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 Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah, I did.
@Leon-nr7rc Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
my dad was like this. he died in '16, and i'm sorry to say that i don't miss him
@AnonymousB460 Жыл бұрын
Now a days tell you that you're too soft and to suck it up. Kind of sounds like someone in this scene. 😁
@AnonymousB460 Жыл бұрын
@@bluemesquita6148I'm sorry for what you had to endure. I can only imagine.
@DivineSimply3 жыл бұрын
"Being a warrior without a war has its problems."
@rjcarter29042 ай бұрын
He was a misogynistic psychopath.
@karenbrown634811 ай бұрын
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-te2bi10 ай бұрын
Did this film have a impact on him.
@BGSmalls313807 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
This is the part where a family activity stops being fun and turns into one of the worst moments of your life.
@skippythealien96279 ай бұрын
sounds like Thanksgiving dinner lmao
@68blownpony8 ай бұрын
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_EK2 ай бұрын
@@skippythealien9627jup sounds pretty much like most dinners and breakfasts and lunches
@mattyboyanderson4 жыл бұрын
I mean, can we talk about how Duvall connects with every shot, even while walking up stairs
@briangriffin57013 жыл бұрын
Charlie don't play B Ball!
@xeokym2233 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Priorities.
@brianandrew95944 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the glory days! This brings back such abusive memories
@theblackpan44263 жыл бұрын
Yo wtf
@xeokym2233 жыл бұрын
@@theblackpan4426 What you think this doesn't happen IRL? I certainly relate to it.
@andan042 жыл бұрын
Son of a colonel here. Yes, it does.
@gaba-goo37332 жыл бұрын
I remember my dad got mad at basketball and passed the ball fast and hard to my brother's stomach angry 😅
@mr.buentello682 жыл бұрын
What does not kill me only makes me stronger...
@bajaborracho91392 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
It is one of my favorite movies
@augurcybernaut4785 Жыл бұрын
I recommend you watch The Road. Not for kids though.
@setpunks132 жыл бұрын
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
@Redmenace966 ай бұрын
love it. great YT comment.
@dylangaissert8202 жыл бұрын
That father cared more about winning than his family
@L_Martin4 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Should've punched him in the face
@bluecollarmenproductions3 жыл бұрын
Duvall is a legend. He's scary as hell here.
@StanleySM6103 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@philippeh39044 жыл бұрын
This is a very real scene, my dad once in a while was like that
@rorycalhoun64844 жыл бұрын
Same here! Authoritarian old men have a hard time when the twilight years start. 🙄
@Nitya-r864 жыл бұрын
@@rorycalhoun6484 So true.
@xeokym2233 жыл бұрын
My mom was _always_ like that.
@ronnie_51503 жыл бұрын
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.
@robertflannery21125 ай бұрын
I loved it when the kid told him off at the end.
@lakeroswell2 жыл бұрын
It's so upsetting to watch him bounce the basketball off his head like that :(
@theroidragedtrex79082 жыл бұрын
I find it a little ironic that my dad enjoyed this movie so much...
@brianwalsh1401 Жыл бұрын
Why do you think it was ironic he enjoyed the movie?
@darien_g945427 күн бұрын
dosen't he have a father?
@wotan109505 жыл бұрын
One of the most harrowing scenes in a movie filled with harrowing scenes.
@cheowesley8604 жыл бұрын
I never knew that Austin Powers parodied this scene.
@rorycalhoun64844 жыл бұрын
You gonna cry now, is that it???? YA GONNA CRY NOW????? 🙄🙄🙄😏😏😏
@ronnie_51503 жыл бұрын
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. :)
@spencer101822 жыл бұрын
I never did until recently. This is a great, underrated movie.
@AllenFreemanMediaGuru2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Thelabkills2 жыл бұрын
Dr. Evil made this scene come to life
@johnconnor2106 жыл бұрын
love this film. great scene. one of Robert Duvalle greatest performances.
@fabiangomez78539 ай бұрын
Duvall was so good in this scene, I wouldn't be surprised if CPS drove by his house a few times.
@larrylindsey2833 Жыл бұрын
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.
@johnwest74632 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Robert Duvall is the great one.
@Michael-et2uj3 жыл бұрын
That's a great way to make your son hate you.
@jeffthomas68183 жыл бұрын
That was the point Einstein
@commanderkeen37877 ай бұрын
"I love the smell of basketball in the morning"
@elpollo45863 жыл бұрын
Bill Burr mentioned “the great Santini” bouncing a ball of some broads head so I had to see the reference.
@RustinChole2 жыл бұрын
Austin Powers also parodied it
@chrisjames42973 жыл бұрын
So this is why Duvall was cast in Kicking and Screaming
@pinedelgado47432 жыл бұрын
LOL!!
@MultiBrian1986 Жыл бұрын
We named him killer...because he ate the others.
@digitalmonkeywebsolu10 күн бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Damn thats good acting. From everyone. Was captivated from the get go.
@joeharris3878 Жыл бұрын
That's the most memorable part of the movie.
@yuribezmenov95166 жыл бұрын
Bill Burr sent me here
@i_am_thebatman5 жыл бұрын
Oscar Wilde when did Bill Burr mention it?
@shotemup1234 жыл бұрын
@@i_am_thebatman It was on one of his podcast highlights about a "nice guy" learning to get women
@i_am_thebatman4 жыл бұрын
Moze was hot in Ned's Declassified yeah but which one.
@supermetroid0094 жыл бұрын
Yup me too " you gonna shed a few?" Had me dyin🤣🤣🤣
@wbfan93873 жыл бұрын
The Simpsons sent me here. Especially Bart.
@rr7firefly5 жыл бұрын
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.
@collaborativedataaccounts32492 жыл бұрын
You read like a scared little girl. Go hide.
@justinf69420 Жыл бұрын
Same
@mauilawrenceangeles78023 жыл бұрын
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.
@mjacobs81392 жыл бұрын
In America, parents take out their inadequacy on their over achieving children. Isn't america just swell?
@jordanscott45432 жыл бұрын
@@mjacobs8139 I would love to see the statistics on that
@brianwalsh1401 Жыл бұрын
Narcissists are overgrown angry toddlers. Don't try and apply healthy parenting to a narcissist. The narcissist doesn't want to lose at ANYTHING.
@dflesher653 жыл бұрын
That was my home as a kid
@pinedelgado47432 жыл бұрын
The Colonel is a narcissist just like MY MOM, Elizabeth Hinze (1931-2014), was. Some days, I'm actually glad she's dead.
@JustSomeCanadianGuy4 жыл бұрын
I thought that was Timothy Hutton. Looks EXACTLY like him in Ordinary People.
@anyviolet3 жыл бұрын
yes he does
@tomlawler585010 ай бұрын
Pat Conroy wrote the book. Tremendous author. I think partially a true story.
@peterzenewicz3294 ай бұрын
Not partially. Read the book.
@cgh73373 жыл бұрын
1:01 how could Tom Hagen treat Janice Joplin like that? Vito would be so disappointed.
@organicskating Жыл бұрын
Michael O'Keefe was great
@SawyerCombat2 ай бұрын
Father or not Colonel would have been missing his teeth with me!!
@zachrizzo65254 жыл бұрын
Duvall really hasn’t aged that much
@DurkMcGerk3 жыл бұрын
I mean he has now. If you saw him in Jack Reacher you would see. He was still great in that movie though.
@skippythealien96279 ай бұрын
@@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
@peterzenewicz3294 ай бұрын
Yeh, because he's always looked old. He's only 46 in this movie.
@brandonwoeldike20842 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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
@billy16736 күн бұрын
One of Duvall’s top three roles, if not number one.
@oldwiseoul4 жыл бұрын
Reminds growing up in a military set household.
@lettherebelamp51025 жыл бұрын
Depressing.
@blakemcnamara91052 жыл бұрын
Servicemen who act like this don't deserve the honour of being in the military.
@brianwalsh1401 Жыл бұрын
The military is crawling with narcissists and sociopaths.
@jamesgilmore8256 Жыл бұрын
That's actually in the UCMJ, but too seldom enforced, for obvious reasons.
@lexkanyima2195 Жыл бұрын
@@brianwalsh1401very stupid
@Canuckchick322 жыл бұрын
Basketball movies are the best! 🏀👍
@kiddetroit84036 ай бұрын
Get smart with me Jocko I'm going to kick your butt😂
@user-kq7sd6jl3f2 ай бұрын
If that was my father pushing he'd find out what a back hand back down the stairs feels like
@lovelyarman1784 жыл бұрын
It's serious but savagely funny too
@enanoh89714 жыл бұрын
Wow what a great achiving scence I'll will watch this movie, can't belive Gilmore Girls brought me here
@christopherliston23713 жыл бұрын
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.
@billthestinker4 ай бұрын
Richard Dreyfuss lobbied for the Santini role
@Jarod-te2bi10 ай бұрын
1:28 no good husband talks to his women like that.
@VirindiUO9 ай бұрын
worst Dad ever. Dad's watch this and know what not to do
@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921 Жыл бұрын
(Sniff) Getting whipped with a hot wheel track. I miss you, Dad!
@mscottlawrence20374 жыл бұрын
Here after seeing this reenacted in Roseanne 😅😅
@abc-ni9uw6 ай бұрын
He was already 50😮😊
@bondinvisible Жыл бұрын
Fun fact this scene inspired the scene in Autism Powers when Doctor Evil threw the inflatable globe at number twos face.
@stonephilips9361 Жыл бұрын
No Oscar for this performance
@mulletover38329 ай бұрын
Good thing they weren't bowling.
@mikewynne71314 ай бұрын
Like George Carlin said, "There are a lot of Dads in Hell. "
@ryanbye9538 Жыл бұрын
Happy Father's day!🤣
@TheRealGnolti Жыл бұрын
Bull is a bully, but God knows if one of his kids died, he would wage war on God.
@NostalgiNorden4 жыл бұрын
William Goldman sent me here!
@JonBlockCreations4 жыл бұрын
Me too! I'm re-reading Adventures in the Screen Trade now.
@adinugroho93314 жыл бұрын
RIP Lewis John Corlino.
@Redmenace966 ай бұрын
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.
@pinedelgado47432 жыл бұрын
Looks like The Great Santini isn't so great after all!
@standupG13 жыл бұрын
Why haven't I seen this movie???!! I am almost 50!
@christopherliston23713 жыл бұрын
Great flick, Pat Conroy book. Way underrated.
@infringinator4 жыл бұрын
Arlen video says I rented this 26 times I tell ya h'wat
@littlewitchling5353 жыл бұрын
Ghost stories brought me here
@bandini222212 жыл бұрын
Great movie.
@generalmaximuspatton69094 жыл бұрын
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.
@4rfghu89oikjhgre3sdf4 жыл бұрын
was he in the army ?
@valeria-militiamessalina56724 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, doesn’t work like that; if one fly drops into the milk then whole milk is spoiled
@foxtrot3124 жыл бұрын
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-r864 жыл бұрын
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.
@blakemcnamara91052 жыл бұрын
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 I guess you don't believe in forgiveness?
@harrylupo94897 ай бұрын
My father
@smaaousaf43688 ай бұрын
good movies
@robertdegeorge86354 жыл бұрын
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-r864 жыл бұрын
Wish all dads were like you. Sadly, that isn't the case.
@haraldisdead4 жыл бұрын
Bill burr brought me here
@breal11834 жыл бұрын
It's Fred from Roseanne ;)
@pinedelgado47432 жыл бұрын
I liked Bob Duvall better when he was on THE TWILIGHT ZONE. :) :)
@josephhernandez1885Күн бұрын
Blythe Danner is definitely her daughter Gwenyth twin
@donwoodall94874 жыл бұрын
Bull don't say, Bull do.
@thebrownfilmshow3 жыл бұрын
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?
@DurkMcGerk3 жыл бұрын
CUT! Let's do it again.
@kingruhul7854 жыл бұрын
Dude from mafia godfather
@MarkThriveАй бұрын
I wish I had the voice Ben was able to share against my Toxic father!!
@zer0deaths8625 жыл бұрын
"Come on Apocalypto cry for me. Waaaaaah"
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
Got it like this as the youngest of 4 boys.......anybody wanna fight?
@kodibassInsideoutboards Жыл бұрын
Yep''' my life.... 4 sure.
@randywhite39474 жыл бұрын
What did Duvall say at 1:03?
@auspicious934 жыл бұрын
Get out of here before I knock every freckle off your face
@jojo-gy9pp Жыл бұрын
Get out of here before I knock every freckle off your face
@randywhite3947 Жыл бұрын
@@jojo-gy9pp thanks
@davidsheets89322 жыл бұрын
Only thing that would have elevated this to legendary is if Lee Ermy played Santini.
@rorycalhoun64844 жыл бұрын
I see why he switched to golf! 😳😨😳😨
@Redmenace966 ай бұрын
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-dp5iz5 жыл бұрын
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.
@aliezahjuarez12125 жыл бұрын
Its pathetic people take their loss seriously. How dumb
@AbdulAziz-dp5iz5 жыл бұрын
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.
@aliezahjuarez12125 жыл бұрын
@@AbdulAziz-dp5iz sounds like my sister
@AbdulAziz-dp5iz5 жыл бұрын
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.
@primate43 жыл бұрын
Abdul Aziz if it’s similar to this, then you stole it from this! This came out first! That’s plagiarism!