I remember watching this when I was a little kid. My mom just told me that she had seen it at a time when my sister's and I had been abducted and she hadn't seen us for months and didn't know if she ever would again.
I was a little boy about five when this was played on Saturday night matinee back in 76. I cried and cried at this scene. Never knew of another movie that made me cry. Well there was one with Timothy Hutton and he becomes an orphan with his 2 siblings and he spends his life looking for them. That was a crusher too.
I agree with all these comments, this film makes me weep uncontrollably. It seems to symbolise the loss of childhood innocence, and the realisation that the world is a tough, often cruel place. It's almost impossible to watch this, it's so powerful 😥
It's interesting (and disturbing) that I can watch a movie that shows thousands of human beings being killed and feel no emotion (just entertained), while the separation of a human from the animal they love brings me to tears.
That will change as you realize that, animal or human, suffering and sadness of either should be felt by the viewer. If you can do that, you will feel for real life people in the situations they face.
@@TheRivrPrncess I served 3 tours in Vietnam and cried because of all of the death. Whether us or the enemy, dying is always a sad, disturbing affair. This movie almost destroyed me; I walked out of the theater with my sf/ranger tabbed jacket crying a river. I went back to school on the GI bill, becoming a veterinarian in 1979. That's when the healing began, as I left my innocence in Vietnam. I also had to accept that I was gay which was tough. My fellow green berets would have been shocked, and I haven't told any of my fellow soldiers to this day. I married a lesbian who is my best friend; we each have same sex partners. My wife is a thoracic surgeon, here in San Francisco. I recently retired and am as happy as ever. I have always told my vet students to follow their hearts to happiness. A prescription for peace😎
I found this after so many years…I saw this movie when I was a little girl. I was devastated every time I even thought about it. “Fa loves Pa!” That’s breaks mr every time. I’m still crying. It’s just a terrible situation.
The pain both of them must have felt, not being able to answer the calls of Fa even though they knew it was the best thing to do. That is what leaves the viewer. I last watched this movie many years ago and cried, off and on, for almost an hour. I also cried at the part where the doctor played the tapes of Fa's progress and he says actual words and numbers. That hit me hard.
@@LowellLucasJr. Because our "civilization" so estranges us from ourselves, sad animals have a very peculiar power to get past our defenses and that estrangement and ... well, fuck us up royally all over again :) It's good to have access to that, painful, but good.
Buck and Ginger were the names of the trained dolphins, who on the second to last day of filming escaped and were never seen again. It was almost as if they knew their part was over and so they left.
i liked the film a lot. ocean science was all the rage in the 1970s and dolphins were the darling of the media then. JAWS changed everything Hollywood in 1975. Then it changed again in 77 with STAR WARS.
I saw this as a 7 or 8 year old boy on TV. I cried like crazy, because I though Fa was all alone, and forced to go away. But, after watching this, I realize Fa had Bea to keep him company so now I don't feel so bad!
@777CARL777 We've become desensitized to the pain of fellow man and animals over the decades. It's part coping mechanism and part apathy; brought about by greed and power.
But also it is because we do not uphold our friends/relatives to the proper standard of caring about the characters in a movie/tv show. Especially with children it is so important to teach them that caring about entertainment characters helps them feel more for real people.
Acually, in the book, Sevilla named the male Ivan and one of the women who worked with him, Lisbeth, named the female Bessie. Fa and Bi are names that the dolphins called themselves.
My parents took me to see this in theaters. Although I understood the men coming were bad, I could not understand why Pa and Ma did that to the two dolphins. My parents tried to explain on the way home, but I just could not get over that dolphin crying out. So, when I got home, I flushed my goldfish down the toilet to make sure he did not suffer the same kind of rejection. I am kidding. No doubt, this movie has always been one of my go to tearjerker's, along side Ordinary People.
It's curiously connecting to know that Day of the Dolphins and Ordinary People are two biggies for you; me too. Although, more because Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People is the only time I've ever seen someone write my mother in a movie. Her emotional absence is so familiar.
At least the dolphins survive, but... A very gloomy ending; not good for the characters left on the beach without weapons to defend themselves as the Foundation's seaplane returns.
Spoiler: The Foundation's people will not hurt Jake and Maggie. They only wanted the information about the dolphins and the dolphins. They are gone so there is nothing more the Foundation can do, but hatch another wicked plot to use another animal abusively. Such a moving and sad film. Took me a very long time to stop crying after it ended when I last saw it several years ago. Same would apply today. One of the best parts of the film that gets me started crying-when the dolphins are heard speaking and start counting.
the 70's truly the dcade of downbeat or plain dark endings...so many examples in every genre ..probably got started with "love story " .so many dramatic and horror movies of that decade did not hold back ...as far as this movie goes the only other that comes close would defintiely be "Orca"
Everybody loves everybody! For Christ's sake, let's get out of here!" So wait, CIA operatives want to kill Fa the dolphin because he knows too much? I guess water boarding would not work in a case like this.
Alice Diamond There is no reason to giggle at any of this. You might try thinking about what all of them are going through, putting yourself in their place.
I remember balling during this scene when I was a kid...now it's just really kind of stupid. Oh shit...wait a minute...I am starting to cry again. Well it's stupid but really sad too I guess.
Well, I'm glad I saw this before I went to the trouble getting the movie. I just finished the book last night, and I encourage people to read the book. I don't know about the rest of the movie, but the ending is ENTIRELY different. So disappointing ... I really was hoping they'd stay true to the book. Well, I hope somebody does a remake, and puts the right ending in.
Can someone please explain the ending to me?! I don't understand. Do the dolphins end up dying, or what? And when he yelled at the dolphins saying he does not, did he mean to make it say he doesn't love the dolphins?! SO SAD. :(
It is left up to the viewer to decide what happens to the dolphins. But we do know they are safely away from people who would harm them. George C. Scott's character yelled "Pa is not!" which would mean to the dolphins that he is gone. He earlier in the scene says that he and his wife love both the dolphins. His purpose in chasing them away and speaking so roughly was to show them that no human was safe to speak in human language with, even saying they should stay far away from humans. Yes, the movie was very sad.
@@TheRivrPrncess i dont think i can watch the whole film again. that last scene is 2 sad 2 watch...anyone who has ever lost a pet they cared deeply 4.......its a great movie, just 2 sad 2 watch
@@visionaerie I recently watched it again and I skipped over some parts I couldn't take, I suggest you do the same until you can watch the entire movie.
This scene broke my heart almost 40 years ago. Still tugs at the heart.
Same. :(
I can barely take it, 40 years later. It dissolves me into a weepy mess.
I remember watching this when I was a little kid. My mom just told me that she had seen it at a time when my sister's and I had been abducted and she hadn't seen us for months and didn't know if she ever would again.
me too, me too.
@Kimberly The part where he plays the record of Fa "talking" and then counting numbers also brings me to tears.
I was a little boy about five when this was played on Saturday night matinee back in 76. I cried and cried at this scene. Never knew of another movie that made me cry. Well there was one with Timothy Hutton and he becomes an orphan with his 2 siblings and he spends his life looking for them. That was a crusher too.
I was a child when a saw this scene and cried. Now, after many years, I cry again.
Wow amazing My brother Christian and I both cried after this movie ended
It tore my heart to shreds ...
I agree with all these comments, this film makes me weep uncontrollably. It seems to symbolise the loss of childhood innocence, and the realisation that the world is a tough, often cruel place. It's almost impossible to watch this, it's so powerful 😥
This movie changed my life…George C Scott performance, Georges Delerue's score…It is a movie every human with a heart should see.
Awwwwww, well, now I have to watch it
Are you human or dolphin?
It's very sad. The end had me full out crying.
cried like a baby when i watched this in tv over 30 yrs ago............. beautiful to find it on the internet...
One of those classic cinematic scenes from childhood to drain you of hope.
Not really. You could think that now, Fa and Bea would be safe from the bad scientists.
I cried as a kid with that scene and now im crying as a middle age man.Dam!!!
nelson21570 you weren’t the only one , trust me,😄
Crying here too. :(. 🐬
This movie destroyed my hope for mankind at age 14 ... I've been suicidal ever since, and on SSI most of my life.
Oh snap. this got to me.
3:30
Great moment. Fa comes to a realization... and its in the eyes.
Oh my heart
Omg I remember this… I cried for days!!
There are few sadder lines in cinema, than "Pa is Not."
Thank you Dr. Lilly.
Still heart-breaking after all these years..
when i was 8 yrs old my friends and i went to see this at the sat. matinee......we all loved it
I was 6 and I sobbed my heart out at this scene. I've loved dolphins ever since ❤
What grace and elegance. Fascinating creatures ...
It's interesting (and disturbing) that I can watch a movie that shows thousands of human beings being killed and feel no emotion (just entertained), while the separation of a human from the animal they love brings me to tears.
That will change as you realize that, animal or human, suffering and sadness of either should be felt by the viewer. If you can do that, you will feel for real life people in the situations they face.
@@TheRivrPrncess I served 3 tours in Vietnam and cried because of all of the death. Whether us or the enemy, dying is always a sad, disturbing affair. This movie almost destroyed me; I walked out of the theater with my sf/ranger tabbed jacket crying a river. I went back to school on the GI bill, becoming a veterinarian in 1979. That's when the healing began, as I left my innocence in Vietnam. I also had to accept that I was gay which was tough. My fellow green berets would have been shocked, and I haven't told any of my fellow soldiers to this day. I married a lesbian who is my best friend; we each have same sex partners. My wife is a thoracic surgeon, here in San Francisco. I recently retired and am as happy as ever. I have always told my vet students to follow their hearts to happiness. A prescription for peace😎
I still freakin' cry...thanks for posting it...I can't seem to find it anywhere.
I'm not crying; YOU'RE crying!
that scene made me bawl my eyes out when I was 13.
I know exactly what you mean. When I saw this as a little kid I felt like the music died for all time.
This is the only thing that made me cry from age 10 to 22.
faaaaaaa
I found this after so many years…I saw this movie when I was a little girl. I was devastated every time I even thought about it. “Fa loves Pa!” That’s breaks mr every time. I’m still crying. It’s just a terrible situation.
The pain both of them must have felt, not being able to answer the calls of Fa even though they knew it was the best thing to do. That is what leaves the viewer. I last watched this movie many years ago and cried, off and on, for almost an hour. I also cried at the part where the doctor played the tapes of Fa's progress and he says actual words and numbers. That hit me hard.
This part made me cry touched my heart
What a great movie.
I wish I had more youtube accounts so I could like this more than once
The saddest scene from the saddest movie EVER!! If you didn't cry, you're just not human 😢
I wasn't human (as a kid) when I saw this, but I cried. Yes.
@@talastra I'm technically a Dinosaur but I was sad when I saw this scene ! 😢
@@LowellLucasJr. Because our "civilization" so estranges us from ourselves, sad animals have a very peculiar power to get past our defenses and that estrangement and ... well, fuck us up royally all over again :) It's good to have access to that, painful, but good.
In the sixties, we talked to dolphins alot. Hopefully they will stay away from humans until evil men not. :)
And that day will come soon. Then we will be free to learn how to communicate with all animals and they with us without fear of our abusing them.
Buck and Ginger were the names of the trained dolphins, who on the second to last day of filming escaped and were never seen again. It was almost as if they knew their part was over and so they left.
i liked the film a lot. ocean science was all the rage in the 1970s and dolphins were the darling of the media then. JAWS changed everything Hollywood in 1975.
Then it changed again in 77 with STAR WARS.
AFTER WATCHING THIS AS A CHILD, I WAS CRYING SO MUCH AT NIGHT, I COULDN'T SLEEP. MOM HAD TO TELL ME A SCARY STORY, THEN I REALLY COULDN'T SLEEP !
🐬💦 👈👀👉 🪦🪦🔦👁👁 🇬🇧
Amazing they got them to learn their lines like that..so natural.
So sad...I will never forget the invisible tear in Fa's eye...
I saw this as a 7 or 8 year old boy on TV. I cried like crazy, because I though Fa was all alone, and forced to go away. But, after watching this, I realize Fa had Bea to keep him company so now I don't feel so bad!
A legendary movie 🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🚢🚢🚢🚢🚢🚢🚢🚢
SWIM. EAT. PLAY. NOT TALK!
当時。劇場で見て大泣きしました。
最後のセリフが潔く、動物し人間との関係が
本当は越えてはいけないものなのでは???
動物と人間との交流は悪意に満ちてる。
本当の想いはいずこに??
I love fa and be :') this is a great movie, i love it.
@777CARL777 We've become desensitized to the pain of fellow man and animals over the decades. It's part coping mechanism and part apathy; brought about by greed and power.
But also it is because we do not uphold our friends/relatives to the proper standard of caring about the characters in a movie/tv show. Especially with children it is so important to teach them that caring about entertainment characters helps them feel more for real people.
Being good and kind is not so easy always .😊
Acually, in the book, Sevilla named the male Ivan and one of the women who worked with him, Lisbeth, named the female Bessie. Fa and Bi are names that the dolphins called themselves.
I love this scene...
My parents took me to see this in theaters. Although I understood the men coming were bad, I could not understand why Pa and Ma did that to the two dolphins. My parents tried to explain on the way home, but I just could not get over that dolphin crying out. So, when I got home, I flushed my goldfish down the toilet to make sure he did not suffer the same kind of rejection. I am kidding. No doubt, this movie has always been one of my go to tearjerker's, along side Ordinary People.
It's curiously connecting to know that Day of the Dolphins and Ordinary People are two biggies for you; me too. Although, more because Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People is the only time I've ever seen someone write my mother in a movie. Her emotional absence is so familiar.
Me bawling even though I've seen it before
The first film that I think that made me cry and Fa loves Pa is in my dna……
I adore dolphins i cant stand a angel get hurt, i get really upsept and deprest,some human are the beast
+Olga Mehr Always have been. Always will be. Unless we stop.
thank you Dr. Wells for this treat
Wow. I forgot Paul Sorvino was in this.
RIP
So sad 😢😢😢 ...
I saw this movie when I was 7 and thought it was based on a true story
That is because it contains a great deal of truth.
🤔👍🇬🇧
I know this was for their own good...but they're so dang cute! ❤
😢😢
PA loves this film ...
lord, I love this movie ... FA LOVES PA!
Paul.. paul.
Paul
Odd how scenes are so much sadder when another species is involved...
💙💛❤️This movie!🐬🐬
Buck Henry RIP
They were called limpet mines.
Elmo loves Pa
whoever wants to watch the full movie, can watch it on Netflix.
何度見ても悲しい場面。
I can't watch this without laughing my ass off
2:30 😄
Thank you Tracy Morgan
At least the dolphins survive, but... A very gloomy ending; not good for the characters left on the beach without weapons to defend themselves as the Foundation's seaplane returns.
Spoiler: The Foundation's people will not hurt Jake and Maggie. They only wanted the information about the dolphins and the dolphins. They are gone so there is nothing more the Foundation can do, but hatch another wicked plot to use another animal abusively. Such a moving and sad film. Took me a very long time to stop crying after it ended when I last saw it several years ago. Same would apply today. One of the best parts of the film that gets me started crying-when the dolphins are heard speaking and start counting.
Especially when Jake said "Pa is not!'.
big spoiler: never trust the foundation@@TheRivrPrncess
@@TheRivrPrncess They knew about their plot to kill the President. The Foundation killed them for certain
@@ulphil08 No. Terrell was too well known for he and his wife to be killed.
the 70's truly the dcade of downbeat or plain dark endings...so many examples in every genre ..probably got started with "love story " .so many dramatic and horror movies of that decade did not hold back ...as far as this movie goes the only other that comes close would defintiely be "Orca"
"ORCA" CLASSIC
@@kcd9900 Oh yes, another good movie that will make you cry both for the people as well as the animals.
what this movie was trying to warn against has come to pass because now the navy uses dolphins to 'tag' enemy vessels.
fuked up.
not sure. havent searched on the net for it. but im sure it would be.
screenplay by Buck Henry who just passed away
What a damn dedpressing ending! SShhesshh!!
Shuler Dolphin Miami
Everybody loves everybody! For Christ's sake, let's get out of here!"
So wait, CIA operatives want to kill Fa the dolphin because he knows too much?
I guess water boarding would not work in a case like this.
can anyone upload the full movie
Lousy image quality, shot from a TV or a movie theater screen.
However I hope the watch the entire movie sometime. The book was a good read.
Is that Frank Welker as a Dolphin?!
I just saw this movie five hours ago on Antenna TV. What happened to the dolphins at the end of the movie?
brian sedlock One can only presume that they swim away and stay far away from humans.
Hey Jesus...you've come back then.Haven't you got better things to do than watch youtube videos all day? Sweet Mary mother of God.
Is the whole movie on the internet?
1:50 gives me the giggles
Alice Diamond There is no reason to giggle at any of this. You might try thinking about what all of them are going through, putting yourself in their place.
I remember balling during this scene when I was a kid...now it's just really kind of stupid. Oh shit...wait a minute...I am starting to cry again. Well it's stupid but really sad too I guess.
Well, I'm glad I saw this before I went to the trouble getting the movie. I just finished the book last night, and I encourage people to read the book. I don't know about the rest of the movie, but the ending is ENTIRELY different. So disappointing ... I really was hoping they'd stay true to the book. Well, I hope somebody does a remake, and puts the right ending in.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT ENDING
I’m here thanks to Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan
I see.
Ditto
Can someone please explain the ending to me?! I don't understand. Do the dolphins end up dying, or what? And when he yelled at the dolphins saying he does not, did he mean to make it say he doesn't love the dolphins?! SO SAD. :(
It is left up to the viewer to decide what happens to the dolphins. But we do know they are safely away from people who would harm them. George C. Scott's character yelled "Pa is not!" which would mean to the dolphins that he is gone. He earlier in the scene says that he and his wife love both the dolphins. His purpose in chasing them away and speaking so roughly was to show them that no human was safe to speak in human language with, even saying they should stay far away from humans. Yes, the movie was very sad.
@@TheRivrPrncess i dont think i can watch the whole film again. that last scene is 2 sad 2 watch...anyone who has ever lost a pet they cared deeply 4.......its a great movie, just 2 sad 2 watch
@@visionaerie I recently watched it again and I skipped over some parts I couldn't take, I suggest you do the same until you can watch the entire movie.
okay
Where in the movie does he tell B that the ball is bad?
He tells Alpha. It's before he puts the bomb on David's boat
No doubt they were all killed because they knew about the plot
I cannot believe you uploaded the most heartbreaking scene ever filmed! You. are. horrible! lol
Www
Roman Polanski was in the middle of making this movie when the murders occurred
a talking tuna fish sandwich !
lol
Then why did Geore S. Scott keep calling them Fa and B?
alpha (Fa) beta (B)
Fa + Bee = Fabees.
Snorkey...talk...man!
But dolphins can’t talk?
Have you interacted with Every dolphin on the earth? If not, your argument is invalid.
I trust Trump because he loves American Classics!
This movie is kinda stupid, I admit, but I always kinda liked it.