The "I don't care" line was originally supposed to be "That's not my problem" but Tommy Lee Jones liked I don't care better, so the director let him use it!
Tommy Lee Jones had a job to do. His mandate was to bring in a fugitive alive or dead. When Harrison Ford TRIED to plead his case to Tommy and Tommy said" I DONT CARE" He was basically telling Ford, my job is to bring you in and ILL KILL YOU...IF....I HAVE TO. THATS why Tommy said what he said. When it comes to fugitive arrest, I'm NOT asking you to comply, IM TELLING YOU. My line is..on the ground OR in it...
Not all movies age well, this is certainly one of the few that do. In the 1960s when ‘The Fugitive’ first aired on TV, it became a favorite of my parents and us kids. When the final resolution (a good ending) happened on that TV series, many people were practically clued to their TV sets. The movie version is absolutely great!!!
Me: Minty, we all care because your reviews are so good (thanks). One thing that sort of bothered me was that water tube (tunnel) near the Cheoah Dam in NC. I thought about how easily an exploring kid could tumble over it into the falls. Then I read that it was a temporary tunnel/tube only. WHEW!!! That dam is near the site of the remnants of that train and bus.
Don't forget Vanishing Son starring Russel Wong. Format was similar about a fugitive trying to clear his name. Man I wish that show didn't get canceled. It was really good. It was the only show my dad, sister and I actually watched together. Good times
When your two main characters are played by Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, it's hard to see how well played Sykes (the One Armed Man) really was. Andreas Katsulas was such an underrated talent and his death was a real loss.
Wait...didn't they do this all In "Clone Wars"? I distinctly remember an exchange between Anakin and Ahsoka inside a large tube before Ahsoka jumps to the lower levels of Coruscant.
I remember my grandfather watched anything made in the 1970's or 80's. He always felt that films made from the 1920 to the the mid 1960s were brilliant anything after that was rubbish too much violence, sex and swearing. Now anyone born from the 1960s to 1980s brought up with films made from the 1970s to early 2000's are brilliant now from 2005 to now is a pile of trash. I agree The Fugitive is great cinema probably Harrison Ford's last great film.
@The Last Fruit Fly My point isn't a criticism but just find it funny but I do agree. I feel after 2005 film have gone backwards because either political correctness or they just got no soul. Even the 12/pg 13 films hasn't got the balls to do some something edgy. You watch Jaws which was great cinema for a PG film it had guts to show a bit of blood and character you love getting killed. Yes that film did scare kids but it was part of life and as long as that parent tells the kids it is only fiction. Now studios would take out the sugar just to get the audience which in my opinion filmmaking should be about taken risk in storytelling. If The Fugitive was made now, it would be cgi which the majority of time has wreck the movie magic of cinema.
@@ninfilms I knew a lot of older people who didn't watch anything past 1980 for similar reasons. Maybe through changing sensibilities or nostalgia. But for someone like me who appreciates all eras of filmmaking, films certainly changed a lot in the late 2000's. The 2000's ended the studio financed independent film era, which to me was the pinnacle of filmmaking. You had unique directors with vision working with a great budget making popular yet smart films. Now it's all generic escapism with generic stars making reboots. Sure there's probably some great smaller films but they get lost in the noise.
All right, listen up, ladies and gentlemen, our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground, barring injuries, is 4 miles per hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him. And that is how you make a badass character in Samuel Gerard
Fun fact: I went to the same high school as Harrison Ford!!! Although it was decades later. Maine Township High School East. There I had the same history teacher as Mr. Ford, his name was Mr Carlson who inspired me!!! He also taught Hillary Clinton!!! Mr. Carlson passed away some years ago. May he rest in peace!!
I’m inspired to watch this film again. Tommy Lee Jones was always the stand out for me. He reminds me of the men in my family. 😂 Texas Rangers and US Marshalls throughout. He’s an incredible actor and pairing him with intense charm of Harrison Ford was magic onscreen. That train smashing bus scene...even now...epic. Loved seeing your take on the film! 👍🏼
I knew a woman who had been a kid at that time. Apparently Dr. Sheppard was not a real doctor, he was a *chiropractor*. She said it was sizzle to the scandal.
I'm surprised that this fact wasn't number one or even mentioned. Also, I'm stunned that several of the leads had not heard of the show. It was off the air before I was born and I knew the movie was based on a series.
THIS!!! Just posted something about it!! Should have read the comments first! 😉 I have been always fascinated about that case. His wife was also pregnant at the time of the murder and their son was asleep in the cottage. He was attacked as well and because he was a neurosurgeon, the police claimed he was faking the signs of a head injury. I always think “bushy hair man” when I hear “one arm man” because that’s all he could remember.
The hype for this film back in '93 was huge and it's a great film! Tommy Lee Jones is perfect as Gerard, but I didn't know Hackman turned it down; I would have liked to have seen him in it.
@@marlonclark1896 I felt even at the time she had more scenes, even when she confronts Richard Kimble she had more range than the rest of the other smaller characters.
Sometimes, scripts are so bad that no actor, however talented, can salvage them. Once in a while, you have an actor who's so perfect for the part he manages to elevate the material. Tommy Lee Jones took the character of Samuel Gerard to a new level. His original line was, "That's not my department." It was Jones himself who suggested changing the line to, "I don't care." I think this worked tremendously, because it keeps Gerard more mysterious, and therefore frightening. If we knew all along that he was just doing his job, we might have been slightly less worried about him catching Kimble, IMHO.
"What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farm house, hen house, outhouse, or dog house"
One of my fav movies ever! Everything works and it keeps you riveted for the entire duration. Its a classic and its timeless, Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones are absolutely perfect in each role. Thanks Minty!
Two THings: the score was terrific, absolutely awesome, perfect for the movie. Second: this was my first film seeing Harrison Ford play a different character thus, giving him credit to being a great actor. Before it was Star Wars and Indiana Jones, which are different characters yes but more adventure than serious like The Fugitive.
Harrison Ford injured one of his legs during part of the filming. They were shooting extra footage to be used in the trailer only of him running through the woods at night after the train crash. You can see Ford limping in the rest of the movie and it's not acting.
For those who didn't know this: In the movie, Dr. Richard Kimble is a Vascular Surgeon, in the TV Series he is a Paediatrician!! Tommy Lee Jones' character in the TV Series is called Lt. Philip Gerard!!
In the Scrubs episode "My Friend the Doctor, there was a subplot where JD thinks that the Janitor (Neil Flynn) was an actor in The Fugitive. Neil Flynn was actually in The Fugitive. He would have a small role in another Harrison Ford movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
My mom loved the TV series and the murder case that inspired it. Check out the murder case, Minty, it is truly tragic. The man accused in the actual case was finally show to not likely be the culprit of his wife's murder.
Yup, I do remember The Fugitive TV series in the 60's when I was a kid. My mom would watch it every week night on the ABC network. I think it was on Wednesday nights.
Jeez, I wouldn’t feel like anything I could write was up to par with Jerry Goldsmith’s “placeholder” music either. The man was a literal genius of a modern composer.
@Rolston Mayers (below) compares this to the TV show "The Incredible Hulk;" I was going to say "Quantum Leap"" Every week Kimble gets involved in a new story and then has to quickly leave town.
Fun fact. Back in the day, when we went to see the movie, my parents were very hesitant to do so because they remembered the TV series and they found it extremely boring and repetitive. Needless to say, we were blown away.
This is one of my favorite all time movies. I always assumed the man in the train wreck shot was a crew member - wild. I loved knowing the parade was real - when Tommy flashes his badge to a real cop to get past is the coolest. Thanks for the vid.
Great video as always Minty! I do think it might be worth mentioning that The Fugitive is actually based on a true story. Sam Sheppard, a neurosurgeon in Cleveland OH, was convicted of murdering his wife in 1954 but exonerated in 1966.
If I heard the story correctly, it was the popularity of the TV series that sparked public interest in giving the Sam Sheppard case a closer look which led to his exoneration.
7:16 I wouldn't mind seeing the wreckage from the train/bus crash. I am surprised they trashed the engine also. Great casting with Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford. Jones's lines were quite memorable. U.S. Marshals was a pretty cool movie.
It's still here in my hometown. It's in Dillsboro, N.C. You can see it all down by the river. The Great Smokey Mountain Railway used to go past it in their tours. I have heard the remains are looking pretty rough though. They've been there since March of 93.
I worked in the editing rooms of The Fugitive. I did the change notes. The scene where he from from the train was very visceral when it was just Harrison Ford breathing and running and his footsteps and ambient sound.
I always thought that Double Jeopardy was the third installment for The Fugitive. Probably because it stars Tommy Lee Jones as a cop looking for a killer who was actually innocent.
i'll never forget- i saw this movie as a double-feature in a drive-in theater. the first film was free wily, and me and my sister sat in the front seats. the second film was the fugitive, so my parents switched us and sat up front, while me and my sister tried to stay awake in the back. yup, free wily and the fugitive- great memory with my family, i was like 12.
On par with ‘Double Jeopardy’. This movie is so well done and one of my favs to watch again and again. I had a feeling that St Patrick’s Day Parade was real!
The train scene and a few others were filmed in my hometown, well two towns whose town limits are literally on opposite sides of a street, Sylva and Dillsboro, NC. The Great Smoky Mountains Railway sued the production because they did not put GSMR into the credits of the original theatrical release for allowing use of the railway. This is the first time I have heard of anyone seeing a ghost in the film footage. There is a railroad tunnel near to where the train scene was filmed. The tunnel is allegedly haunted. A chain gang supposedly drowned during the tunnels constructions so their spirits haunt the tunnel. One of the criminal ghosts may have been watching the filming, attempting to escape the law along with Harrison Ford. When I was in high school in the 80s, the railroad was not in use so we used to go to the tunnel late at night to see the ghosts yet never did. I would not recommend trying it now as there is not a path directly to the tunnel (we used to cross a bridge over the river, which can be shallow at times and not safe to jump into) and there are active trains that use the bridge and tunnel today.
A search and rescue scene was filmed in the small town I grew up in called brookport Illinois under the brookport bridge well the sequel us marshals was filmed in brookport
My pops worked for a spray foam company in which they built the tunnel scene for the dam scene which is pretty cool. They just used them to spray the foam so they could sculpt it all out. A lot of people didn’t no a lot was made here in Illinois.
I loved it when I first saw it, and had something of an idea that it was based on an old TV show, but I totally get that many would be oblivious to that. I was 36 before any TV network in my reach was airing reruns, and I fell in love with that too. A big time engaging drama.
You always do a fun and informative video. Thank you. I saw US Marshals first growing up then saw The Fugitive. On a side note, I live in the town where the new U S Marshal museum has been built.
I watched it as a kid too, when it first aired in the 1960s and the final resolution to that TV series was fun to watch . The movie is fantastic and keeps the suspense going through out the film. I think a lot of people were pleasantly surprised by how great the movie turned out to be.
It was a good 20 years after first watching the movie before MeTV gave me the opportunity to watch the TV show- love that show. Favorite scene in the movie? When Kimble makes the necessary changes of the little boy’s procedure in the elevator. A lump in my throat every time.
This is a great movie, solid performances, great action and a good story and what a difference shaving a beard can make, cause once Ford shaved his beard in this movie it knocked like twenty years off him.
2 things that make me laugh that really shouldn't are: when the one armed guy does his impression of Bugs Bunny on the tube: move to the door, doc and 2) when the good guy gets hit by that metal rod thing in the laundry scene. lol
That is such a beautiful area, especially when the fall colors appear. We have visited Cherokee and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. Didn’t know then that ‘The Fugitive’ was filmed in Western NC. Otherwise, we would have made sure to visit the place where the train and locomotive are.
This was the vert first movie I ever watched at the Warner Village Cinema in thr UK. Its a really great movie with great performances from Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Interesting fact you pointed out about Alec Baldwin being the original choice for Richard Kimble.
A top notch suspenseful thriller, still holds up today very well.
“I didn’t kill my wife!”
“I don’t care!”
One of the greatest movie scenes of all time.
partly due to it being unscripted.
Best part of the movie.
The "I don't care" line was originally supposed to be "That's not my problem" but Tommy Lee Jones liked I don't care better, so the director let him use it!
Tommy Lee Jones had a job to do. His mandate was to bring in a fugitive alive or dead. When Harrison Ford TRIED to plead his case to Tommy and Tommy said" I DONT CARE" He was basically telling Ford, my job is to bring you in and ILL KILL YOU...IF....I HAVE TO. THATS why Tommy said what he said. When it comes to fugitive arrest, I'm NOT asking you to comply, IM TELLING YOU. My line is..on the ground OR in it...
And he says "I don't care" while being pointed with his own gun by Richard Kimble.
One of the best movies of the 90s.
Tommy's deadpan looks and delivery of lines, is what made this movie for me.
I. Don’t. Bargain.
@@Cat_herders "He did a Peter Pan right off this dam!"
I came to the movie for Ford and stayed for Jones.xx
He definitely shows some emotion at times. Just at the right times and just enough emotion.
@@susanlansdell863ok we get it
This is one of the few movies that I can watch over and over and over again. It's just a really fun movie.
Not all movies age well, this is certainly one of the few that do. In the 1960s when ‘The Fugitive’ first aired on TV, it became a favorite of my parents and us kids. When the final resolution (a good ending) happened on that TV series, many people were practically clued to their TV sets. The movie version is absolutely great!!!
Same. I saw it a couple weeks ago, but now I want to fire it up again. It's so damn good.
Me: "I didn't ask for this movie review"
Minty: "I don't care"
Me: Minty, we all care because your reviews are so good (thanks). One thing that sort of bothered me was that water tube (tunnel) near the Cheoah Dam in NC. I thought about how easily an exploring kid could tumble over it into the falls. Then I read that it was a temporary tunnel/tube only. WHEW!!! That dam is near the site of the remnants of that train and bus.
Minty: The Fugitive was based on a TV series.
Me: These aren't 10 things I didn't know.
Also me: I don't care.
The original The Fugitive TV series also inspired the “wandering protagonist" format of other shows like Kung Fu and The Incredible Hulk.
Yes, the format reminds me of the western movie like Shane and the Japanese series like Kogarashi Monjiro and many others.
Don't forget Vanishing Son starring Russel Wong. Format was similar about a fugitive trying to clear his name. Man I wish that show didn't get canceled. It was really good. It was the only show my dad, sister and I actually watched together. Good times
@@ForEternia Vanishing Son came out in the 1990s. That formula had become long established by then to the point where it had become cliche.
One of the inspirations for The Fugitive was the real life case of Dr. Sam Shepard.
@@williamellis1190 Yes, I know. The case that made F. Lee Bailey famous.
The TV Fugitive was a big hit in Japan. I love Barry Morse!
I always felt that
The Fugitive
U.S. Marshals
& Double Jeopardy (Ashley Judd)
Could be a solid trilogy
"Why are you talking to me? She's the one with the gun." TLJ has had some of the best lines ... right up there with Strother Martin!
Han Solo looking for G'Kar, running from Agent K.
When Sci-Fi actors collide.
When your two main characters are played by Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, it's hard to see how well played Sykes (the One Armed Man) really was. Andreas Katsulas was such an underrated talent and his death was a real loss.
Clever!
Sigh, I miss Babylon 5.
Wait...didn't they do this all In "Clone Wars"? I distinctly remember an exchange between Anakin and Ahsoka inside a large tube before Ahsoka jumps to the lower levels of Coruscant.
Don’t forget Tomolok!
Back when movies were quality.
I remember my grandfather watched anything made in the 1970's or 80's. He always felt that films made from the 1920 to the the mid 1960s were brilliant anything after that was rubbish too much violence, sex and swearing. Now anyone born from the 1960s to 1980s brought up with films made from the 1970s to early 2000's are brilliant now from 2005 to now is a pile of trash.
I agree The Fugitive is great cinema probably Harrison Ford's last great film.
@The Last Fruit Fly My point isn't a criticism but just find it funny but I do agree. I feel after 2005 film have gone backwards because either political correctness or they just got no soul. Even the 12/pg 13 films hasn't got the balls to do some something edgy. You watch Jaws which was great cinema for a PG film it had guts to show a bit of blood and character you love getting killed. Yes that film did scare kids but it was part of life and as long as that parent tells the kids it is only fiction. Now studios would take out the sugar just to get the audience which in my opinion filmmaking should be about taken risk in storytelling.
If The Fugitive was made now, it would be cgi which the majority of time has wreck the movie magic of cinema.
Oh god, so true.
@@ninfilms I knew a lot of older people who didn't watch anything past 1980 for similar reasons. Maybe through changing sensibilities or nostalgia. But for someone like me who appreciates all eras of filmmaking, films certainly changed a lot in the late 2000's. The 2000's ended the studio financed independent film era, which to me was the pinnacle of filmmaking. You had unique directors with vision working with a great budget making popular yet smart films. Now it's all generic escapism with generic stars making reboots. Sure there's probably some great smaller films but they get lost in the noise.
Uh oh the boomers have arrived
Simply put: This film is a masterpiece.
Totally agree
Nah One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest -- masterpiece. 🤔
@@Zeldarw104 both are masterpieces in their respective genres.....
The TV 📺 Show is.
All right, listen up, ladies and gentlemen, our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground, barring injuries, is 4 miles per hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him.
And that is how you make a badass character in Samuel Gerard
Your fugitives name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him!
Fun fact: I went to the same high school as Harrison Ford!!! Although it was decades later. Maine Township High School East. There I had the same history teacher as Mr. Ford, his name was Mr Carlson who inspired me!!! He also taught Hillary Clinton!!! Mr. Carlson passed away some years ago. May he rest in peace!!
Oh hell yes !!!! This is Definitely in my top 10 favourite movies of all time.
Cheers from a fello Aussie youtuber👊🏻😁🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺
Your channel gives me a weekly zen. Much love!
Out of all of these UA-camrs in the land down under, he’s got class and talent!
Just checked your channel and instantly subbed.
@@waffensuperninja well then welcome aboard matey👌🏻
I literally bought a Devil Forge after watching your vids.
I love this Harrison Ford movie. The fugitive was a really, really good movie. It’s just a lot of fun to watch. Great job Minty!
I’m inspired to watch this film again. Tommy Lee Jones was always the stand out for me. He reminds me of the men in my family. 😂 Texas Rangers and US Marshalls throughout. He’s an incredible actor and pairing him with intense charm of Harrison Ford was magic onscreen. That train smashing bus scene...even now...epic. Loved seeing your take on the film! 👍🏼
He is a brilliant actor. He got so much energy. Before The Fugitive I liked him in Savage Islands aka Nate and Hayes which is an Indiana Jones clone.
Please watch it again. I just did. Was good in 1993. Even better in 2020.
The Fugitive story is based largely on Dr. Sam Sheppard. I remember how his son spent years trying to clear his father's name.
F Lee Bailey was the lawyer right?
I knew a woman who had been a kid at that time. Apparently Dr. Sheppard was not a real doctor, he was a *chiropractor*. She said it was sizzle to the scandal.
@@auldthymer I dunno, him being a neurosurgeon seems like a real doctor...
I'm surprised that this fact wasn't number one or even mentioned. Also, I'm stunned that several of the leads had not heard of the show. It was off the air before I was born and I knew the movie was based on a series.
THIS!!! Just posted something about it!! Should have read the comments first! 😉 I have been always fascinated about that case. His wife was also pregnant at the time of the murder and their son was asleep in the cottage. He was attacked as well and because he was a neurosurgeon, the police claimed he was faking the signs of a head injury. I always think “bushy hair man” when I hear “one arm man” because that’s all he could remember.
The hype for this film back in '93 was huge and it's a great film! Tommy Lee Jones is perfect as Gerard, but I didn't know Hackman turned it down; I would have liked to have seen him in it.
I think Hackman would have done a good job, although I believe he would have played the part closer to the TV series version of Gerard.
Everyone always forgets to mention Joe Pantoliano. Great review though!
I don't! "Joey Pants" is one of my favorite character actors!
Always loved this movie. The follow up movie, U.S. Marshals, also included Gerards team from the first film as well as a young Robert Downey Jnr.
I liked it too, yet it is so sad when one of his team dies!
It was a worthy successor. This one is still more iconic.
As always great job Minty! This makes me want to watch The Fugitive again.
Good old 90’s movies!🙂
Great film, it also introduced Julianne Moore in the small role.
she had more scenes but they were cut
@@marlonclark1896 I felt even at the time she had more scenes, even when she confronts Richard Kimble she had more range than the rest of the other smaller characters.
Sometimes, scripts are so bad that no actor, however talented, can salvage them.
Once in a while, you have an actor who's so perfect for the part he manages to elevate the material. Tommy Lee Jones took the character of Samuel Gerard to a new level. His original line was, "That's not my department." It was Jones himself who suggested changing the line to, "I don't care." I think this worked tremendously, because it keeps Gerard more mysterious, and therefore frightening. If we knew all along that he was just doing his job, we might have been slightly less worried about him catching Kimble, IMHO.
"What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farm house, hen house, outhouse, or dog house"
Love it!
In real life Harrison Fords character would be liable for restitution of this “ man hunt”. Helicopters aren’t free.
@@Solitude47152 but he could sue for the bus crash that almost killed him.
@@ChefCarter What are his damages ???
@@Solitude47152 psychological...
Fugitive: "You missed your stop."
Me: Hmm... lacks the punch of *"Get off my plane!"* from Air Force One. 😀
Absolute Classic !!!
7:57 - "Governor, these people are all dummies!"
"Well, how do you think I got elected?"
Whoops, wrong movie.
One of my favorite movies ever..seen it 50 times at least
One of my fav movies ever! Everything works and it keeps you riveted for the entire duration. Its a classic and its timeless, Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones are absolutely perfect in each role. Thanks Minty!
Two THings: the score was terrific, absolutely awesome, perfect for the movie. Second: this was my first film seeing Harrison Ford play a different character thus, giving him credit to being a great actor. Before it was Star Wars and Indiana Jones, which are different characters yes but more adventure than serious like The Fugitive.
Harrison Ford injured one of his legs during part of the filming. They were shooting extra footage to be used in the trailer only of him running through the woods at night after the train crash. You can see Ford limping in the rest of the movie and it's not acting.
Serves them right for adding shit to the trailer that isn't in the movie.. that's literally false advertising
For those who didn't know this: In the movie, Dr. Richard Kimble is a Vascular Surgeon, in the TV Series he is a Paediatrician!! Tommy Lee Jones' character in the TV Series is called Lt. Philip Gerard!!
In the Scrubs episode "My Friend the Doctor, there was a subplot where JD thinks that the Janitor (Neil Flynn) was an actor in The Fugitive. Neil Flynn was actually in The Fugitive. He would have a small role in another Harrison Ford movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Was he the cop that G'Kar shot?
My mom loved the TV series and the murder case that inspired it. Check out the murder case, Minty, it is truly tragic. The man accused in the actual case was finally show to not likely be the culprit of his wife's murder.
Just an interesting fact: The defense attorney for Dr. Sam Sheppard was F.M. Bailey. F.M. Bailey would go on to become a defense attorney for O.J.
@@Dan4CW F. LEE Baily you idiot. And all the so called "dream team" were scumbags especially Baily and Dershawitz
Loved the video! BTW there is a story that Kimble's beard was Harrison Ford's idea, and he insisted on it, even though the studio didn't want it :)
Well, he did add that subplot point of the pharmaceutical angle. He did look so much older with that beard and looked a lot better without it.
Another fun fact about the beard: he had it during a scene in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Yup, I do remember The Fugitive TV series in the 60's when I was a kid. My mom would watch it every week night on the ABC network. I think it was on Wednesday nights.
Still an awesome film.
Jeez, I wouldn’t feel like anything I could write was up to par with Jerry Goldsmith’s “placeholder” music either. The man was a literal genius of a modern composer.
Tommy lee jones vs Harrison ford
Two-Face vs. Han Solo
Love The Fugitive. Was good movie didn't know it was based off series till couple years ago.
@Rolston Mayers (below) compares this to the TV show "The Incredible Hulk;" I was going to say "Quantum Leap""
Every week Kimble gets involved in a new story and then has to quickly leave town.
Love your videos Bro, keep up the good work.
But when are we going to get a video of,
"10 Things you didn't know about Minty"😁
Immediate reaction: "Oooh! Another Minty video! "
One of my all time favourite films. 👍
I watch this movie at least once a year.
So Ive learned that Mr Tommy Lee Jones is one bad hombre.
Can watch The Fugitive anytime 👍🏾
Fun fact. Back in the day, when we went to see the movie, my parents were very hesitant to do so because they remembered the TV series and they found it extremely boring and repetitive. Needless to say, we were blown away.
And " The Janitor " is in it.
Nice one Minty, great flick
Minty be sounding like Dudley Do-Right when he said "You find this man!" LOL!
There's always a hype about this movie even before it came out and after. Fugitive is a great movie
I think I read somewhere that "I don't care" was ad-libbed.
It's a great acting moment from Tommy Lee Jones. He doesn't care, but he is scared to say it, and says it anyway.
This is one of my favorite all time movies. I always assumed the man in the train wreck shot was a crew member - wild. I loved knowing the parade was real - when Tommy flashes his badge to a real cop to get past is the coolest. Thanks for the vid.
If you like the movie 🎥, the TV Show is better. In fact they took scenes from the TV 📺 show and used them in the movie
This is truly one of my favorite movie it is in my top 100
The guy who plays the cop on the train is actually a hospital janitor.
Neil Flynn
His name is Janitor I think
...I heard it was Jan Itor...
😂 Nice! Perfect subtlety for those in the know.
I always thought he lived, otherwise how could he have been a hospital Janitor?
Just yesterday I watched "Wrongfully Accused" for a thousand times 😁
How did you do that? I can only get away with maybe 10 movies in a day.
You might want to word that differently. Lol
What is Wrongfully Accused ?
Great video as always Minty! I do think it might be worth mentioning that The Fugitive is actually based on a true story. Sam Sheppard, a neurosurgeon in Cleveland OH, was convicted of murdering his wife in 1954 but exonerated in 1966.
If I heard the story correctly, it was the popularity of the TV series that sparked public interest in giving the Sam Sheppard case a closer look which led to his exoneration.
I saw this when I was a little kid. Even then I knew the jump from the dam would not work.
Great movie and being from the Chicago area it really shows off the city well.
The train sets off track derailed still today. Just outside Bryson city. We did a family a vacation polar express there.
I love this movie, and I loved the old tv series (not the newer One), we had it as reruns late att night.❤️
Nice one, Minty.
7:16 I wouldn't mind seeing the wreckage from the train/bus crash. I am surprised they trashed the engine also. Great casting with Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford. Jones's lines were quite memorable. U.S. Marshals was a pretty cool movie.
It's still here in my hometown. It's in Dillsboro, N.C. You can see it all down by the river. The Great Smokey Mountain Railway used to go past it in their tours. I have heard the remains are looking pretty rough though. They've been there since March of 93.
The train engine was scheduled to be decommissioned, so it was lucky that they could purchase it beforehand and actually crash it into the bus.
I worked in the editing rooms of The Fugitive. I did the change notes. The scene where he from from the train was very visceral when it was just Harrison Ford breathing and running and his footsteps and ambient sound.
"WE HAVE A FUGITIVE ON THE LOOSE!"
This is one of those "remote drop" movies everytime it comes on. So good! Thanks Minty!
I always thought that Double Jeopardy was the third installment for The Fugitive. Probably because it stars Tommy Lee Jones as a cop looking for a killer who was actually innocent.
When I hear Tommy's voice I think of Chip Hazard from Small Soldiers.
I remember as a kid in the 70s watching reruns of the original TV show. The movie however was great.
i'll never forget- i saw this movie as a double-feature in a drive-in theater.
the first film was free wily, and me and my sister sat in the front seats. the second film was the fugitive, so my parents switched us and sat up front, while me and my sister tried to stay awake in the back. yup, free wily and the fugitive- great memory with my family, i was like 12.
One of my favorite films. I just love the gritty atmosphere the movie sets up.
On par with ‘Double Jeopardy’. This movie is so well done and one of my favs to watch again and again. I had a feeling that St Patrick’s Day Parade was real!
The train scene and a few others were filmed in my hometown, well two towns whose town limits are literally on opposite sides of a street, Sylva and Dillsboro, NC. The Great Smoky Mountains Railway sued the production because they did not put GSMR into the credits of the original theatrical release for allowing use of the railway. This is the first time I have heard of anyone seeing a ghost in the film footage. There is a railroad tunnel near to where the train scene was filmed. The tunnel is allegedly haunted. A chain gang supposedly drowned during the tunnels constructions so their spirits haunt the tunnel. One of the criminal ghosts may have been watching the filming, attempting to escape the law along with Harrison Ford. When I was in high school in the 80s, the railroad was not in use so we used to go to the tunnel late at night to see the ghosts yet never did. I would not recommend trying it now as there is not a path directly to the tunnel (we used to cross a bridge over the river, which can be shallow at times and not safe to jump into) and there are active trains that use the bridge and tunnel today.
Great 90's movie
A search and rescue scene was filmed in the small town I grew up in called brookport Illinois under the brookport bridge well the sequel us marshals was filmed in brookport
My pops worked for a spray foam company in which they built the tunnel scene for the dam scene which is pretty cool. They just used them to spray the foam so they could sculpt it all out. A lot of people didn’t no a lot was made here in Illinois.
@@militarydocumentariesinc.7007 that’s because Illinois is the best
I love this movie! It's definitely one of my top 10 movies 😎👍
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One of my favorite action films
I loved it when I first saw it, and had something of an idea that it was based on an old TV show, but I totally get that many would be oblivious to that. I was 36 before any TV network in my reach was airing reruns, and I fell in love with that too. A big time engaging drama.
You always do a fun and informative video. Thank you. I saw US Marshals first growing up then saw The Fugitive. On a side note, I live in the town where the new U S Marshal museum has been built.
Andreas Katsulas played one of my favorite characters in all of Sci-Fi, G'Kar, in Babylon 5.
RIP to him.
Unfortunately a life long smoker
I watched The Fugitive TV show as a kid. I was so glad when it ended! Love this movie!
I watched it as a kid too, when it first aired in the 1960s and the final resolution to that TV series was fun to watch . The movie is fantastic and keeps the suspense going through out the film. I think a lot of people were pleasantly surprised by how great the movie turned out to be.
You should do Gremlins 2 - The New Batch
& John Carpenter's Elvis
"I'm off to investigate the one armed man." That should be a euphemism for something.
G'Day, Minty mate.
It was a good 20 years after first watching the movie before MeTV gave me the opportunity to watch the TV show- love that show. Favorite scene in the movie? When Kimble makes the necessary changes of the little boy’s procedure in the elevator. A lump in my throat every time.
This is a great movie, solid performances, great action and a good story and what a difference shaving a beard can make, cause once Ford shaved his beard in this movie it knocked like twenty years off him.
Hell ya Minty. I was just watching this the other day. Again, your timing is amazing lol. Love the work bro!
Saw it in the theater when it came out. Started my career with the USMS in 1998. Now retired, no complaints.
2 things that make me laugh that really shouldn't are: when the one armed guy does his impression of Bugs Bunny on the tube: move to the door, doc and 2) when the good guy gets hit by that metal rod thing in the laundry scene. lol
Uhhh...Bugs Bunny IMPERSONATION doesn't make any sense what so ever...because Kimble actually IS a doctor.
@@joconnell8145 I know, it's the way he says it. Incidentally, do you have a sense of humour? Just wondering.
great video great movie too and tv show from 60s
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Sam Gerrard: I Don’t Care 😆
The Fugitive was filmed in and around Western North Carolina. In a little town called Bryson City. The town is right outside Cherokee North Carolina.
That is such a beautiful area, especially when the fall colors appear. We have visited Cherokee and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. Didn’t know then that ‘The Fugitive’ was filmed in Western NC. Otherwise, we would have made sure to visit the place where the train and locomotive are.
This was the vert first movie I ever watched at the Warner Village Cinema in thr UK. Its a really great movie with great performances from Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Interesting fact you pointed out about Alec Baldwin being the original choice for Richard Kimble.
One of my favorite movies. Love it!
Been waiting for this. Definitely in my top 10 !!
Gene Hackman would of been an interesting choice