Marlon Brando photographed by Mary Ellen Mark on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979)
Marlon Brando photographed by Mary Ellen Mark on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979)
Marlon Brando in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Al Pacino and Marlon Brando in a publicity photo for The Godfather (1972)
Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Marlon Brando in a publicity photo for The Wild One (1953)
Marlon Brando in a wardrobe test for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
watchin the godfather and so far i only care about this cat
The cat held by Marlon Brando in the opening scene was a stray that Coppola found while on the lot at Paramount Pictures, and was not originally called for in the script. So content was the cat that its purring muffled some of Brando’s dialogue and, as a result, most of his lines had to be looped.
Saigon… shit; I’m still only in Saigon… Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the jungle. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I’d wake up and there’d be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said “yes” to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I’m here a week now… waiting for a mission… getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter.
Apocalypse Now (1979) dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando by Cecil Beaton for Vogue, 1947 ..