OT: Most MOVING Moment In A Movie
Harrydunne
moments in film I couldn't help starting another (and my last, I promise) OT
thread just in time for Christmas day.
All right, I'll start:
I'm mentioning this one because it's on television right now and I just got
done sobbing:
1) The Miracle Worker, when Helen figures out 'water'.
Have fun, have a happy, peaceful holiday, and I hope to see some of you at
Magic Mountain on January 7th.
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reverend tommy
children. ..or, in television, any Little House on the Prarie episode. :)
/tommy
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mamoosh
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> Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers
> to the SCARIEST moments in film I couldn't help starting another
> (and my last, I promise) OT thread just in time for Christmas day.
Now THIS one is a no-brainer for me because I'm a total sap [I cry
watching Taster's Choice commercials]. What's odd is that I find the
music has a lot, if not more, to do with my reactions to these
moments.
Anyway...here are but a few:
1] When Dorothy says good-bye to the Lion, Tin Man, and
Scarecrow...especially when she says to the Scarecrow, "I'll miss you
most of all."
2] The entire last half of "Its My Party." If you have not seen this
amazing, moving film I suggest renting it but have plenty of Kleenex
handy. It also has one of the most unusual casts around and everyone
in it is brilliant.
3] The first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan."
4] Most of "Schindler's List."
5] I'm gonna cheat because this is a TV show: The episode of "I Love
Lucy" when Lucy is trying to tell Ricky she's pregnant and finally
does so during his nightclub act. Those were NOT fake tears streaming
from her eyes, and even tho I've seen it a million times it still
chokes me up.
6] The end of "Philadelphia" when they start showing old movies of Tom
Hank's character as a child.
7] When ET says, "I'll be right here" to Elliott at the end of the
movie.
8] The end of "Shakespeare In Love" when they know they must part.
Shakespeare asks, "How does it end?" and Viola can barely answer "I
don't know...its a mystery."
9] The scene when Brooks hangs himself in "The Shawshank Redemption."
10] The dream sequence in "Longtime Companion" when all those who have
died are reunited on the beach.
11] The end of "Places in the Heart" when all the characters are at
church. As each person passes the basket of communion wafers they say
"Peace be with you" to the person they hand it to. Sally Field passes
the basket to her murdered husband, who then passes it to the young
man who killed him.
And just to show you how big a sap I am I've actually been "verklempt"
after riding Legend, Boulderdash, Ghostrider, Phoenix, and Coney's
Cyclone with friends. So much so that it was difficult to talk.
Something about riding a great coaster with great friends...life just
doesn't get any better than that.
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only reach her trunk out
to hug him.
2) Silent Running, when one of the robots remains to keep
the plants alive in the
last remaining pod full of earth plants. It uses a
watering-can with frolicking kids
painted on it.
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> 1) Dumbo, when his mother is in that cage wagon and can
> only reach her trunk out
> to hug him.
..when she rocks him. I can't watch Dumbo with anyone else because of that
scene. :)
/tommy
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> 1) Dumbo, when his mother is in that cage wagon and can
> only reach her trunk out to hug him.
Yep...that one tugs at the heartstrings, too. Good choice!
mamoosh
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> The ending of "Field of Dreams" always chokes me up.
Me too, Glenn!
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Iain Hendry
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> Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers to the
SCARIEST
> moments in film I couldn't help starting another (and my last, I promise)
OT
> thread just in time for Christmas day.
Contact, the entire film. W. O. W.
Iain
Paul B. Drabek
The Iron Giant: The ending when the Iron Giant gets blown up and saves
everyone...I was in tears especially on the last shot before the
credits.
The Seven Samurai: When Kuchio dies and the burial scene when one
samurai says to the other (after winning the battle) "so we lose
again"
Das Boot: The ending when after they go through all they have been
through and they get into a friendly port and the captain and several
of the crew end up getting killed by an allied bombing run and the
submarine sunk. War is hell!
Have Fun!
Paul B. Drabek
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>> Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers
>> to the SCARIEST moments in film I couldn't help starting another
>> (and my last, I promise) OT thread just in time for Christmas day.
>
>Now THIS one is a no-brainer for me because I'm a total sap [I cry
>watching Taster's Choice commercials]. What's odd is that I find the
>music has a lot, if not more, to do with my reactions to these
>moments.
>
>Anyway...here are but a few:
>
>1] When Dorothy says good-bye to the Lion, Tin Man, and
>Scarecrow...especially when she says to the Scarecrow, "I'll miss you
>most of all."
Oh, *stop* it, Matthew! My eyes are welling up on your first pick!
(Snipped the rest of Mr. Sullivan's list.)
My number one tearjerking, moving moment from a movie?
The final scene in "Stella Dallas" (the original one from 1937 with
Barbara Stanwcyk, not the terrible '90s remake with Bette Midler).
Stella is standing outside a prestigious, 5th Avenue Protestant
church. She is on tiptoes, on the sidewalk, in the rain, clutching
the vertical bars of a wrought iron fence. Stella is trying to get
one glimpse of her daughter, Laurel ("Lolly"), through a tall church
window. Laurel is marrying a young man from a prominent family.
A police officer tells the gathering crowd (and Stella) to move along
and stop gawking. She begs him to let her watch a moment longer,
just until the groom raises Laurel's veil to kiss her. She wants to
see her face. That done, Stella walks off into the city with a happy
heart.
Bwaawaawaawaawaa! <sniff, sniff> ...I'm all right. Really.
BWAAWAAWAAWAAWAAWAAWAAWAAWAAWAAWAA!!!!!!!!!!!
Dana Schwartz (closet sap)
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Glenn Dobbs
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>Stella is standing outside a prestigious, 5th Avenue Protestant
>church. She is on tiptoes, on the sidewalk, in the rain, clutching
>the vertical bars of a wrought iron fence. Stella is trying to get
>one glimpse of her daughter, Laurel ("Lolly"), through a tall church
>window. Laurel is marrying a young man from a prominent family.
>
>A police officer tells the gathering crowd (and Stella) to move along
>and stop gawking. She begs him to let her watch a moment longer,
>just until the groom raises Laurel's veil to kiss her. She wants to
>see her face. That done, Stella walks off into the city with a happy
>heart.
Oh come on now guys! You KNOW some of the Homeward Bound scenes and just about
any Lassie movie can bring tears to any animal lover's eye! Does anyone know
if a movie was made from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men?" It seems that
that ending could evoke a lot of emotion from a certain cut of people.
RRC=Always off topic. Love it!
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Dana Schwartz
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>Does anyone know if a movie was made from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men?"
1939. Burgess Meredith as George Milton, Lon Chaney, Jr., as Lennie
Small.
>RRC=Always off topic. Love it!
Aw, not *always*, but it's the slow season. :-)
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>Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers to the SCARIEST
>moments in film I couldn't help starting another (and my last, I promise) OT
>thread just in time for Christmas day.
>
>All right, I'll start:
>
>I'm mentioning this one because it's on television right now and I just got
>done sobbing:
>
>1) The Miracle Worker, when Helen figures out 'water'.
>
Haven't seen the Miracle Worker.. but the only movie I have cried during
[in a theatre] was 'My Girl', starring Anna Chlumsky. This line should
bring back a few tears for some of you:
"HIS GLASSES! HE CAN'T SEE WITHOUT HIS GLASSES! WHERE ARE HIS GLASSES?"
[sniff]
I'm sorry.. I .. I can't finish this post.. I'm just.. over..come.. with..
[sniff]
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Korkas
>>
>> I'm mentioning this one because it's on television right now and I just
>> got done sobbing:
>>
>> 1) The Miracle Worker, when Helen figures out 'water'.
Haven't seen the Miracle Worker.. but the only movie I have cried during
Tim Long
the tank shows up. The kid's father told him if he played the game right
he would win a tank.
You have to have seen it to understand; don't want to ruin it...
Tim Long
Raven-Phile
or what. Those movies always suck you in and can be slightly upsetting at
times. I should know, because I'm caught up in this movie now, and this girl
ran away from her mother with this guy. He just got shot. so sad..
-Josh
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Sam Marks
But the most moving for me is probably when the old woman says "come back to
me" in Somewhere in Time and hands Christopher Reeve a poclet watch.
other ones are
the end of "The Color Purple" where they Re-unite after years of separation...
Ceeeeeliiiiieeeeee!
and of course the scene where Jan Hooks tells Pee Wee " There's no Basement in
the ALAMO!"
SAM
John
1) I can't believe nobody has metioned Titanic!!
The part at the end when Rose and Jack are floating in the water and she
realizes a boat has come back. And then she tries to wake him up and at
the exact moment she realizes that he is dead....and that music starts.
OMG....I still get choked up. And then in the end when they are
re-united...HELLO...very happy!!
2) And the end part in Beaches when "The Wind Beneath My Wings" plays at
Hillary's funeral. Ugghhh that gets me every time.
3) And then in Lion King when Simba's dad dies and he nudges his dad's
limp paw. And then he crawls under it.
4) And also the ending to "Somewhere In Time" when they are re-united in
the after-life.
Glenn Dobbs
>1) I can't believe nobody has metioned Titanic!!
>The part at the end when Rose and Jack are floating in the water and she
>realizes a boat has come back. And then she tries to wake him up and at
>the exact moment she realizes that he is dead....and that music starts.
>OMG....I still get choked up. And then in the end when they are
>re-united...HELLO...very happy!!
I am 100% immune to that movie. It has no impact on me whatsoever! I don't
know why, I guess since it was so highly acclaimed I just didn't like it. It
all seemed long and fake, didn't move me so much....
>3) And then in Lion King when Simba's dad dies and he nudges his dad's
>limp paw. And then he crawls under it.
Absolutely! Leave it to Disney to make you care about an animated lion! :-)
TCS
>
>
I first saw the scene in the original play on Broadway. I became aware of a
strange sound and looked around and realized nearly everyone was sobbing and
dabbing their eyes with handkerchiefs.
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> 7] When ET says, "I'll be right here" to Elliott at the end of the
> movie.
That's mine right there. I can not make it through that movie without
sobbing, even 20 years later. I'm dying to see the special edition coming
out in February. I'll just have to remember to bring the Kleenex.
I do have two others that get me almost every time I see them. Both are
from Titanic. First one is when the put Rose on lifeboat and it starts to
lower. I don't know why but I get choked up. The other would be the mother
reading to her two children.
Matthew P. Seguin
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OMG I can't believe I forgot this one. When Bambi's mother is killed.
Every time I take the Animation tour at MGM, the theatre falls very very
silent. Then you hear the sniffing, my self included.
Kip Ross
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>they hang her??
Yeah, it's really upsetting to watch. One of the few movies that
truly "got me". You grow to really like Bjork's character, and you
feel so sorry for her and her son. Then, the unthinkable happens, and
she's on trial. She lies during the trial to protect her son, even
though it makes her lose the case, and ultimately she is sentenced to
death.
It's a *very* emotional movie. I definitely recommend it.
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>> Dancer in the Dark - when they hang Bjork at the end.
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Iain Hendry
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> Dancer in the Dark - when they hang Bjork at the end.
The whole last half hour made me want to puke, I was crying so hard. :(
Iain
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> > 1) Dumbo, when his mother is in that cage wagon and can
> > only reach her trunk out
> > to hug him.
>
>
else because of that
> scene. :)
>
I stand corrected -- I do remember the rocking now. And to
anyone who has
seen the movie '1941' that is (probably) the scene that the
general(?) is crying
to in the theatre as someone comes up to him to tell him of
the unfolding
situation.
Max Cannon
Titainic....not when Leo dies (that's my favourite part because I
can't stand the little runt) but when old Rose walks out on the deck,
throws the diamond over and into the sea and dreams of being back on
the ship and sees Jack again. Kate Winslett made this movie for me.
Ghost..."ditto" 'nuff said
the end of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. After looking at her
picture of the angel and seeing the angel gone from the picture, Laura
Palmer believes the angel has left her. Then, at the end, she's in
the Black Lodge with Agent Cooper, she sees her angel and she's gotten
her redemption. I don't believe I've ever been torn apart emotionally
by one movie in my entire life. This movie did it for me. Finally,
its coming out on DVD in Feb 02. Oh...and the scene where she jumps
off James' motorbike, runs off, tells him that she loves him, and
tells him to leave...that'll rip your heart out because Laura is off
to meet her maker.....
Doctor Who-The Movie....I know it was only a Fox TV movie but seeing
those credits roll for the first time, hearing the theme in full
glorious stereo, and the TARDIS floating through space, it was a
great feeling knowing that I was actually seeing some new Doctor Who
since the series ended. Shame it never went to a series. Paul McGann
made a wonderful Doctor.
sorry to ramble...
Max
Kim221998
starts me bawling is the end of Pearl Harbor.
Kim
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known movie starring Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch. It is titled
"Without A Trace " and about the kidnapping of a little boy on his way
to schoo. In the end when the mother and son are re-united........that
scene along with the music playing in the background and over the end
credits makes me bawl my eyes out every time.
Matthew P. Seguin
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Actually the ending of Pearl Harbour was my favourite part of the movie. It
meant that it was finally over.... Pearl Harbour suffers from GS (Godzilla
Syndrome). Too much hype, bad movie.
Wolf
> The part at the end when Rose and Jack are floating in the water and she
> realizes a boat has come back. And then she tries to wake him up and at
> the exact moment she realizes that he is dead....and that music starts.
> OMG....I still get choked up. And then in the end when they are
> re-united...HELLO...very happy!!
Best part of Titanic was the guy who jumped late and hit the propeller on
the way down. Moved me to laugh, anyway. <G>
-Wolf
FAFOLguy
to Denzel Washington. That's the point in the movie when he finally realizes a
small bit of what he's going through.
As for the question about Of Mice and Men, there was also a movie made more
recently, with Gary Sinise and John Malkovitch. 1993, i think? Excellent
movie and Malkovitch's performance is absolutely amazing.
Fafolguy
Life is a cabaret, old chum...
FlipFlopsSox
"The Way We Were"- when La Streisand and Redford meet up at the end of the
movie.....major tearjerker for me!
"Titanic" - I agree about the Jack and Rose scene.....I cry from the time
they're in the water til the end of the credits.
"Michael" - the John Travolta as Angel movie. When he dies at the end, I just
blubber on and on.
Not a movie, but the end of Babylon 5 (Sleeping In Light). The whole
Sheridan/Delenn (you are my star) scene and of course the blowing up of the
station - MAJOR Kleenex ep.
That's it for now.....I'm off to cry :)
Andrea
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Annie's funeral procession in the Douglas Sirk classic "Imitation Of
Life".....when Annie's estranged daughter returns, and desparately
chases up the street after Annie's casket calling out for her dead
mother.
...ergh, gasp.
FRED of LA
Flare
> 1] When Dorothy says good-bye to the Lion, Tin Man, and
> Scarecrow...especially when she says to the Scarecrow, "I'll miss you
> most of all."
Okay... You sealed your fate with that one! ;-)P
> 3] The first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan."
Truly an amazing experience. The modern day scene in the cemetary is
brutal.
> 7] When ET says, "I'll be right here" to Elliott at the end of the
> movie.
I think the moment when you see E.T., white and almost dead, lying in the
Creekbed, is far more emotionally charged, but I like your pick there
too, Moosh.
> 9] The scene when Brooks hangs himself in "The Shawshank Redemption."
One of my favorite movies. Brilliant.
A couple more:
The Green Mile- The final execution...got me good.
American Beauty- The end when Annette Benning's character breaks down
clinging to Spacey's characters clothes.
Joe Schwartz
apology, and the ending get me every time.
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1) Lifetime movie: "And Then There Was One" - the end had me sobbing!!
2) "Ordinary People" - VERY hard movie to watch - so emotional!!
3) End of "Awakenings"
4) Sally Field's performance in "Steel Magnolias"... sob, sob, sob...
5) Towards the end of "Forrest Gump"
And the previous posts I agree with...
"Green Mile" execution scene
Dumbo
ET
Bambi
My Girl
Titanic - when the old couple held each other while the boat was sinking
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
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The end of "The Perfect Storm" :(
I'm sorry, but the part with the ER Chick & her daughter from "Deep Impact"
get's me everytime!
Also, when the Grandmother dies in "Dante's Peak"! God I am sad! ;):)
Robert Ulrich
I'd add to the list would be:
"My Dog Skip" which has several moments to remember, but the ending is
wrenching - the loss of a companion that, if you had a devoted pet
during your youth, is all too real, plus other story elements like the
aging parents and the growing independence of youth that all work
together.
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the house.
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Forrest Gump) last night to a movie I rented. The Broken Hearts Club. When they
revealed the photos on the wall for his birthday...there were some other parts
as well.
SuaveDooo2
The most I ever remember being moved by a movie is at the end of "Mr.
Roberts"... This movie is funny for the most part and then after Mr. Roberts
(Henry Fonda) finally gets his transfer off the supply ship to the war zone, he
sends a letter to his friends onboard his old vessal... He tells them how
great it is and everyone is happy for their old friend Mr. Roberts... Then
Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemmon) reads another letter that says Mr. Roberts was
killed in battle... I was devastated!!!
Casablanca, Beaches, Fried Green Tomatoes, Top Gun (when Goose dies), The Green
Mile, and Mr. Holland's Opus (when one of his former students dies in Vietnam
and the end when his opus gets played), and Forrest Gump all moved me... I'm
sure there are others, but that's all I could think of
Rob from Boulder Dash
Kim221998
>meant that it was finally over.... Pearl Harbour suffers from GS (Godzilla
>Syndrome). Too much hype, bad movie.
I have to disagree. I thought it was a great movie. My current favorite
actually!!
Kim
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> On 23 Dec 2001 20:51:47 GMT, pitc...@aol.comMrRuben (Glenn Dobbs)
> wrote:
> >Does anyone know if a movie was made from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and
Men?"
>
> 1939. Burgess Meredith as George Milton, Lon Chaney, Jr., as Lennie
> Small.
And again in 1992, with Gary Sinise as George Milton and John Malkovich as
Lennie Small.
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>>>And just to show you how big a sap I am I've actually been "verklempt"<<<
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> "Harrydunne" <harry...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers
> > to the SCARIEST moments in film I couldn't help starting another
> > (and my last, I promise) OT thread just in time for Christmas day.
>
> Now THIS one is a no-brainer for me because I'm a total sap [I cry
> watching Taster's Choice commercials]. What's odd is that I find the
> music has a lot, if not more, to do with my reactions to these
> moments.
>
> Anyway...here are but a few:
>
> 1] When Dorothy says good-bye to the Lion, Tin Man, and
> Scarecrow...especially when she says to the Scarecrow, "I'll miss you
> most of all."
>
> 2] The entire last half of "Its My Party." If you have not seen this
> amazing, moving film I suggest renting it but have plenty of Kleenex
> handy. It also has one of the most unusual casts around and everyone
> in it is brilliant.
>
> 3] The first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan."
>
> 4] Most of "Schindler's List."
>
> 5] I'm gonna cheat because this is a TV show: The episode of "I Love
> Lucy" when Lucy is trying to tell Ricky she's pregnant and finally
> does so during his nightclub act. Those were NOT fake tears streaming
> from her eyes, and even tho I've seen it a million times it still
> chokes me up.
>
> 6] The end of "Philadelphia" when they start showing old movies of Tom
> Hank's character as a child.
>
> 7] When ET says, "I'll be right here" to Elliott at the end of the
> movie.
>
> 8] The end of "Shakespeare In Love" when they know they must part.
> Shakespeare asks, "How does it end?" and Viola can barely answer "I
> don't know...its a mystery."
>
> 9] The scene when Brooks hangs himself in "The Shawshank Redemption."
>
> 10] The dream sequence in "Longtime Companion" when all those who have
> died are reunited on the beach.
>
> 11] The end of "Places in the Heart" when all the characters are at
> church. As each person passes the basket of communion wafers they say
> "Peace be with you" to the person they hand it to. Sally Field passes
> the basket to her murdered husband, who then passes it to the young
> man who killed him.
>
> And just to show you how big a sap I am I've actually been "verklempt"
> after riding Legend, Boulderdash, Ghostrider, Phoenix, and Coney's
> Cyclone with friends. So much so that it was difficult to talk.
> Something about riding a great coaster with great friends...life just
> doesn't get any better than that.
>
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> Matthew "mamoosh" Sullivan
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Shawn Mamros
>1] When Dorothy says good-bye to the Lion, Tin Man, and
>Scarecrow...especially when she says to the Scarecrow, "I'll miss you
>most of all."
You beat me to it... that's the one I was going to mention.
>6] The end of "Philadelphia" when they start showing old movies of Tom
>Hank's character as a child.
I forgot about that one!
One that got to me recently, for some reason - the ending of "Monsters, Inc."
(impossible to explain unless you actually see it). On all-too-rare occasions,
the folks at Disney can still hit the mark. I think it all comes down to
how strong the characters are...
But when it comes to animated shorts, IMO the winner in this category belongs
not to Disney, but to Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones' "Feed the Kitty". Getting
that kind of reaction out of six minutes' worth of character development
takes pure genius.
-Shawn Mamros
E-mail to: mam...@mit.edu
Shawn Mamros
>"Dana Schwartz" <doo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>> On 23 Dec 2001 20:51:47 GMT, pitc...@aol.comMrRuben (Glenn Dobbs)
>> wrote:
>> >Does anyone know if a movie was made from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and
>Men?"
>>
>> 1939. Burgess Meredith as George Milton, Lon Chaney, Jr., as Lennie
>> Small.
>
>And again in 1992, with Gary Sinise as George Milton and John Malkovich as
>Lennie Small.
I've not seen the 1939 version, but thought that the Sinise/Malkovich
version was absolutely perfect and as faithful to Steinbeck as one could
hope. Oddly, it wasn't a big tearjerker for me, but then again I'm very
familiar with the story (read it first in high school, still like to read
it on occasion), so that was no doubt a factor. Still very moving, though,
and I thought Malkovich's rendition of Lennie was stunning.
One of these years, I'll have to look up the 1939 version. Anybody here
who's seen both? (Janna?)
rolandcoaster
since this thread has now 'moved into' animated flicks, I feel compelled to
mention the scene in Animal Farm, where the horse is sold to a glue factory.
As the truck is driving away, the horse's longtime pal the donkey runs
behind the truck, down the road screaming and crying. The truck outpaces
the donkey and, sniff... oh I just can't *take* it! They used to show
Animal Farm every year at our school, and this scene tore me up each and
every time.
Peace,
Roland
[a lifelong 'friend' of animals]
"Shawn Mamros" <mam...@mit.edu> wrote in message
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bpnjensen
> But when it comes to animated shorts, IMO the winner in this category belongs
> not to Disney, but to Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones' "Feed the Kitty". Getting
> that kind of reaction out of six minutes' worth of character development
> takes pure genius.
Indeed - the juxtaposition of the tiny innocent kitty and the giant
but infinitely sweet and tender Marc Anthony is a masterstroke. Chuck
Jones has had many greats hits and just as many misses, but this one
nailed the bullseye.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned the end of "It's a Wonderful Life"? It is
a half hour of dark, wrenching, searing depair, followed by by an
incredible explosion of joy that pulls out all the stops. Maybe it
goes without saying?
Bruce Jensen
David Keenan
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>
this category belongs
> not to Disney, but to Warner Bros. - Chuck Jones' "Feed
the Kitty". Getting
> that kind of reaction out of six minutes' worth of
character development
> takes pure genius.
>
And (you mentioned Monsters INC, but I snipped before
remembering the
connection) the scene where Sully is helplessly watching the
trash masher is
based on that cartoon IMHO.
Janna Rasmussen
I haven't seen both in their entirety. Actually, there are three
adaptations of Of Mice and Men--the aforementioned 1939 and 1992
versions and a 1981 made-for-tv movie with Robert Blake as George and
Randy Quaid as Lenny. I've seen parts of the 1939 and 1981 versions
and all of the 1992 version which was also directed by Gary Sinise,
apparently with permission from Steinbeck's widow.
The 1939 adaptation was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Picture (Gone With the Wind won). The 1992 adaptation was nominated
for Best Film at Cannes Film festival.
-Janna
bpnjensen
> the Color Purple (best movie ever made) when Celie is reunited with her
> children. ..or, in television, any Little House on the Prarie episode. :)
I'm going to throw in one more that came to mind recently as I began
watching a batch of silent films -
The last scene of Charles "Charlie" Chaplin's film, "City Lights."
***WARNING - SPOILER COMING:***
Throughout the movie, the Little Tramp has befriended a blind young
woman who by comical coincidences thinks he is wealthy; after
obtaining a vast sum of money to get her an operation to cure her
blindness (but essentially remaining utterly impoverished himself),
and then after going through an extended and especially miserable
period during which his usual plucky optimistic spirit has been almost
totally dashed, he encounters her again at her successful small flower
business. They meet, she does not recognize him. He looks thoroughly
tattered. Out of pity, she offers him a flower, but as she touches
his hand, she suddenly knows who he is, and what this man has
sacrificed for her.
Overall, the great comic's best film, and certainly one of the
greatest films ever made.
Bruce Jensen
Kevin Page
takes a laxative and sits on the bowl that won't "flush" :-)
Kevin Page
"Harrydunne" <harry...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers to the
SCARIEST
> moments in film I couldn't help starting another (and my last, I promise)
OT
> thread just in time for Christmas day.
>
> All right, I'll start:
>
> I'm mentioning this one because it's on television right now and I just
got
> done sobbing:
>
> 1) The Miracle Worker, when Helen figures out 'water'.
>
> Have fun, have a happy, peaceful holiday, and I hope to see some of you at
> Magic Mountain on January 7th.
>
>
Barnsey146200
sad film :(
Ted Ansley
>The most moving moment of a film for me was the end of A.I. (2000), very very
>sad film :(
Wow ....I forgot about that! Yes, I agree 100%. I thought that movie was
way underrated, It should have been much more popular IMHO. I honestly
cried more than once during that movie, it was extremely moving. It chokes
me up just thinking about it....
Ted Ansley
**Rollercoaster Fan<atic>**
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Barnsey146200
BadAndi
harry...@aol.com says...
> Hi again. You've all entertained me so much with your answers to the SCARIEST
> moments in film I couldn't help starting another (and my last, I promise) OT
> thread just in time for Christmas day.
>
the Patriot-
"I'll say anything you want"
gets me every time
Stepmom
"I wish my mother were here"
my best friend's husband can NOT get through these
two movies without bawling.
Neither can I.