Barn Raising - Die Amish-Gemeinschaft errichtet eine Scheune

[silenceseaandsky]

Great movie moment. Loved this scene when I first saw it as a little girl and still love it now ,maybe even more. But as a woman who also loves to work with wood, hammer, saw and axe I am glad to live in a dífferent time and place.

[rexbo2000]

@brisco42 Thanks for the tip. What little I heard of Zhivago & Lawrence was so impressive that now I have to watch them both to truly appreciate the music.

[brisco42]

One of many great scenes in Witness but this, this is the best along with the kiss in the film. A brilliant movie. Hitchcock would have even said I could have not made it any better.

[WEITESTAL]

I could listen to this soundtrack all day long

[jansenepart]

this becomes a "classical" - most brilliant soundtrack - up to now the best film music I 've ever heard - heaven !

[stuepiloten]

Ein echt hervorragender Film, der echt zum Nachdenken anregt. Da kollidieren echt Welten miteinander...

[21margerysbrignam32]

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[samskeeter1]

These people are onto something. Live simply and within your means.Don't get carried away with possessions.Help each other.The world would be a better place if we took a leaf out of the Amish book every now and then.

[lndac02]

@samskeeter1Good Post! Wouldn't you love to live in a community where people lived peacefully, helped each other and had rules to live their lives by without too much clutter...I would, I think most of us would live happier more forfilled lives.

[brisco42]

@lndac02 They probably live longer as well. Yes we could learn A LOT from the Amish.

[tburzio]

@brisco42 They do it to live forever, not just a bit longer...

[brisco42]

@tburzio That is a very good perspective on the Amish. Thank you I never thought of that.

[rexbo2000]

This was my favorite scene. And the music is beautiful!

[brisco42]

@rexbo2000 Same composer that did Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. You probably knew that already but if you did not, well worth your time to check out both soundtracks especially Zhivago.

[WEITESTAL]

What a magnificient soundtrack!!!

[billsfansw]

A fine barn but t'is no pool, English

[thebackgroundartiste]

@billsfansw The Simpsons. Very nice!

[panasker]

That's ME in the first wagon with the long weed in my mouth, on the right...THAT was a FUN shoot! -Ethan Tudor W.

[SOM3BOZO]

apparently the Amish aren't allowed to have videos made of them, so the people we see here are actually Mennonites

[spacehopperballs]

Lucky the health and safety guy didn't drive by - he would have served a notice.

[Kaasko]

This is G-d ppl, the ones who hold amerika up, for them this G-d 4saking contry still up.

what make amish diferents is

JESUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

[Jthetinman]

I betcha that one chick in the blue got gang raped

[trinisexgod]

i like Amish!

[InternetLad]

psh, i have a way nicer hat than those guys.

[conostar]

why have they translated the amish as well! , it definitly loses something

[xdeppx]

One of my favourite scenes in a movie. Absolutely beautiful!

[NadznRS]

das is doch mal teamwork =P

[12Zwolf]

The Amish put all the socially acceptable religions to shame, especially those that crashed into buildings 11 September 2001.

Cheers!

[trisgilmour]

WTF ARE THEY SAYING

[cero74]

great music... its perfect.

[moogamax]

Hints at the double meaning of "Witness."

[xanglat]

Chaque jour, j'écoute cette superbe musique de Maurice Jarre qui me fait frissonner !

Merci pour ce bel apport !

[JenniferSHayesv]

mhhab total lust bilder tauschen und chatn bin so einsam brauche dringend beschäftigung

[fredarik57]

Di boue awwa e scheeni Schier!

In Europa honn mir imma winischa gudde Hondwerka! They are another type of Amish, they are Hollywood-Amish people!

[DotCbyDE]

Deren erzgebirgsch,jenseits....

[xanglat]

J'adore cette qui m'a toujours transportée ! Quel hommage magnifique envers les immenses artistes qu'étaient et le resteront à jamais : Maurice Jarre et Alexander Godunov ! Mille mercis !

[xanglat]

Scène fabuleuse, pleine de souffle et d'allant ! Maurice Jarre et Alexander Godunov... éternels à jamais ! MERCI !

[Phistra]

I miss this corporate feeling of the Amish people in our (modern) society today.

I admire these modesty and helpfulness. Why less people consider those values as unimportant? :(

[Whyavier]

I don't want him neutral I want him dead.

[DotCbyDE]

Warum?

In Deutschlands Sprache-Deutsch- bekommt,das Englische,mehr und mehr die Oberhand...

[GregorEicher]

@DotCbyDE Naja, von Oberhand zu reden halte ich jetzt für ein wenig verklärt ;) ... Wir benutzen ledigilich Lehnwörter, wenn auch immer mehr. Genauso ist das aber bei den anderen Sprachen die alle solche Lehnwörter benutzen, übrigens gibts im Englischen auch etliche Lehnwörter aus dem Deutschen, wie Kindergarden, Fest, Barstuhl... Dieses ganze Geschwätz vonwegen die Deutsche sprache würde immer mehr verkommen weil wir soviele englische Worte benutzen halte ich für großen Quatsch.

[oldaardvark]

Be careful out there among the English.

[billthestinker]

great movie in any language,German goes very well with this film, and Ms. McGillis is beautiful!

[seancoxen]

I studied some German in high school and thought it odd the actors were speaking High German rather than Pennsylfaanisch Deitch. Then I realized this is the Greman language version of the movie. That explains Amish people speaking in High German!

[WEITESTAL]

That's right actually in the original version their kind of German sounds like a Russian German accent, Pennsylfaanisch Deitch you call it?!

That background music is awesome, could watch the scene over and over again just because of the music!

[1novemberkind1]

Yes. They're speaking High English. We Germans call it Hochdeutsch, but there's no German-Russian acent. I konw it, cause I'm living in Germany, but learn english only at school.

[DVDluvr123]

@1novemberkind1 There is no such thing as High English. The Amish speak a language they call "High German". That is the exact translation of "Hochdeutsch"

[1novemberkind1]

I know that there's no High English.

We're talking from the same thing.I wrote English, but I ment German. It was a mistake of myself ;-)

[moogamax]

I thought they spoke some dialect of Schwabish. Why would they have any kind of a Russian accent unless they came from Talinningrad?

[GregorEicher]

@seancoxen Lol, that only eplains that movies in germany are snyched in high german, nothing more and nothing less. All the movies in germany, that are synched sound like this!

[mobsey94]

why do germans always put their own language in movies? isnt it anoying?

[Hobbatabba]

yeah what if you dont speak english?

Not everyone has it that easy like you

[mobsey94]

english is not my native language either, i'm from the netherlands.

but I do learn english

[Hobbatabba]

yeah so do I but there are people who have just little to no english knowledge (about to thirds of the population), iI dont know, maybe it´s more important to the netherlands than to the germans

[hansi98]

why do you expect us to learn english if you obviously dont speak enough german to understand movies in our language, why do u even watch this if you dont like it

[mobsey94]

Ich spreche Deutsch,

aber Englisch ist eine Weltsprache, die jeder versteht, und Deutsch ist es nicht.

[DeHef15]

Music from a 15th century cathedral....

Beautiful!

[59acres]

wow those movie stars can do everything

[Devatipan]

A great scene from a brilliant film - and the music is just magnificent.

[faeryquene]

Thank you for posting this!

This beautiful scene is my favorite non-violent moment in the film-and the music is hauntingly beautiful, just lovely. :-) ♫

[Elvuz]

Das ist einer der schönsten Szenen von allen Filmen die ich kenne :)

[bluuub89]

ich find das ist eine der schönsten szenen des ganzen filmes...

[DeHef15]

The music is of a monumental beauty!

It is the kind of music which could be best played inside one of the 13th century cathedrals in France or Germany.

Even when not being raised in a Christian manner,like me,being in such a cathedral makes one humble and respect the maker of our universe.

[IndigoRose9]

Alexander Godunov & Viggo Mortensen make the handsomest Amish men I've ever seen ! Carpentry is the Sexiest job, isn't it ? It's the leather tool belts & the lean bare forearms ! I LOVED THIS MOVIE !

[faeryquene]

As I child I had NO IDEA Viggo Mortensen was in this film! Wow! And yes he and Alexander were two gorgeous Amish men in this film-beautifully cast.

R.I.P. Alexander

[lablover959]

Amish, great people!

[wagsuz06]

I love the Amish!

[faeryquene]

I love the Amish too-I grew up in Philadelphia and they have always been a part of my life. :-)

[PhillySophia]

Yes, that would be great!

[DDiamondRRuby]

Does anyone have the video without the voices? Just the music?

[Larry287]

yes, search in youtube "building the barn- Maurice Jarre

[bilkox]

Una de las mejores escenas de la historia del cine

[helmuthoorn]

In the end Daniel, and not John, got the girl

[profling]

The repeated motif reminds me of Pachelbel's Canon.

[cebperry]

One of my favourite bits of music. Perfectly matches the scene

[Pointeman1]

I think in many ways this scene is the heart and soul of the movie.

[faramir44]

Great movie

humane and inspiring

[steveN111333]

Amen to that :)

Theres something about this scene, so brilliant but so simple, the music suits it perfectly.

Harrison Fords best performance easily !

[Diefeswasser]

Heitzudags hen Mir eppes verlore, wo findt Ma die Unschultichkeit? Alles Neies iss nett Gut.

unbekimmer zwischich Mensche ass iwwerall. Ma kann nett zurick Geh, awwer Ma kann lerne von Geschter.

[SOADbrian]

Sag amol.

Isch des Schwäbisch was du do gschrieba hosch?

Schena Gruß vom Ries.

[Diefeswasser]

Nee, Ich bin Pennsylvannisch Deitsch unn wuhn in Amerika. Mei Familie schwetzt immer Deitsch. Unser Deitsch iss viel wie Schaebisch der weil es unser Vorelter sinn aus Hesse, Pfaltz, Elsass un so der gleich komme gwest. Mir schwetze een armes Hochdeutsch, unn kenne es ball nett leese. Es iss Schaad awwer Deitsch iss am ausschtarwwe in

unser zeit. Die Amische unn die Altemenniste schwetze

alsnoch zimnich gut Deitsch, awwer die Andre henn's

verlore.

[SOADbrian]

Genausso red ma bei os oh.

[AnalgesicBalm]

"Dutch" is an old American misunderstanding of the name.. They were, and are, Deutsch.

[moogamax]

Or Swiss. Huldrych Zwingli, the reformer who started the Anabaptist movement, came from Zurich. Menno Simons, who founded the Mennonite sect, actually did come from Holland, but he drew most of his followers from across the Scheldt.

Some of my own ancestors were Mennonites, who emigrated from Bern to Bucks County in the mid-eighteenth century. My great-great-great-grandfather left the church to fight in the Civil War -- bloodletting even for a just cause being a big no-no.

[faeryquene]

"Dutch" was an old misunderstanding by the English too. :)

[Kosovaluver]

wow des hört sich so toll an!!! ich find amische voll cool und ich respektiere sie für ihren lebensstil

[Diefeswasser]

Heutetags haben Wir etwas verloren, wo findet man diese unschultigkeit? Alles Modernes ist nicht gutes. Unbekimmer zwischen Menschen ist Uberall. Man kann nicht zurick gegen, aber Man kann lerne von Gestern.

[Phistra]

Alles was modern ist, ist nicht gut?

Und was machst du dann im Internet?

Das soll jetzt kein Spott sein, nur eine Anmerkung, dass es nicht so ist...

[Diefeswasser]

Nicht Alles was modern ist, ist gut. Das sind viele gute moderne Sache, aber nicht Alles. Und die Sache von Gestern sind auch nicht alles gutes. Was Ich am probiere bin zu Sagen ist das Modern sein bei sich selbst macht nichts gut.

[Wolfy7X]

Can anyone tell me what this piece of music is called thats played over the barn raising scene?

[Paulelly15]

It is called:Building the barn.(!)

Composer:Maurice Jarre.

[Uwiluz60]

Amish women are so hot!

[deranaloge]

Such people really still life today ! Yesterday I was in a church like this and invited to lunch by a family with 14 children. Such people also really live in Germany. But German newspapers make bad news and bad reputation about these people ! But remember : This media-news is only "politics" and a big lie ! We have done something wrong in the education of our children in Germany !

[cyndyn]

this is my favorite scene from the film. I bought the soundtrack for the accompanying piece and wore out the tape

[pjbear05]

I still have the tape and play it a lot. Amazing soundtrack, lookinf for it on CD.

[foerever7777777]

ich mag die deutsche stimme von harrison ford

[Paulelly15]

The true magic of a simple down to earth life,happiness is not related to big cars,big jobs,or big titles on business cards!

Great music!

[mka800]

That is a beautiful comment, and so true. The Amish are the only ones who realize what it means to be fully human instead of fakely human.

[guitymon]

Um......and living your entire life under rules so strict that you can't wear yellow or expose the top of your head really means you're living a human experience to the fullest?!?

[mka800]

Well, you would have to understand what "human" means to understand what I said. Sorry.

[freedom3001]

Fully human? What does that mean?

[mka800]

That's kind of like the guy saying "Smart? What does that mean?" Either you know it or you don't. Obviously many people here are part of Generation Cell Phone and therefore can't be helped along the path. There is hope, though, so don't give up.

[freedom3001]

Or maybe your definition of "fully human" just makes no sense.

[Alex2149]

@Paulelly15 people dont have to step back 200 years to enjoy a simple and happy life.

[samskeeter1]

@Paulelly15 That is so so true. The Amish could show us a thing or two.How to get on with and cooperate with your neighbours for one.And what can be achieved by a group of people working together

[greatstev77]

Harrison Ford war Tischler? Ist ja interessant! Soviel ich weiß, soll er mit dieser Rolle als Detective John Book sein Han-Solo-Image losgeworden sein und somit den Durchbruch als ernstzunehmender Schauspieler erreicht haben. Auch Kelly McGillis überzeugt in ihrer Rolle als Amish-Frau mit einer guten schauspielerischen Leistung.

[NSResponder]

Harrison Ford war ein Tischler, bevor er Erfolg als Schauspieler fand.

-jcr

[DeasyDee]

?? wat staat hieronder?!

[TheKillah112]

Wir haben den Film in und auf Englisch gesehen, da wir grad das Thema "Amish People" haben!

Echt KLASSE Film!! 5*