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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI'm a little weepy tonight. What is one of your saddest movie scenes? This one gets me everytime...
teezy
(269 posts)When Homer brings his medal from the national science fair to the coal yard to show his dad, who hadn't been supportive of his passion for rocket science. They squabble and Homer turns to walk away and his dad says, "I hear you met your big hero" (Wernher von Braun) and Homer spins around and tells him that von Braun was great and all, but that he's not his hero. Then it shows his dad pondering that for a second before getting in to the lift to go down into the mine and staring out at Homer with tears in his eyes.
Dammit, that gets me every time. And not just a tear either - full waterworks.
And the last scene at the rocket launch is a killer too.
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)"Go pick me out a winner, Bobby"
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(7,879 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)pressbox69
(2,252 posts)Kathleen Byron as Mrs. Ryan. She played the insane nun in Black Narcissus.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Black Narcissus is one of the most visually beautiful films ever made - and shot entirely on sound stages with matte paintings.
I love the part where Kathleen puts on - gasp - lipstick!!!
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,761 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 21, 2017, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)
Here is the song... but not the film.
Yuna Ito was singing this song, and both girls had gone to see them sing, the group Trapnest. One of the Nana's former boyfriends was the lead guitarist. He had left their band to go to a bigger more popular band, Trapnest, which was a huge opportunity for him. In doing so, he left the small town they were in, to go to Tokyo. Nana and the band, went to see him off and she broke down crying as he left, not knowing if she would ever see him again.
Later Nana travels to Tokyo, and meets the other Nana on the train, and they end up being roomates. She is a huge fan, of Trapnest not knowing that her room mate had dated the Trapnest member. Both Nana's go to the concert and the first Nana confesses to her about what happened. During this song, Nana breaks down again, crying and the other Nana cries with her holding her hand, a very touching scene. It made me cry my eyes out for hours after seeing it.
found it, you can watch it here: http://www.veoh.com/watch/v47196805k2dyQC5X
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)I grew up with a close group of friends who were like brothers. Tragedy stuck us far too young when a drunk driver crossed over three lanes of traffic to hit one of my friends head on, killing him instantly. We were 20 then, and we're damn near double that age now. We always identified with this movie, because it spoke to us, and there was a time when I could quote damn near every line. We still keep in touch, but not nearly as close as we used to be. I, well, I was Gordy. I was always the one who was a little different. My Chris, my best friend, my brother, the guy who accepted me for me when we were kids and was my constant encourager, the man who is godfather to all my children and I'm godfather to his? He's currently in Afghanistan. Say a prayer for him if you will...since the clip cut off the ending song, it deserves its own highlight:
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)but also of the roles we had as children growing up oftentimes based on the group dynamic. I'm so sorry to hear of your friend who was killed in the car crash by a drunk driver (we had one in my group who died under the same circumstances). I will pray for your friend in Afghanistan.
Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)I was feeling rather glum last night when I posted that. Thank you for your kind words and your prayers for my friend!
MFM008
(19,776 posts)From Cyrano de Bergerac and the last 15 minutes of the Ghost and Mrs Muir.
They get me everytime.
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(7,879 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,476 posts)and I swear, once it gets rolling, there's over 45 minutes straight of crying, laughing, crying, laughing, it was so great!
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(7,879 posts)TexasBushwhacker
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(7,879 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)Upthevibe
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(152,964 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:03 AM - Edit history (2)
But then again, by the end of To Kill a Mockingbird I've long been a blubbering mess. But this scene when we first get to see Robert Duvall as Boo Radley is a powerful one. A straight police procedural turns into the most revealing scene in the film. Mary Badham plays the scene so innocently and only adds to the drama. When Peck's Atticus introduces Mr. Arthur Radley to Scout, I can no longer contain the tears.
"Miss Jean Louise, Mister Arthur Radley... I believe he already knows you."
It is one very powerful, extraordinary scene. Duvall and Badham with nearly wordless, simple facial expression pull it off.
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)...The Elephant Man
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(7,879 posts)beveeheart
(1,364 posts)Cary Grant's character visits Deborah Kerr's apartment. Can't tell you how many times I've seen this movie and it gets me every time.
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(7,879 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Caught it once on cable and it stuck with me ...
JudyM
(29,122 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)right at about the 7-minute mark. You can see it happening in his eyes. He sees her as a "human" for the first time and that's when he proposes to her. So the misogyny is part of the plot. Before that moment he's a reflection of his culture, post-WWII ex-military and uber-misogynistic. Dean Martin's character is the embodiment of the world Frank rises above for a few brief days of happiness before the ending which I won't give away.
hint: it's sad.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)Maybe you have to see the whole thing.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)I think they're both meant to be seen as damaged characters marked for society's trash heap who manage to break through their conditioning and form a family. Ultimately the culture prevails and that's the sad part. It's a 50s melodrama so a lot of the conventions are out of date but once you adjust to that it's pretty good. Personally I think it's the best part Shirley ever played though the critics had a field day with it.
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(7,879 posts)calendargirl
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(7,879 posts)pressbox69
(2,252 posts)My choice for most heartbreaking ending.
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(7,879 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)But it's a scene in Peggy Sue Got Married where Kathleen Turner is talking to her grandmother Maureen O'Sullivan (she has gone back in time to when her grandmother was still alive) and tells her grandmother that she had a dream about her that she died and that she named her daughter after her. The musical score is so beautiful too in the background, makes me cry buckets every time.
HoosierDebbie
(289 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)The scene where the alien assumes the appearance of Jodie Foster's dad. Both this scene and the one from Peggy Sue remind me of the loss of my dad -- both so affecting.
BTW, welcome to DU Debbie!!!
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)My eyes well up whenever I hear "Barbara Allen".
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)choie
(4,102 posts)Alastair Sim - the best Scrooge ever!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,230 posts)Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)I get weepy just thinking about it.
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)adult Phoebe hadn't realized what happened to Old Yeller)......
ashling
(25,771 posts)in Galveston Texas when I was 7 years old and haven't stopped crying since.
I think it is what made me a yeller dog Democrat
that and this:
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)just watched it and my young friend, 40, came in. Tears were streaming down my face. I said, "This is never gonna happen again. The young ones don't care like we did. Fucking Trump will send them all off to war". Looking at the VietNam graves and the 100,000 kids streaming towards the WH demanding the end to the war. I wasn't there, I was in Berkeley that day. Oh, I cried watching that.
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I never saw it on stage, but I loved the film version. However, it was heartbreaking.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)singing Manchester, England England.... then.... Let the Sun Shine In. I get the idea the original poster is younger than us !!
aka-chmeee
(1,129 posts)The old chaplain (Royal Dano) approaching house to console pilot's newly widowed wife who knows why he's there. Couldn't find clip.
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)Franco Zeffirelli, director, staring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting...
rug
(82,333 posts)a la izquierda
(11,784 posts)Nostalgia for the Light, too. I didn't cry, I just felt totally destroyed inside.
Many of my male students have cried when I've shown this movie. It's about Chile during Pinochet.
mnhtnbb
(31,319 posts)it always got me before Robin Williams died...and now, I just bawl when I see it. (I like the little tribute to Robin at the end of this clip.)
shenmue
(38,501 posts)3catwoman3
(23,815 posts)...starring Jimmmy Stewart as the father of a family divided by the conflict.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)I lost my brother tragically 7 years ago.
BeyondGeography
(39,283 posts)Poor Balthazar, set to Schubert:
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,772 posts)wrecked me. But the scene where a young man who was involved in a murder learns his punishment is so heart-rending as to be almost unbearable.
onecaliberal
(32,483 posts)Nooooo dad.
choie
(4,102 posts)in the King and I. I don't know if it's the saddest - but with the song "Something Wonderful" in the background - it just kills me every time.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)HoosierDebbie
(289 posts)The scene in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" when Holly puts Cat out in the alley and again when she goes looking for him!
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)That one always get to me too Debbie, being a cat lover!!!
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)He and Audrey were so stunningly gorgeous together. There's one quick shot of him locking eyes with her in the rain, and my heart still melts.
OldEurope
(1,273 posts)Shrek
(3,970 posts)When Trevor gets stabbed.
Grammy23
(5,808 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)If you're sensitive, you may not want to read further.
The youngest person interred at Arlington National Cemetery is not a 17 year old volunteer killed in a war.
The youngest was 3 years old. She is buried in a group with 4 others.
Except for the family cat, her whole family died when Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dfalkenberg.htm