Al Pacino Speech (City Hall)

Al Pacino's speech form the "City Hall"
Movie directed by Harold Becker (1996)

[@danielkokal8819]

I'm out of order, youre out of order, this whole damn funeral is out of order. HOOOOOOAAAAH !

[@ryan-tc3rk]

I'll Show You Out of Order!

[@rocketgirl616]

Harry Jimmy Trent f you too! 😆

[@tasha777]

I was an extra in this scene. I was standing way in the back on the left side. we were told before we even went into the church to film this scene to not approach al Pacino whatsoever. well Pacino is a perfectionist and we shot this scene sooooooo many times and within those takes whenever he passed me I thought to myself Im going to touch his shoulder, lol so when he passed me again I did touch his shoulder and when I did that he turned around to see who it was and I acted like it wasn't me,lol

[@chess4727]

You are so lucky to meet him...

[@deberenfokker1238]

Thats just weird

[@tthomaselli2]

tasha777- You were an extra in this movie???... Sweet!...

[@sagatuppercut2960]

You're fired! 😉

[@lornabrooks4484]

Me too !!!!! Lol I was 7 in the fourth row you can actually see me in the end standing up.

[@ibperson7765]

“A palace with no King, subjects are beholden to each other… Is that too much to ask?” *YES IT IS!* He is the King of Kings.

[@mikey102122]

"I will not go down, that way!" I love that line.

[@cjwright79]

You can only be relevant as President for eight years. Al's career as an actor is not only decades-long, but in a hundred years his films will still be admired.

[@gstx]

what an splendid actor...

[@cybnblau]

I want Al to read out my grocery list just one time. Probably the only human alive who would make it sound truly epic.

[@jimmy2k4o]

Milk Eggs MOTHER FUCKING CHEESE ohh ahh

[@fergalhughes165]

Cos she's got a great asparagus! .. or she will when she buys it.

[@MovieManOfPetersham]

You know you have a great film if it has a speech by Al Pacino.

[@MrIrishscouse]

If Al Pacino gave speech to a thousand people and told them they were 28 feet tall and they were about to invade Mars they'd believe him . . . and invade it. He's a genius.

[@someemailaddress]

RISE UP WITH ME .. everyone: fu@k yeah!! lol

[@lyndacampbell708]

i still can't believe Al Pacino is not the real mayor of NYC.

[@YassTheClass]

I've watched Scent of Woman, and The Irishman, and then this scene, and I wonder why this man isnt a politician?

[@johntexas8417]

@@YassTheClass Becouse hes better than that. Politicians are the worse of the worse. The trash of the dumpyard

[@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr]

@@johntexas8417 not really

[@hmmmmmmminteresting]

​@@YassTheClasshe's just an actor though. He didn't write one word here. It's hard to believe but he's just a vessel. That's what brilliant about it. The actor and the writer are both brilliant and the director and everyone does their part

[@nina84374]

​@@YassTheClassBecause Al is humble and kind hearted. Politics is a dirty business. Its like Corleone crime family. You cant do anything with your hands clean

[@phillecompte3438]

These are words of the soul which must not be judged by race ,color or creed .When the heart speaks,ALL people must listen and respond in kind .

[@fastballonly]

What an amazing actor! I was driven to tears.

[@TheChico2200]

al pacino has a way of moving people with his words awesome!!!!

[@lindasix9388]

I love his voice

[@Lushy260]

Me too, he did a good accent

[@moisheblumenthal1655]

Best speech ever . In the movies and real life

[@lornabrooks4484]

Oh my goodness I was an extra in this scene the little girl in the fourth row who stands up at the end chewing gum lol 😂 can’t believe I got to shake Al Pacino’s hand outside after the scene and didn’t even know who he was 🤩

[@CroPETROforeverNBA]

Great, and far as I can see now you're beautiful woman if I may say. Greets from Europe :)

[@garydolan2818]

@@CroPETROforeverNBA simp

[@Lushy260]

Loved this scene, when he plays all different characters you forget that its him. Also, he was good with the accent

[@shermanhakeem]

i thought he's gonna open up the coffin and say : SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND

[@rhysdoyle5092]

Lmao!

[@meinkon]

hahaha

[@saadatkhan4505]

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH MAAAN

[@jimmy2k4o]

And then wastes the church.

[@ASOtheprO]

_Tattaglia sends his regards_

[@1habicher]

This is one of the very best but Al did many but it just shows one man can do and should do, be heard and know right from wrong and teach us all to be so much better!

[@TheAlejandroAlfonso]

UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT AN ARTIST?!?

[@PRODUCEDBYKEV]

Al was rockin the house for a minute. Preach Bro.

[@menschkeit1]

remember, he's making this speech knowing he's responsible for the child's death.

[@fergalhughes165]

We, the audience, don't know that at the time of that scene

[@dom0master96]

Thanks for the spoiler.

[@randyoteng9313]

Goosebumps every time I watch this!!!🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

God forbid, if I die before Al Pacino, I would love to Al Pacino to do my eulogy.

[@abinashprasad1630]

It's the best speech among all the speeches I ever heard .

[@CosmeJunior]

amazing speech!! watched 10 times

[@johnmolina607]

Al pacino for president

[@dongato11]

Such a great quality video. Inspirational. Thanks uploader.

[@lionelshala]

Goosebumps all the way!!!

[@crack0797]

i will not go down that way, i choose to fight backkkkk 👊

[@shah5886]

I love that quote. Very powerful

[@advokris]

Whenever I get down and need motivation, I watch this movie segment. I love the line-- "I will go down that way". I choose to fight back. I choose to rise, not fall" " And I know what's within me is within you." Great stuff.

[@abcun17]

And how is that working out for you? 🤪

[@bergbaubergbau]

This is the greatest speech I know. Oddly spoken by an actor within a few minutes in a feature film with a fictional story. It might be fitting that the best sermon I know is also in a feature film. Orson Welles voiced them in a matter of minutes in 1956's "Moby Dick".

[@pramderooy7037]

and just sitting in silence at the end like a boss

[@Vergon3256]

He's a fucking genius

[@arianmichael59]

this guy makes me cry

[@hesh8100]

Powerlifting & Bodybuilding Motivation me 2

[@RicardoDinizPortugal]

I started to cry just as I started to read your comment.

[@voltape]

a remarkable speach

[@Fnaf-vh9cs]

such a good actor a natural actor like his really there not like he just passing the lines.

[@msolo5785]

A real politician at work!

[@samgroll3605]

Only Al Pacino could get away with going full evangelical preacher at a funeral if he were mayor or any kind of political figure.

[@dankabongo9912]

al pacino for president he know how to speak

[@themaharaniscloset]

THE POWER OF CHARISMA IN THE POLITICIANS WE VOTE FOR.. This speech was a total con. Delivered superbly.

[@matroko]

3:48

[@petertatar8726]

Mario González Rodríguez i

[@brianestes9855]

Mario González Rodríguez god bless you

[@douniacats]

i like him when he start yelling

[@Lushy260]

Me too

[@ValentinoVitez]

Scent of a woman, Devils advocate, any given sunday, this man was born to speak

[@jimmy2k4o]

....And justice for all.

[@Lushy260]

@@jimmy2k4o Carlito's Way

[@frostylunetta]

The Godfather and Godfather Part II

[@sagatuppercut2960]

My favorite speech is when he scolded his boss in Glengarry Glen Ross. 😆

[@Lushy260]

@@sagatuppercut2960 Mine too!!!

[@lianzomi6382]

Greatest speech

[@smartbreeder2745]

In real life if a politician or major made a speech like this the press would label him insane.

[@joshschaeffer3300]

Just depends on the letter in front of there name D or R. Democrat would be inspiring, stirring, truth, a republican it would be where did he get the nerve, the gall of that man, how dare he.

[@Roo408]

More insane people please 👍

[@NoName-sv7pp]

@@leodejongful You hit it on the head. I've never seen this movie, but after watching this speech, I knew exactly who this character, at least for the sake of this scene, was based on. It's even in the body language.

[@samto7857]

Thank you 🤣

[@ryantrent2114]

I firmly agree. As bombastic and inappropriate as this speech would be in real life, it also doesn't really work as a scene. Obviously it was intended as an emotional high point but it's a little too obvious as Al Pacino engaging in his trademark histrionics.

[@maximillianrexcarpediem1469]

A motivational video brought me here.

[@NothingButHarv]

the one called unstoppable

[@Zoki4444]

It's the hair. It's always the hair that gets me.

[@berrybasyouni4442]

i love u Al omg.omg, omg

[@adria_nika]

Is interesting the way he gesticulates, in this speech

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

really moving! amazing speech!

[@48some]

(Thank you, Reverend.) I was warned not to come here. I was warned. They warned me, "Don't stand behind that coffin." But why should I heed such a warning when a heartbeat is silent and a child lies dead? "Don't stand behind" this coffin. That boy was as pure and as innocent as the driven snow. But I must stand here, because I have not given you what you should have. Until we can walk abroad and recreate ourselves, until we can stroll along the streets like boulevards, congregate in parks free from fear, our families mingling, our children laughing, our hearts joined -- until that day we have no city. You can label me a failure until that day. The first and perhaps only great mayor was Greek. He was Pericles of Athens, and he lived some 2500 years ago, and he said, "All things good of this earth flow into the City because of the City's greatness." Well, we were great once. Can we not be great again? Now, I put that question to James Bone, and there's only silence. Yet, could not something pass from this sweet youth to me? Could he not empower me to find in myself the strength to have the knowledge to summon up the courage to accomplish this seemingly insurmountable task of making a city livable? Just livable. There was a palace that was a city. It was a palace! It was a palace and it can be a palace again! A palace in which there is no king or queen or dukes or earls or princes, but subjects all -- subjects beholden to each other, to make a better place to live. Is that too much to ask? Are we asking too much for this? Is it beyond our reach?! Because if it is, then we are nothing but sheep being herded to the final slaughterhouse! I will not go down that way!! I choose to fight back!!! I choose to rise, not fall! I choose to live, not die!! And I know, I know that what's within me is also within you! That's why I ask you now to join me. Join me, rise up with me; rise up on the wings of this slain angel. We'll rebuild on the soul of this little warrior. We will pick up his standard and raise it high! Carry it forward until this city -- your city -- our city -- his city -- is a palace of God! Is a palace of God! I am with you, little James. I am you.

[@kbahaa1]

Thank you very much. Your contribution is very helpful. I needed the script. Thanks

[@ronninanocchio6796]

+48some I MEMORIZED LAST YEAR BUT THANKS

[@48some]

Ronni Nanocchio you memorized this whole speech? Thats pretty good ..amazing.. why did you do that if i may ask ?

[@ronninanocchio6796]

48some i did it for a class at school

[@vivekgupta-qh5nl]

48some superb

[@xcanini]

Al Pachino for president!

[@LastRenegade]

Al Pacino could deliver a speech about tampons and make it engaging.

[@RicardoDinizPortugal]

Absolutely. And ideally to get all women to use a menstrual cup instead.

[@jimmy2k4o]

Ohh ahh.

[@abdeltube772]

3:29 my favorite part

[@Eternalsgate]

Looking for a film to watch, glad I found this scene

[@SuperOriginalGuy]

3:34-4:05 Motivates me to a level so deeply. I take things deeply too, I view the "Sheep being hearded to the final slaughter house" as failing in succeeding. It's hard to, but whenever you think you can't do something or give up, think of what's going to happen to you in the future. Are you going to be successful? Or are you going to be a sheep being herded to the final slaughter house?

[@t678r]

one take, amazing

[@kingbillajr]

No it ain't!

[@frostylunetta]

Al Pacino 😍

[@Vergon3256]

He's fucking awesome

[@ksaclo]

The amazing thing about this speech is, if I recall this was one take. he did such a good job that some of the camera crew forgot to cut to certain spots because they were so taken up in the moment. The speech is even more powerful if you know what the movie is about and the context of what is happening in that scene.

[@hmmmmmmminteresting]

There's a guy here saying he was an extra and they took a lot of takes.

[@choforo1970]

Is it beyond the reach!!!!! I choose to fight back!!!!!

[@chrisarseneault5617]

Awesome

[@mosesdouglas4325]

Woooahhh!

[@theironclads]

Wow!!!

[@chriskorman6565]

As Great as oacino was J.Cusack steals this movie for me.He went toe to toe with a titan .This might be JCusacks best role out out of Say Anything and Gross Point Blank.

[@desertvalleyfilms9136]

Cusack is a great actor

[@bbc1noparvar252]

I love this vid

[@talkingshadow]

I always use the "are we asking too much ? Is it beyond our reach ?" Part to convince people is whatever as a joke they usually laugh at how I say it and non ever remembered the movie 🤣🤣🤣

[@libertyordeaf]

If you've seen City Hall you'd know that this speech isn't sincere. It's a political speech, meant to win support. Ultimately the mayor isn't willing or able to carry through his promises. That's why Pacino delivers it in a way that isn't totally convincing. It's a superb bit of acting.

[@NotoriousBMF]

I choose fight i choose to rise up, not fall I choose to live, not die

[@clockworkorange565]

Pacino choose the wrong career also because he should be an advocate, a cop, a mafia boss, a journalist, a cook, a football manager...he can be all he want to be!:-)

[@pablomasterj]

this speech only took him 1 take....wow

[@heartfullofhate]

3:38 Boss Darling yang membawaku kesini, salam #PeoplePower

[@luisblake]

Amaizing

[@louthegiantcookie]

Is this scene meant to be as ghoulish as it feels? Pacino's character is basically using a child's funeral for a glorified campaign speech. I mean, it SOUNDS inspiring, until you remember the setting it's taking place in.

[@SubwayProphet]

So he's supposed to go out the back like they wanted him to? What should a child's funeral be for? The parents are looking for something to give it meaning and that comes from the church or the govt but always from behind a pulpit. Everyone would always remember the funeral and the occasion that he gave this speech it was precisely that that made it so powerful this isn't the kind of speech you give after the teams little league didn't win the world series or the sheriff got caught embezzling from the jail. The Mayor transforms almost hallows the boys death and the occasion little kids should have to recite long passages of it at school alongside Lincoln and King.

[@cristinga]

..Great! It had to be Pacino...Great!

[@shiningkeepshining188]

what a vibe!!

[@varunemani]

Wanna watch city hall again.

[@osamaFXX]

Am warmed up and ready for the exam now.

[@7beers]

Very true.

[@clifftorres]

@Sh1bble Omar Santana used it in one of his mixes. The song you are talking about is called "Going down hardcore". When I heard it, I had to think back and it took me a month but I remembered it was from city hall.

[@niwatorimeat]

Haha, same situation here! But I rented the movie in the end, and it was awesome.

[@01coyote13]

i looked up the definition of bad ass in the dictionary, there was a picture of Al Pacino

[@ASOtheprO]

*They just simply do not make them like this anymore.*

[@joeyd904]

The beats of this speech are so similar to the speech he gives in the locker room in Any Given Sunday.

[@adrianboshoff1582]

Until.. it is.. now and forever...

[@anonymousstormchaser]

ha me too! I knew it was Al Pacino

[@1MexJ]

yeah this is in Angerfist - Choices :)

[@pradeeppandey7228]

🙏

[@NazriB]

I heard that they made the film City Hall due to the construction of Formula One tracks near Raffles City.

[@slw0599]

HOO HA!!

[@Ultradude604]

Al Pacino's voice sounds a lot like a renowned preacher, Norman Vincent Peale. Maybe they're both from New York. Listen to some of Dr Peale's speeches some of which are available on this platform.

[@sonyiis]

@pablomasterj have you seen And Justice for All... ? the very last scene, when he gives a powerful speech, he made in the first take.. apparently it was the first of the movie. He is just such a great actor!

[@randomobserver8168]

A masterpiece of cynicism.

[@eugenemusic1210]

Youth move oregon brought me here.

[@starartsproductions]

Als God een acteur was, dan zou Al Pacino God zijn...

[@boraxsopanic2670]

Some need to watch this move again or for the first time. It's not as simple as it looks as shown in this clip.

[@lfc632]

Based Corleone

[@droland1978]

From 1:33 to 1:37 the speech is edited... it is you can hearing with good headset...

[@asdf-hj9dy]

Just need high enough volume...

[@MikeCaputo]

I'm here because of Angerfist

[@cyklonus1]

What's the song called?

[@Schwarztee87]

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