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The article says that the creators of the film raised the cubs with their children to ‘minimise’ the amount of injuries rather than eliminate them - they had already made peace with the fact that there would be casualties

'The Wizard of Oz' was insanely dangerous to film, the paint they used to make the witch was toxic, the costumes were really heavy and hot and they used a heap of extra lights so everyone was fainting. The props would sometimes explode and send people to the hospital. It's a horror show to read about

"Three of their three children: John, John's brother, and his daughter" I think there's a favorite here

Fun fact: Raising wild animals alongside humans INCREASES the risk of attacks, because it conditions them to view humans as slower weaker members of their own species and not as a potential predator. They (generally) won't attack the humans they live with, because they'll (usually) have imprinted on them as family (assuming the humans don't behave in ways that would provoke aggression within the animal's family unit), but you know how your dog reacts when the mailman is at the door? Imagine that but with tigers.

I cannot believe that "no animals were harmed but 70 crew members were harmed" is the ACTUAL TAGLINE of the movie

Roar was actually a horror movie, the plot is that the lions turn on the humans and hunt them off one by one. You also didn’t mention how one of their daughters needed facial reconstruction surgery after being mauled by one of the tigers, after already leaving set in fear once and being convinced by her parents to come back. Truly insane story.

the way they pulled on the lion's tail to provoke it was wild...they had no idea what they were doing, I'm flabbergasted

At 14:40 you're not wrong; That's Tippi Hedren getting her ankle actually snapped in half by Tembo. In the scene, she starts letting out these really loud and pained screams, and apparently that was the moment Tembo broke her ankle, and they kept it in the film. Not only that but afterwards she ended up getting gangrene from the injuries.

As someone who volunteered at the Caroline Tiger Rescue, unfortunately there are more tigers being raised in the US as pets than there are in the wild. Two of the tigers at the sanctuary were just sort of walking down the road in America when they were rescued. It's bad man.

"No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70 cast and crew members were." Legendary quote.

15:40 no wonder the lion turned around like “BITCH!” They were grabbing its tail. This movie sounds insane. I’m surprised no one DIED

I just watched "Nope" the other day so this hits hard. The takeaway from this is NOT that animals are aggressive though... Those lions probably didn't even want to hurt any of the humans. The problem is a very simple one that constantly gets overlooked: Humans are fragile!!! We're so technologically advanced and so free of natural predators that we get very comfortable around most animals which is fine, but we don't often get the chance to really FEEL how BIG and POWERFUL and SHARP and HEAVY some animals are... Even people's doting and loyal domestic animals will leave them scratched and bruised simply by accident. Imagine the little scratches your tabby gives you, but sized up 10x. The playful, woundless bites from your german shepherd, but with the bite force of industrial machinery. Plus, we all get short of temper sometimes. All of us. You and me, and our beloved pets, ants, chickadees, foxes.... we all lash out sometimes, or throw away grace and caution sometimes. It's inevitable. So what happens when a lion has just ONE moment of frustration and does something petty or rude, just for a moment... This could be a lion who is normally an angel. Nothing has changed. Bad moods are simply inevitable. And a bad mood with a clawed paw as big as your face.... It's the SIZE. We are fragile. We are the wimpy nerds of the animal kingdom. Thin skulls hold more brains than thick skulls. Our limbs are for going places and using things, not for bodily combat. We only need thick enough skin to protect us from bushes and gravel. When we have the chance, we're great at healing, changing, outsmarting, enduring... as a species. But as individual beings, we almost exclusively rely on circumstance. Even animals who are TRYING TO AVOID hurting us will find it as difficult as us playing baseball with a christmas ornament. We. Are. Fragile. Asking a being much much bigger and stronger than us to treat us with a velvet glove 100% of the time, is an unfair expectation. There is a reason you don't let the toddler play with the parakeet.

damn this man makes the “we bought a zoo” guy look like a wimp

True story: Tippi Hedren’s most noteworthy movie is Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” which has a scene where she is attacked by crows, ravens, gulls and other birds. Because this was the 60s, the way they shot it was by having crew members FLING ACTUAL BIRDS AT HER. She almost lost an eye and called that part of the shoot the worst week of her life…and then 10-15 years later decided that shooting Roar without any safety precautions was a good idea.

This reminded me of the 1928 Noah's Ark movie. 3 people drowned, one was so severely injured his leg had to be amputated and almost a dozen had broken limbs and other serious injuries.

I was actually on the Shambala Preserve where they filmed this a few months ago. They have shifted to being a legitimate big cat sanctuary and their main focus is on the care and preservation of these animals. And Tippi Hedren still lives on the property, her house is between the enclosures they have for them. It's not just in the middle of the city either, they have a ton of space.

I’ve seen this movie because my dad had a VHS copy. The story and acting are goofy for sure, but it’s also horrifying because you legitimately see people scared for their lives and really getting hurt on screen.

i have a feeling this movie could've easily been animated. wouldn't be any better but probably significantly safer

watching that kid get attacked by that lion in the first scene was genuinely extremely disturbing. like that kid seems to be in actual pain and fear and it's hard to watch

In the early 80s a film adaption of "The Twilight Zone" was filmed. Vic Morrow, a famous actor at the time, and two child actors were killed during a Vietnam War sequence when a pyrotechnic exploded next to a real helicopter that was hovering right above the actors. There was a huge lawsuit and lots of news coverage. Crazy stuff. Really sad.

"No animals were harmed in the making of the movie 70 cast and crew members were" what an absolute line 😭

I find it absolutely insane that Tippi Hedren, after being traumatized from The Birds movie from being attacked by real birds, went ahead and did this movie. Girl must of never wanted to work with animals ever again

I remember watching the Cinema Snob's review of this movie. At one point the elephant is supposed to pull them out of the water or something, but instead he crushes their boat (iirc) and it's really obvious that the actors are terrified but have to play it off as going according to the script. Insane.

I haven’t finished the video yet so I don’t know if Danny touches on this but their claims that no animals were harmed are almost guaranteed to be false. It was the 1970s, back then zoos didn’t even know as much as they do now about taking care of these animals, and these were just random people with no qualifications. You can bet that the conditions the animals lived in were poor and their diets were wrong and their overall health was probably really bad. They were probably incredibly stressed 100% of the time too. Maybe there wasn’t any direct abuse of the animals, but everything about the poor organization of this film tells me that these animals were not given proper care and they lived very uncomfortable lives. I’m sure no one was actively trying to hurt them, but they were still abusing them

I don’t know if anyone else remembers the movie “Secondhand Lions” but I loved it as a kid and this video made me want to look up what the filming for that movie was like and I found this quote, “Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. The lion had numerous trainers and handlers, but no one thought the pig might be a menace.”

I was jumpscared by Danny’s camera angle changing. I’m not used to this side of the room,Daniel.

This reminds me of an old "Wizard of Oz" movie from 1939. The hazards that the actors faced were numerous. Just from a quick google search: the Lion costume was so hot the actor was overheating, the Tin Man costume was toxic, the wich was burned by a device making smoke effects because of a trapdoor failure, the main actress was pretty much starving, and on caffeine and ciggarettes so she wouldn't gain weight and wouldn't act sleepy during night sessions, and the snow they used in some scenes was made from asbestos (and so were some props). As you might have guessed, this one caused a lot of hospital visits...

It's funny the tagline is "No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70 cast and crew members were," when one of those floods ended up killing a couple lions. Nothing was safe on _Roar._

I have seen this movie, and yes it's literally 2 or so hours of people being attacked by big cats, it's nothing short of insane.

this story reminds me of the lady who “raised” a chimpanzee who ended up ripping her friends face off, you can’t raise a wild animal like a human/in a human environment and expect them to just acclimate. they have instincts that just can’t be trained out of them

9:00 "I feel like they weren't kidding." You have no idea how crazy. One example: Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys painted his house purple just to piss off his Bel Aire neighbors, and had a huge sandbox in his living room so he could play piano while his feet were twinkling in sand. Apparently it became the largest litter box on earth. That's a mild example. 15:20 It was the 70's, man.

10:00 "I honestly feel like if they crack down on him one more time, he's gonna lead his army (of exotic animals) to town hall and take the mayor hostage" Now THAT is a movie I would watch, Danny's gotta go to Hollywood at this rate, editing, writing, songwriting, singing, he could honestly make a movie by himself

I love how the commentary community has finally found out about the insane production of this movie

For anyone who doesn't know, this was one of the most famous families in Hollywood at the time. Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mom) starred in The Birds and Noel Marshall, at one point, represented the author of The Exorcist. I feel like the fact that the article made it seem like they were just some normal family to anyone who wasn't already familiar.

"Hey Patrick, I found something even funnier than 70." "What is it?" "72."

Tippi Hedren’s involvement is especially shocking to me. I figured Birds would be enough for her to give up working with animals, but sis bought the lion trauma dlc twenty years later

My film professor in college was the assistant camera operator on this movie and he has so many bad memories frorm making this. He would never get into specifics but he would talk about how he saw terrible things. Saftey was his top priority ever since. Truly a changed man post Roar 😂

“We should really stop filming this movie.” Director: “If we do that, we show our fear, and then the lions win. Is that what you want?!”

That "scene" is Melanie Griffith being actually chewed on by a lion, and Tippi Hedren freaking out and trying to get the lion to let go.

2:24 ".... Make that 92."

This is exactly what Jordan Peele was trying to say in his new film Nope, we use animals so often as speculation to our benefit that we completely disregard the fact they deserve to be respected in their own environment WITHOUT human intervention. When an animal decides to react to unfair treatment, we label them as "unsafe" when in reality, it happened due to our lack of proper judgment - yet somehow we continue to do it and are surprised by the outcome.

My best friend and I got WAY too high and watched this years ago and no movie has ever made me more legitimately scared because of the context I had on this. Like the sheer fear I had knowing that these people were in legitimate danger made this feel like a snuff film that never actually killed anyone.

It’s a bit sad when you hear something like this or in other classic movies where the actors are pushed way over their limit. However, i think they’re doing better nowadays. Like in Loki, Sylvie’s outfit was designed with easy access for Sophia Di Martino breastfeed her baby. Or decreasing the Inquisitor’s head size for Rupert Friend’s comfort because he’s doing a lot more than just walking a few steps. Things like that.

I feel so bad for the kids who probably have so much trauma from growing up surrounded by dangerous animals, to when they questioned it being called stupid, and then their parents divorcing, and all this being put on the internet for anyone to watch.

I highly recommend reading Tippi Hedren’s autobiography. A large portion of the book is about the making of this movie. They got the lions and other animals from bankrupt zoos and trainers that couldn’t take care of them anymore. They were also almost constantly bankrupt while making this movie. I believe now she just runs the animal reserve with actual skilled trainers to help her.

“The couple believed that raising both the big cats and their own offspring under the same roof would minimize the risk of cast members being attacked when shooting on the film,” So basically they thought that if they left their child with the lions, they would have a Disney princess relationship with them?

In the clip with the person in blue with the lioness on top of them, she wasn’t saying “no”, she was saying “naul” which was a code word for the cast to let the crew know they were being seriously injured. I think the had to go through face reconstruction surgery

Jokes aside, if someone made a sitcom about the making of this movie, I would watch it probably around 8 times over.

"Nope" coming out before this re-release is iconic. Peele makes such a huge statement on humans exploiting animals for spectacle and turning tragedy around animal exploitation into spectacle. This re-release is literally what Jupe did in "Nope" to the event where his chimpanzee costar killed and maimed actors on set.

LA really was a crazy place back then and not just because of tigers, it was actually considered the Bank Robbing Capital at one point. Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles bank branches were robbed 17,106 times. In 1992 the number was 2,641. Meaning that year, statistically a bank was robbed once every 45 minutes or so.

12:23 * a kid's head being chewed by a lion * Ouch! That's got to hurt! 😅

it's funny how tipi hendren was in THE BIRDS and she was like "oh but lions are okay"

If Tippi Hedren had a nickel for every time she was in a movie where she was actually attacked by live animals, she’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

The fact that Tippi Hedren is still living with 13-14 lions and tigers after being attacked in two movies...Dakota Johnson has an interesting family.

3:33 bro that sounded like a toilet flushing

The commentary on the mental state of the director couple in question is sending me . 💀☠

Damn this Lion King remake sounds crazy

Tippi Hedren was a famous actress in the 50’s/60’s so it wasn’t just two totally random people busting into Hollywood. Her name and connections definitely played a part.

8:30 keep in mind this guy was married with kids and lions at home when he said this

12:58 idk why this was so funny-

My parents used to volunteer at Shambala, the big cat rescue that Tippi Hedren(the wife of the guy who did this movie) ran. She was apparently really nice and fun to be around, she respected the animals, but her husband was uncomfortable to talk with.

Ok but the craziest thing is that Tippi Hedren is famous for starring in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” which is the story of how wildlife can get a little murdery

16:08 the poor lion :(

During "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" there were quite a few injuries ranging from minor things such as Verucas actress, Julie Dawn Cole cutting her knee on a prop (and still has the scar today) to major things such as the actors breaking out in rashes after they used fire extinguisher foam in the wonka wash scene, requiring multiple days of treatment

1. Stalker - entire set was radioactive and like half the cast and crew ended up dying of various cancers suspected to be from the radiation, including the director 2. literally every movie werner herzog ever made with klaus kinski. it's absolutely insane. they're literally in the jungle and the lead actor is the most dangerous thing on set

You didn’t even mention the craziest part of the trailer where they list the the actors names next to their injuries 😅 absolutely insane

This is like jackass but instead of bulls, it’s wild cats.

The fact that he can make an an article about an obscure movie into a hilarious video just shows the talent

honestly, the boy saying “there are no tigers in africa” is the best. as africans we only ever get inaccurate or overwhelming negative representation in western media w most only knowing that there’s lions and poverty here - i applaud that boy 4 knowing the bare minimum. favourite part. everything else is uninteresting. shout out 2 that boy.

The terrifying thing about big cats is they're an awful lot like house cats. It's just that what's cute in something half as tall as your knee is terrifying when the cat is twice the weight of an adult man.

This was the first video of Danny’s I have ever watched and it is criminally underrated. It is also my favorite due to it being the first i always come back and watch it when I’m sad. I was sad today and boom, you’ve done it again ty for cheering me up again

I got to see this movie a few years ago in theaters for the limited release. It was absolutely insane. Even just watching the trailer for it feels dangerous.

Danny needs his own sitcom with every character played by him

Danny, you should totally make a part 2 where you actually watch the movie and review it! I’m so curious now, we’ve barely scratched (or should I say pawed 💀)the surface.

7:07 It's very unfortunate Danny that you do not know that this is, in fact, still how Hollywood works

The amount of stress the poor animals experienced is insane... At least a sanctuary was born from this

that scene of them panicking trying to get the lion off of Melanie was a real attack and their father just kept the camera running, not a joke

Tippi Hedren, the wife, is the actress from Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” I’m kind of surprised she was even down for this because from everything I’ve heard and seen she was completely traumatized from the set of that movie and the birds (her most feared animal) so I would assume she’d be at least somewhat fearful of such large animals if she’s afraid of such small ones. Because pride animals are furry and birds aren’t?🤷‍♀️ Things are really adding up as to why her kids, especially Melanie Griffith ended up so strange and “quirky” to put it lightly…poor tings😳

There's a Vice documentary about the exotic animal trade in the US. In it they interview a guy who works in a big cat rescue center. Hearing about how the producers bought and raised lion cubs in their house reminded me of what the guy said at the start of the video: "Most of the people that say 'I want to buy a tiger' are what you could classify as impulse buyers. People who say: 'If I raise it from a cub it won't bite me, will it? I can housebreak it if it grows up in my house. It will never eat my children'."

Dude, I remember watching this guy like 2 years ago.. just found him again and I’m so glad he’s still going strong

I checked the Wikipedia to answer my question right away, and oh thank god these weren't Ralph Helfer's animals. He did something similar to what these movie producers did, turning his home into an exotic animal rescue sanctuary and hand-rearing dangerous animals. He would sometimes transport animals for movie shots, and his best friend Zamba was literally the MGM lion. But his writings never mention anyone getting hurt. His bond with his animals was exceptional and he took training and safety seriously. He had a big ass bed made so he could still sleep next to his buddy Zamba when he was getting bigger.

I'm glad that Tippi's experience was learning to love big cats but also seeking to better understand where she was failing them and how better to care for them

If you want to make more videos about dangerous productions, I suggest taking a look at Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, the most expensive musical ever made, due in part to the several injuries that happened on stage.

I wanna say that during that time of the making of that movie a lot of families acc raised various animals along with their young children (they’d typically be around the same age) and see if their behaviour would mimick humans. Which is probably why no one said: hey don’t raise those lions with ur kids!!! It was simply just…some weird niche that happened during the time

Honestly, a movie about the making of this movie would be awesome.

As someone who actually works with big cats and studied them, this made me physically sick.

Tippi Hedron was one of the biggest names in Hollywood after she starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds". In the production of the Birds, a much younger Tippi was traumatized by having live birds thrown at her face by Hitchcock himself on camera. It's actually a pretty horrific story and partially explains how she ended up making a movie where people get mauled by big cats.

one of my favourite danny videos of all time, still makes me die of laughter everytime I watch it

Obsessed with Danny covering this movie but not watching it or even so much as looking up what the plot actually ended up being 💀💀 I really wanna know what’s going on now!

Two uploads from Danny within like a week? Nice

Minute 10:35 is by far my favorite I replayed that joke commentary like 5 times 😂😂

Well we definitely know how Danny feels about nature vs nurture now.

So Tippi Hedren was sort of a celebrity "spokesperson" at a refugee camp my mum worked in. She stayed in a private trailer and put up a stupid little fence to prevent any of the orphaned children from getting close to her. According to my mum, she mostly spent her time talking about how Hitchcock ruined her career. One time they needed a folding table for something actually useful, and remembering Hedren's little trailer setup had a table, they rode over there on motorbikes and grabbed it while she wasn't around. That's the story of how Tippi Hedren accidentally provided one (1) resource during a humanitarian crisis. Because my mum stole it (allegedly).

Fun fact: Jan de Bont, after having his scalp sewn back on, went on to direct 2 of the biggest movies of the 90s: “Speed” and “Twister.”

17:35 you can rescue exotic animals from poachers or the destruction of their natural habitat. Lots of sanctuaries and some zoos do that a lot.

we need a sequel to this video watching the whole movie

I don't have experience with big cats, but I follow the channel Big Cat Derek. His wife is the founder of CARE Rescue where they house quite a few big cats, and while Derek is literally able to pet some of them, the adult animals are ALWAYS behind a fence because even if you're friendly with one of the animals, they can get, say, defensive of their food, or just be in a bad mood. Hell, sometimes they're playful but you wouldn't want to be on the same side of the fence as them because they just... don't know/think about how they can injure you. The best way for people to live with wild animals isn't trying to force them into our lifestyle, but to respect their space.

I know some people who ran a lion sanctuary, and the thing about “raising” lions is that they’re a lot like wolves. While they can become accustomed to humans and even trained, they cannot be tamed. They are wild animals, not pets, their natural instincts are way stronger than something like dogs and they will act on them. This doesnt mean that they’ll hunt people, most lions aren’t man killers naturally, but they will play rough or get excited/frightened and lash out

The bit at 4:36 ?? It sounds like they were using their children as human shields! Awful.