I just love this movie to death. Very funny, very touching and some fantastic performances. The music is just beautiful too. Pherhaps the most underrated movie of the 90's. If you for some reason have not seen this movie, rent it or buy it now!!!
shareI love this movie .. My Father In-law had a part in it as lem The Garbage man Frank W Inness .. Pretty much most of the movie was shot in Beacon Ny In dutchess Junction .. Awesome movie ..
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i jsu tread the script cover to cover for my screenwriting class. its a really good read. havent seen the movie yet, but were supposed to watch it this week.
id only heard of it, and i looked it up on here after reading it and it has an incredible cast. i cant wait to see it.
Great film and equally great book by Pulizter winner, Richard Russo. Have a look at the book...then go read all of them! He's magical.
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Didn't realize this was just out on DVD when I bought it..Too bad they didn't include director commentary. I loved this movie too! I went to school in Upstate NY, don't know where you live..but it totally captures life in those small towns - the desparation, and the love. People really know eachother backwards and forwards. And isn't Bruce Willis the ultimate big fish in a small pond.
Also great that Jesicca Tandy's last film role was of such quality (think of Edward G. Robinson's sad Soylent Green, for comparison)
This is one great movie. I stopped by the video store one cold day to pick up a new release, well nothing really grabbed me so I thought I would look in the older
releases and I saw this movie and thought for a dollar I won't be out much if it's stinks. Well I got a dollar worth and more, I fell in love with this movie and I must have played it 20 times. I loaned it to my mother and she was hooked, there is something about the people and the town that pulls you in. Paul Newman was excellent in this movie and he made believe he was Sully. I read that he said this was one of his favorite characters and I can't see anyone that could have been better at it than him.
This movie is Gold, Jerry! Gold!
shareHa-ha! Great comment briano17! That's from seinfeld isn't it. Was it Newman that said it? Well anyway Nobody's fool sure is gold!
shareYes it's from Seinfeld, but actually it was a line of Kenny Bania's
"I do that...I grow on people."
Sure! Now I remember. Great episode that one. Anyway, I'm glad to finally
see some posting her on the Nobody's fool board. Way to many people have not seen this exellent film and we need to educate them.
This is one of my favourite movies but sometimes I find Peter annoying when the director pushes the fact that Sully left him in your face.
shareReally great movie, great atmosphere. I enjoy watching this very touching movie.
shareWhere i can watch this film? Ilive in the U.K. and i have never seen it on tv here. I have seen the original theatrical trailer and its looks r. good.
shareYou probably can find it in your local movie rental place.
This is a great movie. I love it.
I also replayed it many times. It's addicting.
Upstate New York, the snow, local diner and the room for rent in an old house with lots to fix.
Miss Beryl: Do you still bet on that horse race of yours?
Sully: What, the trifecta?
Miss Beryl: Yes. Has it ever come in?
Sully: Not yet.
Miss Beryl: But you still bet on it.
Sully: Well, sure. I mean, the odds have gotta kick in sooner or later.
Miss Beryl: Fine. That's exactly the way I feel about you.
Upstate New York really does have the kind of charm displayed in this movie. I lived in Beacon for two years - you can even see my apartment building in a few shots, right on Main Street. Rub's house is just two blocks behind it.
Unfortunately the diner had a fire, was torn down and replaced with a big, gaudy chrome retro diner. The bar is still there, though.
Simpsons did it! Simpsons did it!
Just the person I wanted to answer... someone who knows the neighborhood.
Diner burnt down.... Well, no wonder I couldn't find it.
Where was this all exactly? Route 52?
the diner was filmed in the city of hudson on warren street. as far as i know the diner never burned down and it still looks the same on the outside, with some differences on the inside. looks better in the movie actually than now.
here is a picture: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ItndtEslRrki9Lb7dOCsJw?select=25jEeeJxv2K6vls6Bbgy8g
It's a perfect winter movie. Another one is the Wonder Boys w/ Donwey Jr. and Michael Douglas.
shareLove everything about the film, but it's more special because I lived in Beacon in the early 70s. Truly great cinema.
shareYeah, that was a great line!
I am so looking forward to being the old semi-retired coot!
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I just finished watching this movie and have to say....Overwhelming! Although I see the main theme of the movie as being "redemption", I can't help but think that it is really more about having lived a full life. It's funny that his "redemption" is a matter of him forgiving himself. All the people that are in his life forgave him for being who he really is a long, long time ago. There may be many more movies that garner great acclaim, but this, to me, is what is ment by Life imitating art, or vice versa. :)
....Along with redemption, I think it was simple self-realization. For me, ( SPOILERS ) the key scene was with Melanie Griffith when they both acknowledge that his place is in North Bath, not Hawaii ( even with her! ). Here he's somebody's father, grandfather and friend in the balance. I never tire of revisiting this film (and town). A very dark version of this could be Schrader's "Affliction", which appropriately opens with Halloween, whereas "NF" begins with Thanksgiving.
Eleven years ago (1996), I got cable and recorded the film off a movie channel on VHS. Because both my sister and I (we are somewhat older people) had seen it and she loved it as much as I I loaned it to her.
I could not find it very easily in most video stores, but this year, 2007, the cable movie channels seems to be playing it again.
The point is: it was great when I first saw it in the movie theatre and now, years later on television, it is still great. I had my two teenagers watch it with me and they laughed their collective arses off the entire way through. My son is still spouting the "If you allow one moron to have a gun..." line.
This is a movie that you can see time and again and you get something new in each and every performance. It is the test of a great movie.
By the way, Paul Newman grew up a block from me, went to school with my older brothers, and spent one semester at the school I did undergrad at. Always good to see a hometown kid do well.
I agree-Great Film-I actually brought it with me and am watching it tonight at work. A classic to be viewed and enjoyed for years-:)
Creativity is the ultimate expression of the human being
A film about real people ... about loss and regret. About hope and redemption. Newman's Sully is an outstanding American character ... a great film experience and an even better book.
10/10
Agreed... it's a beautiful little film. Every time I run across it on tv, I can't stop watching. Especially love its portrayal of small-town America and the sense of community in this particular town.
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