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everton2004
Player Valuation: £35m
The scene at the end of Forrest Gump when after Jenny's death
The scene at the end of Saving Private Ryan in the cemetary
Both get me every time.
The scene at the end of Saving Private Ryan in the cemetary
Both get me every time.
chrismpw
Player Valuation: £70m
I have t shirts older than that.
The entirety of "The Road". My firstborn was a few days old when I watched it and I just sobbed through pretty much the whole of it.
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I liked the scene, as I said I didn't really pay much attention first time around.
Alan Rickman with his very distinctive voice and superb acting skills could make a 6 month old turd on the floor become a thing of art IMO.
I agree that there was a little bit of obsession in the story but it was designed to be a plot twist as much as anything. Something that I thought worked well.
Sapie88
Hi @Donald Twain
I've only got a little lad and this actually traumatised me.
terry nodder
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Well anything that Russ Abbot did after 1987 really, a particularly fallow period for someone I was once proud to call a true friend.
ChEErs TerrY
ChEErs TerrY
Professor Toffee
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Dog Day Afternoon has many very sad moments for what is a tense and violent film
BLUENOWZ1878
Player Valuation: £6m
Hachiko, that film where the dogs owner dies and the dog waits for him at the train station every day to come back.
Hachikō
For the JR East line connecting Hachiōji with Takasaki, see Hachikō Line.
Hachikō
Hachikō (c. 1935)
Species Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
Breed Akita Inu
Sex Male
Born Hachikō
10 November 1923
near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture
Died 8 March 1935 (aged 11)
Shibuya, Tokyo
Resting place Aoyama Cemetery, Minato, Tokyo
Nation from Japan
Known for Waiting perseveringly for the return of his deceased owner for more than nine years.
Owner Hidesaburō Ueno
Offspring None
Weight 41 kg
Height 64 cm[1]
Appearance Golden light brown with white (peach white) color on the upper face
Awards Bronze statue of Hachiko in front of train station of Shibuya, Tokyo (where he waited)
Hachikō (ハチ公?, November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935) was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture,[2] Japan. He is remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, which continued for more than nine years after his owner's death.[3] Hachikō is known in Japanese as chūken Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公) "faithful dog Hachikō", hachimeaning "eight" and kō meaning "affection."[4] During his lifetime, the dog was held up in Japanese culture as an example of loyalty and fidelity. Well after his death, he continues to be remembered in worldwide popular culture, with statues, movies, books, and appearances in various media
Life
Shibuya Station as it was in the Taisho and Pre-war Showa eras (1912–1945)
In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo, took Hachikō, a golden brown Akita, as a pet. Ueno would commute daily to work, and Hachikō would leave the house to greet him at the end of each day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued the daily routine until May 1925, when Ueno did not return. The professor had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, while he was giving a lecture, and died without ever returning to the train station in which Hachikō would wait.
Each day, for the next nine years, nine months and fifteen days, Hachikō awaited Ueno's return, appearing precisely when the train was due at the station.
Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. Initial reactions from the people, especially from those working at the station, were not necessarily friendly. However, after the first appearance of the article about him on October 4, 1932 in Asahi Shimbun, people started to bring Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.[5]
PublicationEdit
One of Ueno's students, Hirokichi Saito, who developed expertise on the Akita breed, saw the dog at the station and followed him to the Kobayashi home, the home of Ueno's former gardener, Kikuzaboro Kobayashi,[6]) where he learned the history of Hachikō's life. Shortly after the meeting, the former student published a documented census of Akitas in Japan. His research found only 30 purebred Akitas remaining, including Hachikō from Shibuya Station.
He returned frequently to visit Hachikō and over the years, he published several articles about the dog's remarkable loyalty. In 1932, one of his articles, published in Asahi Shimbun, placed the dog in the national spotlight.
Hachikō became a national sensation. His faithfulness to his master's memory impressed the people of Japan as a spirit of family loyalty to which all should strive to achieve. Teachers and parents used Hachikō's vigil as an example for children to follow. A well-known Japanese artist rendered a sculpture of the dog, and throughout the country, a new awareness of the Akita breed grew.
Eventually, Hachikō's legendary faithfulness became a national symbol of loyalty, particularly to the person and institution of the Emperor.[7]
Death
Last known photo of Hachikō - pictured with his owner's wife Yaeko Ueno (front row, second from right) and station staff in mourning in Tokyo on March 8, 1935.
Hachikō died on March 8, 1935 at the age of 11 based on his date of birth. He was found on a street in Shibuya.[8] In March 2011, scientists finally settled the cause of death of Hachikō: the dog had both terminal cancer and a filaria infection. There were also four yakitori skewers in Hachikō's stomach, but the skewers did not damage his stomach or cause his death.[9][10]
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
No almost about it!
The scene when Ben the cow is killed by the coyotes in Barnyard turns me into a quivering wreck.
The scene when Ben the cow is killed by the coyotes in Barnyard turns me into a quivering wreck.
Dear god. Even explaining that movie to people who haven't seen it reduces me to a blubbering wreck
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