Wow. He is menacing without being loud, intimidating without being physical and threatening though he is just clipping roses. That's what you call a performance.
“If there’s a heaven son, she ain’t in it” man 99% of people would have lost their shit on him. That’s why the guy picked up the gun, he knew that line isn’t something anybody could stomach
Only thing he got away with it at that time because of dugs “gf” otherwise he could’ve killed them both which he later did he wasn’t a mfcker to be mistaken with
Yes great actin by that old man he knew he pushed some buttons but he also knew his power he wasnt scared at any point and ben afflec kinda realized it during his speech and choose option to go with that mans plan to not make thing worse cause even he realized old man aint playing around
I definitely wouldn’t have had the resolve to chill or at least to wait until the job was over. At the very least I would have had to come back that night
Everything he says is psychotic, but that fact that it comes out of his mouth so matter-of-fact is what makes it chilling. A lesser actor coulda shouted this, Pete sits there quietly and cuts flowers. Remarkable acting.
What the fuck do you think he is talking about ? do you really think people in this world really likes to work while being sick real bad ? there have been days where I had migraines and I had to take the day off from work to sleep it off so imagine going through a sickness as serious as his was.
@@nathanielthompson7166 well he did work in this movie while sick of cancer which was diagnosed in 2009, he wasn't this skinny for the character but because of his deteriorated health.
@@leonmorales5744 I understand that and I hear yah but I'm just feel like people dont usually tend to love a job that much to put it above their health
Pete Postlethwaite, God rest his soul, was an amazing actor. The way he recanted a story of exerting his dominance over an underling while calmly grinning and stripping roses was distilled villainy. I love how when he said, “if there’s a heaven son, she ain’t in it”, he broke the rose’s stem. Pure evil.
What’s crazy is he already had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was fighting it when this movie was filmed and died not long after it released
The Florist has all the power in the scene, and that's directly displayed through him performing his everyday, mundane job while spitting some of the cruelest psychological manipulation imaginable. The same thing goes for when a character is eating food, or enjoying a nice, cool beverage. Think scenes like Col. Hans Landa drinking the French farmer's milk (Inglorious Basterds), The Hound quaffing down Polliver's ale (Game of Thrones S04E01), Don Corleone stroking the cat (The Godfather), the list goes on.
He was clipping Roses. A dangerous job lol. The Rose is such a beautiful thing, but covered in spikes that can tear armour open. I read that he insisted on using real roses and not props. That's why he was wearing gloves. He knicked himself many times.
When I was a kid part of our Rose Bush made its way through a fence Paling into our neighbours property. Mr Spargo who was around 70 ish at the time was doing some weeding.Caught one of its thorns in the side of his nose. Turned cancerous.He died.
I always felt that the florist removing all the rose thorns was "domesticating" it the way he was trying to keep Affleck's character on a leash. Same way with how he was talking about neutering the horses, he was neutering Affleck and his family.
TheManwithafan 👀 it again! You're gonna do this for me 👀😂 And I know now I will find yi (sic) 👌🏽 Love this movie so much ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Renner made his move to big time through this movie
I love the story of Spielberg referring to Postlethwaite as “the best actor in the world” and when asked in an interview about this, Pete stated “I’m sure what Steven meant was, the thing about Pete is, that he thinks he’s the best actor in the world”. He’s brilliant in everything he is in.
I don't necessarily see the logic in him telling the guy that. It just gives the guy all this extra motivation to come back later and kill them. Maybe if he left the mother stuff out things could have gone differently.
@@red2977 He said it because he thought it would scare Affleck into submission. He wants to appear as if he has complete control over every aspect of what makes him happy.
Grew up in Charlestown watched it in real life, although the characters are fake they hold a certain closeness to a real bank gang that was from Charlestown for years. Nobody said anything but we all knew who they we're and what they did, pretty sure they are all doing life in a fed pen now.
I know. I bought it on DVD so I could pop it in whenever I felt like it. Of course now you only have to hit the “mic” button and say THE TOWN. God bless streaming 😆
It was such a small role, especially compared to Renner's. And they both would have been in the same Supporting Actor category. But he truly was fantastic in his few brief scenes.
This was the movie that turned me around on Ben Affleck. I never hated him as some did, but I never thought of him as a great actor, or all that much of a badass film wise. In this movie I truly bought into his character, and I really liked his performance, and the movie as well. Ever since this movie, Ben's quality of acting /directing has been great, I hope he does the same for Batman.
this was a plum role he played, boyo. MR BEANs acting stock would have gone up 100% and ge would have cone off like a super bad ass also. Affleck sucks.. this role was the one to portray him opposite of his nature, which will always be soft, bald and weak ,
if you love being an actor it is no sacrifice. you can languish in a hospital OR try to rally and take one last bite out of life. I'll take the latter any day.
@@devinandres5054 - fucked up isn't the word for it. This man just told him that he was the reason his father was crying. Not only that but he was the reason his mother left. Not only that but that he basically turned his mother into a junkie whore that did every nasty shameful thing he told her to do to get her dope from him. And not only that, but that he had turned his mother so far out that she could no longer stand to live with herself. Simply shooting this guy let's him off too easy I think. The movie Seven, or Saw heads in the right direction.
Pete Postlethwaites acting is superb. His northern, rough Irish accent is fantastic and I'm surprised he does it so well and yet allows the audience to still understand what he's saying, I guess its the same one he did in the film "In the Name of the Father" along with Daniel Day Lewis, a Belfast accent. He really does sound like the rough guys around Belfast. He even looks/sounds like a genuine Old Irish gangster type guy. I know, I'm Irish.
he does have a very thick accent if that's what you mean. I know what the accent is like because I speak it and he does it almost perfectly, 9.5/10, only issue is its a little too thick. My accent is lighter, tourists for example are able to easily understand me lol the hardest accent by far to understand is the thick Scottish Glasgow accent, fuckin hell even I'm scratching my head there lol
Jonathan Po It's not limited to the over pronounced Irish accent in acting but also Boston. Some overdo it but by purpose. Acting is meant to deliver feeling more than accuracy at times. The more the spice and flavor the deeper the impression and longer lasting one at that. Pete convinces us of his dreaded sinister personification of evil. His job was to make us love to hate him, to fear him, and to wish him dead. In that respect, he delivered in spades.
Jonathan Po im from Northern Ireland, trust me our accent can be very difficult to understand especially in rural places, Americans seem to be the worst at understanding us
@@Kelly14UK The florist already knew exactly where he lives, he was just underlining the fact and showing he had complete contempt for the kid's attempt at bravado.
@Sonny lol this isn't mexico, Africa or some big city mob. It's a "small town" whirlwind you get stuck in living there your whole life that's nearly impossible to get out alive. This florist was small time but big enough to kill a mans family and unless you're willing to kill him and go to jail yourself (or run your whole life), yes it would be very intimidating.
Except he’s legit not as evidenced by the henchmen pulling the shotgun out on Ben like, “hey we both know you could just demolish this old POS right now so I have to pull out this shotgun in order to keep you in line. Not intimidating at all lol. Don’t even mention how he just gets killed later anyway.
Pete Postlethwait was the man. He always kept it real in his performances. A true master of his craft. A treasure and tragic loss to the world of cinema.
+fooloof I wonder who thought of it.....did the director say STOP!! Hey throw Fergie 3 sticks of juicy fruit the scene.....Or did Fergie himself say hey I know I'm telling the kid that if there's a heaven his mum isnt in .it......but if you toss me some bubble yum then scene will become more real........I don't know for me if he is chewing tobacco and spits it in a plant THAT would be realism my friend
And without even responding to the insult or raising his voice, "You're gonna this for me. Or I'm gonna clip your nuts..." So calm and threatening. Like: "Yeah, whatever. You're still a dead man if you don't obey me."
"You daddy didn't have the heart to tell his son that he was looking for a suicidal doper who was never coming home. If there's a heaven son, she ain't in it!" ouch
I imagine that pissed him off which was why he came in blazing later on, but I hand it to him for staying cool. Because he didn't seem bothered by the Shotgun the other guy was holding. Plus we know him and his friends walk around with pistols pretty much 24/7 but I doubt them use them much as my Southie's are tough as nails. I'd rather fight someone in Baltimore or DC, I don't like fuckin' with Southies. they are different breed. The are pretty much the other White Gangsters after the Italians.
I remember an interviewer asking Steven Spielberg back in the early noughties "Who is the finest living actor?" And without a moments hesitation he replied "Peter Postlethwaite" This alone kind of proves it.(R.I.P. Peter)
Imagine complaining to this florist. Customer: I paid for two dozen roses be delivered on valentines and they never showed. I demand a refund. Florist: A refund huh? I'll refund your nuts. It can either be by the knife or the chemical way, your choice.
One of my favorite movies. I loved when Ben said that he would regret losing her for the rest of his life and when his dad said I’ll see you either on this side or the other.😔😭🤦🏾♀️Brilliant acting.
The Town is one of the greatest films of all time. Gritty, grounded, and to the point. The dialogue and storytelling is superb as well. This was the first movie that made me respect Ben Affleck.
Why does everyone act like their so called “respect” means anything to these mega stars? They couldn’t careless either way, makes no difference to them.
The fact that he just keeps on trimming the roses and chewing his gum seemingly not even caring to what he is saying about getting out of the business is what makes the scene.
Truly one of the best films I've seen. And the way Pete plays Fergus is amazing.. I read somewhere he was dying of cancer while filmimg this..Great actor and so was a few of the others. Ben was fantastic and jeremy was also brilliant
How good is Pete Postlethwaite with accents specifity? In the movie In the name of the father he did the accent of a man who was Belfast born and bred and here he does the accent of a man who was born and brought up in Belfast but settled later in Boston, So It's a Boston Influenced Belfast accent, you can hear the Ulster Irish intonation but with the Boston Non-Rhoticity. Incredible!!
I'm from Dublin Ireland. I think he does a very good job, you can hear his English accent pop through on some words but I think he does a very good job. If I heard someone speak like that over hear I would think it was someone from the North who has probably lived in England at some point and picked up some of the accent from there. Some Irish people may disagree but I think its quite good especially compared to the ridiculous fake Irish accents you see in some American movies.
Pretty interesting fact, Pete Posslethwaite who played Fergus, had a brother called Mike, both from Warrington UK, Mike worked on 2 of my mum and dad’s house. I met Pete when I was very little around 4 (would’ve been 2003) and my dad told me he was a very kind and funny man!
Doug was likely packing heat. Notice the moment when he slightly glanced between Fergie and Rusty. Wondering if he was fast enough. He was thinking about it. I know that I would.
Who thinks The Florist is a better Irish mob boss than Frank Costello (The Departed)? I loved that movie but Jack Nicholson's performance always seemed a little cartoonish to me. Now Postlethwaite's performance was really menacing and seemed more real. He wasn't flashy, in this scene he's stripping roses for christ's sake, but he was really a bad guy.
Looking back on this scene. The movie needed it. Real life the Florist and his bagman didn't live to see the Sunset. Also real life. A dude that old in his line of work. Don't get that old. They get wacked.
Saw this movie in the theater when it came out 10 years ago. Watched it when it came out on dvd. Just watched it again on Netflix. This movie never gets old. Interesting fact is that I had a friend that lived across the street from that exact flower shop. But it wasn’t in Charlestown. It was filmed in South Boston on Dorchester Ave.
"Remember who clip your nuts for ya" best line from Ben Affleck. I still can't believe this movie is directed, written and produced by Ben Affleck. What a guy he is. All of his movies are superb badass.. The Accountant, Live by Night, Argo and Gone Baby Gone. Real thriller gems!
For those of you who aren't locals, at the 2:06 mark the florist says "she hung herself, on Melnea Cass", which is a boulevard in a somewhat sketchy neighborhood right by Boston Medical Center.
Chris, can you please interpret the rest of his dialogue for a naive person like myself. What do you suppose he is literally saying (instead of metaphorically) with the taste/hook/doped up good and proper stuff? I can imagine bit I'm probably wrong. What does he mean?
@@johnreagan He was saying that he gave his mom her first dose/hit/taste of heroin. He got her addicted to it, and then used it to get her to do terrible things like prostitute. Eventually she got so beaten down that she hung herself on said street. When he said "if there is a heaven son, she ain't in it" he meant that in Christianity, suicide is a mortal sin and a guarenteed trip to hell after you die. Basically, he tortured her and put her in hell on earth until she broke and sent herself to the hell of the bible.
@@onbored9627 Sounds right. I thought it had everything to do with drugs and nothing sexual between the two. Pimps are always more menacing than the prostitutes.
Bruh this fucking movie is one of my top 5 ever..I was living in Boston when this came out so it made it that much better.. i looovvveee this fucking movie
The florist may just be the most intimidating old man I ever watched on the silver screen. LOVE the Irish accent. New England is a great place. Best football ever (and I am a West Coast guy).
This is one of the most chilling scenes to watch. Fergie is a master player in the game. Knows everything and knows how to cut you down without lifting a finger. Old school Irish mob that made even the Sicilians hesitate to mess with them simply because of how brutal and pragmatic they were. This is a man that would burn down an orphanage if it meant a pay day. You can’t deal with a devil like that. Either you kill him like a dog, or you leave him be and don’t get his attention. One thing I think the soft handed bleeding heart libs don’t get about men like Fergie. There’s no law, no reasoning no guilt trip and no negotiation you can have with this kind of man.
Wow. He is menacing without being loud, intimidating without being physical and threatening though he is just clipping roses. That's what you call a performance.
Facts
He's fucking stuck on stupid
@@michaelbrennan1294 You are ?
Why ?
Pete Postalweithe .... RIP
@@mikepetersen9887 He was amazing in the classic film : 'In the Name of the Rose'
“If there’s a heaven son, she ain’t in it” man 99% of people would have lost their shit on him. That’s why the guy picked up the gun, he knew that line isn’t something anybody could stomach
Coldest part of the entire thing. Like mannn, why'd you have to say that too??
Only thing he got away with it at that time because of dugs “gf” otherwise he could’ve killed them both which he later did he wasn’t a mfcker to be mistaken with
Exactly, he knew that those words where essentially killing words and he got that shotgun ready and made sure he heard it being moved.
Yes great actin by that old man he knew he pushed some buttons but he also knew his power he wasnt scared at any point and ben afflec kinda realized it during his speech and choose option to go with that mans plan to not make thing worse cause even he realized old man aint playing around
I definitely wouldn’t have had the resolve to chill or at least to wait until the job was over. At the very least I would have had to come back that night
Everything he says is psychotic, but that fact that it comes out of his mouth so matter-of-fact is what makes it chilling. A lesser actor coulda shouted this, Pete sits there quietly and cuts flowers. Remarkable acting.
Kind of reminds me of Anton in "No Country" in that all the lines are delivered as simple facts, with no shouting or histrionics...
Most likely would have met guys like this growing up in Manchester.
Using Pete Postlethwaite in your movie is damn near like a cheat code. The dude is too good. RIP
@@kennybeans6115 .........I always liked Pete Postlewaite after I saw him in Alan Bleasdale's 'The Muscle Market'. [1981] Absolutely brilliant! RIP
I remember this scene at the movies and every one was quiet during it
Pete Postlethwaites was dying of cancer in this movie but wanted to keep working till the end.
Bs its Hollywood
caleb productions
What on earth are you talking about?
What the fuck do you think he is talking about ? do you really think people in this world really likes to work while being sick real bad ? there have been days where I had migraines and I had to take the day off from work to sleep it off so imagine going through a sickness as serious as his was.
@@nathanielthompson7166 well he did work in this movie while sick of cancer which was diagnosed in 2009, he wasn't this skinny for the character but because of his deteriorated health.
@@leonmorales5744 I understand that and I hear yah but I'm just feel like people dont usually tend to love a job that much to put it above their health
This has been my favorite clip for years. YEARS.
haha lol
Lol
He's genuinely intimidating, even though he's not physically imposing . That's great acting.
straight up OG
He has guy next to him with a pump shot gun…
@@joseperez1085 that's not as intimidating
@@blackphillipppp That's the only reason he's intimidating though.
@@shafo4384 nah
Pete Postlethwaite, God rest his soul, was an amazing actor. The way he recanted a story of exerting his dominance over an underling while calmly grinning and stripping roses was distilled villainy. I love how when he said, “if there’s a heaven son, she ain’t in it”, he broke the rose’s stem. Pure evil.
"Recounted", but yes, "I'm an old fart but I am scarier than you can possibly imagine".
Hopefully he’s in heaven
What’s crazy is he already had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was fighting it when this movie was filmed and died not long after it released
@@bmkeesee at least he got his trophy. a trex, a male, a buck only. how and why was his problem.
Such a great actor. It still saddens me that he's gone. I have this movie on DVD plus Inception. He was great in both of them.
Who knew such threats could be made clipping flowers.
It's usually the flowers that make the funeral arrangement.
The Florist has all the power in the scene, and that's directly displayed through him performing his everyday, mundane job while spitting some of the cruelest psychological manipulation imaginable. The same thing goes for when a character is eating food, or enjoying a nice, cool beverage.
Think scenes like Col. Hans Landa drinking the French farmer's milk (Inglorious Basterds), The Hound quaffing down Polliver's ale (Game of Thrones S04E01), Don Corleone stroking the cat (The Godfather), the list goes on.
He was clipping Roses. A dangerous job lol. The Rose is such a beautiful thing, but covered in spikes that can tear armour open. I read that he insisted on using real roses and not props. That's why he was wearing gloves. He knicked himself many times.
When I was a kid part of our Rose Bush made its way through a fence Paling into our neighbours property. Mr Spargo who was around 70 ish at the time was doing some weeding.Caught one of its thorns in the side of his nose. Turned cancerous.He died.
Given the context of my comment, your question on cancer from a clinical stand point, carries little relevance. My comment is about a Rose Bush.
Now I have to go watch the scene where he kills the florist.
Did you see the scene where the florist & his gun hand was killed ?
666polkilla Lol that’s his point....to go watch that scene
Yeah this is the most beautiful scene.
Florist thought he killed his mother and were not going to pay for it. Bastard he took his mother from him.
@@jitendratiwari6886 25 Years + I Lost My Mom. Due To Cancer
What a great actor Pete Postlethwaite was.
Pete Postlethwaite was an absolutely amazing actor. He sold characters so well.
He played so many small roles and he stole the show every time. Spielberg said he might be the most talented actor he ever saw.
He’s in The Lost World: Jurassic Park or Clash of the Titans or The Town
@@alecnorthrup3645 I loved his performance in all three of those.
@@alecnorthrup3645 the only three of Pete Postlethwaite films i saw in the cinema . LOL
chewing the gum, and stripping the roses, makes the scene so much more real. More movies should have the actors involved in stuff, not just talking
@JOE FAQURSELF “Which is why there’s Actors and then there’s Movie Stars..” Case in point...
Its like what Doug is talking about means so little to him.
It's a continuity runner's nightmare
Yeah..almost like a subconscious display of a deathbed of roses for his grave if he doesn’t do the job,
I always felt that the florist removing all the rose thorns was "domesticating" it the way he was trying to keep Affleck's character on a leash. Same way with how he was talking about neutering the horses, he was neutering Affleck and his family.
This is one of the most coldest scenes in movie history.
JD Lives Up there with diner scene,Heat 🔥 ? Defo ⭐️👌🏼
Tells em how he BURNED both his parents & oh yeah: I'm the bo$$ & ur gonna do as I-ask or u & ur girlfriend go the same way...
And Affleck is so weak in it.
@Stan I meant his acting
Cockoff Gewgle he directed it you putz
I thought his parents were killed in a back alley after walking out of a theatre
***** yep just like batman lol
Lucy Fir Aren't you a clever boy
Lucy Fir #thatsthejoke
TheManwithafan 👀 it again! You're gonna do this for me 👀😂 And I know now I will find yi (sic) 👌🏽 Love this movie so much ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Renner made his move to big time through this movie
Why is that funny ?
I dont get it ?
I love the story of Spielberg referring to Postlethwaite as “the best actor in the world” and when asked in an interview about this, Pete stated “I’m sure what Steven meant was, the thing about Pete is, that he thinks he’s the best actor in the world”.
He’s brilliant in everything he is in.
🤣👌
R.I.P. Pete Postlethwaite (1946 ~ 2011)
The shit he said about Affleck's mother was intense.
@Johnny Dong He basically said he got his mom hooked on heroin and then she killed herself
@@nickgurpleez2628 Gee thanks for the explanation. Like it wasn't already crystal clear what he was saying ROFL
I don't necessarily see the logic in him telling the guy that. It just gives the guy all this extra motivation to come back later and kill them. Maybe if he left the mother stuff out things could have gone differently.
@@nickgurpleez2628 Sherlock Holmes over here, oohh!
@@red2977 He said it because he thought it would scare Affleck into submission. He wants to appear as if he has complete control over every aspect of what makes him happy.
“Now I know where to find you.” Bone chilling. Such a great delivery of the line and love how he throws that back at Dougie.
“Yuh*”
@@hectorzeroni361 Did Patrick O’hara correct their comment to “you” to spite you?
Hello brother
One of the most vicious scenes in all of movie history, without one ounce of violence
watch more films
Grow up
@@danceyrselfkleen Nah, you grow up.
@@alanrogs3990 Try to make an intelligent comment.
@@kane4013 nǐ mā
This movie never gets old, I always have an urge to watch it 2 times a year or so.
🤣🤣
I love watching it on one of those sunny days
Only 2 times?
Grew up in Charlestown watched it in real life, although the characters are fake they hold a certain closeness to a real bank gang that was from Charlestown for years. Nobody said anything but we all knew who they we're and what they did, pretty sure they are all doing life in a fed pen now.
I know. I bought it on DVD so I could pop it in whenever I felt like it. Of course now you only have to hit the “mic” button and say THE TOWN. God bless streaming 😆
His Northern Irish Accent makes him 10x more menacing.
Does it
It dose aye.
His weird Indian accent when he plays Kobayashi is his magnum opus
@Johnny Dong he's doing Boston Irish, he was always great with accents
Are you deaf bro it’s a northern accent
Anybody else thinks that Pete Postlethwaite got overlooked for an academy award nomination?
Yes, he was a terrific actor!
+KCRyder I wish they gave him a bigger role and DEF more screen time.
Steven SPEILBERG said he was the greatest actor he ever worked with. Thats itself is worth a 100 oscars
It was such a small role, especially compared to Renner's. And they both would have been in the same Supporting Actor category. But he truly was fantastic in his few brief scenes.
KCRyder yes many times over
That subtle eye twitch by Affleck at 2:28 when Frankie reaches for his shotgun. Brilliant.
@Nate Masterful...”
That’s a glint, not a twitch.
Overrated actor Ben. Good editor to cut that part.
This was the movie that turned me around on Ben Affleck. I never hated him as some did, but I never thought of him as a great actor, or all that much of a badass film wise. In this movie I truly bought into his character, and I really liked his performance, and the movie as well. Ever since this movie, Ben's quality of acting /directing has been great, I hope he does the same for Batman.
this was a plum role he played, boyo.
MR BEANs acting stock would have gone up 100% and ge would have cone off like a super bad ass also.
Affleck sucks..
this role was the one to portray him opposite of his nature, which will always be soft, bald and weak
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+deraj nitram exactly ....fuck what anyone says Affleck did his thing in this movie
+scenelover78 Agrees....Affleck "earned his stripes" in this film. Cheers
+deraj nitram Word! Totally agree with you on that.
***** yup I thought the same! Lol
This is a cold a creepy scene. Postlethwaite (RIP) absolutely takes the cake here with how nonchalant he is through it. Brilliant
perhaps the best movie Ben acted and directed, and a sure contender of oscars. this movie is simple a gold!
Brave Man Mr. Pete Postlethwaite, This Guy knows he's dyin in real life, yet he STILL works
and entertains us 'till the end..... R.I.P. Sir.
if you love being an actor it is no sacrifice. you can languish in a hospital OR try to rally and take one last bite out of life. I'll take the latter any day.
"If there's a heaven son, she ain't in it"
steve f. That's a fucked up thing to stay & totally heartless.
That was a fucked up thing for him to say.
And got his old ass shot up
@@devinandres5054 - fucked up isn't the word for it. This man just told him that he was the reason his father was crying. Not only that but he was the reason his mother left. Not only that but that he basically turned his mother into a junkie whore that did every nasty shameful thing he told her to do to get her dope from him. And not only that, but that he had turned his mother so far out that she could no longer stand to live with herself.
Simply shooting this guy let's him off too easy I think. The movie Seven, or Saw heads in the right direction.
Those are some fighting words.
Pete Postlethwaites acting is superb. His northern, rough Irish accent is fantastic and I'm surprised he does it so well and yet allows the audience to still understand what he's saying, I guess its the same one he did in the film "In the Name of the Father" along with Daniel Day Lewis, a Belfast accent. He really does sound like the rough guys around Belfast. He even looks/sounds like a genuine Old Irish gangster type guy. I know, I'm Irish.
Great craic 👍🏽
he does have a very thick accent if that's what you mean. I know what the accent is like because I speak it and he does it almost perfectly, 9.5/10, only issue is its a little too thick. My accent is lighter, tourists for example are able to easily understand me lol the hardest accent by far to understand is the thick Scottish Glasgow accent, fuckin hell even I'm scratching my head there lol
Jonathan Po It's not limited to the over pronounced Irish accent in acting but also Boston. Some overdo it but by purpose. Acting is meant to deliver feeling more than accuracy at times. The more the spice and flavor the deeper the impression and longer lasting one at that.
Pete convinces us of his dreaded sinister personification of evil. His job was to make us love to hate him, to fear him, and to wish him dead. In that respect, he delivered in spades.
Jonathan Po im from Northern Ireland, trust me our accent can be very difficult to understand especially in rural places, Americans seem to be the worst at understanding us
Absolutely brilliant in that film accent perfect
I like how the Boston accent came on strong when Affleck’s character lost his temper
I am glad America got a taste of Pete Posthelwaite as an actor. He was golden. Once in a generation character actor.
Pete Postlethwaite was a fucking badass,remember this is the same guy who used to hunt Tyranosaurs.
When they asked him, they said why did you go up there to die? He said I didn't, I went up there to live.
He spoke those lines like a true badass.Respect.
roland lost world
Ian Christopher and gave James his giant peach
Dog I didnt even realize that lmaooo major props ik the huge white dude with the shotgun my boy dennis lmao I'm from Boston
"Doped up good and proper"
😂
I scroll down cuz I knew someone put this quote in there
"Ahl clip yer nuts off."
Hung herself with a wire, down on malnea cass (malnea cass blvd in Boston aka methadone mile by mass ave I think is what he’s referring to)
Priceless 🤣
"........now I know where to find ya" Florist.
I can't get over with the fact how intimidating this old man is.
Bravado idiot gave his address. NEVER give your address.
@@Kelly14UK The florist already knew exactly where he lives, he was just underlining the fact and showing he had complete contempt for the kid's attempt at bravado.
@Sonny lol this isn't mexico, Africa or some big city mob. It's a "small town" whirlwind you get stuck in living there your whole life that's nearly impossible to get out alive. This florist was small time but big enough to kill a mans family and unless you're willing to kill him and go to jail yourself (or run your whole life), yes it would be very intimidating.
Except he’s legit not as evidenced by the henchmen pulling the shotgun out on Ben like, “hey we both know you could just demolish this old POS right now so I have to pull out this shotgun in order to keep you in line. Not intimidating at all lol. Don’t even mention how he just gets killed later anyway.
@Sonny Jesus, you're a douche huh?
Rest In Peace, Pete Postlethwaite. Thank you for your awesome performances on the silver screen.
Pete Postlethwait was the man. He always kept it real in his performances. A true master of his craft. A treasure and tragic loss to the world of cinema.
Got to give the old man some respect, he pretty much destroyed his life talking about his parents.
Yep,.
love how dude is chewing gum,adds realism to the scene & dialogue
LOL...What?
+fooloof I wonder who thought of it.....did the director say STOP!! Hey throw Fergie 3 sticks of juicy fruit the scene.....Or did Fergie himself say hey I know I'm telling the kid that if there's a heaven his mum isnt in .it......but if you toss me some bubble yum then scene will become more real........I don't know for me if he is chewing tobacco and spits it in a plant THAT would be realism my friend
Lol.......
Pete Postlethwaite put on one hell of an Oscar worthy performance.
he was BAFTA nominated that year
"You're an old guy with a fucked up face" lmfao too funny
And without even responding to the insult or raising his voice, "You're gonna this for me. Or I'm gonna clip your nuts..." So calm and threatening. Like: "Yeah, whatever. You're still a dead man if you don't obey me."
The sound in this movie is amazing, from the gum chewing to the roses being clipped, something about it is so satisfying.
Pete Postelthwaite was a master of acting...
andydufresne87 Check him out with Daniel Day Lewis In the Name of the Father.
This movie is just awesome, loved it.
Powerful Pete Postlethwaite
+Izaak Gray RIP
I'd like to believe Daniel Day-Lewis liked this actor... because Pete reminds me of the butcher in Gangs of New York.
@overflex... pete postlethwaite played daniel day-lewis father in the movie in the name of the father 1993
Everyone should watch his movie "Lost for Words," about a man caring for his demented mother.
Damn right
*Pete Postlethwaite played this scene so cold!!* Rest in Power, thank you for the years of great acting!
"You daddy didn't have the heart to tell his son that he was looking for a suicidal doper who was never coming home. If there's a heaven son, she ain't in it!" ouch
I imagine that pissed him off which was why he came in blazing later on, but I hand it to him for staying cool. Because he didn't seem bothered by the Shotgun the other guy was holding.
Plus we know him and his friends walk around with pistols pretty much 24/7 but I doubt them use them much as my Southie's are tough as nails.
I'd rather fight someone in Baltimore or DC, I don't like fuckin' with Southies. they are different breed.
The are pretty much the other White Gangsters after the Italians.
There's something satisfying about the way he clips roses.
Yup
An asmr effect
Ben should have filed 30 minutes of him clipping roses and uploaded it to RUclips as a relaxation video
Its theraputhic 👍 like a grandmother knitting 😉
Random but the heavy scrape of the shotgun barrel is such a menacing sound, makes you literally and figuratively feel the weight of the situation
I remember an interviewer asking Steven Spielberg back in the early noughties "Who is the finest living actor?" And without a moments hesitation he replied "Peter Postlethwaite" This alone kind of proves it.(R.I.P. Peter)
Fergie committed suicide when he told Dougie the truth about his mother.
Fergie had the Life Expectancy of a Housefly
Postlethwaite was so cool in this.He was a real touch of class 👌 Think he was ill at time of filming too.😥🙏🏼❤️
RIP Pete Postlethwaite, what an actor
Imagine complaining to this florist.
Customer: I paid for two dozen roses be delivered on valentines and they never showed. I demand a refund.
Florist: A refund huh? I'll refund your nuts. It can either be by the knife or the chemical way, your choice.
where is my fucking roses. better run or fight I would say. LoL. Pete is a outstanding actor, He really was the standout of this movie.
Strikes me as the sort of gentle florist who'd stick the thorny stems right up a complainant's arsehole.
This scene is great. I deliver for a high-end florist in southern California. Some customers told me about this scene in the town. No issues at all.
I just read the florist's line in Irish wtf
Read that in his voice. 🤣
When are we getting the Joe Flipperhead spinoff.
I feel that this whole movie was so underrated. Acting all around was superb. The story was so well done. One of my favorite movies of all time.
Agree completely. I live in the suburbs of Boston and I love everything about this
Pete Postelthwaite was 1 of the great character actors of all time! A rare & brilliant talent.
This movie made me love Ben afleck
nik71989 what a joke
What kind of Jedi is named 'Joe'?
He's alright, until we knew he's in league with the Hillbots.
He directed the hell out of this movie.
Me too.
One of my favorite movies. I loved when Ben said that he would regret losing her for the rest of his life and when his dad said I’ll see you either on this side or the other.😔😭🤦🏾♀️Brilliant acting.
The Town is one of the greatest films of all time. Gritty, grounded, and to the point. The dialogue and storytelling is superb as well. This was the first movie that made me respect Ben Affleck.
Why does everyone act like their so called “respect” means anything to these mega stars? They couldn’t careless either way, makes no difference to them.
@@RevealedFilms I respected his performance mate. Celebrity worship is absurd and is a whole different story haha.
Such a good scene. This film has a lot of great scenes.
A very underrated film I feel.
“Joe Flipperhead” 🤣
The fact that he just keeps on trimming the roses and chewing his gum seemingly not even caring to what he is saying about getting out of the business is what makes the scene.
People don't really understand how darkening, cold, heartless this scene is , just incredible performances from this cast....
Yeah. You're special. Only you have the emotional depth, intelligence, and insight to really appreciate it.
Another actor I'm only coming to really appreciate after he passed away. :(
The 02129 tattoo in the Irish colors is awesome.
that is one evil mick
the florist is a clown
That’s how you run a crew.
Not bad for a fucking mick
He may run numbers and pump dope, but he has a flower shop to run God damnit! And clean those roses, he will.
Uridien 1 😂😂😂
Never doubt ben Affleck's acting abilities this guy with the right story and right actors for movies he can 100% deliver
Truly one of the best films I've seen. And the way Pete plays Fergus is amazing.. I read somewhere he was dying of cancer while filmimg this..Great actor and so was a few of the others. Ben was fantastic and jeremy was also brilliant
Peter Postlethwaite…one of the best if not the best character actors of his generation. He delivered powerhouse performances in most of his roles
How good is Pete Postlethwaite with accents specifity?
In the movie In the name of the father he did the accent of a man who was Belfast born and bred and here he does the accent of a man who was born and brought up in Belfast but settled later in Boston, So It's a Boston Influenced Belfast accent, you can hear the Ulster Irish intonation but with the Boston Non-Rhoticity. Incredible!!
I'm from Dublin Ireland. I think he does a very good job, you can hear his English accent pop through on some words but I think he does a very good job. If I heard someone speak like that over hear I would think it was someone from the North who has probably lived in England at some point and picked up some of the accent from there. Some Irish people may disagree but I think its quite good especially compared to the ridiculous fake Irish accents you see in some American movies.
Mahn! I just noticed this old man is Kobayashi from The Usual Suspects.
also the Narrator from James and the Giant Peach. And speaking of JP, he also played the lead hunter in the Lost World, Roland.
Also, Sergeant Hakeswill in the tv series "Sharpe"
Obadiah haha
Updiwasa He's from Jurassic Park: the Lost world
Also in the name of the father 1993
Great scene!! This movie is a gem. Still rank Heat my favorite but this is up there . Great acting here especially.
"Youre an old guy witha fucked up face" LMAO
Pretty interesting fact, Pete Posslethwaite who played Fergus, had a brother called Mike, both from Warrington UK, Mike worked on 2 of my mum and dad’s house. I met Pete when I was very little around 4 (would’ve been 2003) and my dad told me he was a very kind and funny man!
The actor Pete Postlethwaite was terminally ill with pancreas cancer when filming this movie. He died not long after.
"You think i'm gonna put Joe Flipper Head on this? You're gonna do what i ask."
Postlethwaite is a British legend. Ugly as fuck, and could out class any of the big names he worked with. Such a shame he is gone.
he's irish you pair of fucking thick fucks
Love gaming lol nope
lol yep...try looking
Love gaming no he isn’t
This is the scene when you realize Ben A. Character is going to kill the florist. I love the line “your just a guy with a fucked up face” 🤣
"If there's a heaven son, she aint in it"
🤣🤣😂
Ben Affleck was steamin' You could see it on his face. He wanted to rip Fergie in half!
Doug was likely packing heat. Notice the moment when he slightly glanced between Fergie and Rusty. Wondering if he was fast enough. He was thinking about it. I know that I would.
They should make a sequel where Joe Flipperhead and his crew do hesits.
Lmaoooo
Snarky, the Cat hahaha yes please 😂😂
Lmao!!!!!!!!!
This comment is true gold. I love you man
A$AP
Who thinks The Florist is a better Irish mob boss than Frank Costello (The Departed)? I loved that movie but Jack Nicholson's performance always seemed a little cartoonish to me. Now Postlethwaite's performance was really menacing and seemed more real. He wasn't flashy, in this scene he's stripping roses for christ's sake, but he was really a bad guy.
Jack Nicholson has played himself in every movie since One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.
yes Jack Nicholson's performance did seem a little off in that movie....almost like a comedy
Florist is better than ever, tough irish talk,
Michael Haney Mike Fitzgerald aka Fitzie the florist is a real person. Just did time with him in the Fed's. Serious guy. Ran Charlestown.
He was supposed to be goofy. From what I read, Scorsese kind of let him run wild with the role and make it his own.
Looking back on this scene. The movie needed it. Real life the Florist and his bagman didn't live to see the Sunset. Also real life. A dude that old in his line of work. Don't get that old. They get wacked.
Fear an old man in a trade where men die young
Saw this movie in the theater when it came out 10 years ago. Watched it when it came out on dvd. Just watched it again on Netflix. This movie never gets old.
Interesting fact is that I had a friend that lived across the street from that exact flower shop. But it wasn’t in Charlestown. It was filmed in South Boston on Dorchester Ave.
Pete postlethwaite was and always will be a British icon..he was a brilliant actor .
The rose guy with his actions and movements looks so satisfying.
"Remember who clip your nuts for ya" best line from Ben Affleck. I still can't believe this movie is directed, written and produced by Ben Affleck. What a guy he is. All of his movies are superb badass.. The Accountant, Live by Night, Argo and Gone Baby Gone. Real thriller gems!
For those of you who aren't locals, at the 2:06 mark the florist says "she hung herself, on Melnea Cass", which is a boulevard in a somewhat sketchy neighborhood right by Boston Medical Center.
Thank you, had zero clue what he said.
how do you pronounce Melnea?
Chris, can you please interpret the rest of his dialogue for a naive person like myself. What do you suppose he is literally saying (instead of metaphorically) with the taste/hook/doped up good and proper stuff? I can imagine bit I'm probably wrong. What does he mean?
@@johnreagan He was saying that he gave his mom her first dose/hit/taste of heroin. He got her addicted to it, and then used it to get her to do terrible things like prostitute. Eventually she got so beaten down that she hung herself on said street. When he said "if there is a heaven son, she ain't in it" he meant that in Christianity, suicide is a mortal sin and a guarenteed trip to hell after you die. Basically, he tortured her and put her in hell on earth until she broke and sent herself to the hell of the bible.
@@onbored9627 Sounds right. I thought it had everything to do with drugs and nothing sexual between the two. Pimps are always more menacing than the prostitutes.
The way he clips flowers so effortlessly whilst ironically talking about clipping nuts goes hand in hand.
Bruh this fucking movie is one of my top 5 ever..I was living in Boston when this came out so it made it that much better.. i looovvveee this fucking movie
The Florist: By the way, they’re after me lucky charms. They’re magically delicious.
Boston, most Irish city in America. And Massachusetts, most Irish state in the union. Love the tattoo he had
Pete Postlethwaite was just incredible in every role he ever played.
Ah the genius Pete postlethwaite. Stole every scene is he was ever in. Most riveting actor.
Pete Postlethwaite is, simply, so great, God bless us with amazing talent with Pete
He was an amazing actor. One of my favorite movies.
The florist may just be the most intimidating old man I ever watched on the silver screen. LOVE the Irish accent. New England is a great place. Best football ever (and I am a West Coast guy).
Fuck Worcester
This is one of the most chilling scenes to watch. Fergie is a master player in the game. Knows everything and knows how to cut you down without lifting a finger. Old school Irish mob that made even the Sicilians hesitate to mess with them simply because of how brutal and pragmatic they were. This is a man that would burn down an orphanage if it meant a pay day. You can’t deal with a devil like that. Either you kill him like a dog, or you leave him be and don’t get his attention. One thing I think the soft handed bleeding heart libs don’t get about men like Fergie. There’s no law, no reasoning no guilt trip and no negotiation you can have with this kind of man.
Very well said.
What a fine actor Postlethwaite was. Such class & historic roles. He is sorely missed.
Outstanding Performance.