Take This Sabbath Day (Karl Malden)
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2024
- Closing scene from The West Wing, Season 1, Episode 14. Karl Malden's last appearance on film -- as Father Tom Cavanaugh. With the Max Helfman version of "Hashkiveinu" in the background.
Such an unbelievably powerful moment in this series. It astonishes me that people can bear to watch some of the tripe on TV these days when they can compare it to something as incredible as this show.
I had the good fortune to meet Mr. Malden on the sound stage for Streets of San Francisco at the Warner Bros Studios in 1974. A very personable man. He spoke with me and my friend for few minutes, even though we were just high school boys, ditching school for the day. I miss his talent.
Probably one of the deepest moments in TV. Absolute mastery!
I've watched this many times but it only just dawned on me, the powerful imagery of the president kneeling in the oval office. He's literally the most powerful man in the world, he kneels to no man and yet, he's humble enough to kneel before God. Not to mention the priest using his name and not his title. Just masterful directing from Sorkin.
Good point. The conflicted duality of Bartlett’s character where the office performs in a way the man can’t and the man responds in a way the office wouldn’t.
Sorkin did not direct this episode (he was one of the writers). Directed by Thomas Schlamme.
Rest In Peace Karl Malden. One of the greatest actors ever.
This one of the most powerful scenes of one best TV series made. I quote that story a lot when I explain how prayer and God work
And it bookends beautifully with the scene between Toby and his rabbi earlier in the episode.
Andrew Greenberg Vengeance is not Jewish.
I loved it whenever the west wing brought in stars like Malden to play crucial roles in episodes
This is a great scene and Karl Malden was awesome in it.
Arguably 5 of the finest moments in broadcast television history right there. Two masters, amazing direction & writing. Can’t really ask for much more than that.
I had forgotten it was Karl Malden in this scene (for some reason I was thinking it was George Costanza's Yankees boss). What a great scene with two legendary actors. Really inspired casting.
Whoever won the Emmy for a guest role that year should've handed it to Karl Malden.
@01lduff1
The music is called "Hashkiveinu," a Jewish Shabbat prayer. There are a number of melodies for that prayer (and almost all Jewish songs). That particular melody was credited to Max Helfern. The Cantor (who appears earlier in the episode) is Ellen Sugarman. I believe she is actually a Cantor, but I don't know if she does the vocals here.
It's very beautiful
@01lduff1, the Quaker that Father Cavanaugh mentions is Joey Lucas, the California polling analyst played by recurring actress Marlee Matlin, who was introduced for the first time in this episode.
That meeting with Josh & Joey was hilarious.
The vestment costume that Karl Malden is wearing, is the same one he wore in "On The Waterfront".
Exactly that... an actor, not a star...
We miss good actors these days.
He was a great Serb. R.I.P. Mladen Sekulovic
A very powerful scene! Karl Malden (or Mladen Sekulovich) must have been 88 or so at that time. He looked very good for his age. And he had a very good pronunciation. Not many of those younger actors who are around these days speak that clearly…
My favorite scene in all the West Wing.
Karl Malden ruled.
The man who was going to get the death penalty was convicted in federal court. He could have commuted the sentence but didn't. I've heard that story the priest told him before. It's an old story but a good one
I miss this show. Nothing compares to it.
This is a great scene, and The Streets Of San Francisco was arguably the best cop show of all time.
I just finished watching this scene and WOW! Absolutely amazing. I love the dialogue in this show!
This makes me proud to be Roman Catholic.
That's Max HELFMAN! A hauntingly beautiful melody and setting of that prayer.
You're right, of course. And thanks for the correction -- no idea how I got the name wrong.
Very moving scene...
Love this scene and the story
I think the last time before this that Karl Malden had played a priest was in On The Waterfront with Marlon Brando.
He used the same bible in this scene, as the one he used for On The Waterfront
"He sent you a priest, a rabbi, and a quaker... NOT to mention his son Jesus Christ. What you want from him?"
So Beautiful and to the point.
Powerful
Between this and "On the Waterfront", did any actor ever play the role of a Catholic priest as well as Karl Malden? It's hard to believe he wasn't Catholic but I love that the stole and breviary (or Bible) that he used in this scene are the same as those he used in "On the Waterfront."
Well, there's always Fr. Mulcahy from M*A*S*H ;)
The priest in Netflix’s Daredevil did a damn fine job, played a pretty crucial role too
Karl Malden went to high school with my mother
Karl Malden. Always.❤
Who's still watching this in 2017
me. i was 1 when this show started, it's just now that i started watching it 😁
will 2021 januari 1st do :) the new year is just 1.45 hours old :)
2021
anyidea what the music is called in the background of the man who lived by the river?
I've heard that joke many times but never so slowly.
It can happen. No worries. I'm a church and synagogue musician and I'm intimately acquainted with this piece of music.☺
Very nice scene. I would have expected a rabbi to draw the parallel of Jed’s predicament with the man who lived by the river. Just as I would have expected a rabbi, not Leo, to make the analogy of the man trapped in a hole when Josh’s career was in jeopardy because of ptsd. Rabbi’s tell parables to teach lessons. Priests & politicians not so much.
@bornbillsmith Leo explains it earlier. Also, because Sorkin wanted the White House to have to deal with it: ergo, federal. The '94 omnibus crime bill Leo mentions is a real law.
BARTLET
Why is it my problem at all?
LEO
As opposed to who?
BARTLET
The governor of Michigan.
[...]
LEO
It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney under the ‘88 drug kingpin law that was modified
into the ‘94 omnibus crime bill.
BARTLET
Which allows for the death penalty in certain drug related homicides.
I am against capital punishment
@01lduff1 Joey Lucas, played by Marlee Matlin.
@Ethmae I don't understand your point.
If the U.S. attorney was the one who prosecuted the case then why can't the President grant a stay of execution.
I love thees moments. that a presidents personal religious beliefs conflict with the office and he dos what is best for the country. that is some true devotion. and then deals with the personal/ religious consequences.
who was the quaker?
Deaf lady
and now he Confesses....and gets absolution? Fuck that. It was a sin.
More Presidents should "bend the knee" to God.
@bornbillsmith From the episode summary on the NBC website:
"After the Supreme Court refuses to stay the execution of a Federal prisoner convicted of killing two drug kingpins, President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) must decide whether or not to commute his sentence...."
See where it says "FEDERAL PRISONER"????
I don't remember this scene
@rockethearse First it was a federal offence and second a pardon even if a pardon can't reverse a conviction it
can stop the execution.
@rockethearse But it does as it should have been tried in a federal court.
The offense was to a governmernt employee and it's jurisdiction could be transfered to a federal court and then even according to you the President can give a pardon.
@spike1138 If only...
This is eerily similar. I don't know if Troy Davis should have been executed or not. Don't know if the President should have gotten involved. Maybe he deserved a new trial. Maybe not. Just strange.
@spike1138 Sorry to burst your bubble, but the President has no authority to stop the execution in Georgia. Troy Davis was not convicted in federal court. Only the Governor of Georgia can make that call.
@rockethearse
Even if you are righ,t I'm not a constitutiional expert so I can't priove you are wrong, that's not why the President on the show doesn't give him a pardon.
I checked the episode sumnmary and there were other reasons that were mentioned and done of them had to do with jurisdiction.
@rockethearse The President has the authority to pardon anyone, for any reason, returning him or her to a state of innocence. Obama could have sent a powerful message against Rick Perry, who stands proudly behind the death penalty, which explains why he holds the state record for most executions. But of course, the President just sat idly by, doing nothing in particular. Not unlike Bartlet.
@rockethearseThe President tells the Priest that he told his staff to look for a reason to stop the execution and that 70 percent of the population supports the death penalty suggesting he can't go against the will of the people without a reason and that reason can;t be because he was against the death penalty
If he gave that as a reason then he would have to commute everyone as it would discrimination.
He doesn't say anything about states rights.
Why was he a federal Prsoner.
@bornbillsmith This makes no sense -- you do realize that, don't you? Because it was a crime against a City of Savannah employee, that makes it a federal case? Do you know the difference between state and federal? I don't think you do. If you did, you wouldn't keep making such absurd statements.
@FreedInsanity There are a lot of white voters for whom Obama's race is a strike but not the whole ballgame. If they like him on other issues and he doesn't seem to favor white people any less than the last 43 presidents did they'll still vote for him. I don't know if Obama ever had any serious thoughts about commuting Davis' sentence but the racist outcry would have been spectacular if he had. Which isn't to say it wouldn't still have been the right thing to do.
@FreedInsanity You are simply wrong. The President can only pardon federal crimes. Look up "Pardon" on Wikipedia and read the United States section.
Moreover, a pardon does not reverse a conviction, returning one to a "state of innocence". If a felon is pardoned, he is still a felon. DO YOUR HOMEWORK before you make stuff up.
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Blah blah blah.
Even if that was true, it's preferable it to a candidate who says "my job is not to worry about [47% of the electorate]." The responsibility of the President of the United States is to worry about the WHOLE country. Regardless of whether you wanna call the U.S. a republic or a democracy.
I bet you quite like him these days.
@bornbillsmith One more time: The President has no authority to intervene in the State of Georgia. It was not a federal case. I don't know why this is so difficult to understand.
Because, ultimately the show is propaganda.
it was a federal case they even explained it in episode. It was under federal law Omnibus something. Bt rw fuckers like you just switch off their brains while watching
@somefooltookmyname They won't exactly be voting for Obama no matter what, so why bother trying to appease 'em?
He didn't need a GOD in a SECULAR COUNTRY to make a Moral decision, he could have made the decision himself. Frankly, all GOD did is get into his way from deciding what is right for the Country which by majority decided there is a penalty for killing another human.
So Beautiful and to the point.
Powerful