why you think? it exposes white america for what it was back then and what it still is today. white america dont want these kind of movies. they dont want the truth, they want to lie and make up shit on how white america is always the savior.
sinkingships offools Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit, You will see A COUPLE of white people at the BLM marches, All of a sudden, White people as a whole aren't racist? White America doesn't give a fuck about black people, You even know this, and if they did really care, They'd really at least TRY to help us clean our communities. But they don't do that, Because instead of it being an 'American' Problem, It's a black problem. Just like when crack hit inner cities, They where locking up DRUG ADDICTS for a gram, The 1\100 rule, For every gram of crack, You'd get 100 years, We were being called thugs, Animals, So on and so fourth. But as soon as Heroin his the white suburbs, All of a sudden 'Its a disease' 'They need jail not rehab', F.O.H!!!!
sinkingships offools Lls, 😂😂😂😂 Weak ass argument, First of all, How did Cocaine and crack get into our neighborhoods, When a there is a Lack of resources? (Jobs, School, Etc) Secondly, You never EVEN responded to the fact that America treats the Opioid crisis overdoses (Which is perdomently white) as a disease and not CRIMINALIZING the white drug addicts like they did Black people in the 80's. The fuck 😂😂😂😂😂
@@ryanloftis1125 ironically that was part of the criticism. White critics wanted some prison minstrel show and didn't seem to like the brutal honesty of the reality of what Black men went through in the Deep South.
When you spend that many years with a select group of people it doesn’t matter if your a prisoner or a guard they were like a family at that point in a (sense.)
XxBringBackThePastxX look it’s no Sofia’s Choice but it’s horribly sad. A man has to be in prison to be accepted for who he is, and then decides to kill himself then be free and deal with the treatment he will receive
I was a prison supervisor for about 15 years. I had MANY inmates come talk to me about their fears and what they faced pending release. Being institutionalized is real. And it happens to staff as well.
Biscuit figured as a black gay man in the south and an ex-con at that, he was a dead man walking, so he decided to at least go out on his own terms. The guards knew this and that's why they didn't kill jangeleg for crossing the gun line so he could say goodbye. Also, by the look on claud's face u knew he realized he and ray were never leaving jail.
He should've been happy that he was getting pardoned and FINALLY leaving the farm...but he was worried that he wouldn't be accepted by anybody...including his Mother...as a gay man (which wasn't a good thing to be in those days.) When Can't Get Right left jail, it finally sunk in for Claude that he and Ray are never getting out of jail and they are gonna spend the rest of their lives there.
@@American-Zero that's when everything started changing in the prison they all were getting along and having fun but his death started to divide everyone til they died
I love how at 2:01 Bob screams “Biscuit!!!” Indicating it he doesn’t stop will shoot him. But at 2:04 you literally see him hold back and become hesitate because he never was going to actually shoot him.
At 1:52, the White Prison Guard, first use the Racist term "Boy" to exert authority. But at 1:55, you can clearly hear him being scared at what Biscuit is doing, knowing that Biscuit would be killed once he crossed that line. This movie a unique piece of movie. Should never be considered as just a "comedy", but a clear balance of comedy , drama and thought provoking. I'am glad the White Guard was not just made into a cliche Racist asshole, but as an actual human being.
yea man just shows that even though racism was real back then, they all liked eachother. were together in the same hole. this is the saddest part of the entire movie
RejectedSpiritX That showed that despite the tough guy posturing they still had hearts. Like when Ray and Claude were leaving the prison and the Warden said that he wouldn't miss them but then he couldn't speak for a moment because he knew that both Ray and Claude meant a lot to him.
@@allencollins1617 yeah, real phony. That smile didn’t even reach his eyes. He was hurting inside but smiled anyway to hide his pain and make dude think he was okay.
A sad harsh reality. Sometimes the only real freedom can only be found in death biscuit thought it was the only way. Being a gay Black man in the 40's and in the south has tons of pressure in the mind. 😔😔😔
What's even sadder is how we're in 2019 and ppl are still being discriminated against for their skin color or who they choose to love! It's usually the ones who have lots of skeletons in their closets but feels that if they shame and judge other human beings....somehow it'll make the stuff they've done in the past, better. My grandma raised me to look past whatever's on a person's outside and only care about how good they are/if they're good? To each his own and if I'm not paying their bills, it's none of my business how they live because it's not my place to judge. If u treat me with respect, I'm going to treat u the same damn way! 💯🤗💖
@ominous jack Really?! They ended it so it doesn't exist anymore. Seriously take this subject serious racism and homosexuality is still alive and well like it always has been don't be so damn close minded to this shit.
Mahlik Thomas they knew he was getting out too so there was no reason to run away out of all the other prisoners and it shocked them because they knew he wanted to get shot out of all things.
Kennedy Wilson that’s exactly what I thought.. before this scene I thought hoppin bob was just as bad a nigga as Samuel l Jackson’s character in django unchained
I agree! It has it’s funny moments but all of the failed attenpts at them leaving was depressing to me. To many people, the ending was worth it, but that wasn’t enough for me. I wanted justice to be served and their names to be cleared.
I wanted them to be released while they were still young, when they started aging in prison that was depressing as hell, their youth wasted in prison on a bogus charge.
😢😢 he didn't want his mother to see him gay. Awe! There's alot of Biscuits in prison. Men's and women's. I think his mother would've still been happy to see him, he was ashamed! Awe😢
Afraid of the Unknown & the Endless Possibilities & What if's that his Momma & Society would think about him, Anxiety & your mind can really mess with you 💯.
This was one of the few times that a male black lgbt character in the 90s was shown in a positive light. His death literally affected the entire tone of the movie.
Wow....so Biscuit was about to get paroled, even though he skinned his landlady alive and made a jacket out of her? But Claude and Ray never got parole? That kinda sucks, lol
Biscuit was like Brooks from Shawshank Redemption. He was institutionalized. Plus there was no LGBT or any support group for gay men. He was between a rock and a hard place.
I remember shedding a tear to this when I first watched it as a kid 😿 because his character reminded me of my older cousin ~ playful, rough exterior, but sensitive inside ❤️ ~ sad to say the world hasn’t changed! There’s still prejudices against gays amongst families 💕 and the world 🌎
Just so we're clear: Nipsey didnt shoot Biscuit. The guard accross from him in the lookout-tower shot him. Katz in the comment section keep sayin Nipsey fired but Naw Sun! If you watch close, right before the gunshot, the camera pans away from Nipsey and focuses at the lookout-tower, then they show that guard fire the shot. Nipsey hesitated out of compassion for Biscuit. Its a beautiful moment when you add everything up. Pay attention yall.
I was thinking the same thing! I wish they had given the name behind that beautiful voice. A few ppl are giving out names, but none of their voices match at all.
First Friday was a classic film. Next Friday kind of lost that charm of the first but was still good. Friday After Next was a joke. Way too cartoony and over-the-top.
Believe it or not Life is in my top 5 movies of all time, and to me is a great movie of comedy and drama. Like I always say, Kevin Hart can be in 100 movies. He still has yet to have a classic movie quality over quantity.
This is what institutionalisation means... he was probably locked up when he was in his late teens and spent 10 or so years in the prison or more... This is what happens when people are locked up for too long they simply get adjusted to the prison life and refuse to be released. It is a sad thing but for some people, it is easier to live in prison then to get out in the world .... they are cared for in prison food, clothing, roof over their heads, routine and they don't have to worry about real problems rest of us do. Paying bills, finding a job etc... he was probably also ashamed to go back to his mother a former convict. It's a sad thing and a really serious issue that some people who prefer staying in prison then returning to the real world... it tells you that something is really wrong with the society today.
Alex S it wasn’t that he was ashamed of going back to his mother a former convict, he was ashamed of going back to her as a gay man. That’s why he kept telling Ray “I can’t go home to my momma like this” he was scared of getting disowned & rejected.
Sadly, many ex-cons today do not get rehabilitated. They function in a prison system long enough to "follow orders" until they can get back to the free world. For some, prison is a revolving cycle. It is more prudent to educate a prisoner than to keep a prisoner locked up. Either way, society is paying $$$ for their care. Pipeline to prison...smh.
@@isaiahwasabi1381 He turned gay. This was 1945. He knew that getting out of prison, he wouldn't be accepted for what he was. Its like Billy The Blue Ranger. Power Ranger fans accept David Yost for coming out and being gay, but in the 90s on the set of MMPR, he faced so much bigotry and hate for his sexuality.
Biscuit became Institutionalized/Fact he was Gay when you spend a lot of time inside Jail/Prison you become used to that and surviving in that Mindset it's hard to go back to Living a Civilian Lifestyle & during that time it anit like it is now were ppl are more accepting & Understanding of it.
Biscuit was institutionalized and figured it would be hard for anyone to accept that he was gay, especially a black gay man. He would most likely catch hell from his own people. It was the Deep South in the 1940s, and things had yet to be more progressive. A very touching scene.
Rique G They can’t let him go because you got released paper but in the date we’re you is released mean you got stay until date come then you release but he didn’t want too be released he was worry his mom going judge him because he gay...
Dub Beats I know. He had the wrong mindset. His mama would’ve welcomed him with open arms unless she was homophobic. This just one of the saddest scenes of the movie, that’s all.
Guys in the towers probably didn’t know about the papers. The sergeant and Hoppin Bob clearly didn’t want to shoot and I think they probably would have let him go, had it not been for the dude in the tower.
still wonder how this movie didn't receive any awards.
Best make-up at least
why you think? it exposes white america for what it was back then and what it still is today. white america dont want these kind of movies. they dont want the truth, they want to lie and make up shit on how white america is always the savior.
Death Rager TRUE.
sinkingships offools Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit, You will see A COUPLE of white people at the BLM marches, All of a sudden, White people as a whole aren't racist? White America doesn't give a fuck about black people, You even know this, and if they did really care, They'd really at least TRY to help us clean our communities. But they don't do that, Because instead of it being an 'American' Problem, It's a black problem. Just like when crack hit inner cities, They where locking up DRUG ADDICTS for a gram, The 1\100 rule, For every gram of crack, You'd get 100 years, We were being called thugs, Animals, So on and so fourth. But as soon as Heroin his the white suburbs, All of a sudden 'Its a disease' 'They need jail not rehab', F.O.H!!!!
sinkingships offools Lls, 😂😂😂😂 Weak ass argument, First of all, How did Cocaine and crack get into our neighborhoods, When a there is a Lack of resources? (Jobs, School, Etc) Secondly, You never EVEN responded to the fact that America treats the Opioid crisis overdoses (Which is perdomently white) as a disease and not CRIMINALIZING the white drug addicts like they did Black people in the 80's. The fuck 😂😂😂😂😂
Despite being funny, this film is a tragic black film severely underrated.
Underated my ass
@@TOMOFritzu it really is underrated. It seems impossible since it’s starting Martin and Eddie but it never gets talked about
I remember it being marketed as a fun comedy. It's much deeper than that.
@@ryanloftis1125 ironically that was part of the criticism. White critics wanted some prison minstrel show and didn't seem to like the brutal honesty of the reality of what Black men went through in the Deep South.
And the fact that it's based on a true story is even more sad
I love the fact that the two "cruel" guards actually hesitated to do their duties.
Same here im glad someone else noticed it
Apparently you haven't watched the whole movie.
@@quecreations3244 I watched this movie maybe in 2000 or 2001 on HBO. I loved it very much.
They knew each other for decades. They had love for each other.... The white guy got teary eyed when they finally left
When you spend that many years with a select group of people it doesn’t matter if your a prisoner or a guard they were like a family at that point in a (sense.)
When I was a little kid I didn't understand why biscuit did that. Now I'm grown and I understand.. makes this scene a million times more sad
FACTS I just said this to myself. Did not comprehend at all that he was gay lol 🤦🏾♂️
why did he do that?
@@anamarier4791 he was trying to get himself killed because he didn't think he could go back home and be accepted as a gay man.
@@J-Hue wtf
The part when Eddie Murphy asks him to smile and it's the saddest smile ever was the moment he made up his mind
He was accepted for who he was there. This is one of the saddest death scenes in movie history. It should be shown more.
I agree one of the most unexpected ones
Honestly and it was so real
Ain’t no way, in movie history?? U must have drinking when u wrote that
XxBringBackThePastxX look it’s no Sofia’s Choice but it’s horribly sad. A man has to be in prison to be accepted for who he is, and then decides to kill himself then be free and deal with the treatment he will receive
Ashley Lowman u getting way too deep, I get it but this actor wasn’t a strong point of the movie imo
RIP Bernie
Still miss you, to this day.
pm512 Ikr
no doubt....
I miss Bernie Mac too
Me to every time i talk about him i always say r.i.p Bernie Mac I love you and point to heaven
Yes May He rest Ib in peace gone to soon
“World has changed a lot man, it’s 1945”😂😭
how long was can't get right in camp 8?
Boy if they only knew lol.
Much worse for him coming out then than now. Dude was turned out in prison.
I bet every generation says that the world has changed alot...
@@zulu3274 1945 compared to 2019.....A great deal has changed.
Being Gay was not okay for a Black man in 1945. Biscuit knew he would not be able to live his true life outside of the Camp so he committed suicide.
So sad
As if it would have been okay for a white man?
@@JBRewind I"m sure it wouldn't have been.
he was made into a bitch
@@brandonmcqueen9565 being gay is not being a "bitch", it"s being gay. Homophobic much??
He was completely institutionalized. Too scared to face the world as the person he's turned into. This movie really touched on some real shit.
No no no it was his gayness
I was a prison supervisor for about 15 years. I had MANY inmates come talk to me about their fears and what they faced pending release. Being institutionalized is real. And it happens to staff as well.
@@chocolatethunda0177 that's crazy. I would be too paranoid to be a CO
So did Shawshank Redemption...
@@crapjawkins7162 it was deeper then that
this film doesn't get any praise.
Most Black movies don't
word
Shame. It's one of the best movies of the 90's.
t100base Was: Real talk
t100base
You are right. Funny and serious. Good acting all around with great stars.
saddest part about this is nobody wanted to actually shoot buscuit...
Except that bastard who killed him like a 🦆
But after he shot him he had guilt in his face
Biscuit figured as a black gay man in the south and an ex-con at that, he was a dead man walking, so he decided to at least go out on his own terms. The guards knew this and that's why they didn't kill jangeleg for crossing the gun line so he could say goodbye. Also, by the look on claud's face u knew he realized he and ray were never leaving jail.
I don't think that the guard who shot Biscuit knew he had release forms. I doubt anybody did, other than Jangeleg perhaps
He should've been happy that he was getting pardoned and FINALLY leaving the farm...but he was worried that he wouldn't be accepted by anybody...including his Mother...as a gay man (which wasn't a good thing to be in those days.) When Can't Get Right left jail, it finally sunk in for Claude that he and Ray are never getting out of jail and they are gonna spend the rest of their lives there.
@@American-Zero 😭
Saddest death in the movie.
+KiamarMasterT damn right
the reason why he had escape from the gunline because he wants to go home. who will wants to stay in jail all day
+Jarrett Smith That was the time when they hated gays more than colors
he did it because he was too ashamed to go home, so he basically committed suicide by crossing the gunline
+Jarrett Smith that's why he was sad
An inmate told me once, “prison keeps a lot of men alive, that would otherwise be dead on the streets”.
I never looked at it like that 💯
😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
It's "Convict", inmate is rude to them I heard
When Jingaling calmly crossed the gun line to go pay his respects to Biscuit.....that broke me....
That was his bf and gf so he was hurt
He loved Biscuit...now he was dead. That was gripping.
@@American-Zero that's when everything started changing in the prison they all were getting along and having fun but his death started to divide everyone til they died
😭
And every gaurd knew not to pull that trigger out of respect!!
I love how at 2:01 Bob screams “Biscuit!!!” Indicating it he doesn’t stop will shoot him. But at 2:04 you literally see him hold back and become hesitate because he never was going to actually shoot him.
At 1:52, the White Prison Guard, first use the Racist term "Boy" to exert authority.
But at 1:55, you can clearly hear him being scared at what Biscuit is doing, knowing that Biscuit would be killed once he crossed that line.
This movie a unique piece of movie. Should never be considered as just a "comedy", but a clear balance of comedy , drama and thought provoking.
I'am glad the White Guard was not just made into a cliche Racist asshole, but as an actual human being.
EXCELLENT acting from that actor. And the look after he realizes someone shot, so realistic.
He screamed Biscuit because he cared for him and knew he would be shot if he didn’t stop
That singing is sad
even the warden felt bad.
And he wasn't tryna shoot Biscuit he held back, the other dude on top the farm in the booth did smh..
yea man just shows that even though racism was real back then, they all liked eachother. were together in the same hole. this is the saddest part of the entire movie
91Definite Even the dude who shot him felt bad.
And Hoppin' Bob couldn't bring himself to shoot Biscuit.
RejectedSpiritX That showed that despite the tough guy posturing they still had hearts. Like when Ray and Claude were leaving the prison and the Warden said that he wouldn't miss them but then he couldn't speak for a moment because he knew that both Ray and Claude meant a lot to him.
1:21
The smile you give someone to make them think you okay but you really not.
That Smile Looked Real.
Varnell Hill Yep, he was pink clouding🤷♂️🤷♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@allencollins1617 yeah, real phony. That smile didn’t even reach his eyes. He was hurting inside but smiled anyway to hide his pain and make dude think he was okay.
You can tell even the guard had grown to have a bond with them. His hesitation to shoot I felt that.
Most underrated movie of life.
This is one of the most complex and layerd scenes in cinematic history scrubbed off cause it's a comedy
This movie never gets the respect it deserves.
I wish Eddie Murphy made more movies like this. Excellent ensemble cast.
You ever seen Vampire in Brooklyn? I highly recommend it.
He still makes movies.. seen one about the throat chakra where he had to sto talking all together or he'd die
These stupid critics think this and Harlem nights is trash
Eddie in the 90s and early 2000s was heat
instead of the ones where just just ridicules dark skinned fat Black women
Miguel Nunez gave a stellar performance in this movie.
The actor who plays Biscuit is 60 years old now and he looks exactly the same can't believe it
Haha yeah, I remember him from Return if the Living Dead
@@johansmallberries9874 He was also in Friday The 13 Part 5, and can't forget Juwanna Mann
55
Kakashi Sensei actually he’s 55.
BDC
Man the system destroyed him
meanwhile on shawshank.
Fire Angel Chris This system destroys many good people. it isn't designed to reform, it's designed to tear down.
Jason Robbins that's factually man just was thinking about it all constant battle
Shadow Dragon God oh man that's another one
Word up!
This film will always be in my top favourites , hidden gem it is
jonathan perry I think a lot of people didn’t get the hidden message in this. I love my black people I pray we can get it together.
Hidden gem it is? Who talks like that
Rayray1001 only Yoda
A sad harsh reality. Sometimes the only real freedom can only be found in death biscuit thought it was the only way. Being a gay Black man in the 40's and in the south has tons of pressure in the mind. 😔😔😔
What's even sadder is how we're in 2019 and ppl are still being discriminated against for their skin color or who they choose to love! It's usually the ones who have lots of skeletons in their closets but feels that if they shame and judge other human beings....somehow it'll make the stuff they've done in the past, better. My grandma raised me to look past whatever's on a person's outside and only care about how good they are/if they're good? To each his own and if I'm not paying their bills, it's none of my business how they live because it's not my place to judge. If u treat me with respect, I'm going to treat u the same damn way! 💯🤗💖
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@ominous jack Really?! They ended it so it doesn't exist anymore. Seriously take this subject serious racism and homosexuality is still alive and well like it always has been don't be so damn close minded to this shit.
This movie was criminally underrated
What got me is when Claude drove into town after all those years his reaction of how the world changed, I know that feeling, 23 years 5 months.
Possibly ahead of its time, this movie is absolutely amazing, the acting is incredible by everyone in the film, definitely deserves more recognition.
this showed hoppin bob and the deputy weren't mean spirited as they seemed
Yeah even the deputy was telling him to wait n asking were he was going instead of pulling trigger or shooting gun first
Mahlik Thomas they knew he was getting out too so there was no reason to run away out of all the other prisoners and it shocked them because they knew he wanted to get shot out of all things.
Kennedy Wilson that’s exactly what I thought.. before this scene I thought hoppin bob was just as bad a nigga as Samuel l Jackson’s character in django unchained
The deputy actually said how he would miss them when they lefted. Showed how much he actually did care for his prisoners.
Facts
Most Underrated Movie
The camera lifts up, taking Biscuit and Jangleleg out of frame, to give them privacy.
That alone deserved an academy award.
felt sad for Hoppin Bob too here, you could see the anguish and guilt he had after Biscuit got shot down. Really fine film.
4exgold I like how he pointed the gun but hesitated to shoot
@@KDawg92801 the look he has on his face after biscuit got shot, the look on the warden's face aswell.
This part was fucked up but I love Ray's reaction to Biscuit's letter lol "This a release form?! Man you gettin out this mothafucka!!"
I think he said this month
As a Black man I’ve only been able to watch this movie one time and that was when it came out. The whole story is an absolute tragedy.
I agree! It has it’s funny moments but all of the failed attenpts at them leaving was depressing to me. To many people, the ending was worth it, but that wasn’t enough for me. I wanted justice to be served and their names to be cleared.
I wanted them to be released while they were still young, when they started aging in prison that was depressing as hell, their youth wasted in prison on a bogus charge.
Even the superiors felt bad. They would have known he was getting out before he did. He'd paid his debt and was supposed to go home. Sad stuff.
Howard Elfman Thats the point. He didn't want to go home
This movie was way ahead of its time.
This is a phenomenal movie. You can tell the warden and hoppin bob didn’t want biscuit to keep running and they was even hurt when he got shot
Come to think about it in 1945 being releasd from prison as a black man he would have still been in prison in the free world.
Wayne Mercer as a black gay man at that. That’s why he didn’t wanna leave
Wayne Mercer Great point!
Even today we still live in a prison
@@georgebrice3831 I'm half black so I live in a half prison lol
Jack is chilling+ yep point proven
This movie had sooo many good scenes..both funny and dramatic!!
Exactly 💯
like that the guards cared about the prisoners
Exactly. You can tell that the guy in charge even felt bad about it.
and hoppin bob, nad even the shooter in that booth didnt want to shoot jangle leg. the message behind movies like this will always be remembered.
Some do know certain prisoners for a very long time so when a human being you know dies you'll feel some kind of way
Exactly that's why they let mac cross the gun Line afterwards
That’s what I liked about this movie, constantly surprised me. Would’ve been real easy to do the whole “racist white southern prison guards”.
The feels throughout the movie.
Came expecting a comedy, left after experiencing a tragedy
Semaj Jarrett you saw Joker as well?
@@TimmySquibs I have... but I didn't base the comment off of Joker, if that's what you're saying.
@@TimmySquibs why so serious?
.....heath who?
This was an exceptional movie. Able to mix comedy with tragedy. A very close portrayal of a segregated prison work farm in the 30's and 40's.
The song playing in the background was perfect for this scene!
Sage Careless Whisperer what’s the name of the song?
Sage Golden Buddy Johnson -When my man comes home
@@2die4_93 thanks!
Sage Careless Whisperer You’re welcome
Frfr
😢😢 he didn't want his mother to see him gay. Awe! There's alot of Biscuits in prison. Men's and women's. I think his mother would've still been happy to see him, he was ashamed! Awe😢
Probably not remember its 1945
Afraid of the Unknown & the Endless Possibilities & What if's that his Momma & Society would think about him, Anxiety & your mind can really mess with you 💯.
It's like Brooks death from Shawshank Redemption. Oh boy, the feels... :(
Antimanele104 love that movie. Tear jerker.
I cried when Brooks died
2:27 Jingaling: if they gonna shoot me than they gonna shoot me.
@Emontre waters yes he did just not with his mouth
The bullet cleaned right through him. He died the moment he hit the ground. R.I.P. Biscuit
An unrewarded classic, funny but so damn on point it stole my heart.
This was one of the few times that a male black lgbt character in the 90s was shown in a positive light. His death literally affected the entire tone of the movie.
After all this time im just now realizing biscuit and jangalang was prison boos
Lmao really?
Saaame! First time watching this, I was 4 and didn’t understand a word of English.
Me too!!!
Me too, damn..
Duh
I remember seeing this movie as a kid thinking “damn Jing a ling and biscuit were really good friends” I was wrong as fuck 😂
No you weren't
Wow....so Biscuit was about to get paroled, even though he skinned his landlady alive and made a jacket out of her? But Claude and Ray never got parole? That kinda sucks, lol
We don't know what happened, new evidence could've came up.
CLC407 judicial system can be funny like that sometimes...
I thought he poisoned his parent's
Also that's part of the reason why people think they were joking round with them that scene
Thunda1986 I tjink think jangle leg did
20 years later, this scene is still relevant today.😭
This scene always scared me as a kid...
Biscuit was like Brooks from Shawshank Redemption. He was institutionalized. Plus there was no LGBT or any support group for gay men. He was between a rock and a hard place.
Serious symbolism when Biscuit removed his head kerchief.
I remember I was five when I watched this I’m 18 now this movie will forever be one of my favorites
This is the scene where the man's conscious bothered him so much he got shot on purpose by the guard. He said he didn't want to go home a homosexual
I remember shedding a tear to this when I first watched it as a kid 😿 because his character reminded me of my older cousin ~ playful, rough exterior, but sensitive inside ❤️ ~ sad to say the world hasn’t changed! There’s still prejudices against gays amongst families 💕 and the world 🌎
RIP bernie mac and biscuit
james broyles yep well the actor who played biscuit is still alive Miguel g Nunez
Still one of the best movies with a cast of amazing talent. Bernie you were taken way to soon. We will always love ya Jing A Ling
What made this scene sadder is even Boss Man and Hoppin' Bob pleaded with him not to do it.
That's deep he went to check on homie
Dude..... they were romantically involved, thats why Bernie Mac's character goes to get his body.
K S duh
.. The little melody at the end was so hauntingly beautiful. It made his death even more sad 💔
I want to know who she is! Her voice is amazing!
Dyesha Alberty Trisha Yearwood.
One of the greatest movies of all time
Just so we're clear: Nipsey didnt shoot Biscuit. The guard accross from him in the lookout-tower shot him. Katz in the comment section keep sayin Nipsey fired but Naw Sun! If you watch close, right before the gunshot, the camera pans away from Nipsey and focuses at the lookout-tower, then they show that guard fire the shot. Nipsey hesitated out of compassion for Biscuit. Its a beautiful moment when you add everything up. Pay attention yall.
Thanks Captain Obvious...
Bernie reaction and the music is what make it sad
Anyone know the name of that meledy at 2:35? It's so short, yet so powerful. Always send a chill down my spines.
It might be on the motion picture soundtrack(?). There’s I believe 14 titles but I don’t know.
I was thinking the same thing! I wish they had given the name behind that beautiful voice. A few ppl are giving out names, but none of their voices match at all.
Im usually not into drama but this movie really got me catching feels.😔
This shit made me cry when i saw it as a teenager. This shit still makes me cry.
this scene always get me chocked up 😢😢
I really love all the old school actors man they know how to act it's just natural for all of them I miss good acting
I miss old black movies that had serious parts and not just jokes.
Think about Friday to the sequels example
Botime242 i The First Friday and the most recent barbershop 💈 had serious parts and meaning.
First Friday was a classic film. Next Friday kind of lost that charm of the first but was still good. Friday After Next was a joke. Way too cartoony and over-the-top.
This movie has it all, comedy, drama, and great acting. 🎥🎬
He’s in the upper room now
Believe it or not Life is in my top 5 movies of all time, and to me is a great movie of comedy and drama. Like I always say, Kevin Hart can be in 100 movies. He still has yet to have a classic movie quality over quantity.
instead of him walking home to his momma he would rather be sent to her in a box, wtf =/
in those days gays they wouldn't except gays like today
That was so unnecessary.
Atitus Evans in what way?
JexGalagaTV I'm talking about MamboJambo
Atitus Evans Ha.
2:01-2:04: Hoppin Bob might have talked tough and acted tough but he wasn’t trying to shoot a fellow Black Man.
Poor biscuit ... I wished he saw his blessings .... :( 😔
I picked on this immediately. Returning home from prison as a "Tutti Fruity" is not something you want your family to see.
I would have stayed to talk to him. To convince him not to do anything drastic.
He didn't think he was gon do nun crazy like that..that why he walked off
I remember watching this at the movies and this was a very sad scene the whole theater was quite nipsey didn't have to kill him "well alright"!
krlm2280 he had no choice
JCAliberty82 i know
krlm2280 But even he felt bad afterwards.
man I thought that was Nipsey
Nipsey helped Martin get his revenge on Pretty Ricky for insulting Gina.
He was so scared to leave he decided to run over the gun line
you can tell they didnt want to shoot him....
This is what institutionalisation means... he was probably locked up when he was in his late teens and spent 10 or so years in the prison or more... This is what happens when people are locked up for too long they simply get adjusted to the prison life and refuse to be released. It is a sad thing but for some people, it is easier to live in prison then to get out in the world .... they are cared for in prison food, clothing, roof over their heads, routine and they don't have to worry about real problems rest of us do. Paying bills, finding a job etc... he was probably also ashamed to go back to his mother a former convict. It's a sad thing and a really serious issue that some people who prefer staying in prison then returning to the real world... it tells you that something is really wrong with the society today.
Alex S it wasn’t that he was ashamed of going back to his mother a former convict, he was ashamed of going back to her as a gay man. That’s why he kept telling Ray “I can’t go home to my momma like this” he was scared of getting disowned & rejected.
He took the man's way out.
He got turned out in prison
U not that smart ... it’s plain and simple he was ashamed to look his mom in the face as a GAY man ... u not clever
Sadly, many ex-cons today do not get rehabilitated. They function in a prison system long enough to "follow orders" until they can get back to the free world. For some, prison is a revolving cycle. It is more prudent to educate a prisoner than to keep a prisoner locked up. Either way, society is paying $$$ for their care. Pipeline to prison...smh.
Sad to see the only time Bernie was serious in the movie
He Seemed Serious In Booty Call.
@@allencollins1617 I meant in the movie Life
Saddest scene in the movie. "Life."
This movie should be on more, very underrated
You can see both the Warden and Hoppin' Bob didn't want to kill him.
Kel Trepes Ohhhh thats why they didint shoot him.
i've been watching this movie for 20 years and this is the first time i realized Hoppin Bob didn't want to shoot him
The " you broke my nose" guy from Harlem Nights played Biscuit
And played the voodoo maestro on Scooby Doo
And the "Gucci Bag"Salesman from Fresh Prince. On the episode "72 Hours".
And played Ricky Fontaine on Martin... Pretty Ricky is what they called him
This part is so sad😢
I know why he didn't wanna go home. He didn't want his momma seeing him like this! :(
Like what?
@@isaiahwasabi1381 He turned gay. This was 1945. He knew that getting out of prison, he wouldn't be accepted for what he was. Its like Billy The Blue Ranger. Power Ranger fans accept David Yost for coming out and being gay, but in the 90s on the set of MMPR, he faced so much bigotry and hate for his sexuality.
@@Tornado1994 Did both biscuit and David Yost turn gay by they're own free will?
Biscuit became Institutionalized/Fact he was Gay when you spend a lot of time inside Jail/Prison you become used to that and surviving in that Mindset it's hard to go back to Living a Civilian Lifestyle & during that time it anit like it is now were ppl are more accepting & Understanding of it.
Heaviest comedy movie ever
Biscuit was institutionalized and figured it would be hard for anyone to accept that he was gay, especially a black gay man. He would most likely catch hell from his own people. It was the Deep South in the 1940s, and things had yet to be more progressive. A very touching scene.
Wish they would’ve just let him go. He had his pardon papers.
Rique G he knew they had to shoot him so he chose them killing him than getting pardoned
TCChavez I just hated the fact that he wanted to die in there. He committed suicide by Gun Line.
Rique G They can’t let him go because you got released paper but in the date we’re you is released mean you got stay until date come then you release but he didn’t want too be released he was worry his mom going judge him because he gay...
Dub Beats I know. He had the wrong mindset. His mama would’ve welcomed him with open arms unless she was homophobic. This just one of the saddest scenes of the movie, that’s all.
Guys in the towers probably didn’t know about the papers. The sergeant and Hoppin Bob clearly didn’t want to shoot and I think they probably would have let him go, had it not been for the dude in the tower.
You can’t remake a classic and this movie is a classic
Very overlooked movie ! This scene gets me every time !