Apocalypse Now - Cow Slaughter/Marlon Brando Slaughter Scene....
 

Something like that would never fly now-a-day with PETA and all.

Intense.

Indeed.

We are now a land of pussies.

Did they use a real cow for that?

no, they used a fucking muppet

:disgust

They sure did. First chop takes the head almost clear off and knocks the thing onto its feet.

Actually, it was an ox.

2hp

Moo, dammit!

They actually filmed a real native ritual in some South Asian country. I believe that's how they managed it all. And why it seems pretty intense.

Filming in the Philippines, Coppola cleverly juxtaposed an actual animal sacrifice by members of the indigenous Montagnard tribe from Vietnam who perform the ritual to ensure good crops, with the fictionalized killing of Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando).

Perhaps PETA would object but it is hard to tell if they could do much more than protest if the scene were shot today. Of course, if they had their way, the movie would have to be totally changed and called "Peace Now". :winkwink:

How ironic that last night I watched Marlon Brando in "Last Tango In Paris". Even the uncut version I saw on DVD would be able to make it on HBO by today's standards, although the movie was slapped with an X rating back in 1972 when it was released.

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