Mitchum spent a few months here to get the accent down. He was actually introduced to some real mobsters here by the guy who played Moe Greene in the Godfather who was a legit wise guy!
Its depressing to realize....Mitchum is gone, Richard Jordan and Peter Boyle are gone, Alex Rocco is gone and the Boston Garden was torn down decades ago.
@@darbyheavey406Saw it on the big screen at the Brattle Theater about 30 years ago incredible film. Boston really has changed since then! It was a big deal as a kid to take the Red Line from Central Square to Park Street.
One of the best parts of the video is the fight at the end of the video is started by Wayne Cahsman. Watch the elbow he throws as he's going down to the ice. He was a tough bastard for sure.
The organ was dubbed in - Kiley did not play what he called 'boom boom" music until ordered to do so by the new owners, the Jacobs Brothers from Buffalo. However, the scene with Boyle and Mitchum was filmed during the actual game with hand held cameras and wireless microphones.It captures the Garden of the era.
My dad grew up in Watertown, MA and frequently saw Orr on the ice in the early 70s. It’s very plausible he’s in the background somewhere here with my grandad.
@@Blaqjaqshellaq if you are asking about Bobby Orr, the answer is no. Bobby’s first serious knee injury occurred during his rookie season, 1966. Marcel Pronovost pinned Bobby’s knee into the boards and the injury required Bobby’s first knee surgery. Bobby was 18-years old at the time. Orr played the remainder of his career on damaged legs that required multiple surgeries. In his book, Bobby states that he had more than a dozen surgeries/procedures during his NHL career.
Umm.. the best man was Peter Brown. Pics of Brown with John and Yoko at the Marylebone Registry are online. Brown was mentioned in The Ballad of John and Yoko.
@@770WT Filmed during an actual game. The way I heard it was that they actually were there for two games. One to get the on ice footage and their view of he ice and the other to shoot the "upward angle" back on the actors. @Timothy Winn. Is that correct? Also, SO COOL you made it into the shot of this classic Boston film!
@@770WT He was wonderful. Sadly, he left us too early. If you listen to Peter Yates' commentary on the Criterion DVD, he explicitly remarks about: "How lucky we were to have him (Keats) in the movie."
right on fenway941827, this was the point I was trying to make, you never heard Kiley play that type of music until Jacobs, the cheapskate told him to. I know the film of the game is authentic, and the essence of the GAHDEN is captured here, along with the one and only Bobby ORR!
@Uncle99B OK, you got me, but I was specifically referring to "rah, rah type of music, like we hear in this clip. I remember when Kiley did start some of this at Bruins games in the mid 70's the fans reacted with boos. I remember a buddy who had Bruins season tickets at the time saying the fans felt they were too sophisticated for that so they booed it, and than Kiley backed off with it.
*Spoiler Alert* It was ironic actually for Bobby and Eddie. We all know what happens to Eddie shortly after Gabe but 72-73 season was Bobby’ last hurrah (this scenes was shot in Nov. 72)
Not at that time, remember this is circa 1973, I remember that period , i saw Orr play at Garden several times, and watched every game on T.V. and Kiley only played national anthemn, and "Paree", when Bruins came on ice and at end of game.
Actually what is interesting is that Bobby Orr's career started to deteriorate not long after this was filmed. His productivity remained high but his left knee was well on its way to ending his career early (10 yrs) which finally happened in 76. Kind of a shame. So, that makes Coyle's statement not only ironic for him but Orr as well. :(
@DonQwantsyou. "The music is Bullshit, never played music at old days in GAHDEN." I guess you now admit that was a BS statement. Now you are making another one -- or U have a terrible memory. I was at the Garden dozens of times in the 60s and 70s and Kiley did play music sometimes during the games. Ask anyone else who lived thru that period
