Albert Finney Cry

[KhalidCabrero]

Bleh. Cricket, soppy music & melodrama. Not to mention out of character.

Less is better. Redgrave - heck most other versions - are much, much better.

[Katluver56]

Albert Finney needs to read a book and record it.

[edmund184]

I think this better than the 40s version in everyway. Redgrave's teacher is a wimp, Finney plays him with gravitas making the whole story more profound. Setting this pivotal scene in the open air makes it more moving than in a school room. Finney is shocked when he hears he's called the Hitler of the lower fifth. Redgrave reaction is too understated. The music at the end is a mixture of joy & anxiety: this is hope tinged with sorrow. In the 40s version it's too triumphant.

[edmund184]

Does anyone else out there think this is the DEFINATIVE version, better even than the stage play because it opens out & Finney is able to make his final speech infront of the whole school which couldn't be achieved in the theatre?

The 40s one is stagey with the actors "playing" the roles, in Figgis's production they really convince you they are the people, with Greta Scaachi portraying evil very subtlely. Setting it in the 90s even more enfesizes Finney as a man out of time, isolated.

[edmund184]

Having him cry infront of Taplow makes this much more powerful than in the play & earlier film where he cries when the boy isn't there.

[FranklyMyDear777]

I love this movie and I think Albert Finney should be really given a lifetime achievement tribute. He has so much sensitivity brought to his characters. Yes, do post it all.

[josepablobolanos]

Finney's portrayal of a lonely school teacher, bitter about the way he has managed to push away his wife, his colleagues and his students, is extraordinary. I loved this movie. I was particularly moved by the ending in which, in his farewell speach, he chooses to apologize to the school community for his failure as a mentor and a true educator, and there follows a massive ovation. If you could post that scene, I'd be grateful.

[renzyrenzyrenzy]

well, i do have full movie of Browning Version.

but, it seems it will be just wasting another bandwith. no offense, but, i wanna see other people's opinion about that scene. if so, i will upload it to Youtube. thanks.

[josepablobolanos]

You do know this one scene has already been uploaded and commented in Youtube already. You can look it up. Other people have requested the final scene... I thought you'd like to know.

[renzyrenzyrenzy]

yeah, ive already seen that.

i guess it cannot be helped, ill upload it soon.

thanks for the recomendation!

cheers from Indonesia.

[MsMimigirl]

Thank you, thank you! He!

[renzyrenzyrenzy]

ur welcome. btw, i already upload the ending. hope u like it!

[nicohoot2007]

So touching,i wanna cry.