he's walking through the lights again, saying 'if i had known it would all be gone one day, i would have tried harder to remember'
does not that just hit ya where it counts? does me.
powerful scene, powerful sentiment, well done barry, and armin
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That's almost the exact same line that ends Liberty Heights. I don't recall the last line of Avalon, does Levinson use it in both?
There the character says, "A lot of images fade. No matter how hard I try, I can't get them back. I had a relative who once that said, "If I knew things would no longer be, I would have tried to remember better."
Does he use the same line in both films, are you confusing the two?
i have seen liberty hts but i dont remember it as well.
i do specifically remember this line in avalon. :)
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I just finished watching the movie. Sam's exact words are "If I knew things would no longer be here, I would have tried to have remembered better." It is a heartbreaking line in a very poignant movie.
You are misremembering it a bit, however. Sam is not seen walking through the fireworks as a young man when he says it. He's in the nursing home, talking to the grownup Michael about all the places from his past that no longer exist. The flashback to the fireworks comes when Michael and his young son are walking out of the nursing home, and Michael starts telling his son Sam's story "He came to America in 1914..."
okay.... thanks a bunch. i need to watch it again myself, it is such a powerful movie.
i think it kinda sends a message to all of us of the brevity of life, and how important family and friends are, and the folly of machinations. it is a great movie. i think i heard it is the true story of levinson's family.
anyway, thanks for clarifying
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This is about to become my favorite thanksgiving/ Christmas time movie. So many emotional moments in it.
The best part about it is that it does not pass a judgment as to what is right and wrong, ei. live together or move to the suburbs, or put your dad in a retirement home. It just shows it and you can feel whatever the scene makes you feel. I am surprised not many people has seen this movie.
As to a true story, I am sure it is inspired by his life, but all emigrants to this country have had something similar happen to this story in their lifetime.
I saw Avalon back in 1990 when it was released as a preview and the ending scene with Grandpa arriving in Baltimore was narrated by his now grown grandson who tells his own young son about how America was the most beautiful place he had ever seen. None of the narration was provided by the grandfather.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWKJbQT06o&list=PL9313B9FB70EC 1E9C&index=22&feature=plpp_video
Your link isn't done right but I finally got through to it. It's the scene from the opening of the film not the end as mentioned before. I don't recall the old man narrating the end of the film. Maybe it was the version I saw at the preview?
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who was the one who said "i would have tried harder to remember" ??
that is the quote i recall. i assumed it was armand mueller stahl. i can't imagine why it would have been his grown son saying it
however i guess i could be wrong.
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It could be that you saw a different/final version on DVD or in theaters. The last time I saw this film was as as a test audience preview in 1990 when Barry Levinson gave a speech at Cal State Long Beach Film School.
In the version I saw, a grown up version of Elijah Wood's character was visiting his grandfather in an old people's home and the grandfather was in a state of dementia (really sad scene) and his patient grandson sat next to him attentively while his own young son was mesmerized by the parade being televised in the room. The scene ended as it began with Armin's character arriving in Baltimore for the first time amongst the 4th of July fireworks show, his grandson then proceeds to tell his own son that when grandpapa saw America for the first time it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his entire life.
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ah, okay
well we definitely saw different versions, then
there is that specific line i quoted that really rung deep with me.... it was one of the strongest i remember from any movie.
next time i see it playing i wil watch it again just to make sure i didn't dream that.
thanks again
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