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[Film] Your most powerful acting scene of all time ?

















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HellBilly
Feb 23, 2009
24,344
Brighton factually.....
Two for me.

1: Watching this in the cinema was just epic, from the crunching of the snow right through, the rest of the film tailed off, but this was epic.
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2: Just powerful
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FamilyGuy

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
2,513
Crawley
This Happy Breed (1944 B&W film - my favourite film. Based on an original play written by the genius that was Noel Coward, filmed almost entirely in a domestic living room).

Most powerful scene - when a young John Mills (the boy next door) comes home from the navy to tell his neighbours (Robert Newton, Celia Johnson) that their estranged daughter (Queenie) is next door, and that she doesn't want to come in as she doesn't know how she'll be received, and that BTW he has married her.

It reduces me to tears every time - and I've watched this film a lot!

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Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
25,481
Sussex by the Sea
This Happy Breed (1944 B&W film - my favourite film. Based on an original play written by the genius that was Noel Coward, filmed almost entirely in a domestic living room).

Most powerful scene - when a young John Mills (the boy next door) comes home from the navy to tell his neighbours (Robert Newton, Celia Johnson) that their estranged daughter (Queenie) is next door, and that she doesn't want to come in as she doesn't know how she'll be received, and that BTW he has married her.

It reduces me to tears every time - and I've watched this film a lot!

I don't have the tech skills to insert a link here.

 




Sussexscots

3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 3, 3, 3, 3 ,3 ,3 3 coach chuggers
The final scene in The Wicker Man, when Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) realises that he is the virgin sacrifice to be burnt (can't find a proper clip of this scene anywhere).

Also, the 'basement scene' in Pulp Fiction.



Edward Woodward was a much underrated actor in my view. Final scene of 'The Wicker Man' - quality not that great



It's almost ironic that, when Howie, a man of devout religious belief realises what the islanders intend that he tries to use science to try and convince them that THEIR beliefs are wrong. Think that's what makes it so disturbing.

I'll add to that the last scenes in 'Breaker Morant'

 








StonehamPark

#Brighton-Nil
Oct 30, 2010
10,133
BC, Canada
DavidinSouthampton;91136 51 said:
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Hope this works - the Good Will Hunting park scene. Robin Williams and Matt Damon.

Was going to post the same. Pretty much all of RW in that film, and then the "it's not your fault" scene.

Also, Pacino's team speech is Any Given Sunday.
 


Neville's Breakfast

Well-known member
May 1, 2016
13,450
Oxton, Birkenhead
I played the donkey in my Junior School nativity play many, many moons ago. Only piece of acting I ever did due to stage-fright.

Mine was in a school performance as well. A Harold Pinter play. The one with the two elderly ‘ladies’. I was one of the two and was told it was a powerful performance even though I forgot a chunk of lines. I guess my co-star also put in a powerful performance because it didn’t phase him.
Most of the rest of the posters on this thread appear to have misread the title. I do reserve the right to amend my post if my acting career ever resumes, bearing in mind the ‘of all time’ bit.
 










Lower West Stander

Well-known member
Mar 25, 2012
4,753
Back in Sussex
Surprised as how much modern stuff there is on here.

Personal favourite is Lee J Cobb in Twelve Angry Men. Absolutely fantastic.

Oh and Marlon Brando in Streetcar.

“Stellaaaaaaa’”

Both of them blow Hanks out of the water imho.


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marcos3263

Well-known member
Oct 29, 2009
955
Fishersgate and Proud
I tried to add a clip from the Fisher King from youtube. Its not that I can't - there are just too many scenes, the whole film is a power house of emotion.
 




Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,830
Uffern




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