Master and Commander (2/5) Movie CLIP - Self Surgery (2003) HD

[@itsfine7578]

I had to do this once ... took an hour but I finally got that splinter out

[@jchen8792]

Well, in what region my man?

[@CommanderSuberox]

You are a brave man.

[@chrismc410]

Try an Hidradentits Supprativa boil on your sack and an xacto knife and no numbing and only 91% alcohol to clean it.....not fun to say the least. 27 years of that and counting

[@-8l-924]

just came here after a splinter myself😂

[@JohnJohansen2]

As being right handed, I'm glad that my splinter was in a finger on my left hand. My Swiss army knife/toolbox fixed it in a few minutes.

[@Rombizio]

Crew members were scared to death of losing two things: the main mast and the ship's surgeon. In both cases the setback would be tremendous. They were relieved to know he was ok.

[@Whateverworksism]

And the guy in the red coat was extra happy, because he was the chap who shot the doctor in the first place

[@FerretJohn]

More so here because Maturin was a genuine Physician, a real Doctor, most ships had to make due with a loblolly boy or sawbones. For all of his clumsiness on the deck of a ship Maturin was more prized than anyone save the Captain himself

[@Rustynuckles1]

And sharks, they were scared of sharks

[@JnEricsonx]

PLus they respected the doctor, and knew he was skilled and smart. As one guy says, "no common surgeon is he!" And like Billy Boyd's character said, "He knows his birds and beasts. You show him a beetle, and he'll tell you what it's thinking."

[@JasonLucio-g2h]

Aye

[@alexlee8376]

I personally think this is one of the best bromance and touching scene in film history... Jack (Crowe) gives up his lifelong dream and sense of duty as a military men to give his dying friend Stephen (Bettany) a fighting chance to survive... I'm sure Stephen not only wanted Jack to stay to help him with the surgery, but also having the presence of his dear friend by his side gives him strength... Just a beautiful scene in a beautiful extremely well-made film.

[@tabithawolf6077]

Alex Lee I 100% agree.

[@anthowell]

Agree. And the expression on Jack's face when they know they've got it out in one piece says it all.

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

There is also the in universe practical and military reasons for doing this. Morale is low and the men need a break, he exceeded his orders to follow the Aceron as far as Brazil a long time ago, he has no guarantee that the Aceron was the ship he sighted, and regardless of any other thing that may happen or action he might take, his only good physician is seriously wounded, meaning that even if he just turned around and made all speed to Portsmouth and did nothing else, he was jeopardizing his crew. To say nothing of leading them into battle.

[@alexayers9463]

I love how Stephen had to stifle a laugh after checking on Jack.

[@MagneticToast]

Agree 100%

[@connorduquette1432]

This movie really is something of a secret gem.

[@muadibadder3345]

Connor Duquette agreed, I wish it got more attention back then that it warranted a sequel to be made immediately, especially when Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany where still kinda younger.

[@robusthedgehog]

I read more than half of the Aubrey/Maturin series in which the movie is based. Anyone who loves the movie should give them a try. They're all available as ebook for few bucks.

[@araregoodguy]

There should have been more. Shame, it was great.

[@malcolmlugg9843]

@@muadibadder3345 it was released at the time that Lord of the Rings was getting all the Oscars

[@muadibadder3345]

@@malcolmlugg9843 yehp, it was just bad timing I guess.

[@ChaoThing]

The part where he laughs at Jack is amazing. This acting feels so natural that it might not be scripted -- rather created by the actors.

[@MrFreakazoid24]

HIGHLY underrated film, the score, acting and cinematography were brilliant. Gotta love the score/Russel Crowe in the scene before this when he decides to break off the chase not only to possibly save his ships doctor but to possibly save his friend.

[@jimmyfafal6607]

Honestly highly underrated is probably an understatement! ;)

[@Burt1038]

nah it was highly underrated when it was released. Now it is very much highly rated.

[@Ginny855]

Wow, even in this situation Stephen is concerned about Jack and asks if he's alright! I'm sure he didn't just ask because he needed his help

[@carlrs15]

you can see the faint trace of a friendly chuckle from Maturin right after he asks if Aubrey is all right

[@Max-vq9xd]

You realise they’re just acting right?

[@stonem0013]

@@Max-vq9xd incredible insight dude! You should post more often, your perspective on film is simply incredible

[@GorrilaJohnson]

@@Max-vq9xd Nuh uh, this is real footage from 1805

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Brilliant film. For all of the disposable multi-film franchises out there, this story line would have made for an epic sequel.

[@chriseppler7291]

Or even a series 😁

[@2137laura]

There's a book series if you're into it! The Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien. There's 20 books plus 3 chapters of the 21st, that never got finished because sadly the author died while he was writing it. The first book's name is Master and Commander, just like the film, and it's a riot to read :)

[@josephhyland8904]

I did hear a rumor that a sequel may happen. Hope it's true.

[@CountArtha]

Every time I watch this scene, I cannot take my eyes off Russell Crowe. His reactions are just perfect.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

The books are amazing! Jack Aubrey, a lifelong military man who's spilled the blood of his enemies and his own in equal measure and been in some of the worst naval combat experienced, is completely out of his depth in the surgery field. There's equal parts nausea and fear and Russell captures these two spot on!

[@vincentvalentin5412]

truly underrated performance

[@ciankeane6485]

ship surgeon dissecting himself : are you alright?

[@daniellay3598]

Paul Bettany does not get due credit for his performance in this movie. How many actors can convincingly play someone performing surgery on themselves!

[@dorianspeicher4205]

+Jinyo Lay clive owen sure can

[@AmTrFilms]

And matt Damond

[@foki92]

Hugh Laurie as well

[@araregoodguy]

Just imagine you are under a lot of pain and try to convey that. But all the acting in this film was solid anyway and yes he did brilliant here..

[@dwarrow25]

And succeed on the first try!

[@ExhaustedElox]

The commander of the marines (redcoat in the crowd outside) is so relieved as he is the one that accidentally shot the doctor. Also, you gotta have your head screwed on tight to keep your wits while doing that sort of surgery in the time period of the movie.

[@Inkling777]

You're right. With no understanding for the source of infection (bacteria), in that era abdominal surgery was typically only done when the situation was life or death. Surgeons dealing with battle wounds to extremities like arms and legs often went straight to amputation because the risk of infection was so great that simply removing the bullet did no good.

[@fuferito]

"She'll patch up nicely." The assistant surgeon means the shirt.

[@GorrilaJohnson]

I believe it's actually an important point that the lost fabric was fully recovered. Otherwise, if there was a little bit left in Maturin it would fester inside him.

[@yamifannetje]

Poor Padeen, nobody's asking how he's holding up.

[@benp1310]

To me the doctor is the most memorable character

[@ALPHABARLOG]

- Are you alright? *Stephen said to Jack.*

[@cannedspam6915]

As someone who has read the first book of the series, Dr Maturin is by far my favorite character

[@klester1987c]

Agreed 😊. I wish they had done more movies and touched on Dr Maturin's other work for the British government.

[@2137laura]

There's like a tiny hint with the comment about the French having spies and when they're tuning their instruments and Stephen stretches his hand as if it's still stiff after Mahon, but yeah he's so glossed over! Please do my boy Stephen some justice Mr Weir

[@crisalvarez2448]

I would strongly recommend the Hornblower series of movies for anyone that loves this one. Yes their production quality is lower than this but they capture the look, spirit and feel of the age very well. Plus they are great fun.

[@saswatrath609]

I've seen the series. Truly a brilliant piece of art. A shame that not enough people know about it.

[@crisalvarez2448]

@@saswatrath609 Agreed. Also a shame they didn't continue it. I've heard that the main actor would love to do another movie showing an older Hornblower and those books.

[@jjmoto65]

@@crisalvarez2448 Absolutely loved the series and Ioan Gruffud is outstanding in the main role of Horatio Hornblower. He is an excellent actor right up there with the best.

[@JnEricsonx]

Irony because right after those finished Ioan took on the role of Reed Richards!

[@SouthLondonForever]

I like how the whole crew were outside concerned for the doctor (understandably), with the marines captain the most concerned of all

[@zyzor]

I like how outside the tent, captain Howard is eagerly waiting

[@fredsmith9347]

A great movie, WAY underrated.

[@jmerridew124]

Balls like fucking church bells.

[@forlorndream1400]

Stephen showing he has larger balls than anyone aboard.

[@JW-do2wc]

Respect for this doctor. Lots of respect.

[@Algernon7]

Great scene, I was flinching the whole time

[@transvestosaurus878]

R E A D T H E B O O K S

[@araregoodguy]

This is one of the scenes I remember best from this film. Great actor. Although Master and Commander was a fictional series this character was loosely based on Joseph Banks.

[@chrismc410]

In case anyone doesn't know, Sir Joesph Banks was the one who comissioned the Breadfruit Expedition, bought a merchant ship that would become the HMAV/HMS Bounty and recommended the late Captain James Cook's Sailing Master of the HMS Resolution: a certain William Bligh as its captain. and the rest was history.

[@laurasaxon694]

I just finished rewatching this movie today and the surgery scene made me a bit uncomfortable. One of my favorite moments was when Padeen went outside the tent after the surgery. You never saw him speak, but the way Old Joe and the rest relaxed after taking that brief look at the doctor was nice.

[@muadibadder3345]

Now, that is a surgeon 😧😨

[@codswallop321]

Beautiful music at the end: Corelli Concerto Grosso G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, aka "Christmas Concerto".

[@yamifannetje]

2:06 I have the disturbing feeling that by taking off his hat he gives the impression he had got bad news, since it's custom to take off one's hat before the dead.

[@crispinjulius5032]

No, he was the one who accidentally shot him. He’s beyond relieved that the man’s survived considering he was THE doctor plus, he didn’t want to go to his grave knowing that he’d killed a man by accident. Notice how he’s the first one to rush forward.

[@segalliongaming8925]

This is my favorite scene in the movie, and it made the doctor my favorite character. You can turn any man into a soldier, but it takes a certain amount of skill and intestinal fortitude to perform surgery on yourself. To me, that’s real manhood.

[@chrisbarrett2117]

You should read the books. The doctor is a significantly more amazing character (he's also a spy!)

[@phillipsierra2074]

Please make a sequel to this

[@admiralboom481]

I am working on it Phillip. Please watch Mary Poppins.

[@Kwak444]

Good movie

[@jacobgarrity9055]

Gladiator vs Vision

[@MusicFed]

the sheer beauty of this movie will conquer you. you've been warned

[@jlist2018]

he was really invested in getting his shirt mended

[@muhammadzaki3405]

We need more movie like this nowadays 😢😮

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Damn. Our ancestors were tough bastards.

[@voidw4lker]

Balls of steel.

[@2137laura]

Of lead rather, in this case :)

[@terrystephens1102]

Easily one of the very best movies of its genre 😁👌👌👌❤️❤️

[@3selijah831]

一位領導者，必須 具有 許多 智慧，勇氣，及 人格特質。

[@davedammit5404]

A great movie taken from an exceptional series of novels. I'd suggest them all to anyone who enjoyed Master & Commander.

[@oneofspades]

enough clips. Lets get the second voyage off the docks.

[@walterwhite-p4b]

Reminds me of that Russian doctor that had to remove his own appendix in rural siberia with a truck driver and a mechanic as assistants.

[@Mooshoo23]

I performed surgery on myself. When I was in elementary I had what I thought was a spider bite on my right butt cheek. But it was an abscess. It was huge and puss started coming out whenever I put pressure on it. It also hurt very, very bad. One day when it got soo big it looked like a huge swollen nipple, I took a very sharp knife, stood on the counter of my bathroom sink and bent over. I poked the nipple looking thing with my knife and just stabbed it through blocking out all the pain mentally. It took a lot of strength mentally to get myself to do it. Then blood and puss started pouring out and I applied pressure and it seemed to never end. After I thought everything was out I had soooo much cleaning to do and then turned on the hot tub and got in. I was really proud of myself because I was like 12 years old or something and that thing bothered me for a very long time.

[@willerwin3201]

So two things: One, congrats on being a badass. Two, please go see a dermatologist next time.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

A good movie.

[@papa_squat]

The marine at the end: "OH THANK GOD I DIDNT KILL THE DOCTOR"

[@MichaelJohnson-]

I felt so bad for the Royal Marine guy. He truly didn't mean for that to happen.

[@stefankalisch424]

Everybody: We want a sequel, we want a sequel, we want a sequel !!!

[@joss8558]

No thanks, let's just have an entire series. There's 21 books and each is at least 2 episodes worth.

[@lynskeyti9940]

The Dr is a badass, later on he grabs a blade and joins the fray below deck

[@YARROWS9]

This movie is based on one of Britains, and the Royal Navies best commanders. Admiral of the fleet Thomas Cochrane.

[@YARROWS9]

@cat man do The F**king novels are based on Cochranes exploits in the wars against France and Spain, in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries.

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

@@YARROWS9 No they aren't. SOME of the actions are.

[@chickenfist1554]

I often wonder if in a few hundred years or so, people will look back at the medical procedures that we have today and think to themselves, 'thank god I didn't have to go through that back then'

[@martythetickler]

I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a fan of Russell Crowe, like, at all, as an actor or as a person in general. But in this, combined with Peter Weir's directing and Paul Bettany's acting, he's pretty freaking good.

[@DarkAngelGuyver]

So would you say you've chosen the lesser of two weevils then?

[@martythetickler]

@@DarkAngelGuyver See yourself OUT, sir....

[@johnro5650]

I was buried under several feet of snow after falling in a parking lot, I had a bad fall off a truck. I broke my spine. It would take an hour, I'd climb out, get covered by a plow or more snow, couldn't even scream. After many hours a man found me, didn't know my spine was broken and picked me up then dropped me, I broke another section of my spine then, woke up, managed a yelp and knocked out. Took 8 years but I can walk again.

[@robarans4866]

this is where Stephen transforms into Vision! XD

[@RageCreati0n]

I once drained and abscess in my nose using tweezers and my knife. Felt like a goddamn surgeon afterwards

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

Now if he gave himself a colonoscopy I would be impressed.

[@georgeofhamilton]

This isn't the scene, but I find it pretty hard to believe that a captain of the Royal Marines could be so incompetent as to fire so wildly into the ship.

[@iangraham6887]

Adrenaline and excitement (from hunting the bird) plus laxer gun safety training probably played a huge role in the incident. Doesn’t make it right what happened but makes it more believable when taken into account. Besides many officers in the british forces back then paid for an officer’s commission. It’s possible he wasn’t as experienced with ship and rifle doctrine as his subordinates.

[@SouthLondonForever]

To follow on from the above comment, there's a deleted scene where he's discussing hunting etc so almost certainly a country gentleman who bought his comission

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

The marines have nothing to do on board, for months on end, even years, except try not to get in the way while waiting for an opportunity to kill stuff. Damn sure the captain of the marines is gonna claim that bird and likely be thoroughly over excited about it.

[@throbbingfellow1136]

I don’t think that the Royal Marines were the elite fighting force they are today back then.

[@themaestro3034]

When I was in college years ago I had a horrible hemorrhoid that required the blood clot be removed. I didn’t have health insurance at the time, so spent $25 on antiseptic, gauze pads, a scalpel, small forceps, and a small mirror, squatted over that mirror in my bathroom and did the deed. Took four hours of excruciating pain, mostly from attempting pullout a barbed blood clot embedded in the skin, but I did it.

[@JnEricsonx]

Bloody hell.

[@doublenegativetactical1402]

I actually had to do this. I was shot with a shotgun and couldn't afford nurse care so I had to replace my own wound VAC sponges daily

[@marianovaliente2103]

El doctor Maturin es un tío muy valiente.sacandose a si mismo un balazo de mosquete. Que le metió por accidente el capitán de los infantes de marina limpiando un mosquete (manda narices) a bordo de la fragata de su graciosa majestad "Surprise" de 28 cañones ya que el es el único médico y cirujano de a bordo.

[@Sigma0283]

Takes a lot of guts to operate on yourself.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I can't watch this...

[@whotrekkier2086]

Best movie ever! The doc is so bad A

[@araregoodguy]

With limited doctors and equipment, infections from battle meant a lot of amputations. I am not sure what they had in terms of painkiller in those days. But lets just say it must have been painful.

[@FatGouf]

They used to drink alcohol to go under or alteast numb the pain.

[@2137laura]

Laudanum :D :D :D

[@2137laura]

It's a tincture of opium and alcohol that they used for tons of things, from insomnium to pain to plain recreational use, and in the book series Stephen spends literal decades addicted to it because he's a big ball of chaos. By which I mean, I don't think pain after the operation is a problem for him. He's got 10000 other problems, but pain ain't one ;)

[@chrismc410]

@@2137laura basically all modern opioid drugs are based off Laudanum in some form or fashion

[@zacharyhicks6237]

@@2137laura If Diana hadn't been around his laudanum habit might not have been so bad.

[@خالدوليدالدهاميالدهامي]

hi movie

[@gooberGonzo]

The balls on these boys !

[@thanosinfinity9098]

Vision Was A Royal Surgeon

[@yamifannetje]

I find it somehow disturbing this scene is better in the movie than in the book :p - where , if I spoiled myself correctly, Stephen was wounded because of a duel with, boringly, of course a woman involved, only to find his opponent accidently dies because of his own shot that missed its harmless aim for the arm... As stupid as the accident with the bird might be, it is highly preferrable :(

[@2137laura]

And he is so devastated because of it :( like his second goes to congratulate him for having killed his opponent but Stephen looks so utterly miserable he shuts up

[@atomarc1991]

No medic

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

This was at a time where every war movie had some kind of gruesome surgery scene! This one stands out since it's a guy operating on HIMSELF!

[@brunz6667]

When you use a self med kit

[@URProductions]

I had to do this one time out on the jobsite. Didn't wanna report the incident and get written up.

[@victoriafernandez9060]

Exactly

[@JasonLucio-g2h]

Ahoy

[@GabsareSarg]

Oh man the good old times where there was no dirty covid-19

[@shanthishourya8082]

What if he fainted?

[@ayushvasurudragour427]

A tale about old people in the old world...traditional, noble, cultured and on missions ...good times

[@philipsalama8083]

Technically this scene is set in the new world.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

I had a hangnail once. It was worse than this.

[@Str4t0sPh3rE]

This was me when I was too cheap to pay the hospital for an appendicitis surgery...

[@vc9491]

it was a bullet tho

[@alejandroalvarez7909]

No, JARVIS is dying

[@jimmy2k4o]

turn him off and on again

[@8biscuits]

Did they not supply ship surgeons with opium or an opium tincture? I know civilization back then at least possessed raw latex, which would certainly blunt the pain. It aint no anaesthesia but it sure could help at a time like that.

[@tylermcneeley3136]

That is the ship's surgeon, and he can't have any anaesthetic cause he would lose his mental faculties

[@martynnotman3467]

Also in the books Maturin was briefly addicted to the opiate laudenum so he is violently opposed to its use..

[@2137laura]

And then he tried to quit with the help of the leaves of a fantastic plant from Peru called "coca", because he's such a walking disaster I love him so much

[@DonGately]

Paul Bettany was underrated throughout the aughts. Glad he got that MCU money he deserves.

[@engasal]

Never call it 'the aughts' again

[@DonGately]

@@engasal Okay champ.

[@dormammudarkdimension4555]

When Jarvis was still a human before AI

[@JnEricsonx]

Actually, the human Jarvis is in this movie too. :)

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

This scene was based on a true story, a Russian doctor who was in Antarctica had to do surgery on himself because of an infected appendix

[@martynnotman3467]

Actually its based on the exact same scene in the book

[@vc9491]

@@martynnotman3467 yeah

[@edeliteedelite1961]

No it wasn't

[@HansKlopek]

This is what Hollywood is for....

[@bhavyaramakrishnan801]

It's horrible!

[@alexshank1414]

The man who shot him is thankful that powers beyond god helped him to live. That was not gods hand that saved him.

[@LOLERXP]

And then he dies from Covid-19.

[@edeliteedelite1961]

Was that an attempt at humor?