Scenes that stay with you?

[Father Heathen]

The beach scene in Saving Private Ryan, especially when the soldier with his guts hanging out is screaming for his mama.

 

[Revoltingest]

Ahnold goes shopping for clothing.

 

[Stevicus]

I thought this scene in The Poseidon Adventure with Gene Hackman as the Preacher speaking to God was rather memorable:

 

[Revoltingest]

Here's a memorable scene that I bet no one else will post.
But I find it so well written, so powerful, & so illuminating.
It speaks to how we are part of things far more complex
than we see.

 

[Stevicus]

The darkness reaching out for the darkness.

 

[Revoltingest]

This scene sticks with me because of the perfunctory
treatment of an assassination in The Godfather.
Of greatest concern is saving the dessert.

 

[Stevicus]

This is a scene from Patton which always stuck with me.

 

[Stevicus]

Then there's Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg:

"Ahh, but the strawberries! That's - that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with - geometric logic - that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist! And I'd have PRODUCED that key if they hadn't've pulled the Caine out of action! I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers -"

 

[Callisto]

So many come to mind. But, one that scarred me was Midnight Express. An excellent movie about the real-life imprisonment of an American college student, Billy Hayes, in the early 1970s. He was sent to a Turkish prison for smuggling hashish. Originally he was given 4 years but just before his release, his sentence was revised to 30 years. He was truly in a hell on earth, immersed in non-stop trauma and torture. Even his dad (a US representative) couldn't help him and he was entirely on his own. Brad Davis was excellent as Billy, descending into madness and desperate to escape (the title is prison slang for making a prison break). Davis was a fine actor, sadly he died young.

I was underage when I saw it, a friend and I snuck in to see it and some parts have remained crystal clear. Two in particular; in one scene, Billy loses his composure in court when he's resentenced. His anguish and rage were palpable, it was devastating.

Of all the horrors he endured, the one that had my friend and I actually wrapped around each other was when he completely snapped and viciously attacked the prison informant who had framed one of his friends (there were 3 other Westerners). The man (John Hurt) was too frail to endure what was coming. We were scared witless.

Warning: NSFW, it's a full-on berserker breakdown and rough to watch, particularly its conclusion.

 

[Revoltingest]

Who can forget Mozart showing up Salieri, eh.

 

[Estro Felino]

This

 

[Vinayaka]

So many great scenes in that movie.
Instead of picking one, I'll offer some info about the movie.

What we got heeah is fayluh to communicate.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Circle of Iron with David Carradine and Jeff Cooper.

Circle of Iron is one of my favorites!

 

[Twilight Hue]

I'll never forget Oddball either...

 

[We Never Know]

Creasy's art is death

 

[Revoltingest]

The opening credits of Doctor Strangelove
have romantic music accompanying 2
planes copulating in a refueling maneuver.

 

[Soandso]

Birdemic - the coat hanger scene

 

[Mock Turtle]

Warmongers like Putin should have to watch and listen to this every night before beddy-byes:

 

[Revoltingest]

Heisenberg negotiates with Tuco....

 

[ChristineM]

I listened... 13th warrior.

It has helped me learn more than one language