"I fought in two world wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes and natives no white men have ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men and loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand, that's who I am" -the whole statement was a bad ass line. Would you fight the guy that introduced himself to you like this? I wouldn't.
@zizwop not at all I would atempt an apology shake his hand then thank him for his service to our great country. It's not good karma to fight your betters especially when there your elders. I would say your who i am introduction makes me want to be a better man. If I was those young men I would see my recruiter before the days out.
I was a teenager during the decade of the 1970's. I worked with and knew multiple older guys from around town. Little did I know at the time that many of them were WWII veterans who saw heavy action in the war and never talked about it. One of our home town hero's was John Bradley who raised the original flag on Iwo Jima. For many, I didn't know they were WWII vets until they died and I read their obituaries in the local newspaper and learned of the many war medals and purple hearts those guys earned. I later discovered the same for Vietnam Vets. Respect your elders, you never know who they really are. R.I.P. Ken, Don, Harold, Bud, Dick, Alex, Bob, Robert, Dale, Randy, Steve, John and all the other veterans I have known.
@@CryptTonite1955 Good deal I clicked the reply thinking that someone's going to throw out a cheap insult. I'm glad to be proven wrong. Wish you and those close to you nothing but the best. Stay safe because I'm thinking that things are going to get a lot wilder before they get any more better.
This is always the first scene I recall from this movie. It's the turning point in the movie when you realize that Garth's stories to Walter are more fact than fiction, and you see that realization on Walter's face. Literally the first film I recommend to folks, there is so much action yet you don't have to worry about sitting down to watch it with your 8-year old kid/grandkid. They really don't make great films like this anymore, or at least they are very rare jewels.
@@Jaco3688You need to get better at trolling. You should have stated something about glorifying kids who killed kids for "The Man." You'll learn what ticks most people off, but by that time, you will have matured to know that you are just a blink in the world. You won't try to make people mad, just for the sake of seeking attention. There are better avenues to get attention, and the positive kind. Do something bad to your community, you will be known for your life. Do something good for your community, and you will leave this life remembered by more than yourself.
"Just a dumb kid, Hub don't kill him" gives me the feeling Garth has seen this scene play out many, many times in their lives. I love that line. For Garth it is a forgone conclusion.
I always loved badass moments like that, but now that I'm older, I can see the subtlety in Robert's acting. You can see a slight flinch in his eye just before he talked about his lost comrades, and the way he looks at all the other guys when he said "killed many men", the stare and the pause, truly terrifying and clearly meant as a threat. The despise when he stresses on the word "flea"... That is acting.
Couldn’t agree more. That was the look and speech of a man that lived more in five minutes than these guys (or even most people) did in 18 years. I noticed it too when he emphasized flea. It wasn’t until I got married and had a kid that I could truly comprehend that feeling behind that line. It isn’t just that the kid dared to mess with him. Hub is disgusted because this kid is so blind to his own ignorance and so ill prepared for life that he’s gonna get himself killed. He doesn’t hate the kid and want to kill him. He sees what’s missing in the kids life and is disgusted by it. Fatherless behavior of an incomplete boy in need of discipline and direction. In my head I’d like to believe that after this, Frankie went on to better himself by joining the army, served for a few years, came home and became a cop and started volunteering with troubled kids to help them so they didn’t end up like he did.
Lonesome Dove is full of those nuances from him. Robert Ulrich spurred the horse on while Duvall was saying good bye to him in the hanging scene that's why he flinches and has a genuine shocked look on his face. He definitely makes you feel the emotions right along with him.
It was 1976 and I was a loud mouthed, know it all, fight anyone, 18year old when my father finally took me out back to teach me not to disrespect my mother. He was 59 at the time and I was never hit so hard, before or since. I'm 65 now and I swear I can still feel it. Thank you Dad, I miss you.
I am a year older than you, If my Dad was not there to discipline my stupid butt, Mom was perfectly capable to put me in my place, my parents loves us, but proved it by disciplining us when we deserved it. I never even thought to talk back, I knew what would be coming my way and it would not go well with me!!
@@GM8101PHX Thank you. Kids need discipline and even though they act up at times, they feel loved if they know there are rules. One thing I will say is that my parents were very rarely physical and the handful of times I was smacked were to teach a lesson not in anger. In fact, it was my Dad's calm attitude that gave him the authority.
@@Outspoken.Humanist Absolutely agree. It doesn't matter if it's kids, dogs, geese, or whatever else - rules must be in place, and there should be an appropriate penalty for not following them. Letting any creature under your care do anything it wants at any time is doing them NO good, and it does you no good. A life without limits is no life at all.
@@rayvega3163 Not at all. They have been dead for many years. They were loving and supporting parents. Working class but aspirational. Both worked but my father was the primary bread winner. My mother was warm and kind, had been a club singer. My father, a strong man, physically and in character, had been a heavy weight boxer in his youth and had a reputation as a hard man you didn't cross but he was only ever gentle and kind at home. Not sure why you wanted to know but it's good to remember and I hope that helps.
Just an important note: both Robert Duvall and Michael Kane are veterans, having both served during the Korean War. However, unlike in this movie, Duvall was never sent into combat. Michael Kane, on the other hand, was sent into combat, and has detailed a time where they were overrun and had to fight in hand to hand combat, and remembers thinking, "Maybe they will kill me, but I am going to take some of them with me."
Reminds me of the time a director told Christopher Lee to imagine what it would feel like to be stabbed in the back. Lee's response, "I don't have to imagine it."
If ever you find yourself confronting an old man who easily disarms you, shows you what you were doing wrong, gives you your weapon back and then invites you to try again the correct answer is "No sir. Thankyou for the lesson sir."
@@marcelhulsman5297 Well, imagine someone really fit, strong and competent, imagine someone is trying to drag him into a barfight, and he wants to avoid it... How to defuse the situation? There are some general guidelines and heads up, but every situation has different nuances. Regarless of this, a display of fighting skills or destructive power or both, such as, IDK, cut a bottle with an horizontal chop, lift a table by one of the legs with one hand, is the worst thing to do to defuse the situation.
@@roberteugene7295 If memory serves, is more like, a kid that age is well aware of being in way over his head, but or doesn't care, or try and suppress the fear of getting wounded.
The mark of excellence in acting is being able to control the emotions of the audience. Second Hand Lions acting is so masterful that you might as well get the towel out along with the popcorn.
@@Packguardian_gacha8684 The original idiom is, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." They might not all hatch, then you went out and planned around having more chickens than you actually do, and you're screwed. So in a sentence like this one, where it's more past tense. It's implied that you should "count your chickens" 'cause you already counted 'em before they hatched, but they didn't all hatch. So recount them now, so you can plan accordingly. In other words: He counted his chickens before they hatched by engaging in a fight with this guy. Then when given his knife back, he should've "counted his chickens" now that they'd hatched (now that he was already into the event he triggered), realized he has less than his original count since they didn't all hatch (plan fell apart) and get out of there since he didn't have enough chickens.
"They really lived." That pretty much summed it up. I still don't know whether to laugh or cry at the end. I truly loved these characters so usually I do both. Everyone was really in fine form in this film, and it is why it is in the top ten list of my favorite films.
When my great uncle died 2 years ago at 92, I didn't cry for him. HE REALLY LIVED. I cried for his widow, they shaired the same bed nearly every night since he got home from ww2.
I agree, epic movie I enjoyed immensely. This popped up in my recommended and I can't think of many movies I've enjoyed more than this one. Criminally underrated, IMHO. Such fine acting all the way around. Well done guys 😃👍🏻
@@tinetannies4637 Agreed, I'm tired of those fools. Such an "underrated" actor, such an "underrated" movie etc. Like repeating what they've heard a thousand times makes them edgy or cool somehow. I believe they have an extremely (overrated) mind, which is to say they have absolutely zero independent thought.
@@tinetannies4637 I've never heard that before, but it sure explains it pretty well. That just means they are both ignorant AND conceited. Deadly combination...
This film ages like the finest wine. I saw it as a kid, loved it. I am now in my 20s. Still love it. My kids will see it. And I hope it continues down the family line. A true classic. A film deeply treasured by my family and I.
Saw this in the theater when it was released; no-one could stop laughing. It was a marvelous piece of Texana worthy of someone like Larry McMurtry or in another era, J. Frank Dobie. That Robert Duvall could carry off the character was no surprise, but I was absolutely stunned by Michael Caine not only nailing the drawl but the Central Texas variety of it, and his understanding of what it meant in context. A gem of writing with two Oscar-worthy performances interpreting it... KDM
Could have not said it any better my friend simply a joy to watch and the end is amazing just after the chopper lands They really lived simply wonderful
Caine did the same heavy accent much earlier in "Hurry Sundown" (1966). A large number of cast members, especially Damien Lewis, that were in "Band of Brothers" are British, and sounded exactly like Americans.
@@pantaglieze It is amazing how such talented actors take their roles seriously to heart not only to project a character but also the vital facets of that character... thanks for the comment... KDM
@@kenmclemore523 Renee Zelwegger worked full-time as a secretary in London to get the Britspeak exactly right for Bridget Jones. Joachim Phoenix actually completed a fireman's training course and became completely certified in real life for his role as a fireman in "Ladder 49". The weightlessness scenes in "Apollo 13" were all done by the actual actors diving in a KC-135 (Boeing 707) under weightless conditions--nothing was digitalized--they were really floating freely and doing the acting too. So many anecdotes you could write a book.
I love this movie. This movie brings back memories of when I used to spend the night every weekend at my grandmas. This was the movie me and her would watch together. Rest In Peace grandma. Hard to watch it now a days without getting a few tears.
"There's only 4 of them." Gets me every time. You can see the leader hesitate as he picks up his knife. Granted, he had a shotgun pointed at him, but I like to think he's truly scared of Hub but doesn't want to look like a coward in front of his buddies.
Forget Hub, that shotgun will do serious damage or end your life, I would have been peeing my pants with it pointed at me, forget the knife!! I like that they had no clue a shotgun was coming to the knife fight!!! I served in the Air Force, as security police, we carried M-16s everyday and no one challenged us!!!
A masterpiece of a movie and scene. My dad taught me some basics of fighting, nothing too elaborate, just simple stuff for self defense, and it's given me a whole new level of appreciation for this scene: Frankie and his friends all do these big dramatic swings, thinking it'll add power or maybe scare Hub, but all it's doing is giving Hub an opening to block and pin them, no sweat. You don't faff around, you go in quick and efficient.
Nothing helps in a fight more so than experience. And yes, "Haymakers" are a rookies mistake. No call for them especially when your fighting bare hands. Keep your elbows and chin down at all times.
A 9th degree black belt told us any good karate fighter should be able to do Bruce Lee's 1 inch punch. All the wind up does is give you more time to screw up the timing.
Great observation. You can see Robert Duvall's character calmly observing Frankie's stance with the knife, thinking 'Yup, got him.' Then he blocks, grabs the knife and corrects his technique.
I love this movie, and I loved that after this fight he sat these boys down and taught them what it means to be a man. We need more old men like these two.
That last was a great scene in the movie and totally unplanned. Duval was talkin to the young men, as actors, giving them tips. A camera caught it accidentally and it went into the movie.
Most of the good older men are gone now, hell most of the bad ones of that age are too. But there are still good men around, you just gotta look and listen. Bravado don’t mean anything, find a man that’ll stand up for right even if it’s not popular and listen to what they have to say about life in general. If you stand up for what’s good about people you’ve got a great start in life as it is. Just my opinion.
I got to meet a 3 war vet in 2003; fought and was captured in the Philippians in WW2, froze his ass off (his words) in Korea for 3 years off and on, and did 2.5 tours in Vietnam before being shot twice. He cussed out the officers out when they medically retired him, and he wanted to get back in during the 80's and the Gulf War. He was not to be fucked with.
The Chief Master Sergeant who taught me how to be a proper officer was like this. He passed away in 1991 and I'd like to think he's in the afterlife, looking at the snot-nosed 2Lt I was and the Major General I became, and smiling. Although in his manner, he was more like Sergeant Major Plumley (We Were Soldiers), portrayed by Sam Elliot.....in other words, he convinced me that if I didn't listen and ever ONCE thought I was his superior, he'd pop me in the head with his sidearm......or at least take me behind the woodshed and beat my ass with a 2x4. 🙂
@Repent to Jesus Christ! I'm going for the whole death bed repentance thing. But you do your organized religion thing. I think if someone wants to find spiritual meaning, it doesn't require you to adopt blindly others views, but find the best parts of all and put them together for yourself.
Always? There's a reason they're not in that profession anymore, right? It might be slower for some, but age still takes its toll on everyone's reflexes, strength, endurance, etc. At one point, even old men in professions where men tend to die young have to acknowledge their age. Besides, well, 'tis a movie.
@@Briselance : I've been instructed in martial art by an "old man". Yeah, he was getting a bit slower but hitting him was like hitting a piece of granite. Also, seeing not a trace of fear or doubt in a man's eyes makes you second guess everything you think you know. Strength and speed help, but for some things they are not needed.
@@Briselance You must not have studied an advanced martial art. Strength and speed is one thing, but the ability to block and counterstrike someone's pressure point to immediately take someone down is something else.
Reminds me of a neighbour of mine when I was a teenager in the 70s. He lied about his age in WW2 at 15, landed on Juno Beach at 16. When Korea came along, he re-joined and fought his second war. He was a small unassuming man in his late 40s when I knew him. He showed a few of us kids how to fight with a stiletto (using the same grip stance as Robert Duvall). Our fathers really didn’t disapprove, but a few mothers were unsurprisingly upset. The guy was tough as nails, strong as an ox and had a heart of gold. Like most of his generation, he’s gone now and unfortunately he’s not around to provide a little guidance to kids today.
This is why I have always been taught to respect my elders, I’ve seen this happen. Two punks tried to mug my grandpa, 70 and a UDT man (underwater demolition team) WW2 Navy. Father’s of the Navy SEALs, afterwards he looked at me and said, “l fought meaner in my 60s.” He died at 90, on his deathbed he started laughing. My father said, “ He feared nothing in life, he laughed at death. Crazy old man.” I hop that when I go, l will be as cool as my grandpa.
I was in a waffle house when some punk got loud at a man that just wanted his coffee refilled..... The punks MoMA was the waitress..... The old man drank his coffee and calmly walked out never saying a word ........ The punk was telling everyone what he would have done to the old man........... I told his ass he would be dead now...... I knew the old man a Vietnam 3 timer was in the 101st airborne and the last five years of his service he taught hand to hand combat techniques for airborne training..... Point of the story don't fuck with people you don't know especially if they don't see you as a threat and scream a Haller back....
@Jonathan Wolfe Life is a privilege. The only right any living thing has is death. That isn't some fortune cookie bullshit, that's from a vet that spent three years in a war zone.
God I love this movie. My grandfather was like that too. Was a merchant marine at the age of 16 during world war 2, fought in both Vietnam and Korean war. Me and my brother till this day talk about when we used to watch John Wayne movies with our grandpa. We liked to think they were telling stories about our grandpa, because to us he was John Wayne.
That is a speech that puts fire in my belly. Ive only fought in one war, on one continent, havent see the nile, but Ive seen the Euphrates, and Ive only loved one woman.
Simper Fi. I felt that speech too. Only one war here too. I’ve seen the sun set and rise in some beautiful places. Been on 4 different continents, lost friends that I don’t think I’ll ever get over. Most Marines have been there done that; lived and seen more things than the average man will in a lifetime.
Pro-tip: when a guy disarms you, corrects you on your technique, then tosses your knife back to you, that's a clear indication you are in WAY over your head.
I like when he says that he's killed many men he looks around at the younger guys to emphasize that he's talking to all of them. It really articulates that these 4 young men are literally nothing to him. No challenge at all. And when he calls the leader a flea it's just the cherry on top of one of the greatest character comparisons in film
The entire movie gets me every time I see it. But, that line at the end, "Yeah, they REALLY lived!", absolutely reduces me to rubbish. To me, one of the greatest, most underrated movies of all time!!!
I'm obsessed with this clip. I love how subtle Michael Caine's performance is. Everything he says and the way he says it tells us that he knows how dangerous Duvall's character is
the best thing about this scene is afterwards they bring those kids back to their place to give them aid and food. You see Duvall talking to them as if giving them fatherly advice. It's endearing.
2022 and this scene still gets me laughing. Honestly say this film is a true classic and amazing. Todays film can never match the life lessons this film brought in
Doubt it, The story has a great place in the pAntheon of pages from an authors or screEN writERS words & thoughts On paPEr to be revERrED with much Skepticism & trepiDATIon But ultimately as a goOd ol family clASsIC!
Hub reminds me of my 8th grade PE teacher and coach. WWII veteran and missing his right hand, we were terrified of him! He was only about 5'5", but I saw him back a delinquent kid up against a wall by shoving his stump against that kid's throat. Held him there giving him the scariest drill-sergeant-style dressing down ever! That kid wasn't any trouble the rest of the year! 1976-1978
My uncle worked with an SAS vet who was a little guy. Uncle Cec saw him take down a much bigger man with one finger; kinda like what Sean Connery did in "The Presidio."
That man could beat you sensless with that stump! I'm telling you, it's like a baseball bat. My former boss had one, and had a reputation for using it.
I've watched this so many times. Whenever it comes up on my feed I watch again. Powerful speech about manhood. "I've loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you can never understand." I don't recommend fighting as a first resort but sometimes it becomes the only one.
Pro tip: when fighting an old man go for the leg sweep. Or a snap kick to the knee if you are feeling particularly mean. Old man strength is real. Old man mobility isn’t 😅. I know because I’m old
@@bryanprime3438 with a couple 45s odds are the police will hear MY side of the story while carrying away the bodies of the attackers!!! (well not KIDS like in this scene, BAD men) ~ROFL~
I knew a real man like this once. He was a World War II Staff Sergeant in the U S Army. He was a short man, but he could do at sixty years what most people could not do at 45. He was a legend to us small fry with all the tales he told, and that Brooklyn accent he used. Something tells me he was an even bigger legend than we all knew. I also wonder what he would do to these boys. I’d bet he’d tear em up like Hup did.
@@sturgeon2888 BUT they weren't ALL holding knives - only the first one. Unarmed - and untrained - they'd be easy meat for someone who REALLY knows what they're doing!
@@sturgeon2888 sorry son. Most kids holding knives don't have a clue how to use them and most of them are too scared to try. Been there, seen it, done it. There was a time when men knew or were taught (street or military) how to defend themselves. Back in the day, we didn't carry knives, we fought with our hands and did it on a daily basis (depending on the neighborhood.) Knives didn't scare you much. Be very afraid if you pull a knife and the guy you pulled it on isn't afraid. Back in my day if someone pulled a knife, it meant they couldn't fight worth shit.
This is a solid movie. Original storyline (rare these days), has good acting, and is light-hearted. I can remember seeing this on the airline when I was traveling from RDU to LAX. Back in the day they switched out the 'in flight entertainment' about every month. This is the only movie I tuned in to watch each week.
Garth is underrated in this film. He’s got that quieter, stoic, and utterly dependable type of toughness. He wouldn’t back down from a fight if it was unavoidable, but he wouldn’t seek it out for the hell of it like Hub.
I never tire of this scene! Funny and so badass at the same time. These movie gems are so easy to pass by because they are not heavily advertised blockbusters, but way better. Duvall in his finest comedic role!
Finding out that Travis Willingham is in this scene makes me so happy. Especially now that he's playing multiple crotchety old warriors in the current crit role campaign
One of the most enjoyable movies I have ever watched. Two great actors, an interesting,amusing script … just a good fun movie. The ending is well… unexpected but plausible for the characters.
This is one of mine and my sisters favourite childhood films. When we watch it together it takes me back to being 10 years old and makes me feel like a kid again. Still one of my favourite films to this day
This has always been a generational issue. I am an honorably-retired police officer with a law enforcement career spanning 30 years. As I drove young thugs to jail, many times involving hours and hours at the Emergency Room getting their boo-boos patched up first, I asked them if they knew why there were no old people like them. Not one of them ever figured it out. They often theorized that people mellow as they age. It came as quite a surprise to them, that the reason there are no old people like them, is because in order to become old, you first have to survive being young.
I love this movie. Best part is after he was done mopping up the whole bar with them he drove them to his house gave em steaks to put on their black eyes and asked them if they wanted to stay for dinner. Fucking legend
This is one of those legendary movie scenes that will always stand the test of time it will never get old and never be corrupted but the best part to me is how he takes them back to his place and gives them a talk about being a man afterwards he doesn't just beat them up and let them keep going in the wrong direction in life awesome movie awesome acting
If you are fixing to pick a fight with some old man, and his buddy gets up and calmly says, "Just don't kill him, okay." and then walks out, perhaps it is time to rethink your plans in life. If you have a weapon and the person you are fighting is disarmed, and that person disarms you, gives you advice on how to make a better attack, then gives back your weapon, just say "thank you sir." and walk away.
You missed out one more important thing. The punk being told to pick up the knife because he’s going to need all the help he could get. That sounds like a warning of he doesn’t know what he’s going to put himself through.
One of the greatest movie out there with awesome actors who enjoyed what they were doing The ending was priceless as well "Well there was this one traveling salesman"
Happened to see this movie on a flight, just to break the boredom. At least 3/4 of the passengers were watching and laughed throughout the film. One of the best little flicks I have ever seen. Puts the drivel coming out of Hollywood to shame.
Anthony Mackie explained why movies suck now. Almost explained. He forgot to add that when a story is actually good it gets made into a TV series. Because TV series make money.
The very last thing Hollywood wants to see is Alpha white males using tough love to get through to kids. Nope, today they teach if someone comes at you for a fight then run away and squeal on them to authorities.
it was well timed actually for both the lead actors and the boy and his grown counter part , ALL done a bang up job, they really got the right actors for each of the main parts... I don't think it would've come out as well with other actors in it.. well hard to imagine others in those parts anyway..
This is one of the greatest coming of age stories I have ever seen it works on so many levels it has comedy action and fantasy elements and they all are interwoven into a discernible story (not to mention numerous fine performances) but this scene is probably the highlight of the story
Reminds me of my Grandfather he was a WWII and Korea Vet. Man was fearless and the look he got in his eyes when pissed was bone chilling. Asked him once if he was ever scared and he said a few times he was, but living scared him more than dying.
MontanaMountainMen , thank you for your Grandfathers service for our country n those over seas n Korea!!! God bless!!! N yes, living is a whole more scary
That sounds like my dad. A Washington state logger before WW2. He went to the South Pacific in the war and saw combat. After military retirement, he became a deputy. When he got pissed, he didn't yell. His burning, steely-eyed stare would make Chuck Norris wet his pants.
I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two world wars, and countless smaller ones on three continents. I've led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and _tanks._ I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes of natives no white men had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, _killed many men,_ and loved only _one woman..._ with a passion a *_flea_* like you... could never begin to understand! That's who I am. _Now go home boy!_
Borrowed this movie from the library. My mom and I fell in love with it. Mom is with the ancestors now. Whenever I see this movie ,I think of her. Great movie.
If some old man nonchalently grabs you by the throat and yells in your face that they've fought in a world war and lived to tell the tale, thats when you turn around and run, like you've never run before. As that old man going to eff you up, if you try.
Totally believable. My brother's father-in-law was the toughest guy I've ever met. A few young guys tried to carjack him at a gas station in Texas when he was in his mid 70s. The ring leader ended up in the hospital and the other ran away. You never can tell just from looking at someone, even if they're older, whether they can fight or not.
@@patrickholland6848 my father was in ww2, Korean and the Vietnam War. He was one tough guy. He was 91 when he passed away. He taught me self defense and how to shoot a pistol, shotgun and a rifle. He was wounded 7 times.
I feel kind of sorry for Travis Willingham in this scene because he really gets punched in the nose for real. Robert Duvall punched him about three times before he realized that Travis wasn't a stunt double. So Robert payed him to show how sorry he was.
Thank you for posting this. It brings me back to the theater where my family watched it together. The lion on the corn loving that boy will never leave me.
Reading all of these comments brings and opens up memories to my mind. I tell ya growing up was tough because I was a middle child. Older sister who you never hit and then my younger brother who I couldn't hit 4 yrs younger. If things went sideways they blamed me and I would get a beating. Loved my Dad but didn't like him. I became a shy, introvert and self-entertained myself growing up. In life I excelled in sports and because I was quiet people couldn't measure my confidence in myself. They would doubt me but, I didn't care. In sports when it came to performing I did it with ease and grace. I was a talented athlete and had great coordination. Never bragged just went out and did my best and I would usually be 1st string in all sports. I believe my Fathers discipline had a lot to do with this. I joined the Air Force and served proudly for 30 yrs. I felt my parents discipline was much harsher than the military. With my Dad I shared many things with him public and personal. Lots of respect for him even though he was 4' 11 and I grew to 6'1, (took after my grandfather), I always looked up to my Dad. I owe a lot to him and my Mom, tons of respect for each of them. Miss you both. ♥
"... and loved only one woman - with passion a flea like you, can never begin to understand" I used to think it was cliched. Now, at the end of my 20s, I can understand the depth of those words, and how lucky Hub was to have found, loved and be loved by a woman who shared his affection for each other.
That “I loved only one woman, with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand” was such a bad ass line
Hell yea that whole speech makes me tear up a bit everytime idk why
That was cold
Best monologue in cinema history, according to me.
"I fought in two world wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes and natives no white men have ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men and loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand, that's who I am" -the whole statement was a bad ass line. Would you fight the guy that introduced himself to you like this? I wouldn't.
@zizwop not at all I would atempt an apology shake his hand then thank him for his service to our great country. It's not good karma to fight your betters especially when there your elders. I would say your who i am introduction makes me want to be a better man. If I was those young men I would see my recruiter before the days out.
I was a teenager during the decade of the 1970's. I worked with and knew multiple older guys from around town.
Little did I know at the time that many of them were WWII veterans who saw heavy action in the war and never talked about it. One of our home town hero's was John Bradley who raised the original flag on Iwo Jima. For many, I didn't know they were WWII vets until they died and I read their obituaries in the local newspaper and learned of the many war medals and purple hearts those guys earned. I later discovered the same for Vietnam Vets. Respect your elders, you never know who they really are. R.I.P. Ken, Don, Harold, Bud, Dick, Alex, Bob, Robert, Dale, Randy, Steve, John and all the other veterans I have known.
They were hero's, now we've got zero's.
@@CryptTonite1955 Good deal I clicked the reply thinking that someone's going to throw out a cheap insult. I'm glad to be proven wrong. Wish you and those close to you nothing but the best. Stay safe because I'm thinking that things are going to get a lot wilder before they get any more better.
@@stanleydavidlepretre4241 Cheers 🍻
Where do you live?????❤
@@danamazin8813 I’m in Oz, if you meant me.
This is always the first scene I recall from this movie. It's the turning point in the movie when you realize that Garth's stories to Walter are more fact than fiction, and you see that realization on Walter's face. Literally the first film I recommend to folks, there is so much action yet you don't have to worry about sitting down to watch it with your 8-year old kid/grandkid. They really don't make great films like this anymore, or at least they are very rare jewels.
They still make them, but as you said, they are rare jewels.
If they did, we’d be too free and ungovernable!
Toxic masculinity. We need more of it.
@@Jaco3688You need to get better at trolling. You should have stated something about glorifying kids who killed kids for "The Man." You'll learn what ticks most people off, but by that time, you will have matured to know that you are just a blink in the world. You won't try to make people mad,
just for the sake of seeking attention. There are better avenues to get attention, and the positive kind. Do something bad to your community, you will be known for your life. Do something good for your community, and you will leave this life remembered by more than yourself.
They don't make them like this anymore because they're too afraid to offend anyone and don't know what a woman is much less the love of one
"But there's four of them-.... three of them!" Gets me every time
The way he chuckles while saying 'gonna need all the help you can get' is just amazing, it sounds so completely genuine.
And in real life, a smart kid would pause a second and think "I need to rethink this".
I loved when he walks through the door and then racks the slide on the shotgun, music to my ears, and Everyone knew the shotgun was present!!!
@@la_old_salt2241Any normal human on this planet would piss themselves 🤣
"Just a dumb kid, Hub don't kill him" gives me the feeling Garth has seen this scene play out many, many times in their lives. I love that line. For Garth it is a forgone conclusion.
...well he told the kid "...he needs this more than me..." so he's SEEN it before and already told him about just getting out of the hospital!!!
Well, he _does_ lowkey call Hub a kill-stealing moron, so...
He did say that the kid should pick his knife up cause he was gonna need it
After 40 years he’s used to it
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I always loved badass moments like that, but now that I'm older, I can see the subtlety in Robert's acting.
You can see a slight flinch in his eye just before he talked about his lost comrades, and the way he looks at all the other guys when he said "killed many men", the stare and the pause, truly terrifying and clearly meant as a threat. The despise when he stresses on the word "flea"...
That is acting.
the fucking monologue is legendary....
@@robertmurry1442 And you had to ruin a perfect comment with your vulgarity, of which the movie had none on your pathetic level.
Couldn’t agree more. That was the look and speech of a man that lived more in five minutes than these guys (or even most people) did in 18 years. I noticed it too when he emphasized flea. It wasn’t until I got married and had a kid that I could truly comprehend that feeling behind that line. It isn’t just that the kid dared to mess with him. Hub is disgusted because this kid is so blind to his own ignorance and so ill prepared for life that he’s gonna get himself killed. He doesn’t hate the kid and want to kill him. He sees what’s missing in the kids life and is disgusted by it. Fatherless behavior of an incomplete boy in need of discipline and direction. In my head I’d like to believe that after this, Frankie went on to better himself by joining the army, served for a few years, came home and became a cop and started volunteering with troubled kids to help them so they didn’t end up like he did.
Lonesome Dove is full of those nuances from him. Robert Ulrich spurred the horse on while Duvall was saying good bye to him in the hanging scene that's why he flinches and has a genuine shocked look on his face. He definitely makes you feel the emotions right along with him.
Wasn't he in korean war ? I think those might be his genuine thoughts
It was 1976 and I was a loud mouthed, know it all, fight anyone, 18year old when my father finally took me out back to teach me not to disrespect my mother. He was 59 at the time and I was never hit so hard, before or since. I'm 65 now and I swear I can still feel it. Thank you Dad, I miss you.
I am a year older than you, If my Dad was not there to discipline my stupid butt, Mom was perfectly capable to put me in my place, my parents loves us, but proved it by disciplining us when we deserved it. I never even thought to talk back, I knew what would be coming my way and it would not go well with me!!
@@GM8101PHX Thank you. Kids need discipline and even though they act up at times, they feel loved if they know there are rules.
One thing I will say is that my parents were very rarely physical and the handful of times I was smacked were to teach a lesson not in anger. In fact, it was my Dad's calm attitude that gave him the authority.
@@Outspoken.Humanist Absolutely agree. It doesn't matter if it's kids, dogs, geese, or whatever else - rules must be in place, and there should be an appropriate penalty for not following them. Letting any creature under your care do anything it wants at any time is doing them NO good, and it does you no good. A life without limits is no life at all.
@@Outspoken.Humanist19 year old here, will be 20 this April. What are your parents like if you don't mind me asking?
@@rayvega3163 Not at all. They have been dead for many years. They were loving and supporting parents. Working class but aspirational. Both worked but my father was the primary bread winner. My mother was warm and kind, had been a club singer. My father, a strong man, physically and in character, had been a heavy weight boxer in his youth and had a reputation as a hard man you didn't cross but he was only ever gentle and kind at home.
Not sure why you wanted to know but it's good to remember and I hope that helps.
Just an important note: both Robert Duvall and Michael Kane are veterans, having both served during the Korean War. However, unlike in this movie, Duvall was never sent into combat. Michael Kane, on the other hand, was sent into combat, and has detailed a time where they were overrun and had to fight in hand to hand combat, and remembers thinking, "Maybe they will kill me, but I am going to take some of them with me."
Badass.
Michael Caine. Not Kane.
Reminds me of the time a director told Christopher Lee to imagine what it would feel like to be stabbed in the back. Lee's response, "I don't have to imagine it."
@@gregsteele806he was telling them that men don’t scream when stabbed. They asked how he knew. He said cause when I stabbed them they never screamed
Who the fuck is Kane, you fucking imbecile?
If ever you find yourself confronting an old man who easily disarms you, shows you what you were doing wrong, gives you your weapon back and then invites you to try again the correct answer is "No sir. Thankyou for the lesson sir."
What kid that age has the sense to know he's in waaayyy over his head?
It's a movie 🙄
Right you are!!!
@@marcelhulsman5297 Well, imagine someone really fit, strong and competent, imagine someone is trying to drag him into a barfight, and he wants to avoid it... How to defuse the situation?
There are some general guidelines and heads up, but every situation has different nuances. Regarless of this, a display of fighting skills or destructive power or both, such as, IDK, cut a bottle with an horizontal chop, lift a table by one of the legs with one hand, is the worst thing to do to defuse the situation.
@@roberteugene7295 If memory serves, is more like, a kid that age is well aware of being in way over his head, but or doesn't care, or try and suppress the fear of getting wounded.
The mark of excellence in acting is being able to control the emotions of the audience. Second Hand Lions acting is so masterful that you might as well get the towel out along with the popcorn.
Robert Duvall is a national treasure.
if a man disarms you and lectures you how to use a knife properly in a fight you need to just count your chickens and quit.
And if that same man then gives you your knife back to try again just apologize pay his tab and walk away fast
@@094640 indeed
Where did that saying come from anyways and what does it mean? "Count your chickens."
@@Packguardian_gacha8684old English proverb about 400 years ago when were raping the world😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Packguardian_gacha8684 The original idiom is, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." They might not all hatch, then you went out and planned around having more chickens than you actually do, and you're screwed.
So in a sentence like this one, where it's more past tense. It's implied that you should "count your chickens" 'cause you already counted 'em before they hatched, but they didn't all hatch. So recount them now, so you can plan accordingly.
In other words: He counted his chickens before they hatched by engaging in a fight with this guy. Then when given his knife back, he should've "counted his chickens" now that they'd hatched (now that he was already into the event he triggered), realized he has less than his original count since they didn't all hatch (plan fell apart) and get out of there since he didn't have enough chickens.
"They really lived."
That pretty much summed it up. I still don't know whether to laugh or cry at the end. I truly loved these characters so usually I do both. Everyone was really in fine form in this film, and it is why it is in the top ten list of my favorite films.
When my great uncle died 2 years ago at 92, I didn't cry for him. HE REALLY LIVED. I cried for his widow, they shaired the same bed nearly every night since he got home from ww2.
This movie is an emotional roller coaster for me. It brings both laughter and tears
@@paulineinstitutesofsecular8508 he'll yeah!!!!! It's a reminder of grampa, and how times change, and maybe not for the better.
Honestly, I wish I could see a whole movie just on their times in Arabia. That would be sick!
Robert Duvall is 91 now & Michael Caine is 87. Both of them are Korean War veterans.
I wonder how many of the young Hollywood actors have been in a real war.....
Any relation to Shelly Duvall?
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Surprisingly no they aren't.
@@Reduxalicious thanks bud
@@stephencross1230 in an actual war? Not many, but many have been in the military
This may be one of the most underrated movies of all time.
I agree, epic movie I enjoyed immensely. This popped up in my recommended and I can't think of many movies I've enjoyed more than this one.
Criminally underrated, IMHO. Such fine acting all the way around. Well done guys 😃👍🏻
@@tinetannies4637 the truth is underatted..these days
@@tinetannies4637 Agreed, I'm tired of those fools. Such an "underrated" actor, such an "underrated" movie etc. Like repeating what they've heard a thousand times makes them edgy or cool somehow. I believe they have an extremely (overrated) mind, which is to say they have absolutely zero independent thought.
@@mercian7 It's not the truth, this movie did very well.
@@tinetannies4637 I've never heard that before, but it sure explains it pretty well. That just means they are both ignorant AND conceited. Deadly combination...
This film ages like the finest wine. I saw it as a kid, loved it. I am now in my 20s. Still love it. My kids will see it. And I hope it continues down the family line. A true classic. A film deeply treasured by my family and I.
Saw this in the theater when it was released; no-one could stop laughing. It was a marvelous piece of Texana worthy of someone like Larry McMurtry or in another era, J. Frank Dobie. That Robert Duvall could carry off the character was no surprise, but I was absolutely stunned by Michael Caine not only nailing the drawl but the Central Texas variety of it, and his understanding of what it meant in context. A gem of writing with two Oscar-worthy performances interpreting it... KDM
Could have not said it any better my friend simply a joy to watch and the end is amazing just after the chopper lands They really lived simply wonderful
@@1glopz Indeed! Thanks for the comment... KDM
Caine did the same heavy accent much earlier in "Hurry Sundown" (1966). A large number of cast members, especially Damien Lewis, that were in "Band of Brothers" are British, and sounded exactly like Americans.
@@pantaglieze It is amazing how such talented actors take their roles seriously to heart not only to project a character but also the vital facets of that character... thanks for the comment... KDM
@@kenmclemore523 Renee Zelwegger worked full-time as a secretary in London to get the Britspeak exactly right for Bridget Jones. Joachim Phoenix actually completed a fireman's training course and became completely certified in real life for his role as a fireman in "Ladder 49". The weightlessness scenes in "Apollo 13" were all done by the actual actors diving in a KC-135 (Boeing 707) under weightless conditions--nothing was digitalized--they were really floating freely and doing the acting too. So many anecdotes you could write a book.
I love this movie. This movie brings back memories of when I used to spend the night every weekend at my grandmas. This was the movie me and her would watch together. Rest In Peace grandma. Hard to watch it now a days without getting a few tears.
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Its really amazing how dust sometimes gets in your eyes and can make it appear like you're crying!.... :-)
Try "she and I".
I thought you were gonna say your grandma used to kick ass like that
@@JW...-oj5iw try butt out how bout that
"There's only 4 of them." Gets me every time. You can see the leader hesitate as he picks up his knife. Granted, he had a shotgun pointed at him, but I like to think he's truly scared of Hub but doesn't want to look like a coward in front of his buddies.
Forget Hub, that shotgun will do serious damage or end your life, I would have been peeing my pants with it pointed at me, forget the knife!! I like that they had no clue a shotgun was coming to the knife fight!!! I served in the Air Force, as security police, we carried M-16s everyday and no one challenged us!!!
Trust me, he didn't give two shits about Hub bc that shotgun was the real threat
@@GM8101PHXu
@@GM8101PHXu
A masterpiece of a movie and scene. My dad taught me some basics of fighting, nothing too elaborate, just simple stuff for self defense, and it's given me a whole new level of appreciation for this scene: Frankie and his friends all do these big dramatic swings, thinking it'll add power or maybe scare Hub, but all it's doing is giving Hub an opening to block and pin them, no sweat. You don't faff around, you go in quick and efficient.
Nothing helps in a fight more so than experience. And yes, "Haymakers" are a rookies mistake. No call for them especially when your fighting bare hands.
Keep your elbows and chin down at all times.
A 9th degree black belt told us any good karate fighter should be able to do Bruce Lee's 1 inch punch.
All the wind up does is give you more time to screw up the timing.
Great observation. You can see Robert Duvall's character calmly observing Frankie's stance with the knife, thinking 'Yup, got him.' Then he blocks, grabs the knife and corrects his technique.
@@keithfaulkner6319 Did he explain how to do it?
@@Capcoor you're supposed to learn that in your training.
Speed, power, focus, muscular tension, stance, timing, mental control.
I love this movie, and I loved that after this fight he sat these boys down and taught them what it means to be a man. We need more old men like these two.
That last was a great scene in the movie and totally unplanned. Duval was talkin to the young men, as actors, giving them tips. A camera caught it accidentally and it went into the movie.
@@veramae4098 can you give me the source
The world needs more men, not old men, like these. Period!
Most of the good older men are gone now, hell most of the bad ones of that age are too. But there are still good men around, you just gotta look and listen. Bravado don’t mean anything, find a man that’ll stand up for right even if it’s not popular and listen to what they have to say about life in general. If you stand up for what’s good about people you’ve got a great start in life as it is. Just my opinion.
He fed them steaks too 😊 so that teen got his BBQ after all 😂
Back in the 80s I met a man at the NCO club that had served in WWII, Korean and Vietnam war. What an awesome generation those guys were.
My grandpa served WW1, WW2. They don't make men like him anymore and I include myself.
I got to meet a 3 war vet in 2003; fought and was captured in the Philippians in WW2, froze his ass off (his words) in Korea for 3 years off and on, and did 2.5 tours in Vietnam before being shot twice. He cussed out the officers out when they medically retired him, and he wanted to get back in during the 80's and the Gulf War.
He was not to be fucked with.
The Chief Master Sergeant who taught me how to be a proper officer was like this. He passed away in 1991 and I'd like to think he's in the afterlife, looking at the snot-nosed 2Lt I was and the Major General I became, and smiling. Although in his manner, he was more like Sergeant Major Plumley (We Were Soldiers), portrayed by Sam Elliot.....in other words, he convinced me that if I didn't listen and ever ONCE thought I was his superior, he'd pop me in the head with his sidearm......or at least take me behind the woodshed and beat my ass with a 2x4. 🙂
My Dad served as a marine in all three as well - amazing person. Sadly he passed due to VA hospital malpractice. Don't trust the VA, folks :((
Anyone else believe that those few lines where he introduced himself and his accomplishments was awesome! Love Robert Duvall
I did for sure... but unfortunately today many would call him a boomer with toxic masculinity.
Best part of the whole scene
WoW!! love this scene !!
Your Right, Robert Devall is one of the best actor to get into the business
Yes! I loved it ^_^
That's why you don't mess with old veterans. We love the fight and sometimes we miss what we went through
"you just come out the hospital"
"Well, there's only 4 of them"
Greatest line ever xD
Hardly the greatest, but damn good
@Repent to Jesus Christ! I'm going for the whole death bed repentance thing. But you do your organized religion thing. I think if someone wants to find spiritual meaning, it doesn't require you to adopt blindly others views, but find the best parts of all and put them together for yourself.
@BEWARE OF SEEKER FRIENDLY CHURCHES JESUS IS COMING Not the place.
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@@dirtpounder yeah true. I'm Christian and I believe in witnessing to people but there's a time and a place for it. Not just out of nowhere ._.
Michael Cain: "You just got out of the hospital."
Robert Duvall: "Yea, but there is only four of them."
Michael Cain: "Listen I'll let you fight this one first then the other 3 after."
@@masonstaten3493 "Yeaaaah! Watch this, kid."
Now you better pick that knife up cause son you're gonna need all the help you can get
C'mon Frankie get him! Cut him!
Garth literally seconds later: Oldest trick in the book.
"Always fear the old man in a profession where men die young."
Always? There's a reason they're not in that profession anymore, right? It might be slower for some, but age still takes its toll on everyone's reflexes, strength, endurance, etc.
At one point, even old men in professions where men tend to die young have to acknowledge their age.
Besides, well, 'tis a movie.
@@Briselance : I've been instructed in martial art by an "old man". Yeah, he was getting a bit slower but hitting him was like hitting a piece of granite. Also, seeing not a trace of fear or doubt in a man's eyes makes you second guess everything you think you know. Strength and speed help, but for some things they are not needed.
wise words indeed XD
"beware the wrath of the patient man"
@@Briselance You must not have studied an advanced martial art. Strength and speed is one thing, but the ability to block and counterstrike someone's pressure point to immediately take someone down is something else.
Reminds me of a neighbour of mine when I was a teenager in the 70s. He lied about his age in WW2 at 15, landed on Juno Beach at 16. When Korea came along, he re-joined and fought his second war. He was a small unassuming man in his late 40s when I knew him. He showed a few of us kids how to fight with a stiletto (using the same grip stance as Robert Duvall). Our fathers really didn’t disapprove, but a few mothers were unsurprisingly upset. The guy was tough as nails, strong as an ox and had a heart of gold. Like most of his generation, he’s gone now and unfortunately he’s not around to provide a little guidance to kids today.
This is why I have always been taught to respect my elders, I’ve seen this happen. Two punks tried to mug my grandpa, 70 and a UDT man (underwater demolition team) WW2 Navy. Father’s of the Navy SEALs, afterwards he looked at me and said, “l fought meaner in my 60s.” He died at 90, on his deathbed he started laughing. My father said, “ He feared nothing in life, he laughed at death. Crazy old man.” I hop that when I go, l will be as cool as my grandpa.
antony garza good story, thanks for sharing, never let go of those memories
Y does that sound like the best way to go just laughing at death
you are from good stock, all will be well when your time comes!!!
Awesome story ! Be like your granpa, cause im sure he loves you so much the man you became
What a great story of remembrance for you to tell your own grandkids. Thanks for sharing 😀👍
I love how as soon as the guy says “who do you think you are” Garth casually starts strolling out to get the shotgun like “Welp, here we go again...
Yep you can tell it wasn't the first time
"Never fight an old man whose profession was death, he is old for a reason"
I was in a waffle house when some punk got loud at a man that just wanted his coffee refilled..... The punks MoMA was the waitress..... The old man drank his coffee and calmly walked out never saying a word ........ The punk was telling everyone what he would have done to the old man........... I told his ass he would be dead now...... I knew the old man a Vietnam 3 timer was in the 101st airborne and the last five years of his service he taught hand to hand combat techniques for airborne training..... Point of the story don't fuck with people you don't know especially if they don't see you as a threat and scream a Haller back....
First time I heard something like that was on a Willie Nelson movie.
Could that reaSon be age
Never fuck with an old person. The words "Life in prison" don't have as much deterrent effect any longer.
@Jonathan Wolfe Life is a privilege. The only right any living thing has is death.
That isn't some fortune cookie bullshit, that's from a vet that spent three years in a war zone.
God I love this movie. My grandfather was like that too. Was a merchant marine at the age of 16 during world war 2, fought in both Vietnam and Korean war. Me and my brother till this day talk about when we used to watch John Wayne movies with our grandpa. We liked to think they were telling stories about our grandpa, because to us he was John Wayne.
That is a speech that puts fire in my belly. Ive only fought in one war, on one continent, havent see the nile, but Ive seen the Euphrates, and Ive only loved one woman.
Good for you. But you loved two. The first was and I hope still is your mother.
Simper Fi. I felt that speech too. Only one war here too. I’ve seen the sun set and rise in some beautiful places. Been on 4 different continents, lost friends that I don’t think I’ll ever get over. Most Marines have been there done that; lived and seen more things than the average man will in a lifetime.
Hell yeah brother!
@@tee1up785 a day will come when you will see them again. They'll be waiting with a handshake and a beer.
navy seabees 72-98
@@thomasleeman4847 I sure hope so sir. Thank you for your service sir.
Pro-tip: when a guy disarms you, corrects you on your technique, then tosses your knife back to you, that's a clear indication you are in WAY over your head.
Sinapth lol...
Good point😉😉😉
Sinapth
Even worse than that. He's in WAAAYYY over his head, is being taunted, and doesn't have enough sense to recognize that.
Two words are going through the guy's head. '' Child's play.''
Truth, bro!
So folks aint that bright.
I like when he says that he's killed many men he looks around at the younger guys to emphasize that he's talking to all of them. It really articulates that these 4 young men are literally nothing to him. No challenge at all. And when he calls the leader a flea it's just the cherry on top of one of the greatest character comparisons in film
Unquestionably one of the greatest scenes of all time, with two of the greatest actors of all time.
The entire movie gets me every time I see it.
But, that line at the end, "Yeah, they REALLY lived!", absolutely reduces me to rubbish. To me, one of the greatest, most underrated movies of all time!!!
It really is a great movie. I had to replace it 4 times, I wore out four of them.
Finally found it on a dvd
Just like the lion, they weren't second-hand when they died. They were real "African lions."
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Not only did they really live but they went out with they're boots on lol. Absolutely love this movie. One of my all time favorites to watch.
One of the best movies ever. They REALLY lived...
Robert Duvall is a nice guy in person. I met him once and he was the very soul of politeness.
I have heard that from every person who has met him.
I would love to meet Mr. Duvall!!
He's one of my favorite actors!!
After he got done strangling you
Robert Duvall kept punching Travis Willingham in the nose in this scene. Broke his nose...
Robert always comes across as a deasent person in all his films
I'm obsessed with this clip. I love how subtle Michael Caine's performance is. Everything he says and the way he says it tells us that he knows how dangerous Duvall's character is
Saw an interview with him explaining how he got the accent "Well, the words just kind of *lean* into each other."
His speech, is so unbelievably badass and FULL of passion. I literally saw the battlefields, the batallions he led, and the Nile. Class A acting.
the best thing about this scene is afterwards they bring those kids back to their place to give them aid and food. You see Duvall talking to them as if giving them fatherly advice. It's endearing.
And then, in the alternate ending, we see them as adults at Hub and Garth's funeral, all successful businessmen now.
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@@extrm161 Terrible
@@pyromania1018 because the accumulation of capital is the only definition of success
Gonna "have meat. Lots of meat"
2022 and this scene still gets me laughing. Honestly say this film is a true classic and amazing. Todays film can never match the life lessons this film brought in
It's 2022 my man...
@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou Thanks didnt realize it was typo XD
Nowadays they call all that toxic masculinity
@@tat3179 It's toxic for a reason, not to be confuse with an efeminate man.😁😁😁😁
Doubt it,
The story has a great place in the pAntheon of pages from an authors or screEN writERS words & thoughts
On paPEr to be revERrED with much
Skepticism
& trepiDATIon
But ultimately as a goOd ol family clASsIC!
Secondhand Lions was an _amazing_ movie that should have gotten more love at the box office.
"There was this one salesman..."
The problem is that Haley Joel Osmant (sp??)'s acting was absolutely horrible.
Excuse me?!
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Just goes to show you that a movie doesn't have to make a ton of mullah at the box office or win an armful of oscars to be considered worth watching.
This scene is hilarious. I'll never forget my mother and I laughing wildly at this. We cheered "Get 'em Robert!"
The entire film ends with an epic scene. If you have not seen it, take the time.
+Michael Trabbic Which ending? There were two.
+absinthe64 I saw the barn ending. What was the other one?
+R C Nelson This gang returns to attend the funeral. It's quite good, both endings are.
+Michael Trabbic the young Arab boy asks if these men were real and did they really live? To which an older Walter replied,"Yeah they really lived."
My father recommended this movie as well Mr. Trabbic, thanks to both of you, I will now take the time. I love anything featuring Robert Duvall
Hub reminds me of my 8th grade PE teacher and coach. WWII veteran and missing his right hand, we were terrified of him! He was only about 5'5", but I saw him back a delinquent kid up against a wall by shoving his stump against that kid's throat. Held him there giving him the scariest drill-sergeant-style dressing down ever! That kid wasn't any trouble the rest of the year! 1976-1978
And sadly, today, the parents would sue him for manhandling their precious little boy.
My uncle worked with an SAS vet who was a little guy. Uncle Cec saw him take down a much bigger man with one finger; kinda like what Sean Connery did in "The Presidio."
That man could beat you sensless with that stump! I'm telling you, it's like a baseball bat. My former boss had one, and had a reputation for using it.
My high school algebra teacher (1962) was a Marine DI, probably from the Korean war. He was not that large.
When teachers were allowed to care! And reach out!!!
I've watched this so many times. Whenever it comes up on my feed I watch again. Powerful speech about manhood. "I've loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you can never understand." I don't recommend fighting as a first resort but sometimes it becomes the only one.
Pro tip: when fighting an old man go for the leg sweep. Or a snap kick to the knee if you are feeling particularly mean. Old man strength is real. Old man mobility isn’t 😅. I know because I’m old
@@CorePathway My dad was a Marine DI. I don't think I could have taken him until he was 75. Still would have been a Pyhrric victory on my part.
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man -- Kenny Rogers
2:43 - You three better get in there and help him. - Gets me every time.
If someone says ”there is only four of them”, you butt out🇸🇪
...I'd have set down and said "...just THREE actually sir... " ROFL 😁😂😎
@@rmarsden8485 '' Better make it two.'' *sits down*
@@bryanprime3438 😂😂😂 ...I'm too old to run and too old to get my ass beat!!! LMAO
@@rmarsden8485 You mean young
@@bryanprime3438 with a couple 45s odds are the police will hear MY side of the story while carrying away the bodies of the attackers!!! (well not KIDS like in this scene, BAD men) ~ROFL~
I knew a real man like this once. He was a World War II Staff Sergeant in the U S Army. He was a short man, but he could do at sixty years what most people could not do at 45. He was a legend to us small fry with all the tales he told, and that Brooklyn accent he used. Something tells me he was an even bigger legend than we all knew. I also wonder what he would do to these boys. I’d bet he’d tear em up like Hup did.
This is a movie.
I don't care how big of a legend you are. You fight four guys holding knives at the same time you end up dead.
@@sturgeon2888 BUT they weren't ALL holding knives - only the first one. Unarmed - and untrained - they'd be easy meat for someone who REALLY knows what they're doing!
@@sturgeon2888 sorry son. Most kids holding knives don't have a clue how to use them and most of them are too scared to try. Been there, seen it, done it. There was a time when men knew or were taught (street or military) how to defend themselves. Back in the day, we didn't carry knives, we fought with our hands and did it on a daily basis (depending on the neighborhood.) Knives didn't scare you much. Be very afraid if you pull a knife and the guy you pulled it on isn't afraid. Back in my day if someone pulled a knife, it meant they couldn't fight worth shit.
This is a solid movie. Original storyline (rare these days), has good acting, and is light-hearted. I can remember seeing this on the airline when I was traveling from RDU to LAX. Back in the day they switched out the 'in flight entertainment' about every month. This is the only movie I tuned in to watch each week.
This scene embodies a truth I've always believe in: The older you get, the less patience you'll have for other people's BS.
you are so right. I'm 74 and the older I get the less I am likely to tolerate stupid people.
Garth is underrated in this film. He’s got that quieter, stoic, and utterly dependable type of toughness. He wouldn’t back down from a fight if it was unavoidable, but he wouldn’t seek it out for the hell of it like Hub.
Hub just does it for fun lol.
Is it "seeking it out" when the other basturds are "ASKING FOR IT?"
Garth doesn't go around starting fights, but he sure as hell isn't afraid to finish them
I also loved Michael Caine in Flawless. A different kind of fight.
I never tire of this scene! Funny and so badass at the same time. These movie gems are so easy to pass by because they are not heavily advertised blockbusters, but way better. Duvall in his finest comedic role!
I like him in lonesome dove..
It's a fun scene but pure Hollywood BS.
Best part about this scene is the Robert Duvall “that’s who I am” speech. The writing of it and his delivery is just phenomenal!
Michael Blevins you
When this first came out I was thrown by the title, now I watch it every chance I get👍. Excellent movie 👍 Two #1 actors, oh and a real lion 👍
I learned along time ago. Don’t mess with an older person. That’s why they are old lol.
...getting old isn't done by accident!!! Fools rush in where Angel's fear to tread... 😂😂😂
No country for young men. Eh ?
No point gettin' older if you don't get wiser.
@Darren Taylor lol nice
Is ur grandfather kicking ur ass and treating you like an adult count
Finding out that Travis Willingham is in this scene makes me so happy. Especially now that he's playing multiple crotchety old warriors in the current crit role campaign
When Duvall said, "there's only four of em" it was at that moment you knew it was about to go down.😂😂
Most excellent movie! My moms favorite while she was still here after having a stroke. Thank you to all who helped make this a classic!
One of the most enjoyable movies I have ever watched. Two great actors, an interesting,amusing script … just a good fun movie. The ending is well… unexpected but plausible for the characters.
SIR Michael Caine with a Texas drawl is a treat. He deserved every award he ever won, and probably two dozen more.
Not to mention a clean family movie everyone can watch.
One of the best underated movies ever
This is one of mine and my sisters favourite childhood films. When we watch it together it takes me back to being 10 years old and makes me feel like a kid again. Still one of my favourite films to this day
This has always been a generational issue. I am an honorably-retired police officer with a law enforcement career spanning 30 years. As I drove young thugs to jail, many times involving hours and hours at the Emergency Room getting their boo-boos patched up first, I asked them if they knew why there were no old people like them. Not one of them ever figured it out. They often theorized that people mellow as they age. It came as quite a surprise to them, that the reason there are no old people like them, is because in order to become old, you first have to survive being young.
What a true delight to enjoy seeing young "upstarts" get their discipline lesson from such a great teacher/actor! Thank you for this happy memory!
I love this movie. Best part is after he was done mopping up the whole bar with them he drove them to his house gave em steaks to put on their black eyes and asked them if they wanted to stay for dinner. Fucking legend
Gave kindness to a group of boys that just needed a good butt whooping/lesson.
"Meat... We're having meat." 🍖
😆😆😆
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And there's that "lion hunt" in the cornfield that always gets me too.😁
And they did.
And he gave them life advise.
And they stayed in touch.
This and _Big Fish_ are two of my favorite movies of this type.
One of my all time favorites I never get tired of watching this movie. It has great lessons to be learned in it.
Everyone needs to see this movie. Wow, for once in a while something worthy of 36 million views actually gets that amount.
Wonderful film
This is one of those legendary movie scenes that will always stand the test of time it will never get old and never be corrupted but the best part to me is how he takes them back to his place and gives them a talk about being a man afterwards he doesn't just beat them up and let them keep going in the wrong direction in life awesome movie awesome acting
OMFG Robert Duvall .....literally the most underrated actor of our time ....
-- I do not agree he is underated.
@@janettaschuch3591 thought he was ace in lonesome Dove.
Absolutely!!! I've said thar for years!!!
Very underrated movie. I used to watch it with my boys when they were small... great for all ages.
Duvall and Caine! What a perfect cast for a GREAT script. Love this movie.
“You’re fixing to let those teenage hormones getcha in a world a trouble.”
LOL I love Michael Caine😂
Make sure you put a Sir at the top
Garth, damn it, did I ask you to but in?
What's really funny about that line is they all look like they're in their 30's.
i love the writer who write those words
Purest american accent by Sir Michael Caine...👏👏👏
If you are fixing to pick a fight with some old man, and his buddy gets up and calmly says, "Just don't kill him, okay." and then walks out, perhaps it is time to rethink your plans in life.
If you have a weapon and the person you are fighting is disarmed, and that person disarms you, gives you advice on how to make a better attack, then gives back your weapon, just say "thank you sir." and walk away.
That's his brother, not just his friend 🤣
@@jimjutsu1825 This is general advice.
You missed out one more important thing. The punk being told to pick up the knife because he’s going to need all the help he could get. That sounds like a warning of he doesn’t know what he’s going to put himself through.
But of course ! 😉
...therez ONLY four of them??? 4 guys should have given a salute then walked back to the car to LEAVE!!! 😂😂😂
One detail of the fight that never gets old is the elbow to the face without looking back . Taught by experience .
One of the greatest movie out there with awesome actors who enjoyed what they were doing
The ending was priceless as well
"Well there was this one traveling salesman"
Happened to see this movie on a flight, just to break the boredom. At least 3/4 of the passengers were watching and laughed throughout the film. One of the best little flicks I have ever seen. Puts the drivel coming out of Hollywood to shame.
Anthony Mackie explained why movies suck now.
Almost explained.
He forgot to add that when a story is actually good it gets made into a TV series. Because TV series make money.
The writer of this movie fought for 10 years to get it made. Certainly worth the wait!
The very last thing Hollywood wants to see is Alpha white males using tough love to get through to kids.
Nope, today they teach if someone comes at you for a fight then run away and squeal on them to authorities.
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@@johnallen9439 Really? Must have missed that while watching 1883, Boba Fett, Harrison Ford...
it was well timed actually for both the lead actors and the boy and his grown counter part , ALL done a bang up job, they really got the right actors for each of the main parts... I don't think it would've come out as well with other actors in it.. well hard to imagine others in those parts anyway..
Shows exactly the problem with Hollywood. Bunch of asshats that think they know what everyone wants. One of the best films ever.
This is one of the greatest coming of age stories I have ever seen it works on so many levels it has comedy action and fantasy elements and they all are interwoven into a discernible story (not to mention numerous fine performances) but this scene is probably the highlight of the story
I liked the part where the lion jumped the jerk.
"He's dead, dead dead. "
Not him the lion.
That movie is awesome
i grew up with this aged WW2 veterans... i fell in love with their willingness to fight , but hatred for it !! ... always men of honor !!
Fear the Old man in the profession where men die Young.
So true
New tattoo right there.
your comment is gold
Was just about to write the same but you beat me to it my friend, never truer words spoken.
Well said. I have told a many person that.
Reminds me of my Grandfather he was a WWII and Korea Vet. Man was fearless and the look he got in his eyes when pissed was bone chilling. Asked him once if he was ever scared and he said a few times he was, but living scared him more than dying.
My grandfather served in Korea as well, right after graduating high school in 1955.
MontanaMountainMen , thank you for your Grandfathers service for our country n those over seas n Korea!!! God bless!!! N yes, living is a whole more scary
Always know where you're going to spend eternity, before you die ...
That sounds like my dad. A Washington state logger before WW2. He went to the South Pacific in the war and saw combat. After military retirement, he became a deputy. When he got pissed, he didn't yell. His burning, steely-eyed stare would make Chuck Norris wet his pants.
My Old man was the same way! US Army WWII.... Hard as a rock!!
I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two world wars, and countless smaller ones on three continents. I've led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and _tanks._ I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes of natives no white men had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, _killed many men,_ and loved only _one woman..._ with a passion a *_flea_* like you... could never begin to understand! That's who I am.
_Now go home boy!_
Awesomeness
I just heard that somewhere 🤔🤓
Favorite quote!!!
Boy, the down side of the internet is in being heard with nothing to say. You were better off being the strong silent type.
@@marka1422 You assume too much.
The passion in Hub's words gets me every time I watch this movie. If an old man has fought through multiple wars and survived, don't piss them off!
It did my heart good to see an elderly gentleman teach four youngens manners & respect, especially for war veterans.
Pity the only time this is ever realistic is in movies... Real life he would have gotten his ass kicked.
This scene never gets old.
Never does
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That speech huck gives always makes me tear up. It sounds so passionate
Borrowed this movie from the library. My mom and I fell in love with it. Mom is with the ancestors now. Whenever I see this movie ,I think of her. Great movie.
This movie will never fall from grace...it is truly timeless.
How could you not love this movie? My wife and I have seen Second Hand Lions countless times and never grow weary of it
I once had the honor to serve Robert in a Honky Tonk i was bartending at. One of the coolest men ive ever had the pleasure of shaking hands with
@@--pussypatroll-- what's that?
@Frank White your deficiency in humor far outweighs my stupidity.
Pussy PaTroll, the deficiency in humor is all yours. That wasn’t funny.
@@--pussypatroll-- Your idea of humor is disgusting. Fuck off.
@@Gib0 awww are your feelings hurt? FUCK YOUR FEELINGS.
If some old man nonchalently grabs you by the throat and yells in your face that they've fought in a world war and lived to tell the tale, thats when you turn around and run, like you've never run before. As that old man going to eff you up, if you try.
Totally believable. My brother's father-in-law was the toughest guy I've ever met. A few young guys tried to carjack him at a gas station in Texas when he was in his mid 70s. The ring leader ended up in the hospital and the other ran away. You never can tell just from looking at someone, even if they're older, whether they can fight or not.
Any man who served in WWII or Korea knows how to fight.
No. "Who do you think you are?" is something no wannabe-teen bad boy would EVER fucking say. It's just an artless setup to a dumb mini-monologue.
@@patrickholland6848 my father was in ww2, Korean and the Vietnam War. He was one tough guy. He was 91 when he passed away. He taught me self defense and how to shoot a pistol, shotgun and a rifle. He was wounded 7 times.
@@sherrykendrick1765 That is awesome.
I feel kind of sorry for Travis Willingham in this scene because he really gets punched in the nose for real. Robert Duvall punched him about three times before he realized that Travis wasn't a stunt double. So Robert payed him to show how sorry he was.
Yep but you got to admit it is funny
it *was* $500; probably just doubled what he was getting for the role lolol
I know how you feel and sometimes accidents happen but did Robert Duvall feel bad for that?
He punched him in the the nose i take of the scene.
Roy Mustang isn’t so tough after all.
Thank you for posting this. It brings me back to the theater where my family watched it together. The lion on the corn loving that boy will never leave me.
Reading all of these comments brings and opens up memories to my mind. I tell ya growing up was tough because I was a middle child. Older sister who you never hit and then my younger brother who I couldn't hit 4 yrs younger. If things went sideways they blamed me and I would get a beating. Loved my Dad but didn't like him. I became a shy, introvert and self-entertained myself growing up. In life I excelled in sports and because I was quiet people couldn't measure my confidence in myself. They would doubt me but, I didn't care. In sports when it came to performing I did it with ease and grace. I was a talented athlete and had great coordination. Never bragged just went out and did my best and I would usually be 1st string in all sports. I believe my Fathers discipline had a lot to do with this. I joined the Air Force and served proudly for 30 yrs. I felt my parents discipline was much harsher than the military. With my Dad I shared many things with him public and personal. Lots of respect for him even though he was 4' 11 and I grew to 6'1, (took after my grandfather), I always looked up to my Dad. I owe a lot to him and my Mom, tons of respect for each of them. Miss you both. ♥
"... and loved only one woman - with passion a flea like you, can never begin to understand"
I used to think it was cliched. Now, at the end of my 20s, I can understand the depth of those words, and how lucky Hub was to have found, loved and be loved by a woman who shared his affection for each other.
Robert Duvall no matter what character he's playing you believe it, He is one of the Best .
couldn't agree more!
👍👍👍
He was memorable as Lucky Ned Pepper opposite John Wayne and has never disappointed since
This is probably the greatest scene in this very well done movie!! Love this movie! Will never get old to me.
Travis Willingham, the tallest greaser guy, tells a hilarious story about his experience in this fight scene with Robert Duvall.