http://youtu.be/0t6IIdmOIOQ
Jason Robards is absolutely amazing in this.
"There is no end zone. You never cross the goal line, spike the ball, do your touchdown dance. Never."
Parenthood is a never-ending process until the day you die. You never stop raising your children.
For a nice little comedy-drama, this scene is incredibly deep.
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I've seen this movie at least 1/2 dozen times, and EVERY single time I cry after Weist's character gives birth and the scene outside her room as the family celebrates the birth of her baby.
I LOVED Robards in the role also. He was an excellent actor throughout his career.
Liz, I don't think there's a bad scene in the entire film.
Another great scene is when Cool asks Robards if his father is coming back. The look on his face when Robards says "No" is heartbreaking, followed by his happiness when his grandfather asks him to stay.
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i wish he didn't say that football dance stuff as clearly steve martin does that painful spaz dance after the catch b/c of his dad saying that.
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Love this whole movie. Watched multiple times. Still favor the scene between Helen and Tod after Tod has spoken privately with poor little confused Gary. 'Gary got his first boner. Do you know what that is?' "If memory serves." and so on through the brilliantly written piece about having to have a license to catch a fish or drive a car but anyone being allowed to be a father....great scene. So many good ones here.
shareMay have been Keanu's best movie role. The fishing license speech is one of my favorites. And then, just when it threatens to get too serious, he does that freaky head shake, "BLLLLLL" thing to bring it back to comedy!
shareI liked grandma's rollercoaster parable, followed by the depiction of Steve Martin's absorbtion of it during the theatre debacle.
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OP, thanks for posting the link. Haven't seen the flick in years. It's a very awesome scene. I think I agree with you. It still greatly impresses me. I love the wrap up with Jason Robards final remark. Really great chemistry between him & Steve Martin, too.
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It's not my "best" scene, but I would bet that Ron Howard considers it to contain one of the main themes of the movie.
"There is no end zone. You never cross the goal line, spike the ball, do your touchdown dance. Never."
That would be nice ... and true if you have a decent parent.
I was not lucky enough to get a Dad like that, and I think most people of the few generations after and even now many fathers spring from a kind of culture where they just do not care about children, or if they do care they do not have the interest or the skill to be fathers.
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The bit I always remember & that always makes me laugh is the dinning table scene, when the lights go out & they look for a torch in Diane Wiests handbag which doesn't seem to work, just buzz, only for the lights to come back on to show Gil holding her vibrator!
shareI love how they almost hug and the grandfather thinks better of it and says he will figure it out.
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There are so many great scenes, but my favorite is Steve Martin’s son asking him if he can come to work with him, so then they can see each other every day.
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