rather than leo mckern insisting on doing his own stunts he was pressured by Lean to do it and agreed only if he promised to have him pulled out the moment he raised his arm, Lean ignored the signal and ordered the rescue team not to intervene - eventually they disobeyed him and pulled Leo out. Not only did Mckern lose his artificial eye but his socket was filled with sand leaving it damaged and him in agony. Leo was so traumitised he retired for a year.
OMG!!!! This scene is sooooooo frightening!! I have been through hurricanes, 2 tornadoes & a mountain lightening storm...and just watching this from the comfort of my own safe, home scared me as much, if not more, than all of them put together. What an INTENSE scene. God bless the actors that braved this for an amazing film. Wow!!!!
apparently Leo McKern was badly hurt during this scene and suffered back problems for the rest of his life. apparently, they waited weeks for a really severe storm to come in from the Atlantic before filming...
Yes I did hear something similar myself recently. Leo was determined to do his own stunts and go into the water after the crates. However, he told the guys that the moment he raised his hand, to pull him out! Count how many times Leo raises his hand, 5 or 6 times I think, but Lean told the guys not to pull him out as it was a great scene! Anyway, when they did pull him out he realised that one of his eyes (a glass artificial one) had been lost, he was pretty embarrassed over that.
poor Leo! Some directors will, it seems, do anything - including allowing their actors to get injured (well, in the days before law suits for injury, anyway) - to get an authentic scene.
It was an amazing storm scene. I've actually just seen similar conditions at Plymouth Sound this evening (frothing water and winds of approx 70 mph) but without the film crew!
I saw this movie in 1971 in a full-70mm-screen version. After all this years, I still remembered two scenes: The making-love in the woods, and the arrival of the guns in the middle of the furious beach storm. Almost 40 years after, I see that my memory did¨nt failed: They are wonderful, powerful examples of pure cinematography!
Hi from Buenos Aires, Argentina: I read your comment....It happens the same to me! I saw it in the old-glorious 70 mm by the same time, and I clearly remember those two secenes: Pure cinematography!!! Now I am trying to find it in DVD to see it again ....=)
Ezt a filmet Magyarországon még nem vetítették le! 1970-1990-2009 soha még! Én levelet írtam 1990-ben, amikor a ruszki megszállóknak ki kellett innen takarodni, hogy ezt a filmet végre vásárolják meg és fordítsák le magyar nyelvre is és adják le a TV-ben! Ha már moziban sem látni itt. És nem is válaszoltak a levelemre. Mondjátok el mindenkinek! Please!
Ezt a filmet Magyarországon se moziban, se TV-ben soha nem vetítették le, pedig úgy tudom Oscar díjas alkotás. (Írtam miatta az MTV-nek 1990-ben, hába!)
Talán mert igazi hazafias film. A besúgó kocsmáros fölakassza megát a végén - kevés kivétellele ez is elmaradt nálunk 1990 után ugye. És az ellenség kurváit kopaszra nyírják e filmben is. Ez is elmaradt Magyar Hazámban, sajnos.
i still can't imagine how they shot this scene under these dangerous conditions, and hauling around massive 65mm camera equipment. It's just astounding, and that's probably really Leo Mckern getting tossed around in the water. Never again shall we see these kind of ambitious circumstances for a large studio film
I totally agree! I thought I was the only David Lean fan who cherishes this film. I consider it one of his most visually poetic. And in terms of the sheer size of the canvas on which Lean paints his story, and in the way that he uses both the geographical setting and the historical context as catalysts for his story, I place this film right up there with DR. ZHIVAGO, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, and BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.
rather than leo mckern insisting on doing his own stunts he was pressured by Lean to do it and agreed only if he promised to have him pulled out the moment he raised his arm, Lean ignored the signal and ordered the rescue team not to intervene - eventually they disobeyed him and pulled Leo out. Not only did Mckern lose his artificial eye but his socket was filled with sand leaving it damaged and him in agony. Leo was so traumitised he retired for a year.
galifrean 10 months ago
OMG!!!! This scene is sooooooo frightening!! I have been through hurricanes, 2 tornadoes & a mountain lightening storm...and just watching this from the comfort of my own safe, home scared me as much, if not more, than all of them put together. What an INTENSE scene. God bless the actors that braved this for an amazing film. Wow!!!!
vickiehill1 1 year ago
apparently Leo McKern was badly hurt during this scene and suffered back problems for the rest of his life. apparently, they waited weeks for a really severe storm to come in from the Atlantic before filming...
GoodTimeGeorge3 2 years ago
Yes I did hear something similar myself recently. Leo was determined to do his own stunts and go into the water after the crates. However, he told the guys that the moment he raised his hand, to pull him out! Count how many times Leo raises his hand, 5 or 6 times I think, but Lean told the guys not to pull him out as it was a great scene! Anyway, when they did pull him out he realised that one of his eyes (a glass artificial one) had been lost, he was pretty embarrassed over that.
CroppyBoy1798 2 years ago
poor Leo! Some directors will, it seems, do anything - including allowing their actors to get injured (well, in the days before law suits for injury, anyway) - to get an authentic scene.
It was an amazing storm scene. I've actually just seen similar conditions at Plymouth Sound this evening (frothing water and winds of approx 70 mph) but without the film crew!
GoodTimeGeorge3 2 years ago
I saw this movie in 1971 in a full-70mm-screen version. After all this years, I still remembered two scenes: The making-love in the woods, and the arrival of the guns in the middle of the furious beach storm. Almost 40 years after, I see that my memory did¨nt failed: They are wonderful, powerful examples of pure cinematography!
lapizdigital 2 years ago
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Hi from Buenos Aires, Argentina: I read your comment....It happens the same to me! I saw it in the old-glorious 70 mm by the same time, and I clearly remember those two secenes: Pure cinematography!!! Now I am trying to find it in DVD to see it again ....=)
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Ezt a filmet Magyarországon még nem vetítették le! 1970-1990-2009 soha még! Én levelet írtam 1990-ben, amikor a ruszki megszállóknak ki kellett innen takarodni, hogy ezt a filmet végre vásárolják meg és fordítsák le magyar nyelvre is és adják le a TV-ben! Ha már moziban sem látni itt. És nem is válaszoltak a levelemre. Mondjátok el mindenkinek! Please!
yence1 2 years ago
NOT SPAM!!!
yence1 2 years ago
*****
yence1 2 years ago
Írek... A példaképeim!
Ezt a filmet Magyarországon se moziban, se TV-ben soha nem vetítették le, pedig úgy tudom Oscar díjas alkotás. (Írtam miatta az MTV-nek 1990-ben, hába!)
Talán mert igazi hazafias film. A besúgó kocsmáros fölakassza megát a végén - kevés kivétellele ez is elmaradt nálunk 1990 után ugye. És az ellenség kurváit kopaszra nyírják e filmben is. Ez is elmaradt Magyar Hazámban, sajnos.
yence1 2 years ago
i still can't imagine how they shot this scene under these dangerous conditions, and hauling around massive 65mm camera equipment. It's just astounding, and that's probably really Leo Mckern getting tossed around in the water. Never again shall we see these kind of ambitious circumstances for a large studio film
pookie67 3 years ago
David Lean and Freddie Young could do just about anything in any conditions.
Stiff upper British lip, you know.
I'm actually old enough to remember this movie on its first release in 1970, in a theater.
Now I regret saying that.
grabit1 3 years ago
Didn't know James Joyce drove lorries for IRA gun runners in 1916!
Cool2BCeltic 3 years ago
There's much you have to learn.
grabit1 3 years ago
Are not the Irish the last hope?
Savant28 3 years ago
Apart from the beach scene, which was shot at Coumenoule near Dingle, the storm sequence was shot at Kilkee and Goleen in West Clare.
mcpartly 4 years ago
This film is about 35 years old. However, it could play on the cinema again, just like it is. That comes from yesterday but is already a great movie.
pjpso54 4 years ago 3
I totally agree! I thought I was the only David Lean fan who cherishes this film. I consider it one of his most visually poetic. And in terms of the sheer size of the canvas on which Lean paints his story, and in the way that he uses both the geographical setting and the historical context as catalysts for his story, I place this film right up there with DR. ZHIVAGO, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, and BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.
dseanmat 3 years ago
Yeah, I agree. Very underrated and beautiful film. I love it.
AnAmericanGentleman 3 years ago
Now you know why the Irish can be so bloody tough.
Savant28 4 years ago