Apocalypse Now B-52D
Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:42 am
In the movie, the PBR crew passes the tail of a shot-down B-52D sticking from the river. It's been a while since I've seen it but I remember it looking quite realistic. Anyone know the behind the scenes details of how that scene was shot and if the tail was a fake or not?
Ken
Ken
Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:21 am
I believe it was just a mockup.
Jerry
Jerry
Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:23 am
Jerry O'Neill wrote:I believe it was just a mockup.
Jerry
I remember the B-52 "Tall Tail" sticking out of the water in the movie, also and I agree it was most likely a mock-up.
Actually the representation of a crashed B-52 in South Vietnam or Cambodia during that time frame (guessing it was supposed to be somewhere between 1968 and 1970 or so) was not very accurate. As far as I know there were no B-52s that were lost in that area. I believe all B-52 losses were over North Vietnam, Thailand, near Guam, over the South China Sea off of South Vietnam and a couple over Laos at the end of 1972.
Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:43 am
Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:28 pm
Interesting - thanks for the 4 year old link to shed some light on the "re-surfaced" question.
