I seen this at 6 years old living in a hood filled with gang violence and horrible stuff everyday. When I seen this movie I knew I wanted to be married, have a family and to protect them. This scene has been burned into my memory for 33 years!
Because the Oscars are faintly rigged absurd and not terribly on point with their wins most of the time. It’s become laughable and I think people just watch for the glitz and glam and not take much of it seriously anymore.
My wife almost died giving birth to our son. I remember holding him when Jan was taken to theatre, and feeling completely helpless. Happily everything worked out. But to all us guys- hold your woman and make sure you never forget all the things that your woman brings to your life.
@@shimmers1824 Wrong. Kate herself said it's from the man's perspective. She's done it before on "Ran Tan Waltz". B Side to "Babooshka". Singing from the perspective of a man being cheated on by his wife. Also on "In Search Of Peter Pan" "when I am a man, I will be an astronaut".
@@warrenbridges1891 Besides, the lyrics are cristal clear it's all about a man's perspective. And if anyone is not convinced, just watch the song official clip. It could not be more obvious.
Jus'- ..tell me- ..what's.. ..going on!!!".....I remember screaming the same thing September 13,1987 as the screens flatlined..buzzers howling...nurses shoving my 6'3" frame out of their way while my beautiful wife bleed uncontrollably slowing dying and my precious tiny son blue and unbreathing..had angels working to get him to cry....those minutes haunt me...Thankfully....those doctors and nurses....angels....saved them both....when my wife and I saw this movie in the theater on our first date night out without our son....I cried like never before...and 26 years and 5 kids later....I still do....the song is just ....well.....Thank you for posting this video....thank you
The same thing happened to my mom when she gave birth to me in April of 1990. My dad still cries at this part of the movie because it hits so close to home for him. Glad everything worked out for you and your family it did for mine as well. Doesn't make that moment any less frightening though I'm sure.
Correct Phased Spaces. She wrote it specifically for this scene after it had already been filmed. It’s a true masterpiece and captures this moment better than any other song ever could.
Wingnutinca I have the dvd of this an my cousin had their first child Friday morning around 8 o’clock an I think 🤔 this was the part of having a kid you experience with that person. I am not pregnant I just like Kevin bacon
I was 3 months early, weight 1 pound and doctors didnt think I would make it. Even asked my mom to take me off life support, but she had hope. And im so thankful she did because Im healthy and still loving :) a mothers love is a beautiful thing..
@@toughntiny That's scary and dangerous. Thank goodness they know what to do for it. Honestly, I remember thinking both times that I wasn't going to live through it. We didn't have epidurals. You had the choice of general anesthesia or a full spinal on the delivery table! What was the point in that! 😫.But then, I think of our mothers and grandmothers and all of the women through history I had nothing to complain about! My maternal grandmother had 9 with nothing and came in from the fields to deliver the twins!! Things surely have improved. Thank goodness.
The end of this movie is so emotionally charged. When Kevin chokes up and cries in that scene my tears just come in rivers. Kate's is a paragon of musical emotion.
There are many fine moments to appreciate, in all of John Hughes' films. I love the little touch @ 5:47 when Jake's tear slides off his face, and then we see a slow-motion drop of blood impact the O.R. floor. Gives me chills!
There is so much good about this scene 1:32 the sound design having that nurse running from the room yelling 1:37 that 20 sec tracking shot 2:17 the doctor kicking that chair letting the audience know we’re in a full blown emergency 3:14 Jake is utterly alone 3:19 the Kate Bush drop 4:15 his father in law who didn’t like him nodding for him to be strong The fact that this movie is semi autobiographical for how John Hughes was really feeling during the conception/birth of his 1st child adds so many layers. Love this movie.
Kate Bush wrote the music for this scene, when it already was filmed. A great song fitting to the movie. Even more remarkable: there’s also an impressing official music video that she directed herself.
Something else that was one All great moments in the scene. One of the most impactful parts of this scene was at 3:11 when you hear a very audible gulp from Jake as he’s breaking down.
I agree about 4:15. Those two had a hostile relationship but they put their differences aside, FAR ASIDE, for Christie's sake. Best part of the entire movie.
love to hear all the stories, my wife and me had a miracle born in January 1992. He was rushed to sick kids hospital hours after being born and had major surgery on his heart (TGA) and spent the first three months of his life there. He is healthy and has a finished his education and now has a job taking care of others that need it. So proud of my wife and son.... Dad
The ending of this movie is just so powerfully emotional. The editing, the music, the flashbacks, Jake crying, the father-in-law reassuring him and him smiling briefly - I love it so much. It's so cute when in the flashback they are flicking paint at each other and when he kisses Kristy's belly. So well acted and everything. Kevin Bacon's acting was so good in these scenes. He's always been a good actor but really wow. I love the laughs when Jake finds out the baby is alright.
This afternoon I watched this movie and this scene for the first time in 30+ years. No one could have captured the emotion and pain of this scene better than Kate Bush did with this song. I still cannot understand how this beautiful ballad was passed over for a Best Song nomination from The Academy (the Oscars).
This song is so beautiful we lost our daughter shortly after birth and coming into this world for a few precious moments we had with her and the Lord took her home 🕊️❤️
As long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a Mom. The words and emotions this song and the singer expressed was all of those feelings balled up. Being blessed with 4 sons, my oldest was born with a problem no one believed me existed. I fought hard for my boy, years of not one single person in my family, his father, doctors, in and out of hospitals would help us or even run a test. Our story ended 12/27/20 as my son lost his long battle to CKD and passed away in his sleep after dialysis from a massive heart attack and failed transplant. His body tried and tried to work for him. And, I watched this movie when I was about 12-13 and it’s transcended into something special but painful after all of these years. Of all the things I’ve learned, I’ve always wanted to be his Mom. RIP Austin Dale. I hope they have guitars where you are and that your singing. Xoxo
So beautiful, why is it so hard to find love like this?....it seems like a fantasy or a distant dream but I will continue to believe I'll have love like this some day ❤
My Son was born about 2 months after this movie came out.... His mother passed away 6 years ago. I'm an Old Man now & I cry every time I hear that song... Miracle Baby... Tragic times.....
He’s got to be near got to be those teenage years, based on math of your post. People do see things years later, and I still want only best wishes. The teen years can be rough!
I had a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm while I was 36 weeks pregnant. The entire situation was horrible. After a full code blue, ER thoracotomy, splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy and over 34 units of blood my son and I were the 14th known mother and baby to have survived. I could tell you about my near death experience or the nightmares that wake me 14 years later but I would rather tell you that a day doesn't go by that my husband and don't think of the amazing resident naval surgeon who saved my life and our sons. I've had a long recovery but I always say my husbands road was harder. I was eventually unconscious while he had to witness everything and the aftermath of my long ICU and hospital stay and our sons NICU stay.
God bless you. This is tremendous! How did you get through it? All of what you have listed are major surgeries! You are an Angel. I've worked with many residents and many do think hard on their feet.
... and in the end, I realized that I took more than I gave. that I was trusted more than i trusted. that I was loved more than I loved. and that what I was looking for was not to be found, but to be made. - Jefferson Briggs
I love this movie. The song by Kate Bush was perfect and the remix of the song by Maxwell is amazing also. My husband brought tears to my eyes today when he told me every time he sees the movie and hears the sound track he tears up thinking about 2016 when I was rushed to SunnyBrook for for Glioblastoma brain surgery and this song and movie was running through his mind. Makes him tear up every time. I had no idea until today 😢
Can anyone NOT cry when they watch this? This really hits right to the core and is so beautiful… That music makes me cry every time. I finally added this great 80’s film to my collection. It’s a treasure. Excellent acting by Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern and the whole cast! God bless all the real life doctors who perform these miracle life-saving surgeries and to all the women who’ve given birth, especially those who had C-Sections, my heart goes out to you… and to all the fathers, cherish the gift you’ve been given. 🌹
John Hughes asked Kate to write a song for this movie and told her the scene so the song fits to a T. i dont think any other song has done that for a movie.
One my all time favorite scenes from a movie . Went to see it when my wife was 7 months pregnant and I was a huge Kate Bush fan . Had me in tears . Such a perfect combination of scene and soundtrack
It's amazing that this Song never won a Oscar. So many songs were overlooked by The Academy Mama by Boyz to Men from Soul Food, It Must Have Been Love by Roxette from Pretty Woman, Change The World by Eric Clapton & Babyface from Michael.
I only saw this movie about 5 years ago. I was only maybe 5 -6 when it came out. I'm a big 80s fan I remember a lot of the music. Never heard of this film. It's a great love story.
Love my wife of 30 years... yes there are regrets of past mistakes and the pain I put her through. If I could change it all I would, but would it change my Love for her and my appreciation for her now, only God knows! So I will keep on loving her the best I know how and live for the future and let go of past hurts...
Glad to know that. I just told my husband I had seen this movie and that after a traumatic birth of my oldest and feeling weak and hopeless from premature to apnea and heart defect and a bleed on his brain and then to find out my legs didn’t want to work I was ready for defeat till a L&D nurse played this and said nope momma you got this. Epidural caused mayhem after me having meningitis as a child. Dr wouldn’t even consider for my other three from complications. She saved my sanity and was an angel is disguise. So thanks for your time and patience with all the momma’s.
This was the first movie we saw together. Deborah H. I cant tell you how sorry i am for all the pain and hurt i caused. I miss you but i know you hate me. I remember you wanted the sound track to this movie. I was such a jerk. I wished I would have got you the soundtrack. You still mean so much to me but I know will never be. I just want you to know I love you from the bottom of my heart. We've been divorced for 12 years and there will never be another person like you you are amazing and wonderful and I wish I could go back and change things I love you a thousand times and I always will
my hubby and I were divorced for many years, but remarried 11 yrs ago. we were very young when first married, but still had that spark neither of us could forget. Todd go tell this woman how you wronged her and how you feel now. 12 years! Both of you are likely more grown up and different people now. Get to know one another again;)
Kate Bush really do know how to make someone emotional with her powerful voice and the messages she gives to the world,her voice is like an angels, let me correct. She is a angel from above.
Thank you for the entire scene. Bacon rocks this moment - and the entire film along with McGovern. Breaks my heart, lets me know my tear ducts still work and then relieves me. Kate Bush is a genius!!
this segment and This Woman's Work are inextricably linked. I don't know if there's ever been a song on a soundtrack that better represented the moment or mood of the scenes it was featured in.
this part made me fall in love with Kevin Bacon, along with the famous scene in footloose. his love for this woman..I love Elizabeth McGovern, she rocks! she's such a great actress and so unbelievably babyfaced adorable. What is she doing now?
I nearly died having my first (eclampsia). This scene always makes me cry. The father was so shocked and frightened. I was unconscious but I saw his eyes just before and I saw his eyes after. Baby nearly died too but thankfully recovered. Thank god for modern medicine
John Hughes is/was a one of a kind brilliant, thoughtful, beautiful, humorous, full of compassion and insightfulness human being...I didn't know him personally, but greatly miss John and his Contributions very very much... but he left us so much already...so is Kate Bush, brilliant artist/singer.
I have never seen this film, but I love this Kate Bush song. Even though I know its a happy ending, watching this short clip still made me have a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat. Love Kate Bush.
Seeing the film makes this scene so much more emotional. The whole movie Jake is trying to figure out adult life. Find himself, write a book, question is marriage, measure up…. In this scene he finally realized what really matters. This is Kevin’s What’s Eating Grape or Jerry Maguire. My sister and I loved Tremors so we watched every Bacon movie and loved this one. At 9 and 12 we LOVED this movie and rented it from the video store often. Weird for young kids but hey, lol.
Loved this movie so much ❤ Of course , Kate Bush's song was so fitting for this .... she wrote it in about 5 to 10 mins after being sent a clip of this particular scene
Aug 2024 - watched this movie again. I absolutely love this movie.....one of their bests. Wish it would have got more credit at the time.....because its a timeless movie.
How ironic! This nurse was in M A S H. I just found out she passed away on February 16, 2020. But the reason I came to this video (from one of the best movies EVER!), was Kate Bush singing "This Woman's Work" from The Handmaid's Tale 2nd season episode 1. Elton John describes Kate Bush as the equivalent to Freddie Mercury. I totally agree! I hear it and get everlasting Goosebumps. ❤️✌️
I've never been able to forget this movie or song for 35 years. I thought of it both times my children were born... then everytime I've needed major surgery over the past 30yrs to fix damage a 3 time drunk driver did to me. This sounds is beautiful and heart-felt. Kate Bush had no idea then how much she'd impact hundreds of thousands of lives that heard her sing this song in a movie theater. I wish MTV still played songs. In the late 1980's & 1990's I would turn up the TV every time her video played.
That moment of positive affirmation Jake gets from Russell, his curmudgeonly father-in-law (the head-nod, fist and 'thumbs-up' - shared only by the two of them) followed by Jake's managing a smile was so impeccably well-placed. Then all the happy memories blending with present fears and uncertainties. That is pure magic a la John Hughes. The man took everyone on the most touching and unforgettable rides. Respect - Prosper. ~ D. (the 4th Letter)
This song, this movie... I was a kid when it came out and and I didn't know very much at that time and and this song this song still resonates in my soul... It's probably one of the most epic, most profound songs ever written
I'm shocked that more of the younger "Stranger Things" generation has not discovered this song by Kate Bush by now. This is my favorite song by her and I loved it the first time I heard it in "She's Having a Baby"...I was 9 years old.
I'm a 37 year old man who is 6'1'' and coming in at 245 lbs biker and everytime I see this scene I brake down like a baby. The song makes the scene. The direction was perfection. tear drop turns to blood love it!
I like this movie especially this part I like it when kevin bacon looks at the ceiling and the light is shinning on his face I am not a religious person but it looks like he is trying to reach god " please god dont take her" wonderfully done.
One of the most underrated, lesser remembered films John Hughes ever made. I LOVE this movie, my mom loved it & I can remember watching it with her when I was growing up. Obviously now that I’m an adult and a parent - I love it in a whole new way & understand everything… It has different meaning
As a man I know we are strong, but we will never measure up to what a woman goes through in childbirth God knew who the stronger one would be for this part of life. To all the Mothers out there you are amazing...THANKYOU!
still love the movie i remember it like it was yesterday i was 13 when i seen it on tv in 1988 omg this scene hit me and the song omg plus maxwells version top notch hits u too and im a mom now i can relate to scene now
Sometimes you come across an "oldie but a goodie" in the best way, at just the right time! Loved the movie in the 80s (great era to be a teenager / young adult!) and all the John Hughes movies...amazing stories about life when you read between the lines, not just enjoy the movie! This reminds me of my wonderful parents and extended family when they had me! Had gotten pregnant after 7 yrs but had toxemia. Dr had to induce and Daddy, my uncle, grandmother all waited for 3 days in the hospital until they could see us. Didn't know at first which way things were gonna go. Both Mama and baby girl, although early (only time in my life..lol!), came out fine thanks to amazing Dr! I recall the story and can see my parents still giving each other "the look", hold hands & be thankful for family! They were married for 53 yrs!! Oh to find that in today's world! To be able to say so much with just a look! Love them and miss Daddy every single day! ❤❤❤
Crazy I remember watching this movie when I was a little girl and hearing that song for the first time and loved it instantly till this day if it's on cable I always click to watch it. Thanks for the upload!!!!
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I seen this at 6 years old living in a hood filled with gang violence and horrible stuff everyday. When I seen this movie I knew I wanted to be married, have a family and to protect them. This scene has been burned into my memory for 33 years!
Wow, very impactful! This scene is so enduring and beautifully created. I remember the first time a saw it too.
That's beautiful! This is one of those movies that is burned into my memory as well.
Films with real emotion back then , beautiful.
That's so beautiful. ♥️👏
Definitely the movie and not that it’s been ingrained in society to obtain that dream
How the hell did this song not get nominated for an OSCAR?????????
Because the Oscars are faintly rigged absurd and not terribly on point with their wins most of the time. It’s become laughable and I think people just watch for the glitz and glam and not take much of it seriously anymore.
@@orion8835 faintly rigged absurd and not terribly on point - ha ha ha funny
Possibly because Kate Bush’ singing this is the only highlight of this awful film.
@@paulwild3676 Songs are nominated for Oscars, too.
@@MariahTheElusiveSongbird I know but it probably got missed by the academy because the film was so bad.
The reason that the song fits so perfectly is because John Hughes sent the clip of the scene to Kate Bush and she wrote the song specifically for it.
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How did you hear this story, would love to see the link?
I literally just read that yesterday
really?????
Susan Google the film and the song and you'll find the answer. Quite a nice little story.
My wife almost died giving birth to our son. I remember holding him when Jan was taken to theatre, and feeling completely helpless. Happily everything worked out. But to all us guys- hold your woman and make sure you never forget all the things that your woman brings to your life.
"make sure you never forget all the things that your woman brings to your life."
- she brings me one thing. Regret.
Well said Rob.
Beautifully said. And congratulations.
You sound like a great father Robert 👍
You sound like a good man, your wife is very lucky!
This was the first time I heard "A woman's work " by Kate Bush and I've loved this movie and song ever since. I'm 43 now and this still gets me.
Natasha Bey same here Natasha. Kate’s voice is so so special 💖
For real tho
This woman's work. not A woman's work. LOL.
40 here. Still ruins me. Every time
I am the same age. Saw this movie and loved it. This song is I’m The Handmaide’s Tale. I bawled
Kate Bush singing 'This woman's work' is so rare, a female singing a song from the male perspective.
Well done Kate we love yer!!
Douglas Simpson Are you hard of thinking?
Honey Doug its Kate's song my dear from her perspective #justsaying
@@shimmers1824 Wrong. Kate herself said it's from the man's perspective. She's done it before on "Ran Tan Waltz". B Side to "Babooshka". Singing from the perspective of a man being cheated on by his wife. Also on "In Search Of Peter Pan" "when I am a man, I will be an astronaut".
@@warrenbridges1891 Besides, the lyrics are cristal clear it's all about a man's perspective. And if anyone is not convinced, just watch the song official clip. It could not be more obvious.
@@FredAureus Yep.
Jus'- ..tell me- ..what's.. ..going on!!!".....I remember screaming the same thing September 13,1987 as the screens flatlined..buzzers howling...nurses shoving my 6'3" frame out of their way while my beautiful wife bleed uncontrollably slowing dying and my precious tiny son blue and unbreathing..had angels working to get him to cry....those minutes haunt me...Thankfully....those doctors and nurses....angels....saved them both....when my wife and I saw this movie in the theater on our first date night out without our son....I cried like never before...and 26 years and 5 kids later....I still do....the song is just ....well.....Thank you for posting this video....thank you
The same thing happened to my mom when she gave birth to me in April of 1990. My dad still cries at this part of the movie because it hits so close to home for him. Glad everything worked out for you and your family it did for mine as well. Doesn't make that moment any less frightening though I'm sure.
sweetbad90 same thing happened to me in 1994 giving birth to my daughter samantha,she is 21 now.
Chris Lesser I'm so happy for you guys. Wishing you the best. Great movie.
+Chris Lesser God had a plan for them it was not their time
Chris Lesser God bless you kid
Kevin Bacon deserved an Oscar for this performance.
Just look at the emotion on his face. Makes me cry every time
True Statement
Haaaaaaa an Oscar!!!!!! Great scene but a fucking Oscar, you are high
Cry... Every time😭😭😭
Don't forget the woman who played his wife. When she was in pain while trying to give birth it felt real.
amen
This may be the most beautiful and perfectly appropriate song that could have possibly been chosen for a scene in motion picture history.
+Wingnutinca - That is because Kate wrote it specifically for the film....
Correct Phased Spaces. She wrote it specifically for this scene after it had already been filmed. It’s a true masterpiece and captures this moment better than any other song ever could.
Wingnutinca I have the dvd of this an my cousin had their first child Friday morning around 8 o’clock an I think 🤔 this was the part of having a kid you experience with that person. I am not pregnant I just like Kevin bacon
I agree!
I concur.
Just lying in my bed here sobbing while watching this.
RIP John Hughes. You owned a generation. x
Yes. He. Did.
Does anyone else miss John Hughes as much as I do?
Jim Hayes Yes. He was an American treasure.
We all do.
I never saw John Hughes
Yes.
I sure do
I was 3 months early, weight 1 pound and doctors didnt think I would make it. Even asked my mom to take me off life support, but she had hope. And im so thankful she did because Im healthy and still loving :) a mothers love is a beautiful thing..
I am glad your mom didn't give up on you!
And hope that your eight year old is fine and well
The doctors don't know what God knows ♥️
This scene hits harder when you become a parent(from both perspectives). Childbirth is both beautiful and terrifying.
And women walk through the valley of death to give life
It felt like the Valley of Death.
linda handley same. I had preeclampsia.
@@toughntiny That's scary and dangerous. Thank goodness they know what to do for it. Honestly, I remember thinking both times that I wasn't going to live through it. We didn't have epidurals. You had the choice of general anesthesia or a full spinal on the delivery table! What was the point in that! 😫.But then, I think of our mothers and grandmothers and all of the women through history I had nothing to complain about! My maternal grandmother had 9 with nothing and came in from the fields to deliver the twins!! Things surely have improved. Thank goodness.
Kevin and Elizabeth both played their parts with such emotion and a maturity beyond their years...beautiful 💕
I cried like a baby the first time I watched it .
I cry like a baby now at 50 .
Kevin Bacon is timeless. That is all.
The end of this movie is so emotionally charged. When Kevin chokes up and cries in that scene my tears just come in rivers. Kate's is a paragon of musical emotion.
When Kevin starts crying, I want to give him a hug.
Piano and Kate’s voice,,,,,,perfection
As someone who thought I was going to lose my girl and baby daughter as she gave birth, this song and video resonates immensely.
There are many fine moments to appreciate, in all of John Hughes' films. I love the little touch @ 5:47 when Jake's tear slides off his face, and then we see a slow-motion drop of blood impact the O.R. floor. Gives me chills!
There is so much good about this scene
1:32 the sound design having that nurse running from the room yelling
1:37 that 20 sec tracking shot
2:17 the doctor kicking that chair letting the audience know we’re in a full blown emergency
3:14 Jake is utterly alone
3:19 the Kate Bush drop
4:15 his father in law who didn’t like him nodding for him to be strong
The fact that this movie is semi autobiographical for how John Hughes was really feeling during the conception/birth of his 1st child adds so many layers. Love this movie.
John Hughes was an American treasure.
Kate Bush wrote the music for this scene, when it already was filmed. A great song fitting to the movie.
Even more remarkable: there’s also an impressing official music video that she directed herself.
Something else that was one All great moments in the scene. One of the most impactful parts of this scene was at 3:11 when you hear a very audible gulp from Jake as he’s breaking down.
I agree about 4:15. Those two had a hostile relationship but they put their differences aside, FAR ASIDE, for Christie's sake. Best part of the entire movie.
I love this song so much but it makes me cry
Paige Braithwaite It makes me cry every time. Every single time.
Me too. Every single time I have heard it.
love to hear all the stories, my wife and me had a miracle born in January 1992. He was rushed to sick kids hospital hours after being born and had major surgery on his heart (TGA) and spent the first three months of his life there. He is healthy and has a finished his education and now has a job taking care of others that need it. So proud of my wife and son.... Dad
Wow and many tears of happiness for you and your family.
The ending of this movie is just so powerfully emotional. The editing, the music, the flashbacks, Jake crying, the father-in-law reassuring him and him smiling briefly - I love it so much. It's so cute when in the flashback they are flicking paint at each other and when he kisses Kristy's belly. So well acted and everything. Kevin Bacon's acting was so good in these scenes. He's always been a good actor but really wow. I love the laughs when Jake finds out the baby is alright.
All the material of the tapestry. But one thing stitched it together. The song.
I remember i was a soldier in 88.Now i am "old", but whenever i see this video i have tears in my eyes.
Kate Bush is an amazing musician and songwriter. That is an absolute work of art that song.
This afternoon I watched this movie and this scene for the first time in 30+ years. No one could have captured the emotion and pain of this scene better than Kate Bush did with this song.
I still cannot understand how this beautiful ballad was passed over for a Best Song nomination from The Academy (the Oscars).
This song is so beautiful we lost our daughter shortly after birth and coming into this world for a few precious moments we had with her and the Lord took her home 🕊️❤️
I am so sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss
That was a heartfelt, beautiful, and very sad thing to share with us. Thank you. Lots of love to you and your family ❤
As long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a Mom. The words and emotions this song and the singer expressed was all of those feelings balled up. Being blessed with 4 sons, my oldest was born with a problem no one believed me existed. I fought hard for my boy, years of not one single person in my family, his father, doctors, in and out of hospitals would help us or even run a test. Our story ended 12/27/20 as my son lost his long battle to CKD and passed away in his sleep after dialysis from a massive heart attack and failed transplant. His body tried and tried to work for him. And, I watched this movie when I was about 12-13 and it’s transcended into something special but painful after all of these years. Of all the things I’ve learned, I’ve always wanted to be his Mom. RIP Austin Dale. I hope they have guitars where you are and that your singing. Xoxo
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So sorry to hear. Wishing you strength, peace, and joyful memories.
So sorry made me cry reading this rip
john hughes was a genius he got it exactly right with this film so real to life
Another underrated song. This is better than 95% of the garbage on today's radio. Like many songs from the 80s.
You tell'em!!!!!
A lot of people know and love this song
@eldridgefelder3427 Even Kate's two 1978 albums were beautiful. Wrote most of the songs before she was 15.
I love how much he loves her. So sweet. :)
So beautiful, why is it so hard to find love like this?....it seems like a fantasy or a distant dream but I will continue to believe I'll have love like this some day ❤
My Son was born about 2 months after this movie came out.... His mother passed away 6 years ago. I'm an Old Man now & I cry every time I hear that song... Miracle Baby... Tragic times.....
I'm so sorry for your loss 💜
Im so sorry... 😔
I'm so, so sorry. 💗
He’s got to be near got to be those teenage years, based on math of your post. People do see things years later, and I still want only best wishes. The teen years can be rough!
One of the best movies of all time. All hollywood does today is mock men, mock parents.
I had a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm while I was 36 weeks pregnant. The entire situation was horrible. After a full code blue, ER thoracotomy, splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy and over 34 units of blood my son and I were the 14th known mother and baby to have survived. I could tell you about my near death experience or the nightmares that wake me 14 years later but I would rather tell you that a day doesn't go by that my husband and don't think of the amazing resident naval surgeon who saved my life and our sons. I've had a long recovery but I always say my husbands road was harder. I was eventually unconscious while he had to witness everything and the aftermath of my long ICU and hospital stay and our sons NICU stay.
God bless you. This is tremendous! How did you get through it? All of what you have listed are major surgeries! You are an Angel.
I've worked with many residents and many do think hard on their feet.
... and in the end, I realized that I took more than I gave. that I was trusted more than i trusted. that I was loved more than I loved. and that what I was looking for was not to be found, but to be made.
- Jefferson Briggs
De Selby
Epic, epic, epic.
...in other words, it was the husband's fault. Always is, guys...always is.
One of the greatest lyrics ever written and deservedly spoken in the same esteem as Lennon and Macartney. She is incomparable.
I love this movie. The song by Kate Bush was perfect and the remix of the song by Maxwell is amazing also. My husband brought tears to my eyes today when he told me every time he sees the movie and hears the sound track he tears up thinking about 2016 when I was rushed to SunnyBrook for for Glioblastoma brain surgery and this song and movie was running through his mind. Makes him tear up every time. I had no idea until today 😢
I am glad you are still with him.
The movie was a light-hearted comedy and drama-free; until this scene. Which made it all the more dramatic and scary.
That’s how life is
No matter how many times I see this scene, it gets to me every time. Not ashamed to say...."pass me the kleenex"....lol
Ditto.
Me too
Me too
Yep. Same.
Me too, every time, even all these yrs later from seeing it when it was released.
1988 , where did the years go I was 18 When this song was out ....48 now , seems like yesterday ....those were the days aye
Can anyone NOT cry when they watch this? This really hits right to the core and is so beautiful… That music makes me cry every time. I finally added this great 80’s film to my collection. It’s a treasure. Excellent acting by Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern and the whole cast! God bless all the real life doctors who perform these miracle life-saving surgeries and to all the women who’ve given birth, especially those who had C-Sections, my heart goes out to you… and to all the fathers, cherish the gift you’ve been given.
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Loved this film. Haven't seen it in so long. wow.
Bawling at my desk. lol
John Hughes asked Kate to write a song for this movie and told her the scene so the song fits to a T. i dont think any other song has done that for a movie.
Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls for City of Angels is up there too.
This song/scene has made me BAWL for 14 years. EVERY TIME like it was the first.
One my all time favorite scenes from a movie . Went to see it when my wife was 7 months pregnant and I was a huge Kate Bush fan . Had me in tears . Such a perfect combination of scene and soundtrack
This song hit me with it's beauty from day 1, about 18 years ago, when I saw the movie.
It's amazing that this Song never won a Oscar. So many songs were overlooked by The Academy Mama by Boyz to Men from Soul Food, It Must Have Been Love by Roxette from Pretty Woman, Change The World by Eric Clapton & Babyface from Michael.
Or a Grammy. I agree with you on all that you said.
Thank you so much. I forgot John Hughes did this Movie as well as Home Alone and Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
I only saw this movie about 5 years ago. I was only maybe 5 -6 when it came out. I'm a big 80s fan I remember a lot of the music. Never heard of this film. It's a great love story.
Truly one of the most beautiful endings ever
Here's to John Hughes and his movies of the '80s!
is it just me or did John Hughes' movies have some of the BEST and most meaningful music?
They sure did!
Always
Love my wife of 30 years... yes there are regrets of past mistakes and the pain I put her through. If I could change it all I would, but would it change my Love for her and my appreciation for her now, only God knows! So I will keep on loving her the best I know how and live for the future and let go of past hurts...
Who’s else is coming back in 2019? First time I heard this song was watching this movie. I knew then it would be unforgettable 💖 I was correct.
Even out of context this scene makes me wanna cry
Kate Bush is just the best there is.
I work in a Labor And Delivery area, and this scene rings so true to me. So beautifully acted. The song brings tears to me every time I hear it.
Glad to know that. I just told my husband I had seen this movie and that after a traumatic birth of my oldest and feeling weak and hopeless from premature to apnea and heart defect and a bleed on his brain and then to find out my legs didn’t want to work I was ready for defeat till a L&D nurse played this and said nope momma you got this. Epidural caused mayhem after me having meningitis as a child. Dr wouldn’t even consider for my other three from complications. She saved my sanity and was an angel is disguise. So thanks for your time and patience with all the momma’s.
This was the first movie we saw together. Deborah H. I cant tell you how sorry i am for all the pain and hurt i caused. I miss you but i know you hate me. I remember you wanted the sound track to this movie. I was such a jerk. I wished I would have got you the soundtrack. You still mean so much to me but I know will never be. I just want you to know I love you from the bottom of my heart. We've been divorced for 12 years and there will never be another person like you you are amazing and wonderful and I wish I could go back and change things I love you a thousand times and I always will
Todd you are a great man too show your feelings.
Go get her back Todd
my hubby and I were divorced for many years, but remarried 11 yrs ago. we were very young when first married, but still had that spark neither of us could forget. Todd go tell this woman how you wronged her and how you feel now. 12 years! Both of you are likely more grown up and different people now. Get to know one another again;)
Mandaloolu that is beautiful. make it work. be the best person you can be x
I pray Todd you and Deborah has a second chance at Love....God bless you both...
such an under-rated movie
I love this movie since I was a child and love the song 🎶. Watch it all the time it comes in tv.
Kate Bush really do know how to make someone emotional with her powerful voice and the messages she gives to the world,her voice is like an angels, let me correct. She is a angel from above.
Thank you for the entire scene. Bacon rocks this moment - and the entire film along with McGovern. Breaks my heart, lets me know my tear ducts still work and then relieves me. Kate Bush is a genius!!
This scene, song, etc kills me every time. Bush and Hughes were pure masters with this scene. I always cry.
This movie was mine and my wife's favourite movie. We named our son Christopher because of it. I miss her every day
the most beautiful song ever
this segment and This Woman's Work are inextricably linked. I don't know if there's ever been a song on a soundtrack that better represented the moment or mood of the scenes it was featured in.
Two of my favourite singers back to back, the great Kate Bush and Bryan Ferry
This situation made him grow up real quick.
It always does.
So beautiful. Kate Bush is amazing.
Just watched this and there are tears in my eyes. Thanks for posting this.
The scene is amazing and gave us two amazing songs: This Woman's Work and Crazy Love!
That was a beautiful movie, along with the soul wrenching music!💕
he's a fucking amazing actor love his movies
the real truman show Check out “Stir of Echoes.”
this part made me fall in love with Kevin Bacon, along with the famous scene in footloose. his love for this woman..I love Elizabeth McGovern, she rocks! she's such a great actress and so unbelievably babyfaced adorable. What is she doing now?
Elizabeth MCGovern played Lady Cora Crawley on the Downton Abbey . The entire series. She was wonderful.
I nearly died having my first (eclampsia). This scene always makes me cry. The father was so shocked and frightened. I was unconscious but I saw his eyes just before and I saw his eyes after. Baby nearly died too but thankfully recovered.
Thank god for modern medicine
John Hughes is/was a one of a kind brilliant, thoughtful, beautiful, humorous, full of compassion and insightfulness human being...I didn't know him personally, but greatly miss John and his Contributions very very much... but he left us so much already...so is Kate Bush, brilliant artist/singer.
Perfect song, amazing art. One of the best 80s movie scenes EVER.
I have never seen this film, but I love this Kate Bush song. Even though I know its a happy ending, watching this short clip still made me have a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat. Love Kate Bush.
Seeing the film makes this scene so much more emotional. The whole movie Jake is trying to figure out adult life. Find himself, write a book, question is marriage, measure up…. In this scene he finally realized what really matters. This is Kevin’s What’s Eating Grape or Jerry Maguire. My sister and I loved Tremors so we watched every Bacon movie and loved this one. At 9 and 12 we LOVED this movie and rented it from the video store often. Weird for young kids but hey, lol.
Loved this movie so much ❤ Of course , Kate Bush's song was so fitting for this .... she wrote it in about 5 to 10 mins after being sent a clip of this particular scene
Aug 2024 - watched this movie again. I absolutely love this movie.....one of their bests. Wish it would have got more credit at the time.....because its a timeless movie.
How ironic! This nurse was in
M A S H. I just found out she passed away on February 16, 2020. But the reason I came to this video (from one of the best movies EVER!), was Kate Bush singing "This Woman's Work" from The Handmaid's Tale 2nd season episode 1. Elton John describes Kate Bush as the equivalent to Freddie Mercury. I totally agree! I hear it and get everlasting Goosebumps. ❤️✌️
I've never been able to forget this movie or song for 35 years. I thought of it both times my children were born... then everytime I've needed major surgery over the past 30yrs to fix damage a 3 time drunk driver did to me. This sounds is beautiful and heart-felt. Kate Bush had no idea then how much she'd impact hundreds of thousands of lives that heard her sing this song in a movie theater. I wish MTV still played songs. In the late 1980's & 1990's I would turn up the TV every time her video played.
That moment of positive affirmation Jake gets from Russell, his curmudgeonly father-in-law (the head-nod, fist and 'thumbs-up' - shared only by the two of them) followed by Jake's managing a smile was so impeccably well-placed. Then all the happy memories blending with present fears and uncertainties. That is pure magic a la John Hughes. The man took everyone on the most touching and unforgettable rides.
Respect - Prosper. ~ D. (the 4th Letter)
I always wince at this bc we know how much that respect means to him.
This song, this movie... I was a kid when it came out and and I didn't know very much at that time and and this song this song still resonates in my soul... It's probably one of the most epic, most profound songs ever written
I'm shocked that more of the younger "Stranger Things" generation has not discovered this song by Kate Bush by now. This is my favorite song by her and I loved it the first time I heard it in "She's Having a Baby"...I was 9 years old.
This part is the best part of the film. It was wonderfuly done.
Great movie. Fantastic actors. Beautiful song
This was the first time I heard This woman's work by Kate Bush..it was so emotional and added so much to this part of the movie.
I'm a 37 year old man who is 6'1'' and coming in at 245 lbs biker and everytime I see this scene I brake down like a baby. The song makes the scene. The direction was perfection. tear drop turns to blood love it!
This was the song that introduced me to the uniqueness and majesty that is Kate Bush.
"So did Stranger Things introduce you to Kate Bush as well?"
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*pushes play on this*
I like this movie especially this part I like it when kevin bacon looks at the ceiling and the light is shinning on his face I am not a religious person but it looks like he is trying to reach god " please god dont take her" wonderfully done.
Such a beautiful song
One of the most underrated, lesser remembered films John Hughes ever made.
I LOVE this movie, my mom loved it & I can remember watching it with her when I was growing up.
Obviously now that I’m an adult and a parent - I love it in a whole new way & understand everything…
It has different meaning
Love that it was Nurse Kellye from MASH that gave him the scrubs to put on. One of my favourite nurses in MASH. THANKS Kellye. X
As a man I know we are strong, but we will never measure up to what a woman goes through in childbirth God knew who the stronger one would be for this part of life. To all the Mothers out there you are amazing...THANKYOU!
i love this movie. when i was pregnant i thought about this scene every day and the song. i played this song almost every day
still love the movie i remember it like it was yesterday i was 13 when i seen it on tv in 1988 omg this scene hit me and the song omg plus maxwells version top notch hits u too and im a mom now i can relate to scene now
Sometimes you come across an "oldie but a goodie" in the best way, at just the right time! Loved the movie in the 80s (great era to be a teenager / young adult!) and all the John Hughes movies...amazing stories about life when you read between the lines, not just enjoy the movie! This reminds me of my wonderful parents and extended family when they had me! Had gotten pregnant after 7 yrs but had toxemia. Dr had to induce and Daddy, my uncle, grandmother all waited for 3 days in the hospital until they could see us. Didn't know at first which way things were gonna go. Both Mama and baby girl, although early (only time in my life..lol!), came out fine thanks to amazing Dr! I recall the story and can see my parents still giving each other "the look", hold hands & be thankful for family! They were married for 53 yrs!! Oh to find that in today's world! To be able to say so much with just a look! Love them and miss Daddy every single day! ❤❤❤
Such a beautiful song! One would never suspect what a hilarious movie this solemn video comes from.
Crazy I remember watching this movie when I was a little girl and hearing that song for the first time and loved it instantly till this day if it's on cable I always click to watch it. Thanks for the upload!!!!
Me too! Still makes me cry - and three children later, even more so.