SceneItAll Tournament: Round 1, Heat 45

[Rain Man]

The rules:

In Round 1, I'm going to put up three randomly selected scenes from the nomination thread.

You'll vote for your ONE favorite scene among the three. The key here is FAVORITE. We're not talking about the 'best' or 'most powerful' or 'most meaningful'. We're talking about the scene that you most enjoy watching, however you define that.

The winners will move on. I'll also take the 10 highest-scoring second-place scenes and they'll advance as wild cards.

Some of our nominations did not include clips. This will be noted. If you find a clip, please post it and let me know so I can update it if it moves on.





I can only find this scene with Russian over the dialogue, but you can still hear a little and you can watch it.

[cosmo20002]

in b4 pole

[Rain Man]

My votes:

#1 - The Quiet Man. I have a philosophical opposition to "None of the Above", so I'll vote for the Russian John Wayne even though I don't think it's that great. Its only redeeming feature is that there's a redhead in it.

#2 - The Goonies. What is that? What am I watching? That's disturbing.

#3 - Tango & Cash. Maybe I'm misunderstanding. I thought this was a real movie. Is it a spoof like The Naked Gun movies? Because that scene is so bad - so so bad - that it can't possibly have been serious. Right?

[Easy 6]

Worst round ever.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by scott free

Worst round ever.

I would tend to agree. I wish the Ferris Bueller Seurat scene had been in here.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I would tend to agree. I wish the Ferris Bueller Seurat scene had been in here.

Meh, I'm just soured by Fast Times losing to GGR... sure, GGR was the much more important scene in a thinking mans movie... but I'm irrational in my FTARH love and so I'm bitter.

THIS WHOLE THING IS A SHAM ITS FIXED JUST LIKE THE NFL

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by scott free

Meh, I'm just soured by Fast Times losing to GGR... sure, GGR was the much more important scene in a thinking mans movie... but I'm irrational in my FTARH love and so I'm bitter.

THIS WHOLE THING IS A SHAM ITS FIXED JUST LIKE THE NFL

If it helps, the Dazed and Confused high school girls scene is coming up at some point.

[listopencil]

[Mojo Jojo]

Quiet Man

[listopencil]

It goes on after that but it's very long. I just thought it was important to show that they got the money, and then threw it in a furnace together.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by listopencil

It goes on after that but it's very long. I just thought it was important to show that they got the money, and then threw it in a furnace together.

Did you nominate that one? What's going on? I don't speak Russian. I saw an English clip that started later and it seemed like he was giving his wife back and getting back some dowry money? And then he threw it in the furnace and they were a happy couple.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Did you nominate that one? What's going on? I don't speak Russian. I saw an English clip that started later and it seemed like he was giving his wife back and getting back some dowry money? And then he threw it in the furnace and they were a happy couple.

Nuh uh, I saw the clip and barely remembered the story, so I just looked it up.

Plot

In the 1920s, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-born American from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, travels to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm in Inisfree. He meets and falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), the sister of the bullying, loud-mouthed landowner Squire "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Danaher, angry that Sean outbid him for the Thornton land adjacent to his property, initially refuses to sanction the marriage until several town locals, including the Catholic priest, Father Lonergan (Ward Bond), conspire to trick him into believing that the wealthy Widow Tillane (Mildred Natwick) wants to marry him, but only if Mary Kate is no longer living in his house. After learning the truth on Sean and Mary Kate's wedding day, an enraged Will refuses to give his sister her full dowry.

Sean, unschooled in Irish customs, cares nothing about the dowry, but Mary Kate is obsessed with obtaining it. The dowry represents her independence, identity, and pride. Angered and shamed by Sean's refusal to confront her brother and demand what is legally hers, she brands him a coward, and, despite living together, they are estranged as husband and wife.

Sean had been a boxer in the United States, a heavyweight challenger known as "Trooper Thorn". After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, Sean hung up his gloves, vowing never to fight again. This is known to only one person in the village, the Church of Ireland minister, the Rev. Playfair (Arthur Shields).

Later, in an attempt to force Sean to confront Will, Mary Kate leaves him and boards a train departing Castletown and headed to Dublin. Infuriated, Sean drags her off the train, and, followed by the townspeople, forces her to walk the five miles to Inisfree from Castletown to the Danaher farm. Sean demands that Will hand over her dowry and threatens to return Mary Kate to his household if he refuses. Will finally relents and gives him the cash. Mary Kate and Sean throw it into a furnace together, showing that Mary Kate never cared about the money, but only what it represented. A long, memorable fistfight ensues between Sean and Will. They slug it out through the village, stop for a drink, brawl again, then become best friends. Sean regains Mary Kate's love and respect. Will and the Widow Tillane begin courting, and peace is returned to Inisfree.

[Rain Man]

Wow. That's quite the plot.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by scott free

Worst round ever.

yeah

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wow. That's quite the plot.

Coincidentally I had a thing for Maureen O'Sullivan as a boy. The two actresses are sometimes confused. O'Sullivan played Jane in some of the old B&W Tarzan movies. She has a waterfall shower scene that you should check out...for Science.