The Great Santini (1979) - Mama's Boy Scene (5/9) | Movieclips

[@andyjulia]

This is such a heart wrenching scene. Anyone who grew up with a father that was a bully will feel something watching this. Superb acting by Duvall.

[@Leon-nr7rc]

Hell yeah, I did.

[@Leon-nr7rc]

30 years later, I follow the Lord's words and forgive. At peace now and missing him. He passed and it hurts seeing mom cry, old love never dies.

[@bluemesquita6148]

my dad was like this. he died in '16, and i'm sorry to say that i don't miss him

[@AnonymousB460]

Now a days tell you that you're too soft and to suck it up. Kind of sounds like someone in this scene. 😁

[@AnonymousB460]

@@bluemesquita6148I'm sorry for what you had to endure. I can only imagine.

[@DivineSimply]

"Being a warrior without a war has its problems."

[@rjcarter2904]

He was a misogynistic psychopath.

[@karenbrown6348]

My parents showed my brother and I this movie when we were 7 & 8 yrs old. My Pop (Vet, cop, sheriff and corrections officer) acted so much like this man but a lot more violent. I'll never forget this movie and how it really portrays abuse and the love children want, seek from their parents, no matter how flawed they are. ❤ The casting was perfect

[@Jarod-te2bi]

Did this film have a impact on him.

[@BGSmalls31380]

Same here. My father was a corrections officer. I remember thinking this is mere child’s play compared to the severe emotional and physical abuse I endured my entire life. He passed away when I was in my mid twenties from a major heart attack at the age of 54.

[@jedhawkins1769]

This is the part where a family activity stops being fun and turns into one of the worst moments of your life.

[@skippythealien9627]

sounds like Thanksgiving dinner lmao

[@68blownpony]

It is a great scene, but painful to watch. I knew of some fathers like this and am glad mine was kind and supportive of anything I did. Best father a guy could have. Miss him everyday.😢

[@Zoe_EK]

@@skippythealien9627jup sounds pretty much like most dinners and breakfasts and lunches

[@mattyboyanderson]

I mean, can we talk about how Duvall connects with every shot, even while walking up stairs

[@briangriffin5701]

Charlie don't play B Ball!

[@xeokym223]

Well _his character_ does. The scene wasn't done all in one shot, it cuts away multiple times, and scenes rarely happen in one take.

[@jeffrichey3623]

Priorities.

[@brianandrew9594]

Ahh, the glory days! This brings back such abusive memories

[@theblackpan4426]

Yo wtf

[@xeokym223]

@@theblackpan4426 What you think this doesn't happen IRL? I certainly relate to it.

[@andan04]

Son of a colonel here. Yes, it does.

[@gaba-goo3733]

I remember my dad got mad at basketball and passed the ball fast and hard to my brother's stomach angry 😅

[@mr.buentello68]

What does not kill me only makes me stronger...

[@bajaborracho9139]

Just watched this on a movie channel for the first time in years. What an incredible film. Duvall was in his prime. The entire cast was stellar.

[@larrylindsey2833]

It is one of my favorite movies

[@augurcybernaut4785]

I recommend you watch The Road. Not for kids though.

[@setpunks13]

Once in college I had the hiccups and I was trying to drink water to get rid of them but a friend was following me from room to room going "COME ON CRY! ONE TWO THREE CRY!! LETS SEE YOU SQUIRT A FEW! YOU'RE MY FAVORITE LITTLE GIRL!" and I totally could not stop laughing

[@Redmenace96]

love it. great YT comment.

[@dylangaissert820]

That father cared more about winning than his family

[@L_Martin]

Funny to think, the way he is behaving after losing is the way his father would have treated him after beating him. He has learned this is how men behave even after being humiliated. All he can do is lash out and act like a toddler. His whole family think he is pathetic. Great stuff.

[@jobansand]

Should've punched him in the face

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

Duvall is a legend. He's scary as hell here.

[@StanleySM610]

He seems like a weak old man that had his fragile feelings hurt by simply losing a child's ball game. He is everything but scary.

[@bobosputnik]

Bruno Kirby's Ed Furillo in "City Slickers." They were talking about their best day worst day. Always reminded me of this scene. Basically Ed stood up to his dad--best day. But the Dad left--worst day. Ben beating his Dad should have been a rite of passage. Instead, The Great Santini doubles down. Duvall was scary good.

[@philippeh3904]

This is a very real scene, my dad once in a while was like that

[@rorycalhoun6484]

Same here! Authoritarian old men have a hard time when the twilight years start. 🙄

[@Nitya-r86]

@@rorycalhoun6484 So true.

[@xeokym223]

My mom was _always_ like that.

[@ronnie_5150]

Yeah, I had a dad that was former military. Was a pretty strict household. My room was always spotless, I was NEVER allowed to sleep in. If my dad would have told me to kill someone I would probably have done it.

[@robertflannery2112]

I loved it when the kid told him off at the end.

[@lakeroswell]

It's so upsetting to watch him bounce the basketball off his head like that :(

[@theroidragedtrex7908]

I find it a little ironic that my dad enjoyed this movie so much...

[@brianwalsh1401]

Why do you think it was ironic he enjoyed the movie?

[@darien_g9454]

dosen't he have a father?

[@wotan10950]

One of the most harrowing scenes in a movie filled with harrowing scenes.

[@cheowesley860]

I never knew that Austin Powers parodied this scene.

[@rorycalhoun6484]

You gonna cry now, is that it???? YA GONNA CRY NOW????? 🙄🙄🙄😏😏😏

[@ronnie_5150]

I was surprised when they did that. It's not THAT an iconic movie scene that a lot of people would have recognized it. I remember saying, "Nice! Great Santini!" Nobody knew what I was talking about. :)

[@spencer10182]

I never did until recently. This is a great, underrated movie.

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

I’m reading the book. It’s 535 pages. I’m half way and it’s very, very good. I was surprised how many funny parts are in it. The kids are making fun of their Dad, and behind his back a lot. The story is based on Pat Conroy’s real childhood.

[@stoogefest16]

I also picked up a copy of the book not long after watching the film. You almost couldn’t call it a family drama on account of how many uproarious segments there are, especially all those moments where members of the Meecham family are verbally cracking on each other.

[@Thelabkills]

Dr. Evil made this scene come to life

[@johnconnor210]

love this film. great scene. one of Robert Duvalle greatest performances.

[@fabiangomez7853]

Duvall was so good in this scene, I wouldn't be surprised if CPS drove by his house a few times.

[@larrylindsey2833]

This was an all-time great movie. I grew up watching this, and I couldn’t wait to watch it whenever it came out every year.

[@johnwest7463]

Robert Duvall is my favorite actor you can put him in any movie and he can play the part truly one of the greatest actors of all time this movie was Robert Duvall at his best you can put the guy in a western he can play a villain good guy he can do it all

[@joeharris3878]

Robert Duvall is the great one.

[@Michael-et2uj]

That's a great way to make your son hate you.

[@jeffthomas6818]

That was the point Einstein

[@commanderkeen3787]

"I love the smell of basketball in the morning"

[@elpollo4586]

Bill Burr mentioned “the great Santini” bouncing a ball of some broads head so I had to see the reference.

[@RustinChole]

Austin Powers also parodied it

[@chrisjames4297]

So this is why Duvall was cast in Kicking and Screaming

[@pinedelgado4743]

LOL!!

[@MultiBrian1986]

We named him killer...because he ate the others.

[@digitalmonkeywebsolu]

My Father was a career Marine. 2 tours of Vietnam and was a drill Instructor. His last Squadron was VFMA-531 and he was a liaison at Great Lakes Naval Air Station at his retirement. He was easily the strongest and most gentle person I ever knew. He taught me that those who are truly strong do not have the insecurities of having to prove it to others. Be caring and kind until you have no other choice, only then can you act with confidence.

[@jasonlee8501]

Damn thats good acting. From everyone. Was captivated from the get go.

[@joeharris3878]

That's the most memorable part of the movie.

[@yuribezmenov9516]

Bill Burr sent me here

[@i_am_thebatman]

Oscar Wilde when did Bill Burr mention it?

[@shotemup123]

@@i_am_thebatman It was on one of his podcast highlights about a "nice guy" learning to get women

[@i_am_thebatman]

Moze was hot in Ned's Declassified yeah but which one.

[@supermetroid009]

Yup me too " you gonna shed a few?" Had me dyin🤣🤣🤣

[@wbfan9387]

The Simpsons sent me here. Especially Bart.

[@rr7firefly]

My high school girlfriend's father was like this. A total a-hole sociopath who terrorized his family. Once she could my girlfriend moved over 1,000 miles away. Some fathers just need to get their asses whooped good.

[@collaborativedataaccounts3249]

You read like a scared little girl. Go hide.

[@justinf69420]

Same

[@mauilawrenceangeles7802]

Parents should be happy if their kids performed better than them in a certain field for it means their kids have a good potential and that they were raised right. Parenthood is not a competition between parents and their kids. Don't lash out like an angry toddler, totally contradicting what you don't want your kids to be doing and suddenly say "Doesn't mean me as your parent does it, does not mean you should do it either" as an excuse when questioned by your own kids.

[@mjacobs8139]

In America, parents take out their inadequacy on their over achieving children. Isn't america just swell?

[@jordanscott4543]

@@mjacobs8139 I would love to see the statistics on that

[@brianwalsh1401]

Narcissists are overgrown angry toddlers. Don't try and apply healthy parenting to a narcissist. The narcissist doesn't want to lose at ANYTHING.

[@dflesher65]

That was my home as a kid

[@pinedelgado4743]

The Colonel is a narcissist just like MY MOM, Elizabeth Hinze (1931-2014), was. Some days, I'm actually glad she's dead.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I thought that was Timothy Hutton. Looks EXACTLY like him in Ordinary People.

[@anyviolet]

yes he does

[@tomlawler5850]

Pat Conroy wrote the book. Tremendous author. I think partially a true story.

[@peterzenewicz329]

Not partially. Read the book.

[@cgh7337]

1:01 how could Tom Hagen treat Janice Joplin like that? Vito would be so disappointed.

[@organicskating]

Michael O'Keefe was great

[@SawyerCombat]

Father or not Colonel would have been missing his teeth with me!!

[@zachrizzo6525]

Duvall really hasn’t aged that much

[@DurkMcGerk]

I mean he has now. If you saw him in Jack Reacher you would see. He was still great in that movie though.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@DurkMcGerk basically Robert Duvall between the years of 1970 to 2000 aged only five years and then from 2000 to present day he aged 50 years

[@peterzenewicz329]

Yeh, because he's always looked old. He's only 46 in this movie.

[@brandonwoeldike2084]

I love my dad, and we have a great relationship now, but a couple years ago we were fighting about something and it very nearly got physical. That’s a type of anger I never ever want to feel towards someone I love ever again

[@andirandolph8830]

What’s really messed up is I only just today realized it’s the same actor who played Fred on Roseanne and re-created this scene with John Goodman. In my defense, I was only 2 when this movie came out lol

[@billy1673]

One of Duvall’s top three roles, if not number one.

[@oldwiseoul]

Reminds growing up in a military set household.

[@lettherebelamp5102]

Depressing.

[@blakemcnamara9105]

Servicemen who act like this don't deserve the honour of being in the military.

[@brianwalsh1401]

The military is crawling with narcissists and sociopaths.

[@jamesgilmore8256]

That's actually in the UCMJ, but too seldom enforced, for obvious reasons.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@brianwalsh1401very stupid

[@Canuckchick32]

Basketball movies are the best! 🏀👍

[@kiddetroit8403]

Get smart with me Jocko I'm going to kick your butt😂

[@user-kq7sd6jl3f]

If that was my father pushing he'd find out what a back hand back down the stairs feels like

[@lovelyarman178]

It's serious but savagely funny too

[@enanoh8971]

Wow what a great achiving scence I'll will watch this movie, can't belive Gilmore Girls brought me here

[@christopherliston2371]

Great movie and great Pat Conroy (semi autographical) book as well. They did a great job capturing the book. I had 2 college friends who were in the movie playing HS basketball game where "Santini" really went unglued. Casey Stiglbauer from the College of Charleston dunked on Ben. Another great "Santini"/Duvall scene.

[@billthestinker]

Richard Dreyfuss lobbied for the Santini role

[@Jarod-te2bi]

1:28 no good husband talks to his women like that.

[@VirindiUO]

worst Dad ever. Dad's watch this and know what not to do

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

(Sniff) Getting whipped with a hot wheel track. I miss you, Dad!

[@mscottlawrence2037]

Here after seeing this reenacted in Roseanne 😅😅

[@abc-ni9uw]

He was already 50😮😊

[@bondinvisible]

Fun fact this scene inspired the scene in Autism Powers when Doctor Evil threw the inflatable globe at number twos face.

[@stonephilips9361]

No Oscar for this performance

[@mulletover3832]

Good thing they weren't bowling.

[@mikewynne7131]

Like George Carlin said, "There are a lot of Dads in Hell. "

[@ryanbye9538]

Happy Father's day!🤣

[@TheRealGnolti]

Bull is a bully, but God knows if one of his kids died, he would wage war on God.

[@NostalgiNorden]

William Goldman sent me here!

[@JonBlockCreations]

Me too! I'm re-reading Adventures in the Screen Trade now.

[@adinugroho9331]

RIP Lewis John Corlino.

[@Redmenace96]

BTW, "squirt a few" was used, IRL in basketball coaching for years. Ironically, or otherwise. The scene is one of the most powerful in cinema history.

[@pinedelgado4743]

Looks like The Great Santini isn't so great after all!

[@standupG1]

Why haven't I seen this movie???!! I am almost 50!

[@christopherliston2371]

Great flick, Pat Conroy book. Way underrated.

[@infringinator]

Arlen video says I rented this 26 times I tell ya h'wat

[@littlewitchling535]

Ghost stories brought me here

[@bandini22221]

Great movie.

[@generalmaximuspatton6909]

This was my dad at times, and me as well. Doesn't mean you can't still be a good dad the other 364 days.

[@4rfghu89oikjhgre3sdf]

was he in the army ?

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

Hmmm, doesn’t work like that; if one fly drops into the milk then whole milk is spoiled

[@foxtrot312]

So it's ok to beat up and verbally abuse your kid as long is it is only one day out the of year? Yikes!

[@Nitya-r86]

You started on a good note with the self-reflection in the first sentence. But you blew it all up with the second one. Please do not defend/justify abusive behavior.

[@blakemcnamara9105]

@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 I guess you don't believe in forgiveness?

[@harrylupo9489]

My father

[@smaaousaf4368]

good movies

[@robertdegeorge8635]

My daughter's. now beat me in golf, hoops, pool, ping pong and everything else..they are 10 to 17...I taught them well...and I'm very proud to be beaten by them

[@Nitya-r86]

Wish all dads were like you. Sadly, that isn't the case.

[@haraldisdead]

Bill burr brought me here

[@breal1183]

It's Fred from Roseanne ;)

[@pinedelgado4743]

I liked Bob Duvall better when he was on THE TWILIGHT ZONE. :) :)

[@josephhernandez1885]

Blythe Danner is definitely her daughter Gwenyth twin

[@donwoodall9487]

Bull don't say, Bull do.

[@thebrownfilmshow]

John Goldman sent me here. How brain dead was that actor with all that ball bouncing on his head at the end of shooting this scene?

[@DurkMcGerk]

CUT! Let's do it again.

[@kingruhul785]

Dude from mafia godfather

[@MarkThrive]

I wish I had the voice Ben was able to share against my Toxic father!!

[@zer0deaths862]

"Come on Apocalypto cry for me. Waaaaaah"

[@garyaugustus1009]

Got it like this as the youngest of 4 boys.......anybody wanna fight?

[@kodibassInsideoutboards]

Yep''' my life.... 4 sure.

[@randywhite3947]

What did Duvall say at 1:03?

[@auspicious93]

Get out of here before I knock every freckle off your face

[@jojo-gy9pp]

Get out of here before I knock every freckle off your face

[@randywhite3947]

@@jojo-gy9pp thanks

[@davidsheets8932]

Only thing that would have elevated this to legendary is if Lee Ermy played Santini.

[@rorycalhoun6484]

I see why he switched to golf! 😳😨😳😨

[@Redmenace96]

Duvall's character is terrifying and ugly. The Boys tell me that is why he couldn't get leading roles. Robt. Redford refusded to be a bad guy. Dustin Hoffman refused to appear as 'weak' or "stupid. Paul Newman did a few scumbags, but always cool. Robt. Duvall, the actor's actor, said yes to this role.

[@AbdulAziz-dp5iz]

This scene is almost similar to my story titled Blood Brothers, where a rebellious teenager Jeremy berates and harassed his identical twin brother, Trevor for beating him in a basketball game.

[@aliezahjuarez1212]

Its pathetic people take their loss seriously. How dumb

[@AbdulAziz-dp5iz]

Aliezah Juarez And Jeremy is one of those pathetic people. He berates his twin brother, Trevor (the cheerful one) just because he is lost in a basketball game. Jeremy also has five other identical brothers (Kevin, Aiden, Conor, Lucas and Daniel) aside from Trevor, and that they are septuplets. He hurts and harassed his own brothers who loves him so much and did everything for him, out of hatred and jealousy. He is not only dumb but also selfish, ungrateful, greedy and spoiled brat, a total LOSER BRAT.

[@aliezahjuarez1212]

@@AbdulAziz-dp5iz sounds like my sister

[@AbdulAziz-dp5iz]

Aliezah Juarez Well, Jeremy is just a fictional protagonist-antagonist character i've created from the story Blood Brothers. He becomes rebellious and blacksheep because he discovers the shocking truth about his real identity; kept hidden by his brothers (who looks exactly like him) and the woman he believes was his real mother. That's why Jeremy hates his brothers so much.

[@primate4]

Abdul Aziz if it’s similar to this, then you stole it from this! This came out first! That’s plagiarism!

[@timetraveltheory4900]

I was laughing through this entire scene.

[@blight4519]

Bill Burr's dad?

[@williamoleary9330]

The best

[@steppycole3359]

👍 great 🎬

[@kwabenasarpong3613]

Mark Scott man to man

[@22CaptainAmerica]

1:58

[@theeasyway9432]

So basically….Chipolte

[@weegie18]

Playing basketball in jeans?

[@lizard5872]

Hank hill sent me here