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Edgar Rice Burroughs must be rolling over in his grave!!!
Yes, yes, yes, this movie was a horrible depiction of the Tarzan story --- but MOST Tarzan movies are nothing like the book! When, for example, have you EVER seen anyone from the French navy appear in a Tarzan movie?!! It's NEVER happened! But if you read the book, a French navy ship is there to play a prominent role!

Having said all that, Bo Derek STILL looks awesome, which is why I give this film three stars! And when those native girls strip her down and begin bathing her... YOWZERS!!! A HOT scene!!!

The most Sensuous Tarzan
As a longtime Tarzan aficionado (I've read all the books),I just had to write a review for this Tarzan film, because I love it! Yes, Richard Harris is embarrassingly over-the-top. Yes, Bo's acting is sophomoric. Yes, the plot plods, and, yes the slo-mo snake scene is overlong. BUT! First, the music is exquisite. I have searched for years for the soundtrack to this movie! Second, the on-location filming was first rate. The lagoon and tree house were exactly as you would expect Tarzan's world to look. Third, the nudity was for the most part, appropriate to turn-of-the century Africa. Fourth, and most importantly, Miles O'Keeffe was an incredibly sexy Tarzan! Tarzan is a savage, sensuous literary character, and this Tarzan personifies that image. As a gay man, I enjoyed watching Tarzan as much as I suppose the Derek's were hoping straight men were enjoying Bo! Now if they had only shown HIM naked! Now, about that soundtrack...

Bad!
I saw Tarzan the Ape Man on HBO or Cinemax when I was a teenager and it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I'm not a prude and I have nothing against nudity in movies but there really should be more to a movie then nudity and there should be a plot!

One of the best underrated movies ever!
I saw this Trazan movie when it first came out in 1981, I was just 9 years old and I loved it! I think Bo Derek is very beautiful as Jane and Miles O' Keeffe is one of the best looking Trazans I have ever seen. The movie is a bit erotic but it is all in good taste and fits in well with the story such as Jane taking a swim in the logan. Bo is a natural beauty and I dont find any smut in this film. It is told from Janes point of view, that makes it different. As amazing as Bo and Miles are to look at,the lacation in the jungle where they filmed has lots of beautiful fottage. It is slow moving at times and Trazan could have learned to talk but remember he lived in the jungle his entire life, he's even afraid of Jane when they meet. Over all I think this is a great movie. I have no idea why its not more popular. I love it!!Bo is my Hero!!!

There are some bad movies you have to see just to believe
I remember watching the trailer for "Tarzan the Ape Man" and be so impressed by the shot of a half naked figure on an exotic beach. To this day I think that shot of Miles O'Keeffe as Tarzan, rising majestically from his crouch, is the single most impressive shot in a Trazan film in the history of the world. The problem, of course, is that despite the title this 1981 film from director John Derek is supposed to be showcasing his wife, Bo Derek, who plays Jane. You would think that have a great looking Tarzan in a Tarzan movie would be a good thing, but he ends up being only secondary eye candy in this film.

Granted, "Tarzan the Ape Man" is a legendary bad film, but it is the sort of bad film that you really have to see to believe. You can have a lot of fun laughing at a movie. In terms of Tarzan films this goes back to the Johnny Weismuller approach; actually, it goes beyond, because this Tarzan says absolutely nothing, which would be the Elmo Lincoln approach I guess. More importantly, he looks like if he had to go hand-to-hand with a great ape he would end up standing at the end (compare him to Christopher Lambert in "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan," which is still the film version that best embodies the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novel).

The big irony here is that if Bo Derek said nothing the film would be greatly improved; the problem with this film is not so much the visual images as the lousy dialogue (this is symbolized by the fact that the film begins with Tarzan's yell replacing the roar of the MGM lion in the opening credit). Bo shared the Razzie Award for Worst Actress with Faye Dunaway in "Mommie Dearest"; this film might have been bad but it managed to avoid winning any other awards, leaving those honors (or lacks thereof) to the likes of "Heaven's Gate" and Klinton Spilsbury in "The Legend of the Lone Ranger." Richard Harris plays Jane's father and tries gamely to bring some dignity and intelligence to the film, but Bo's babe in the woods act keeps bringing the film crashing down (when she starts crying about getting painted white near the end of the film is when I lost it).

I had a friend who insisted that this was supposed to be a comedy, an outright spoof, and that nobody should be taken it literally. I have to disagree. They thought this was going to be a more sensual version of the Tarzan story, more like "The Blue Lagoon" for grown ups than anything else. However, the black & white films that Weismuller made with Maureen O'Sullivan in the early 1930s during the pre-Code era are still the sexiest Tarzan films ever made. As Bo Derek amply proves in this film, there is such a thing as showing too much skin. The rating for this film has to do with its unintended entertainment value and not its quality. Again, there are simply some films in the Bottom 100 of all time that you have to see to appreciate why they have found their appropriate place in cinematic history. ... Read more

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GREAT HORSES!!!!
Movie is horrible but horses are FABULOUS! This is some of the best footage of the fabled Andalusian Horses I've ever seen - if there's more out there somebody please let me know! Bought the movie just to see the horses.

Mostly Bull, Lots of BO!
Lovely Bo Derek embarks on an awkward, sensual quest to lose her virginity in the roaring 20's. Armed with a huge inheritence, her trusty chauffer (George Kennedy), an adventurous college friend (Ana Obregon), an extravagant wardrobe and a seemingly endless supply of black eyeliner, Mac (Bo) travels around Europe looking for a sheik like Rudolph Valentino. Director John Derek, once again, focuses more on his wife's magnificent beauty than the outrageous story. By this point in her career (1984) we've already seen Bo exhaust the "innocent virgin" role (Fantasies 1974 and Tarzan, the Ape Man 1981). The script is completely ridiculous (which is really o.k. because most of the actors have thick accents that are incomprehensable) but the scenery is gorgeous! Bo tangles with an opium-addicted sheik, a jealous gypsy, and a handsome bullfighter (Andrea Ochinpinti) who wins her heart and her virginity. After he is gored by bull in the privates(!), Bo becomes a bullfighter on horseback and eventually proves that "love conquers all" when it comes to mending a broken, er..heart! Despite the raging controversy that followed this film, the love scenes are all beautifully photographed and not the least bit pornographic. But this IS a Bo Derek film, which means lots of nudity(!!!). For me, the best scene is when Bo fights the bull in the film's slo-motion climax. Her skill as an equestrian and "humane" approach to bullfighting are the most interesting part of this film. Campy and unintentionally funny in some parts, BOLERO is a great choice for a cheesy midnight movie at home. Bo didn't score a "10" with this silly film, but she seems like she had fun making it. You'll never look at "milk and honey" the same way again...

Bo Derek continues her countdown from "10"...
If you have ever seen the movie "10" and not just watched the trailer with the infamous seen of Bo Derek running down the beach with her cornrows bobbing along, then you know that Dudley Moore's fantasy of the perfect woman pops pretty much about the time that Bo's character opens her mouth. That fact pretty much serves as the model for Bo Derek's film career in the early days; she looked great but once she opened her mouth she started losing points. This was amply proven in "Tarzan, the Ape Man," but in case anybody missed the point we have the 1984 film, "Bolero." The film was subtitled "An Adventure in Ecstasy" in an effort to make everyone forget the other part of the title was a take off both on Derek's first name and the music by Ravel revitalized by "10" (fortunately the Olympic Ice Dancing champions Torvill and Dean gave us a much better association).

In "Bolero," Bo plays Lida MacGillivery, a little rich girl graduating from an English boarding school. Her graduation present is going to be the loss of her virginity, so she and her best friend, Catalina (Ana Obregón), go off to the deserts of Arabia, accompanied by her chauffer/bodyguard Cotton (George Kennedy). On the desert sands she meets a sexy sheik (Greg Bensen), who has his chance, but blows it despite all the Valentino references. When Lida has similar problems with a bullfighter in Spain named Angel (Andrea Occhipinti), we get the idea that this girl is going to have to go around the world, so to speak, to get her happy ending. Consequently, "Bolero" is a soft porn flick without the sex. Just think about that for a while and then it should be very clear to you why this is a bomb of major proportions that falls into the "so bad you have to see it to believe it" category instead of the "so bad it is good" column. Maybe director John Derek did this as a way of telling the adolescent males of the world to stop fantazigng about his wife (actually, Olivia d'Abo as Paloma is the sexiest woman in the film).

Today Bo Derek appears on "Seventh Heaven" and she does a nice job of acting while fully dressed (plus I think she is, oh, let's say, 10 times better looking today at 44 than she was at the age of 28). There is redemption in Hollywood and it is good to know that her time in Purgatory for "Bolero" is a thing of the past.

Decent enough for what it sets out for
This is pretty much a vehicle to show off Bo Derek, and it accomplishes that. As an added bonus, there's Olivia d'abo in a nice bathing scene......if you're a fan of either of them then the VHS is worthwile, if not - get something modern, you heathen :-) ... Read more

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John Derek fantasizes about his own death
From the literalist standpoint, and seeing it as I did while John Derek was still alive, the movie is an embarrassment. Ghastly line delivery combines with cut-rate special effects as well as glimpses of Ms. Derek's augmented chest and emaciated limbs. Yet you might also interpret the movie as a sad commentary on John Derek's realization that he loved a much younger woman and would die long before she did...and that she would go on to mate with younger guys in tropical locales.

As for Bo, I don't know if she dropped off the face of the earth herself. If she doesn't get a reality show of her own pretty quick, only us old folks will remember that she existed at all, and we are of course reluctant to mention her name because we must explain "cornrows" at the same time.

See the movie just so you can talk about it at a party someday...it will become more relevant as the years go by.

Art Imitates Afterlife
Bo Derek stars in this strange tale, which shows the tragic ineveitability of a May/December marriage. The plot is strangely similar to her own relationship with director/photographer husband John Derek, who was 30 years her senior.
Anthony Quinn stars as her rugged, well-traveled and adventurous husband who stubbornly lives life to the fullest - despite his weak heart. After he commits suicide, his ghost (with the aid of lovely angel Julie Newmar) begins to haunt his grief-stricken widow. Desperate to rekindle her lost romance, Bo embarks on an international search to find a man of physical perfection. Her outrageous plan is to kill this man once she finds him, so her husband's spirit can "possess" his body, and they can live happilly ever after. To me, this film showcases John Derek's considerable talent as a photographer, but not as a filmmaker. I believe that Bo Derek is truly the most beautiful woman to ever appear on the silver screen, but this was never quite enough to carry the films in which John Derek tried to showcase her. The locations take us from the snowy plains of Montana to the beaches of Sri Lanka, but the absurd script and bizarre editing take away from the sincerity that this films tries so hard to convey. When John Derek passed away in 1998 from a massive heart attack, I remembered this film and decided to see it again. I actually enjoyed it more than when I first saw it, because I appreciated the autobiographical themes (as well as watching Bo frolicking nude). Leonard Maltin once called this film a "standard Derek atrocity," but I feel like this was more of a voyeuristic peek into the life of this mysterious and intriguing couple. Though she never matched the meteoric success of "10", Bo Derek will always be a stunning example of what a movie star really is. Maybe she's isn't a great actress or intellectual, but in the "old school" way of cinematic appreciation, she is a true movie star - and these days that's really rare...

Flawed and silly, but entertaining.
Kate and Scott are the happiest couple in the world. He is much older than she is, and after getting weaker (and less virile) from a heart attack, he shoots himself. However, soon after his death, Kate realizes she can still speak to his ghost. But ghosts can't "do it", so they need to find a man who can die so Scott's soul can possess his body.

The main reason I rented this movie was because I like watching a bad movie every now and then, and to see if it was really as bad as most reviewers said it is. And to be honest, it's not THAT bad. The story is silly of course, but silly comedies can be fun as well. But the screenplay is quite stupid and the editing between some scenes is really bad.

Apparently, some scenes in the movie are meant to be spoofs of other movies. One of these scenes, where Kate is dancing, and a reverend gets mad and says something like "she has the devil inside of her", is supposed to be a spoof of the Joan Crawford movie "Rain". I haven't seen that movie, so to me the scene seemed like just an attempt to make a funny scene with a funny character. And it is quite fun, but only because it's stupid. It doesn't make any sense. And most of the humor in the movie seems to be unintended. I'm not even sure John Derek's ambition was to make a silly comedy, or if he tried to make a romantic drama-comedy.

Bo Derek is famous for being naked in her movies, but if that's your reason for seeing this movie, you will probably be disappointed. She does get naked a few times, in a couple of very short sequences. She's also well known for being named "the worst actress of the decade" (the 80s). And she is not good, but not quite that bad. And the screenplay with its stupid dialogue doesn't help her.

To sum up, this movie is quite stupid, but not quite as bad as most critics say. If you, like me, enjoy watching bad movies for a laugh, I can recommend this one. My rating would be 2 and a half stars if that was possible. But since I can't give half stars, 3 seems more fair than 2.

Dreaming About Another Chance?
Most reviews of this movie rate it as a real "stinker". Most of the "acting" doesn't rate at all ... and you need to keep an open mind when viewing this one. The scenery is absolutely wonderful, the story is actually delightful - with many moments of great humor - including Mr. Trump's appearance. Maybe the plot isn't deep, but all of you "critics" out there who do nothing but criticize from your reality's point of view need to realize that it's okay to have movies produced that are light and entertaining.

A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
Winner of 4 Razzie Awards including WORST PICTURE. Need I say more? ... Read more

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GREAT HORSES!!!!
Movie is horrible but horses are FABULOUS! This is some of the best footage of the fabled Andalusian Horses I've ever seen - if there's more out there somebody please let me know! Bought the movie just to see the horses.

Mostly Bull, Lots of BO!
Lovely Bo Derek embarks on an awkward, sensual quest to lose her virginity in the roaring 20's. Armed with a huge inheritence, her trusty chauffer (George Kennedy), an adventurous college friend (Ana Obregon), an extravagant wardrobe and a seemingly endless supply of black eyeliner, Mac (Bo) travels around Europe looking for a sheik like Rudolph Valentino. Director John Derek, once again, focuses more on his wife's magnificent beauty than the outrageous story. By this point in her career (1984) we've already seen Bo exhaust the "innocent virgin" role (Fantasies 1974 and Tarzan, the Ape Man 1981). The script is completely ridiculous (which is really o.k. because most of the actors have thick accents that are incomprehensable) but the scenery is gorgeous! Bo tangles with an opium-addicted sheik, a jealous gypsy, and a handsome bullfighter (Andrea Ochinpinti) who wins her heart and her virginity. After he is gored by bull in the privates(!), Bo becomes a bullfighter on horseback and eventually proves that "love conquers all" when it comes to mending a broken, er..heart! Despite the raging controversy that followed this film, the love scenes are all beautifully photographed and not the least bit pornographic. But this IS a Bo Derek film, which means lots of nudity(!!!). For me, the best scene is when Bo fights the bull in the film's slo-motion climax. Her skill as an equestrian and "humane" approach to bullfighting are the most interesting part of this film. Campy and unintentionally funny in some parts, BOLERO is a great choice for a cheesy midnight movie at home. Bo didn't score a "10" with this silly film, but she seems like she had fun making it. You'll never look at "milk and honey" the same way again...

Bo Derek continues her countdown from "10"...
If you have ever seen the movie "10" and not just watched the trailer with the infamous seen of Bo Derek running down the beach with her cornrows bobbing along, then you know that Dudley Moore's fantasy of the perfect woman pops pretty much about the time that Bo's character opens her mouth. That fact pretty much serves as the model for Bo Derek's film career in the early days; she looked great but once she opened her mouth she started losing points. This was amply proven in "Tarzan, the Ape Man," but in case anybody missed the point we have the 1984 film, "Bolero." The film was subtitled "An Adventure in Ecstasy" in an effort to make everyone forget the other part of the title was a take off both on Derek's first name and the music by Ravel revitalized by "10" (fortunately the Olympic Ice Dancing champions Torvill and Dean gave us a much better association).

In "Bolero," Bo plays Lida MacGillivery, a little rich girl graduating from an English boarding school. Her graduation present is going to be the loss of her virginity, so she and her best friend, Catalina (Ana Obregón), go off to the deserts of Arabia, accompanied by her chauffer/bodyguard Cotton (George Kennedy). On the desert sands she meets a sexy sheik (Greg Bensen), who has his chance, but blows it despite all the Valentino references. When Lida has similar problems with a bullfighter in Spain named Angel (Andrea Occhipinti), we get the idea that this girl is going to have to go around the world, so to speak, to get her happy ending. Consequently, "Bolero" is a soft porn flick without the sex. Just think about that for a while and then it should be very clear to you why this is a bomb of major proportions that falls into the "so bad you have to see it to believe it" category instead of the "so bad it is good" column. Maybe director John Derek did this as a way of telling the adolescent males of the world to stop fantazigng about his wife (actually, Olivia d'Abo as Paloma is the sexiest woman in the film).

Today Bo Derek appears on "Seventh Heaven" and she does a nice job of acting while fully dressed (plus I think she is, oh, let's say, 10 times better looking today at 44 than she was at the age of 28). There is redemption in Hollywood and it is good to know that her time in Purgatory for "Bolero" is a thing of the past.

Decent enough for what it sets out for
This is pretty much a vehicle to show off Bo Derek, and it accomplishes that. As an added bonus, there's Olivia d'abo in a nice bathing scene......if you're a fan of either of them then the VHS is worthwile, if not - get something modern, you heathen :-) ... Read more

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Released a decade after 10 made Bo Derek a dubious celebrity, Ghosts Can't Do It was Bo's husband John Derek's final film as a director, and it's surely one of the worst movies ever made. Watching it will induce howls from even the most lobotomized audience, making it a top choice for bad movie parties... but are you sure you want to subject anyone to the horrors on display? Bo gets in the buff for a few minutes, but no amount of nudity can compensate for John Derek's unbelievably wretched dialogue, most of which is delivered by Bo with such blank, vacuous blandness that all you can do is sit, stunned into silence by the sheer stupidity of this vanity production.

After exploiting his trophy bride in similarly noxious movies like Tarzan, the Ape Man and Bolero, John Derek died in 1998 (at age 71), and this supernatural tripe suggests that true love reaches beyond the grave. The conceit here is that Bo's rich, much-older husband Scott (the ultra-hammy Anthony Quinn) still lusts after the hilariously distraught Katie (Bo's character) long after his suicide with a 12-gauge shotgun. But he's a ghost in need of a body to possess, so Bo embarks on a global journey to find a choice hunk of man-meat, kill him, and let Scott's spirit reap the benefits. Locations in Wyoming, Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands, and Hong Kong do nothing to save this jaw-dropping clunker. It's a home movie made by brain-dead narcissists and should come with a disclaimer about the hazards of watching it. --Jeff Shannon ... Read more

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John Derek fantasizes about his own death
From the literalist standpoint, and seeing it as I did while John Derek was still alive, the movie is an embarrassment. Ghastly line delivery combines with cut-rate special effects as well as glimpses of Ms. Derek's augmented chest and emaciated limbs. Yet you might also interpret the movie as a sad commentary on John Derek's realization that he loved a much younger woman and would die long before she did...and that she would go on to mate with younger guys in tropical locales.

As for Bo, I don't know if she dropped off the face of the earth herself. If she doesn't get a reality show of her own pretty quick, only us old folks will remember that she existed at all, and we are of course reluctant to mention her name because we must explain "cornrows" at the same time.

See the movie just so you can talk about it at a party someday...it will become more relevant as the years go by.

Art Imitates Afterlife
Bo Derek stars in this strange tale, which shows the tragic ineveitability of a May/December marriage. The plot is strangely similar to her own relationship with director/photographer husband John Derek, who was 30 years her senior.
Anthony Quinn stars as her rugged, well-traveled and adventurous husband who stubbornly lives life to the fullest - despite his weak heart. After he commits suicide, his ghost (with the aid of lovely angel Julie Newmar) begins to haunt his grief-stricken widow. Desperate to rekindle her lost romance, Bo embarks on an international search to find a man of physical perfection. Her outrageous plan is to kill this man once she finds him, so her husband's spirit can "possess" his body, and they can live happilly ever after. To me, this film showcases John Derek's considerable talent as a photographer, but not as a filmmaker. I believe that Bo Derek is truly the most beautiful woman to ever appear on the silver screen, but this was never quite enough to carry the films in which John Derek tried to showcase her. The locations take us from the snowy plains of Montana to the beaches of Sri Lanka, but the absurd script and bizarre editing take away from the sincerity that this films tries so hard to convey. When John Derek passed away in 1998 from a massive heart attack, I remembered this film and decided to see it again. I actually enjoyed it more than when I first saw it, because I appreciated the autobiographical themes (as well as watching Bo frolicking nude). Leonard Maltin once called this film a "standard Derek atrocity," but I feel like this was more of a voyeuristic peek into the life of this mysterious and intriguing couple. Though she never matched the meteoric success of "10", Bo Derek will always be a stunning example of what a movie star really is. Maybe she's isn't a great actress or intellectual, but in the "old school" way of cinematic appreciation, she is a true movie star - and these days that's really rare...

Flawed and silly, but entertaining.
Kate and Scott are the happiest couple in the world. He is much older than she is, and after getting weaker (and less virile) from a heart attack, he shoots himself. However, soon after his death, Kate realizes she can still speak to his ghost. But ghosts can't "do it", so they need to find a man who can die so Scott's soul can possess his body.

The main reason I rented this movie was because I like watching a bad movie every now and then, and to see if it was really as bad as most reviewers said it is. And to be honest, it's not THAT bad. The story is silly of course, but silly comedies can be fun as well. But the screenplay is quite stupid and the editing between some scenes is really bad.

Apparently, some scenes in the movie are meant to be spoofs of other movies. One of these scenes, where Kate is dancing, and a reverend gets mad and says something like "she has the devil inside of her", is supposed to be a spoof of the Joan Crawford movie "Rain". I haven't seen that movie, so to me the scene seemed like just an attempt to make a funny scene with a funny character. And it is quite fun, but only because it's stupid. It doesn't make any sense. And most of the humor in the movie seems to be unintended. I'm not even sure John Derek's ambition was to make a silly comedy, or if he tried to make a romantic drama-comedy.

Bo Derek is famous for being naked in her movies, but if that's your reason for seeing this movie, you will probably be disappointed. She does get naked a few times, in a couple of very short sequences. She's also well known for being named "the worst actress of the decade" (the 80s). And she is not good, but not quite that bad. And the screenplay with its stupid dialogue doesn't help her.

To sum up, this movie is quite stupid, but not quite as bad as most critics say. If you, like me, enjoy watching bad movies for a laugh, I can recommend this one. My rating would be 2 and a half stars if that was possible. But since I can't give half stars, 3 seems more fair than 2.

Dreaming About Another Chance?
Most reviews of this movie rate it as a real "stinker". Most of the "acting" doesn't rate at all ... and you need to keep an open mind when viewing this one. The scenery is absolutely wonderful, the story is actually delightful - with many moments of great humor - including Mr. Trump's appearance. Maybe the plot isn't deep, but all of you "critics" out there who do nothing but criticize from your reality's point of view need to realize that it's okay to have movies produced that are light and entertaining.

A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
Winner of 4 Razzie Awards including WORST PICTURE. Need I say more? ... Read more

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A group of soldiers is caught off guard by the Japanese attack on the Philippines shortly after Pearl Harbor, and they struggle to survive while attentions turn to the only woman in the group--the lieutenant's fiancee. ... Read more

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You could spend a lot more money and do worse!
Although I'm sure he'll claim he's never seen it, this was actually Francis Ford Coppola's inspiration for Apocalypse Now. To John Derek's credit this was a story about the P.I filmed in P.I. Having seen Apocalypse Now first even though Once Before I Die preceeds by decades chronologically puts movie viewers at a distinct disadvantage in being able to identify this as an "homage". When you watch both consecutively you'll see incredible similarities. The panoramic views and camera angles could have been shot on the same island, right down to the psychedelic ending in Once before I Die's rogue G.I looking very reminiscent of Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now. Up until now Coppala has been able to fool some of the people, however I feel time will bring out that Apocalypse Now owes infinitely more to Once Before I Die than to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness if it owes anything to the former at all. Yes Francis, a few of us have read it. You don't have to be a huge fan of Naval history to see what a disservice Coppola has done for the portrayal of Nam Vets. John Derek flirts with the boundaries as well but manages to keep well within bounds. In time film critics will make this connection as well and ultimately agree that given it's budget and chronology Once Before I Die is the better film. By the way when you're at the video store make sure you get the copy of Apocalypse Now (Redux) it even has the awkward love scene just like Once Before I Die complete with corny retro romance sound track that was cut from the original release. I guess Francis thought, "After all these years, who would remember"?

Ursula Andress: Need I say More?
Once Before I Die is a film I saw on TV around 1980. The 1965 film directed by and co-starring John Derek is a great vehicle for Ursula Andress who portrays a beautiful sweet naive
Swiss woman stuck in the Philipines during the Japanese attack.
Her character is very meditative about the prospect of everyone around her dying, and she contemplates the request by a 22-year-old soldier to be with a woman "once before I die".
Custer (Ricard Jaeckel) plays the bald gung-ho warrior who provokes the final assault.
The cinematography uses many stills of Ursula superimposed on all the killing. Well done original '60s war film and a covert antiwar message during the escalation of Vietnam. ... Read more