Did anyone else notice the F Bomb?

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ANightToRemember — 13 years ago(July 09, 2012 10:38 PM)

I've seen this film dozens of times and NEVER caught this before.
It's right when Scott gets the group to pick up the Christmas tree for the first time. He calls "One two THREE!" and you can honestly hear a man shout in background, "Holy beep, it's heavy!"
I can't believe they let that slide. Has anyone else caught this?
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nation22563 — 13 years ago(July 10, 2012 12:04 PM)

Borgnine said it. It even aired on television, no one caught it, we're talking network TV in the 70s. I believe the caption says 'holy mackerel'.

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shrink54 — 13 years ago(July 27, 2012 11:42 PM)

He says "Holy mackerel, this things heavy". Its one of the lesser urban movie myths that there was an F-bomb in that scene. Its been discussed on many of the Facebook & Yahoo groups.

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mvance-1 — 13 years ago(July 29, 2012 12:34 PM)

I wouldn't classify this as a "movie myth" just yet. I watched my copy again just last night, and it surely doesn't sound like "mackerel" to me. Steve V.

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Samclyde2 — 13 years ago(September 13, 2012 10:35 PM)

The DVD commentary confirmed that he used the F word.

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parkpunk — 12 years ago(October 23, 2013 04:20 PM)

Definitely sounds like the F word to me. Question: I listened to both commentaries and there was no mention of the F word being said. When was it discussed?

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JurijFedorov — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 12:45 PM)

Just watched it again. While the beep is not 100% clear, that is what I hear. But you have to listen for it because it's much lower than the usual dialogue.
It is 100% NOT "mackerel". It sounds nothing like it.

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anarchyONtheSHORTbus — 12 years ago(February 15, 2014 12:10 PM)

I just watched it on demand on Encore, and he definitely drops a bomb.

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RRPounder — 12 years ago(March 08, 2014 04:02 PM)

Oh, yeahdefinitely the F bomb, and not long after he told Hackman to watch his language. One use of the word would still get it a pg-13 rating today. I'm not sure about the rule back in 72.

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IloveMuggy — 12 years ago(March 15, 2014 09:54 PM)

Just watched this scene and yes, the F-bomb was definitely dropped!

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Samclyde2 — 11 years ago(May 10, 2014 10:14 PM)

I'm sorry, it was confirmed in the text commentary on the DVD that he used the F-word, not the verbal commentary.
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EastCoastMariner — 11 years ago(September 22, 2014 09:20 AM)

I'm not surprised it was said in the movie, as the F-word was used in THE FRENCH CONNECTION the year before. That it made it to television, however, strikes me as amusing.

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AckbartheHutt — 6 years ago(October 02, 2019 10:53 AM)

no myth it was real…

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gribfritz2 — 11 years ago(December 17, 2014 01:49 PM)

So many wishful thinkers need their hearing checked. There's a whole extra syllable in there! So unless he said Holy Feckrel or something like that, I don't see how it could be an F-bomb.

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Samclyde2 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 09:44 PM)

Where'd you get "Feckrel" from? It sounded nothing like that. He clearly said "Holy f it's heavy."

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j13106 — 10 years ago(December 03, 2015 02:22 AM)

The Logo network bleeped it out when they showed the movie on 11/27/15.

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ABBAcat — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 02:18 AM)

I heard it too! Didn't hear him say "Holy." before though, just "F. it's heavy!" lol

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SealedCargo — 6 years ago(October 02, 2019 05:34 AM)

i just know that the hooker Rogo can't say any other word but Goddamn and Christ. she was more a preacher than Hackman.
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