Saddest film you've seen - Britmovie

donna · 26-04-2008, 07:30 AM

I remember crying my eyes out at The Day They Gave Babies Away, with Glynis Johns.

Gazza · 26-04-2008, 07:53 AM

The 1956 film of A Town Like Alice.

First saw it on television in the 60s and remember the whole family being upset. It was the first time I'd seen my dad cry which made it even worse!

donna · 26-04-2008, 07:55 AM

morning Gazza, yes I did see it but for the life of me cant remember it.

batman · 26-04-2008, 08:25 AM

ATLA is on Film4 quite often .... Peter Finch, Virginia McKenna, Japanese prisoner of war camp ... ring any bells?

donna · 26-04-2008, 08:29 AM

knew Viginia was in the film but no , not really will have to try and get hold of copy.

batman · 26-04-2008, 08:32 AM

Available for a fiver from amazon.co.uk or from your local over-priced high street retailer.

donna · 26-04-2008, 08:37 AM

great batman Im checking it out, didnt she die just recently, very nice woman married to Bill Travers , takes me back to Geordie.

Steve Crook · 26-04-2008, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donna

great batman Im checking it out, didnt she die just recently, very nice woman married to Bill Travers , takes me back to Geordie.

Bill died in 1994, but Virginia hasn't died recently - unless it was very quiet and nobody noticed which I would find hard to believe

Steve

donna · 26-04-2008, 12:22 PM

thought I heard she did last year, might be mistaken nice woman she is.

Steve Crook · 26-04-2008, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donna

I remember crying my eyes out at The Day They Gave Babies Away, with Glynis Johns.

That's often cited as the film guaranteed to get most people crying

Steve

Dave Rattigan · 26-04-2008, 05:38 PM

The end of The Elephant Man made me cry lots when I first saw it. I would have been about 14, and it was the first time I ever heard Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.

Coincidentally, at school the very next day, our headmaster happened to be taking us for music, and he got out this big old-style gramophone. He said he was going to play a record and we were to say what we thought of it. It was of course the Adagio for Strings. I couldn't help but dissolve into tears, prompting lots of worried girls to fuss over me afterwards!

Freddy · 26-04-2008, 05:47 PM

The Elephant Man, saw this in my twenties and cried but I think the common weepy for men is the american film, Field Of Dreams. Hits close to home for a lot of blokes.

Freddy

faginsgirl · 26-04-2008, 05:53 PM

Elephant man for me!

xx

DB7 · 26-04-2008, 05:53 PM

One of two animated films; Plague Dogs or When the Wind Blows.

penfold · 26-04-2008, 06:15 PM

Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc. Unrelenting and unflinching......

26-04-2008, 07:30 AM	#1
donna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 692 Country: iTrader: (0)	Saddest film you've seen I remember crying my eyes out at The Day They Gave Babies Away, with Glynis Johns.

26-04-2008, 08:25 AM	#4
batman Chief Member OBME Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norwich Posts: 12,788 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (8)	ATLA is on Film4 quite often .... Peter Finch, Virginia McKenna, Japanese prisoner of war camp ... ring any bells? __________________ Bats. I am MacIntyre from the silver metal planet .... I have come to look at your beautiful countryside.

26-04-2008, 08:32 AM	#6
batman Chief Member OBME Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norwich Posts: 12,788 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (8)	Available for a fiver from amazon.co.uk or from your local over-priced high street retailer. __________________ Bats. I am MacIntyre from the silver metal planet .... I have come to look at your beautiful countryside.

26-04-2008, 05:47 PM	#12
Freddy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Irish Sea Posts: 1,116 Country: iTrader: (1)	The Elephant Man, saw this in my twenties and cried but I think the common weepy for men is the american film, Field Of Dreams. Hits close to home for a lot of blokes. Freddy __________________ "What I owe you Colonel Lawrence, is beyond evaluation."

26-04-2008, 05:53 PM	#13
faginsgirl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: england Posts: 403 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	Elephant man for me! xx __________________ We`re changin` lodggggggggings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

26-04-2008, 07:53 AM	#2
Gazza Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 176 Country: iTrader: (0)	The 1956 film of A Town Like Alice. First saw it on television in the 60s and remember the whole family being upset. It was the first time I'd seen my dad cry which made it even worse!

26-04-2008, 07:55 AM	#3
donna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 692 Country: iTrader: (0)	morning Gazza, yes I did see it but for the life of me cant remember it.

26-04-2008, 08:29 AM	#5
donna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 692 Country: iTrader: (0)	knew Viginia was in the film but no , not really will have to try and get hold of copy.

26-04-2008, 08:37 AM	#7
donna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 692 Country: iTrader: (0)	great batman Im checking it out, didnt she die just recently, very nice woman married to Bill Travers , takes me back to Geordie.

26-04-2008, 12:22 PM	#9
donna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 692 Country: iTrader: (0)	thought I heard she did last year, might be mistaken nice woman she is.

26-04-2008, 05:38 PM	#11
Dave Rattigan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 477 Country: iTrader: (1)	The end of The Elephant Man made me cry lots when I first saw it. I would have been about 14, and it was the first time I ever heard Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. Coincidentally, at school the very next day, our headmaster happened to be taking us for music, and he got out this big old-style gramophone. He said he was going to play a record and we were to say what we thought of it. It was of course the Adagio for Strings. I couldn't help but dissolve into tears, prompting lots of worried girls to fuss over me afterwards!

26-04-2008, 05:53 PM	#14
DB7 Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 5,724 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	One of two animated films; Plague Dogs or When the Wind Blows.

26-04-2008, 06:15 PM	#15
penfold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bristol Posts: 2,740 Country: iTrader: (0)	Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc. Unrelenting and unflinching...... __________________ Bit of a Bay Window, what??

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