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Seen this recently - Did you cry?

posted 19 years ago by CheeryToes
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Ok, I am going to show my age now and say I was 18 when this movie was in the theaters and at the theater I went to, they passed out tissue. I cried like a baby at this movie and would suddenly break into tears for a few days afterwards thinking about her life and **SPOILER** the death of Beau Bridges' character - I mean these were REAL people. I know a lot of people who saw it when I did cried - I'm just wondering if, in this day and age when we are so jaded if anyone whose seen it in the past 5 years or so has been moved to tears? (I'm not a good judge, the older I get the more easily I cry)

Thanks!

Thus spake Zarathustra

[–] Henahey41 19 years ago

I saw the movie in jr high back in 1977 along with Brian song.They showed it on their 16 milimeter projecter.I LOVE THIS MOVIE.I have taped it and cry every time I see it.I love everything about it.The acting,music and that song,wow,
I think they need to show more movies about courage,love and compasion
The same goes with Brian song

[–] squirt41us 15 years ago

i too saethis when I was 14 and loved it

Hugs

[–] terkoss 18 years ago

I was 11 when this movie came out, and I cried (male, straight)! I think I've seen it twice, the 2nd time being probably around 1980. I don't remember much about it, other than it was extremely impacting, and that I thought it was a phenomenal movie. So...I haven't seen it in 26 years, but at 41, I'm no less emotional than any other time...I bet I'd cry again if I saw it.

I also cried when Heaven Can Wait came out (1978; when I was 14)...anybody else? I've seen it several times since then, and have welled up a couple times, but I remember really letting loose at 14 when I saw it in the theatre the 1st time.

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[–] rondine 18 years ago

I don't remember how old I was when I saw it the first time, it was on TV (I was 9 when it came out) but EVERYtime I see it, I cry.

and yes, I cry easier as I get older, my sister tells me it's the hormones. :)

[–] rjtpb 17 years ago

I too find this to be a very sad movie, I first saw it when I was 7 and was destroyed by the death at the end. I own the VHS and throw it in every once in a while when I need some perspective in life. I wish I could find a copy of the "Richard's Window" song.

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[–] plgunner 17 years ago

I saw this movie in the theatre when I was 14 years old and sobbed so hard that my peers made fun of me for years. I would love to see it again to see if it still hits me as hard. I have always cried easily in movies (and still do) but this one was one of the first that I can recall vividly. Loved it!

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[–] Sethslvr 16 years ago

I saw this movie when I was 8 and I cried uncontrollably!! And i have everytime I have seen it since. I remember the theatre, the day everything so clearly.

I also would love a copy of the song Richards Window

It costs alot of money to look this cheap...Dolly Parton
Everyone deserves a chance to fly

[–] dawnm5 16 years ago

I saw this movie when I was a little kid, 7 or 8, and cried a lot. I might have seen it again in the 80's. I never forget how happy she was with Dick only to have that shattered when he dies.

You would think Richard's Window would be available on one of Olivia Newton John's albums since she recorded it.

I love the song too. :)

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[–] kmacph 16 years ago

I was only two years old when this movie came out so I never saw it in theaters but I did see it several times growing up and now I own both The Other Side of the Mountain parts 1 and 2 on VHS and bawl everytime I watch them. My favourite quote of all time comes from pt. 1 at the end when she remembers what Dick said to her the day he left to go home "how lucky I am to have found someone and something that saying goodbye to is so damn awful". Richard's Window is such a beautiful song.

[–] Henahey41 16 years ago

The same here Kmacph

[–] taylorje 16 years ago

I was in college when this movie premiered and I remember going to the mall theater with my friends to see it. There was such a long line we were afraid we wouldn't get in but we did. Back then $5.00 would get you a movie ticket, coke, popcorn, and a candy bar!

I loved the movie, cried when Beau Bridges' character died, and was furious when Jill's boyfriend Buddy walked out on her after the accident. It's interesting to remember that Dabney Coleman played a nice guy in this movie (Jill's ski coach); afterward he played the nasty boss in "Nine to Five" and the scumbag movie director in "Tootsie."

The real Jill Kinmont story was equally inspiring. At the time of the accident, resources for persons with disabilities were almost non-existent. Her parents, mainly her mother, took care of Jill until her marriage in 1976. Her father was forced to sell the family ranch, The Rocking K, to pay Jill's medical expenses.

[–] buyorsell888 16 years ago

I've seen it many times over the years and have cried every single time that Dick gets killed. It was the first tear jerker movie I'd ever seen but certainly not the last.

[–] lynnielove10 15 years ago

I cried my eyes out.

[–] JudeDeveraux 15 years ago

It's been years since I saw this movie but yeah I cried by eyeballs out too.