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“I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
SPOKEN AT 00:49:30 INApocalypse Now
1979 · 147 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · DIR. Francis Ford Coppola
The scene — dialogue around the line
00:49:16 You smell that?
00:49:18 - Do you smell that? - What?
00:49:21 Napalm, son.
00:49:24 Nothing else in the world smells like that.
00:49:26 Come on. Move it! Move it! Move it!
00:49:30 I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
00:49:33 You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours.
00:49:36 And when it was all over, I walked up.
00:49:40 We didn't find one of them, not one stinking dink body.
00:49:45 But the smell... You know, that gasoline smell.
00:49:48 The whole hill...
00:49:51 ...smelled like...
Also quoted in
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” · 00:24:42
2008
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
“"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."” · 01:25:37
1994
The Chase
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” · 01:27:58
2009
G-Force
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning!” · 00:24:01
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