Meet John Doe: speech scene

This clip is for "The Dead Zone" fans. Michael Piller wrote the Writer's Guide (for entertainment purposes) one can read on the official Dead Zone website on the USA Network. He suggested two movies. One was "The Last Temptation of Christ" and the second was "Meet John Doe". Do these movies give a clue as to what direction the series might take? Maybe. Speculation on my part only. But, anyway, here is the first clip for DZ fans enjoyment.

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• Capra
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• Stanwyk
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• Doe

[grabit1]

And maybe the ending wasn't so imperfect after all.

[xocolatl3409]

Walter Brennan is adorable in this movie. I love how he and Long John pal around, esp. when they play their doohickies(sp?)

"Jumping off buildings. Why, you couldn't improve the world if the buildings jumped on you!!"--PRICELESS.

[jsharp1701]

I love the layers of "reality" in this movie. This is a great, heartfelt speech. Yet it's ghostwritten by an ambitious opportunist and delivered by a co-opted homeless man who's trapped in a publicity machine. And YET, deep down they both really believe every word of it. Very mature, very complex. And yet it's dismissed by people who don't understand it as corny idealism.

[alszemez]

oh oh and they go thats John Doe

[extragoodwill]

rick ross brought me here



[themanof1000voices]

Socialism at it's finest. ;) Makes me reflect on the Union busting going on right now by the 'D.B. Coopers' and the 'Henry Potter's"of the world, trying to squeeze the average John Doe out of his or her fair share of the American dream. The top 2% who control 98% of the wealth in the US also tend to either own or influence what we see or don't see on TV or read in our daily news. In troubled times like these, we could sure use another Frank Capra!

[grabit1]

@5hr3w3d

Yes, I've seen this too from the beginning of the Tea Party movement, and thought of the John Doe Clubs long before the Tea Party found any water to brew their tea bags in. But I'm not prepared to make distinctions or arguments tonight other than the fact that John Doe found out early on that he was being used by American Fascism in the form of D. B. Norton.

It's not the same name as "Koch Brothers," but change a few names and initials and you have D.B. Norton all over again.

[5hr3w3d]

As pertinent today as it was then.

The John Doe Clubs are the Tea Party groups today. The elected politicians are still being excluded, by any of them that are worthwhile. And the powerful are still trying to co-opt, defame, or destroy John Doe and his clubs.

[grabit1]

Capra and John Ford (who were each others best friend) we will always talk about.

Whatever their flaws, they are America's Filmmakers. Going far beyond our popular culture, and delving into who and what we are, for better or worse.

[jnmklo9]

Some great performances in this movie and the director, well, it's 2009and we are still talkin about him.

[grabit1]

Besides, it has Stanwyck and Cooper. All the more reason to treasure it.

[MadScout]

I cried during the speech. What a great film.