This was actually done by Steve Krantz who Wife is Judith Krantz who in the 1980's wrote a lot of Bestselling Novels Scruples, Princess Daisy, and I'll Take Manhattan. He also changed his mind at the last minute to direct Grease and lost a chance to make Three Hundred & Fifty Million Dollars. One Critic called this Movie The Black American Grafitti.
I could be wrong, but this song and the movie was for Black folks, this movie was our lives, didn't matter where you were from, you could relate to this movie.
It's already been named as one of the top 100 best films by the Television academy. Directed by the greatest black director Charles Schultz and written by the greatest black writer of all time Eric Monte. Which was about his life. Dynamic duo.
And as usual, they would have to change the storyline to make it relatable to the new generation. What young person reads today? So a writer won’t fly. They’ll have to make him an aspiring singer, actor, comedian (getting his start on RUclips no doubt). They would have to change it too much for it to be relatable. Probably best left alone.
That happened to me last year. My best friend since first grade stopped talking to me and I have no idea why. She didn't invite me to her wedding and when she moved I lost contact with her and never found out what was wrong. She died in August and I'm still hurting over the fact that I never got to talk to her again.
AuntRuby'sDaughters that's a Cooley high moment. you loss someone who don't want to be bother with you until they die. your rhymes are so deep I could hug and kiss you. that's a cooley high moment you wrote. I'm Lifeworks,ndh enterprises,llc. I wrote a cooley high moment of my own if you find it. i also a education venue called LifeWorks,ndh enterprises,llc. check onu educated but deep vids. send this one to your children.
Roland Hawkins one of the hardest things for to do was to watch my 16 yr old take his friend to his final resting place 6 young men all under 25 taking their friend to his grave hurt my heart
Without a doubt the saddest on screen death ever filmed. When Preach was kneeling over Cochise saying "Help" as the train rolled by...man that was a gut punch.
You aren't the only one either. I be loving this movie up to the train scene where Preach finds him laying dead and I lose it every time. And the part during the song when he sees Brenda and he tries to hold back the emotions. My favorite movie of all time!!!!!!
Whew!! You sure got that right!! That means it is was written and performed to be emotional and that is one of the reasons it is the CLASSIC that it is!! I make sure all my younger generations see this movie and a few others!!
Now that I'm older and see how times have changed and a lot of wonderful people have passed on, this movie is more relevant I cry a little harder when I see this.
he did make it Hollywood this is a true story. Born Kenneth Williams in Chicago and raised in the Cabrini-Green housing project, Monte dropped out of Cooley Vocational High School and hitchhiked to Hollywood. His first big break came five years later, with a script written for and accepted by All in the Family which eventually contributed to the spawning of The Jeffersons. From there, he went on to produce work that inspired two 1970s sitcoms: Good Times (which he co-created with The Jeffersons star Mike Evans) and What's Happening!! (which was based on his screenplay for the motion picture Cooley High (1975)).[2] (Cooley High also inspired the CBS television show The White Shadow (November 27, 1978 to March 16, 1981), starring Ken Howard.[3]
Excellent post. I’ve read this as well. Also, in the movie, they gave background on the characters as to what happened to them later in life. Loosely based on their real lives, much of it was true. Preach girlfriend (light skin girl) did fall off the radar in real life and was sought after. I recently found her on Facebook and she looks damn near identical to her movie character. It wasn’t a fake page. There were up to date photos with her in them and I was like, did she ever age? She is obviously older but she looked immaculate in those photos.
Can't believe they didn't show the complete ending. Where he starts running as the Four Tops song kicks in ( I'll Be There) and then freeze camera. Unforgettable!
@jett woodward I don't know the people that wrote the screenplay (Eric Monte, etc.), but i assume he was trying to make it like real life. Unfortunately, some people do get away with murder. Back then and now.
Tabitha, With the music and scenery, I would agree. However, I would like to nominate the scene in Brian's Song where Billy Dee Williams, playing Gale Sayers, giving that locker room speech as an hangable mention.
CLASSIC!!! Can not watch this scene without breaking down. I first saw this movie in '79 when i was 10 yrs old. Even though everyone cried on this scene you don't understand the true emotional impact of it until it's someone close to you. Even though it's been 21 yrs and 2 days it still hurts and i still miss you Bro. Just spent the holiday with your kids...smh. Sorry...y'all brothers and sisters take care of eachother out there!!!
Brock Cureton On this tragic note, the obituary for John Singleton, mentioned that his mother took him to see Cooley High as child, he became very emotional , the film influenced him greatly ;
Jetsen Marin have you ever read “the house on mango street “ I have respect for you, just a black girl from jersey that thought that story should be a movie 💪🏽❤️
Before Ricky in that alleyway in 'Boyz In Da Hood', & Cane in front of "Ronnie's" house in Menace 2 Society, it was all about "Cochise" under dying under that elevated train track !!!
Me and my mom saw this classic movie last night on TV One. I say every time I see this episode I always say "okay I am not going to cry this time". As soon as the part when the song says "I thought we get to see forever, but forever's has blown away", I start bawling. Love this movie!!!!!
Ain't that deep! Back in the day. That song was sung at many Youngster's funerals. Most of the time. This sung was NEVER sung to the end. Cut short, because Family and others became overwhelmed. Screaming; total break downs in the church.And boy! The ones singing it, could blow!
"...basketball days and high nights. No tomorrows, unable to remember yesterday. We live for today..." Poignant words to say the least. Wonder who the writer was.
Eric Monte...Same creator/writer that created What's Happenin', Good Times and Sanford and Son...This movie was inspired by his real life in the projects of Cabrini Green housing projects..This character "Preach" was supposed to be him..
Eric Monte was the greatest black writer of all time that had his ideas stolen and was blacklisted for awhile. Coochise dying on the movie was brilliant even though I wished he would have lived and kicked those dude asses..lmao notice it took three guys to beat him
This is a so sad. I still cry today. Richard Morris is indeed buried at Burr Oak cemetery in Chicago. His cause of death was a severe concussion/brain bleed when he hit his head on the beam trying to get up.
Everything about the ending of this movie (Cochise's death, funeral, Four Tops) devastated me when I saw it as a kid, and I was a white kid in the suburbs. I always saw Cooley High as the black counterpart to American Graffiti, but Cooley ends on a note of tragedy, whereas Graffit ends on a note of longing and hope. Cooley is definitely an underrated movie.
This is a very, very underrated film. One of my favorites of all-time. This ending scene is exquisite, incredibly touching. Too bad this clip ends just before the Four Tops "I'll Be There" kicks in. That very ending scene still gives chills with I'll Be There playing.
It use to bother me that he didn't attend the funeral but as I'm older now, I understand that he wanted to say goodbye in his own way and start a new life. Start over, and honor his friend by being successful just as they dreamed they'd be. I lost a cousin and my best friend growing up. And in situations where they were with the wrong crowd. Every now and then you think about the past and wonder how great those you lost too early, could have been. When he says, "Chise, you could have been the greatest". That is one of the saddest things to me. It's like losing a part of yourself. And growing up in Chicago, knowing this is based on a true story, makes it that much more real. And I've been to a few funerals at that very same cemetery. I just bought this movie on Blu-ray. Gotta get the soundtrack next. Such a important film for Black History.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME. AND ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I'VE SEEN. THIS IS ONE OF THE SADDEST SCENES FROM ANY MOVIE. AFTER READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS. I DON'T FEEL SO BAD LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT I TO CRIED WATCHING THIS MOVIE. TEARS FALLING NOW AS I'M WRITTING THESE WORDS. MAN! THE LOVED ONES THAT I HAVE LOST. MOTHER, BROTHER, SISTER, FAVORITE AUNT, GODMOTHER. WE LOST THEM ALL IN JUST AFEW YEARS APART. BUT GOD. THE GOOD LORD HELPED US GET THROUGH IT. HE EASED THE HURTFUL PAIN. IT STILL HURTS. BUT NOT AS BAD. THANK U FATHER GOD. I WANTED THIS SONG TO BE A MUCH BIGGER HIT THAN IT WAS. I LOVE THIS VISION BETTER THAN THAT OF BOYZ II MEN. THIS SONG, U FELT IT IN YOUR SOUL. THANKS FOR THE POST. IT WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE. I LOVED IT.
We just lost our father on Jan. 19. 2013, and this song...is the fabric...of how we loved him so much...especially me because during the times that I washed him, took him on dinner dates...and just spent time with him....those moments I will never forget...him....
This is a very, very underrated film. One of my favorites of all-time. This ending scene is exquisite, incredibly touching. Too bad this clip ends just before the Four Tops "I'll Be There" kicks in.
One of the greatest movies ever when I was growing up..... Needs a Unsung Hollywood.... Also this is the best version of “Its So Hard to Say Goodbye”.... Sorry Boyz II Men
When I first saw this scene and heard this song in the background I cried like a baby. I also cried when I saw Brian's song, Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire, Tears of the Sun, and this scene on Scandal when the Black Father stood over his son's dead body with a shotgun. I was very young and immature when I first saw Cooley High but that scene when Cochise died prepared me for all of the loved ones that I would lose over the years. I lost my father back in 2014 and during the funeral all I can hear was "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday"!!!
I grew up on the west and Southside of Chicago back in the sixties and seventies and this movie captures being a teenager in the hood back then. A gang fight breaking out at random was some real shit.
A classic movie(Cooley High 1975). Man this scene was sad.Brings back memories of a few buddy's of mine that was killed.Always treasure good times with friends and family because you never know what the days ahead will bring.
This movie need to be played, at least once a month. In the Theater, Church, and The Homes. Our young Negro Boys, and their Queens, needs This. Respect yourself, Respect other people, and Respect other people property. The three R's will get you a long way in this Life🎉
I remember the first time I saw this scene in 1976 one year after this movie came out, It has stuck with me ever since, That's not the way you wanna say goodbye to your best friend especially when you were on bad terms.
I think what make everyone cry is the song sound like an church song in the beginning ..it really a r&b song .the scene and the song fit like a glove .
I had to watch this again, and glad someone posted it. This is one of the most touching moments in movie history. I grew up with this movie. Long live the spirit!
I was just telling my brother who died rite in front of me 2 years ago this was my favorite part & the song I'll be there playing while he running off & my brother use to play the song for me a lot when we ride around town & my aunt Mary Williams was going to Cooley high but drop out around the same time as the movie this movie will be forever apart of me & a classic & rip to my big brother smiley who died in front of me 2 year's ago he love Cooley high movie so much & would of been so proud of me for saying this for him & thanks for all of the good & fun memory's bro bro from ya Lil brother Reggie forever
This scene at the grave site really gets to me to loose someone that you love or care for will never come back in your life again GOD never makes mistakes. RIP MOM❤
Born and raised in Chicago, this has always been one of the truest and realest movie (& scene) for me. I was a young teen when it came out and we saw it at the Show. Had such a big impact on me cause it showed a lot of the neighborhoods and exactly how life was for us - catching the bus, the zoo, Downtown, school life, and going to parties. And most of all, seeing people who didn't live to get out of school or the hood.
This makes me think of my dad who for the first time last year told me about his friends who got killed in Vietnam. He was telling me how one of his friends had just got there and he was riding in a deuce and a half military vehicle when it got hit by a grenade. He said he couldn't go into the funeral home at his funeral and he stayed outside preferring to remember his friend as he was before he got sent out there. He had this far off look in his eyes as he was telling the story and you could see it still effected him all these years later.
This is the same way I went to see my childhood friend I couldn't bear to see him in a box and see his mom and kids there crying. I just sat in the car put down some e&j and watched from way behind the scenes until everyone left and the grave diggers were cool and gave me 45 mins to chill and talk to my boy rip and i was hurt but I felt better being there with him solo for the last time rip Larry b. 🙏🏿
There will never be another classic like this unbelievable acting & talent i truly will forever appreciate them for giving black ppl such a classic to be proud of this is my favorite movie of all time i don't care what they make it's Cooley High 1st everything else 2nd.
DAM I just loss my friend today 3-1-2020😭😭😓😓😢🤧. Rest in peace Ms. Linda Fisher im missing you already, it's only been a few hours since you left us.. Kno more pain..😭😭😭😓😓😢😢
My family and I grew up in the Cabrini Green housing projects. We were living there at the time Cooley High was being filmed. We moved years later however, I always wished I could find a jacket like the one Chocise wore. Lol. And wished my family had kept the Cooley High yearbook. Rough times living there but Memories I will never forget!!!
This funeral scene is taking place at Burr Oak Cemetery. My baby brother is buried there. It is an actual black cemetery just south of Chicago in Alsip, IL. Emmitt Till and his mother, Mamie, Dinah Washington and some others are buried there
I love it that Pooter saw that Preach showed his face at the cemetery; his facial expression just lit up like he knew he would come
To this day i'll never understand why Cooley High never gets the respect it deserves. This Movie is an American Classic
It has received Its respect. Listed in the American Film of Arts and Science as one of the top greatest films of all time.
Oh ok thanks!
This was actually done by Steve Krantz who Wife is Judith Krantz who in the 1980's wrote a lot of Bestselling Novels Scruples, Princess Daisy, and I'll Take Manhattan. He also changed his mind at the last minute to direct Grease and lost a chance to make Three Hundred & Fifty Million Dollars. One Critic called this Movie The Black American Grafitti.
I could be wrong, but this song and the movie was for Black folks, this movie was our lives, didn't matter where you were from, you could relate to this movie.
It's already been named as one of the top 100 best films by the Television
academy. Directed by the greatest black director Charles Schultz and
written by the greatest black writer of all time Eric Monte. Which was
about his life. Dynamic duo.
Saddest part of the movie. I cried like a baby the first time I saw this film. One of the best classic films.
I KNOW AS MILITARY MY BRO
I still cry. 😢😢
I still cry whenever I see this. Good for the soul.
A 1975 movie I never forgotten the day l seen this movie the sad is part of this movie 😵😢😢
Me too brother love this movie n I've lost my friends tragically as well so it hit me like a brick
they mentioned remaking this movie, ummm hell no, it's a classic and should be left alone
Vernon Carter Right on. But if they were to, Damon would probably end up dead or in prison.
And as usual, they would have to change the storyline to make it relatable to the new generation. What young person reads today? So a writer won’t fly. They’ll have to make him an aspiring singer, actor, comedian (getting his start on RUclips no doubt). They would have to change it too much for it to be relatable. Probably best left alone.
yep! agreed! just leave it ALONE! some things just cant be re’made anyway! this is an “AS IS” BLACK CLASSIC!!! 💙
I absolutely agree 100%.
I agree..
What makes this scene so sad is that Preach and Cochise wasnt on speaking terms when he got killed!!!!
J Diamond 😢😢 that part!!
That happened to me last year. My best friend since first grade stopped talking to me and I have no idea why. She didn't invite me to her wedding and when she moved I lost contact with her and never found out what was wrong. She died in August and I'm still hurting over the fact that I never got to talk to her again.
@@jeh5176 I had a best friend that did that but she is not dead as of now. I never knew why and it was like a bad breakup and I was left heartbroken
@@jeh5176 probably had sex with her man
AuntRuby'sDaughters that's a Cooley high moment. you loss someone who don't want to be bother with you until they die. your rhymes are so deep I could hug and kiss you. that's a cooley high moment you wrote. I'm Lifeworks,ndh enterprises,llc. I wrote a cooley high moment of my own if you find it. i also a education venue called LifeWorks,ndh enterprises,llc. check onu educated but deep vids. send this one to your children.
If you ever lost a close friend......you fully understand the impact of this scene.
No doubt
Roland Hawkins one of the hardest things for to do was to watch my 16 yr old take his friend to his final resting place 6 young men all under 25 taking their friend to his grave hurt my heart
Ir your brother
I KNOW AS MILITARY MY BRO
Roland Hawkins Exactly!! My bestie left me 9/2018😔😔😔😔
I was born 1966 this movie is more than a classic words can ever explain
"THIS IS FOR THE BROTHER'S WHO AIN'T HERE"...
They aren't here! They don't get none!
We about to be the brothers that ain’t here
Rest In Peace Danny going to be hard to bury you today love ya bro !! Miss you dearly guess your fishing up there never got the chance yet we planned
Mayme Clayton 😂🤣🤣🤣
I agree with you
Without a doubt the saddest on screen death ever filmed. When Preach was kneeling over Cochise saying "Help" as the train rolled by...man that was a gut punch.
Literally
this scene make a grown ass man cry. everytime I see it be it thirty years ago or today that shit makes a brother tear up.
I feel you, the song didn't even start and I was reaching for tissue.
You aren't the only one either. I be loving this movie up to the train scene where Preach finds him laying dead and I lose it every time.
And the part during the song when he sees Brenda and he tries to hold back the emotions. My favorite movie of all time!!!!!!
shit me too..make me remember all the people I lost
Same here
Whew!! You sure got that right!! That means it is was written and performed to be emotional and that is one of the reasons it is the CLASSIC that it is!! I make sure all my younger generations see this movie and a few others!!
Now that I'm older and see how times have changed and a lot of wonderful people have passed on, this movie is more relevant I cry a little harder when I see this.
dionne mannnn listen...I cry every time I see this...
Funny when I need to make peace with today's situations, this is one of my go too.
that was beautiful and so deep
“Sometimes I be walking around the street I look up and I expect to see you come around the corner” damn 😢
I almost lost it when he said that. So true.
he did make it Hollywood this is a true story. Born Kenneth Williams in Chicago and raised in the Cabrini-Green housing project, Monte dropped out of Cooley Vocational High School and hitchhiked to Hollywood. His first big break came five years later, with a script written for and accepted by All in the Family which eventually contributed to the spawning of The Jeffersons. From there, he went on to produce work that inspired two 1970s sitcoms: Good Times (which he co-created with The Jeffersons star Mike Evans) and What's Happening!! (which was based on his screenplay for the motion picture Cooley High (1975)).[2] (Cooley High also inspired the CBS television show The White Shadow (November 27, 1978 to March 16, 1981), starring Ken Howard.[3]
thats dope
Yeah!
Eddie Weaver That is correct 💯 ❤️
Excellent post. I’ve read this as well. Also, in the movie, they gave background on the characters as to what happened to them later in life. Loosely based on their real lives, much of it was true. Preach girlfriend (light skin girl) did fall off the radar in real life and was sought after. I recently found her on Facebook and she looks damn near identical to her movie character. It wasn’t a fake page. There were up to date photos with her in them and I was like, did she ever age? She is obviously older but she looked immaculate in those photos.
💯#BigFacts🅿
it's so sad that they fought the last minute they were with each other.
such an underrated masterpiece
One of my all time favorite movies. This movie was made in the 70's, but it's still powerful and relevant.
Yes it is.
I had just lost one of my best friend in a car accident a week before this movie came out ❤
Thee greatest coming of age movie ever. PERIOD.
"...Chise, you coulda been the greatest man, you coulda been...swish. I gotta go..."
This scene is heartbreaking and make me teary eyed😢😥
Cooley High is a Masterpiece.!!!
I'm now 65, and I remember the movie and I cry.
Me to
Can't believe they didn't show the complete ending. Where he starts running as the Four Tops song kicks in ( I'll Be There) and then freeze camera. Unforgettable!
Oh Yeah here ya go: ruclips.net/video/8QXJjqLAh24/видео.html
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT that is the best way to close it out 🙌
@jett woodward what are you talking about num-knutts
@jett woodward
I don't know the people that wrote the screenplay (Eric Monte, etc.), but i assume he was trying to make it like real life.
Unfortunately, some people do get away with murder. Back then and now.
@jett woodward
Yeah, i hear you.
Who's still watching this movie in 2019???? This is truly a classic!!! It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday!!??
I know i am, TV One just showed it three times in one day.
2021 for me
I have this on VHS. For the OG, not old who know what I'm talking about.
This is one of my best movies hands down,,,,,,,,,,,💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👌👌👌👌👌
Seen this movie 2 dozen times....and this part gets to me....every.....single....time...sniff sniff!!!
Saddest scene EVER by far
Oh, my lord, u are so right...
+Tabitha Smaw when I saw this at the theater, everyone was crying
Tabitha Smaw 1st movie that made me cry !!! #Facts
Tabitha, With the music and scenery, I would agree. However, I would like to nominate the scene in Brian's Song where Billy Dee Williams, playing Gale Sayers, giving that locker room speech as an hangable mention.
CLASSIC!!! Can not watch this scene without breaking down. I first saw this movie in '79 when i was 10 yrs old. Even though everyone cried on this scene you don't understand the true emotional impact of it until it's someone close to you. Even though it's been 21 yrs and 2 days it still hurts and i still miss you Bro. Just spent the holiday with your kids...smh. Sorry...y'all brothers and sisters take care of eachother out there!!!
This scene never gets old.
The original boyz n the hood
EXACTLY!!!
In
INDEED
Brock Cureton On this tragic note, the obituary for John Singleton, mentioned that his mother took him to see Cooley High as child, he became very emotional , the film influenced him greatly ;
Uhhh noo
I may be Mexican growing up on the southside but damn this movie brings bakk memories nice....👍
+Jetsen Marin true
Jetsen Marin have you ever read “the house on mango street “ I have respect for you, just a black girl from jersey that thought that story should be a movie 💪🏽❤️
Eyes watered, knees buckled, and an old school "O.G." like me broke down and cried!
+MegaGoldenleaf i agree
One of the best monologues ever written, and one of the best endings ever on film...astounding.
Before Ricky in that alleyway in 'Boyz In Da Hood', & Cane in front of "Ronnie's" house in Menace 2 Society, it was all about "Cochise" under dying under that elevated train track !!!
Facts
😂😂😂 True Statement...
Me and my mom saw this classic movie last night on TV One. I say every time I see this episode I always say "okay I am not going to cry this time". As soon as the part when the song says "I thought we get to see forever, but forever's has blown away", I start bawling. Love this movie!!!!!
Same here lol
Ain't that deep! Back in the day. That song was sung at many Youngster's funerals. Most of the time. This sung was NEVER sung to the end. Cut short, because Family and others became overwhelmed. Screaming; total break downs in the church.And boy! The ones singing it, could blow!
Flown away.
Girl you not the only one when he start saying “and l I’ll take with me out memories” I start crying my eyes out
This scene makes me cry internally. I felt for the dude. I lost friends that played football with me. RIP to my teammates.
"...basketball days and high nights.
No tomorrows, unable to remember yesterday. We live for today..."
Poignant words to say the least. Wonder who the writer was.
sadly the writer fell on some hard times, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Monte
Thanks Carlos for that link. Interesting read. Actually heard of him just didn't make the connection.
Eric Monte...Same creator/writer that created What's Happenin', Good Times and Sanford and Son...This movie was inspired by his real life in the projects of Cabrini Green housing projects..This character "Preach" was supposed to be him..
Exactly
I concur greatest movie of all time. reminds me of the years of growing up the good and bad times . For the Brothers who ain't here
Here I go crying at work...I was 5 when I saw this on TV and over 40 years later I still cry for Cochise and what could've/should've been.
😂
We all cry because, Cochise dies several times each day all over the world. .
Zu Byerly This comment is so real and sad.
RIP Ben Wilson 1984.
I went to simeon class of 02...he a legend
I'm a HS coach in SC and his picture is on my wall beside Len Bias.
Just watched Unsung Hollywood and had to come see this scene again. Never loses it's impact.
amen good man!!!
Cooley High is a true classic, my favorite movie, amen! 😄😂
Eric Monte was the greatest black writer of all time that had his ideas stolen and was blacklisted for awhile. Coochise dying on the movie was brilliant even though I wished he would have lived and kicked those dude asses..lmao notice it took three guys to beat him
I saw that on Unsung, it's a shame he gets no tributes or honors, his ideas are still being seen in black ET today, they did him real dirty
This is a so sad. I still cry today. Richard Morris is indeed buried at Burr Oak cemetery in Chicago. His cause of death was a severe concussion/brain bleed when he hit his head on the beam trying to get up.
Everything about the ending of this movie (Cochise's death, funeral, Four Tops) devastated me when I saw it as a kid, and I was a white kid in the suburbs. I always saw Cooley High as the black counterpart to American Graffiti, but Cooley ends on a note of tragedy, whereas Graffit ends on a note of longing and hope. Cooley is definitely an underrated movie.
Very respectable comments. Right On Bro!
Well in "American Graffiti", one of characters eventually dies in an auto accident, but i know what you mean.
conallk You're right about that! In the final analysis people are all trying to live their best lives despite RACISTS and other lowlife:-/
Also being filmed at Burr Oak Cemetery...I've been to burials there!
This is a very, very underrated film. One of my favorites of all-time. This ending scene is exquisite, incredibly touching. Too bad this clip ends just before the Four Tops "I'll Be There" kicks in. That very ending scene still gives chills with I'll Be There playing.
It use to bother me that he didn't attend the funeral but as I'm older now, I understand that he wanted to say goodbye in his own way and start a new life. Start over, and honor his friend by being successful just as they dreamed they'd be. I lost a cousin and my best friend growing up. And in situations where they were with the wrong crowd. Every now and then you think about the past and wonder how great those you lost too early, could have been. When he says, "Chise, you could have been the greatest". That is one of the saddest things to me. It's like losing a part of yourself. And growing up in Chicago, knowing this is based on a true story, makes it that much more real. And I've been to a few funerals at that very same cemetery.
I just bought this movie on Blu-ray. Gotta get the soundtrack next. Such a important film for Black History.
I cried only to two movies, roots and cooley high!!!!
I cried on the movie " Something for Joey" when John cappelletti gave his Heisman trophy to his little brother WHOA IT WAS DEEP LoL
I cried to Cooley High , Imitation of Life , Color Purple and Roots
The movie that hit me the hardest CornBreadEarlN Me,devastated me....Never watch it twice2hrad T.V. movie Imitation of Life!!GLORY
The first time I saw this movie as a young boy.. I realize there were bad people in the world... I will never forget it... I was so sad!!!
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME. AND ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I'VE SEEN. THIS IS ONE OF THE SADDEST SCENES FROM ANY MOVIE. AFTER READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS. I DON'T FEEL SO BAD LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT I TO CRIED WATCHING THIS MOVIE. TEARS FALLING NOW AS I'M WRITTING THESE WORDS. MAN! THE LOVED ONES THAT I HAVE LOST. MOTHER, BROTHER, SISTER, FAVORITE AUNT, GODMOTHER. WE LOST THEM ALL IN JUST AFEW YEARS APART. BUT GOD. THE GOOD LORD HELPED US GET THROUGH IT. HE EASED THE HURTFUL PAIN. IT STILL HURTS. BUT NOT AS BAD. THANK U FATHER GOD. I WANTED THIS SONG TO BE A MUCH BIGGER HIT THAN IT WAS. I LOVE THIS VISION BETTER THAN THAT OF BOYZ II MEN. THIS SONG, U FELT IT IN YOUR SOUL. THANKS FOR THE POST. IT WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE. I LOVED IT.
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Still watching this movie 🍷💔✊🏿💓 2019 Live your Best Life, and don't live for Regrets. Tear Drop!
No one can suffer the most tragic and capture the beauty out of it like our people. Our strength is truly God given.
Demitri Tyler Very true! So much talent, so very much given to be stolen. Shame on Norman Lear:-/
We just lost our father on Jan. 19. 2013, and this song...is the fabric...of how we loved him so much...especially me because during the times that I washed him, took him on dinner dates...and just spent time with him....those moments I will never forget...him....
Classic film one of the best in the 70's.
Cooley High Forever.
I agree, Claudine also !!#THECLASSICS
This is a very, very underrated film. One of my favorites of all-time. This ending scene is exquisite, incredibly touching. Too bad this clip ends just before the Four Tops "I'll Be There" kicks in.
One of the greatest movies ever when I was growing up..... Needs a Unsung Hollywood.... Also this is the best version of “Its So Hard to Say Goodbye”.... Sorry Boyz II Men
It was already a Unsung Hollywood on Cooley High about 5 years ago
Cooley High! Nuff Said! Too much to comment about! Tomorrow, we need to bring back yesterday.
There Shouldn't Be a God Dam Thumbs Down on this here Movie, Especially This Part...... R.I.P Cochise.....
After all these years, I still cry! One of the best songs ever!
When I first saw this scene and heard this song in the background I cried like a baby. I also cried when I saw Brian's song, Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire, Tears of the Sun, and this scene on Scandal when the Black Father stood over his son's dead body with a shotgun. I was very young and immature when I first saw Cooley High but that scene when Cochise died prepared me for all of the loved ones that I would lose over the years. I lost my father back in 2014 and during the funeral all I can hear was "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday"!!!
One of the best songs ever made and a super great movie that you couldn't help but cry at the end. A super classic movie!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up on the west and Southside of Chicago back in the sixties and seventies and this movie captures being a teenager in the hood back then. A gang fight breaking out at random was some real shit.
To Kobe Bryant, Gianni and all that passed from this life in Calabasas, CA today!
Just had to come to da original song after Kobe's passing...Started cryin as soon as I pressed play for the video...
A classic movie(Cooley High 1975). Man this scene was sad.Brings back memories of a few buddy's of mine that was killed.Always treasure good times with friends and family because you never know what the days ahead will bring.
Saddest part in the movie smh
Saddest part of the movie is when Coochise died and left under the tracks.
Heavenly respect to so many, taken too soon...
True example of brotherly love.
I always cried Everytime Cochise died, this like Ricky Baker dying in Boyz N Hood.
ricky boyz in the hood cochise cooley high raheen juice dee zebra head now that was a sad scene too
@Elliott Bronstein Exactly! Cochise got a basketball scholarship; Ricky got a football scholarship. Both were murdered at the end.
this is probably my most favorite song of all times,
This movie need to be played, at least once a month. In the Theater, Church, and The Homes. Our young Negro Boys, and their Queens, needs This. Respect yourself, Respect other people, and Respect other people property. The three R's will get you a long way in this Life🎉
I remember the first time I saw this scene in 1976 one year after this movie came out, It has stuck with me ever since, That's not the way you wanna say goodbye to your best friend especially when you were on bad terms.
The Best made Movie yet
One of the best movies of any generation 2019 👏👏👏☹
I think what make everyone cry is the song sound like an church song in the beginning ..it really a r&b song .the scene and the song fit like a glove .
it was so hard to say goodbye to our mother she will truly be missed
I had to watch this again, and glad someone posted it. This is one of the most touching moments in movie history. I grew up with this movie. Long live the spirit!
Got my dad on cancers death row. Gonna come back to this in a few weeks, a month at most.
I was just telling my brother who died rite in front of me 2 years ago this was my favorite part & the song I'll be there playing while he running off & my brother use to play the song for me a lot when we ride around town & my aunt Mary Williams was going to Cooley high but drop out around the same time as the movie this movie will be forever apart of me & a classic & rip to my big brother smiley who died in front of me 2 year's ago he love Cooley high movie so much & would of been so proud of me for saying this for him & thanks for all of the good & fun memory's bro bro from ya Lil brother Reggie forever
One of the Best scenes ever in film! Cooley High is an all time favorite. I never forget going to the theater in Chicago to see this film.
You can't watch this without teary up. So many memories.
This scene at the grave site really gets to me to loose someone that you love or care for will never come back in your life again
GOD never makes mistakes. RIP MOM❤
Cooley high deserves the respect it gots. Only those who remember life gives it. I miss my friends and family who feel like me and you...
this is for my mom who died in 1998
+Barry Tovar rip
Loved this movie it’s truly a classic !!!
When that song starts... It’s over for me😭😭😭
Makes me think of my grandmother. RIP granny
Glynn Turman was/is an amazing yet underrated actor
I love this song. Brings back so many memories of my love ones that passed. I love And miss y'all so much!
Born and raised in Chicago, this has always been one of the truest and realest movie (& scene) for me. I was a young teen when it came out and we saw it at the Show. Had such a big impact on me cause it showed a lot of the neighborhoods and exactly how life was for us - catching the bus, the zoo, Downtown, school life, and going to parties. And most of all, seeing people who didn't live to get out of school or the hood.
The saddest song to a movie yet. Have me crying every time.
This makes me think of my dad who for the first time last year told me about his friends who got killed in Vietnam. He was telling me how one of his friends had just got there and he was riding in a deuce and a half military vehicle when it got hit by a grenade. He said he couldn't go into the funeral home at his funeral and he stayed outside preferring to remember his friend as he was before he got sent out there. He had this far off look in his eyes as he was telling the story and you could see it still effected him all these years later.
Respect Life... Love Life.. Life is the best Gift... R.I.P. to all the Real Ogs....
This is the same way I went to see my childhood friend I couldn't bear to see him in a box and see his mom and kids there crying. I just sat in the car put down some e&j and watched from way behind the scenes until everyone left and the grave diggers were cool and gave me 45 mins to chill and talk to my boy rip and i was hurt but I felt better being there with him solo for the last time rip Larry b. 🙏🏿
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There will never be another classic like this unbelievable acting & talent i truly will forever appreciate them for giving black ppl such a classic to be proud of this is my favorite movie of all time i don't care what they make it's Cooley High 1st everything else 2nd.
I was 6 years old, when I first saw this movie...cried like I was six years old...💯
If this scene doesn't make you cry or AT LEAST tear up..Then YOU are a LAMONT SANFORD!
How many times have I cried watching this.....Lord have mercy! This movie touches the heart in so many ways!
I've seen this movie hundreds of times and still get choked up at this scene.
This is for you zamal Sekhem Ua Rayay. 1974 - 2023. Rest In Peace my beloved friend and dear brother.🌹
A BLACK classic. One of the best movies to ever capture our experience.
Classic line from the movie "what do you want in life? I want to live forever" Mr. Mason and Preach.
DAM I just loss my friend today 3-1-2020😭😭😓😓😢🤧. Rest in peace Ms. Linda Fisher im missing you already, it's only been a few hours since you left us.. Kno more pain..😭😭😭😓😓😢😢
My family and I grew up in the Cabrini Green housing projects. We were living there at the time Cooley High was being filmed. We moved years later however, I always wished I could find a jacket like the one Chocise wore. Lol. And wished my family had kept the Cooley High yearbook. Rough times living there but Memories I will never forget!!!
This whole movie is great. Hilarious, the characters, the party... and then this scene, and this song... gets me every time.
This funeral scene is taking place at Burr Oak Cemetery. My baby brother is buried there. It is an actual black cemetery just south of Chicago in Alsip, IL. Emmitt Till and his mother, Mamie, Dinah Washington and some others are buried there
I remember seeing this movie when I was 11 at The Melba on Boston Rd in The Bronx....I can still hear the sniffling in the theater during this scene.