Ending to the movie "The Quiet Earth." (1985) Replaced the movie audio with the track off the CD release, which is titled "Saturn Rising" by John Charles.
2:01 Right side of my brain automatically thought he was going to take a picture of the ringed planet with his "cell phone." Left side said: "Erm, no."
I was quite simply stunned by this ending. The imagery took my breath away and the music left me dazed. Two friends had to take my arms and guide me to the theatre lobby where understanding management administered a cold drink. This is a wondrous example of the power of the motion picture image when sublimely joined with a magnificent film score. It is indeed cinema greatness and the creative team that realized the vision of a gifted director deserve the highest recognition for their work.
The gravity of the rising Saturn is pulling up the water, forming those strange clouds. Same scene at the beginning but with the sun. Now it's Saturn. Not sure if there is any alegory with Cronos the Titan, greek mythology or something like that
Well Zac, in 4 hours you're gonna be thirsty, and in 8 hours you'll be hungry. Plenty of salt water and not a drop to drink, no food in sight. What the heck, enjoy the view.
Stunning and breathtaking! I came across this great movie on German television in my early teenage years. Already then I was thunderstruck by that sequence.
I was twenty-one and just off the ship after a long cruise. As a lifelong film afficionado and sci-fi fanboy I knew it was low-budget, and working along well-used last-man-on-earth themes but I was blown away nevertheless. It was the music that got me. Bruno Lawrence had only played a thug before this.
Almost my favourite sci-fi movie. The best bits are when Bruno is seemingly alone, then when the others turn up, it's not quite so fun. Still, one of the best endings, right up there with the Incredible Shrinking Man and Knowing...
Ringed Gas giants are very common and in our galaxy alone they have discovered many, some with ring systems, maybe he was transported to another "saturn-like" system in a star system millions of light years away.
Wonder if Cliff Burton of Metallica fame saw the ending of Quite Earth and inspired him to write Orion. Music is familiar Wonder if the Cliff was a sci-fi fan as well.
One of the best possible themes for a film. The television show turned it into a farce. The idea for how people are wiped out is great. But like all of them, he runs into "other people". "Hell is other people" Sartre, who turned done the Nobel Prize. I can think of a hundred things to do. Don't even want to run into anyone else, who like in this film, can screw up my Utopia.
New Zealands only Sci Fi movie of note, and this final two minutes the most iconic scene. Awesome yet ironically chilling...could do with a remake or cleaned up redux.
Okay, but don't introduce other people and have some fun with it, if you've the imagination and budget; Bugattis, Yachts, planes, mansions, weapons, travel etc etc etc.
+Andrew Llewellyn I like your thinking. It's all pretty much in the air but the director may have been hinting about some sort of travel through that red tunnel. Who knows?
If so, it would have to be in a different solar system because Earth wouldn't be habitable if it were suddenly moved to orbit Saturn. Maybe Saturn was moved to be near Earth? (the gravity effect would probably make life also impossible on Earth. Maybe that is what was causing the ocean to spurt upwards)
@@leegarner4592 that would be in mine with his instrument readings in the final scene. I suppose a moon of Saturn could sustain human life but probably it would be in warm underground caves with oceans
To me the theme conveys the confusion that Zac's going through if you took away the score you'd probably hear him going thru Einsteins theory and scientific jargon then at 1:57 He looks at his tape recorder drops it and say's ah fuck it i dont know what the hell happened but im going to chill out an enjoy the spectacle
Interesting movie, but the "Saturn Rising" makes no sense science wise. Any planet that close to Saturn or a similar gas giant would be tidally locked, would only spin on it's axis once per orbit, and Saturn would stay in the same place in the sky, always. It would slowly change phases like the moon does, but would not move, at least not much.
Thanks for uploading! One of my favourite moments in cinema - still with me decades later. Bruno's bemused/awestruck/resigned expression in the final frame is perfect, and the music... OMG!
Only after watching this clip several times I realized that the sunlight on the ground and in the sky do not match up. I guess that goes to show how your mind can easily forgive little errors when the total effect is this awesome.
Man you must be a stick in the mud irl, its like you can't put 2 and 2 together that its lined up with Saturn in the background. Imagine complaining about sfx from 1985, jesus christ dude. Do you not see the sun at the start of the video also? Blind
There is a thing worse than being the last man on Earth. Being the last man on a desolate alien world with only a sandy beach and an ocean.
2:01
Right side of my brain automatically thought he was going to take a picture of the ringed planet with his "cell phone."
Left side said: "Erm, no."
Overwhelmingly awesome end to a very underrated movie.
My thoughts almost precisely.
Damn right. This ending was...wow for me the first time I saw it.
Its funny how something so campy looking(even by the FX standards of the 1980's) can be so awe inspiring. Nice looking beach too!
I was quite simply stunned by this ending. The imagery took my breath away and the music left me dazed. Two friends had to take my arms and guide me to the theatre lobby where understanding management administered a cold drink. This is a wondrous example of the power of the motion picture image when sublimely joined with a magnificent film score. It is indeed cinema greatness and the creative team that realized the vision of a gifted director deserve the highest recognition for their work.
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That music 😘
I can't tell if this is hyperbolic or not...
The gravity of the rising Saturn is pulling up the water, forming those strange clouds. Same scene at the beginning but with the sun. Now it's Saturn. Not sure if there is any alegory with Cronos the Titan, greek mythology or something like that
I believe those are parts of the grid that blew up as he succeeded-gravity definitely wouldn’t act like that
Totally under-rated movie! the ending appropriate too!
Well Zac, in 4 hours you're gonna be thirsty, and in 8 hours you'll be hungry. Plenty of salt water and not a drop to drink, no food in sight. What the heck, enjoy the view.
Stunning and breathtaking! I came across this great movie on German television in my early teenage years. Already then I was thunderstruck by that sequence.
That's ok. He made the day, he is alive. The air can be breathed and the new world looks interesting (y).
Why does he never turn around? what is behind him?
I was 15 years old as I saw this great movie and was totally fascinated (No not only because of Alison Routledge).
Love it!
I was twenty-one and just off the ship after a long cruise. As a lifelong film afficionado and sci-fi fanboy I knew it was low-budget, and working along well-used last-man-on-earth themes but I was blown away nevertheless. It was the music that got me. Bruno Lawrence had only played a thug before this.
If you are still here, read THE GRADUAL by Christopher Priest.
Almost my favourite sci-fi movie. The best bits are when Bruno is seemingly alone, then when the others turn up, it's not quite so fun. Still, one of the best endings, right up there with the Incredible Shrinking Man and Knowing...
Ringed Gas giants are very common and in our galaxy alone they have discovered many, some with ring systems, maybe he was transported to another "saturn-like" system in a star system millions of light years away.
+DALE SHAND Or he's in a completely different Universe entirely. Those clouds look very odd to me, I couldn't begin to guess how they were formed.
Name one.
He didn’t have to travel anywhere except to the ancient past.
If i was in there i would have been like "well looks like i'm f*cked"
I thought that the first time I saw the film (decades ago)!!
Wonder if Cliff Burton of Metallica fame saw the ending of Quite Earth and inspired him to write Orion.
Music is familiar
Wonder if the Cliff was a sci-fi fan as well.
Great science fiction movie. Ending was awesome!
One of the best possible themes for a film. The television show turned it into a farce. The idea for how people are wiped out is great. But like all of them, he runs into "other people". "Hell is other people" Sartre, who turned done the Nobel Prize. I can think of a hundred things to do. Don't even want to run into anyone else, who like in this film, can screw up my Utopia.
Nice ending and great music
New Zealands only Sci Fi movie of note, and this final two minutes the most iconic scene. Awesome yet ironically chilling...could do with a remake or cleaned up redux.
I'm working on a TV mini-series of the source novel, and a sequel to the movie, 'Beyond The Quiet Earth'. Watch this space. I am quite serious.
How's it going with that?
Okay, but don't introduce other people and have some fun with it, if you've the imagination and budget; Bugattis, Yachts, planes, mansions, weapons, travel etc etc etc.
@@jeffstone2136 We're still waiting. Seriously mate, we're waiting!
A remake of this would be spectacular, it is one of the few movies I want remade.
I always assumed it wasn't he who was transported, it was the entire planet being moved to a different place in space?
+Andrew Llewellyn I like your thinking. It's all pretty much in the air but the director may have been hinting about some sort of travel through that red tunnel. Who knows?
If so, it would have to be in a different solar system because Earth wouldn't be habitable if it were suddenly moved to orbit Saturn. Maybe Saturn was moved to be near Earth? (the gravity effect would probably make life also impossible on Earth. Maybe that is what was causing the ocean to spurt upwards)
@@rob_milstein my take away from the film is that it's a whole different dimension or universe - the laws of physics as we know them are changed.
@@leegarner4592 that would be in mine with his instrument readings in the final scene. I suppose a moon of Saturn could sustain human life but probably it would be in warm underground caves with oceans
To me the theme conveys the confusion that Zac's going through if you took away the score you'd probably hear him going thru Einsteins theory and scientific jargon then at 1:57 He looks at his tape recorder drops it and say's ah fuck it i dont know what the hell happened but im going to chill out an enjoy the spectacle
Interesting movie, but the "Saturn Rising" makes no sense science wise. Any planet that close to Saturn or a similar gas giant would be tidally locked, would only spin on it's axis once per orbit, and Saturn would stay in the same place in the sky, always. It would slowly change phases like the moon does, but would not move, at least not much.
I love this movie and love the ending. I mean, what's he going to say?
That he should have kidnapped the woman and taken her with him so at least he could make her his sex object when they got to that beach?
@@aaronsmith7946 Ew. i think she'd rather drown in the waves.
@@ARedMagicMarker LOL. I'm sure. It was just a bad joke that I made 6 months ago
I'm hoping Criterion Collection will one day include this film in it's catalog.
one of my favorite movies!
Thanks for uploading! One of my favourite moments in cinema - still with me decades later. Bruno's bemused/awestruck/resigned expression in the final frame is perfect, and the music... OMG!
Only after watching this clip several times I realized that the sunlight on the ground and in the sky do not match up. I guess that goes to show how your mind can easily forgive little errors when the total effect is this awesome.
If that was me I would probably go completely crazy right then.
I dont get it,WHAT THE FUDJ hapend ?
Were are they?
I just can't think of how this reminds me of EoE's ending.
may someone please give me some insight into this movie!!! Also, what does Saturn have to do with any of it?
Bullshit.
One of the best movie endings, ever.
Great movie!
This movie was good I guess but I didn’t quite understand the concept.? It left me with more questions than anything.
So, now, earth is a Saturn's salletite ? nice
I got stuck with this image also, when I saw the movie
AMAZING
So I guess this movie was a big influence on Space Mountain
You can almost see the expression on his face, ‘oh sh*t I really done it this time’.
Although there is no sun in this scene, its reflection on the sea and sand makes the movie look very cheap.
Man you must be a stick in the mud irl, its like you can't put 2 and 2 together that its lined up with Saturn in the background. Imagine complaining about sfx from 1985, jesus christ dude.
Do you not see the sun at the start of the video also? Blind
The Sun could be setting behind him? I thought the same as you but its still a wonderful scene