My names is samuel , I,ve recently lost my father to to alcohol abuse for four years I watched my best friend go in an out of stoubers and a pure hell he was very sick a man alienated from his own home he died in mexico. for four years I watched him go out and in of soberness but he finally met hiss fate some nights I dream of him and only see the shell of a lost friend. Im 13, a man now but I have no one to talk to like in the past. I lost a home like Brook. Richard freedman 1958-2010
My favorite film of all time. The only film i have ever shed a tear over. And it was this scene that did it. How Forrest Gump beat this film for the Oscar i'll never know... i mean Forrest Gump was a good film by no means, but this film really reaches into your emotions.
There's a lot of symbolism going on in this movie, but the goo thing is that Frank Darabont doesn't slam it down your throat. In the movie, Andy carves into the prison wall to make his escape from prison. When Brooks leaves Shawshank, he feels as if he's in a new kind of prison. Reality. Brooks carves into the wall to "make his escape". Maybe I'm analyzing it too much. Maybe I'm right. Either way, this is one piece of cinema that needs to be seen to be believed.
Brooks also contemplated murdering someone shortly before he was released into his real world prison, but didn't. It's almost like the scene at the beginning with Andy in the car with his revolver.
I think you are totally correct. Its a fantastic film. Forrest Gump was a great film too, but how Forrest Gump beat this film for the Oscar... i'll never know.
There could be a movie just about Brooks. This is definately one of my favorite movies, and one of the saddest movies in film history. Definately an incredible complement to an incredible book.
No better movie shows that once transported to a different world for so long, it's nearly impossible for a person to survive in "regular" society. Those who have lived their whole lives in this society can't emphasize with the person, and the person can't make sense of this society one way or another. Showing this feeling is the reason The Hurt Locker won movie of the year. This scene shows loneliness at its most personal and tragic level when there is absolutely no escape except death
great movie i like when narrating part freeman and whitmore. what i like about this part of the movie is that the whole movie stops for acouple min and it goes threw brooks life after hes free frm prison you just feel for brooks and wat hes goin threw
This part of the film makes me always think about the many elderly people who are so alone and have noone to help them, or even to care what is to become of them. After awhile, they give up. Just like Brooks.
This scene, which ends with Brooks suicide, has made "The Shawshank Redemption" my most favorite movie. It changed me at how to see movies. It changed me at how to see being imprisoned or being free. It changed me at how to see life or death. The scene did not just make me cry at a movie for the very first time, it changed me.
I was in tears at the end, I knew at the end what he was going to do, but i couldn't believe it. Its just so touching..This film just seems to real to just be a film..I will always remember this for my life. If I ever do reach a stage like this. I know i will follow this letter at the end.
"I have trouble sleeping at night... I have bad dreams, like I'm falling. I wake up.. scared.. sometimes it takes me a awhile to remember where I am..."
"I don't like it here, I'm tired of being afraid all the time."
This scene is very emotional, possibly one of the saddest scenes in film history, it always gets me no matter how many times i watch the film RIP James Whitmore
I just watched this movie the other day, wanted to see if it deserved all the praise it has been given. And I can easily say that it deserves even more... It's easily one of the best movies of all time.
"Red, I do believe you're talking out of your ass". I love this movie.
oleblue73 1 year ago
His facial expressions at 7.10 show what an amazing actor he is.
anderd00 1 year ago
This is will probably always be one of my favourite movies :-)
Ocegues 1 year ago
My names is samuel , I,ve recently lost my father to to alcohol abuse for four years I watched my best friend go in an out of stoubers and a pure hell he was very sick a man alienated from his own home he died in mexico. for four years I watched him go out and in of soberness but he finally met hiss fate some nights I dream of him and only see the shell of a lost friend. Im 13, a man now but I have no one to talk to like in the past. I lost a home like Brook. Richard freedman 1958-2010
hanasanai665 1 year ago
Sad suicidal old people that think the world doesn't give a shit about them is the only thing that can make me teary.
me700gnomes 1 year ago
a MASTERPIECE !
victordelatorre 1 year ago
Saddest part ever :(. this scene made me cry
ChadNumber9 1 year ago
The Shawshank Redemption + The Green Mile. That is an unstoppable motion picture powerhouse right there.
Wootangi 1 year ago
I love you James Whitmore!
Dregel 1 year ago
Richard Honeck jail time was 1899-1963 born 1877-1976
67tr876 1 year ago
I think they got this form that guy who got 68 years in jail and Richard Honeck 1899-1963
67tr876 1 year ago
The best movie of all time.
simone1900 1 year ago
my favourite scene of this movie. especially those whiles at the city and the suicide.
masterpiece.
mateusz2302 1 year ago
Amazing.
MrKelly8907 1 year ago
I normally like action or comedy movies but this movie is just amazing and this scene is just way to sad.
quicksilver9199 1 year ago
God, this is just one of the most sorrowful scene in cinema history...
ImmynimmyX 1 year ago
saddest part of the movie
techlogi7 1 year ago
god
TheGinoFavara 1 year ago
My favorite film of all time. The only film i have ever shed a tear over. And it was this scene that did it. How Forrest Gump beat this film for the Oscar i'll never know... i mean Forrest Gump was a good film by no means, but this film really reaches into your emotions.
GianniGivarche 1 year ago
" I've decided not to stay "
65Incognito 1 year ago
There's a lot of symbolism going on in this movie, but the goo thing is that Frank Darabont doesn't slam it down your throat. In the movie, Andy carves into the prison wall to make his escape from prison. When Brooks leaves Shawshank, he feels as if he's in a new kind of prison. Reality. Brooks carves into the wall to "make his escape". Maybe I'm analyzing it too much. Maybe I'm right. Either way, this is one piece of cinema that needs to be seen to be believed.
SonicThunderBYG 1 year ago
@SonicThunderBYG
Brooks also contemplated murdering someone shortly before he was released into his real world prison, but didn't. It's almost like the scene at the beginning with Andy in the car with his revolver.
Good analysis.
Npowell01 1 year ago
I think you are totally correct. Its a fantastic film. Forrest Gump was a great film too, but how Forrest Gump beat this film for the Oscar... i'll never know.
GianniGivarche 1 year ago
This Eight minutes and six seconds could be it's own short film.
SonicThunderBYG 1 year ago 3
There could be a movie just about Brooks. This is definately one of my favorite movies, and one of the saddest movies in film history. Definately an incredible complement to an incredible book.
SonicThunderBYG 1 year ago 2
No better movie shows that once transported to a different world for so long, it's nearly impossible for a person to survive in "regular" society. Those who have lived their whole lives in this society can't emphasize with the person, and the person can't make sense of this society one way or another. Showing this feeling is the reason The Hurt Locker won movie of the year. This scene shows loneliness at its most personal and tragic level when there is absolutely no escape except death
idoforensics 1 year ago
great movie i like when narrating part freeman and whitmore. what i like about this part of the movie is that the whole movie stops for acouple min and it goes threw brooks life after hes free frm prison you just feel for brooks and wat hes goin threw
JCASTORRO 1 year ago
remenber red , . . Hope is a good thing may be the best of good things & no good thing ever dies ! . . . .
patil4403 1 year ago
Damn, I wanna see this movie, just watching scenes of it, and this is one of the saddest
fan354 1 year ago 2
This part of the film makes me always think about the many elderly people who are so alone and have noone to help them, or even to care what is to become of them. After awhile, they give up. Just like Brooks.
yeahitsme58 1 year ago 5
The first time I saw this part was also the first time I had cried in years
RangedUnit7 1 year ago 3
This scene, which ends with Brooks suicide, has made "The Shawshank Redemption" my most favorite movie. It changed me at how to see movies. It changed me at how to see being imprisoned or being free. It changed me at how to see life or death. The scene did not just make me cry at a movie for the very first time, it changed me.
vernanjagunap 1 year ago 4
Greatest...Film...Ever
ABCDEFGHIJKLMN01231 1 year ago 5
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMN01231 That's a bit of an understatement.
ImGoingToBeAnMD 1 year ago
one of my favourite movies :)
xoxTOWELIExox 1 year ago 3
"The world went and got itself in big damn hurry"
I love that line, it's so true
jag528cbr 1 year ago 7
The part where he talks about Jake always breaks my heart..
Dojack 1 year ago 5
"The world went and got itself in big damn hurry"...so true, so true.....
ChingaSuMadreToo 1 year ago
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eurorocker79 2 years ago
James Whitmore should have won an Oscar for this role.
Trund27 2 years ago 5
I remember this from the movie it was so sad that I don't want to watch it again. Rest in peace James Whitmore, rest in peace... :)
fruitsandpi 2 years ago
big tearjerker scene... this is a great movie
gstamm8119 2 years ago
i love brooks hat.
fuckyoutoodotcom 2 years ago
I was in tears at the end, I knew at the end what he was going to do, but i couldn't believe it. Its just so touching..This film just seems to real to just be a film..I will always remember this for my life. If I ever do reach a stage like this. I know i will follow this letter at the end.
Majere567 2 years ago
"I have trouble sleeping at night... I have bad dreams, like I'm falling. I wake up.. scared.. sometimes it takes me a awhile to remember where I am..."
"I don't like it here, I'm tired of being afraid all the time."
"I've decided.. not to stay"
Takhar7 2 years ago 3
I tell myself that alot sadly..I feel Brook's pain
CosmicDestroyer99 2 years ago
I was crying when i saw this part.
"the world went them selves in a big damn hurry" He's right.......
"He should've died in here........"
thohou 2 years ago
"He should of died in here" wrong but right. this film is so great
SuicidleLemming 2 years ago 2
lol "i could shoot the manager as a bonus"
Her0ofCha0s94 2 years ago 2
i almost cried at the part where he releases jake.
LhongJhon 2 years ago
Powerful scene..... if this doesnt even make ur emotions tingle, then u cant possibly be human.
Mainichifuafua 2 years ago 12
Nostalgic melancholy, you could call it...
Or something close to it...
QuartuvLarry 2 years ago
i die inside but i cant seem to cry
>:
zer0naruto 2 years ago
This scene is very emotional, possibly one of the saddest scenes in film history, it always gets me no matter how many times i watch the film RIP James Whitmore
swiftcirrus 2 years ago 26
This is one of the saddest moments in the history of cinema... what a touching scene.
PicoELoro 2 years ago 3
That's truly sad for a man whose been in prison for 50 years and doesn't even know about the world outside.
"He should've died in here."
asianboiXXX 2 years ago
this scene is one of the most saddest
oliverjohn3 2 years ago 2
I still get a tear in my I when i see this scene.
Kr0w3 2 years ago 2
I keep thinkin Jake might show up, and just say hello..
R.I.P James Whitmore
ridikuld 2 years ago 2
no words can discribe this scene
BlackHoleSun000 2 years ago 2
he looks so scared
samfilmkid 2 years ago
Brooks seems like a really nice guy. What did he ever do to deserve 50 years in prison anyway?
Paull5823 2 years ago
murder I think
Ozziguy6 2 years ago
@Paull5823 i think he stole something
67tr876 1 year ago
red s speech is 100%true,steven king wrote this
jakeryan37 2 years ago
iCRIED MY EYES OUT ON THIS MOVIE,BROOKS WAS A GOOD MAN AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING
jakeryan37 2 years ago
"the world went and got itself in a big damn hurry" Very true
violencelover89 2 years ago
rest in peace james whitmore
bondservant4Him 2 years ago 2
i ve seen an automobile once when i was a kid but now they are everywhere poor old brooks
MrSupersonic89 2 years ago
From 3:20.
That scene always hits me.
TheRealPrinceMM 2 years ago 2
anyone now the name of the song when brooks tell him story?
pvzportugal 2 years ago
Just check out the soundtrack. I think it's just called "Brooks" Or something very similar.
zerglingseb 2 years ago
It's called "Brooks Was Here' by Thomas Newman, from the soundtrack.
pudgeypingers 2 years ago
It's called "Brooks Was Here" by Thomas Newman
mou224 2 years ago
Maybe one of the greatest scenes in movies ever.
erikzzson 2 years ago 2
Great scene from a great movie!
fsusailor 2 years ago
i cry everytime i watch this
ooBloodSugarSexMagik 2 years ago
not lol
ooBloodSugarSexMagik 2 years ago
This is the only movie that I can watch 100 times per year and not get bored.
gerry1976 2 years ago
yup!
padresfan1996 2 years ago
any one know what song is playing as he leaves prison?
matteeu 2 years ago
you'll probably find it on the sound track, or somewhere like that.
DeathByPlaneCrash 2 years ago
its "Brooks was here" i believe anywayz
soocool78 2 years ago
any other name by thomes newman :)
evolution270 2 years ago
I felt really sorry for this guy...
shanebrennan0123 2 years ago
He needs to double bag
NascarAndChicks 2 years ago
What a nasty cow.
YOU LEAVE HIM ALONE.
risc19 2 years ago
James Whitmore, RIP.
bradmedicus 3 years ago 4
i always loved his Brush Up Your Shakespeare number (& resembling spencer tracy didn't hurt either.) gonna miss ya RIP.
edmame 3 years ago
A great actor in an immortal movie :)
scottfriend1234 3 years ago 5
R.I.P. Mr Whitmore.
NuclearMisfit 3 years ago 4
This made me tear up the first time I saw it...
TheNewLetsPlayer 3 years ago 5
made me tear up when i watched the movie...
astripeleszebra 3 years ago
The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry .. I love that line!
tengoindiamike 3 years ago
So Damn Great Scene
erikzzson 3 years ago
saddest part of the whole movie. poor brooks.
SteevDragon67 3 years ago 2
Good DAMN movie
jezuz32 3 years ago
Frank Darabont: "If James can't break your heart, it means that you're heart cannot be broken"
Jolly05 3 years ago 3
The only scene from a film to bring me to tears, and it did again just now! Simply brilliant
Mattyscfc07 3 years ago 2
so sad
angusr93 3 years ago 2
I just watched this movie the other day, wanted to see if it deserved all the praise it has been given. And I can easily say that it deserves even more... It's easily one of the best movies of all time.
Poor old Brooks :(
lamalaeppen 3 years ago 30