so the note that said "kill sulivan" the guy that got the note was sapose to kill Sullivan? but didnt, and Newmans son killed sullivans wife and son, so what went wrong? were they all sapost to die? im confuzed and only seen this movie once, can someone explain the first part of my comment? lmao....
@soulleskill What happened was, Connor (Newman's son in the film) HATED Mike (Hanks) because his father favored him. So he gave that guy the note telling him to kill Mike, and all debts are paid. The problem was, Michael (Hanks's son) happened to have detention that night, and Connor didn't know that Mike had another son. Not getting a good look at him, he shot the mother Peter, thinking he was Michael. So, Michael lived. Hope this helps! =)
I agree wholeheartedly with people concerning the music and the cinematography. This is an example of excellence. However, I must say that it's disconcerting to read earlier comments concerning how 'great' things were with gangsters/crime during this era (aspects of nobility/honor in crime). Violence is violence, and crime is crime, no matter what kind of fine suit it wears or accent it speaks. It is to be condoned, not praised, for the effect it has on Michael and his family.
6:10-7:30 might just be the greatest 80 seconds in the history of cinema...absolutely stunning cinematography. Conrad Hall's oscar for this fim was well deserved indeed.
@Jammed9000 "A seamless 40-second driving scene in which Michael Sullivan and his son travel into Chicago from the countryside was aided by visual effects. The live-action part of the scene was filmed at LaSalle Street, and due to the lack of scenery for part of the drive down LaSalle Street, the background of Balbo Drive was included with the use of visual effects.[19]"
And I also distinctly remember them talking about all the stuff they added in with CGI during the commentary.
What a wayward generation we are now. The code of conduct of the underworld has been thrown out the window. During the prohibition days the men were gangstas and gentlemen. Now you have a bunch of wanna be hard asses with tight pants calling themselves thugs. No idea of how to hold down a family or make real money. This movie brings back the alpha male persona that we've been missing for so long.
@atmchickluva Yeah, these people are so worth idolizing. Put a murderer in an expensive suit and suddenly, not only doesn't it matter that he kills people for a living, he's actually someone to look up to!
@Salguine yup, completely true, if you can kil, get away with then still have ur morals, then ur worth looking up to, especially if you make a good living.
@TyberZane "if you can kill...and still have your morals (or "ur" morals, as you put it)"? Kill AND have morals? Does killing people for money fit comfortably into a moral life for you?
@Salguine depends on what ''ur'' morals are.Well take a soldier for example ( I am not trying to offend anyone) He goes to war,and might end up machine gunning entire platoons of POWs as in the case in WW2 (on both sides) and then they came home and defended their actions. But at the same time, for the most part, they lived as upstanding citizens. A soldier in a time of war, is a trained killer, with a high chance that he will kill more than 1 person. But people don't hold it against them,.
@TyberZane But you weren't talking about "making a good living" as a soldier in wartime, were you? You were talking about making a good living as a mob hit-man—"getting away with it"—and murdering people for a living. Hardly the same thing, is it?
@atmchickluva thank you, i knew there were more men, like me.BcK then, sons rarely caught their fathers crying, if they ever did. men didnt show emotion to their family when it came to anything that the family didnt need to know. Women had their place, and so did the children and noone overstepped their boundaries. and if you guys want to talk about the mafia, BLAME the feminist, they put Prohibition on the table, and voted for it.they made the mafia rich.
@TyberZane The roles of men and women are now interchangeable. This is the single biggest problem facing society today. Women getting knocked up saying they don't need a man. All at the same time raising metro sexual boys who would stick their d*** in anything and have no idea of what it is to be a man. Men weren't made to be pretty. They were made to be leaders. Women belong in the kitchen not the boardroom.
@atmchickluva God Bless you bro. God Bless. I thought i was the only guy out there.The way i see it, if a women wants equal rights, then she should be given equal rights in EVERYTHING.that means, if u get raped, equal rights, u go to war, equal rights, first one to fight, either that, or they can go bacK to the way god meant it.
@atmchickluva God Bless you bro. God Bless. I thought i was the only guy out there.The way i see it, if a women wants equal rights, then she should be given equal rights in EVERYTHING.that means, if u get raped, equal rights, u go to war, equal rights, first one to fight, either that, or they can go bacK to the way god meant it.
Just saw this movie today. The music from 7:00 is epic. The scene where everybody is walking to down the street in slow mo and just Tom Hanks and the kid are in focus is soo nasty. It put a smile on my face.
versatility is what makes an actor! u wouldn't believe Craig is the new James Bond seeing this would u? Great actors r just people but can be pussies or badasses anytime!!!!
What a coward to kill a defenseless woman and her child! To me when someone kills someone else with unequal defense it's an act of cowardess and its pathetic. He should have dealt with his jealously like a man, not a wimp who could only feel superior by killing a woman and child.(this comment is reguarding part 5)
@TheSutphen then like, 2/3 of all killing are cowardly, i mean with the romans, u take a swing at someone, and while ur back is turned u get cut down, thats cowardly, then in a dogfight, the pilot doesnt see u, but u mow him down, thats cowardly, and hear is the way i feel, if women wanna have the same rights as men, then they should be treated like men, including being gunned down, now annie was a true women, so she didnt deserve to die, and connor, needed to be killed for it.
this movies suck and soo boring. no wonders it not make much income from box office. you must compare to the transformors 2 film, which has the action in it and then make 1/2 billion dollar at box ofiice becaus peoples know how to apreciate quality movie- not like the this ones
Man, I NEVER posted any comment on Utube, but I had to say yours must be the most hilarious I ve ever read!! I think next time u should compare One flew over the cuckoo s nest and Beverlyhills chiwawa!
your kidding right? you cant be comparing this to transformers 2....lol this is the greatest gangster film made in the last ten years, transformers isnt even the greatest film staring tyrese.
your kidding, right? your comparing a crappy movie with horrid acting, bland music, and decent graphics to a master piece that had brilliant acting, amazing music, glorious scenery, and something that didn't really need special affects to make it good... You really have bad taste if you believe Transformers could even compete with this film.
He shot the messenger because the messenger was protecting a horrible boss that wanted to hide after he let his worthless son kill the mans wife. I agreed with every shooting in this film minus Annie, Peter and Michael Sr.
I disagree.. i think Connor used the fact that Michael saw the incident with Finn as an excuse to kill Sullivans family. Even if that hadnt happened with michael, Connor would've found a way to kill them. He did it because he hated Sullivan and was jealous of his fathers love for him.
You know you're probably right. What a loser! John saw that Conner was a disappointment. But Michael Sr.should have seen that Conner was his enemy. No amount of grinning in my face and sweet talk could have fooled me on who likes me and who doesn't
These guys aren't Mafia - they are Irish mob - even more brutal. As Davedio has said there would be mobsters in this town - Sullivan's character is even (loosely) based on a real man named Looney from Rock Island. The mob or associates of the mob were indeed prevalent in small towns during American prohibition and Rock Islan wasn't a hamlet even at the time - same here in Canada as well. I personally know a man whose father was supposedly involved in bootlegging during the 1920's.
@Number7smokesForEver Your kidding.I didnt know that the sullivan character is based losely on a real gangster.To what extent is the character based?Did someone really kill his wife,and child?
Very loosely based I'd say. John Looney was probably not as conscientious as the character Tom Hanks portrays. He was heavily involved in gambling and prostitution rackets and other seedy dealings. I don't know if his wife was killed but his real life son (ironically named Connor) was killed in an assassination attempt on Looney in 1922. Looney was also likely in prison in the American South during this period of time and died of tuberculosis after the Second World War.
Im excited, as I just found out, there might be a continuation comming out in 2010 called Road to Purgatory... and from what I hear, it should be a really good film.
good quote, but one might say that he didn't have the option NOT to work for the mob. He was an orphan with nowhere to go, and Ronney took him in. Michael Sullivan is repaying his debt because of his sense of honor; that's what makes his character so sad, and yet, so likeable.
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i have worked for the mob. its not that bad, but maybe things were different back then. when i say work i don't mean blowing people's heads off, i just mean driving them around and giving people their messages .
mobsters are strange people in that they have no remorse in killing yet they are devout family men. I had an Italien ancestor that killed a man in Naples and served 9 years jail in Italy for manslaughter. From what i heard about him though he was the nicest guy ever and a family man
To them, it's a job to kill, but when it come's to family and friend's, they used to take a vow to never target friend's or family, because it was like shooting a guy in the back to them, it was disrespectful and considered a worse sin to them... so even though mobsters were looked down upon, they had a huge sense of honor.
Catholic church had been infested by organized crime organizations. Father Calloway was somewhat an associate of Mr. Rooney organization. If the kid went to him and tell on the Rooneys, father Calloway would've given the kid away to the Rooneys and the kid would've been killed
3:18 "If anything happens, do NOT go to Father Calloway." That's a telling statement. Their own priest would turn the kid in.
idontgetno 1 month ago in playlist Tom Hanks' road
I wonder if they can hide guns in their hats to get past checking points.
IbteeDApunisher 1 month ago
God help you indeed, you're screwed
MrJizmonkey 1 month ago
pause the video at 7:19 - the only thing u see in the frame are HATS! each and everyone of them is wearing one :o
rautrohit 2 months ago
6:14 those big open spaces. mile after mile of road and field. if you're from southernmost MI, OH, IN, WI, IL, you know what that's about.
wrybreadspread 2 months ago 2
Would everyone stop saying this was underrated, just enjoy the god damn thing
Tubincito 3 months ago
how much miles to a gallon on those old cars
ekkkm 4 months ago
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wow this movie is awesome i thought it was boring.
veek24 5 months ago
this movie reminds me of grand theft auto
staanar001 6 months ago
The movie is amongst the best I have ever seen, it was actually under rated!!!
karitakki 8 months ago
Paul Newman was an incredible actor. He is sorely and excruciatingly missed. His performance in this film should have got him his second Oscar.
thelupoistheman1 8 months ago
so the note that said "kill sulivan" the guy that got the note was sapose to kill Sullivan? but didnt, and Newmans son killed sullivans wife and son, so what went wrong? were they all sapost to die? im confuzed and only seen this movie once, can someone explain the first part of my comment? lmao....
soulleskill 9 months ago
@soulleskill What happened was, Connor (Newman's son in the film) HATED Mike (Hanks) because his father favored him. So he gave that guy the note telling him to kill Mike, and all debts are paid. The problem was, Michael (Hanks's son) happened to have detention that night, and Connor didn't know that Mike had another son. Not getting a good look at him, he shot the mother Peter, thinking he was Michael. So, Michael lived. Hope this helps! =)
CatieCass 8 months ago
@CatieCass Whoops! I meant, "shot the mother AND Peter..." Typo! =)
CatieCass 8 months ago
The music is just beautiful in the Chicago scene
BLiiiTZUK 9 months ago
just noticed tom hanks is wearing a nose peice as makeup...not his real nose
goofygoat2009 9 months ago
dad and son?
bobctx 9 months ago
I agree wholeheartedly with people concerning the music and the cinematography. This is an example of excellence. However, I must say that it's disconcerting to read earlier comments concerning how 'great' things were with gangsters/crime during this era (aspects of nobility/honor in crime). Violence is violence, and crime is crime, no matter what kind of fine suit it wears or accent it speaks. It is to be condoned, not praised, for the effect it has on Michael and his family.
privatei89 10 months ago
The cinematography fused with Thomas Newman's background music gives chills down my spine.
timoh437 10 months ago
Did Paul Newman Actually Say The "F" Word..?? Wow..!!!
TheGimpPimp1 10 months ago
I have one thing to say about the Cinematography: Magnificent!
futureshocker 11 months ago 9
@futureshocker,
Deserved the Oscar in every way. Gorgeous lighting and look of the film.
thelupoistheman1 5 months ago
This house is not our home anymore. Its just, another empty building. - Epic
Maelstrom777 1 year ago
6:10-7:30 might just be the greatest 80 seconds in the history of cinema...absolutely stunning cinematography. Conrad Hall's oscar for this fim was well deserved indeed.
kth2001 1 year ago
Wow....DAniel Craig is an amazing villain...so sinister and wimpy at the same time. And all the while with a perfect American accent.
Best british actor ever!
Hethrin 1 year ago 3
@Hethrin He's Australian!
goodgirlkay 10 months ago
@goodgirlkay Um....no he's not.
Hethrin 10 months ago
7:18
That is the best shot in the movie. (In my opinion)
Jammed9000 1 year ago 2
@Jammed9000 Too bad it's literally all CGI, lolol.
atomicaleb 11 months ago
@atomicaleb
Actually it's completely live action. The only thing CGI was the car that drives past at the back.
Jammed9000 11 months ago
@Jammed9000 "A seamless 40-second driving scene in which Michael Sullivan and his son travel into Chicago from the countryside was aided by visual effects. The live-action part of the scene was filmed at LaSalle Street, and due to the lack of scenery for part of the drive down LaSalle Street, the background of Balbo Drive was included with the use of visual effects.[19]"
And I also distinctly remember them talking about all the stuff they added in with CGI during the commentary.
atomicaleb 11 months ago
@atomicaleb
Oh well, the shot looks awesome anyway.
Jammed9000 11 months ago
@Jammed9000 Oh definitely. It's one of my favorite parts.
atomicaleb 11 months ago
That kid is beautiful.
UnleashTheBishie 1 year ago
"Then give Mr, Rooney a message for me."
"What is it?"
*Bang*
StealthBlue 1 year ago
This movie is so freakin good!!!!
fatsomamacheese 1 year ago
Give him a message.
mhanley2375 1 year ago
What a wayward generation we are now. The code of conduct of the underworld has been thrown out the window. During the prohibition days the men were gangstas and gentlemen. Now you have a bunch of wanna be hard asses with tight pants calling themselves thugs. No idea of how to hold down a family or make real money. This movie brings back the alpha male persona that we've been missing for so long.
atmchickluva 1 year ago
@atmchickluva Yeah, these people are so worth idolizing. Put a murderer in an expensive suit and suddenly, not only doesn't it matter that he kills people for a living, he's actually someone to look up to!
Salguine 1 year ago
@Salguine its a movie shut up
imanjones2010 1 year ago
@imanjones2010 You shut up!
Salguine 1 year ago
@Salguine yup, completely true, if you can kil, get away with then still have ur morals, then ur worth looking up to, especially if you make a good living.
TyberZane 1 year ago
@TyberZane "if you can kill...and still have your morals (or "ur" morals, as you put it)"? Kill AND have morals? Does killing people for money fit comfortably into a moral life for you?
Salguine 1 year ago
@Salguine depends on what ''ur'' morals are.Well take a soldier for example ( I am not trying to offend anyone) He goes to war,and might end up machine gunning entire platoons of POWs as in the case in WW2 (on both sides) and then they came home and defended their actions. But at the same time, for the most part, they lived as upstanding citizens. A soldier in a time of war, is a trained killer, with a high chance that he will kill more than 1 person. But people don't hold it against them,.
TyberZane 1 year ago
@TyberZane But you weren't talking about "making a good living" as a soldier in wartime, were you? You were talking about making a good living as a mob hit-man—"getting away with it"—and murdering people for a living. Hardly the same thing, is it?
Salguine 1 year ago
@atmchickluva shut up you sound stupid
imanjones2010 1 year ago
@atmchickluva thank you, i knew there were more men, like me.BcK then, sons rarely caught their fathers crying, if they ever did. men didnt show emotion to their family when it came to anything that the family didnt need to know. Women had their place, and so did the children and noone overstepped their boundaries. and if you guys want to talk about the mafia, BLAME the feminist, they put Prohibition on the table, and voted for it.they made the mafia rich.
TyberZane 1 year ago
@TyberZane The roles of men and women are now interchangeable. This is the single biggest problem facing society today. Women getting knocked up saying they don't need a man. All at the same time raising metro sexual boys who would stick their d*** in anything and have no idea of what it is to be a man. Men weren't made to be pretty. They were made to be leaders. Women belong in the kitchen not the boardroom.
atmchickluva 1 year ago
@atmchickluva God Bless you bro. God Bless. I thought i was the only guy out there.The way i see it, if a women wants equal rights, then she should be given equal rights in EVERYTHING.that means, if u get raped, equal rights, u go to war, equal rights, first one to fight, either that, or they can go bacK to the way god meant it.
TyberZane 1 year ago
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@atmchickluva God Bless you bro. God Bless. I thought i was the only guy out there.The way i see it, if a women wants equal rights, then she should be given equal rights in EVERYTHING.that means, if u get raped, equal rights, u go to war, equal rights, first one to fight, either that, or they can go bacK to the way god meant it.
TyberZane 1 year ago
Just saw this movie today. The music from 7:00 is epic. The scene where everybody is walking to down the street in slow mo and just Tom Hanks and the kid are in focus is soo nasty. It put a smile on my face.
DUBSAC 1 year ago
versatility is what makes an actor! u wouldn't believe Craig is the new James Bond seeing this would u? Great actors r just people but can be pussies or badasses anytime!!!!
TonyMarkov 1 year ago
AWESOME I LOVE THE PROHIBITION ERA THIS FILM CAPTURES THE TIME PERFECTLY
leedumett444 1 year ago
lol James Bond is hiding from an old man like a little girl
Thetrollmaster2000 1 year ago
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tom hanks should have learned how to shoot a colt1911 before filming this crap, everytime he does this fake-ass recoil with his hand
Jackalofdeath 1 year ago
@Jackalofdeath
Apparently, you've never shot one either
Lynviking 1 year ago
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@Lynviking are you seriously 49 years old? what the fuck are you doing on youtube? you should go lay in a casket or something
Jackalofdeath 1 year ago
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Salguine 1 year ago
The cinematography for this movie was just excellent. The snow, the Illinois countryside, the Chicago buildings and streets.. just fantastic.
NashvilleKildCountry 1 year ago 8
@NashvilleKildCountry,
Some of the best cinematography I have ever seen on film, and I have seen a fuckload of movies in my life.
thelupoistheman1 8 months ago
@thelupoistheman1
Agreed. People who say that score and cinematography are unimportant in the quality of a film have never seen Road to Perdition.
NashvilleKildCountry 8 months ago
blood in blood out i dont fuckin think so
mrZZtop22 1 year ago
Send him a message for me.........BANG
xrockthe40ozx 1 year ago 2
Road to Perdition is much better than Batman Begins is
92af 1 year ago 2
@mustwinder they are still like that very formal but also ruthless
mujahedeen1987 1 year ago
I cant take Petter .. he is dead ! .. what a sad words .. broke my heart
instr0mint 1 year ago
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Road To Perdition is a very awesome movie just like The Dark Knight, Flame & Citron, and The Rock.
92af 1 year ago
This movie's on YT for upcoming 3 years. I'm shocked they haven't taken it down either because of copyright or violence issues.
TheNerdyCanuck 1 year ago
Youtube would take it down for nudity/sex before taking it down for copyright or violence reasons.
ancalites 1 year ago
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92af 2 years ago
I love all the old cars in this film.
Jfrog90 2 years ago 3
I do not watch too much T. Hanks movies, not because of him but most stories in his movies do not interest me. But this is a fucking masterpiece.
Hanks is fabulous and so is Newmann.
gillan5 2 years ago 3
the music is beautiful!!! all hail Thomas Newman
glasgow4479 2 years ago 4
Great scene after 6.09 till Chicago.
senube 2 years ago 6
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donnylovesayesha1 2 years ago
NEWMAN ANGRY!!! NEW MAN SMASH!!!
DaedalusReturned 2 years ago 59
It should have been longer than a few pounds on him and then hugging him that's why Michael senior killed him in the end 'cause he didn't care enough
donnylovesayesha1 2 years ago
@DaedalusReturned HERES NEWMAN!
MrDataCode 1 year ago
@DaedalusReturned Godamn you! I Curse the Fookin day you were barn!
Gooner018 1 year ago
I curse the fucking day you were born!
EMUmonster 2 years ago 22
And then hugs him.... weird relationship here LOL
Great movie!
tadpolesexxx 2 years ago
@EMUmonster
I wonder if Paul Newman ever said "Fuck" in any other film....
TheGimpPimp1 8 months ago
@EMUmonster i seen the movie 4 times and i never could understand what he said. thanks
xxxR4MB0xxx 8 months ago
What a coward to kill a defenseless woman and her child! To me when someone kills someone else with unequal defense it's an act of cowardess and its pathetic. He should have dealt with his jealously like a man, not a wimp who could only feel superior by killing a woman and child.(this comment is reguarding part 5)
TheSutphen 2 years ago 7
Well, he clearly didn't feel very superior about it.
s3ac0w 2 years ago
lol its a movie!
xdavanionx 2 years ago
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why dont u just shut the fuck up, its a movie u dumb cunt.
serhathoca 2 years ago
@TheSutphen then like, 2/3 of all killing are cowardly, i mean with the romans, u take a swing at someone, and while ur back is turned u get cut down, thats cowardly, then in a dogfight, the pilot doesnt see u, but u mow him down, thats cowardly, and hear is the way i feel, if women wanna have the same rights as men, then they should be treated like men, including being gunned down, now annie was a true women, so she didnt deserve to die, and connor, needed to be killed for it.
TyberZane 1 year ago
A great film!
xdavanionx 2 years ago
tom hanks best film!
nolungshoodlummir 2 years ago
I love the scene where their driving to Chicago, it's beautifully done and the music that starts is just glorious.
jish55 2 years ago 4
i agree
skatingEdMeister 2 years ago
"Do not go to father Callaway..." ROFL
browilliams 2 years ago 4
The scene between John and Connor is tremendous. Really shows what is going on inside John's head.
jdghgh 2 years ago
from 6:23 onwards
with the music and the cinematogrphy
everything is epic
just epic
MarvelDCComicsHero 2 years ago 30
Thats right my friend!!!!!
The music is just great. Without it, it wouldnt be the same!!!!!!
great movie
JAVLIGHTNING 2 years ago
Thomas Newman:
Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
American Beauty
rocktown61201 2 years ago
@MarvelDCComicsHero I know! Gives me goosebumps. It's so amazing.
MadcapLindsay 1 year ago
@MarvelDCComicsHero agreed...and the art production is stellar...lost of good chicago shots
goofygoat2009 9 months ago
I love it when Connor's daddy gives him a spanking at 1:20
mancrushonhanksnow 2 years ago 2
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this movies suck and soo boring. no wonders it not make much income from box office. you must compare to the transformors 2 film, which has the action in it and then make 1/2 billion dollar at box ofiice becaus peoples know how to apreciate quality movie- not like the this ones
ParticleFarticle 2 years ago
Man, I NEVER posted any comment on Utube, but I had to say yours must be the most hilarious I ve ever read!! I think next time u should compare One flew over the cuckoo s nest and Beverlyhills chiwawa!
jbvendamme 2 years ago 4
lol what comment are you replying to? i would like to know.. =)
dddoughboyyy 2 years ago
your kidding right? you cant be comparing this to transformers 2....lol this is the greatest gangster film made in the last ten years, transformers isnt even the greatest film staring tyrese.
slimithy13 2 years ago 4
your kidding, right? your comparing a crappy movie with horrid acting, bland music, and decent graphics to a master piece that had brilliant acting, amazing music, glorious scenery, and something that didn't really need special affects to make it good... You really have bad taste if you believe Transformers could even compete with this film.
jish55 2 years ago 3
I love trolls.
s3ac0w 2 years ago
hell na i would'nt of let tht shit ride.!!!!!!
rainin 2 years ago 2
All right, Methodists!
Just remember, if your local catholic church is too mobbed up, you can always stop by the FUMC. Woo!
johnplaystuba 2 years ago 4
The movie won an Oscar for best cinematography, no wonder,,
jdkjkjdkjdks 2 years ago 3
really you worked for the mob the new york or chicago mafia family u was driving around for?
johnnyblaze3131 2 years ago
at 630 or so that looks like the road from cast away... at the end... ahha
tammyjzz409 2 years ago
Could anyone tell me the track that is played during the1st half of this video (i.e. 2:00 + and 4:00+)?
thief1183 2 years ago
"Do not go to Father Callaway". An epic line.
AndJusticeForMe 2 years ago
Then comes McGuire.. hmmm.. will have to rethink that 'fav scene' thang.. LOL.
cbart51 2 years ago
One of my very fav scenes + soundtrack.. genious.
cbart51 2 years ago
Quite the message. He shot the messenger i was always told not to do that!
ITHEREONETHATHASNT 2 years ago 3
He shot the messenger because the messenger was protecting a horrible boss that wanted to hide after he let his worthless son kill the mans wife. I agreed with every shooting in this film minus Annie, Peter and Michael Sr.
donnylovesayesha1 2 years ago
What a suprise a priest is corrupt. Father callaway!
ITHEREONETHATHASNT 2 years ago
in this movie, white is the color of death. you'll notice that in almost every death scene and even symbolic things like the death of innocence
crypt10 2 years ago
Water is the sign of death in this film.
LightStijn 2 years ago
i agree, water is always involved with each death
briggs150 2 years ago
its not involved with the speakeasy or warehouse death.
XIPM3 2 years ago
for both i think it was raining outside. but half the movie its raining :P
The rain death scene is beautiful :D
miltino777 2 years ago
certainly noticed it in connors death..
AzzaInsana 2 years ago
agreed
MarvelDCComicsHero 2 years ago
Cinematography + score = genius combo !
cbart51 2 years ago
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in a way, michael jr brought this on to his whole family. he should not have follwed dad to work.
nantata 2 years ago
boys will be boys...
totemdrum 2 years ago 4
Uhhh...then we wouldn't have a story to follow, would we?
Davedio 2 years ago
I disagree.. i think Connor used the fact that Michael saw the incident with Finn as an excuse to kill Sullivans family. Even if that hadnt happened with michael, Connor would've found a way to kill them. He did it because he hated Sullivan and was jealous of his fathers love for him.
ScoutFinch01 2 years ago
You know you're probably right. What a loser! John saw that Conner was a disappointment. But Michael Sr.should have seen that Conner was his enemy. No amount of grinning in my face and sweet talk could have fooled me on who likes me and who doesn't
donnylovesayesha1 2 years ago
Blood thicker than water?
freedomwins1212 2 years ago
james bond was an asshole how would the kid talk
eswjpo 2 years ago
Can you give Mr Rooney a message for me?
So cold and so brilliant
4992brap 2 years ago
Was the mob supposed to have control over the police too? I found it strange that all that killing could happen without someone stepping in
baconmelts 2 years ago
Ever heard of The Untouchables? They were the ONLY police the mob didn't control. That wasn't just a television show/movie, they were real people.
Davedio 2 years ago
1:20-2:04 Paul Newman is simply brilliant
DonTheCritic 2 years ago 6
wud there be mafia like this in a small midwestern town?
IoSonoUomo 2 years ago
This small midwestern town was right outside the 3rd-largest city in America (Chicago), so yes, there would be mafia all over the area.
Davedio 2 years ago 2
@IoSonoUomo
These guys aren't Mafia - they are Irish mob - even more brutal. As Davedio has said there would be mobsters in this town - Sullivan's character is even (loosely) based on a real man named Looney from Rock Island. The mob or associates of the mob were indeed prevalent in small towns during American prohibition and Rock Islan wasn't a hamlet even at the time - same here in Canada as well. I personally know a man whose father was supposedly involved in bootlegging during the 1920's.
Number7smokesForEver 2 years ago
@Number7smokesForEver Your kidding.I didnt know that the sullivan character is based losely on a real gangster.To what extent is the character based?Did someone really kill his wife,and child?
jays2474 1 year ago
@jays2474
Very loosely based I'd say. John Looney was probably not as conscientious as the character Tom Hanks portrays. He was heavily involved in gambling and prostitution rackets and other seedy dealings. I don't know if his wife was killed but his real life son (ironically named Connor) was killed in an assassination attempt on Looney in 1922. Looney was also likely in prison in the American South during this period of time and died of tuberculosis after the Second World War.
Number7smokesForEver 1 year ago
6:25 castaway lol
thomasb90 2 years ago
do not go too father callloway
RusselBertrand 2 years ago
don't you love how the fathers of religion are also involved in mob affairs. the way of the world
BlackBalloonsFly23 2 years ago
love the music that starts @ 6:23 or so-
piscean60 2 years ago
wow im surprized, im not into this old school mob kinda thing, but this is a GREAT movie, thx for posting!
PaintedLed 2 years ago 3
That poor kid! It's all so sick.
LipRouge 2 years ago
Im excited, as I just found out, there might be a continuation comming out in 2010 called Road to Purgatory... and from what I hear, it should be a really good film.
jish55 3 years ago 4
"This house is not our home anymore...it's just an empty building."
This is the life you chose to lead when you work for the mob, and sadly, the consequences of that life.
Davedio 3 years ago 9
good quote, but one might say that he didn't have the option NOT to work for the mob. He was an orphan with nowhere to go, and Ronney took him in. Michael Sullivan is repaying his debt because of his sense of honor; that's what makes his character so sad, and yet, so likeable.
dgett7 2 years ago
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i have worked for the mob. its not that bad, but maybe things were different back then. when i say work i don't mean blowing people's heads off, i just mean driving them around and giving people their messages .
jackstein104 2 years ago
That is interesting, probably quite an experience.
Ludd3332 2 years ago
GIVIN BOSS'S DOME?
kevinmercha 2 years ago
mobsters are strange people in that they have no remorse in killing yet they are devout family men. I had an Italien ancestor that killed a man in Naples and served 9 years jail in Italy for manslaughter. From what i heard about him though he was the nicest guy ever and a family man
Dumpstermuffin1 3 years ago 6
To them, it's a job to kill, but when it come's to family and friend's, they used to take a vow to never target friend's or family, because it was like shooting a guy in the back to them, it was disrespectful and considered a worse sin to them... so even though mobsters were looked down upon, they had a huge sense of honor.
jish55 3 years ago
well. some mobster had a sense of honor. like most things in the world, i wouldn't be suprised if a great deal of that is romanticism.
slop999 2 years ago 3
Crazy maybe not, but certainly shows how his son got so screwed up.
jfayiii 3 years ago
whats the name of dat song from 6:20-8:40
bugsz08 3 years ago
Road To Chicago - Thomas Newman
jackow1986 3 years ago 7
go white sox !!!!
69vader 3 years ago
Shit, Newman was pissed (with good reason). I can see why Connor was a bit panicked there, i would be too! Good acting between Newman and Craig
serendipity990 3 years ago 2
I like the score which starts at 6:06. I think it's very nice and beautifully composed by Thomas Newman.
chaingin91 3 years ago 5
I absolutely love the music that starts at 3:32 its very subtle and mysterious and it sounds so perfect.
SolidMGsnake 3 years ago 5
I don't understand the "Do NOT go to Father Calloway" part... Sorry, i can be a bit slow.
098142678356016 3 years ago
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the nigga calloway works with the o'conners
sideoftheham420 3 years ago
We can do without that kind of language here, pal. Quit showing how ignorant you are in a public forum.
Davedio 3 years ago
Catholic church had been infested by organized crime organizations. Father Calloway was somewhat an associate of Mr. Rooney organization. If the kid went to him and tell on the Rooneys, father Calloway would've given the kid away to the Rooneys and the kid would've been killed
edr1882 3 years ago