Nearer My God to Thee (Wallace Henry Hartley)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2017
- (Note: After over four years, I decided to do another video, this one in honor of a relative, a retired US Army Officer, who died of covid. You can find it at • Loss of a loved one. )
The intent of this video was an experiment in finding audio visual means of teaching both American culture and American English (ESL) to recent immigrants and refugees in a Christian venue. This video contains a clip from the 1997 movie, TITANIC, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. I wanted to be able to discuss the hymn, Nearer My God to Thee so I included the vocal by Mary Duff (I think she's super good).
Several visitors pointed out that the music to the hymn was probably not the music popular today. Lyrics were unchanged but "... probably Wallace played Horbury or Proprior Deo, both quite beautiful, too!" (comment by Rita balbino)
Also I wrote that the Titanic sunk in about 4 hours but the actual time was about 2 hours and 40 minutes. The Titanic struck the iceberg just before midnight on 14 April.
There is controversy over the music actually played by the band. There were no band survivors to tell the story.
Think about it... They played this song as the ship was sinking, not trying to save themselves, instead trying to help keep people calm. Heroes come in many forms!
indeed, many selfless people in Titanic!!!!
In my opinion I don't believe it will stop people panicking. But I think it could serve as a way of attracting nearby ships as sound does travel fast.
Ava Hart and another survivor from Titanic said when asked they didn't continue to play when it was sinking
@rstein926 there is literally no way for a sound as quite as music to travel to other ships, especially with the whole.. loud sinking and screaming
I had the chance to meet the great-grandson of Wallace Hartley, the violinist who played the song when the Titanic was about to sink. He came to a Jack Phillips exhibition about the Titanic in Godalming, Surrey. He said that in his great grandfather s honour the whole family continued to be a musician.
Music all the way
Wallace Hartley was a great musician.
Fun fact they never stopped playing. Witnesses on the lifeboats said they could hear them play until the ship sank. God bless these gentlemen and may they forever R.I.P. they have statue of them as well.
The definition of bravery was found in those musicians.
there is a memorial to the musicians, in Southampton, England. Rather ironically, there is a new building that has appeared in the area next to this little square. It is a shipping insurance company.
I find that the bravest men were the ones who stayed in the engine room to keep the lights on, essentially guaranteeing their death.
I’d like to believe that Wallace Henry Hartley is playing his violin in Heaven now. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗😊
We will hear him play when we get to the gates.
He is playing this song
Gentlemen (and ladies too) it has been a privilege watching this video with you. 😪🙏 ✝ 🎻 🎤🎶
true, whenever I hear this song, I can't keep my tears from rolling down because I feel our nothingness befor God. Praise be the Lord forever, amen.
Time to stop feeling your nothingness and start acknowledging your specialness - so precious are you the very number of hairs on your head are counted
Our nothingness but yet we mean everything to Him.
why do you pray, to anything that not exists???Where was you god then, when titanic went down???? WHERE!!! GODDAMNED!!!. NOWHERE was that THING!!!NOWWHERE!!!!
@@christelvanspaendonk7942 🙄
@@christelvanspaendonk7942 repent
Omigod the mother singing her kids to sleep for the last time really got to me😭😭
did you just say that.....I felt the same way as you
Me too, reminded me of my daughter unable to breathe in hospital!
I have 2 young kids and I feel hopeless
@@anonymouspeacefulperson6199 Are you okay...? What happened?
She sang to them not only because that was going to be the last time she'll ever do it she didn't want them to panic and not be aware of what's going on.
This made me cry. Particularly that scene where the mother (presumedly, though it could be another female family member) is putting the children to sleep, reading them a bed time story, likely knowing full well that they will later drown. :(
I don't think they are on the ship
@@maritimehistorian2642 they are in the sinking ship.
Me toooooo😭😭😭😭💔
It made me think of death in general
@@superdalmatian101 Yeah, probably trying to give them as much peace of mind as she could. What else could she do?
@@superdalmatian101 there was little air pockets. After the ship sank so far. The air pockets gave way. They would have died before the water even got to them being way below.
"Gentleman,it has been a privilege playing with you tonight"
Remembering RMS Titanic
109 years of Tragic
April 14 1912
April 14 2021
#RememberingTitanic
@@shepardgray6613 unless you were on the top deck and first class wearing a skirt , you would not have had a lot of choice , the vast majority were stuck in the bowels of the ship and could not get near the top deck , not that it would have made a lot of difference anyway , because as everybody knows there was nowhere near enough lifeboats to get everybody off the ship.
😢😢
@@chrisbaldwin3609 but more people would of lived had they filled the life boats all the way up instead of just filling them
Only half way
The couple huddled together on the bed, holding hands, terrified but wanting to be close, to be together, as the room fills with water......... :(
Wallace Henry Hartley was a strong Christian and I would hope to have his faith at such a time.
Thank you for your heart-felt response.
Matt
@@matthewtenney2898 You're very welcome.
That is Isidor and Ida Starus Ida refused to leave her husband and Isidor refused to go before the other men "As we have lived together, we shall die together" Ida said. They were co-owners of Macy's department store They were last seen embracing each-other on the deck
@@matthewtenney2898 He was a Methodist
@@maritimehistorian2642 Last name was Strauss. Horrible way to die for anyone.
R.I.P to everyone who died now they are resting 😔
No rest, for those that have less than 1 years salary worth of a personal tax free pension plan! May my parents rest in peace ☮️ 😔
@@anonymouspeacefulperson6199 What??
Adam, please try not to feed the troll.
I Hate it when People say the Song Was Useless when in actually saved the captain from doing suicide.
he would die anyway.
Accounts still put him in the bridge, doesn’t that still count?
He did anyways, he jumped from the port side as titanic was was going down by the bowel along side with andrews. They’re bodies were never recovered
I feel as though they were doing it more for themselves anyway. They knew they were going to die, and if you’re going to die you might as well go out doing something you enjoy
(No disrespect intended)
Absolutely no song that is played or sang to God is wasted
we need to sing this song now more than ever, bless the name of the LORD.
No! Your God isn't even real. Stop giving God a bad name by blaming others for your own anger and misery.
@@patr70 rank and name.
@@kirohoshi
AMEN AMEN AMEN.
We need to praise the LORD more than ever !
The salvation is coming soon, our Ark , our blessed hope JESUS CHRIST our Savior blessed and glorified be His name !!
Be blessed brother 🙏🏼🔥❤️
@@patr70 Awww the poor atheist gets all butthurt at the mention of God. Need a hug or some tissues perhaps?
@@oanas7681 People have been saying he's coming for the last couple of thousand years....lmfao
Also you want to worship a god who drowns children. Funny.
Can’t hold back the tears even when I hear the tune 🙏😭have mercy on us oh Lord
Have mercy on us Jesus Christ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@aprilmiles3561 🙏
John Harper, widower, was sailing to US with his small daughter. He entrusted her to the care of a lady in a lifeboat and spent the final minutes of his life sharing Christ with the drowning.
Wow really?
I wonder if the lady in the lifeboat that he handed his daughter to ended up bringing her up as her own
@@Renwick19She wasn't really his daughter. He saw her crying alone and took her to get on the lifeboat by saying she's all he has.
I saw the exhibit in NYC and literally started to tear up when it got to the musicians. True heros❤️
The musicians and the captain deserve a lot of respect. They are very first class act ppl
🛵 These were 19th Century British people. Imagine the despicable behavior if it happened to a section of today's society. Today's musicians would drop their violin and steal a baby to get off the ship.
And what about the entire engineering department who kept the machinery running until the 😢end and went down with the Titanic???
Whenever I play this in church I always shed tears as do the congregation. The tune and words are perfect.
Cidadão dos céus 😊
This shows me doesn't matter whether your rich or poor we all would die someday...
Everlasting Life,Joy,Peace,Freedom,name it they all found in the Kingdom of God who reigns forever and ever.AMEN
AMEN HIS KINGDOM WILL COME
No song has ever made me cry, this just took the prize.
I thank God for people like Wallace.
I cried too.
Me too - it's so heart-wrenching to listen to that and imagine Titanic's last moments...
@@olehbezushenko9191 it's just like how it could've turned out on that cold night...the night where many perished...and perhaps the greatest liner ever that died too young and early.
Yes, and to put it on one of the most fatal maritime disasters and the 4th most fatal peactime disaster (not during a war)makes it so much sadder
Indeed
Reminds us Jesus Christ is coming very soon. Our only hope is in him no matter what we face in this world
Amen, Samuel. Thank you, brother in Christ.
Look up, your redemption draweth nigh- Jesus Christ
Amen.
Say. Praying. For. Your. Family. Too. Bee. To getter. With. King. God. Father. Lord. The. Greatest. King. Of. All. And. Jusus. Christ that. Over. Come. This. World. Together. With. Are. Lord's. And. Family. Bless. All.
Just out of curiosity, but what about the people that follow their religion, but do not believe in Jesus because he's not the son of God to them? Don't they get saved or is it only those that believe in your version of religion that do?
@@TiffWaffles Romans 2:11-16
“For there is no partiality with God. For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.”
God judges all of us based upon the light we’ve been given! We all know God in our hearts… He made us! It’s in our DNA! He built that moral compass into us. He judges us based on how much we heed to that voice inside (HIM!) that we all have! I hope I answered your question well enough. God bless you my friend. I know it can be tempting to doubt God’s goodness, but seek Him with a diligent heart and you will see for yourself, He is a God of Love! Mercy! Patience! Long suffering! Kindness! We are wretched and filthy, deserving of nothing but death…but He loves us so much that He paid that price of death through Jesus Christ. Our great Redeemer! Praise be to God forever and ever!!!! I hope you consider all of this beloved ❤️
Psalm 34:8 “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!”
This song has been played at the funeral of my dad in April 2002. He was a trumpet player in a music band and so his colleagues played that spiritual. And every time I watch "Titanic" and hear "Nearer my god to thee", I can't stop the tears running over my face.
No one could live in that water, the Labrador Current, the band knew it. They were men of great courage
This is such a good song to listen to when you like titanic Rest In Peace to those who have died on the titanic amen
She sings it so beautifully
Don't know why TH-cam recommended me this but I have been in a really bad mood all day thinking of a beloved mentor who passed away right before the COVID hit. This was incredibly cathartic and somehow I actually feel better now.
I don't really know how I was led to do this video. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it.
I wasn't aware that TH-cam was recommending it. Do you remember the search terms you used?
@@matthewtenney2898 I don't know. I've been listening to the La La Land and A Star is Born soundtracks quite a bit but that's the nearest thing I can think of! I hadn't seen or thought of Titanic in 2 years!
@@sophiaschier-hanson4163 Thank you.
Made me cry amazing that they did this to keep other people calm Bless Them.
What I like about this scene is how the victims reacted to their fate.
The ship's orchestra, Isidor Strauss and his wife and the Irish mother know they will not be saved and have sadly accepted they will not the light of day again, rather than panic although deep down they are scared they are going to die.
Both Smith and Andrews held responsibility over the ship sinking due to be captain and architecture respectively and felt it was only right to go down with the ship rather than save themselves.
My son committed suicide 3 days ago. This song has comforted me knowing nearer to God is he.
You have my deepest sympathy. I am so very sorry.
I'm so sorry, I pray God is near to you as he undoubtedly is to your son, and you feel his healing power
I had a hard time even reading this.
Dear Lord, I pray that you will bring healing and comfort into this family. Amen.
So sorry to hear dyanne. So sorry. Be comforted.
I’m so sorry to hear that. Praying for you and your sons’ other loved ones
1. Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me.
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
2. Though like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I’d be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
3. There let the way appear,
Steps unto heav’n;
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy giv’n;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
4. Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
5. Or if, on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Makes me cry every time I hear it....never forget that scene from Titanic...It's been a pleasure playing with you gentlemen...as the ship sank
Beautiful hymn. Makes me feel the presence of the Lord. Just what we need in such a time as this. Thankyou Father.✝️
Amen
I always remember something my papa told me.the big man upstairs has all our names on a big list and when he decides its that our time on earth is up its time to go x😥😥
Fill us tonight with your Holy spirit. Our lives are just but sinking ships. Lord remember our feeble lives .
Unto you Jesus, we rest our spirits
Are you born again?
Amen!
I realised once again that song have the power to awaken our heart and make people shed tears unnoticed...
I never heard the words to this masterpiece thank you for making me warm inside. ♥️🙃
Amidst the panic, there is peace. Thank you, Lord God.
@@jacknapier7740hristians are taught that everything happens for a reason. The Bible also explains that God doesn’t typically get involved in things, and allows people to make their own decisions and mistakes that they’re responsible for. Many of said mistakes involve a lesson learned. The world learned from their various mistakes within the maritime community. If the Titanic didn’t sink, many maritime safety laws would be nonexistent today. The sinking of the Titanic is the reason ships must always have people on lookout, the reason radios must always have operators, the reason ships must always have enough lifeboats, and on and on. Considering how stupid and greedy humans can be at times, I’m doubtful as to whether or not these laws would’ve come to be without a massive tragedy. This tragedy could have repeated itself and been much, much worse.
@@jacknapier7740Why didn’t you have some damn compassion?!! “No God” my ass!
@@jacknapier7740how would he do that? the ship was sinking.
@@Brody_01 you're saying god couldn't save the ship? I thought God could do anything. But I guess God was taking a nap during the holocaust and 9/11. god's a huge asshole and neglectful
It’s so mortifying and depressing. It’s beautiful but saddening. All the emotions those 1,520 people must have felt is insane and horrible. Fear, sadness and shock. While they struggle in freezing waters on a palace of light. Trying to hold up the fowls and lines and cut them, stumbling up the decks, griping onto the davits, railings and various objects scattered on boat deck.
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It actually went down 2 hours and 40 minutes later.
no, it struck an iceberg 2 hours and 40 minutes earlier.
The Titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40 PM it would take approximately 2 hours 40 minutes to go down so at approximately 2:20 Am the ship would go down taking the lives of 1496 people not 1517 like the video said
@@TylerJones77 1517
Yep, I was just going to say that
@@TylerJones77 3:30 am it completely sunk
These parts still send shivers down my spine especially when the old couples are hugging that made me cry.....💯 Real quick
That old couple is Ida and Isidor Straus. They were real life couple traveling on Titanic.
@@rashikajmain9180 THEY WERE ON DECK ISADORS BODY WAS RECOVERED
I love the fact that his gravestone is white. And that they put a music book on the ornament with music notes with the text Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee.
I think I want that song at my funeral. Although I already sing it while I am still alive.
To have the presence of mind to continue to worship God. Wow! It amazes me every time.
The orchestra had guts, they knew that they were going to die but wanted to comfort others
I wrote this to someone else but I had a somewhat similar experience in that I picked the song to sing to someone who was dying. I chose several including this one but I realized later that I chose on the basis of what comforted me. Odd what grief and sorry will do.
Finally 🥲 i found this song, after 24 years searching
OMG u have patience level like Abraham..
All you had to do was go to church…it is a church hymn you know?
@@Steampunksaly I'm Hindu :) Greetings from Bali
May those brave musicians rest in peace❤
I am sobbing like crazy right now
This one is one of my dad's best songs he loved RIP Dad Mom this one is for you both
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved"
But they drowned
@@brendanburke151 The point is my friend the devices and wisdom of man are vanity in the end and they will end in death.
It's best to be right with God, for the day cometh we will face Him!
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved"
@@brendanburke151 ahhhh. I see what you're saying. However, our death doesn't mean we aren't saved- eventually we may die. Our soul is more important to God than our body.
@@brendanburke151 saved by Jesus means that we are saved from sin and ultimately death. Even when our earthly bodies die our spirits go on living in Heaven . The day will come when we are given new bodies that will not get weary or sick or age. It's all through Jesus and what he did for the world at the cross.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not die but have everlasting life"
John 3:16
Repent of all sin and trust in Jesus.
Jesus Christ is the only way the only truth the only life the only mediator to Our Eternal Father God in Heaven
Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me
Still all my song shall be nearer my God to thee
Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I be nearer my God to thee
Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee
Deep in thy sacred heart let me abide
Thou who hast come for me, suffered and died
Sweet shall my weeping be, grief surely leading me
Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee
Could you just imagine as your time on this world is ending - as the moments of your life are slipping away you hear the sounds of this music Be ready to leave today.... We never know when our time shall be no more- I am ready to meet my savior
Honestly, this is one of my favorite hymns and I don't think I have ever heard that last verse you included..."Deep in Thy Sacred Heart, let me abide, Thou who hast come for me, suffered and died!"
Heroes come in many different forms. These guys were total heroes that night.
I liked the video and have always loved the song. Hopefully, someone was touched by it and receives Christ. No one knows the day or hour. 🙏
Amen to god this song needs to be sung in churches more
Our church sang this hymn in the choral arrangement. Very moving.
it is a 110 years ago today titanic was launched it took just took 62 seconds to enter the water May 31st 1911 may all those who died on the titanic rest in peace, there was also 8 men died buliding her may they rest in peace
Weeee to the cement
The "beating retreat" ceremony on television has the tune playing in the end when the republic day celebrations are over. Its so chilling and you feel a stabbing in your heart. Its amazingggggg.
Rip to all of them GOD BLESS THEM
This shows that our destination is in God's hand.
Well said
Amen. What sunk the titanic though was the fact thee people tested God and said God couldn’t sink the titanic well The Mighty GOD did sink the titanic. GOD does all. Don’t doubt it. He can raise the dear, take away illness…
Atleast according to the movies the whole tragedy was because of the carelessness of some workers 🙄
@@meganslonesings God did not cause the sinking of the Titanic. Yes, they taunted God by saying what they did. But that does not mean God caused it. Ecclesiastes 9:11: "I have seen something further under the sun, that the swift do not always win the race, nor do the mighty win the battle, nor do the wise always have the food, nor do the intelligent always have the riches, nor do those with knowledge always have success, because time and unexpected events overtake them all."
God does not cause suffering. Suffering is the cause of our own actions and/or the actions of others around us. God does not act the way we do. His anger is just and instant. It does not linger. He does not hold a grudge. The sinking affected thousands of people as well as their families who weren't on the Titanic who later learned that their family did not survive the sinking. Innocent children were seperated from their parents, or they died slow deaths, or they survived with injuries and PTSD. And that's just the children, there were indeed innocent women and men on the Titanic that even if they survived, still probably had nightmares for the rest of their lives. 99.9% of them all probably dealt with survivor's guilt as well. God does NOT cause suffering.
Beautiful voice-outstanding version of this incredible hymn.
Father please prepare us and our families to be ready for you at your second coming or at the hour of our death. In Jesus name. Amen
Hello Julie why are you praying for death to come?
@@barrymarcus9874
I am not praying for death to come. I am praying to be ready for death.
@@whiteangel33333 Okay that's true,where are you originally from?
@@whiteangel33333 Okay am originally from Columbia but living in New York.
@@whiteangel33333 Do you mind if we talked more on email and get to know each other better, because here is not private due to the nature of my job.
I don't know bravery or courage these men instilled in those that heard them, but I do know they exhibited both.
Thank you for sharing and the emotions the song and the pictures brought with it.
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Still makes me cry very emotional 🙏🙏
This is such a beautiful but emotional video
i can not think of a worst way to die my heart brakes when i watch this
Hello Linda how are you doing?
@@barrymarcus9874 ok thanks how are you
@@lindagoodswin9519 Am fine thank you,where are you originally from?
@@barrymarcus9874 I am from the UK
@@lindagoodswin9519 Okay that's nice how is UK and it environ?
Every time I hear this song this is what comes to mind.
God bless these gentlemen, RIP legends😢
I hope the younger generations will remember Titanic, we have to tell them the saddest true story
🛵 I wouldn't dare have faith in our younger generations.
I dedicate this humm,to my sick and ailling friends and relatives,god bless you all
Almost certainly [according to those who were there] the tune of "Nearer My God To Thee" played by the orchestra under Wallace Hartley's direction would have been 'Propior Deo' composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan for the Methodist Hymnal. This accounts for the fact that it was recognised as being a setting of "Nearer My God To Thee" by U.S. survivors who were used to the tune 'Bethany, - the first four notes of the first bar are similar to 'Bethany', but Sullivan's setting then goes on to much greater development.
この音楽家は本当に音楽家の鑑だと思う。最後まで人々のために音楽と共に生き抜いている姿に感動する
It's a big lesson from Titanic 🤔. Always blessed by the song daily 💓. Nearer my God to thee 🎶🎸🎶🎸🎸💯💯💯💯
So wonderful. So emotional!
There are others versions for these hymn. The Lyric don't change but the music do. The version of this video is Bethany. Probably Wallace played Horbury or Proprior Deo, both quite beautiful, too!
That was a characteristic of the old hymns, poetic and full of deep feeling.
Beautiful song and a very beautiful voice singing it....💐
Titanic didn't deserve to sink it was a great ship of its time I will never forget titanic i wish titanic was still around
Such a sad tragedy. I recollect back that movie again. Now i will go back and watch again .
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more...He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away...And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End...” Revelation 21
The fact that they were only filling the lifeboats halfway breaks my heart, the fact that they could have saved more ❤
Now Wallace Hartley is up in Heaven with every other soul that perished playing for God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost Nearer My God to Thee
Greate Video. I love this song
Beautiful and very emotional
Very touching scene, it made me cry.
Beautiful song 👍👍
God please bless me and my family and my loved ones.
Beautiful 😍 and inspiring.
Gotta say I love the titanic as she captured my heart at young age and not through the movie and my heart still breaks for those whom didnt make it or decided to stay with the loved ones
Amen. I can try to imagine myself parting from my family as I help them into the lifeboat. I think the idea that they might be saved would console me enough.
When seeing and contemplating this song, even the most atheist and evolutionist, once again value the love of God, prosperity in a beautiful, eternal and perfect future
IT SANK IN JUST OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS.A never to be forgotten tragedy.
May God have mercy on those poor souls!
Christ one day I will meet with my dad, Amen
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight
There are sad scenes in the movie that brought me to tears.
Heart-touching
Everyone on board: *misses each other*
Olympic: *misses Titanic and regrets*
how regrets
Sad song bro it makes me sad inside
Can't help sobbing...I only watched the film once...
Nou You wil understand the movie better