I shared this scene last year but sometimes a scene is so great that you have to share it twice. Here, to honor America, is Snoopy performing the National Anthem.
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!
Category Archives: Scenes I Love
Scenes That I Love: Vito and Michael In The Godfather With Dialogue By Robert Towne
Yesterday, it was announced that the legendary screenwriter Robert Towne had passed away. One of the premier talents of Hollywood’s second Golden Age, Towne was rightly remembered as the man who wrote the intelligent and challenging scripts for films like Chinatown, The Last Detail, and Shampoo.
Towne was also a well-known script doctor, one whose work was not always credited but which always contributed to the overall quality of the films to which he contributed. In 1971, when Francis Ford Coppola realized that he needed a scene for The Godfather that would allow Vito to open up to his son and successor, Michael, Robert Towne was the man who wrote the scene. The result was one of the best moments in a film that is full of great dialogue.
Scenes That I Love: The Wishmaster Meets A Security Guard In Wishmaster
Today, the Shattered Lens wish a happy birthday to character actor Andrew Divoff!
Today’s scene that I love comes from 1997’s Wishmaster and features Divoff in his best-known role. The Wishmaster films were kind of silly but Divoff always made them worth watching.
Scenes That I Love: Karen Black Performs in Nashville
The great actress Karen Black would have been 85 years old today.
Karen Black does not receive a lot of screentime in Nashville but she definitely makes an impression as the driven, self-centered, and oddly likeable Connie White. Here she is, performing one of the songs that she wrote herself for the film. The audience was largely made up of actual Nashville residents, who reportedly very much appreciated Black’s performance.
Scene That I Love: Donald Sutherland in Animal House
Donald Sutherland, R.I.P.
Here he is as everyone’s favorite professor in 1978’s National Lampoon’s Animal House. Watch he puts John Milton in his place!
Scenes I Love: Lighting the Beacons in Return of the King
We just received word that the Texas Branch is still currently down. It’s been six full days without power. I can’t even begin to imagine the impact, but we’re hoping that they back up and running soon. Case and I are keeping the fires lit here, but it also reminds us of Lisa Marie’s John Wick levels of legendary speed, sheer will, creative output and literary fortitude. We miss the Bowmans, and are rooting for their quick return.
In the meantime, we’re sharing some of our favorite scenes and films. It seems fitting that the Lighting of the Beacons sequence of The Return of the King is our focus here. With the city of Gondor under attack, the steward Denathor (John Noble) doesn’t wish to call for any help. With Pippin’s (Billy Boyd) help, Gandalf (Ian McKellan) gets word out to Rohan in a most spectactular fashion. Howard Shore’s score amplifies the sequence to epic levels.
Enjoy!
Scenes That I Love: Cillian Murphy in Dunkirk
Today, we wish a happy birthday to the most recent winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, Cillian Murphy!
While Murphy won for his lead role in Oppenheimer, he’s been an intriguing cinematic presence for over two decades and, of course, he’s been a long-time favorite of director Christopher Nolan’s. In 2017’s Dunkirk he had a small but pivotal role as a shell-shocked soldier. Murphy’s haunting performance serves as a reminder that even the most heroic moments of a war often come at great cost to the soldiers involved.
Scenes that I love: Angels Live In My Town From Boogie Nights (Happy Birthday, John C. Reilly)
Today is John C. Reilly’s 59th birthday. This provides me with a great reason to share a scene that I love from 1997’s Boogie Nights. In this scene, John C. Reilly and Mark Wahlberg star in one of the best films never actually made, Angels Live In My Town.
Brock Landers and Chest Rockwell were quite a team.
Scene That I Love: The Casino Scene From Run, Lola, Run
Today, we wish a happy 59th birthday to director Tom Tykwer.
Today’s scene that I love comes from Tykwer’s 1998 masterpiece, Run, Lola, Run. Everyone has their own system when it comes to gambling but I don’t think anyone has ever come up with a system as effective as Lola’s.
Scenes That I Love: Laurence Olivier In Hamlet
117 years ago today, Laurence Olivier was born in Surrey. The son of a clergyman, Olivier would go on to become one of the greatest stage actors of the 20th Century. He would also have a distinguished film career, one that led to him frequently being described as being the world’s greatest living actor.
He is perhaps best-known for his Shakespearean performances. He won multiple Oscars for directing and starring in 1948’s Hamlet. Today’s scene that I love comes from that film and features Olivier at his best, as both an actor and a director.
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