On the Wings of a Dove

From the movie Tender Mercies

[@anissahargis1046]

He doesn’t sing it for her because he knows that would create a relationship between them-and he doesn’t feel like he deserves it.

[@guyver268]

Beautiful. As a father and a grandfather, I found the movie unspeakably sad. I get a lump in my throat just watching this clip.

[@tammyclay62]

The reason he said that he didn't remember is because he is afraid to let himself love his daughter. He also doesn't think he deserves to be loved by her. He doesn't trust happiness.

[@xxtemuxinxx]

but he must immediately make amends.

[@MMAfighter38113]

Duvall earned the oscar for this

[@mdb60]

One of my favorite films, and Duval was magnificent. It’s a deep poignant film ...

[@Plus_P_Plus]

Indeed.

[@bradleycarroll7964]

I love your Tv shows

[@writereducator]

One of the greatest films ever made. But too humble to be noticed.

[@10Cnote]

Shame some people forget this lovely little film, it’s just beautiful, so beautiful.

[@tracyhumes394]

I never knew Robert Duvall could sing like that a lot of people have recorded that song and made it their own but here and Robert Duvall sing it like that that's very powerful God bless him and his family

[@joepetrosky1806]

Does my heart well. Thank you!

[@BasketballJones48021]

One of the (not so many at all) times that the “right” actor won the Oscar… Either way, Duvall’s performance is brilliant and legendary, all them awards are subjective and shouldn’t mean all that (especially when most of the time they’re giving out for some bullshit reasons and such)…..

[@jessepena5847]

Why? And I know why. One of the few scenes that just tortures my heart hard to watch and yet here I am.

[@karenbrown6348]

One of my favorite scenes in Tender Mercies ❤I am jealous of someone seeing it for the first time. 😢

[@augaeljo]

I just scored a DVD that I could afford.

[@JuanSuttonUtah]

Stumbled upon it today. This is also my favorite scene. 🥲

[@NoNonsenseKindaGal]

I've never seen a single rotten movie that Robert Duvall was ever in. I have too say he's one of the best actors to come out of Hollywood in decades.

[@cynthiaries7954]

unforgettable scene

[@timsodonovan1453]

My favorite movie of all time … never gets old !!!

[@walcoman]

Wow Robert has that quivering, perfect vibrato voice that country and western songs have to have, he easily could have made way more money in music. 👏👏👏👏

[@BenSHammonds]

can so relate to his character here in my favorite film, always tears me up

[@jessiebaker9313]

I love this movie.

[@pr.tobiastahvanainen9234]

Ah, it's Tender Mercies. Never saw it, but today I'm doing to!

[@robertblauner7680]

The great Bobby D. is brilliant as usual....acting at it's finest. 🎥👍

[@lionstandingII]

Ah grew up in these filming locations...and Duvall captured the character of The People...Mah People...magnificently. Mother always used to sing the same song.....

[@andrewwaldock]

Agreed, and excellent profile picture. Deo Vindice.

[@tomhartley9001]

That sigh at the end is perfect

[@jameslagrand1226]

Yes, heart-breakingly perfect

[@elizabethmchugh560]

This is absolutely beautiful I've heard this song many s times but this is the best sending love and hope always

[@Michael-fj5ke]

One of my favorite movies and one of my favorite actors

[@gary73]

Never heard or seen a bad movie with Robert Duvall in it.👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@1965kid]

This scene breaks my heart!

[@VishalSharma1963]

Why?

[@Born8etter]

This scene has always stuck with me … Why couldn’t he have just told her !!!!!!?????!!! Mac would later regret not sharing this moment with his daughter 😢

[@rebeccalara6574]

Wish the scene where Mac goes to Dixie’s mansion when Sue Anne is killed would be shown. .

[@mrb4886]

One of my top movies. I think about it off and on. Thanks to all who made it.

[@gjc82071]

One of mine, too. I watch it once every year or 2.

[@jerrydejane4172]

It’s sad I remember seeing this movie as a kid but all I remember is this song can someone tell me the movie I see. The songs on KZbin but they don’t say movie name

[@Bitsyboo05]

@@jerrydejane4172 Tender Mercies

[@justincase4382]

@@jerrydejane4172 hey just a tip for next time click on “description” on the phone app click on “more…” and it will bring it up. Sometimes I wade through comments searching for a movie title or something and completely forget it’s usually written under the description 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ve done it so many times lol and had to comment and just wait for a responsex

[@ositogringo]

Very Powerful. THANKS for posting this.

[@Den-pr6fl]

I've never seen the movie. But this scene seems sad to me. That sad silence of old regretful memories.

[@apscoradiales]

Truly a great movie.

[@youramuleassuming-ft3iu]

Duvall he's very very long long time actor's.. he loved dancing married a younger wife in Oregon and loves to dance ..that song he's doing told his daughter he didn't remember them sang it without daughter hearing him awwww

[@Auto33333]

Gave me chills

[@jonnygranville281]

No I'm not crying. Just dust in my eye

[@judge2601]

He doesn’t sing it for her because if he did, it would kill him.

[@ParkerAllen2]

Great movie.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

What a fucking great actor.

[@recordguy4321]

Duvall won the the oscar that year and with good reason

[@leonardlisacchi356]

I don't trust happiness , I just don't

[@LazarusRose]

I have a friend in Texas whose mother wrote those lyrics. She won a contest with them--received $50 and one of the first records produced.

[@jacksonrabon4817]

Your friends mother was bob ferguson??

[@jeannespahr2696]

My parents used to sing this beautiful song

[@tanyamccord7422]

One of my favorite movies!

[@joanmorris3763]

Great song! Love that song!🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮

[@jenniferfar]

beautiful

[@khalilliver3667]

Greath movie

[@phillipowens7711]

What is the name of this movie?

[@bdcowboy22]

“Never too late to find a new home.”

[@Jasonnark44]

I’ve thought about this scene so much. Always. Why didn’t he tell her?

[@pommelhorsepommelhorse8731]

right? or did he just remember once she pulled away? or maybe he just couldn't do it?

[@hustonwill]

He didn't tell her because it hurt too much to remember. Back then it was a gesture of hope for a blissful life for a father and growing daughter. But that didn't happen. It it kills him that it was his fault. As the saying goes, better to let sleeping dogs lie. Every time he walks to the window I feel the memories of the happiness of a shared and bonding love obliterated by the selfishness of insecurity.

[@stevengray3173]

NICE

[@cmonhitme419]

nasty scene- earned him the academy award for best actor 84

[@caseyjoanz]

CM ONHITME - I’ve seen that comment from the time you said it but never really got what you meant. Words have a lot of different meanings so maybe I’m taking “nasty-scene” too literally. I associate it with vulgarity or rudeness. Intense to the point of discomfort? A powerful scene, but I don’t get “nasty”. I guess shouldn’t have waited 9 months to bring it up. Some movies don’t warrant a discussion that picks at details; if I taught a film class we’d discuss every frame of this one. I really think it’s an underrated character study.

[@motherbug2001]

Why does he say he doesnt remember???

[@caseyjoanz]

I never understood why he denied remembering that song that meant something special to his daughter. Any ideas?

[@patrickmcglynn924]

caseyjoanz because he did not want to hurt his ex wife

[@caseyjoanz]

Patrick McGlynn - That could be it. She was intent on convincing the daughter he was worthless. It struck me, when his daughter reminded him of it he was too overwrought to deal with the poignancy and denial spared him showing any emotion. But I think your explanation is consistent with his effort to stop contending with her mother.

[@haroof]

I don't think he wanted to form a bond with his daughter. He's a troubled man and knows he can't be the father his daughter wants.

[@caseyjoanz]

Haroof -This is what I liked most about this movie: there’s so much more to it than the “slow, nothing happens, not much of a story” criticisms from those who didn’t get it. When the daughter leaves and Sledge lets her words sink in before he begins singing “On The Wings of a Dove”, the intensity put a lump in my throat. That’s not something I get from exploding cars or contrived romances. The fact that life doesn’t have a formula or events that are the sum of identifiable causes makes it a movie I’ll continue to watch over and over.

[@brianmorrison6593]

I'd feel exactly the same way if it was my son...I left him when he was just 2 years old...I left his cruel mother, actually...and I've been grief stricken for 28 years...it's just too painful to bear when your child who you weren't there for when he needed you reminds you of when you were there for him or her...

[@SlitchBatty]

He knew that song...maybe he didn't remember it right away

[@nealdecker]

Always wondered why he denied it

[@mindeloman]

Life's complicated. He's a failed and broken man. Perhaps embarrassed he was a father that abandoned his child even it it was to keep his distance to not interfere with her life while growing up. He can't cross that emotional bridge with her or they'll be connection formed which terrifies him that he will only disappoint her again......just as he's been a disappointment his entire life. This is a complicated movie. Sadly, few appreciate these kinds of movies.

[@justincase4382]

@@mindeloman yeah “few appreciate these kinds of movies” dude won an Oscar and it was a great movie with scenes on KZbin watched many times. Nobody is special for liking “these kinds of movies” tons of people do, not some small select few of in touch movie goers

[@pr.tobiastahvanainen9234]

What movie is this? I wanna watch it!

[@lindefann8311]

Tender Mercies.

[@robertblauner7680]

...and it's one of the greats.

[@ucctgg]

Why did he say he didn't remember it?

[@terrycolquittmusic4336]

Can't watch this scene without choking up...

[@wvob6752]

He actually sings better than this in live shows.

[@abigailmazorodze8225]

8o

[@jeffreyclapp4367]

P

[@wotgM316]

Weird casting having 30-year-old Ellen Barkin play 18-year-old Sue Ann. Diane Lane would have been a much better fit as she was 18 at the time, and she would have nailed the role. That said, Barkin is okay in the part. She pulls it off emotionally. I just never buy her as 18!

[@wrs6565]

She was too old, though I've never seen any actress barring possibly Sissy Spacek look more like "girl from poor part of Texas." I also think the Coen Brothers ripped off her look in this movie for Kelly McDonald's in "No Country For Old Men" but don't quote me on that. They should have made the character older at least

[@justincase4382]

K casting genius

[@robertblauner7680]

Oh shut up!...You are a know nothing fool. YEECH!!!