Magic, excitement, music, action, fantasy, thrills, and adventure. What an entertainment with King Brian and all the other leprechauns dancing to the music of the fiddle played by Darby O'Gill, the frisky old storyteller. The fun goes on forever and ever and it never gets old. I love the song. It's also for people of all ages, young and old. You're never too old to be young.
Why this film wasn't even nominated for Best Visual Effects is fucking amazing. All the forced perspective, the banshee scenes, plus the fact that Albert Sharpe couldn't play the fiddle and so two professional musicians had to hide behind him, one doing the bowing and the other doing the fingering.
Huh? Come ON! You 8? You think like a kid! Soooo ya really think that’s LIVE MUSIC recorded WHEN IT OCCURRED in the movie? LMFAO oh my……yea nope! 😂🤣😂🤡🚌 It’s just a RECORDING dearie put in the movie AFTER THE FILMING…..so no damn violinists we’re hiding behind curtains…..unbelievable nonsense you’d even think that….
Wonderful scene from one of my favorite childhood movies. It is spellbinding and magical the way in which these scenes were done, with forced perspective and matte painting. Traditional yet very creative special effects. A very underrated masterpiece by Mr. Walt Disney.
I absolutely love this scene, I'm 25 and my sister and I grew up on a lot of this stuff. Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a seriously underrated Disney live action movie. And every time I hear this song, I get SO F**KING SQUEE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! :D One of the best things about this movie, too, is Darby and King Brian and their frienemies thing going on, for certain parts they wanna beat the hell out of each other but at the end of the day, they're still bros, and their facial expressions are just AWESOME! Love, love, love this movie! :D
My grandparents bought all these old classic Disney moves for me when I was little. Old Yeller, Candleshoe, Freaky Friday, The Love Bug...a whole collection if them. These will always hold a place in my heart. Love these old movies.
cellofingers That's right. Many classic Disney films like Darby OGill and Mary Poppins contained matte paintings by artist Peter Ellenshaw for the sets and backgrounds and forced perspective.
i love everything about Darby O'Gill and the little people my dad was 9 years old when it came out in 1959 I'm 30 my dad and i would sit and watch it together when i was a little girl and we still do every chance we get it is just so much fun to watch.
I was also 9 when it came out. I am learning on my fiddle the song Darby played. I have been a fiddler for many years. I want to get some more Irish songs for Saint Patrick's Day events and I remembered this movie.
I love this movie... I used to watch it with my grandfather during my childhood in Italy. He left this world 13 years ago, but he will always live in my heart and in my memories. Rest in peace, Grandpa, I miss you so much... I hope that one day we will be able to watch this movie together again.
Sorry for your loss. I remember watching this with my dad when I was a kid. He passed in March. I was thinking the same, I wish I could watch it again with my dad.
I love this film. I used to watch all the time when I was little and reminds me of my childhood spent with my grandfather. That Banshee still scares me 25 years later! You can tell that our folklore was researched and the seanchai were consulted. Unlike some atrocious films such as 'Leap Year'.
The movie wasn't actually based directly on folklore. It was based on the Darby O'Gill Stories (which are from an old book which I've never read). Disney obviously got every bit as bewitched and enchanted and fascinated with the book as I am with the movie. ☘️ I think he did also do a fair amount of research, however. (Somewhat mentioned in "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" which appears as an extra on the DVD and which also appeared for many years on the Disney Channel 'round about this time of year.)
@MountcastleFilms Man I love this scene, it always gets me. They don't make movies like this anymore. not at all. This one scene which has no ultament relavence to the plot is more emotionally moving than all of the movies made in the last 5 years put together. I consider this Movie to be one of the classics right up there with The sound of music and Ben Hurr.
Interestingly enough though, when this movie was about to debut in Ireland, a few politicians there wanted to prohibit screenings. They felt that it was offensive and stereotypical. I don't see why though. The movie is one of my childhood favorites and is absolutely charming. It made you want to learn more about the Irish folklore.
Once there was no greenscreen or CGI effects... This was on of those times... All totally in camera and seamless... ... Also, those aren't his hands. The Actor playing Darby couldn't play the violin. Instead, the right hand was being played by one violinist, and the left hand played by another.
+Dr Moon Rat Wow, that's why it seems slightly clunky playing, at times the bow is far off into the finger board. But it's so well made I didn't notice it wasn't his hands, just deduced he knew how to play and it was (obviously overdubbed)
@@ivyssauro123 sry but no the violin playing is not even close to what it should actually be. The bow is extremely crooked and should be staying mostly on the A and E strings but the bow here is playing broken chords. Again this comment was made 4 years ago so who really cares at this point anyway lmao I just felt like responding.
@@verybratsche9467 hey I don't even remember making this comment haha buy you're right! He isn't playing anything remotely pleasant in the studio, it's certainly dubbed
Aye! if ye know anything the Fae are the devils! It wasn't exactly like the Townsfolk be a-invitin' ol' King Brian to Church every Sunday now, weren't it!? But not necessarily evil devils, well, not really evil. Villainous like petty mischief makers but not a *problem*, see, alls you had to do was outsmart them! So there be no need to destroy them or drive them out.
Everyone wants to hear the devil song on my fiddle. Or, for some reason, they want the banjo music from Deliverance. I do my best. The theme from the singing nun is one I do well- but all on the fiddle.
According to the lore of the movie, the Leprechauns were angels who didn’t get involved in the war in Heaven because they were too scared. They didn’t get sent to Hell with Lucifer because they didn’t fight for him, but God kicked them down to Earth to punish them because they didn’t help Him either.
King Brian's put the Come Hither on Darby, and Darby essentially is a prisoner of the Leprechauns. But Darby knows a Leprechaun cannot resist booze, dancing, and hunting. By playing a song, he gets them to dance away any suspicions they may have had of him trying to escape their kingdom, and by playing a song about a hunt, they decide to go for a hunt. It all makes sense if you watch the movie all the way through.
This was once my favorite movie as a kid! It played every so often on Family Channel, like once every 2-3 months. I always danced when this scene played!
In the day of CGI this scene may not seem impressive, but these are astounding visual effects! And... the scene makes perfect sense; Darby gets the leprechauns so caught up in the merriment that he is able to escape.
Being of Irish descent, my feet are tapping away. Ireland, how I loved my school holidays there every year - Cork and County Cork the homes of my late parents. Good Luck to those Irish (and not even Irish) on the soon to be St Patrick's Day. Great fun watching this, many thanks.
My grandmother put this horror film on every time I was at her house, especially on holidays. She didn't own any other disney films. I have a lingering irrational terror of little people because of it. I get sweaty and nauseous at the thought of them. Don't even get me started on the the banshee scene, it was way too intense for a home-schooler in the 80's. I cried all night and would not sleep alone for weeks. Still gives me the heeby-jeebies!
This movie is extremely underrated, I brought it to my elementary class on St. Patricks Day and the teachers seemed to enjoy it, but one kid looked at me and said "this movie is gay", if I was smart enough at the time I would have flipped him off.
@@janpiet4740I couldn't as I had bad social issues due to bullying and I had no skills to smack talk at that age, if I had the sense I would have smacked him upside the head lol
Wonderful underrated Disney film. The special effects are amazing for its time. I love the forced perspective scenes between Darby and King Brian, the matte painting resource and the optical effects used for the ghostly images. Amazing stuff.
This is my favorite scene in the movie, I love the way the music tempo continually increases. I've seen great Irish bands do this on a more complex musical level and it blows me away. Makes me want to ride off into the full moon. I know purists will bitch about "stereotypes" , but this is great fun.
Its not really non nonsensical to me. He is trying to get the Leprechauns to let him go from their hole. So Darby played this rousing song to get the Leprechauns excited and in the mood to hunt as he explains. Once the Leprechauns ride out of their hool in the mountain, Darby slips out.
@@howellmundholiday689 If it hadn't been a hole in his pocket it would have been something else. No mortal gets away with Fae treasure. As Miss Price observed, "I should have realized that it would be quite impossible to bring something from one world into another."
This is a classic. The affects, the music, the acting, it’s a shame that the “new” versions on dvd are dubbed because of the Gaelic accent of Sharpe and O’Dea, as well as the rest of the Leprechaun actors. As Darby said the three things that the little people were fond of was dancing, whiskey, and hunting, there are three things that still scare this grown adult, the Death Coach, The Banshee, and the theme music to Unsolved Mysteries.
Do what??? I guess there are probably still some laserdisc versions floating around out there with the original Gaelic accent but that sucks that they would dub this classic like that. It reminds me of the American English dubbed versions of the original 'Mad Max'. I'm an American and I prefer the Aussie accent and slang version hands down.
I loved this movie as a kid (the banshee scared the living shit out of me though,) and the special effects are incredible considering when it was released.
This is not nonsensical at all, as another user explained the piece of music Darby plays on the fiddle is called "The Fox Chase". He is tricking the Leprechauns into going out of the cave on their horses, so he can escape.
@@Sonichero151 They used an orchestra dubbed but, it seems to me, but as a fiddle player , he was playing the song as I watched his fingers. The movements were accurate as I could see.
Holy shit! Such a great movie! I watched this as a young boy all the time when I was 6,7&8. Wtf you talking about “nonsensical” lengthy fiddle scene? The fiddle scene is long cuz he’s trying get them hyped up to go hunt so they’ll open the cave so he can escape.
It shows this song as a solo violin piece, but you don't have to listen very carefully to figure out that it is actually played by a group of instruments. At 2:54, you can clearly hear brass instruments, and throughout the song you can hear percussion.
They caused a blackout in Burbank filming just this scene, because of the amount of power it took for the lighting. The power station couldn't handle it.
my friend Jeze lives in Dublin Ireland and she says this film is a very very accurate portrayal of the Irish people and the Leprechauns they live among , great film !!
St Patrick's day 2017 & i'm keeping it green with a few buds. This always reminds me of school as every so often we got to watch this gem of a movie instead of actually learning. I suppose it was educational in the sense of it taught you not to mess with leprechaun's or try to outsmart them. This is up there in my all time favourite movies.
@EmBeesWeb This scene was explained a few months back by this gentleman. "if you just see this it's nonsensical, Darby's actually fallen into King Brian's court and uses the song (The Fox Chase) to stir all the leprechauns into a hunting mentality (three things leprechauns will always go for being dancing, whiskey, and hunting). Darby then escapes through the door that King Brian opens. It really does make sense, I promise. tendoking48 3 months ago"
if you just see this it's nonsensical, Darby's actually fallen into King Brian's court and uses the song (The Fox Chase) to stir all the leprechauns into a hunting mentality (three things leprechauns will always go for being dancing, whiskey, and hunting). Darby then escapes through the door that King Brian opens. It really does make sense, I promise.
I know it's an old show, but I'm pretty sure that more than one violin or stringed instrument is being played. Which means that the violin must be magical. XD
Incredible effects before computers! With the exception of a matte painting, EVERY shot was done in camera on the set. No compositing of different footage. This has to be the greatest forced perspective visual effects work in film history. And they did it in Color, not B&W! Back in 1959! Mind-bogglingly brilliant.
I've watched it twice now since finding it on Disney+. It's a finely crafted movie. Larry Watkin deserves the credit for inventing by himself the central problem of an old caretaker being replaced by a young one. Around that he incorporated the magical characters which he researched in Ireland as a Disney screenwriter. It gets better with each viewing.
I just saw this movie a few minutes ago and I loved this scene xD the special effects are awesome (I saw the making of the movie too)... I just love it
I love this movie. The playing is obviously fake, but that kind of adds to the charm of the movie. We once watched this on St. Patrick's Day in my High School Orchestra. It is a fun movie to watch and the teacher could make a lesson out of it because of the violin playing in it.
the only disney movie with sean connery in it. in fact, it was this movie that brought Sean Connery to Albert Broccoli's attention who was casting the 1st James Bond movie, Dr. No. He hired him through his wife, Dana's recommendation. just like how walt disney named his mouse mickey after the late mickey rooney through his wife's suggestion instead of mortimer.
ya, people put a lot of work in movies back then, imagine getting that many horses and riders that could synchronize like that to go around in that huge set (im assuming most of the size stuff is perspective), movies were an art back then, especially musicals, you had to be a triple threat.
This scene is in no way "nonsensical"~unless you're totally clueless about legends/mythology. It makes complete sense to most of us. Nonsensical: I don't think you know the meaning of the word if this is how you use it.
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Magic, excitement, music, action, fantasy, thrills, and adventure. What an entertainment with King Brian and all the other leprechauns dancing to the music of the fiddle played by Darby O'Gill, the frisky old storyteller. The fun goes on forever and ever and it never gets old. I love the song. It's also for people of all ages, young and old. You're never too old to be young.
I swear movies will just never be this good again.
Why this film wasn't even nominated for Best Visual Effects is fucking amazing. All the forced perspective, the banshee scenes, plus the fact that Albert Sharpe couldn't play the fiddle and so two professional musicians had to hide behind him, one doing the bowing and the other doing the fingering.
How did they do the fiddle thing I am intrigued
Not the fingering
I thought he was playing with his fiddle 🇮🇪☘️🍀🎵🎶🎼💚🤍🤴🕺🌈🍺🎻
Say nothing until you hear more.
Huh? Come ON! You 8? You think like a kid! Soooo ya really think that’s LIVE MUSIC recorded WHEN IT OCCURRED in the movie? LMFAO oh my……yea nope! 😂🤣😂🤡🚌 It’s just a RECORDING dearie put in the movie AFTER THE FILMING…..so no damn violinists we’re hiding behind curtains…..unbelievable nonsense you’d even think that….
I watched this when I was really young and I'm telling ye, that banshee scared the shit outta me, I was near crying lol
and ye weren't alone in this! Many of us..........
The banshee STILL scares the crap outta me!
100% scared the shit out of me
The first dream I ever remember having was a nightmare about that fucking thing haha
My dad cried at the banshee when he was a kid
My no.1 favorite childhood films .. makes me proud to be Irish ☘️
Wonderful scene from one of my favorite childhood movies. It is spellbinding and magical the way in which these scenes were done, with forced perspective and matte painting. Traditional yet very creative special effects. A very underrated masterpiece by Mr. Walt Disney.
This is actually what us Irish do at home when nobody is looking.
It's a beautiful movie.
I bet everyone that gave you a 👍is an actual Irish person living in Ireland, including me..ha ha..
Can you help me move to the Emerald Isle, find me a woman who will keep me in line, and give me the life I dream of?
I *knew* it! :D
@@SheepdogSmokey No, but they'll get you some good food and a good strong drink
I absolutely love this scene, I'm 25 and my sister and I grew up on a lot of this stuff. Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a seriously underrated Disney live action movie. And every time I hear this song, I get SO F**KING SQUEE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! :D
One of the best things about this movie, too, is Darby and King Brian and their frienemies thing going on, for certain parts they wanna beat the hell out of each other but at the end of the day, they're still bros, and their facial expressions are just AWESOME! Love, love, love this movie! :D
The best part is the end where Brian tricks him into the fourth wish so he can push him out of the Cóiste Bodhar and save his life.
@@Dragonrose36 Yaaaas! :D And that's both a winning-the-battle-of-wits thing and a friendship thing, it's perfect. LOL
Exactly 😆 the banter between Darby and king Brian is great 😆
This one and Bedknobs and Broomsticks are fantastic.
@@stevesmith1965 Absolutely. 😁
My grandparents bought all these old classic Disney moves for me when I was little. Old Yeller, Candleshoe, Freaky Friday, The Love Bug...a whole collection if them. These will always hold a place in my heart. Love these old movies.
Still have them all on vhs in the original paperboard boxes
I hope you still have them. If so you have a fortune, in more ways than one. Great movies all.
@@terrypresson307 yep. Still got them. They are boxed up in the top of my closet so my daughter doesn't ruin them.
Remember the combined trailer ? It was such great music
That's "Old Yeller."
This is art no CGI...just talent pure and simple.
cellofingers That's right. Many classic Disney films like Darby OGill and Mary Poppins contained matte paintings by artist Peter Ellenshaw for the sets and backgrounds and forced perspective.
Glad to know that. Thanks!
Scorpio WarriorPrincess To me they are true artwork and masterpieces.
heartfire451 agreed!
Yes I agree.
This is a really unappreciated gem
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Same here
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Mine too.
Mine too. Love to watch it every St. Patrick's Day!
Considering the time, these special effects were amazing!
i love everything about Darby O'Gill and the little people my dad was 9 years old when it came out in 1959 I'm 30 my dad and i would sit and watch it together when i was a little girl and we still do every chance we get it is just so much fun to watch.
I was also 9 when it came out. I am learning on my fiddle the song Darby played. I have been a fiddler for many years.
I want to get some more Irish songs for Saint Patrick's Day events and I remembered this movie.
One of my favorite films. Love this scene in particular and the Wishing Song scene when Darby and King Brian share some poitín.
And Sean Connery's buoyant, lilting sing "My Beautiful Irish Girl."
I love this movie... I used to watch it with my grandfather during my childhood in Italy. He left this world 13 years ago, but he will always live in my heart and in my memories.
Rest in peace, Grandpa, I miss you so much... I hope that one day we will be able to watch this movie together again.
Sorry for your loss. I remember watching this with my dad when I was a kid. He passed in March. I was thinking the same, I wish I could watch it again with my dad.
So underrated of a film!!!
Nonsensical? I think not! Read up on some Irish folklore. This is a great film.
I was wondering that, too. What's WTF here?
There is nothing sensical about Irish folklore.
@@lazysmurf420 Nothing sensical about any folklore
@@2up3rm4n1 its the violin acting that is WTF lol im late and no one cares
The person making the video was probably some kiddo without education and knowledge. Irish are good lads and their folklore is amazing
imagine what it wud be like if they made a remake of this movie with Sean Connery as Darby O'Gill this time. it wud be great!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!
Love to watch this movie every St. Patrick's Day!
Same with me
Made in 1959 and still has better special effects than modern movies
Amen to that
Indeed
Bc they didn't have/use cgi effects. It's completely practical effect, with the camera at special angles and the actors at a distance
@@johnmdaniels27and its all in camera.. so no compositing in this shot.. its all force perspective but dropping the set to different levels its insane
released in 1959.
I love this film. I used to watch all the time when I was little and reminds me of my childhood spent with my grandfather. That Banshee still scares me 25 years later! You can tell that our folklore was researched and the seanchai were consulted. Unlike some atrocious films such as 'Leap Year'.
Or the Leprecaughn horror movies.
The movie wasn't actually based directly on folklore.
It was based on the Darby O'Gill Stories (which are from an old book which I've never read).
Disney obviously got every bit as bewitched and enchanted and fascinated with the book as I am with the movie. ☘️
I think he did also do a fair amount of research, however.
(Somewhat mentioned in "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" which appears as an extra on the DVD and which also appeared for many years on the Disney Channel 'round about this time of year.)
One of my favorite films of all time! Completely enchanting!
@MountcastleFilms Man I love this scene, it always gets me. They don't make movies like this anymore. not at all. This one scene which has no ultament relavence to the plot is more emotionally moving than all of the movies made in the last 5 years put together. I consider this Movie to be one of the classics right up there with The sound of music and Ben Hurr.
This isn't nonsensical. It's Irish folklore. If you want to go and call Irish folklore nonsensical, you'll have to take that up with Éirinn.
Interestingly enough though, when this movie was about to debut in Ireland, a few politicians there wanted to prohibit screenings. They felt that it was offensive and stereotypical. I don't see why though. The movie is one of my childhood favorites and is absolutely charming. It made you want to learn more about the Irish folklore.
With that description, whoever posted this is probably a millennial. They’re devoid of any culture.
Once there was no greenscreen or CGI effects... This was on of those times... All totally in camera and seamless...
... Also, those aren't his hands. The Actor playing Darby couldn't play the violin. Instead, the right hand was being played by one violinist, and the left hand played by another.
+Dr Moon Rat Wow, that's why it seems slightly clunky playing, at times the bow is far off into the finger board. But it's so well made I didn't notice it wasn't his hands, just deduced he knew how to play and it was (obviously overdubbed)
@@ivyssauro123 sry but no the violin playing is not even close to what it should actually be. The bow is extremely crooked and should be staying mostly on the A and E strings but the bow here is playing broken chords. Again this comment was made 4 years ago so who really cares at this point anyway lmao I just felt like responding.
@@verybratsche9467 hey I don't even remember making this comment haha buy you're right! He isn't playing anything remotely pleasant in the studio, it's certainly dubbed
"The Devil went down to Faerie; he was lookin' for a soul to steal . . . "
Aye! if ye know anything the Fae are the devils!
It wasn't exactly like the Townsfolk be a-invitin' ol' King Brian to Church every Sunday now, weren't it!?
But not necessarily evil devils, well, not really evil. Villainous like petty mischief makers but not a *problem*, see, alls you had to do was outsmart them! So there be no need to destroy them or drive them out.
"Mah names Darby lad and it might be a sin but aye'll take yer bet yer gunna regret fer ahm the best thats ever been!"
Everyone wants to hear the devil song on my fiddle. Or, for some reason, they want the banjo music from Deliverance. I do my best. The theme from the singing nun is one I do well- but all on the fiddle.
According to the lore of the movie, the Leprechauns were angels who didn’t get involved in the war in Heaven because they were too scared. They didn’t get sent to Hell with Lucifer because they didn’t fight for him, but God kicked them down to Earth to punish them because they didn’t help Him either.
King Brian's put the Come Hither on Darby, and Darby essentially is a prisoner of the Leprechauns. But Darby knows a Leprechaun cannot resist booze, dancing, and hunting. By playing a song, he gets them to dance away any suspicions they may have had of him trying to escape their kingdom, and by playing a song about a hunt, they decide to go for a hunt. It all makes sense if you watch the movie all the way through.
True Gaels are always weak for booz, dancing and hunting
One of my favorite movies from my childhood !
This was once my favorite movie as a kid! It played every so often on Family Channel, like once every 2-3 months.
I always danced when this scene played!
Grew up watching this with my dad as a kid, good film.
The in camera use of forced perspective is freaking great. So much setup and making sure the lighting is right, but man is it effective.
Or maybe it is counter-forced perspective.
Both!
Peter Bednar it was magic as a child seeing how they did it :)
In the day of CGI this scene may not seem impressive, but these are astounding visual effects! And... the scene makes perfect sense; Darby gets the leprechauns so caught up in the merriment that he is able to escape.
That dude is good at the fiddle
Om one of my fav movies and my fav Irish movie for that matter I couldn’t stop laughing the first time I saw this scene
The king is totally like 'Ooooh girl, this my jam!'
Girl?
Being of Irish descent, my feet are tapping away. Ireland, how I loved my school holidays there every year - Cork and County Cork the homes of my late parents. Good Luck to those Irish (and not even Irish) on the soon to be St Patrick's Day. Great fun watching this, many thanks.
My grandmother put this horror film on every time I was at her house, especially on holidays. She didn't own any other disney films. I have a lingering irrational terror of little people because of it. I get sweaty and nauseous at the thought of them. Don't even get me started on the the banshee scene, it was way too intense for a home-schooler in the 80's. I cried all night and would not sleep alone for weeks. Still gives me the heeby-jeebies!
Sorry to hear that. To me, this movie was magical. I watched it relentlessly as a kid in the 80s.
This movie is extremely underrated, I brought it to my elementary class on St. Patricks Day and the teachers seemed to enjoy it, but one kid looked at me and said "this movie is gay", if I was smart enough at the time I would have flipped him off.
Stick him in a room with the banshee see how hardy he is!
@@Chloe299XxX XD that would be great
U shoulda knocked some sense into him
@@janpiet4740I couldn't as I had bad social issues due to bullying and I had no skills to smack talk at that age, if I had the sense I would have smacked him upside the head lol
Great movie. The banshee still freaks me out. I watched this when i was about 9 and I am 38 now.
Wonderful underrated Disney film. The special effects are amazing for its time. I love the forced perspective scenes between Darby and King Brian, the matte painting resource and the optical effects used for the ghostly images. Amazing stuff.
This is my favorite scene in the movie, I love the way the music tempo continually increases. I've seen great Irish bands do this on a more complex musical level and it blows me away. Makes me want to ride off into the full moon.
I know purists will bitch about "stereotypes" , but this is great fun.
The Irish soul is lively & quick.
Mr. Disney sure did do his homework
Darby and Johnny need to have a fiddle dual.
Its not really non nonsensical to me. He is trying to get the Leprechauns to let him go from their hole. So Darby played this rousing song to get the Leprechauns excited and in the mood to hunt as he explains. Once the Leprechauns ride out of their hool in the mountain, Darby slips out.
It just is over his head.
he should've sewed his pockets too.....
Typical yank no tradition no brains no imagination no soul
@@howellmundholiday689 If it hadn't been a hole in his pocket it would have been something else. No mortal gets away with Fae treasure. As Miss Price observed, "I should have realized that it would be quite impossible to bring something from one world into another."
Darby is sly like a fox 🦊
A majic fiddle with full orchestra!
Nice. A classic and well done! 1959 technology at it's finest.
This is a classic. The affects, the music, the acting, it’s a shame that the “new” versions on dvd are dubbed because of the Gaelic accent of Sharpe and O’Dea, as well as the rest of the Leprechaun actors. As Darby said the three things that the little people were fond of was dancing, whiskey, and hunting, there are three things that still scare this grown adult, the Death Coach, The Banshee, and the theme music to Unsolved Mysteries.
I wondered why they dubbed it when I watched this on Disney plus. Why would their Gaelic matter though that they needed to dub it?
Do what??? I guess there are probably still some laserdisc versions floating around out there with the original Gaelic accent but that sucks that they would dub this classic like that. It reminds me of the American English dubbed versions of the original 'Mad Max'. I'm an American and I prefer the Aussie accent and slang version hands down.
As an Irish person, can I just say that this is terrifying. By the way, nobody in Ireland has said "Top of the morning to ya!"....EVER
Tell Jacksepticeye that 😂 (joking)
Lies! 🤣 You all start the day with a grand old, "Top of the Mornin' to ya!" and we Scots echo back, "Ach, aye, the noo!"
Really good old Disney--but even today that banchee scares the hell out of me as kit did 50 years ago.
A Saint Paddy's Day tradition...along with beer-soaked fistfights and grudges!
Brilliant. Still holds up--particularly technically.
I loved this movie as a kid (the banshee scared the living shit out of me though,) and the special effects are incredible considering when it was released.
This is not nonsensical at all, as another user explained the piece of music Darby plays on the fiddle is called "The Fox Chase". He is tricking the Leprechauns into going out of the cave on their horses, so he can escape.
Happy St. Patrick's day! Time to watch this movie again.
Ah, a classic, and one of my favorites. I love all they could accomplish without CGI. talent > cgi.
The first time I saw this movie was 1965, starlight drive in San Carlos dollar night Thursday night.
How is it nonsensical? Music and craic need no restriction or rule!
What's Nonsensical is the further into the song you go... the more you notice the music doesn't really sync up with the Man's violin playing
@@Sonichero151 They used an orchestra dubbed but, it seems to me, but as a fiddle player , he was playing the song as I watched his fingers. The movements were accurate as I could see.
Holy shit! Such a great movie! I watched this as a young boy all the time when I was 6,7&8. Wtf you talking about “nonsensical” lengthy fiddle scene? The fiddle scene is long cuz he’s trying get them hyped up to go hunt so they’ll open the cave so he can escape.
It shows this song as a solo violin piece, but you don't have to listen very carefully to figure out that it is actually played by a group of instruments. At 2:54, you can clearly hear brass instruments, and throughout the song you can hear percussion.
You don't have to "listen very carefully." It's totally fucking obvious.
***** Please reread my comment. I said that "...*but you don't have to listen very carefully*..."
Hmm... Sounds similar to what you said...
No shit man
I show this every St. Patty's Day with friends. I saw it as a small child and love, love ,love it to this day!🤩
I love this movie. Reminds me of my childhood days lol
Best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love this scene, especially first 45 secs
This scene looks even more spectacular and convincing in HD.
Go on Darby. yahooooo . Love this film.
King's Quest 1!! King Graham basically reenacts this entire scene for the magic shield, I finally get the reference.
Would be nice if they had a Sound Track of this classic film. Amazing ? how this was filmed, back then.
They caused a blackout in Burbank filming just this scene, because of the amount of power it took for the lighting. The power station couldn't handle it.
@@Dragonrose36 Hello, Interesting ! Thanks for sharing
He danced a merry dance. And the fiddler, oh i know, the new testament is the way and the truth. And war horses sired at my desire.
my friend Jeze lives in Dublin Ireland and she says this film is a very very accurate portrayal of the Irish people and the Leprechauns they live among , great film !!
I wish I had at least half the stamina these little people have. This shit goes on forever
que impactantes y bien hechos sus efectos especiales!!!
My favorite movie me and my mom used to watch this i still watch it. Every st Patrick's day. RIP mom❤
I'm watching this and The Luck of the Irish for St. Patrick's Day. Who else is?
I am a day late commenting, but I watched this movie last night with my kids. This was their favorite part.
Amen to that lads
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St Patrick's day 2017 & i'm keeping it green with a few buds. This always reminds me of school as every so often we got to watch this gem of a movie instead of actually learning. I suppose it was educational in the sense of it taught you not to mess with leprechaun's or try to outsmart them. This is up there in my all time favourite movies.
This has become the St. Patrick's Day movie for me, if able. With it being on a Sunday, that gives me a clear weekend to watch.
One of my favorite scenes. ❤
"Happy Little Boozer" by the Finnish band Korpiklaani always makes me think of this. I love this movie still to this day!
@EmBeesWeb This scene was explained a few months back by this gentleman.
"if you just see this it's nonsensical, Darby's actually fallen into King Brian's court and uses the song (The Fox Chase) to stir all the leprechauns into a hunting mentality (three things leprechauns will always go for being dancing, whiskey, and hunting). Darby then escapes through the door that King Brian opens. It really does make sense, I promise.
tendoking48 3 months ago"
Brilliant! Never take this down:)
if you just see this it's nonsensical, Darby's actually fallen into King Brian's court and uses the song (The Fox Chase) to stir all the leprechauns into a hunting mentality (three things leprechauns will always go for being dancing, whiskey, and hunting). Darby then escapes through the door that King Brian opens. It really does make sense, I promise.
I know it's an old show, but I'm pretty sure that more than one violin or stringed instrument is being played. Which means that the violin must be magical. XD
This looks like it would be f*cking HILARIOUS to watch while stoned......lmfao😂
Incredible effects before computers! With the exception of a matte painting, EVERY shot was done in camera on the set. No compositing of different footage. This has to be the greatest forced perspective visual effects work in film history. And they did it in Color, not B&W! Back in 1959! Mind-bogglingly brilliant.
Saw this today first time in my life
you may call that A GREAT PARTY - thank you so much, Walt Disney☘🍀☘🌹🌹🌹
This is my favorite Disney live action movie, followed cloely by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Absolutely brilliant movies.
when you're so drunk the little people you see actually become real
I've watched it twice now since finding it on Disney+. It's a finely crafted movie. Larry Watkin deserves the credit for inventing by himself the central problem of an old caretaker being replaced by a young one. Around that he incorporated the magical characters which he researched in Ireland as a Disney screenwriter. It gets better with each viewing.
You can't help but like this movie.
I just saw this movie a few minutes ago and I loved this scene xD the special effects are awesome (I saw the making of the movie too)... I just love it
As a Mexican Irishman, this is perfect
I love this movie. The playing is obviously fake, but that kind of adds to the charm of the movie. We once watched this on St. Patrick's Day in my High School Orchestra. It is a fun movie to watch and the teacher could make a lesson out of it because of the violin playing in it.
I loved that you called this the WTF Fiddle Scene because that's exactly what it is! I love this fucking movie so much.
the only disney movie with sean connery in it. in fact, it was this movie that brought Sean Connery to Albert Broccoli's attention who was casting the 1st James Bond movie, Dr. No. He hired him through his wife, Dana's recommendation.
just like how walt disney named his mouse mickey after the late mickey rooney through his wife's suggestion instead of mortimer.
Give 'em full cry Darby! The little people go nuts for fiddling and hunting!
The very first movie I remember seeing as a child. First time going to a theater..Washington DC at the senator theater on Minnesota Ave. N.E.
love the title of this - wtf fiddle scene lmao
this gets me in my feelins
ya, people put a lot of work in movies back then, imagine getting that many horses and riders that could synchronize like that to go around in that huge set (im assuming most of the size stuff is perspective), movies were an art back then, especially musicals, you had to be a triple threat.
This scene is in no way "nonsensical"~unless you're totally clueless about legends/mythology. It makes complete sense to most of us. Nonsensical: I don't think you know the meaning of the word if this is how you use it.
Haha good times when I watched this over and over as a child 👍
This is the best documentary on Irish history that I've ever seen.
If I had been Darby I would have wished for the British to leave.