Hell in the Pacific (1968) - Lee Marvin Sings

No copyright infringement intended, am just giving people a snippet of a wonderful movie.

The most beautiful scene(s) from what I consider to be John Boorman's best film. Lee had a great singing voice, and I wish he recorded a full version of this tune. It's called "Down in the Canebrake", and I'd be much obliged to the person who can point me towards an MP3.

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• Mifune
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• Sings
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[bororean]

Such a great and underrated film

[Banner1979]

@Nornegest It was the theatrical version I watched. The ending was the one where Marvin shouts at Mifune who walks away (I think) and then the last shot is of that magazine about the slain Japanese. That's the one.

[TheMarcio2014]

BIG LEE MARVIN!!!!

[Nornegest]

Which version did you watch? There is an alternative ending to the one in the original cinema release. Very tense, with no dialogue spoken at all. After his attempts at reconciliation are rebuffed, Marvin looks sadly at Mifune, then walks out alone, into the dusk.

I certainly prefer this ending, even if differs from the theatrical cut which burns so vividly in my memory, as it is clearly the more superior of the two and a satisfying way to end the film. Others may feel differently, I guess.

[Banner1979]

The ending was powerful and sad. These two guys are getting along fine when Mifune looks at a newspaper, then all hell breaks loose - well, a sort of psychological hell...

[hill9868]

"IIIIIII wwaass bbooornnnn......under a wwaaaandderinnngg staaarrrrr....". Oh, hang on that was Lee Marvin singing in another movie.

[ossarider]

The greatest scene of this film...Marvin and Mifune together on the flooding raft, riding out the rough seas...delirious, dehydrated, exhausted, but hanging on with the will to survive, totally at the mercy of nature...no political doctrines, no economic interests, no tactical considerations or organization...just the instinct to cling onto life. Should be better known.