If you want to know what veterans feel coming home you need to see this film. I am a vet of two wars. This film captured my feelings in both wars better than I could describe them.
Thank you for your service. I never served because of my age. Too young for Vietnam by a couple years, too old for those that followed. I do have many family members and friends I worked with over the years that did/do serve. Most of my friends that served were in Vietnam. None of them were physically wounded but most were wounded in some way. This is one of the best movies ever. I wish more people would watch it.
My brother-in-law, who usually doesn’t respect my opinion on anything, agreed that it was one of the best films he’d ever seen after I suggested he watch it.
This film is a masterpiece on so many levels - it's one of those rare works that consistently bring tears at certain points every time I watch it - not tears of sadness, but those shed when you see a work of great art that overwhelms the emotions. There are so many micro-scenes as well, that are themselves overwhelming in their own rite. Who can forget when Dana Andrews' father and stepmother lament his leaving home with no clear goals, and the dad then reading a letter of commendation from the War Department citing the valor and bravery of the son? The father's reaction - one of extreme pride, sadness and stoicism has to be one of the best pieces of work ever committed to celluloid, and the stepmother is equally masterful as she cries then looks away; the long shot in the bar with Hoagy Carmichael in the foreground, and Andrews ending his ill advised relationship in the background is brilliant; double amputee Russell smashing his hooks through the shed window as his shocked little sister and friends take a perfectly positioned stance in the distance is intense; there are too many such scenes to be mentioned here. See the film, it is undoubtedly one of the best ever produced.
if this movie doesn't make you tear up and think about your own family and your own mortality i don't know what will...this movie is simply the best.....
I believe this is the greatest single film ever to come out of Hollywood in the post-war era. It's theme, its cast, its soaring music, it is incomparable on so many levels. For my money, this is the best MOVIE of our lives.
William Wyler had resonance with each of the three returning WWII veterans. Like Homer, he suffered a war-related disability. As a film director, he could relate to the financially successful banker, who returns home with a new perspective on those less affluent and like Fred, he experienced PTSD.
This is a breathtaking, incredible movie. Robert is correct. This is the best movie ever made in Hollywood. The TCM intros and back bits are always full of info. Even if they run the movie again, the info is different.
One of the occasions when the phrase "Genius of the Hollywood System" truly applied. A masterpiece, right up there with , Dodsworth, Rio Bravo, Gone With The WindCasablanca, Singing In The rain, Bringing Up Baby,etc.(Note the films I am citing are all paradigmatic products of The Studio System, from a variety of genres)
This film is as they say criminally underrated! I never even heard of it till I was in my 40's! Yet, I had heard of all the other famous, award winning movies from the 30's-50's when I was still in high school!
.....??? ..... underrated ?? maybe in your simpleton mind. Any film winning 7 Academy Awards and routinely appearing on dozens of "best of" lists is not considered underrated. Just because you were late to the party, doesn't mean everyone else was as uninformed as you. Next time you leave a comment, think about how stupid you sound to every one else.
Was just reading about him, he lost his hands in North Carolina training demolitions to the 13th Airborne when a faulty fuse set the explosives off early, he also is the only Oscar winner to auction off his statue, he got $61K for it to pay his 2nd wife's surgery though he said he didn't need the money, he kept the special Oscar.
My mother and I used to watch TCM together and we loved Robert Osborne's commentary. I miss you mom! You too, Bob!
God bless you and Mom....
Miss him so much. Such a class act, such a great voice
how could you not love this man? - rest in peace robert osborne...he's a legend in my book
i loved the chemistry between Dana Andrews and Teresa Wright. They made it so real and natural.
As a proud veteran, I tear up just listening to Hugo Friedhofer's opening theme.
If you want to know what veterans feel coming home you need to see this film. I am a vet of two wars. This film captured my feelings in both wars better than I could describe them.
kueagle1 Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service. I never served because of my age. Too young for Vietnam by a couple years, too old for those that followed. I do have many family members and friends I worked with over the years that did/do serve. Most of my friends that served were in Vietnam. None of them were physically wounded but most were wounded in some way. This is one of the best movies ever. I wish more people would watch it.
My brother-in-law, who usually doesn’t respect my opinion on anything, agreed that it was one of the best films he’d ever seen after I suggested he watch it.
This film is a masterpiece on so many levels - it's one of those rare works that consistently bring tears at certain points every time I watch it - not tears of sadness, but those shed when you see a work of great art that overwhelms the emotions. There are so many micro-scenes as well, that are themselves overwhelming in their own rite. Who can forget when Dana Andrews' father and stepmother lament his leaving home with no clear goals, and the dad then reading a letter of commendation from the War Department citing the valor and bravery of the son? The father's reaction - one of extreme pride, sadness and stoicism has to be one of the best pieces of work ever committed to celluloid, and the stepmother is equally masterful as she cries then looks away; the long shot in the bar with Hoagy Carmichael in the foreground, and Andrews ending his ill advised relationship in the background is brilliant; double amputee Russell smashing his hooks through the shed window as his shocked little sister and friends take a perfectly positioned stance in the distance is intense; there are too many such scenes to be mentioned here. See the film, it is undoubtedly one of the best ever produced.
Billy Wilder hailed it as “the best-directed film I’ve ever seen in my life.”
if this movie doesn't make you tear up and think about your own family and your own mortality i don't know what will...this movie is simply the best.....
I've seen this film several times and can never get through it dry-eyed.
I get choked up the minute the title appears :)
I believe this is the greatest single film ever to come out of Hollywood in the post-war era. It's theme, its cast, its soaring music, it is incomparable on so many levels. For my money, this is the best MOVIE of our lives.
Bette Davis said the same!
@@gsolomonla
Really?
I agree with you but I would have to add 12 O’clock High with Gregory Peck as well. This is my go to movie when things are both good and bad.
William Wyler had resonance with each of the three returning WWII veterans. Like Homer, he suffered a war-related disability. As a film director, he could relate to the financially successful banker, who returns home with a new perspective on those less affluent and like Fred, he experienced PTSD.
Teresa Wright is the heart & soul of this film.
Bob, thanks for entertaining/enlightening us with this great art form--you are missed.
I always loved these introductions before the movie played. :)
This is a breathtaking, incredible movie. Robert is correct. This is the best movie ever made in Hollywood. The TCM intros and back bits are always full of info. Even if they run the movie again, the info is different.
Tara Colquitt I just watched it...Again!
Just watched this movie, it was great.
The greatest film ever made!!
Bette Davis said this was the best movie ever made by the Hollywood studio system.
Thank you so much Mr. Osbourne.
Loy made no films during the war, she was too busy giving time to the Red Cross.
YES!!!
R.I.P. Mr Osborne
One of the occasions when the phrase "Genius of the Hollywood System" truly applied. A masterpiece, right up there with , Dodsworth, Rio Bravo, Gone With The WindCasablanca, Singing In The rain, Bringing Up Baby,etc.(Note the films I am citing are all paradigmatic products of The Studio System, from a variety of genres)
This film is as they say criminally underrated! I never even heard of it till I was in my 40's! Yet, I had heard of all the other famous, award winning movies from the 30's-50's when I was still in high school!
.....??? ..... underrated ?? maybe in your simpleton mind. Any film winning 7 Academy Awards and routinely appearing on dozens
of "best of" lists is not considered underrated. Just because you were late to the party, doesn't mean everyone else was
as uninformed as you. Next time you leave a comment, think about how stupid you sound to every one else.
Best Picture winner & biggest box office hit since GWTW.
One of my all time favorites.
TCM will never ever be the same.
Such a fabulous movie
I love this movie so much ❤
Best film of all time
I miss Robert Osborne so much
Was just reading about him, he lost his hands in North Carolina training demolitions to the 13th Airborne when a faulty fuse set the explosives off early, he also is the only Oscar winner to auction off his statue, he got $61K for it to pay his 2nd wife's surgery though he said he didn't need the money, he kept the special Oscar.
One of the greatest movies ever , an opinion shared by many including Bette Davis .
It's timeless. Every generation of veterans and their families deals with something like this. It also shows what truly love REALLY means.
@@thunderbird1921 yes. Yes.
AT 85 I KNOW A CLASSIC WHEN I WATCH ONE...THIS IS ONE SUCH...
Movies as art!
Isn't the same without him.
sounds like he had one too many scotchs before filming this INTRO ;/
pheadrasfall He was terminally ill
Or you had one typing.
@@madhubalan6842 Fucking zero , jackass.