@MichelleH I hope so too. I absolutely go crazy looking for songs. Before the internet it was damn near an obsession to try to find a song and one time I searched over 15 years for what turned out to be Flower of Sweet Strebane by Paddy Reilly. 15 years only to find it in a jukebox. Nowadays the internet and sharing the question with other people can give a result pretty quickly but not always with classical stuff. I hope this helps her!
@MichelleH watch?v=-CtN8UjCIGA&feature=related this is what I searched for so long. I love Paddy's voice and song is amazing. I wound up meeting him at a concert and I asked for a kiss and he gave me one. I tell you, when you meet someone whose talent you truly admire it's so wonderful. I'll never forget it. Another time his security team was stinkeyeing me but I was only standing there LOL they are protective which made me realize he must have serious fans
This movie was by no means a comedy; if anything it was a heart-wrenching tear-jerker.. SPOILERS AHEAD; but by the time she's ready to let Jamie go back to being dead and she's ready to move on with her new love WE are still stuck madly in love with Jamie with his magic stache, feathered Hair, that sweet smile , those knowing eyes and deft cello playing finger. I felt gutted at the end when he left. I never wanted to see him go cause I'm in love with him now thank you very much
I saw this film, almost exactly a year after my father died. I came across it quite by accident. I watched the scene in which Jamie came back, and I howled. I had never seen such raw grief expressed in such a hyper real, compassionate manner as Juliet Stevenson accomplished in that scene. I have since discovered that this film is recommended by grief counsellors. I am not at all surprised. Almost twenty years later, I would commit any criminal act to gain a reunion, even for ten minutes.
@embojitsu Yes, after all these years watching my DVD of this movie I still sob at that reunion scene. This film was written with Juliet Stevenson in mind, and I can't imagine anyone playing this moment better. I understand that it was done in one take, as well as the equally moving scene in the psychiatrist's office when she breaks down completely, swinging between rage and pain and anger. She's a remarkable actor.
Thank you so much for posting this, even though I bought the movie, because I love this clip so much. Yes, I love the window part and the singing/playing/dancing part because they're fun and spirited. And the sad part on the back steps about Alice's playground. But the very best part is where Jamie says he blames the government and irritably snaps that he still attends meetings although he's dead. We need more committed citizens like him. Loves me some Jamie. And I love Alan, TMD.
It's a perfect scene - catching all the false hope of a true loss, yet still managing to convey that the truly lucky people are those who truly love, or truly loved, somebody.
I just showed found this to show my boyfriend . I didn't want to forget and I wanted him to see this lovely film. I was thinking about letting go last night and thought of this movie. I hadn't seen it for awhile and this happened to be the scene. This is the most raw, real, and profound expression unspeakable grief . I just started sobbing when I was playing it. My precious, beautiful son took his life three years ago and this portrayal of deep sorrow ...not even words to convey
Such...incredible acting. She weeps like someone who has just gotten back her love from death. Awkward, choppy, restrained release, yet totally encompassing, too. It's the rare American actrss who can even come close to that same level.
if you have never been in love,,,, you now know what its like. pain. pain. pain. the most wonderful pain in the world. to love is to live. hold on to hope. no matter what. love will find a way. the sun will shine. the moon will fade. love will find a way into our lives again. come back. come back. my arms are open. my body is here. my soul is yours. i am waiting. i will wait. i will long for you. forever. to hold you once more. to love once more.
From Wikipedia: "In most countries kindergarten is part of the preschool system. In parts of the United States, Canada and Australia kindergarten is the word used to describe the first year of compulsory education. In British English, nursery or playgroup is the usual term for preschool education, and kindergarten is rarely used, except in the context of special approaches to education. Children usually attend kindergarten any time between the ages of two and six depending on the local custom."
When I first saw this movie, I bought the entire book and music of Bach's Sonata in G minor for Cello and learned the Allegro (this bit). It was the only bit I could play in the whole book, but it was worth it. This is my favourite scene!
I saw this movie the night my husband died and the piano scene guts me to this day. I have wished for that a million times, so many times that each time I turn and see just an empty space, if I could will my heart to stop. I would. Derek Beck July 08 1975 - Sept 23 1994. I miss him I MISS HIM I MISS HIM!!
I read somewhere that Minghella got the idea when he was working on a muppet show about myths, so he came up with the idea of a love so deep that it overcame death. Good old muppets eh?
Juliet Stevenson made me a cup of tea one night when I delivered a script to her and had to wait for a signature outside in the pouring rain for an hour beofre she got home! A beautiful and talented lady. Also delivered a script to Michael Palin on the same night. Anybody who lives in London will know W1 Couriers based in Cale Road N1. I was always picking up stuff in Soho and delivering around town. Beautiful scene, beautifully filmed and superb acting from Alan & Juliet
@MichelleH the last song when julia is going with mark and alan is in the window with the other ghost .. do u know the name.. i ve searching it for years. some say is beethoven but i dont know. sorry for the crappy english
This was the first film I went to see with my partner when we first met 17 years ago so, apart from the fact that it's brilliant, it's also personally very special to me
The truth is indelibly stamped into every frame of this movie. The scene where we, as the audience, actually see Jamie for the first time is an actor's dream come true. He says nothing, he barely moves and yet his presence completely dominates the shot. We can barely wait for the camera to finish it's swivel because we so badly want to see what Nina sees. Nina's reaction expresses everything we are feeling. It is a magnificent scene performed by gifted actors, from a gifted director.
This movie is so beautiful, and I absolutely love the song in the beginning. When Alan pretended to play it on the cello, I actually cried. This movie in total made me bawl like a baby around 4 times. It's just unreal... this movie portrays loss of a loved one so fantastically. I'm able empathize with Juliets character when she cries her heart out over the loss of Jamie. This movie is the best!
So let me get this strait... she lives with a ghost?...a ghost that's fully material and talking and behaving like a human? And it's supposed to be real or is she imagining things? How does it end?
He drives her crazy, smothering her, needing her, to force her to move on with her life because she can't cling to him or his memory and have a full life.
The scene where she goes to see her therapist and totally falls apart: her portreyal of the grief and the anger over her loss is one of the best performances ever in moving pictures.
Without doubt one of the most moving scenes in a movie I've seen. Acted perfectly. There is nothing like the pain and grief of losing someone so close, so suddenly. This is beautifully portrayed by Juliette Stevenson.... A beautiful yet happy movie..
Rickman and Stevenson are wonderful together ,and it's a pity we see so little of her on film(but how lucky for those going to British theatre),and Michael Maloney(brilliant in MIDWINTERS TALE)is indeed magical as her living suitor. I wish Minghella had stayed with small films. However ,he and his casts aim for intelligent audiences ,which is rarer now with his passing.
mine too. nice to know I'm not alone. this clip showed beaty in scenes I didn't originally even like that much. Well, now i know where the music comes from. When she first sees him though...that's hard to direct, that has to come from the acting.
Thanks for posting this video, it brings back happy memories as I was involved in helping on set and met Anthony Minghella, it was a very special experience, he was such a talented, gentle man who had no side to him and brought out the best in everybody and appreciated the efforts from everyone involved in the making of this beautiful film,which if I'm not mistaken was his debut film! What a great loss to the film industry. What a legacy he left us though!
This is up there as my favourite movie ever, along with Brief Encounter, and now very close behind is Alan's brilliant Snowcake. How beautifully sad this movie is. Best line ever is when he is sitting on back door step while she hanging out washing - 'I blame the Government', what an amazingly English quip!
Alan Rickman's the only man I know of who can make a phrase like 'My mother does not have not a beard.' sound so cool! I love his accent!!! I really want to see this movie now!
I still think this was Minghella's best film. In fact I think it's my favourite film period. The only film that can make me cry and then laugh through the tears. Thankyou for that, Anthony.
I bought a copy of this film a couple of months ago from amazon for about $25 dollars and that was shipped to Australia. Great movie, even better when they are a reccomendation
You can also get it on ebay. I don't think Juliet is overacting at all. Wouldn't you react this way if the love you lost came back? The more I watch this the more I think he came back to help her move on. To help her realize what she thought was so wonderful about their life together really wasn't and allows her to let him go.
I came upon it quite by accident years ago in a rental place, got it, watched it, cried my eyes out. Her grief is so palpable. But I still watched it over and again.
I watched it agian and her performance is so overdone. I really want to see this. It looks awesome but I have a feeling her over-acting might kill it for me.
Wait- can I verify something? Can Alan play the cello? So, it was actually him playing the first couple minutes of the film? I remember seeing a picture of him playing the cello in victorian clothes, but I wasn't sure if he could actually play. Thanks!
For simplicity's sake (or perhaps just because I'm incredibly lazy) I've copied berberry85's answer to that question:
"Courtesy of imdbdotcom: Had cello lessons for his part in Truly Madly Deeply (1990), and while he handles the right (bowing) hand, the left hand is provided by a real cellist standing behind him with his arm through Alan Rickman's armpit."
Thank you! It's a shame- I really thought Alan Rickman is the type of guy to play the cello splendidly. Oh well! This Bach piece is absolutely tantalizing. It's gorgeous, and it evokes so much feeling! The beginning first few moments really showed a lot of brilliant acting. Wow.
"There are these plaques on the sides of the swing, bottom of the horse: 'From Alice's mom and dad. In Memory of Alice, who used to play here'. And of course, Alice goes back there all the time. And when you see the parents take their child from the swing, and see the sign... They hold on to their son and daughter, so tightly, clinging on for dear life." This lines always bring tears into my eyes... the way he says it and everything... *sigh* Such a great actor...
courtesy of imdbdotcom "Had cello lessons for his part in Truly Madly Deeply (1990), and while he handles the right (bowing) hand, the left hand is provided by a real cellist standing behind him with his arm through Alan Rickman's armpit."
An astonishing movie. So true in its premise, without going all sappy on you. I saw an interview with Michael Ondaatje, who wrote and directed this -- and later won an Academy Award for "The English Patient" -- where he said this was still his favorite movie.
I think you've got your movies and directors a little mixed up.
'Truly Madly Deeply' was written and directed by Anthony Minghella, not Michael Ondaatje (though I haven't got a clue if he did or did not say this was his favourite movie). :-)
To think Alan Rickman's job was to come back long enough to annoy his Lady to the point she found someone else! I couldn't find this on DVD so bought a VHS copy mostly for their "Sun ain't gonna shine anymore" duet... It's a great film and a chance to see Alan Rickman play a good guy...
I remember seeing the part where they sing when I was really small and apparently I used to call them silly, but I totally adore this whole sequence now. It always reduces me to a blubbering mess.
I haven't seen this for over twenty years but it still has the same effect on me as it did then. I lost my hubby Allan & truly wushed for this but you can see you must let go & live. wonderful!
It's Sonata for Cello and Continuo no.3 in G Minor. Found it on iTunes eventually ;)
MrsSenco 2 days ago
but they don't come back even when they are still living :(
moving on now,,,, :))
clazza01 3 months ago
@Anescox - the credits say Sonata No 3 for Cello (viol de Gamba) & Piano
2nd movement Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 1st Movement Sarabande keyboard concerto No 7? Andante J.S.Bach and someone else whose name i can't read
GrissomLovesSara 5 months ago 2
@GrissomLovesSara Thanks for helping out with the music! I hope @xAnescox finds what she's looking for. :-)
MichelleH 5 months ago
@MichelleH I hope so too. I absolutely go crazy looking for songs. Before the internet it was damn near an obsession to try to find a song and one time I searched over 15 years for what turned out to be Flower of Sweet Strebane by Paddy Reilly. 15 years only to find it in a jukebox. Nowadays the internet and sharing the question with other people can give a result pretty quickly but not always with classical stuff. I hope this helps her!
GrissomLovesSara 5 months ago
@MichelleH watch?v=-CtN8UjCIGA&feature=related this is what I searched for so long. I love Paddy's voice and song is amazing. I wound up meeting him at a concert and I asked for a kiss and he gave me one. I tell you, when you meet someone whose talent you truly admire it's so wonderful. I'll never forget it. Another time his security team was stinkeyeing me but I was only standing there LOL they are protective which made me realize he must have serious fans
GrissomLovesSara 5 months ago
This movie was by no means a comedy; if anything it was a heart-wrenching tear-jerker.. SPOILERS AHEAD; but by the time she's ready to let Jamie go back to being dead and she's ready to move on with her new love WE are still stuck madly in love with Jamie with his magic stache, feathered Hair, that sweet smile , those knowing eyes and deft cello playing finger. I felt gutted at the end when he left. I never wanted to see him go cause I'm in love with him now thank you very much
GrissomLovesSara 5 months ago 5
I saw this film, almost exactly a year after my father died. I came across it quite by accident. I watched the scene in which Jamie came back, and I howled. I had never seen such raw grief expressed in such a hyper real, compassionate manner as Juliet Stevenson accomplished in that scene. I have since discovered that this film is recommended by grief counsellors. I am not at all surprised. Almost twenty years later, I would commit any criminal act to gain a reunion, even for ten minutes.
embojitsu 7 months ago 5
@embojitsu Yes, after all these years watching my DVD of this movie I still sob at that reunion scene. This film was written with Juliet Stevenson in mind, and I can't imagine anyone playing this moment better. I understand that it was done in one take, as well as the equally moving scene in the psychiatrist's office when she breaks down completely, swinging between rage and pain and anger. She's a remarkable actor.
smlivingstone 5 months ago 2
Thank you so much for posting this, even though I bought the movie, because I love this clip so much. Yes, I love the window part and the singing/playing/dancing part because they're fun and spirited. And the sad part on the back steps about Alice's playground. But the very best part is where Jamie says he blames the government and irritably snaps that he still attends meetings although he's dead. We need more committed citizens like him. Loves me some Jamie. And I love Alan, TMD.
halfirishrover 9 months ago 4
Made the year my first husband died.......................I love this beautiful love story..
CATHERINEDAVIES123 10 months ago
It's a perfect scene - catching all the false hope of a true loss, yet still managing to convey that the truly lucky people are those who truly love, or truly loved, somebody.
oohmesides 11 months ago 3
I just showed found this to show my boyfriend . I didn't want to forget and I wanted him to see this lovely film. I was thinking about letting go last night and thought of this movie. I hadn't seen it for awhile and this happened to be the scene. This is the most raw, real, and profound expression unspeakable grief . I just started sobbing when I was playing it. My precious, beautiful son took his life three years ago and this portrayal of deep sorrow ...not even words to convey
7Millersshadow 11 months ago 2
Alan Rickman fans, don't you just wish you could be juliet stevenson for these scenes and just exchange banter and frolic with him? *sighhhh
luv2sketch100 1 year ago 8
Truly Madly Deeply - one of the very few movies I wept watching.
It started with this Cello Piano scene and I didn't stop until the movie finished.
Thanks for posting.
SillyWillyFan47 1 year ago 6
i just cry and cry till i can't see the screen. the music is enchanting.
rip my sweet dad
shrinkpachyderm 1 year ago 3
Wonderful moments from the first part of this movie! Thank you so much for uploading these clips!!
RooniTunes 1 year ago 4
Such...incredible acting. She weeps like someone who has just gotten back her love from death. Awkward, choppy, restrained release, yet totally encompassing, too. It's the rare American actrss who can even come close to that same level.
mowriter 1 year ago 6
such a sad but good movie. has been a long time since I have seen it. sh someone would upload the whole movie on youtube.
ericnfan 1 year ago
What a splendid movie. Ever so much better than "Ghost". Rickman and Stephenson are just perfect.
redhead529 1 year ago 4
first part of this film..ive posted
SuperColin74 1 year ago 6
@SuperColin74: Great! Thank you for letting us know! :-)
MichelleH 1 year ago
It's not a patch on Randall & Hopkik.
struthiomimus2468 1 year ago
great movie! how come nobody uploaded yet the entire movie yet?! were are u all the Rickma's fan :-)
what is the piece they are playing at 0:50 and on??
Queenesy 1 year ago
ill be uploading all of it soon..
SuperColin74 1 year ago
oh please do!!!!! this is one of my all time favs!
pollykingywingy 1 year ago
i wil do soon
SuperColin74 1 year ago
ive uploaded 3 parts already
SuperColin74 1 year ago 2
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im sorry but that woman is horrible, what are those rediculous noises coming out of her face?
serisAK 1 year ago
I only like him as Snape!! :D
And when he plays Col.Brandon .. he would be sexii here if he shaved that mustache!
SlytherinPrincess91 2 years ago
i love him even more with his hair...i really like to play it with my finger the way juliet stevenson did in one scene...
83yattic 2 years ago 3
I love it! But that terrible mustache!
Bigfatbutterfly02 2 years ago
totally LOVE this movie! And love Alen Rickman!! He's like the wine!
sadel7 2 years ago 5
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Be cool if Alan Rickman Avrada Kedrava'd her like he did Dumbledore. Then this movie would own!!!
peppytwo 2 years ago
Sometimes I think we overdo it: Snape is'nt the only role Rickman ever played, he acted so many great and touching roles beside serverus in HP!
83annak 2 years ago 5
Is it OK if I admit that I love this version of the song and I hate the original one??? :p
At least here they sing as if they meant it. Brilliant actors, both of them
madscientist1984 2 years ago 7
i could upload the film, but its gonna be TERRIBLE quality
MsEmberScorpio 2 years ago
i tried to upload teh entire film..but the sound was out of syn with film aghh
Mr100bills 2 years ago
I LOVE YOU ALAN RICKMAN
corazonelegido 2 years ago 7
I cry my eyes out when at the beginning & end of this film. Every time I watch it. Maybe should stop watching it? Nah. Never happen.
Rickmanfever 2 years ago 5
I think so too. I need to cry when she is crying about the bereavement of her lifelove! Oh!
The movie is so emotional. Wow!
83annak 2 years ago 3
if you have never been in love,,,, you now know what its like. pain. pain. pain. the most wonderful pain in the world. to love is to live. hold on to hope. no matter what. love will find a way. the sun will shine. the moon will fade. love will find a way into our lives again. come back. come back. my arms are open. my body is here. my soul is yours. i am waiting. i will wait. i will long for you. forever. to hold you once more. to love once more.
barryharket 2 years ago 5
his voice is soo .....I love him!! :-), michael maloney too..! I love both! nice movie!!
yiartes 2 years ago 4
The back porch scene! Lovely! Thank you! :))
annwags 2 years ago 4
Does anyone know where to get the sheet music for the piano part? Cello part as well If possible... :)
durkallamadurka 2 years ago
hey its professor snape
LOCOboiz 2 years ago 3
i love this movie!
mralanrickmanishot 2 years ago 4
I never seen this movie!! I must see it!!!
VeroniqueEmbrace 2 years ago 3
Heartbreaking. just hope it never happens.
oohmesides 2 years ago 4
I love this part of the movie!!
Passi0nata 2 years ago 5
The don't leave, don't leave gets me EVERY time
TlairAddicted 2 years ago 4
a question: does HE really play the cello ?
or is he just moving it with a playback ?
TheBritishCuppa 2 years ago
I don't think so...I read he learned a few basic chords for the part but an arm double was used for most of it.
seabury 2 years ago 2
just a question, if the little girl who is 3 that Alan talks about, how is she in kindergarden(usually your 5 aren't you)?
BCraingirl 2 years ago
From Wikipedia: "In most countries kindergarten is part of the preschool system. In parts of the United States, Canada and Australia kindergarten is the word used to describe the first year of compulsory education. In British English, nursery or playgroup is the usual term for preschool education, and kindergarten is rarely used, except in the context of special approaches to education. Children usually attend kindergarten any time between the ages of two and six depending on the local custom."
MichelleH 2 years ago
ah, I guess that makes sense then, thanks Michelle. Luv your clip here by the way ;-)
BCraingirl 2 years ago 2
Love it
alexa1993taker 2 years ago 2
love this scene, nice to see i'm not alone (i know it's slushy)
beefydebster 2 years ago 7
When I first saw this movie, I bought the entire book and music of Bach's Sonata in G minor for Cello and learned the Allegro (this bit). It was the only bit I could play in the whole book, but it was worth it. This is my favourite scene!
mithol 2 years ago 5
thank you so much for this clip.. i love this film and soundtrack
badmojo05 2 years ago 4
alan looks so cute when he looks out the window with her
hina475 2 years ago 6
Forgive me
If you are not living
If you, beloved, my love,
If you have died
All the leaves will fall on my breast
It will rain on my soul all night, all day
My feet will want to march to where you are sleeping
But I shall go on living
Its films like this, that makes us stronger.
OurEvening 2 years ago 7
You are so right. The film makes it so clear that one cannot go on living with ghosts forever.
lapislazuli7 2 years ago 3
I saw this movie the night my husband died and the piano scene guts me to this day. I have wished for that a million times, so many times that each time I turn and see just an empty space, if I could will my heart to stop. I would. Derek Beck July 08 1975 - Sept 23 1994. I miss him I MISS HIM I MISS HIM!!
NesmeeMonster 2 years ago 66
oh my gnah alan's shadow against the sun makes it so romantic
gondegoogoo 2 years ago 4
i cant help crying when she crys in the doctors office. it's hearkbreaking.
mrschriswalken 2 years ago 7
God I love this scene/film. And the actors. <3
MissKeller 2 years ago 4
I read somewhere that Minghella got the idea when he was working on a muppet show about myths, so he came up with the idea of a love so deep that it overcame death. Good old muppets eh?
allyoursphotography1 2 years ago 5
Juliet Stevenson is the best on screen sobber I have ever had the pleasure of viewing.
You should see her scene in the shrinks office: "I MISS HIM I MISS HIM I MISS HIM!!!!!!!"
broadwaymelody33 2 years ago 14
i love this film =)
One2isThisOn 2 years ago 2
Juliet Stevenson made me a cup of tea one night when I delivered a script to her and had to wait for a signature outside in the pouring rain for an hour beofre she got home! A beautiful and talented lady. Also delivered a script to Michael Palin on the same night. Anybody who lives in London will know W1 Couriers based in Cale Road N1. I was always picking up stuff in Soho and delivering around town. Beautiful scene, beautifully filmed and superb acting from Alan & Juliet
Linz748916 3 years ago 9
does ANYONE know the name of the piece of music they are playing??? please help
iluvlondon65 3 years ago
I believe it's Adagio from the Viola da Gamba Sonata BWV 1029 by J.S. Bach.
Try this link (without the spaces obviously): youtube. com/watch?v=5yFwSY0r9n4
MichelleH 3 years ago
@MichelleH the last song when julia is going with mark and alan is in the window with the other ghost .. do u know the name.. i ve searching it for years. some say is beethoven but i dont know. sorry for the crappy english
xAnescox 11 months ago
@xAnescox Your English is fine, but I am afraid I cannot help you. I tried to search a little here and there, but with no result. Sorry! :(
I hope someone else will read your comment and might be able to help you. In the meantime, good luck with the search! :)
MichelleH 11 months ago
@xAnescox User GrissomLovesSara left this comment today:
"the credits say Sonata No 3 for Cello (viol de Gamba) & Piano
2nd movement Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 1st Movement Sarabande keyboard concerto No 7? Andante J.S.Bach and someone else whose name i can't read"
Maybe you will find the music you are looking for in that piece? Good luck! :-)
MichelleH 5 months ago
@xAnescox Enter keyboard concerto no. 7 andante into the YouTube search...and it should be the second video!
Shmeetee 2 months ago
@Shmeetee te amo. thank you. you make so happy.
xAnescox 1 month ago
@xAnescox i think the music you mean is: Bach violin concerto in A minor 2nd movement; andante
thekilo23 2 weeks ago
Or is it JS Bach's Air on a G string?
MissKeller 2 years ago
The first scene in this video always makes me cry. She's such a fantastic actress
broadwaymelody33 3 years ago 6
This was the first film I went to see with my partner when we first met 17 years ago so, apart from the fact that it's brilliant, it's also personally very special to me
clerihew10 3 years ago 3
Best movie of all times!
suomarg 3 years ago 2
I have been looking for this movie everywhere! But I guess it's out of print. Any ideas where I can find it?
sworda1944 3 years ago
ebay
pollykingywingy 3 years ago 2
I think if anyone has lost some one so close that you loved,you must cry don't hold back...
Soundchaser121 3 years ago 6
I have been watching this clip for a few weeks now. Finally found the strength to write a comment.Cry everytime but then laugh, so thats good:)
skycladwow 3 years ago 8
The truth is indelibly stamped into every frame of this movie. The scene where we, as the audience, actually see Jamie for the first time is an actor's dream come true. He says nothing, he barely moves and yet his presence completely dominates the shot. We can barely wait for the camera to finish it's swivel because we so badly want to see what Nina sees. Nina's reaction expresses everything we are feeling. It is a magnificent scene performed by gifted actors, from a gifted director.
Roskomaximus 3 years ago 34
That had me in floods!
juswanaseesomevideos 3 years ago 3
I think of this scene if anyone mentions this film.Alan Rickman what a great actor! Anthony Minghella gone to soon!
Soundchaser121 3 years ago 7
This movie is so beautiful, and I absolutely love the song in the beginning. When Alan pretended to play it on the cello, I actually cried. This movie in total made me bawl like a baby around 4 times. It's just unreal... this movie portrays loss of a loved one so fantastically. I'm able empathize with Juliets character when she cries her heart out over the loss of Jamie. This movie is the best!
drummerchick24 3 years ago 15
So let me get this strait... she lives with a ghost?...a ghost that's fully material and talking and behaving like a human? And it's supposed to be real or is she imagining things? How does it end?
sparrowcrazy 3 years ago
He drives her crazy, smothering her, needing her, to force her to move on with her life because she can't cling to him or his memory and have a full life.
shawdylocks 3 years ago
Ok thanks I wtahced the beginning and loved it=)
sparrowcrazy 3 years ago
sparrow, just rent the movie
SNIPER1775 3 years ago
This is soooo hard to watch.
I saw this movie years ago and I cried.
Juliet is absolutely wonderful in this film.
The scene where she goes to see her therapist and totally falls apart: her portreyal of the grief and the anger over her loss is one of the best performances ever in moving pictures.
Absolutely natural and deeply touching.
Immensely well written, directed and performed.
TMUNobby 3 years ago 10
The emotion of Juliet Stevenson is world shaking. I can never watch this without crying my eyes out. She is a force of nature. Thank you J Stevenson.
Darapsa 3 years ago 9
Without doubt one of the most moving scenes in a movie I've seen. Acted perfectly. There is nothing like the pain and grief of losing someone so close, so suddenly. This is beautifully portrayed by Juliette Stevenson.... A beautiful yet happy movie..
Nedlands123 3 years ago 5
tarda mucho en aparecer la cancion :S WTF..??
kikako0 3 years ago
I think your internet connection must be a little slow or maybe there's a temporary problem with YouTube.
I don't think it's the video, because it works just fine for me.
(I hope you understand my English, because my Spanish is a lot worse. ;))
MichelleH 3 years ago
in what minute (aparece) la cancion..?? =S
kikako0 3 years ago
Oh! Now I get the question! :D
Around 8:15, almost near the end.
MichelleH 3 years ago
I don't think I've ever cried in the first three minutes of watching a clip. This is really beautiful ^.^
xXxFeebzxXx 3 years ago 4
I love this film so much. And Alan Rickman has a lovely singing voice. <3
LinnendeBlack 3 years ago 7
Truly , this is the thinking person's GHOST .
Rickman and Stevenson are wonderful together ,and it's a pity we see so little of her on film(but how lucky for those going to British theatre),and Michael Maloney(brilliant in MIDWINTERS TALE)is indeed magical as her living suitor. I wish Minghella had stayed with small films. However ,he and his casts aim for intelligent audiences ,which is rarer now with his passing.
nitesho 3 years ago
yeah, no kidding...and ghost is an idiot's "truly". laughing...sorry woopie...I like ya but. This really was one of the best films of all time.
sidthinker 3 years ago
This film blew me away when I saw it, bbrilliantly acted, scripted, lit. One of my all time favourites.
cynrig1 3 years ago
mine too. nice to know I'm not alone. this clip showed beaty in scenes I didn't originally even like that much. Well, now i know where the music comes from. When she first sees him though...that's hard to direct, that has to come from the acting.
sidthinker 3 years ago
same here it helps me so much yes i am i have his spirit with me always hope you ok to ...
deppy6 3 years ago 2
i so love this film i lost the love of my life a 1 year & half ago he was my best friend the movie is how i feel. So moving ..........
deppy6 3 years ago 2
I also lost my beautiful young man - who was a musician - and this movie was what helped me grieve. I hope you're doing ok..Cheers..
kristygirl72 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this video, it brings back happy memories as I was involved in helping on set and met Anthony Minghella, it was a very special experience, he was such a talented, gentle man who had no side to him and brought out the best in everybody and appreciated the efforts from everyone involved in the making of this beautiful film,which if I'm not mistaken was his debut film! What a great loss to the film industry. What a legacy he left us though!
elunedwoo 3 years ago 3
This is up there as my favourite movie ever, along with Brief Encounter, and now very close behind is Alan's brilliant Snowcake. How beautifully sad this movie is. Best line ever is when he is sitting on back door step while she hanging out washing - 'I blame the Government', what an amazingly English quip!
BruceBloodSister1 3 years ago 4
I love this movie, it is so great.
desertrose777 3 years ago 2
Alan Rickman's the only man I know of who can make a phrase like 'My mother does not have not a beard.' sound so cool! I love his accent!!! I really want to see this movie now!
PipamirSolo 3 years ago 4
thank you for this beautiful post. Anthony Minghella R.I.P.
yewluan 3 years ago 4
Thankyou for missing me ..... how wonderful
JGPARISH 3 years ago 4
Querido Anthony, gracias por la más bella película directa a mi corazón. Dondequiera que estés espero que seas muy feliz.
yellowdancer1111 3 years ago 3
Go in peace, Anthony. One of the best ever evocations of love & loss committed to screen.
Rooti1 3 years ago 7
A truly beautiful, tragic, and joyful movie. I both cried and laughed; and felt that I learned a needed lesson in loving, losing, and letting go.
allieree 3 years ago 6
one of the most brilliant and haunting films ever. RIP Anthony, you will be missed.
thesmashingpixie 3 years ago 7
One Most hauting memeryable thing i have ever seen! Thankyou Anthony loved ur Vision Sure Miss The Magic u could created.
alistercarey34 3 years ago 3
I love this film!!
ClaireBoswell 3 years ago 3
I still think this was Minghella's best film. In fact I think it's my favourite film period. The only film that can make me cry and then laugh through the tears. Thankyou for that, Anthony.
cantleysugar 3 years ago 7
Anthony Minghella, R.I.P. He was a great film-maker. Ar dheis laimh De go rabh a anam.
OforOboe 3 years ago 2
co to ma być ? :)
czarownik2 4 years ago
Częście filmu (?!) :)
MichelleH 4 years ago
I bought a copy of this film a couple of months ago from amazon for about $25 dollars and that was shipped to Australia. Great movie, even better when they are a reccomendation
demonsbutterfly 4 years ago 2
You can also get it on ebay. I don't think Juliet is overacting at all. Wouldn't you react this way if the love you lost came back? The more I watch this the more I think he came back to help her move on. To help her realize what she thought was so wonderful about their life together really wasn't and allows her to let him go.
Sheshw 4 years ago 3
Where can i find this movie? I've searched everywhere!! On Amizon it said it was like... $77! This is frustrating.
biffy77 4 years ago
i bought it off amazon but i had to get the VHS but it was only 6 bucks.
bleed1mortime4me 4 years ago
I love this movie! Just love it.
I came upon it quite by accident years ago in a rental place, got it, watched it, cried my eyes out. Her grief is so palpable. But I still watched it over and again.
And I just ADORE Alan Rickman!
mamamurray 4 years ago 8
who DOESN'T love Alan, lol!
BCraingirl 4 years ago 6
I would be happy to be Alan's left hand anytime... I would love to put my arm under his armpit....
snapespants 4 years ago 3
I watched it agian and her performance is so overdone. I really want to see this. It looks awesome but I have a feeling her over-acting might kill it for me.
toonmili 4 years ago
Not overacting. Proper acting.
cantleysugar 3 years ago 3
Oh my he sings good in this. Oh I want to see this movie so bad. I wish he didn't have the facial hair though
toonmili 4 years ago 2
I like the facial hair on him, he can wicked pull it off.
mjchick37 4 years ago 3
I would prefer him to lose it. OR a beard to go with the moustache.. an all-or-nothing kinda situation!
At least if they'd trimmed it a bit more off his upper lip.. But then again, this IS Alan Rickman & he CAN pull it off LOL
BlueGeneMagic 3 years ago 3
Wait- can I verify something? Can Alan play the cello? So, it was actually him playing the first couple minutes of the film? I remember seeing a picture of him playing the cello in victorian clothes, but I wasn't sure if he could actually play. Thanks!
charlotterochester 4 years ago
For simplicity's sake (or perhaps just because I'm incredibly lazy) I've copied berberry85's answer to that question:
"Courtesy of imdbdotcom: Had cello lessons for his part in Truly Madly Deeply (1990), and while he handles the right (bowing) hand, the left hand is provided by a real cellist standing behind him with his arm through Alan Rickman's armpit."
MichelleH 4 years ago
Thank you! It's a shame- I really thought Alan Rickman is the type of guy to play the cello splendidly. Oh well! This Bach piece is absolutely tantalizing. It's gorgeous, and it evokes so much feeling! The beginning first few moments really showed a lot of brilliant acting. Wow.
charlotterochester 4 years ago 4
full body goose bumps for the first clip, thankyou!!
pachamum 4 years ago 3
aaww...i want to see this movieee!!! hehehehe from this clip you think that julia stevenson's character is INSANE xDDDD in a "i'm-in-love" way xD
Arcadiax91 4 years ago 2
I still cry when I see it. (sniff!) ;))
Thanks for adding it!
seaweed2007 4 years ago 3
arg I want to see that movie!
"There are these plaques on the sides of the swing, bottom of the horse: 'From Alice's mom and dad. In Memory of Alice, who used to play here'. And of course, Alice goes back there all the time. And when you see the parents take their child from the swing, and see the sign... They hold on to their son and daughter, so tightly, clinging on for dear life." This lines always bring tears into my eyes... the way he says it and everything... *sigh* Such a great actor...
FergusonFan 4 years ago 6
good god. he is the prettiest thing i have ever seen. i really truly, madly, deeply, deliciously....juicily love him. ;)
bleed1mortime4me 4 years ago 8
He's has such a melodic voice
duskybatfishgirl 4 years ago 6
OH. MY. GOD. He's a sexy bastard AND he can sing and play the... chello? That's a chello, right? XD
HyuugaNejixLee 4 years ago 6
Pronounced "chello"; usually spelled "cello." Look it up on wikipedia or something :)
MilanWisteria 4 years ago
courtesy of imdbdotcom "Had cello lessons for his part in Truly Madly Deeply (1990), and while he handles the right (bowing) hand, the left hand is provided by a real cellist standing behind him with his arm through Alan Rickman's armpit."
berberry85 4 years ago 2
iv never seen this film but i love alan rickman so im wondering weather i should go and see it...is it any good?
princessria123 4 years ago
I'm a fellow Rickman fan. I saw this film and I am glad I did.
If you're a true Rickmaniac you should definitely try to get a hold of it. The singing part alone is already worth the effort. :)
MichelleH 4 years ago
OH MY GOSH!!! i saw this film and it made me cry sooo much! :( so moving -a brilliant movie!!!
princessria123 4 years ago 2
This great clip makes me want to see the movie even more Truly Madly Deeply!
salemstales 4 years ago
One of my fave movies. Thanks so much for the brilliant clip x William
kensington25 4 years ago 2
An astonishing movie. So true in its premise, without going all sappy on you. I saw an interview with Michael Ondaatje, who wrote and directed this -- and later won an Academy Award for "The English Patient" -- where he said this was still his favorite movie.
MerrBrans 4 years ago
I think you've got your movies and directors a little mixed up.
'Truly Madly Deeply' was written and directed by Anthony Minghella, not Michael Ondaatje (though I haven't got a clue if he did or did not say this was his favourite movie). :-)
MichelleH 4 years ago
Love this movie.............
tundra1030 4 years ago 2
To think Alan Rickman's job was to come back long enough to annoy his Lady to the point she found someone else! I couldn't find this on DVD so bought a VHS copy mostly for their "Sun ain't gonna shine anymore" duet... It's a great film and a chance to see Alan Rickman play a good guy...
Shadowjack1965 4 years ago
THis is such a great film.....
NorthernFella 4 years ago 2
magic - it´s true, it´s mad and it touches my heart deeply..
dpgreeneye 4 years ago 2
I remember seeing the part where they sing when I was really small and apparently I used to call them silly, but I totally adore this whole sequence now. It always reduces me to a blubbering mess.
vanillalace07 4 years ago 2
I haven't seen this for over twenty years but it still has the same effect on me as it did then. I lost my hubby Allan & truly wushed for this but you can see you must let go & live. wonderful!
memnoch616 4 years ago 2
I just adore this movie so much. Thanks for the clip!
whatuswattingat 4 years ago 2
Truly Madly Deeply was filmed opposite my old house and this scene breaks my heart. it is everything that a widow/er fruitlessly longs for...
oohmesides 4 years ago 2
This is the moving scene in cinema history because it captures that thing that cannot ever be...
oohmesides 4 years ago 2
Yes for want of better words this move is an all time must see. It rocks. Its just such a neat concept,heart rendering and simply outstanding.
Tregidio 4 years ago 2
it's a cello, actually.
Latinabecedarian 5 years ago
THIS MOVIE! I don't know why more people haven't seen it and don't know about it. It's excellent, honest and inspiring! Wow. :)
KerrickLiev 5 years ago 2
this is great. one of my favourite alan movies. & i've seen quite a few. :D
xrainbowedlove 5 years ago 2
Awwwww this was so cute. I have to see this movie!
AuroraintheSky 5 years ago 2