Directors Whats your favorite movie scene? (1 Viewer)

[Neil Joseph]

I have to also add the scrolling logo from 1977's Star Wars as one of my best moments in film.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Some of the usual choices, from some of my favorite films, whenever this question arises...
Chariots of Fire - Eric Liddell's sermon to the crowd during the rain, concluding with the sun coming from behind the clouds.
2001: A Space Odyssey - jump cut from Moonwatcher tossing the bone into the air to the orbiting satellite.
Harvey - Dowd relating to Dr. Sanderson and Nurse Kelly how he came to meet Harvey, in the alley outside the bar. The warmth of that particular scene is almost palpable.
A Clockwork Orange - The walk along the flatblock marina, when Alex deals with his droogs. "So now it was to be Georgy the General, with Dim as his mindless grinning bulldog." Love the voiceover narration by McDowell in that sequence.
Once Upon A Time In The West - title sequence & first gunfight - "You brought two too many".
The English Patient - Almasy relating the events in the desert to Caravaggio - "Maybe, maybe I did kill them"
Some Like It Hot - "Nobody's perfect"
Say Anything - Lloyd on the pay phone, in the rain.
Gilda - Rita Hayworth flipping her hair back. ( I agree with Red in The Shawshank Redemption. ) & her performance of Put The Blame On Mame in the nightclub.
- Walter.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

In Lawrence of Arabia when Omar Sharif's character (Sherif Ali) first appears as a tiny dot far off in the vast shimmering desert horizon...slowly getting larger and larger, until finally, he becomes a recognizable, but somewhat intimidating, black figure on a Camel. He then gets off the perfect shot from an incredible distance and kills Lawrence's guide just as he went for his gun.
Damn, I almost brought tears to my own eyes!

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Hey, welcome to the HTF, Rafayel.
Here are the few I could come up with after spending nearly the entire day at this goddam website. (Hey, it was over 100 degrees outside! I wasn't goin' out there!)
Se7en - The 'in-the-car' scene between Spacey, Pitt, and Freeman. It's just awesome. Also, the library sequence. Gorgeous.
For sheer kinetic fun, I love the alleyway fight in Charlie's Angels.
The dance hall mania in 1941.
The dramatic demises of Hudson and Vazquez in Aliens.
The blood-test bit in The Thing.
The not-completely-unique-yet-still-dazzling 'train station/baby carriage' sequence in The Untouchables.
"Danny Boy" - Miller's Crossing
Nest Egg - Lost in America
Tree creature - Flash Gordon
Mines of Moria - Fellowship of the Ring
The opening sequence in Cliffhanger
Rooftop Firehose - Die Hard
Any random action scene - Raiders of the Lost Ark
The final 25 minutes of The Blues Brothers
Opening credits - Panic Room
Double-Down / Voltaire - Swingers
Act I - Saving Private Ryan
Car Rental - Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Race across the desert - Used Cars
Toontown - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Donald Sutherland's bit in JFK
Persistent Knight - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Quint's "U.S.S. Indianapolis" speech - Jaws
Underwater Chase - The Abyss
Transformation - An American Werewolf in London
New York Meteor Shower - Armageddon
Final 90 seconds of The Blair Witch Project
Jet-pack Chase - Minority Report
Parade Sabotage - Animal House
"SEDA-GIVE?!?!?" - Young Frankenstein
Legendary Alley Brawl - They Live
Baked Bean Symphony - Blazing Saddles
Brand New Key - Boogie Nights
Happy Scrappy - Clerks
Forrest and Jenny meet in D.C. - Forrest Gump :b
Lobby Insanity - The Matrix
Spectacular Spectacular - Moulin Rouge
David Warner loses his head - The Omen
ED-209's inauspicious debut - Robocop
Gingerbread Man - Shrek
Lecter's Escape - Silence of the Lambs
Logical Torturer - Three Kings
The Line-Up - The Usual Suspects
Whew! Maybe I'll come back later and do more!

 

[Steeve Bergeron]

You're an encyclopedia of movies, Scott! Is there a movie you know nothing about?

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Steeve,
There's TONS of movies I know very little about, but I figure one should focus on what one does know well- as opposed to the alternative. You'll very rarely hear me opine on things like Anime or Ernest movies.
Also, don't pat me on the back too hard. You'll notice that VERY few of the movies I mention were released before 1971. My knowledge of Golden Age Cinema is relatively lacking.
But thanks for the compliment, pal.

 

[MartinTeller]

(This is what comes to mind as my favorite scene at the moment... in five minutes, it could be something different.)
The ending of It's A Wonderful Life... from "Let me live again!" to the credits.

 

[Brook K]

That would be one of mine too Martin ("To my big brother George, the richest man in town")
Watanabe sitting on the swing in Ikiru ("Life is short, fall in love dear maiden")
Jean Seberg's first appearance in Breathless ("New York Herald Tribune")
Jean-Pierre Leaud gracefully touching the arm of Claude Jane Stolen Kisses
Nosferatu rising from the crypt
Gene Kelly Singin' in the Rain
Judy Garland Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Buster Keaton and the house Steamboat Bill Jr.
The Starchild 2001 A Space Odyssey
Leatherface's chainsaw dance
and finally
Cybil Shepard walks out of the election office in slow motion, hair softly blowing in the wind "They.....Cannot.....Touch.....Her" Taxi Driver

 

[Jeremiah]

Lethal Weapon-when Murtaugh gives Riggs his gun and tells him to pull the rigger and Riggs does! That scene is hardcore.
The Color Of Money-The Wherewolf in London scene.
Swingers-When Vaughn and friend are playing NHL 94.
Apocalypse Now-when Sheens character shoots the women in the boat "I told you not to stop."
The Deer Hunter-most any of the Russian Roulette scenes.
Caddyshack-Any scene.
I almost forgot perhaps the funniest scene ever.
Cheech&Chong's Next Movie-The Welfare Department scene.

 

[Jay E]

Just a few off the top of my head:
The Final Bloodbath in Taxi Driver
The bathroom scene in The Conversation
Dorothy & the gangs first meeting with the wizard in The Wizard of Oz
The opening sequence of the original Night of the Living Dead
The final scene of Planet of the Apes
Alec Baldwin's speech in Glengarry Glen Ross
Jim Brown dodging the bullets in The Dirty Dozen
The car chase scene in The Seven-ups
Felix Unger's honking scene in The Odd Couple
The testing of the blood in The Thing
The death of Hal in 2001
Lulu singing "To Sir in Love" to Sidney Potier in To Sir With Love

 

[David Dennison]

The Godfather Michael in the restaurant before going to Italy
It's a Wonderful Life The last 10 minutes or so
To Kill a Mockingbird When Atticus walks out of the courthouse after the trial has finished.
Star Wars Death Star battle
On the Waterfront I could have been a contender and the final scene
Rebecca Mrs. Danvers showing Rebecca's bedroom and again talking Mrs. de Winters into jumping out the window
Apollo 13 When the engineers solve the CO2 filter problem. (The nerd in me is coming out)
And many more...

 

[Rob Tomlin]

The Final Bloodbath in Taxi Driver

Damn, I am ashamed that I didn't think of that one, as it is one of my favorite movie moments ever. :b

 

[Dennis_HT]

Another vote for Star Wars Death star Battle

 

[DavidAC]

My fave scene, uhg I have so many...

Star Wars:The Death Star Battle.

The Empire Strikes Back:Vader's revelation to Luke.


Return of the Jedi:Final battle and Vader's redemption.


The Phantom Menace:Darth Maul fighting Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.

Attack of the Clones:Anakin's Confession to Padme after the Tusken Slaughter
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Raiders of the Lost Ark:The whole beginning.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom:The bridge scene.

Aliens:The marines first encounter with the Aliens and their escape.

Planet of the Apes 68':Final scene.

Jurassic Park:First encounter with the T-rex.

T2:Judgement Day:The Terminator being lowered into the Lava at the end.


Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The death of Spock.


The Deer Hunter:The Russian Roulette scene in the Vietnamese prison camp.

Minority Report:The whole car factory scene and Anderton chasing his eyeballs.

Scarface:Tony Montana's last stand.

The Godfather:The death of Sonny.


The Godfather Part 2:Vito stalking Don Fanucci.

The Crow:Eric going through everybody to get Scank.

Saving Private Ryan:Normandy Beach scene.

Braveheart:William Wallace's death


Gladiator:The first battle in the Coliseum.

Independence Day: Times up.

Ghostbusters:Everything with Slimer.

Gremlins:The whole theater scene.

There's Something About Mary: The whole puffy the dog scene with Ted.

Young Frankenstein:The whole dart throwing scene.

The Princess Bride:Wesley and Montoya fencing.

Evil Dead 2:The whole hand scene.

Batman:The art gallery scene.

A Few Good Men:Final scene with Jesup and Cathy.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail:The Black Knight scene.

Fellowship of the Ring:Aragorn and Lurtz the Uruk-Hai going at it.

The Usual Suspects:Final scene.

Highlander:Final battle between The Kurgan and Macleod.

 

[John Thomas]

In Patton, where Scott/Patton is standing in front of the huge American flag and goes on about fighting spirit. "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
Raiders of the Lost Ark's showdown between Indy and the man wielding the huge machete/scimitar. Knowing the story behind the creation of that scene makes it even better (Ford allegedly had diarrea and wanted to get off the set ASAP). The first scene of the movie (his search for the idol) is another great.
A few in Pulp Fiction stand out in my mind at this late hour as well. The scene where they're driving to go make 'the hit', speaking about the legality of marijuana use in foreign countries and ending up on the topic of foot massage: what does it mean? Other good ones: the showdown in the restaurant, Jack Rabbit Slims, and when the get the briefcase.
When I was eleven, I saw Return of the Jedi and thought the desert scene, Jabba intending to throw the heroes into the Sarlacc pit was the most kick-ass scene I'd ever seen. It's still great.
Boy, I've got to get some sleep.

 

[Rich Romero]

Jaws - ENTIRE second half of the movie on the Orca.
Jurassic Park - T-Rex
Requiem For A Dream - last 20 minutes
Lawrence Of Arabia - montage of lawrence in the desert deciding whether or not to go to Aqaba
Memento - ending speech by Lenny
Dawn Of The Dead - after the zombies have been cleared, the gradual depression of the characters
There is TONS more but it's late, I'm tired and I can't think that well.

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

I almost forgot to mention my two absolute favorite scene's from two films last year. The first is the scene in Frequency when John and his father Frank are communicating on the ham radio and John starts telling his dad about life in his time, the conversation ends with a scene so touching it's almost painful, they tell each other that they love one another, then John tells his dad he's missed him all these years. Chokes me up everytime! :frowning:
The second is easily the 'El Tango De La Roxanne' dance sequence from my favorite film from last year Moulin Rouge.

 

[JonZ]

To many to name, but heres some off the top of my head. There are NO SPOILer tags so beware!!


2001 A Space Odyssey - Ape amashing bones,Sharchild,Death of Hal
Apocalypse Now - Raid on village
The Shining - The opening scenes/helicopter shots
Seven Samurai - The lifting of the Farm flag/bandits last raid in the rain
Re-Animator - When Barbara Crampton gets head
Blade Runner - The Last 15 minutes, especially when Deckard jumps off the roof
Wrath of Khan - Spocks death
Akira - Akiras awakening
Pulp Fiction - Mias Overdose
Empire Strikes Back - "Perhaps you think youre being treated unfairly?"
Return of the Jedi - Luke cuts of Vaders hand/ Vaders redemption
Conan The Barbarian - The big battle
Nixon - All the Oval office scenes
JFK - Meeting X in Washington
Carlitos Way - The chase scene in the train station
Interview w/ the Vampire - Lestat playing the piano after returning from the swamp
Halloween - Micheal appearing at the top of the stairs after Jamie stabs him in the neck
The Road Warrior - The last chase scene

 

[jeff lam]

Off the top of my head I have to pick:

Ending of Usual Suspects

And the "Fathers Revenge" fight in Last of the Mohicans. Well, actually I love the whole last 10 minutes or so.

 

[Andrew Chong]

The final fight in 'Drunken Master 2'. I could watch that scene again and again. ... and again.