still punishing.
    “We were there for 4 months.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:11:43 · James Gray (0.80 sure it was them)

The Rolling Stones: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Rolling Stones → Apocalypse Now. The speaker heard "Satisfaction" play in Apocalypse Now at a recent screening and compares hearing it fresh to hearing Jackson's performance fresh.
    “And satisfaction plays in that movie and I was like, this song's fucking good, man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:13 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

Tombstone: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Tombstone → Apocalypse Now. Director's cut/reconstruction era examples like the chronological Godfather.
    “There was the Apocalypse Now director's cut.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:07:16 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Lost City of Z → Apocalypse Now. Coppola's shoot ran about 270 days against Gray's four months, though Gray says four months is still punishing.
    “We were there for 4 months.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:11:43 · James Gray (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (craft): The Rolling Stones → Apocalypse Now. The speaker heard "Satisfaction" play in Apocalypse Now at a recent screening and compares hearing it fresh to hearing Jackson's performance fresh.
    “And satisfaction plays in that movie and I was like, this song's fucking good, man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:13 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Gladiator II → Apocalypse Now. Sean demands real animals, citing the tiger in Apocalypse Now.
    “You're not responding like the way Frederick Forrest responds to the tiger in apocalypse now”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:38:38 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (sound): Apocalypse Now → Apocalypse Now. Watching Apocalypse Now with TV speakers on a streaming service loses the artistic intent.
    “if you want to watch Apocalypse Now, you don't want to watch it with your TV speakers on a streaming service.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:59:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Dead Presidents → Apocalypse Now. The Hughes brothers kept an Apocalypse Now poster; the film borrows its helicopter shots.
    “The directors were big time movie obsessives, who kept an apocalypse now poster on the wall of their Hollywood studio.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Tombstone → Apocalypse Now. Director's cut/reconstruction era examples like the chronological Godfather.
    “There was the Apocalypse Now director's cut.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:07:16 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Francis Ford Coppola → Apocalypse Now. Coppola could not escape monsoons and Martin Sheen's heart attack on the long shoot.
    “there was monsoons and Martin Sheen had a heart attack”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:11:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (visual influence): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Apocalypse Now. The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
    “He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Saving Private Ryan → Apocalypse Now. Two decades of Apocalypse Now, Platoon and Born made Ryan's grit necessary.
    “By the time Saving Private Ryan was released, moviegoers have spent two decades being confronted by the likes of Apocalypse Now in Platoon and born in the Fourth of July.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 1:00:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Apocalypse Now. The Ewok guerrilla war ties to Lucas's Vietnam interest; he was supposed to make Apocalypse Now before handing it to Coppola.
    “George Lucas is supposed to make apocalypse now, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:46:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Dead Presidents → Apocalypse Now. Martin Sheen, of Apocalypse Now, plays the sentencing judge.
    “played by Apocalypse Now Star Martin Sheen.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:53:09 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (analogy): Samuel L. Jackson → Apocalypse Now. Jackson's performance transcends its memes like hearing Satisfaction for real, which then plays in Apocalypse Now.
    “It's like you've heard it a 1000000000 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:01 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (peaks early): Apocalypse Now → The Color of Money. Apocalypse Now is the example of a film whose best sequence arrives in the middle, so the viewer stops watching around 65 minutes.
    “Everyone's like, I love apocalypse now. Of course, I always stop watching about 65 minutes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:10:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (technical advisor): R. Lee Ermey → Apocalypse Now. Ermey advised on Apocalypse Now and other Vietnam films before Full Metal Jacket.
    “Arlie Ermy had been a technical advisor in Apocalypse. Now, Purple Hearts, Boys and Company C, a lot of these Vietnam movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

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Who the speakers said made it

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