Kramer vs. Kramer (4/8) Movie CLIP - I Want My Son (1979) HD
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Joanna (Meryl Streep) tells Ted (Dustin Hoffman) that she wants Billy back during their first meeting in over a year.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Robert Benton's Oscar-winning adaptation of Avery Corman's bestseller takes on contemporary problems of divorce and shifting gender roles, as a jilted husband learns how to be a nurturing father. Manhattan housewife Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) walks out on her workaholic ad man husband Ted (Dustin Hoffman), leaving their young son Billy (Justin Henry) in Ted's less than capable hands. Through trial and error, Ted learns how to take care of Billy, devoting more energy to his family than to his work, and finally losing his high-powered job because of his new priorities. When Joanna returns with her own lucrative job and the intent to take custody of Billy, Ted finds employment that won't interfere with his paternal duties. Even though he proves that he can do it all, Joanna still wins in court. Joanna, however, rethinks her desires when she finally grasps how close father and son have become. Addressing the male side of the self-actualization question, previously explored from the female perspective in such 1970s movies as An Unmarried Woman (1978), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), and The Turning Point (1977), Kramer focuses on Ted's evolution from absent parent to ideal father, as he learns to balance domestic and professional lives in the shifting late-1970s social landscape. Joanna's attempt to achieve the same, however, gets buried; only Streep's sensitive performance prevents Joanna from seeming an unsympathetic harridan. Critics praised the film's realistic depiction of Ted's travails, as well as the three lead actors' work; and audiences, perhaps facing the same questions of divorce and self-realization, turned it into a box-office smash. It went on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1979)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
Director: Robert Benton
Producers: Richard Fischoff, Stanley R. Jaffe
Screenwriters: Robert Benton, Avery Corman
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People love to pick these characters apart and complain about the behavior, but that's kind of the point. We all have bad behavior. I feel for each of these three family members. Such a great job by all.
ESPECIALLY in the situation of someone who used to be intimate with someone else, and shares the same child BECAUSE of that intimacy. The bad parts of their personalities are highlighted way more since this is a very personal matter to the both of them, and things are much less aggrivating when it's a stranger you're arguing with. And these three main actors are exactly why this is one of my Top 10 Favorite Films of All Time.
I did too, that's the beauty of this film: you can't help but refuse to pick one side.
Exactly. What Dustin Hoffman did with The Wineglass was similar to when Marlon Brando as Don Corleone Hit Johnny Fontaine played by Al Martino it wasn't scripted it just happened. That's why Robert Duvall (Hagen) laughed. On the UK Soap Opera Coronation St., Ken Barlow finds out his Wife Diedre had an affair with his Arch Enemy Mike Baldwin and shoved her against the Wall, she wasn't prepared but to many it was one of the best scenes not only in the History of Coronation St., but in a British Soap. Meryl Streep's Sister In Law is Maeve Kinkead who played Vanessa on Guiding Light The Soap Opera on and off beginning in 1983 until it's cancellation in 2009.
And the acting by that kid was great. He did not stay in acting though.
@@m.e.d.7997 He was a very smart Young Man. The only other Movie he did was 16 Candles with Molly Ringwald. At last report, he went to College, got a Degree English & History and at last Report worked as a Tour Guide for a Museum.
Fun fact: Ted Kramer slamming the wine glass into the wall was not in the script. Dustin Hoffman decided to add that part. He didn't tell Meryl Streep about it in advance, so her reaction to it was real. After the camera stopped rolling, Streep got up and started yelling at Hoffman for scaring her, and what was supposed to be a fake argument between the two turned into a real one.
James Kardys: :(
I'll bet the director loved it and stuck up for Dustin, though.
Apparently Streep never forgave Hoffman for what he did to her.
@@rstein926 Actually, Meryl Streep can't stand Dustin Hoffman because he slapped her during one of the scenes of Kramer vs. Kramer, and it wasn't a fake slap like they usually do, neither written in the scrip.
It was fortunate that Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep didn't like each other in real life so the whole thing worked!
Man, the acting in this movie is superb! I thought I was watching a real argument for a moment.
I was just thinking the same thing. This scene is like a documentary where hidden cameras were placed and they recorded a married couple's argument.Two of the finest actors in the world!!
That glass part was totally not in the script and Meryl did not know about it, so that's a real shock over there.
Better than marriage story
Meryl really didn't know that Dustin was going to smash his glass.
773SleepyHollow: sometimes in acting that makes for a fresh performance for all involved and also gets a good reaction from the other actor.
Yes...
Dustin improvised it
@@siyamuddin62 Deffo as he moved the first time then realised that the stuff would be in the way so moved it again to do the smash x
She almost breaks character at the end and has to cover her face cuz she’s about to smile about it lol
Uh oh….fart
2:06 that wine glass always wanted to be a movie star.....this was it's big break
Unfortunately he never had the makings of varsity glass
Oh please!
So he said, let me have a crack at it.
It was a smash hit.
😅 Lol Lol Lol
Two acting giants at their best. What a powerful scene
Master Shifu and Jessica Lovejoy.
Both of them are fantastic actors!!!! Meryl Streep will go down in history as one of THE best actresses ever.
Hoffman and Streep "cleared the air" over that incident very long ago. In fact, they were seen together not too long ago at a fund raiser at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. They've accomplished SO much in their respective careers (FIVE Oscars between the two of them!). Streep has won more acting awards AND nominations than any actor/actress in the history of film. Both are national treasures and both should be respected. They were young actors at the time, but their talent and genius were already well in evidence.
I wouldn't call Dustin young since he was 41 when he made this movie, but yeah Meryl was 29 and as pretty as ever.
I'm sure Meryl was still a bit pissed of remembering that experience in Kramer vs Kramer, but not like media said that they hate each other. Those media and people made them look like enemies with something for vengeance.
This is one of the finest piece of acting. Kinda like that bar scene in the heat. 2 great actors at their very best
Trivia: Both Dustman and Streep were actually going through a period of difficult times in this film. Dustman in real life got divorced and Streep lost her partner.
rstein926 streep didn’t loose her partner
Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep didn't like eachother, which was fortunate for their roles.
@Julio Mateo really, he had an issue with everyone of his co-stars?
@Julio Mateo a lot of celebrities these days are being accused of accusations, mainly sexual accusations.
@Julio Mateo you hear that with many actors like Bruce Willis and Christian Bale, great actors but they are difficult to work with at times.
Love how dustin moves the glass away then put it back near him again so he can do his improv.
In the context of the film it just shows he is just shimmering with rage.
I don't want to think that he would hit his wife, but had they been in a more private setting, and no glass for proxy....makes you wonder.
I noticed that too
Lol right totally breaks character
He could have taken a sip before putting it back as not to make it obvious...
@@shouvikghosh8946 I agree, he should have taken a long angry swig from it before he broke it ..
"What makes you so sure he doesn't want me?" That expression by Meryl. Oscar right there.
You had to go away for awhile to learn that you love your son and want him? That's low.
Not as low as leaving your son with his father. Showing up one day to say. I'm taking him from you.
I think what this movie does so well is pointing out the fundamental flaws in our society when it gender roles and how that plays a huge role in shaping the legality when it comes to child custody courts. Women should to be able to decide when they want to become mothers rather than being forced into a paternal role that they are not ready to deal with and also a man is more than capable in raising and caring for their child just as much as the mothers but unfortunately don’t get that recognition or even get acknowledged in a legal battle regarding child custody. I think that’s why I think a movie like Kramer vs Kramer is so important, because it makes us reevaluate the flaws of gender norms in society and can be change to where it feels for equal for both the mother and father.
@@jo-eo9ld It's the words she uses against him when he says no. She immediately started gaslighting him the second any kind of resistance was shown.
@@davy209 The "gender norms", as you describe them, i.e. the way men and women have lived happily and productively, if not always perfectly, for 6000 years, is not something that has been tried and failed. Rather, it has been found to be too difficult by some, and therefore left untried.
@johnmarcucci1719- You’re missing the main point of my argument. I’m not saying gender roles in a patriarchal society is inherently bad or that the solution is to dismantle the system completely. All I’m saying it’s not a one size fits all situation and nobody should be forced to live a life that makes them unhappy. I know several couples where traditional gender roles fits perfectly in their marriages and I know several other people who are happy with their lives not being married or having kids. Both cases are perfectly fine to live by because it should always be about personal choice, because at the end of the day, it’s their life and they have the right to live it how they want to! You have to agree with it, but just live and let live, that’s my own life motto!
I like how in the beginning of the scene he welcomes her thoughts and seems genuinely curious and interested in talking to her....but once she unveils her intentions he snaps.....
And the fact that the wine glass breaking (a real wine glass, not a fake one) wasn't planned, the surprise on her face was about as authentic as you can get.
When men are trying to Woo a woman back into their life, they will act like this, then, the minute they realize that’s not why she’s there, they freak out. The scene is incredibly realistic.
This scene was filmed in JG Melons 74th & 3rd NYC. Table 6. My friend Hope cleaned up the glass!
cool it was featured on bon appetit the resto i mean
@@itsyeaboi5333 I saw it! Brought back wonderful memories of working there!
Keep lying.
@@OneLoveRSR Maybe you need to lie, but I don't.
I was there the same time. I was the one who took a dump on the floor. Did Hope also clean that up?
The whole film was amazing. The acting in every scene superb.
Sheer genius acting...emoting their palpable feelings.
This is acting. Not two people saying lines or looking pretty for thw camera. Just raw, genuine emotion.
Fun fact: this scene wasn’t even in the script. The actors just decided to improv and the director liked it so much they kept it in the movie
BS.
Meryl's performance in this film is so delicate, so fragile, and so very, very, precise.
She shows exactly how difficult it is for women to navigate the endless expectations and demands that are projected onto them.
This character is not "unsympathetic" at all- she is blindly fighting for her own emotional survival.
And what is more human than that?
No it's called running away from responsibilities. Plain and simple.
Such an amazing comment and a perfect and empathic analyse of how is the character.
What about the expectations projected onto the father? He's expected to work to support not just himself but his wife and their child, too. Sometimes someone has to go out and get a job and someone has to stay home to raise the kid. She didn't want to do her end of the bargain so she left and forced him to take on her responsibility as well as his own.
Zwei4815 and luckily he was able to pull both of them off, we saw in the beginning he struggled but later on as time went by he was able to pull it off just fine and then of course she came back. It just showed that Ted was the more fit parent to take care of Billy than Joanna was, since he had the emotional capability.
MrWells3000 I agree all the way
0:58 love how her face drops when he calls her on her California bullshit and she has no answer.
The end where he hits the glass and breaks it on the wall would never pass in present day films, but that was such a powerful act, it really shows Ted's anger towards the whole situation and how much he cares for the son.
Nope. It's because by this time, he's dealing with a real life divorce, and he thinks of Meryl as his real life wife that's why he's very rude to Meryl in this movie, even in off-cam.
So crazy to not allow non-consensual violence in films!
Even though it wasn’t planned and pissed her off.
I love when he throws the wine glass at the end, she abandons him and her son and just shows up one day trying to get him back, I would be pissed too if my girlfriend did that shit to me
Hoffman’s whacking the wine class off the table was unscripted. Streep’s reaction is genuine. I love, too, how Hoffman moves the glass twice before hitting it - you can tell something’s building. Great scene.
the thing that get me nervous, is that she says that she has anticipated all of this. What did she expect after that. She has the perfect husband, she is leaving the house without a second thought. Is her fucking mind problem and stupidity. You can't leave a 7 years old boy like that and if we like or not, she is his mother. Mothers are more sensitive, they are made for this role. I don't say that they are not couples that they are leaving their child, but usually there is some other reason for that for example the husband is alcoholic, unfaithful or the mother either......if you doing this for no reason your stupidity and selfishness has no limits
Violent male. Primitive.
@@BlackAdam10 you are so wrong. Motherhood doesn' t rid you from human suffering, from pain, lack of peace of mind, unability to have a structure. Being a mother doesn' t make you a saint, martir or perfect person. And she left the boy in the care of his own father, not in a basquet at an orphan' s insitution door. Poor you, so flawless as a mother, fingerpointing others. Hypocrite.
@Charles Martel I am a man. Short minded cave man. So typical. If it were for your kind, women wouldn' t be able to land and take off jets, but you know what? They do. They even pilot rockets. Go and have you little tiny balls shaved.
This movie gutted me as a little kid because my mom looked just like her. The idea of her leaving us or being out of love with my dad scared me a lot.
It still hurts me. Meryl looks exactly like my mother at times. And my mom died when I was 26
My mom looked exactly like her when she was young. Everyone says that. I miss her, and I was almost 26 when she died
@@paisleyprincess7996 I'm sorry to hear that
God save us all from mothers like Meryl Streep's character in this film.
Is that meant to be a good thing ?? @@johnmarcucci1719
I hated the wife when I first saw this. She leaves her child and has the nerve to want him back? Scram lady!
Two of the best actors of their generation.
Great acting by both of them, but the reactions by Hoffman here are perfect. You can see at the beginning of the scene he is excited to hear what she hast to say, because he misses her, and wants to hear her thoughts because he realizes he made some mistakes in their marriage in terms of neglecting her. Once he hears that she wants to leave with Billy, he loses it. His reactions are completely natural. A lot of men in real life would’ve acted worse than Ted if their wife disappeared for 15 months and then came back and sprung that news on them.
Near the end he moves the wine glass away from himself, then he's like oh crap I forgot I'm gonna slam it against the wall, so he moves it back into position right before.
Perhaps the most hateful of Joanna's attitude is that capricious attitude of "I'm leaving, I'm coming back, I'm going with my son again." While she has found herself, Ted has also discovered what it is to be a good father, close and affectionate. The viewer has witnessed that and does not want that destroyed.
I think what this movie does so well is pointing out the fundamental flaws in our society when it gender roles and how that plays a huge role in shaping the legality when it comes to child custody courts. Women should to be able to decide when they want to become mothers rather than being forced into a paternal role that they are not ready to deal with and also a man is more than capable in raising and caring for their child just as much as the mothers but unfortunately don’t get that recognition or even get acknowledged in a legal battle regarding child custody. I think that’s why I think a movie like Kramer vs Kramer is so important, because it makes us reevaluate the flaws of gender norms in society and can be change to where it feels for equal for both the mother and father.
Billy: "I WAN'T MY MOMMY!!!" Ted: "I'm all you've got!"
His mommy is back, now he can live with her
He’s called Billy
Yeah, the kids name is Billy.
But yeah. What she did to Billy by leaving is heartbreaking. He actually asks Ted if mommy left because he was bad. 😢
The film that normalized the "it's not you, it's me" and the "finding myself" line.
I think this is a must watch for every couple who have a kid together, it was really heartbreaking for me seeing both of them so helpless, when all it took was some soul search and a simple act of kindness
1:27 "Don't get defensive. Don't try to bully me". Umm he's neither bullying you or getting defensive. He refused your request/demand for full custody of Billy. He has every right considering you abandoned him and come back 1 year and a quarter. If anything he's protecting Billy from you. I hate it when people try to act the victim that they've started.
Typical woman. Even when shes the perpetrator its victimhood all the way
Idiot. These are CHARACTERS in a MOVIE.
Dumbass misogynist.
@@MIS315 Typical misogynist comment. I'll bet you're a real hit with the ladies.
It's a defense tactic many people use (especially women because it works) playing the victim card. She is in a fragile mental state.
kgunitkeese17 I disagree. Ted was a bully. He smashed a glass inches away from her face-how can you say she’s playing the victim? When he says to her, “Tell me what you’ve learned about yourself, I really want to know.” in that condescending voice, you can see her recoil and start to shrink into herself. He went from being friendly to cold in the blink of an eye, it is scary to watch as a viewer, because you know what’s coming next. She was intimidated by him. He never in a million years would have given her an amicable divorce, he was a bully. He would have worn her down until she was too tired to fight anymore. No, she shouldn’t have left Billy behind, but she was playing the long game: like anyone in an abusive relationship, Joanna needed to disappear out of Ted’s life and get mentally strong through therapy to come back and do battle with him.
If I had a kid there's no way in hell I'd leave him.
Some they have to, if the mother think she's mentally ill
I want neither. Both horrible and immature people. Shouldn't have been allowed to breed.
Dustin was so hansome back then
And we replaced these kinds of films with superhero, fast and furious and transformers crap.
Everything has an era. This is the superhero era.
@Marina Pratt well said
@Marina Pratt Thank you. It seems that every single scene that belongs to an older movie on TH-cam have the same "Back in the old days we only had good movies" thing in the comments.
They'll come back.
We “replaced” nothing. There’s nothing inherently superior about In the Bedroom compared to Captain America: the Winter Soldier. Moonlight, Whiplash, and Lady Bird were also made so if it’s just the aesthetic of people sitting down and talking dramatically, it hasn’t gone anywhere.
2:02 This is where the glass suppose to be at, but then Dustin wants to add "that" unscripted move, so he put it back and slap it.
Everyone talks about what a great acting choice Dustin made by throwing the glass, but I have much more respect Meryl for not knowing that her fellow actor was going to make a dangerous and disgusting move and hurl a glass object close to her head but having enough whereabout to maintain composure and professionalism and stay in the scene. I don't care if you are in the moment oh, you should never compromise the safety of your scene partner especially when it wasn't discussed beforehand.
Couldn't agree more.
If your narrative were true, I'd agree. There was no safety issue though, so your whole narrative is false.
Shut up; there’s nothing “disgusting” about it, quit abusing words
@@stanleymyrick4068 She ended up with glass slivers in her hair. They could as easily have ended up in her eye.
@@Steelburgh You're right. Also, I'd recommend everyone stay indoors. And not eat anything because there are always side effects from any food. Also, it might be better not to breath. It's dangerous out there.
the way he hit that glass at the end was like a horse hoofed it XD
I love her facials at 1:56 is looks like she is going to cry awww love this movie
Fun fact: Maryl Streep improvised the line about wanting her son back. In the original script she was going to ask for some of her belonging that she left behind when she left.
"Don't try to bully me"…… She is the one walked out…… What a irresponsible person……
what makes you so sure he wants you is a good question.
@@pethrosuriahson6156 In the end he didn't. And true pretty much all along..
I am a woman but I am on his side
Absolutely brilliant, from beginning to end!
I don't know anything about this movie beyond this scene being parodied in Family Guy ages ago, but the specifics of this scene I agree with Hoffman's character. You don't get to be a walk-out parent and then come back and try to pick up like nothing changed. Nah, if you're serious about righting that momentous wrong, then you gonna work for it.
I love it how Dustin Hoffman smashes the glass because he was actually angry in real life.
He was to note there was a divorce he was dealing with in real life so he reactions are pretty geninue same with meryls in this scene
He was
This was INCREDIBLE star quality acting
Dustin: **puts glass away from him**
Me thinking: oh he leaving now
Dustin: **grabs glass towards him**
Me also thinking: wait what he doing i thought he going ou-
Dustin: **punches glass straight into the wall in front of Meryl**
Me: oh dang im outta here man
🤣🤣🤣
2:06 TBS 5th commercial break starts right now. Your watching Kramer vs. Kramer on TBS. Brought to you by Denny's. Welcome to America's dining.
Meryl Streep is a good actress but her character is so unlikeable and unsympathetic in this film. First, she decides to leave her family after realizing all of a sudden that she no longer wants the responsibility of being a parent. Then, she returns over a year later and now wants to be a parent after getting "help" from a supportive women's group. Bull! Dustin Hoffman's character is a workaholic but even he turns out to be more sympathetic than her. This film teaches a good lesson about knowing what you want in life before bringing children into the world.
+Tyler Smith Bullshit
***** Couldn't agree more
She is actually reflecting the harshness of reality, of how some people act when they think they are right... people should watch this and learn from it
You will never LEARN or know or even GUESS how challenging parenthood is until you are in it.
Amazing how they stayed together 8 years. They are incapable of communicating. No wonder she left.
LMAO. Of course, he's responsible for her lack of communication
@@LukeLovesRosehe's incapable of listening to her
@@ferzfezgrzgfvefefez8241 She didn't tell him how she felt. That's on her
Dustin and his improvs. Crazy.
She's the main antagonist of this movie and nobody can tell me otherwise. She left her whole life behind because she felt neglected or ignored and that included a son. She shows back up a hot minute later and basically disrupts the peace her ex and their son have finally found so she can be a "part of their lives" again like she didn't abandon them over a year ago. The way she baits and gaslight's him like its a damn second language makes my blood boil. For the past 15 month's he has done nothing but prove that he doesn't need her she shouldn't have the right to just show up again and expect everything to bend.
Toujours de la faute des femmes ! Comme d'habitude 😘
I'm not really head over heels about this movie, but the acting is fantastic.
Joanna Does Not Deserve Billy,What Kind Of Mother Walks Out On Her Child For No Reason.
a crappy mother.
Usually it's the other way around, I mean usually the father walks out on their children.
She had a reason, she was suicidal.
1:42 - Ted - Joanni: "Zakaj pa misliš, da bi si te Billy želel ?" Tu pa si se malo zmotil, Ted. To ti je Billy rekel, ko sta se sprla zaradi sladoleda ! Ko si ga prinesel v njegovo sobo in ga dal ležat na posteljo. Rekel ti je: "Hočem svojo mamo !" In ti njemu: "Samo mene imaš." A vseeno je Billy zajokal v kuhinji, ob vajinem objemu. Ko sta mislila, da se poslavljata.
Meryl is such a good actress.. I love how she portrayed the most unlikable wife/mother ever! 😅
Dustin was phenomenal as well..
Meryl did take the book to another level. Í ´ve read the book and she is only side character in there - but here it' s all about her.
He married to a messed girl and one day she realized she needed some self soul search. That’s when everything started. I feel sorry for him even I’m a woman.
Although I can sympathize with what Joanna and what she was going through, feeling trapped in the role of motherhood when she wasn’t mentally ready to handle all of it. I can understand why she chose to leave her son temporarily to better take care of herself first and be the type of mother her son deserves but despite all of that, it was wrong for Joanna to assume that her actions had no consequences and completely ignore or even acknowledged Ted’s role in taking care of their son while she was away! She could at least took Ted’s feelings into consideration before making her decision to file for full custody!
@@davy209these are old, but people really do forget the concept that if you don’t take care of yourself you can’t take care of others. If you try to take care of others without prioritizing yourself or identity then the kids can sniff that out. The kids now feel guilt and pity to their mother,that they are stealing away her vitality and time to adapt and know herself apart from them. It takes a village to raise kids. It seldom turns out perfect and it’s sucks what happened in this film, but there needs to be third spaces and ways for mothers to keep afloat and not ending up out the window.
Meryl Streep's acting is very good here. She left her son in a hurry, but you feel sympathy for her because she's a human being and her position is reasonable.
Kind of. She just walked out and then out of nowhere suddenly appears saying she wants to be his mom again. In most circles i know of, that would be only partly reasonable at best.
@@EphemeralProductions The way I understand it, is that she's so depressed at the beginning that she's about to jump off a bridge and her husband pays no attention to her - you kind of see why she walks out after Hoffman is alone in the early scenes? And her speech (which she wrote) in the court is sympathetic. Of course, it's the worst thing to abandon your child, but Streep's acting is so good that you think - oh, I see why she did that and she's not a monster.
@@johnson_ nah ,as a woman I disagree ,she strikes me as capricious
As a woman and mother, her actions were selfish and inconceivable. I remember going to see this movie in college and having zero sympathy for her character when I was single. I had even less, once I married & became a mother. You don't come & go out of a child's life. When men do it, they are called "deadbeats". Well, the shoe fits for women too.
reasonable? disappearing from a 6 year old child's life for 15 months is not reasonable. she is selfish and cannot see how her actions affect others. it was almost impossible to feel sympathy for streep's character. her only redeeming action was deciding to leave billy in his home instead of ripping his life apart yet again.
High quality acting they both. The quality is so realistic i am intrigued
1:24 Joanna: I want my Son
(Classic.)
Ted: "You can't have him."
Dustin Hoffman slamming the wine glass out of script surprising Meryl Streep is a technique used by some actors and also some directors, I read an article that mentioned Alfred Hitchcock being the one who started the trend,. William Friedkin, the director of "The Exorcist" told actor Jason Miller that he would receive a blast of green vomit on his chest in that scene where he is interacting with the girl. In reality, Friedkin instructed his team to direct to vomit towards his face, he did so to capture a real surprised moment from Miller to capture it on film, that reaction we see in the movie is that of a real surprised man. Ridley Scott surprised the cast of "Alien' (1979) with blood splatter that was not in the script, the chestburster scene where the creature comes out of Kane's chest, the actors (especially Veronica Cartwright) were not told the would be splattered with blood, her reaction in the movie is a real surprise as she was not expecting it. Directos use this method to add reality to the movie and obviously it works.
that time, dustin was going through a divorce and meryl’s partner oassed away. dustin made fun of meryl’s partner ...
you can feel the tension, that's acting
The focus puller on Hoffman's close-up had to be kicking himself when the movie came out for part the scene being out of focus. I guess they didn't have video assist in '78-'79?
There’s a famous Italian song of the 80’s that says ..intanto Dustin Hoffman non sbaglia un film
Which means ..meanwhile Dustin Hoffman doesn’t Disappoint in any movie....
R.I.H Sargent Regalsan Anderstoan/Sargent Regalsan Dangerlen Anderstoan September 17th, 1979 - March 29th, 2023 / 1979 - 2023 / September 17th, - March 29th.
R.I.P Rebecca Hauck, November 17th, 1974 - October 14th, 2017.
R.I.P Shane Murphy, July 4th, 1974 - October 14th, 2017.
Rest In Peace William Tahana Raymond Kearns/William Kearns, January 20th, 2005 - October 14th, 2017.
2:07 funny 😁 when he smash glass of cup 🥤
Good for him! She not he was the bully!
I always hated Joana… as i grew old, i understand her. Meryl did a great job. Its my top movie fave.
Crazy how much Marriage Story is based on this.
Who cleaned up that broken glass?
Dustbin Hoffman and Meryl Sweep.
Initially, I used to judge Meryl Streep’s character in Kramer vs Kramer. I used to think how can she be so selfish as to leave her little son behind to find herself. But now I understand her character’s predicament very clearly. Deep inside, she was a troubled young woman who was ambitious but gave up on her dreams to get married and become a mother. When she left her husband and son, she was confused about what she wants from life. She didn’t know where to go or what to do. At that moment, all she wanted is to just go away from the world where she felt like she’s trapped. She just wanted to breathe. But later, her maternal instinct kicked in and she goes back to her husband to ask for the custody of her child. Now I have begun to empathize Meryl’s character in Kramer vs Kramer.
Empathy for the character is one thing. But actions have consequences. Problem I have with Meryl Streep's character is she truly thinks her leaving her son should not have any consequences.
@@Vydio Well, she's a human after all. When she left, she was not in the right state of mind. She didn't have the chance to think if leaving her son behind will have consequences or not. As humans, we tend to get selfish sometimes. At that moment, she was only thinking about self-preservation.
@@jahangirhussain1 OK. But she should not just expect to waltz in and just get her child back. That a court even entertained this was appalling.
In such a situation, my empathy would be fully engaged with the child, wondering why a parent walked out, and with the parent staying behind to pick up the pieces. If a person has emotional problems, malicious abandonment is not the solution. I wonder, would your empathy and understanding be similarly engaged if the parent leaving was the father?
@@johnmarcucci1719 I would like to tell you that my empathy is also with the child. It must have shattered the child when his mom walks out on him. It’s just that I used to judge Meryl Streep’s character harshly when I was little as I didn’t get to understand why she did what she did. Now, I see more clearly why Meryl’s character could have felt that she needs to leave her husband and kid in order to sort her life out. I agree that it was not the best decision and she should have thought about the consequences of her action. To answer your question about if my empathy would have been with the father had the father walked out on his wife and child, my answer would be that it would totally depend on the reason why the father left his wife and child.
I wonder how that scene would be played today.
shes a method actor…i think she was the first woman in hollywood to act naturally, like the normal way humans act without movie cameras.
2:08 she’s trying not to laugh 🤣🤣🤣
A similar thing happened on the UK Soap Opera Coronation Street in 1983 when Ken Barlow finds out that his Wife Diedre was having an affair with his Archenemy Mike Baldwin. He threw her up against the wall and almost hit her. Anne Kirkbride (RIP) said she wasn't told but she felt it was more convincing. In her own way Joanna reminds me of Paula (Olivia's Mother) on The Cosby Show. She felt so stultified at being a Wife and a Mother. Also remember Women of Joanna's Generation were The Poster Girls for The Disease To Please. They go from being in their Parents House, The Dormitory or Sorority House then living with Hubby. Joanna was so desperate to please everyone else she didn't know how to be happy. When she was on her own, it was the first time she was alone without any responsibilities.
Oh I so well remember Corrie then! I felt for Deirdre (her attraction to Baldwin) but it was so heartbreaking for Ken...
@@GGiblet Yes, but Mike had this "Work Ethic" and was a "Go Getter" unlike Ken. He had so many resources but he squandered them. Remember how embarassed he felt when he went to his College Reunion and while others were Deans, Presidents or Chancellors he was an Agony Uncle for a Paper and while there's nothing wrong with that, his Family are far from perfect.
@@laminage yes, yes! It was so realistic
Very hard a Divorce I'm glad I lived through it😇
I saw this when I was really little what was wrong with Meryl? She had a breakdown? Couldnt they share custody ?
I'd like it if you said "what was wrong with Joanna" since this is a movie. ✌🏻
Oooof This scene has aged well...🤭🤭
Didn't I just say that Billy was grounded for 10,000 years, that also meant, no freedom, no Mommy, Billy! Your Mommy can't help you, she knows what you've done, and what you did was very, very disrespectful, you're never getting out, you're gonna spend the rest of your life locked up, your Daddy will make sure of that. *Laughs evily*
I still don't know what that means of finding yourself?
Experiencing chaos and diving into hedonism to the point of being fed up with it and craving some stabilization and order again.
ted you better give her the kid back or she'll call the police
Imagine this scene without the smashed wine glass.
Bill Roache did a similar scene on Britian's longest running Soap Opera Coronation Street when he threw his Late Co Star Anne Kirkbride up against the wall. She confessed that she was having an extramarital affair with his archenemy Mike Baldwin who also was married to his daughter Susan. She wasn't expecting it but it was considered to be one of the best scenes in Coronation Street History but in UK Soap History as well.
Was Bill inspired by this scene?
@@tami8458 It's possible but so many amazing moments. To this day Ken Barlow never had a woman whom he loved as much as Diedre only was Valerie his First Wife
Meryl Looked Great In 1979
私みたいに息子に接触することを止められているわけじゃなくて放置してたんだったら、父親の気持ちに共感するところが多い。
この映画上映当時から共同親権制度だっけ？
私は、私が妊娠出産子育てと仕事でいっぱいいっぱいだったときに、さらに負担かけるようなことを蓄積して、私の息子を犠牲にしてまで他人の子育て奉仕を強要したあの女たちと会社と厚労省、さらにそれを悪化させ、私を「子育てしてない」とかダイレクトバッシングしてきた連中が許せない。
そして、世話してもらう気まんまんで勝手に息子を墓守指定した依存女。
It's funny as to how she decided to walk out and leave her son with the dad, and then all of a sudden when she feels that she's entitled to... she tries to take him away from him. Entitlement at its best
You see entitlement, I see love towards son. What she supposed to do? Stay in the hell of a marriage or take the son with her, during her period of finding herself? The fact that you are an woman and still can't understand her is disappointing... 🙄
@@dhritidutta6231 woman or man, whatever you want to say, you have responsibilities with your son/daughter who needs you. And “finding yourself” doesn’t give you the right of abandon a son/daughter. Communication is the key. And she didn’t communicate, she just leave.
@@dhritidutta6231she just left him, she didn't tell him what was wrong and what's happening, and furthermore a parent should never put "finding themself" above taking care of their child they love, that is entitlement at its finest, as the original comment stated
Joanna's leaving Ted and Billy seemed rather abrupt. Actually, I think the movie would have been better if they showed the marriage leading up to the break-up. Perhaps, we might have seen as to why Joanna decided to leave and it wouldn't have been so sudden. I have not read the book but I understand it gives more of a backstory behind Joanna.
@@euphoriaggaminghd, Supposedly, when they were in court, Joanna claimed she tried to talk to Ted about her various issues and that he wouldn't listen. He was only interested in his career.
Didn't Meryl say Dustin did something to her in this movie? Yeah but it went away.
What did he do
Harini Jayasankar I think he said specific things towards Meryl to get a rise out of her to make her reactions more genuine and believable. Bringing up the fact that her boyfriend had died shortly before shooting began. Dustin was also going through some tough times because he was going through a divorce as well so a lot of his built up bitterness and anger helped sell his performance.
He slapped her!! For real, and very hard too
the broken glass deserves an oscar
すごい演技力の2人だなぁ
She did walk out
I watched this movie about 7 years ago. I thought this glass Wine’s scene is part of script. So, I always repeat that scene to Watching Meryl’s reaction in that way. So naturally. After the movie end.. I searching about this movie’s trivia on IMDb. I wondering.. this scene was Dustin’s improvised.. Great actors.
K mart , boxer shorts. 97 x , the future of rock n roll.
You know she fell apart and had some problems. You can't fault the dad who had to deal with it all.
I'm surprised her lawyer didn't bring up him smashing a wine glass.
Other way could be retaliated with her walking out for 15 months and not bothering to send any financial assistance. 🤷🏾
this is something a lot of people can relate to
I'd be mad too, she left her kid for over a year, for selfish reasons of all things, and now wants him back, because she's "ready"? Uh uh, no way 👎She doesn't deserve to have her kid back, ever.
Ted is kind of protecting Billy from being hurt again.
They should’ve asked Billy what he wants.
@Curtis Rupp Do you agree with me?
I have reservations about asking young children what they want. They should be able to speak their minds but asking them to choose between parents is a terrible thing to ask of a child. Children rarely know what's best for them, if my kids had a choice they would eat chips, soft drink and play video games instead of school!!
You can ask them once they turn 18
@@4812megan Sometimes, like here, you don't have a choice.
Billy has a right to say who he wants to live with.