*"He will not only lessen his sentence in Leavenworth Prison, but will save this company, what I promise you, will be pain, anguish and humiliation beyond the endurance of man."* Walken's delivery is somehow measured and practical, yet utterly terrifying.
@BAKER22-l4u
2 ай бұрын
WTF are you smoking?
@RebelBuddha1971
11 күн бұрын
Utterly terrifying is absolutely right.
@epaminon6196
Күн бұрын
I'd be like: _"Sarge, two consenting guys were making out in private. If you treat this minor incident like a state affair, that's going to make YOU look gay. Because everyone knows that those who condemn homosexuality the loudest most likely do so in order to distract everyone else from themselves. Most of us don't think that you're gay, Sarge. And you can strengthen our opinion by letting this little incident slide, Sarge. _Or, you could lash out at us even harder in answer to my respectful and honest observation. But if you did that, you would prove my point, Sarge. And you'd henceforth have to lead this unit knowing that we would think of you as a closeted homosexual with internalized homophobia. Please, Sarge, don't make us do that."_
@MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog
Ай бұрын
Skipped one of the best lines. "Don't do that, Jerome. Once your start compromising your thoughts, you become a candidate for mediocrity."
@srtb3931
3 жыл бұрын
"I never talked about dogs either, does that make me a cocker spaniel". One of the funniest lines ever!
@Capcoor
3 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it though?
@priscillasalzberg5349
3 жыл бұрын
That line makes no sense. If you were a cocker spaniel you would talk about cocker spaniels. If you don't talk about cocker spaniels then you are not a cocker spaniel. It's not a mistake to use the word cock er. But since you don't talk about cocker spaniels, no, you are not a cocker spaniel.
@Capcoor
2 жыл бұрын
@@priscillasalzberg5349 You’re right. That line is not logical. Come to think of it, I don’t know why I made the comment above.
@KadyFillinger
11 ай бұрын
Do you wrote the same comment every new year? Lol
@BAKER22-l4u
2 ай бұрын
You need serious mental counseling
@adamrobinette6832
Ай бұрын
It was the little things that showed Toomey cared for his men. Like the friendly way he said 'Come on, Son.' put his hand on Hennessy's shoulder and stayed with him all the way to the jeep. And when they stripped him of his equipment, Toomey looked down. He hated what he was watching.
@Capt-Intrepid
24 күн бұрын
Saw the original play on Broadway in Manhattan in 1985. It was awesome. Neil Simon had incredible plays back in the day like Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Odd Couple.
@stephenfermoyle4578
21 күн бұрын
i saw it in 1985 toooo it was awesome
@markthomas9687
2 жыл бұрын
Every actor in this movie was awesome.. especially Christopher Walken!!!
@gmar7836
Жыл бұрын
Except he needed a cowbell
@derricklafrance9724
6 жыл бұрын
Skipped the part where Walken says "unlike the 60 dollars, this time it wasn't me."
@eanmuhammad6318
6 жыл бұрын
Yes. Good point.
@georgenenagem9572
5 жыл бұрын
Derrick Lafrance h
@kagemaru259
3 жыл бұрын
And when he cancels all of their liberty and privileges then says "And the next time you get horny, do unto yourself what you would do to others."
@justusphillips2480
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t care what anyone says the Homosexual jumping out of the window with his pants half down is pure comedy gold LMAO .
@seikibrian8641
2 жыл бұрын
Also skipped the part where Walken says something like "Do unto yourself what you would otherwise have done unto you."
@DylanFergusC
Жыл бұрын
I'm here because I saw a poster in passing in another video for this movie and I immediately thought, "Who's that hot dyke? How did I miss an 80s movie with a buzz cut butch existing?" and it turns out that hot lesbian was just a very young Matthew Broderick. I wish I could say this is the first time this has happened to me.
@deananderson7877
4 ай бұрын
Ever clip I see Cristopher Walken in I can only think of” more cow bells”.😂
@ACoKyo
5 жыл бұрын
I always loved this set of scenes you can tell Walken didn’t like doing what he had to do
@BAKER22-l4u
2 ай бұрын
Idiotic and ignorant
@sifugurusensei
10 жыл бұрын
this is probably my favorite film with Christopher Walken
@LaharlD2
8 жыл бұрын
+Dario Wirtha Love Walken in this film.
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
You've got a great eye. His performance is beautifully understated. It gets its power from being played with such seeming casualness, almost glibness. I hope he at least got an Oscar nomination.
@Duke_Togo_G13
4 жыл бұрын
I suggest The Deer Hunter.
@sifugurusensei
4 жыл бұрын
@@Duke_Togo_G13 while I agree that Christopher Walken was good in the Deer Hunter, I never liked the film as a whole.
@gmar7836
Жыл бұрын
Mine too
@JMCNYC79
3 жыл бұрын
OMG! I’ve been trying to figure out what movie this scene was in. I searched all the popular 80s war movies. Finally! Whew.
@alvinv.5980
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. I've been searching for a few minutes about a military movie I watched when I was a kid and this scene stucked to me.
@mittenil2972
Ай бұрын
Crimson Tad
@priscillasalzberg5349
2 жыл бұрын
The iron is Hennesey, James J. and Lindstrom (giggling) know that Arnold is NOT gay and Jerome points out Arnold as gay. Jerome can't tell gay from straight and the wrong sexual orientations are assigned to different people. When Jerome singles Arnold as homosexual the true homosexuals walk away.
@markvasquez9023
Жыл бұрын
Who cares about people's private sexuality. It's there business. Just my opinion. Mv
@priscillasalzberg5349
Жыл бұрын
@@markvasquez9023 The military at that time cared. It meant going to jail and going before a board. Look at the part of the movie where the Sergeant singles out the gay man from the group and tells him to give the sergeant his gear. He is very upset. Imagine you are all set to retire but now you will lose all your retirement money and benefits AND you are going to jail.
@priscillasalzberg5349
Жыл бұрын
@@markvasquez9023 The sergeant said, "Why didn't you say something? You could have saved the military all this trouble. To this day depending which commander in chief Trump wants gays banned. Obama said don't ask don't tell(You can stay but at least be ashamed). It IS a PROBLEM when you have the people sleeping with each other. It IS a problem if some men feel uncomfortable with the other men.
@priscillasalzberg5349
Жыл бұрын
@@markvasquez9023 One tactic of the military was since the men were presumably all straight. They were more aggressive because there were no women to sleep with.
@priscillasalzberg5349
Жыл бұрын
@@markvasquez9023 All that aside, my main point was that everybody wants to know what Jerome thinks and Jerome is WRONNNGG! on two counts. He thinks the straight is gay and he thinks the gays are straight. It is also interesting that nobody knew the gays were gay until the sergeant caught them in the act.
@fashizzle78
8 жыл бұрын
He wanted to see what Eugene wrote about him..then gets pissed and his feelings hurt after he reads it ..thats what he gets
@WorldWideMarket
8 жыл бұрын
Reminds of a Liberal.
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
You are missing the point.
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
000 000, why do you bother with something so liberal as a play turned into a movie written by a liberal Jew and celebrating the very principles of liberalism you despise. The whole work is beyond you. Also, , quite a statement from someone of the ilk which consume cable “news” channels and Web sites that make a point of withholding a significant portion of the news from them.
@mgpanther81
2 жыл бұрын
@@WorldWideMarket Sometimes it's best to just not comment. That way less of the world is aware of your astronomical ignorance. Looks like a few years of passed since your idocy slipped from your keyboad. Since then, conservatives like yourself have seemed determined to find the lowest forms of decorum and decency. Please don't breed.
@boebender
13 күн бұрын
As a gay teenager this movie absolutely terrified me.
@DavidGomez-es7bd
3 жыл бұрын
Since 88 this movie has stuck with me, they don’t make movies like this anymore 😑
@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288
3 жыл бұрын
Filmed at Ft.Chaffee in Barling,Arkansas
@jamesjarrettjr.5974
Жыл бұрын
His favorite was Hershey bars with the wrapper still on them
@thomasdollard7971
2 жыл бұрын
Hennesy almost looks relieved when he being taken away in the Jeep
@lysanderofsparta3708
24 күн бұрын
Relieved that he is out of the Army and out of the war.
@davidmiller8856
3 жыл бұрын
my late husband boot-camped there in the 60's. at least he he got a house, purdy kids & emphysema out of it. lol. peace.
@Woozler554
2 жыл бұрын
Your "husband"????🤣🤣
@rkamp1971
6 жыл бұрын
I remember this part and was confused when Hennesey was taken away was it because he was gay or half black? In the movie, when Wykowski was spouting out racial words, Hennesy stated that he was half Irish and half black. Great movie though.
@HiddenSoulsMusic
6 жыл бұрын
It was Wykowski who was a racist.
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
Hennessy knew on multiple levels what it was to be the outsider. I was never certain he was mixed race but simply couldn't tolerate the bigotry around him he despised so much, so he said something to confront the ugliness he was witnessing.
@gn5087
5 жыл бұрын
I don't believe he was biracial. He said that because at the time, it would have been more acceptable to be biracial than gay.
@rkamp1971
5 жыл бұрын
@@HiddenSoulsMusic you are right sorry. Made the change
@HiddenSoulsMusic
5 жыл бұрын
Rob K No worries bro.
@kevinluschak5241
12 күн бұрын
I loved this movie it was sooo funny!
@stephenfermoyle4578
21 күн бұрын
love Arnold
@jeremylinton6129
Ай бұрын
wish it was still like this
@khworker1322
Ай бұрын
You wish you could blow some dude in the barracks? Just be sure to not tell the others in your little home town. I get the feeling it’s full of backwoods stupid hicks who obsess about schlong. Or maybe tell them. They are probably in the closet too. Where you are from I bet it’s hard to tell the difference between a man or a woman. Or livestock. I hope you red this.👊🏻( not a bump, a broken nose/ jaw)
@DavidLS1
18 күн бұрын
Grow up.
@jeremylinton6129
18 күн бұрын
@@DavidLS1 lol
@jeremylinton6129
18 күн бұрын
@@DavidLS1 go vote blue
@DavidLS1
18 күн бұрын
@@jeremylinton6129 I always do.
@fuckoff187
12 жыл бұрын
lol @ how everybody slowly creeps away from arnold when he says " homosexual"
@Capcoor
3 жыл бұрын
Well, it WAS 1945. Back in the day I would have too.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
It’s exactly the same as being smart. “Malcolm in the Middle” on the social consequences being smart: kzitem.info/news/bejne/p5ma2oOikHR9gpg
@liquidgoldsoup2833
2 жыл бұрын
@@Capcoor we were bad, but now we’re good!
@Capcoor
2 жыл бұрын
@@liquidgoldsoup2833 You are answerable to God and no one else.
@liquidgoldsoup2833
2 жыл бұрын
@@Capcoor what..?
@estelazalazar2428
8 жыл бұрын
Christopher Walken was a real S O B here jaja i love that actor
@markmerzweiler832
3 жыл бұрын
No he wasn't. Not at all. The drill sergeants I knew in basic would have been far worse.
@michaeldouglas1243
Ай бұрын
No he wasn't at all. Obviously you never enlisted
@WhitePride88
Ай бұрын
That's double gay seeing as how Walken's a closeted fruit fairy.
@JamesBrown-ez6ri
Ай бұрын
BRING THIS BACK!
@willysnowman
Ай бұрын
Bonezpurz will lose AGAIN!!
@chadverek1264
3 жыл бұрын
The best scene is missing
@markbossuah284
2 жыл бұрын
Who was the other person in the shower?
@justusphillips2480
2 жыл бұрын
A homosexual.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
@@justusphillips2480, he said person, not what type of person. If you ever hear the word “objectification” you can think back on this comment as an example of what it means.
@WhitePride88
Ай бұрын
Private Buttlove
@McGrill18
13 жыл бұрын
@soundpro67 And homosexuals couldn't possibly do that right? It sounds to me like there are some people who couldn't do it if they knew that someone in their unit was gay. And that sounds like the homophobic persons problem to me.
@lysanderofsparta3708
24 күн бұрын
That makes no sense.
@paulbentley1705
2 жыл бұрын
Do it somewhere else, not the barracks and not at this time. God forbid a man can't have sex for a couple of months.
@DavidLS1
2 жыл бұрын
I guess you were never an eighteen year old boy.
@August3B
5 жыл бұрын
Back in the good old days!
@0manoscar
Ай бұрын
Better times
@roundpeg3239
2 жыл бұрын
Unnatural things are bothersome. Therefore it shouldn't bother someone to be bothered by unnatural things.
@JR-ly2pu
2 жыл бұрын
Lol so what? I don’t care if your gay,straight or bi. As long as you can PT and shoot your weapon. Served with gays in Afghanistan. I never got botherd when they’d be macking down on their boo thing. They’re living their life.
@DavidLS1
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing 'unnatural' about being gay, Mary.
@roundpeg3239
2 жыл бұрын
@@DavidLS1 except for all of rhe unaturalness of it.
@DavidLS1
2 жыл бұрын
@@roundpeg3239 Except that it's not unnatural. Homosexuality has been well-documented in over 1200 different species.
@roundpeg3239
2 жыл бұрын
@@DavidLS1 it hasn't though.
@michelehernandez4217
3 жыл бұрын
I have tremendous respect for Epsteins character.
@jwil4905
2 жыл бұрын
Why?
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
@@jwil4905, because he is a man of thoughtful unswerving integrity and principal, something highly underrated and even derided in society, as the play and film demonstrate.
@jwil4905
2 жыл бұрын
@@inkyguy No, he's a malcontent that disdains everything about the military or anyone that doesn't agree with him. A democrat, really.
@MrJuvefrank
2 жыл бұрын
4:22 They can't afford to do that; they need every man in the field.
@robertmunoz7543
2 жыл бұрын
Male lesbians?🤪 Jman
@PeterShieldsukcatstripey
2 жыл бұрын
Poor bloke
@kyletaylor4489
8 жыл бұрын
that was hot!
@Phoenix85006
Ай бұрын
Looks boring 🥱
@martinkoolen
Ай бұрын
Boring
@1979irock
11 жыл бұрын
I love a good military scene mmmmm minus the BS prison sentence although in there Hennessy still got what he liked, believe me.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
Your equation of consensual sex, same-gender or otherwise, with rape is disgusting, placing yourself in the same camp with serial rapists.
@Polka96B
Ай бұрын
This stuff would never happen with today's woke policies.
@tommym321
18 күн бұрын
Oh boo hoo
@Polka96B
5 күн бұрын
Have you ever served. I did, and so I am comparing what the military was back at the time of this film. A punk like you wouldn't have lasted 3 days in boot camp, let alone 1 day in Airborne school.
@Polka96B
5 күн бұрын
@@tommym321Punk like you wouldn't have lasted 1 day in either boot camp or Airborne school.
@tommym321
5 күн бұрын
@@Polka96B hahahahahaha you have NO IDEA who you’re talking to
@johnblackflag8746
5 жыл бұрын
Oh Broderick... That Acting was cringey at the beginning.
@she5152
6 жыл бұрын
Now the military is full of pink flamingo's in the rank and file polishing each other heads instead of their own boots.
@peteredmond1169
6 жыл бұрын
Well look at this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes A troop of exclusively gay couples who were the crack troop of the Greek army. They were almost invincible because they fought beside their lovers. You're a f**king bigot. Why deny gay people the right to fight for the freedom they wish to enjoy. I would fight to defeat you any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Some of the greatest generals and leaders have gay too.
@elmapache337
6 жыл бұрын
Well, "make love, not war", finally set into practice! :)
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
We've always been there and always will and now legal in the best armies in the world. More men than you'll ever know or be.
@jakeforrest
4 жыл бұрын
It is interesting that in the movie, Hennesy was thrown out in disgrace for homosexual activities... If it had been today, the guy exposing the two guys at the toilet, would have faced charges for hate crimes and possibly sexual harassment ! Imagine going back in time, and tell people who were thrown out of military for that reason, that in 2019 an openly homosexual man would run for president in the USA, and the fact that he was gay mattered the same, as if he had been red haired. They would have fallen of their chairs !!
@Woozler554
2 жыл бұрын
@@inkyguy I doubt that.
@rwaggs62
11 жыл бұрын
Great days --- sadly gone from our Army --- :(
@bndkllr2763
7 жыл бұрын
You sound just as dumb as the racists who pined for the days when blacks had their own units.
@davmpls
6 жыл бұрын
You are pure human garbage.
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
You don't even realize when YOU are the butt of the joke, the manifestation of the bigotry on screen, life imitating art. Don't you realize that by posting here you reveal yourself to be the loser who is so dumb he raises his hand to make sure no one misses the fact?
@ericsniper9843
2 жыл бұрын
You never served a day in the U.S. military.
@lysanderofsparta3708
24 күн бұрын
@@ericsniper9843 Neither have you.
@soundpro67
13 жыл бұрын
People who think repealing don't ask don't tell is a good idea have no idea how the military operates....Unit cohesion is paramount to a fighting force, if you want to win wars that is
@inkyguy
6 жыл бұрын
soundpro67, the lack of cohesion is every service man's responsibility. If you can't cut it just because there are gay people in your unit makes you unfit, but them.
@lysanderofsparta3708
24 күн бұрын
@@inkyguy What is your point?
@thestonetable
3 ай бұрын
Great film. Saw it when it was released. I agree that he was a good soldier, but rules are rules, regardless of the fairness. I’m talking about rules, not social fairness or understanding. That was a different time. Many black soldier were proud to serve their country, regardless of the fact that they were treated more than unfair. The scenes were very good, but also showed that it was a different time. Stuff like that wasn’t in the open and no one back then that wasn’t gay had no empathy. Wrongfully so from this day and age.
@savagedick1462
2 жыл бұрын
3:29 that must be some friggin fancy footwork Walken is doing to be running sideways that fast .
@wellofcire
Жыл бұрын
it's homosensible
@Lue_Jonin
2 жыл бұрын
No... He's not homosexual...... But he is willing to learn....is there somewhere special they would send him. - STRIPES. w/ Bill Murray In seriousness though, the Jewish guy isn't homosexual... He is an effeminate heterosexual..... SNL used to have a recurring skit on the subject.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
An effeminate homosexual? Good Lord, you Americans have ridiculous ideas about what real masculinity is.
@melchiormerrowson9576
2 жыл бұрын
I would have fell out of a chair laughing so hard if the Jewish guy opened the book and it had one line: “Niqqa, you gay!” 🤣
@davidponseigo8811
Ай бұрын
When my nephew was young up until a teen we thought he might be gay and my sister ( his mother ) was dying from cancer she asked me if I would still love and take care of my nephew when she was gone, it brought me to tears and I told her she obviously underestimated me because I would love him and stand up for him even if he decided he liked flying monkey pigs and I just didn't care as it's his life and choice but he's a adult and straight and he once brought up to me years after my sister passed that he knew his mother was curious if he was gay and said what did we expect when he was raised by a single mom would loved fashion and a older sister 14 years older we shouldn't be surprised he liked feminine things. He's still kinda like that and too me he just has a original personality.
@tominmtnvw
Ай бұрын
Being gay isn’t a life choice. You were born that way, just like straight people are born straight. Did you choose to be straight?
@jasonthewatchmansson8873
17 күн бұрын
Being gay is not a choice.
@slayerduval1
Жыл бұрын
You left out the best line where Matthew Broderick's character says something about realizing that Hennessy had been the only guy who never really judged anyone.
@michaelcolello2735
2 жыл бұрын
Ferris Bueller's World War
@wx11357
3 жыл бұрын
4:12 its matter for you to discus with the authority's. come on son. Christopher walking shows compassion Great movie
@srtb3931
4 жыл бұрын
"Does that make me a cocker spaniel?" One of the funniest lines ever!
@BAKER22-l4u
2 ай бұрын
Idiotic and ignorant
@obraydixon8936
2 жыл бұрын
I felt bad for Hennessy. He looked so scared & terrified in the car
@paullowman9131
Жыл бұрын
from the 30's up until Stonewall (and actually, for a few decades more) it was a rough ride being gay. I really hate admitting this, but I wasn't very nice either. Poor Hennessy was looking at banishment from every corner, including his family. The law would not be his friend, he had a target on his back and no protection, and he was looking at terrifying prospects ahead. It was really hateful and cruel.
@defblinders9585
7 ай бұрын
It also wouldn't have helped that he was biracial as he mentioned that his mother was black.
@remoobko8440
5 ай бұрын
@@defblinders9585 That was a joke to do with people who are known as "Black irish". Look it up
@patrickflanagan3762
5 ай бұрын
@@defblinders9585 He wasn't biracial. He was black Irish, which is just a term for Irish people with darker eyes and hair color. He just pretended to have a black mother to call out Wykowski's racism.
@1unitedfan
Ай бұрын
@@paullowman9131when they say "make America great again", this is what they mean.
@joelbuchanan471
Ай бұрын
After a final public speech given that May, Leonard Matlovich died of complications from HIV/AIDS on June 22, 1988. He is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His marker reads, “When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.”
@khworker1322
Ай бұрын
@@gregslav6755. Why? Are you worried?
@tellurye
14 күн бұрын
An interesting note, the marker doesnt have his name on it. I cant find any reason as to why (was that his design?)
@bobbob-sv4mk
5 жыл бұрын
He had compassion for his men.
@christopherbako
4 жыл бұрын
This was an Awesome movie. Definitely worth seeing.
@jm7804
Ай бұрын
Matthew Broderick was so great in all of these early films of his.
@erics362
Ай бұрын
I remember seeing the bathroom scene as a child and wondering what they were doing. 😂
@DavidLS1
18 күн бұрын
How about the movie theater scene in Midnight Cowboy? :)
@erics362
18 күн бұрын
@@DavidLS1 Never saw that movie. Now I'm intrigued. 😂
@DavidLS1
18 күн бұрын
@@erics362 Great classic movie. The clip I referenced is here on KZitem.
@erics362
18 күн бұрын
@@DavidLS1 I'll check it out now. 👍
@erics362
18 күн бұрын
@@DavidLS1 Very interesting. I'm glad I didn't see that as a kid. It would've confused the 💩 out of me. 😂 A similar scene I saw as an adult was in Boogie Nights, when Dirk Diggler is selling himself to a closeted, self-hating gae man who then beats him up.
@dexterbernard2701
3 жыл бұрын
I like when Epstein told him to never compromise his thoughts
@Nehmi
4 күн бұрын
Crazy to think that we used to live in a time when the military cared if two soldiers made out.
@miconian
12 жыл бұрын
@Boogyman4050 Apparently, that did sometimes happen. However, as the need for soldiers grew, the threshhold got higher and higher. Same for conscientious objectors. The question changed from "is he gay?" to "how much will his gay-ness matter if we put him in the line of fire?"
@roybarron5289
3 жыл бұрын
in 1981 in Korea a pair was caught and prosecuted for it.
@edwardmoore5325
2 жыл бұрын
The gay guys knew the army's laws on gays but they still came in.i don't know whether they enlisted or were drafted but i think if they had let the army know they would have been discharged.having sex in the bathroom isn't a good start for either of them.writing this in March 2022 as i look at the state of the world.wars and rumors of wars earthquakes in diverse places killings homosexualality on the rise and trouble on every place that man is.stay safe people and God bless America.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
It was always highly prosecuted. However, up through the 1990s in both Iraq wars and the Bush years in Afghanistan, the Pentagon would have a soldier complete his or her tour of duty to exploit them for their service and THEN criminally charge and dishonorably discharge them, meaning no pension and no health benefits.
@DavidLS1
2 жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe that all you had to do to avoid getting drafted was to say you were gay. Seems a lot easier than moving to Canada.
@RainbowManification
2 жыл бұрын
*unzips* Prove it...
@KadyFillinger
11 ай бұрын
Then he'd have to come out to his family, friends and neighbors and back then, being gay was not treated nearly as tolerant as it is today.
@DavidLS1
11 ай бұрын
@@KadyFillinger Still better than getting shot at.
@davidjamessheets
6 ай бұрын
Dishonorable discharge is equivalent to being a felon
@DavidLS1
6 ай бұрын
@@davidjamessheets I'd rather be a felon than a corpse. But I didn't say anything about being dishonorably discharged, I said to come out to your draft board and not get drafted in the first place. My personal plan was to move to Canada when I turned eighteen in 1973. Fortunately, that was the year when they ended the draft. (I remember having a very low number in the lottery.)
@barbarachipman9436
2 жыл бұрын
Christopher....it's been a while. Missed you. u handsome man.
@chevychase
9 жыл бұрын
Even after all these years, this film can make me cry and cry. It is brilliantly done. A great, classic film.
@jmercoleza
5 жыл бұрын
If you like this, Lost in Yonkers and Brighton Beach Memoirs and also written by Neil Simon and are just as funny!
@yourallbrainwashed
5 жыл бұрын
@@jmercoleza I'm gonna give em a try.. ty
@Blazen747
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr 😏
@laminage
3 жыл бұрын
My Sister loved this movie back in the day. As for Homosexuality, it was synonymous in The Navy. I found these fantastic books by a Writer named Frank Butterfield which is like a Pre Gay Mad Men. Nick Williams joins the Navy at 17, afterwards works as an orderly at a Hospital and meets his Soulmate Carter Jones in 1947 who is a Fireman. They live in San Francisco but travel to other parts of the world.
@javier1333
2 жыл бұрын
It's a comedy, what the hell you cryin about?
@saoirsegilmore4876
11 жыл бұрын
oh christopher walken
@kahetel13
3 жыл бұрын
Good thing times have change for men who may be gay. Was a sad point in history because there was a gay man who saved the lives of many millions by cracking the German coded messages (Enigma technique he created) , and yet- he was chemically castrated and then committed suicide .... that was the thanks they gave him ....
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
You’re thinking of Alan Turing. The Germans created the Enigma code machine and Turing broke the code by uncovering its inherent weaknesses and helping to program the decoding logic (called an algorithm) into the Bomba, a mechanical computer designed by the Poles. Turing was also the first person to create a conceptualisation of a “universal machine,” which is the modern computer. He was indeed prosecuted under the same law used to prosecute Oscar Wilde, chemically castrated and took his own life.
@seikibrian8641
2 жыл бұрын
@@inkyguy "Your thinking of Alan Turing." * You're.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
@@seikibrian8641 , corrected. Thank you.
@ericwsmith7722
5 жыл бұрын
You would have thought a "top" could have gotten up and out that window faster
@remoobko8440
5 ай бұрын
He had to zip up...?
@Fhita1962
Ай бұрын
You sound experienced.
@mittenil2972
Ай бұрын
You would know
@ericwsmith7722
Ай бұрын
Me a top ! heheheh sure
@CyanoticFuture
Ай бұрын
Well you would know sweety
@sandrosoler4275
2 жыл бұрын
Christopher Walken is unreal in this movie
@johngodsey5327
2 жыл бұрын
As sad and unfair as it is, during this time it was the rule. So then joining or being drafted and withholding this information would being consequences.
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
The average age of a draftee was 20. (The average age of an RAF pilot was 19!) Many young men, especially in the 1940s, would not have conceived of themselves as “gay,” they would have had no other mechanism, model or strategy within society that they were aware of but to conceal any concerns or knowledge that they had or might be gay other than concealment, and they would have just been beginning to understand and come to terms with their sexuality at that point in their emotional development. It is only in the last 20 - 30 years that it has become more common for American teenagers to reveal they are gay. Until then coming out, even just to oneself, was something one didn’t do until one’s mid-20s - if ever.
@johngodsey5327
2 жыл бұрын
@@inkyguy that may be true but the rule at the time, coming out or not, was the rule. Young men would have known and made the conscious choice to either conceal it or attempt o conceal it. I don’t agree with the Catholic Church that priest have to remain celibate but priests know the rule before their confirmation . They have a choice beforehand just as these men who are gay had. That being said , there were many openly gay men when i was in the air force and they simply , the higher ups i mean, just disregarded the rule
@silvanajal4684
8 жыл бұрын
Walken 😚
@shanekilpatrick3378
Ай бұрын
Don’t ask don’t tell. I don’t know if it’s a good policy. Everyone should be allowed to serve their country. One’s sexuality should be kept private.
@miketalley5476
Ай бұрын
DADT was a sham of a policy. The military still asked and pursued gays with a vengeance, until the whole thing was finally ended, 20 years later.
@thumperpaul155
29 күн бұрын
Should.. Do straight people keep their sexuality private?
@miketalley5476
29 күн бұрын
@@thumperpaul155 NO, they flaunt it and parade it up and down the streets, rubbing it in everyone's faces and shouting it from the housetops 24/7-365!
@shanekilpatrick3378
29 күн бұрын
@@thumperpaul155 I’m saying don’t rub peoples noses in it. If a hetro couple are all over each other in public, I’m offended. I have no problem with people being proud of who they are.
@tonymanero5544
27 күн бұрын
@@miketalley5476they do it the same way of other parades “flaunt.” They don’t suppress your liberty like the pious people who are loving Christians but want to kill non-believers and jail people for natural rights.
@briannawillis8681
11 жыл бұрын
"Hubba hubba, what a weekend." Gosh I really love James J. Hennessy. He just adorable!
@RebeccaPaige
2 жыл бұрын
They were just trying to find a good hiding place for a watch.
@chucksucks8640
2 жыл бұрын
I once had a friend that never talked about girls. We all thought he was gay but it just turned out he really didn't talk about sex at all. He got married years later to some girl he met and, to this day, they are still married.
@Capcoor
2 жыл бұрын
His attitude is probably the reason why he’s still married.
@Riverrockphotos
2 жыл бұрын
@@Capcoor Yup married woman on like sex with thire boyfriends.,
@Capcoor
2 жыл бұрын
@@Riverrockphotos Huh?
@darbyheavey406
2 жыл бұрын
He was probably getting laid while you guys were talking.
@DavidLS1
2 жыл бұрын
And he's still gay.
@neilkhodai7282
5 жыл бұрын
Great cast
@timlamb6196
2 жыл бұрын
It's bad enough to get court marshaled but for something like that, especially in that generation. The embarrassment and d humiliation.
@matthewgordon3281
Күн бұрын
I have to go back and watch this movie again. I was so deep in the closet when I watched it the first time that I don't remember this. I probably blocked it out.
@tuggspeadman761
2 жыл бұрын
Nowadays Hennessy would be a 5 star General 🌟 and would be front & center for the Army recruiting videos. Ho ho, ho yes, ho no.
@nicholasmuro1742
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely. It's no one's business what anyone's sexuality is. It shouldn't be applauded nor denigrated. Just do your job. You forgot "ho mo" lol Couldn't resist.
@jakeforrest
2 жыл бұрын
Today Hennessy would sue the army and probably win ! On Grindr I saw an open gay military guy, and just for fun, I wrote “Don’t ask - don’t tell” His answer? “Yeah, that was like 10 years ago!”
@zoezakel1239
Жыл бұрын
jakeforrest, your victimhood mentality is pathetic.
@lysanderofsparta3708
24 күн бұрын
@@jakeforrest Today Hennessy wouldn't get a court martial; he'd get promoted.
@wilhelm-z4t
7 күн бұрын
You certainly feel sorry for those two guys. Being a discerning sort of guy, myself, I think I'd've opened the door noisily and slowly, allowing the other party to fully escape, and then feigned ignorance but issue a hypothetical warning not to repeat the episode. They were behaving quite recklessly but Leavenworth? A bit over-the-top.
@kevinrichards8119
7 сағат бұрын
Things have moved on in a positive way....
@1bwash
6 күн бұрын
Why does this thumbnail look like Pete Buttigieg is about to beat the shit out of Elon Musk????
@sk8r6799
11 жыл бұрын
Broderick is in a lot of movies where hes in the military(glory) and what is this movie about it looks good?
@burtonm3220
2 жыл бұрын
I still wish they made the sequel with broderick.
@KushSaber-ji2ic
11 күн бұрын
Why, are people constantly worrying about someone's personal life" as though its their business. Who, someone decides to love, it's not your business. If they're good and honest, kind and generous to others. Not everyone, wants to be married. And live as you do. Stay in your own lane.
@defblinders9585
7 ай бұрын
In the scene when the soldiers go to town on pass, you can briefly see Hennessey nod to Lindstrom just as they get off the bus, implying that they had something going on.
@priscillasalzberg5349
3 жыл бұрын
It is interesting that even the Sargent did not take Jerome's book away from him against his wishes or use leverage against him (we will never be truly honest with each other) like the others did. Arnold took Jerome's book from Jerome and put pressure on Jerome to let Arnold read Jerome's book AND the first soldier took Jerome's book. It is interesting where does the Sergent draw the line between writing about everything that happens being allowed versus it jeopardizing military and personal information being a threat and made publicly accessible?
@michaelvanderkley1
Жыл бұрын
Holy mackerel, what a chore to get through your comment.
@igloozoo3771
6 күн бұрын
Did not realize how underrated in my mind is Matthew Broderick is as an actor.
@the1nonlytony124
25 күн бұрын
I always agreed with don't ask don't tell. It's noones business what you do in bed. It has nothing to do with patriotism or how well you fight.
@DavidLS1
18 күн бұрын
When don't ask don't tell was initiated, we all thought it was a great thing. Today, we see it as the insult it is. Nobody should have to hide or deny who they are.
@aziraphaleangel
12 күн бұрын
@@DavidLS1 Exactly. It infuriates me that people reduce being gay to 'what you do in bed' when straight people take for granted that they can talk about their spouses/partners etc all the time in all kinds of non-sexual contexts. Everyone should be able to talk about their most important relationships and not have to keep them secret. And those relationships cover infinitely more than what happens in bed.
@priscillasalzberg5349
3 жыл бұрын
Matthew Broderick thinks Arnold is gay but he doesn't think the two gay men are gay. What Matthew Broderick writes in his book is not correct so why does anybody care what he thinks?
@davidrendall7195
Ай бұрын
One of the best ever war movies.
@KevinButler-m9r
8 күн бұрын
I'm not a fan of Mr.Walken.
@vancemyers6655
2 жыл бұрын
STELLAR CAST
@philochristos
21 күн бұрын
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. All I remember were two scenes--the one where he was complaining about how hot it was, like Africa hot, and the other where he slept with a prostitute who acted like she was his mama, and he didn't like that.
@cjmiller6741
14 күн бұрын
The comments for this post are like: "We thought our loved one was gay - we'd love him, anyway...... Thank God he turned out to be straight!" Polite homophobia is still homophobia and no less damaging to your loved ones who might actually be suppressing a part of their sexuality because they sense your clandestine shame and phobia. It's why so many men don't come out until they are older in life. Educate yourselves and normalize what IS a very natural part of humanity, even if it is not the majority experience.
@wbmstr24
2 жыл бұрын
fantastic movie.
@angiemcintyre2732
2 жыл бұрын
They don’t make movies like this anymore!
@inkyguy
2 жыл бұрын
They didn’t make many like that then either. You have to look for them to find them, just as you did then, and not just go to whatever is on view at your local multiplex or recommended by your streaming service.
@cyberprimate
10 жыл бұрын
Heartbreaking. I remember watching this as a teenager. It helped me getting rid of my intolerance. Walken is such a different kind of actor. Bringing each role to a higher dimension of strangeness. Like Terrence Stamp in England.
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