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You're the one that replied to me erroneously correcting me. My response even acknowledged it would be easy to blend two together. Sorry for.. Replying?

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Here's the two Russian roulette scenes that I'm aware of, could you post the one I've not seen please?
 
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Here's the two Russian roulette scenes that I'm aware of, could you post the one I've not seen please?

Heimeldir detailed it above before your initial interjection.


There was the jungle scene when they were prisoners and then in Saigon after the Americans had withdrawn and where the Christopher Walken character eventually killed himself.


There's an extended edition. You can go to Wikipedia which has a plot synopsis if you're that interested. As you said though, it's not a movie I particularly liked so can't be bothered researching for you.
 
There was the jungle scene when they were prisoners and then in Saigon after the Americans had withdrawn and where the Christopher Walken character eventually killed himself.

Cheers. Never watched it right through, just caught bits now and again when it has been on TV. Apocalypse Now is another widely acclaimed film I have never managed to watch all the way through.
 
Heimeldir detailed it above before your initial interjection.

There's an extended edition. You can go to Wikipedia which has a plot synopsis if you're that interested. As you said though, it's not a movie I particularly liked so can't be bothered researching for you.

Heimeldir mention two, the same as me and you said the Russian roulette scenes were 'a recurring theme' through the film, they weren't.

It seems the only person posting erroneously in this thread is you.
 
Heimeldir mention two, the same as me and you said the Russian roulette scenes were 'a recurring theme' through the film, they weren't.

It seems the only person posting erroneously in this thread is you.

The earlier scene in the gambling den and the culmination of the film are separate scenes. <doh>

There, Nick is treated at a U.S. military hospital. Once released, Nick, now suffering from PTSD, wanders into a gambling den. French businessman Julien Grinda persuades him to come inside. Upset, Nick interrupts a game of Russian roulette, pulling the trigger on himself. Mike happens to be present as a spectator, but Nick and Julien hurriedly leave.

Mike returns to Vietnam in search of Nick. Wandering around Saigon, which is now in a state of chaos shortly before its fall, Mike finds Julien and persuades him to take him to the gambling den. Mike finds himself facing Nick, who has become a professional in the macabre game and fails to recognize Mike. Mike attempts to bring Nick back to reason by invoking memories of their hunting trips back home, but Nick maintains his indifference. However, during a game of Russian roulette between Mike and Nick, Nick recalls Mike's "one shot" method and smiles before pulling the trigger and killing himself.

I even acknowledged their similarity as a concession that it would be easy to mix them up.

There's a scene early in the movie, in the middle and at the end. That to me is recurring through the film.
 
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Cheers. Never watched it right through, just caught bits now and again when it has been on TV. Apocalypse Now is another widely acclaimed film I have never managed to watch all the way through.

The AN shown on the various channels/streams these days is a different film from the edited one i saw on ITV (?) in the 1980s.. that whole scene with the French colonialists was cut out and a lot of the scenes with Brando. It was always a better and easier watch under the influence of something/anything.

I've never made it all the way through of Easy Rider
 
The AN shown on the various channels/streams these days is a different film from the edited one i saw on ITV (?) in the 1980s.. that whole scene with the French colonialists was cut out and a lot of the scenes with Brando. It was always a better and easier watch under the influence of something/anything.

I've never made it all the way through of Easy Rider

Saw Easy Rider at the cinema. Didn’t rate it as highly as the others I went with did.
 
Where eagles dare is so good

As Clive James wrote, it was made easier for them as it appeared that the Germans had issued its troops with blanks. Multiple machine guns firing at them caused no problems whilst a single shot by our lot from a bouncing vehicle would always find its target.
 
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It covered many topics (maybe too many) in three hours and you take from it what you want. A lot about masculinity, changing blue collar America, young men being expected to sacrifice their lives/be crippled for a country that wouldn't accept their freedom of sexuality, women at the time being trapped in unhappy relationships, the US being a blend of cultures and religions... I thought it was a film showing how ****ed up humankind was and de Niros character let the stag live because he saw the purity in nature in comparison to the mess that he'd seen/caused in Vietnam.
I thought the stag scene was before they shipped out but honestly my memory is very poor so would not be surprised if it was the other way around lol.
Literally everything you put I totally agree with and for me with the music layered over made it unforgettable
 
Ye, I remember many were disappointed and considered it boring when it came out.. went to see a war film and then had to sit through an hour long wedding scene. I think the studios cut a lot of films to make then more palatable for the audiences at the time - apocalypse now, get carter, Leon etc.
Oh my word Leon, now that was a cracking film
 
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Oh my word Leon, now that was a cracking film

Ye, it was... Not aged well for these times, when the hero is having a sexual relationship with a 12 year old, supposedly initiated by her.

Today's audience would reverse it and see Gary Oldman working in the public sector, coping with addiction issues, and executing summary justice on a negligent family and then a *****phile.
 
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Ye, it was... Not aged well for these times, when the hero is having a sexual relationship with a 12 year old, supposedly initiated by her.

Today's audience would reverse it and see Gary Oldman working in the public sector, coping with addiction issues, and executing summary justice on a negligent family and then a *****phile.
My own take on it was that Leon was a father figure looking after someone that was literally down in the gutter. Gary old man was fantastic, I watched him recently giving a eulogy on David Bowie, obviously it was an old piece but he literally spoke for 20 minutes without one prompt, everything from his heart and his own response to Bowie’s passing. Now that is pure artistry and just an amazing human being…