The train crash scene was famously (at the time) made by crashing a real train, no CGI. After filming, instead of cleaning up the wreckage, the locals turned it into a movie museum that you can visit today.
Today the scenes of action movies are so boring, pure CGI, they look like a video game, that's why I miss the 80s and 90s, that in the absence of that technology they had to film the scenes in a real way like the train crash in this movie and I remember in Demolition Man and Lethal Weapon 3 exploding and demolishing real buildings in scenes of those movies and in Face Off and Speed crashing and exploding real airplanes. Times that will never come back, filming in that way is too expensive for today and with CGI they prefer to go easy and less expensive. That's why these old movies are relics of a way of filming that no longer exists.
I came here to say something similar. My grandmother lived in Bryson city North Carolina. A few places around town are in the movie including the restaurant she worked at during filming, Nabers. They also had several versions of the bus that was hit by the train on display for a long time.
@@docsavage8640 they still had the recording of his wife saying 'Richard, he's trying to kill me'. That was pretty harsh evidence. You have to wonder though with all the power and wealth Devlin Macgregor had, if Kimble's lawyer wasn't paid off.
"Care to revise your statement, sir?" "What?" "Do you want to change your bulls*it story, sir?" One of my absolute favorites. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones were top game
This movie (actually the TV series) was inspired by the Sam Sheppard case in Bay Village (a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio) in 1954. He was tried and convicted in the Cleveland newspapers even before the trial started, but he was eventually acquitted in 1966. The case was a circus in the courtroom. He died in 1970.
Julianne Moore was originally supposed to have a much larger role in the film as a love interest for Kimble who would aid him. It was decided that as Kimble was still mourning his wife and searching for her killer, it sorta would demean that if he so quickly hooked up with another woman, and so the role was made much smaller
Interesting, thanks! Psychologically, it would've fit, in terms of people often attempting to escape intense emotions, including grief, with distraction. But this movie was already 130 jam-packed minutes, so, in addition to keeping Kimble's motivations and character a bit more straightforward, I can see why it got cut. Kinda wastes Julianne Moore, though. I'm happy to see her in anything, but she didn't really get to spread her wings here, which is always a shame. Ah, well!
This movie did a great job of condensing the original show into a really well paced story. Also, I still quote the “I don’t care” line from this so often. His delivery of it is one of my favorite in any movie 😂 Thanks for another great reaction!
I work in a lot of industrial buildings, waterworks, concrete mazes not unlike the insides of that dam. So I quote "There's no way out of here." a lot.
Everyone forgets, but at the time Tommy Lee Jones was just a B-list character actor and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor which launched him into the stratosphere. He also improvised most of his lines, and probably deserved a second screenwriting Oscar for making Sam Gerard such a powerful character.
@@c1ph3rpunk Now that I think bout it I also saw Tommy in the movie JFK. But The Fugitive is the movie that made him a guy that could have his name above the titles.
He was a powerhouse in The Coal Minor's Daughter and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in that movie - that's when he made his mark as an important actor on par with Robert Duvall
@@TheIronDuke9 Yeah he was definitely on the map as far as being acknowledged for his ability as an actor. But still he was a character actor until the early 90s.
The "I don't care" line was invented by Tommy Lee Jones. The original line was something else (Jones would try and appease Ford's character instead, since he had a gun pointed at him), but Jones thought it would better fit his character to reply: "I don't care". Which kind of summed up his personality and mission a lot better. He wasn't there to put Ford on trial. He was there to catch a fugitive. I love that, for most of this movie, there isn't really even an antagonist. Tommy Lee Jone's character isn't a bad guy. And if we didn't know that Harrison Ford was innocent, Jones would actually be viewed as the protagonist. The fact that both characters are portrayed in a sympathetic light, and both of them are likable was well executed. It would have been easy to have a cliche of an merciless, villainous, corrupt cop coming after him. Or, and perhaps worse, a cop that was complacent or unintelligent. But Tommy Lee Jones, while certainly driven, is none of those things. And Jones' performance was incredible; he stole this whole movie, and how good does your performance has to be to steal the show from Harrison Ford?
@@SciTrekMan That's interesting. Saying it's not his problem is basically the same sentiment, but for some reason it sounds more like an asshole thing to say. "I don't care" is somehow more to the point but sympathetic. I can't describe why it's better but it is. That's why Tommy Lee Jones is such a damn brilliant actor.
If you listen, she says “I just loved him as Two Face in Batman Forever.” Forever is the key part I don’t think you caught. It’s a film from 1995, and you guessed it. TLJ plays Two Face.
@@thebluesmurfdude lol I hope nobody is thinking I thought he was in the Nolan films or something. I'll spell out the funny part: he's been in a TON of far better movies, so referencing that one is...a choice.
It's so difficult to describe how iconic so much of this movie was at the time, some of these scenes, the train hitting the bus, the dive off the dam, Tommy Lee Jones list of houses were borderline definitive of filmmaking at the time.
And by using a group of experienced supporting actors... in rewatching this film, we see those folks shine, keeping the pace high when the Stars are not on-screen. Outstanding work.
@@emwa3600 A couple things bothered me; the way they portray the Chicago cops as total ignoramuses grated on my nerves. In my experience it's the Feds who are the real assholes. Local cops aren't all idiot-dunces like they were portrayed.
Great 90's quotes besides "I Don't Care": “You Can't Handle The Truth!” (Jack) "Show Me The Money" (Jerry Maguire) "There's No Crying In Baseball" (Hanks) "It's Naht A Toomah!" (Arnie) "D'Oh!" (Homer)
Girl, you're awesome. I was watching your old videos and I realized why I like your reactions: it's because you're an actress and you're very expressive ❤
Tommy Lee Jones’ acting job as Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard was liked so much Sam Gerard’s character got his own spin off movie called “US Marshals.” Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role. Also Robert Downy Jr and Wesley Snipes are in it.
37:45 Sykes gave himself away by saying "Do you see him in the pictures? I told you I don't know him!" If he really didn't know, he wouldn't remember if Kimble was among the guests on some random fishing trip. He knew Kimble isn't in the pictures, because he knew exactly who Kimble is, and who were present on the trip. You can see how Gerard gives him a look when he says that
Skyes is played by the legendary Andreas Katsulas. My other favorite performance from him is in Star Trek: The Next Generation where he played Romulan Commander Tomulak. His episodes where he appears are definitely worth watching.
Gerard knew he was full of shit, or at least suspected it. We've already scene up till now he earned the nickname "bloodhound" because he can sniff out crap and very little gets past him. Sykes little comment probably only confirmed the suspicion that was growing in Gerard's mind.
Stories like this are reminders of why you never voluntarily agree to an interview by the police. And if you're under arrest, you shut up and request a lawyer. Anything important about your case, you share with your attorney and no one else.
According to several people involved with the film, the original script was awful and the cast essentially did rewrites all the way through the filming process (including changing the villain). Somehow they turned that into one of the best movies of the early 90s and one I just bought on 4k this year when a steelbook was released.
I've always felt like the team's previous film--- "Under Siege"--- had to have had some improv goin' on (especially with Gary Busey in the mix). And that is in no way an insult (especially with Gary Busey in the mix)... :D
I wish actors would still do that because writing in Hollywood has gone right down the tubes. Between the illogical, poor plotting and character development and the woke/feminist garbage, I don't even bother to go to the movies anymore.
“I am so stoked!” That’s why I like watching your reactions. Ive seen dozens of your vids and you always get so stoked. Just wish you could have seen them on the big screen.
This is what great filmmaking is all about. From the acting (casting was terrific), the script, the direction, camera work and editing, all top notch. Loved your reaction, simply because you don’t hide your emotions. The movie has a lot of twists and each one gripped you differently. Watching it with you was like seeing it for the first time again. Thanks!
Ahh, the great Andreas Katsulas (One armed man)...aka G'kar from Babylon 5. What a great actor he was. Also...Chicago dies the Chicago river green for St. Patrick's day...have been for over 50 years.
I love this movie. It was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid when I first saw it. It was also one of the first movies to leverage the loyalty-to-betrayal of his friend becoming one of the antagonists. It was really upsetting to littler me! I thought he had a loyal friend that would help and protect himmm 😭 It devastated me when I was a kid watching it with my mom when we rented it. But it was also a big part of why we all wanted Harrison Ford to prevail, and also a big part of what makes his success still tragic. But I know we were all proud of his other friends for publicly sticking up for him and helping him when he needed them. LOVE THIS MOVIE! So glad you had fun with it, and thank you for sharing your viewing experience!
Statistically speaking, he had an excellent chance of survival from jumping off the dam. When you account for the physics and anatomy of a human there was no way he could die being the protagonist. The odds are better than a camera man.
25:06 Love when you jumped and said "Smarter". My kind of girl. Love your reactions. It is like your a here, at my side, on my living room, watching "The Fugitive" with me.
The best part about the St. Patrick's day scene is they just filmed it during the real thing, basically on a whim. Those aren't extras - that's the real parade, Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones really did walk in the middle of it, and all the camera men were blended in the crowd (with permission, of course).
This is such a brilliant movie!! So glad you got to watch it. Of course, as a Chicagoan, I'm a bit partial. And yes, they do dye the river green every year for St. Patrick's day.
2:05 Harrison Ford's acting is AMAZING in this. Tommy Lee Jones won the Oscar for best supporting actor with this film and poor Harrison wasn't even nominated. When Tommy Lee was reciting his acceptance speech he thank this person and that person "...and of course the one man who NEEDS no support, the great Harrison Ford."
Oh how I miss the 90s! Movie after movie, so many good cinema experiencs on a Saturday afternoon followed by rushing to the stores to buy the soundtracks, from Howard's The Fugitive to Mancina's Speed & Bad Boys, Goldsmith's Total Recall, I could go on and on. These days very few movies leave me wanting to buy the soundtracks, in fact I think there's been a switch from standout music tracks to accompanying music tracks so it's like the music helps the movie along but simply doesn't stand out on it's own (at least for me anyway) I love the music in this, such a great infusion of orchestral and jazz And the movie itself, such great acting, a superb script (at the time there was a pre-release feeling that it might fail because it was a resurrected script from a long forgotten TV show) And now your wonderful reaction, talk about on the ball, you read a lot of the hints and small elements, fantastic stuff thank you and thank you again!
I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out, and it was so much fun. Everyone was laughing, cheering, gasping, and yelling at the screen at pretty much the same time, which definitely made it a very enjoyable experience.
Kimble's lawyer is played by Dick Cusask, father to both John and Joan Cusack, and also to a brother who plays the audio technician working on Kimble's phone call to his lawyer at the US Marshals HQ.
One of my favorite movies. Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance. I highly recommend the sequel, U.S. Marshals. Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role of Sam Gerard and Wesley Snipes plays the person he is hunting. Robert Downey, Jr. is in it as well.
I don't recall _any_ other movie where you find yourself rooting _both_ for the senior criminal investigator _and_ the guy he's pursuing. I mean, they're both legitimately good people.
This filmed in 1993 in my old neighborhood. I remember one morning, me and my older brother were going to school, and we stumbled upon a filming location, and we saw Harrison Ford himself coming out of a house and getting into a car and driving off.
This was the first Harrison Ford movie i saw on VHS! It's one of my favorites! Tommy Lee Jones took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as US Marshal Sam Gerard. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Keaton, Michael J. Fox, Patrick Swayze, Alec Baldwin, Nick Nolte, Kevin Costner, and Michael Douglas were considered for Richard Kimble. Jon Voight and Gene Hackman were considered for Sam Gerard.
Would've been a very different movie if Michael Jay Fox had been cast as Kimble. All the other options both (except for maybe Arnold) Kimble and Gerard, would've done admirable jobs as well though.
Classic Amy, aspiring, as always, to be the watcher on whom nothing is lost. If you rated reaction vidz on attention to detail and sheer emotional susceptibility, this is the bar at its highest -- fiery, spontaneous, nuanced. The ideal fantasy movie date.
Great reaction. A couple of tropes from the original tv series. One, Kimble always dyed his hair (he was played by handsome David Jansen) Two, he always had a slight limp, (Jansen tore a ligament the first season and had the limp for the rest of the series run) three, he always hitched and was picked up by a woman.
Fun fact - much of the dialogue was improvised/written day-by-day by the cast, especially Jones and Ford. This is one of those happy accident movies where despite production chaos it all worked out perfectly.
13:27 I can't remember how many times I've seen this film. Why did I never think of the level crossing thing? You're right! How can there be a train coming? Get ready for crash number two!
And the cop who gets shot by Sykes was played by Neil Flynn, the Janitor from Scrubs. Scrubs included that in one of their episodes where JD recognizes the Janitor while watching The Fugitive, but the Janitor denies it was him until the end of the episode.
He also plays the lead fake state tropper in "Days of Thunder" when Cole's truck & trailer gets pulled over after his first win and he gets groped by the nicest trooper I've ever seen.
That was one of the most fun Fugitive reactions I've seen. Good job!!😀😀 This is a Chicago movie through and through, starting with Harrison Ford and director Andrew Davis who set/films most of his movies there. (Davis had worked with Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pantoliano prior to this.) Other cast members from Chi-town: Jane Lynch L. Scott Caldwell (Deputy Marshall Erin Poole) Mike Bacarella (Deputy Marshall Stevens) aka "Right, no press!" Ron Dean (Chicago Police Detective) Joseph Kasala (Chicago Police Detective) Dick Cusack (Kimble's attorney) John/Joan Cusack's father. Neil Flynn (Transit cop shot on train) aka Janitor from Scrubs David Darlow (Dr. Alec Lenz) Frank Ray Perilli (lying corrections officer...from Office Space) News reporters Lester Holt and Pam Zekman and yes, we dye a portion of the river green every St. Patrick's Day.
THE FUGITIVE is actually based on the real case of Sam Sheppard. Sheppard was a doctor with a beautiful family. In the early 50s his wife was murdered. Dr. Sheppard was arrested, tried, and was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison. After 10 years he got a new attorney, a young F. Lee Bailey ( old timers will recognize the name) and was granted a new trial. Bailey took the prosecution's case apart and Sheppard was found Not Guilty. He tried going back to medicine but had lost much of his skills. He remarried but that ended in divorce. He worked different jobs and did some professional wrestling. He died in his late 40s an alcoholic. There was a TV movie made in the 70s, GUILTY OR INNOCENT THE SAM SHEPPARD MURDER CASE. The TV program, The Fugitive, starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimball, first aired in 1963. The series ran for 4 years. One of the most watched programs at the time was the last episode where the one arm man is finally caught. Interesting to note that the TV series coincides with Sheppard's new trial. It was a sad ending for Dr. Sam Sheppard.😢
Nice summary about Sam Sheppard. You are right- "The Fugitive" with David Janssen was an extremely popular TV show and I remember seeing the finale with the one-armed man.
I love the look to the camera that you gave when you talked about your mother keeping her gallbladder in the cupboard, It really made me laugh. I think we all have things that our parents do they're a little bit crazy it makes us human.
Andreas Katsulas, the actor who played the one armed man, is also very well known from the classic sci-fi series Babylon 5 as the alien G'Kar. Massive kudos to Katsulas for his powerful his performance in Babylon 5 despite heavy prosthetic makeup.
There's a story that the TV show had an alternate ending that was never shown. In the ending that was shown, the real killer has been found, and Dr Kimble and the detective are walking on the beach. The detective and him talk for a while, him saying it must be nice to finally have his name cleared, then the detective walks away, leaving the Dr. to walk off alone as the sun sets. The alternate ending is supposedly the same, except that after the detective leaves, Dr. Kimble removes his prosthetic arm and smiles. The story goes that the producers had the episode screen tested, and the test audience were so outraged they decided to never show it or even talk about it again.
Me: I see a guy with my gun that says he's innocent, doesn't shoot me, says" I'm innocent", Jumps off a Hydroelectrical damn. I am going to tend to believe him.
Tommy Lee Jones had been in films since the 70’s, yet this 1993 film is was what really made him a true bonafide star:) He just oozes fast talking Texas Charisma:) and having family there, Texas and fast talking don’t always go hand in hand:)
I think it’s more like it cemented his stardom. He had already made two big moves. The first, Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) propelled him into the limelight and the second was The Executioner’s Song (TV, 1982) where he played convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. This movie won him a prime time Emmy.
The Fugitive is a GREAT classic and more proof that the 1990s is one of the greatest decades in film history. Every actor on screen felt like a star that we would remember forever
Joey Pants is great in everything. Two films he has small roles in that are great from the 80's - Midnight Run with De Niro and Running Scared (Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines). I highly recommend both.
TLJ met Jim Carey on the set of Batman. The first thing TLJ said was “I cannot sanction your buffoonery!” That quote comes to me every time I see TLJ. Edit: corrected dumb mistake
Can you imagine something like this happening to you, and the only way you can avoid a killers fate is to stay on the run long enough to prove your innocence? Another great movie and another excellent review Ames!
Is it weird that this movie still feels to me--- like it came out the other day? Maybe it's not so weird--- when one considers just how few truly great popcorn action movies we've had like this (since the '90s). On that note--- loved the dad joke. :D EDIT (8:02): "They gonna partner up together?" Nope, that's a movie named "The Defiant Ones"! :D Love name-dropping that on this one. Oh, and Joey Pants? Ya *GOTTA WATCH* "Bound." This movie is excellent, but--- "Bound" is just truly off-the-chain...
Luv Tommy Lee Jones in this movie! He has great leadership in his US Marshall role! His best line: "I want a hard target search of every gas station wearhouse, farm house outhouse and doghouse in a six mile radius!" Very thorough and direct. Wouldn't want him after me! 😂 Great reaction to a great movie! Thanks for sharing Ames ❤️💛
Also great is Jake Gyllenhaal's impression of Harrison Ford as Richard Kimble. The video is called "Jake Gyllenhaal Answers Ellen's 'Burning Questions'."
I really enjoy your reactions to some of these great and / or classic films!! Your appreciation of the techniques used and the individual performances is impressive, and your overall enthusiasm is really fun to see. You're also a pretty good sleuth!! Peace and love to you. ❤😊
One of my dad’s favorites and therefore one of mine. Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious in this film. Besides his “I don’t care” line, I get a laugh every time I think of him saying “hen house, cat house” and that Harrison did a Peter Pan haha
The Train crash was filmed in Dillsboro, North Carolina (Vaguely near Asheville). The little river there, visible in a few shots, is called the Tuckasegee. The bus and train wrecks remain there to this day. Very cool place to visit. The dam is the Cheoah Dam, about an hour away.
This is one of those movies that, when you're surfing channels looking for something to watch, you stop on; even if it's half over. 💪🏽😍🤩
Lol, agreed. This and Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, The Mummy. AMC practically thrives on it.
Don't be such a pessimist - it's not half over, it's half beginning
@@TheIronDuke9 I see where you're going, but it being half over means I missed part of it, which is a bummer. 👍🏽😁
I’ve done that several times!!
It's a really great film until the final act. It kind of falls apart at the end with the silly fight between Nichols and Kimball.
The train crash scene was famously (at the time) made by crashing a real train, no CGI. After filming, instead of cleaning up the wreckage, the locals turned it into a movie museum that you can visit today.
Today the scenes of action movies are so boring, pure CGI, they look like a video game, that's why I miss the 80s and 90s, that in the absence of that technology they had to film the scenes in a real way like the train crash in this movie and I remember in Demolition Man and Lethal Weapon 3 exploding and demolishing real buildings in scenes of those movies and in Face Off and Speed crashing and exploding real airplanes. Times that will never come back, filming in that way is too expensive for today and with CGI they prefer to go easy and less expensive. That's why these old movies are relics of a way of filming that no longer exists.
However some of it is miniature, since they only had one shot at the real thing and it didn't go quite how they wanted.
The train is also a riff on Indiana Jones, with the big stone rolling after him.
What's left of the train can be visited outside Dillsboro NC.
I came here to say something similar. My grandmother lived in Bryson city North Carolina. A few places around town are in the movie including the restaurant she worked at during filming, Nabers. They also had several versions of the bus that was hit by the train on display for a long time.
Kimble must have the same lawyer as Andy DuFrense
Haha
Dufresne. ^^
Kimble should have exercised his right to remain silent. He's a fool.
@@docsavage8640 they still had the recording of his wife saying 'Richard, he's trying to kill me'. That was pretty harsh evidence. You have to wonder though with all the power and wealth Devlin Macgregor had, if Kimble's lawyer wasn't paid off.
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Often goes under the radar, but U.S Marshalls is a sequel to this.
but it's nowhere near as good as this one
@@dynamicdave2647 Its not as good but its still an oklay film.
@@dynamicdave2647 I agree. I loved it, but this movie is an instant classic.
Btw, get yourself a Glock and lose that nickel plated sissy pistol.
Wow I never knew that. Need to watch that soon, thanks!
I think double indemnity is a sequel to that.
The team that plays the Marshals, with Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pantoliano, was so good in this movie there was a spinoff made called US Marshals.
"Care to revise your statement, sir?"
"What?"
"Do you want to change your bulls*it story, sir?"
One of my absolute favorites. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones were top game
"I didn't kill my wife!"
"I don't care!"
Perfect example of how an antagonist doesn't have to be a villain.
And the fact that, because they're at a loud dam, they have to yell their lines at each other, gives the mundane dialog a lot of much-needed punch.
I see what you did with DAM Good!
Except Kimball is the antagonist.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver No, Dr. Kimball is the protagonist; Deputy Gerard is the antagonist
@@RideAcrossTheRiverwhat? Lol. Imagine being this confidently wrong.
This movie (actually the TV series) was inspired by the Sam Sheppard case in Bay Village (a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio) in 1954. He was tried and convicted in the Cleveland newspapers even before the trial started, but he was eventually acquitted in 1966. The case was a circus in the courtroom. He died in 1970.
What a great share! I lived in Cleveland for a time and was familiar with that case. So few know, awesome trivia tid bit!!
Probably the best example of making a movie from a TV series I've ever seen!
I was born in Bay Village (technically Lakewood hospital)shortly afterwards. It was the one thing that made our little town famous.
Cleveland in the house.
There was a good TV movie made about the Sheppard case in the 70s starring George Peppard.
Julianne Moore was originally supposed to have a much larger role in the film as a love interest for Kimble who would aid him. It was decided that as Kimble was still mourning his wife and searching for her killer, it sorta would demean that if he so quickly hooked up with another woman, and so the role was made much smaller
That’s cool! I thought she was gunna help him or something!!! Glad they cut that out
Good call, that would've been so dumb.
That does make sense, given how important she seems for a few minutes.
Interesting, thanks! Psychologically, it would've fit, in terms of people often attempting to escape intense emotions, including grief, with distraction. But this movie was already 130 jam-packed minutes, so, in addition to keeping Kimble's motivations and character a bit more straightforward, I can see why it got cut.
Kinda wastes Julianne Moore, though. I'm happy to see her in anything, but she didn't really get to spread her wings here, which is always a shame. Ah, well!
She’s still pretty high in the credits. At the time i wondered why that was.
This movie did a great job of condensing the original show into a really well paced story.
Also, I still quote the “I don’t care” line from this so often. His delivery of it is one of my favorite in any movie 😂
Thanks for another great reaction!
I work in a lot of industrial buildings, waterworks, concrete mazes not unlike the insides of that dam. So I quote "There's no way out of here." a lot.
Everyone forgets, but at the time Tommy Lee Jones was just a B-list character actor and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor which launched him into the stratosphere. He also improvised most of his lines, and probably deserved a second screenwriting Oscar for making Sam Gerard such a powerful character.
Before The Fugitive TLJ was mostly just known for playing the villain in Under Siege.
@@joemckim1183go back before that to “The Park is Mine”, first movie I remember seeing him in.
@@c1ph3rpunk Now that I think bout it I also saw Tommy in the movie JFK. But The Fugitive is the movie that made him a guy that could have his name above the titles.
He was a powerhouse in The Coal Minor's Daughter and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in that movie - that's when he made his mark as an important actor on par with Robert Duvall
@@TheIronDuke9 Yeah he was definitely on the map as far as being acknowledged for his ability as an actor. But still he was a character actor until the early 90s.
If you ❤️ this Harrison Ford movie, you'll love him in "Presumed Innocent". One of the most intellectually stimulating "who done it" movies ever!
That film was an inspiration for Batman The Long Halloween comic! Along with Godfather :)
Also the amazing (first act of) Witness
I really liked him in Frantic too!
If you really like Harrison Ford then you should watch Regarding Henry.
Witness (1985) is awesome. More reaction channels should feature that movie.
The "I don't care" line was invented by Tommy Lee Jones. The original line was something else (Jones would try and appease Ford's character instead, since he had a gun pointed at him), but Jones thought it would better fit his character to reply: "I don't care". Which kind of summed up his personality and mission a lot better. He wasn't there to put Ford on trial. He was there to catch a fugitive.
I love that, for most of this movie, there isn't really even an antagonist. Tommy Lee Jone's character isn't a bad guy. And if we didn't know that Harrison Ford was innocent, Jones would actually be viewed as the protagonist. The fact that both characters are portrayed in a sympathetic light, and both of them are likable was well executed. It would have been easy to have a cliche of an merciless, villainous, corrupt cop coming after him. Or, and perhaps worse, a cop that was complacent or unintelligent. But Tommy Lee Jones, while certainly driven, is none of those things. And Jones' performance was incredible; he stole this whole movie, and how good does your performance has to be to steal the show from Harrison Ford?
>>>The "I don't care" line was invented by Tommy Lee Jones.
That line wasn't invented.
I said it in 1982.
@@voodoochile333 I copyrighted that line in 1981. 😂
The original line was “That’s not my problem!”
@@SciTrekMan That's interesting. Saying it's not his problem is basically the same sentiment, but for some reason it sounds more like an asshole thing to say. "I don't care" is somehow more to the point but sympathetic. I can't describe why it's better but it is. That's why Tommy Lee Jones is such a damn brilliant actor.
lol "I just loved him as Two Face in Batman" is a wild statement to hear about Tommy Lee Jones when watching this.
Yeah... I was sitting here thinking: I hope TLJ never sees this video. :D
If you listen, she says “I just loved him as Two Face in Batman Forever.” Forever is the key part I don’t think you caught. It’s a film from 1995, and you guessed it. TLJ plays Two Face.
@@thebluesmurfdude i think everyone knows that, he just famously hated that role
@@danholmesfilm Yup. ^ This.
@@thebluesmurfdude lol I hope nobody is thinking I thought he was in the Nolan films or something. I'll spell out the funny part: he's been in a TON of far better movies, so referencing that one is...a choice.
The squeak you let out when Kimble jumped had me LMFAO 🤣
It's so difficult to describe how iconic so much of this movie was at the time, some of these scenes, the train hitting the bus, the dive off the dam, Tommy Lee Jones list of houses were borderline definitive of filmmaking at the time.
And by using a group of experienced supporting actors... in rewatching this film, we see those folks shine, keeping the pace high when the Stars are not on-screen. Outstanding work.
@@emwa3600 A couple things bothered me; the way they portray the Chicago cops as total ignoramuses grated on my nerves. In my experience it's the Feds who are the real assholes. Local cops aren't all idiot-dunces like they were portrayed.
Great 90's quotes besides "I Don't Care":
“You Can't Handle The Truth!” (Jack) "Show Me The Money" (Jerry Maguire) "There's No Crying In Baseball" (Hanks) "It's Naht A Toomah!" (Arnie) "D'Oh!" (Homer)
"I'm your Huckleberry" (Val Kilmer)
@@BrokeSpike 💯 Great one 👍✌
Girl, you're awesome. I was watching your old videos and I realized why I like your reactions: it's because you're an actress and you're very expressive ❤
Tommy Lee Jones’ acting job as Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard was liked so much Sam Gerard’s character got his own spin off movie called “US Marshals.” Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role. Also Robert Downy Jr and Wesley Snipes are in it.
US Marshals is really, really good and well worth watching in its own right.
@@richardzinns5676 Yeah, and the same actors are in.
final episode of tv's The Fugitive ,where one armed man is caught was TV's biggest audience of its time.
Great selection! That was a fun watchalong with you. Great editing job too!
"I don't care" being one of the classic lines of the 90s but also a great statement about rule of law
Well, it's utterly irrelevant at that time.
@@docsavage8640 But it's important. He's not supposed to care.
@@docsavage8640 But not now.
that line was improvised by Tommy Lee too
37:45 Sykes gave himself away by saying "Do you see him in the pictures? I told you I don't know him!" If he really didn't know, he wouldn't remember if Kimble was among the guests on some random fishing trip. He knew Kimble isn't in the pictures, because he knew exactly who Kimble is, and who were present on the trip. You can see how Gerard gives him a look when he says that
Skyes is played by the legendary Andreas Katsulas. My other favorite performance from him is in Star Trek: The Next Generation where he played Romulan Commander Tomulak. His episodes where he appears are definitely worth watching.
@@MoarCargoNG Watch him in Babylon 5 - G'Kar is a fantastic character.
Gerard knew he was full of shit, or at least suspected it. We've already scene up till now he earned the nickname "bloodhound" because he can sniff out crap and very little gets past him. Sykes little comment probably only confirmed the suspicion that was growing in Gerard's mind.
42:20 OMG It's the Janitor! 😲
What janitor, what are you talking about? Ohhh, THE Janitor! Yes, sure, sure!
@@ExtraSqueaky from Scrubs
@@ExtraSqueaky Dr. Jan Itor.
As a person having participated in the process of (movie) performances. I appreciate and value your insights from that.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Thank u!!!!
Tommy Lee Jones is a beast in this.
And US Marshall. Imo
Academy Award, right?
The guy that calls him Wyatt Earp wasn't far off lol
Indeed! He won Best Supporting Actor for this role.@motorcycleboy9000
He's great in one of his first roles in Rolling Thunder also.
This is one of my go to "watch anytime" films. Amazing cast and such a somber score.
Stories like this are reminders of why you never voluntarily agree to an interview by the police. And if you're under arrest, you shut up and request a lawyer. Anything important about your case, you share with your attorney and no one else.
Cops will take the most innocent thing you say and use it against you. Their job is to get busts, not find out the truth. The DA's job is the same.
According to several people involved with the film, the original script was awful and the cast essentially did rewrites all the way through the filming process (including changing the villain). Somehow they turned that into one of the best movies of the early 90s and one I just bought on 4k this year when a steelbook was released.
I've always felt like the team's previous film--- "Under Siege"--- had to have had some improv goin' on (especially with Gary Busey in the mix). And that is in no way an insult (especially with Gary Busey in the mix)... :D
Tommy Lee Jones improvised most of his lines. He deserved an Oscar for writing for making Deputy Girard such a powerful character.
I wish actors would still do that because writing in Hollywood has gone right down the tubes. Between the illogical, poor plotting and character development and the woke/feminist garbage, I don't even bother to go to the movies anymore.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Sounds like you'll be missed.
:D :D :D
Iirc, pretty much all of the Marshals improvised their dialog.
"NOT COSMO!!" 😂 That's Joey Pants, Joe Pantoliano, probably a top 5 all-time character actor.
He was great in the underrated Wachowski film "Bound".
@@cluster_f1575That’s an amazing film. Loved it.
It's clearly Ralph Cifaretto.
@@definitelynotanAIchatbot "But Tony, she was a whoo-ah."
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 A. She hit me
“I am so stoked!” That’s why I like watching your reactions. Ive seen dozens of your vids and you always get so stoked. Just wish you could have seen them on the big screen.
Ford sprained his ankle jumping from the bus.
Way worse - he tore knee ligaments. Then the stubborn dude refused surgery until they wrapped. That's why he's running with a limp all movie long.
@@d112cons Damn, I once tore *one* ligament which made my knee blow up like a balloon for two weeks and I couldn't move.
Sequel is called U.S. Marshals and is very good. Tommy Lee and his crew are back. Also stars Wesley Snipes & Robert Downey Jr.
Tommy Lee Jones was so good in this movie they made a spin-off movie just for him called US Marshall’s.
This is what great filmmaking is all about. From the acting (casting was terrific), the script, the direction, camera work and editing, all top notch.
Loved your reaction, simply because you don’t hide your emotions. The movie has a lot of twists and each one gripped you differently. Watching it with you was like seeing it for the first time again. Thanks!
Fantastic post-film commentary!!! So well-articulated! Totally agree! Haven't seen this since the 90s and really enjoyed seeing it again!
Ahh, the great Andreas Katsulas (One armed man)...aka G'kar from Babylon 5. What a great actor he was.
Also...Chicago dies the Chicago river green for St. Patrick's day...have been for over 50 years.
Also a major Star Trek TNG villain, the Romulan Commander Tomalak
I love this movie. It was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid when I first saw it. It was also one of the first movies to leverage the loyalty-to-betrayal of his friend becoming one of the antagonists. It was really upsetting to littler me! I thought he had a loyal friend that would help and protect himmm 😭 It devastated me when I was a kid watching it with my mom when we rented it. But it was also a big part of why we all wanted Harrison Ford to prevail, and also a big part of what makes his success still tragic. But I know we were all proud of his other friends for publicly sticking up for him and helping him when he needed them. LOVE THIS MOVIE! So glad you had fun with it, and thank you for sharing your viewing experience!
Statistically speaking, he had an excellent chance of survival from jumping off the dam. When you account for the physics and anatomy of a human there was no way he could die being the protagonist. The odds are better than a camera man.
My Mom’s favorite movie of all time. And I loved it as well. That music was incredible. Last year, we watched the original series. It was worth it
I am curiously jealous over your foaming at the mouth for Harrison and his beard! I knew you were a hearbreaker! Ha!
25:06 Love when you jumped and said "Smarter". My kind of girl. Love your reactions. It is like your a here, at my side, on my living room, watching "The Fugitive" with me.
Thanks for watching!!!
The best part about the St. Patrick's day scene is they just filmed it during the real thing, basically on a whim. Those aren't extras - that's the real parade, Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones really did walk in the middle of it, and all the camera men were blended in the crowd (with permission, of course).
And yes Chicago dyes the river green for St Patty's!
This is such a brilliant movie!! So glad you got to watch it. Of course, as a Chicagoan, I'm a bit partial. And yes, they do dye the river green every year for St. Patrick's day.
Tremendous effort to condense 120 tv episodes into two hours. Kudos to everybody. Glad you got to experience this.
2:05 Harrison Ford's acting is AMAZING in this. Tommy Lee Jones won the Oscar for best supporting actor with this film and poor Harrison wasn't even nominated. When Tommy Lee was reciting his acceptance speech he thank this person and that person "...and of course the one man who NEEDS no support, the great Harrison Ford."
You should watch " Pressumed Innocent " with Harrison Ford.
Oh how I miss the 90s!
Movie after movie, so many good cinema experiencs on a Saturday afternoon followed by rushing to the stores to buy the soundtracks, from Howard's The Fugitive to Mancina's Speed & Bad Boys, Goldsmith's Total Recall, I could go on and on.
These days very few movies leave me wanting to buy the soundtracks, in fact I think there's been a switch from standout music tracks to accompanying music tracks so it's like the music helps the movie along but simply doesn't stand out on it's own (at least for me anyway)
I love the music in this, such a great infusion of orchestral and jazz
And the movie itself, such great acting, a superb script (at the time there was a pre-release feeling that it might fail because it was a resurrected script from a long forgotten TV show)
And now your wonderful reaction, talk about on the ball, you read a lot of the hints and small elements, fantastic stuff thank you and thank you again!
Props to Ames for the perfect recreation of that iconic key scene!
I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out, and it was so much fun. Everyone was laughing, cheering, gasping, and yelling at the screen at pretty much the same time, which definitely made it a very enjoyable experience.
Do did I.
Kimble's lawyer is played by Dick Cusask, father to both John and Joan Cusack, and also to a brother who plays the audio technician working on Kimble's phone call to his lawyer at the US Marshals HQ.
Also Bill Cusak, he was on Gerard's team, I think he did the call tracing/recordings.
One of my favorite movies. Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance. I highly recommend the sequel, U.S. Marshals. Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role of Sam Gerard and Wesley Snipes plays the person he is hunting. Robert Downey, Jr. is in it as well.
I don't recall _any_ other movie where you find yourself rooting _both_ for the senior criminal investigator _and_ the guy he's pursuing. I mean, they're both legitimately good people.
One of my all-time faves since childhood.
Indeed, Kimble was DAMMED one way or the other, so he figured "What the hell..." 😉
This filmed in 1993 in my old neighborhood. I remember one morning, me and my older brother were going to school, and we stumbled upon a filming location, and we saw Harrison Ford himself coming out of a house and getting into a car and driving off.
That's a cool memory.
Excellent film. The pacing, tension, performances - all top notch.
This was the first Harrison Ford movie i saw on VHS!
It's one of my favorites!
Tommy Lee Jones took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as US Marshal Sam Gerard.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Keaton, Michael J. Fox, Patrick Swayze, Alec Baldwin, Nick Nolte, Kevin Costner, and Michael Douglas were considered for Richard Kimble.
Jon Voight and Gene Hackman were considered for Sam Gerard.
lol, my first Harrison Ford movie was Star Wars, ( Hans Solo) the original, in the theatre as a kid in the 70's. lol
Would've been a very different movie if Michael Jay Fox had been cast as Kimble. All the other options both (except for maybe Arnold) Kimble and Gerard, would've done admirable jobs as well though.
Classic Amy, aspiring, as always, to be the watcher on whom nothing is lost. If you rated reaction vidz on attention to detail and sheer emotional susceptibility, this is the bar at its highest -- fiery, spontaneous, nuanced. The ideal fantasy movie date.
Thanks issadad 😂😂😂❤️
This movie NEVER gets old.
I loved it!
What a fantastic and atmospheric movie. You're watching some real beauty's lately lol
Another great Harrison Ford movie you’d enjoy is Frantic. It’s a thriller, mystery set in Paris, directed by Roman Polanski.
Great reaction. A couple of tropes from the original tv series. One, Kimble always dyed his hair (he was played by handsome David Jansen) Two, he always had a slight limp, (Jansen tore a ligament the first season and had the limp for the rest of the series run) three, he always hitched and was picked up by a woman.
Dam good. Glad to see you diving into the dad jokes.
Good one, Ames! This was a fun rewatch with you. Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂
Fun fact - much of the dialogue was improvised/written day-by-day by the cast, especially Jones and Ford. This is one of those happy accident movies where despite production chaos it all worked out perfectly.
And partially why the sequel and an attempts to adapt this film again sucks.
13:27 I can't remember how many times I've seen this film. Why did I never think of the level crossing thing? You're right! How can there be a train coming? Get ready for crash number two!
Fun fact; that sheriff that Tommy Lee Jones dresses down would later go on to play a US Marshal on the show Justified, a show I highly recommend.
I've watched The Fugitive a lot and loved Justified. Never put 2+2 together til now. Thanks!
And the cop who gets shot by Sykes was played by Neil Flynn, the Janitor from Scrubs. Scrubs included that in one of their episodes where JD recognizes the Janitor while watching The Fugitive, but the Janitor denies it was him until the end of the episode.
Nick Searcy also plays Tom Hanks buddy in Cast Away.
He also plays the lead fake state tropper in "Days of Thunder" when Cole's truck & trailer gets pulled over after his first win and he gets groped by the nicest trooper I've ever seen.
@@joemckim1183 He is also the abusive husband in Fried Green Tomatoes.
That was one of the most fun Fugitive reactions I've seen. Good job!!😀😀
This is a Chicago movie through and through, starting with Harrison Ford and director Andrew Davis who set/films most of his movies there. (Davis had worked with Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pantoliano prior to this.)
Other cast members from Chi-town:
Jane Lynch
L. Scott Caldwell (Deputy Marshall Erin Poole)
Mike Bacarella (Deputy Marshall Stevens) aka "Right, no press!"
Ron Dean (Chicago Police Detective)
Joseph Kasala (Chicago Police Detective)
Dick Cusack (Kimble's attorney) John/Joan Cusack's father.
Neil Flynn (Transit cop shot on train) aka Janitor from Scrubs
David Darlow (Dr. Alec Lenz)
Frank Ray Perilli (lying corrections officer...from Office Space)
News reporters Lester Holt and Pam Zekman
and yes, we dye a portion of the river green every St. Patrick's Day.
THE FUGITIVE is actually based on the real case of Sam Sheppard. Sheppard was a doctor with a beautiful family. In the early 50s his wife was murdered. Dr. Sheppard was arrested, tried, and was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison. After 10 years he got a new attorney, a young F. Lee Bailey ( old timers will recognize the name) and was granted a new trial. Bailey took the prosecution's case apart and Sheppard was found Not Guilty. He tried going back to medicine but had lost much of his skills. He remarried but that ended in divorce. He worked different jobs and did some professional wrestling. He died in his late 40s an alcoholic. There was a TV movie made in the 70s, GUILTY OR INNOCENT THE SAM SHEPPARD MURDER CASE. The TV program, The Fugitive, starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimball, first aired in 1963. The series ran for 4 years. One of the most watched programs at the time was the last episode where the one arm man is finally caught. Interesting to note that the TV series coincides with Sheppard's new trial. It was a sad ending for Dr. Sam Sheppard.😢
Nice summary about Sam Sheppard. You are right- "The Fugitive" with David Janssen was an extremely popular TV show and I remember seeing the finale with the one-armed man.
in 1997 DNA evidence finally absolved him - too little, too late. RIP
@@jollyrodgers7272 Thanks for the heads up. I recall hearing something about that. My memory is not as sharp as it used to be.
I love the look to the camera that you gave when you talked about your mother keeping her gallbladder in the cupboard, It really made me laugh. I think we all have things that our parents do they're a little bit crazy it makes us human.
My favorite Ford movie not counting Indy or Star Wars.
Andreas Katsulas, the actor who played the one armed man, is also very well known from the classic sci-fi series Babylon 5 as the alien G'Kar.
Massive kudos to Katsulas for his powerful his performance in Babylon 5 despite heavy prosthetic makeup.
There's a story that the TV show had an alternate ending that was never shown. In the ending that was shown, the real killer has been found, and Dr Kimble and the detective are walking on the beach. The detective and him talk for a while, him saying it must be nice to finally have his name cleared, then the detective walks away, leaving the Dr. to walk off alone as the sun sets.
The alternate ending is supposedly the same, except that after the detective leaves, Dr. Kimble removes his prosthetic arm and smiles. The story goes that the producers had the episode screen tested, and the test audience were so outraged they decided to never show it or even talk about it again.
That's quite a bit of Hollywood lore ya got there! 😉
That ending would not have made any sense because there was never a hint that Kimble has a prosthetic arm throughout the series.
OMG you killed me w the Tom Smakowski call out, "It was a Jump-to-Conclusions-Mat!", as I didn't make that connection either.
Me: I see a guy with my gun that says he's innocent, doesn't shoot me, says" I'm innocent",
Jumps off a Hydroelectrical damn.
I am going to tend to believe him.
44k views! I’m so proud and happy for your growth! Keep doing “you” cuz you are amazing 💜
Tommy Lee Jones had been in films since the 70’s, yet this 1993 film is was what really made him a true bonafide star:) He just oozes fast talking Texas Charisma:) and having family there, Texas and fast talking don’t always go hand in hand:)
I think it’s more like it cemented his stardom. He had already made two big moves. The first, Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) propelled him into the limelight and the second was The Executioner’s Song (TV, 1982) where he played convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. This movie won him a prime time Emmy.
@@j.e.anderson6013 Ah, so true. I also loved him Rolling Thunder, and The Park is Mine:)
Dirty laundry gets cleaned in the laundry room and I think that’s a good thing. 😊
The Fugitive is a GREAT classic and more proof that the 1990s is one of the greatest decades in film history. Every actor on screen felt like a star that we would remember forever
Average movie.
@@voodoochile333 Says you
@@LukeLovesRose and every other person with taste.
@@voodoochile333 LMAO. What is your taste in movies?
@@LukeLovesRose a much better movie than this is Leprechaun 5:Back in the Hood
Joey Pants is great in everything. Two films he has small roles in that are great from the 80's - Midnight Run with De Niro and Running Scared (Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines). I highly recommend both.
TLJ met Jim Carey on the set of Batman. The first thing TLJ said was “I cannot sanction your buffoonery!” That quote comes to me every time I see TLJ.
Edit: corrected dumb mistake
Do you mean TLJ?
@@evilpenguinmas yes, I do. What a dumb mistake. Thank you.
Did you witness him say that or did you just hear about it?
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 There are several interviews where Jim tells the story. I didn't make it up. Lol
Great script, great direction and great acting. A good old fashion Hollywood action movie!
"nothing good ever happens in the laundry room"
lol soooo.... I'll just let that one pass
Can you imagine something like this happening to you, and the only way you can avoid a killers fate is to stay on the run long enough to prove your innocence? Another great movie and another excellent review Ames!
Is it weird that this movie still feels to me--- like it came out the other day?
Maybe it's not so weird--- when one considers just how few truly great popcorn action movies we've had like this (since the '90s).
On that note--- loved the dad joke. :D
EDIT (8:02): "They gonna partner up together?" Nope, that's a movie named "The Defiant Ones"! :D Love name-dropping that on this one.
Oh, and Joey Pants? Ya *GOTTA WATCH* "Bound." This movie is excellent, but--- "Bound" is just truly off-the-chain...
Luv Tommy Lee Jones in this movie! He has great leadership in his US Marshall role! His best line: "I want a hard target search of every gas station wearhouse, farm house outhouse and doghouse in a six mile radius!" Very thorough and direct. Wouldn't want him after me! 😂 Great reaction to a great movie! Thanks for sharing Ames ❤️💛
Sometimes I rewatch this classic. Sometimes I just pull up John Mulaney randomly describing it beat for beat in the middle of an unrelated joke.
Also great is Jake Gyllenhaal's impression of Harrison Ford as Richard Kimble. The video is called "Jake Gyllenhaal Answers Ellen's 'Burning Questions'."
It's a classic, and 1 they would air on tv frequently in the 90s.
Awesome reaction of my favorite Harrison Ford movie!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I really enjoy your reactions to some of these great and / or classic films!! Your appreciation of the techniques used and the individual performances is impressive, and your overall enthusiasm is really fun to see. You're also a pretty good sleuth!! Peace and love to you. ❤😊
"Witness" one of my favorite Harrison Forf roles
33:21 If I remember correctly, that was like an impromptu "search" film shoot randomly while a parade happened to be going on.
I love this movie.
One of my dad’s favorites and therefore one of mine. Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious in this film. Besides his “I don’t care” line, I get a laugh every time I think of him saying “hen house, cat house” and that Harrison did a Peter Pan haha
Right!!!
DAM Right!!!
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Thanks!
Thank you ❤️
Ames is the best 😃💙
The Train crash was filmed in Dillsboro, North Carolina (Vaguely near Asheville). The little river there, visible in a few shots, is called the Tuckasegee. The bus and train wrecks remain there to this day. Very cool place to visit.
The dam is the Cheoah Dam, about an hour away.
DAM good? What’s with the dad jokes? 😂
Please watch *Arlington Road* starring *Jeff Bridges* and *Tim Robbins* 👍🏼
Yes! Good choice!
I love this film and seem to come back to it again and again. Just a beautiful little gem that deserves new audiences. Love your reaction :D