When Tommy was on Inside the Actors Studio, they talked about that line & Tommy said he spent time with US Marshalls, was even on a take down that they did. He said what he got from them was, "You're supposed to be caught & you're not. That's all they care about".
Precisely. His job is not to decide on guilt or innocence - that's what the court already did. If Kimble wasn't guilty, he could request an appeal or retrial. That's what the courts are for. It's not up to him to make those decisions, his job is to re-capture an escaped fugitive who has been found guilty of a violent crime before he can harm anyone else.
Have you seen "Witness" yet Ashleigh? Because that is absolutely peak Harrison Ford for me. Fantastic action, detective, suspense but super wholesome too. I think you'd love it.❤
As people have mentioned , this was based on the 1960s tv series "The Fugitive" which starred the late David Janssen. For 4 years, Dr. Kimble traveled around the country looking for the one-arm man he saw running from his house the night his wife was murdered while always helping someone in need & alluding Lt Gerard of the police department of his home town. It ended with a two part episode of Kimble finally finding the one-arm man who was only seen in about a dozen episodes.This was also back in the day when they produced at least 30 episodes per season, so there were 120 episodes. Oh, & a 12 year old Kurt Russell appears in one episode as Gerard's son.
@@Lynxdocboth based on Les Miserable Chavert chasing Jean Valjean for years aka Gerard and Kimbal in the fugitive and McGee and Banner in the Incredible Hulk
It's funny that you mentioned Scrubs, Ashleigh. The train cop who gets shot by Sykes was played by the same actor who later played the Janitor on Scrubs, and one episode of the show used that fact to create a backstory for the Janitor that he was a failed actor who never got more work after he was in The Fugitive.
Well in case you didn't already know, Tommy Lee Jones did win an Academy Award for best supporting actor for this movie. His character from The Fugtive (Sam Gerard) actually comes back in an unoffical sequal called "U.S Marshals" (no Harrison Ford in it though)
I think my favorite part of Tommy's performance in this film, is the unspoken way you see his character start to believe Richard's story. As he finds clue after clue, and runs into oddity after oddity in Richard's behavior, it starts to become too much to ignore. And you can see it in his demeanor, his tone of voice, the way he looks at people during questioning. Such a fantastic, subtle performance on his part.
It’s kind of funny, because according to what people have said, Tommy Lee Jones’s default personality in real life is pretty similar to Gerard’s in the film.
Just as a very minor, technical detail, there was no HIPAA violation in the hospital scenes because the HIPAA law wasn't passed until 3 years after this movie came out.
And technically, to have a HIPAA violation someone shown in the scene would have had to report them to the board in order for anything to be initiated, so as this is a movie and they are all actors and HIPAA didn't exist it really wasn't an issue lol
It’s also not really a HIPAA violation because Kimble isn’t leaking the boy’s information out to anyone and is also a licensed doctor (assuming he wasn't stripped of his qualifications). So he could be considered a second opinion. Though that last part might not hold because informed consent…🤔
The actor who plays Sykes, Andreas Katsulas, played a lot of “heavy” roles, including a Romulan officer in a couple episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but his S-tier role was G’Kar in the series Babylon 5. That show really let him show character depth and development, and he was fantastic.
RIP Andreas Katsulas. He loved his Babylon 5 role as G'Kar and it showed. He stole just about every scene he was in. Only Peter Jurasik's Londo portrayal could match him on screen. Every other actor that played a Narn hated their make-up, the process it took, and the painful red eyed contact lenses. Never a complaint from Andreas. Andreas was a method actor. It was said if you needed to talk to Andreas about anything on the B5 set, you had to get to him before his make-up was applied. After the make-up, you would only be talking to G'Kar.
@@dunringill1747 It was the end of the Earth year 2260, and the war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly. All around us, it was as if the universe were holding its breath…waiting. All of life can be broken down into moments of transition, or moments…of revelation.
One bit of trivia about this film is that Harrison Ford injured himself in one scene. Where he's running through the forest after the train crash, he tore some ligaments. Ford refused surgery on the injury, so he could have a limp for the production to make it realistic. This is one of his best films.
A bit more trivia: This was the first movie shot in Dolby Surround Sound. The train wreck was filmed in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and the wreckage is still there.
Its so funny to see how much he cared about stuff he worked on when he was younger, and now he just phones all his performances in for a paycheck lol. "Part time"
@@__Andrew - People keep saying he "phones in" his performances, but I haven't seen it. Age of Adaline. The Force Awakens. Blade Runner 2049. He's committed and engaging in all of them. Even in "Dial of Destiny" (which had its problems), Ford was all in.
Tommy Lee Jones not only did "U.S. Marshals" he also did the "Men in Black" flicks. Tommy Lee has great timing and screen presence. Good reaction. I'm glad you got into this one. It's a classic.
I liked his cameo in Major League more. Though is it a cameo when you've got 4 scenes (however brief)? (if you never noticed him, he's the construction worker when they do the "who are these guys?" scenes, and he's got a bit at the bar at the end when he and a punk hug and do the "wait, who a I hugging, oh who cares!" routine.
Cameo requires the person who is making the cameo actually be famous at the time. So having a bit part in a sitcom years later means nothing he can do is a cameo.
Thats one of my favorite endings. Girard admitting Richards innocence, the confrontation, the admittance he was wrong, and the somewhat friendly final scene where he has respect. They don't (usually) make them like this anymore.
Couple of my favorite lines...."I knew that was an elevated train". & "If they can dye the river green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?" :)
Trivia for you. This movie was filmed less than 2 hours from where you lived in Knoxville. The scene at the dam was filmed and Cheoah Dam at the end of The Tail of the Dragon (Hwy 129). My cousin was a forest ranger and rescue squad member in the area and was on the set. He's one of the guys in the rescue boats at the foot of the dam. ALSO, the train crash was filmed outside of Dillsboro, NC and you can still go there to visit it.
I drove to Dollywood last summer and my route took me right through Dillsboro. If you make a certain left turn you can pull off to the side of the road, walk across the street, and see the train at the base of the hill
On the novelization, when Kimble saw the injured boy in the hospital, there is a line that Kimble decided to save that child, even if he had to broadcast his own name over the PA system. IIRC he recalls he and his wife hearing they couldn’t have kids of their own so he wanted to prevent another woman from hearing bad news about her child.
Fun Fact: home theater stores or departments used to use the train crash scene to demo home theater systems. Back then systems were still over a thousand dollars, so there had to be a real hook to convince someone to buy.
My mom used to tell me that she saw an interview with the guy that played Tommy Lee Jones character in the 1963 TV series that this movie was based off of and the guy said that almost every day when he wasn't on set doing the show he would get harassed by fans demanding that he leave the Dr. alone and that he was not guilty. The fans of the show didn't realize that it was a TV show and not real life.
yea it was a great abc show for 4 seasons leading to the most watched FINALE in tv history in summer of 1967 until MASH finale. amazing that ABC showed it in AUG and reason was they wanted a HUGE audience for their fall season. My personal story is as a KID i loved the last season and I was so upset that MY MOM & grand dad had a planned VACA to CANADA from thurs to sat in that yr and I NEVER saw the final conclusion until yrs later when it was on A& E network lol.NO vcrs or anything and mY aunt had to tell us what happened !
@@michaelceraso1977 I turned 9 years old in late August '67. Yes, I knew what "The Fugitive" series was at that age but I was obviously too young to have watched with any regularity. But the night of the finale' was a different matter. The Judgement Part 2 was too huge an event and we all watched as a family - I was so excited I can't tell you. Of course, in my adult life I have watched The Fugitive many, many times over because it is simply the best. The finale' is probably my only memory of the show when it was actually running on ABC - but it's a good one.
6:05 When I was first diagnosed with MS I had to give myself shots 3 times a week for almost a year. They were extremely painful and after that long I just couldn't do it anymore.
1993 is arguably among the best years in movies. Most people at the time didn’t think The Fugitive would do all that well. But it ended up being the #2 box office movie of the year ( some movie about dinosaurs was #1).
Ashleigh, fun fact: if you’re ever in Dillsboro, North Carolina, you can go see the train crash set. It’s still there and has become a tourist attraction.
I highly recommend another Harrison Ford action thriller masterpiece, "Patriot Games". Once you've reacted to it, you will be ready for Leslie Nielson in "Wrongfully Accused", which spoofs the hell out of "The Fugitive" and "Patriot Games", and will make you cry from laughter!
I'd have to look up which movie came out first but this one and "Double Jeopardy" (starring Ashley Judd) are pretty much the EXACT SAME film because they share extremely similar storylines. And the most bizarre thing of all is Tommy Lee is in both of them and plays to all intents and purposes the same character in each one!!
Funfact: Harrison Ford is a licensed pilot rated in fixed wing and helicopters. He has flown several volunteer search missisions in which he rescued two people. He owns several antique aircraft.
There is a spoof of The Fugitive starring Leslie Nielsen called WRONGFULLY ACCUSED (1998). It also spoofs Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, North by Northwest, Mission Impossible, The Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, Star Wars, Titanic... It is written and directed by Pat Proft, one of the writers of The Naked Gun trilogy and the Hot Shots duology.
My Mom’s all time favorite film. One of my favorites as well. The music was phenomenal; especially when Kimble was being chased down the stairs. Tommy won an Oscar for this movie.
That whole movie was filmed in Chicago. At the time, the guy I was dating, his dad was a Chicago police officer who worked security on the movie. They used some real police in the film as extras and his dad is in a few shots. Pretty cool!!
My Mom and I watched it on tv once, My mom is an elderly lady who usually is not for these kind of movies but she loved it and was pretty much on the edge of her seat.
One more comment, Ashleigh. When you're a doctor, you most assuredly are a genius. This is a person who's able to assimilate an extreme amount of knowledge. He's able to remember an extreme amount of information. A genius is able to recall it nearly instantly. I know this because I'm a genius.
This was derived from a real story about a doctor in Bay Village, Ohio (which is right next to my home town) whose pregnant wife was killed . It was a big scandal back in the 1950s. They made a TV show in the 1960s (very) loosely based on it, called 'The Fugitive'. This was a movie remake of the TV series. This movie is one of my all time favorites.
Sam Sheppard was the doctor convicted in 1954 and who spent 10 years in prison before being released. He was re-tried two years later and acquitted, but died in 1970.
@@bradsullivan2495 There was so much more legal mess than that. Like the whole wrongful imprisonment suit, the multiple denials for a retrial despite multiple *blatant* violations of due process, the police arresting a thief with Mrs. Sheppard's jewelry in his possession and *letting him go,* his son trying to get a declaration of innocence and the case being closed because Dr. Sheppard died (you can still file such petitions after someone's death, it shouldn't have mattered)... The State of Ohio *really* didn't want to admit they'd screwed the pooch and just *kept* screwing the pooch harder in their efforts to avoid it.
One of my favorite movies. I have watched this so many times and continue to watch when I can’t find anything else to watch or if it’s on TV or something. Great story, great acting, just all around great.
So this film was based off a 60’s tv show and was the first film based on a show to be nominated for Best Picture. Also Tommy Lee Jones won for Best Supporting Actor.
Yes. I don't think I watched any of the tv episodes, but even I knew of the "one-arm man," which became sort of a trope. Like "who eat the last piece of chocolate cake?" "It must have been the one-arm man."
Watching the original TV Series is one of my childhood memories. Although I only remember a few highlights from "four seasons, with 120 51-minute episodes". I was not disappointed when the movie came out. 🙂
I have a trivial oddity I am hoping at least one of you might know the answer to. In the T.V. series, the man pursuing Kimble was Phillip Gerard. Why did they change it to Samuel Gerard for the movie?
I watched this movie over and over when it came out on video. It was one of my favorites but to find out later that much of what Tommy Lee Jones and his "crew" for the movie was improv makes me love it even more. Such an amazing dynamic and it seemed natural because it was.
One of the best films for showing off the city of Chicago. We have downtown in the parade scene, but better yet, we have all of the neighborhoods, from gentrified Pullman (where the one armed man lives) to more rundown ones like where Kimball rented the one room in the basement from the Polish lady and her druggie son. Back in the ‘90s, I ran into Polish women like her all over the northwest side near Little Warsaw at Belmont and Central.
I almost always post my comment about this movie. One of my favorite hometown centered movies, being on top of all the locations that just hit home for me, for a while I lived a block away from the bar Kimble walked out of to go to the one armed man's house in Pullman. I used to take the 111 Pullman bus to the 95th street station up the hill from Pullman in Roseland where I grew up. Big smiles seeing that location. 😁
@@donovanmedieval IMO, it’s better than Ferris Bueller because it shows off the neighborhoods. Blues Brothers does that as well, but they branched out into the suburbs and further into the exurbs, whereas The Fugitive stayed in the city itself once Kimball jumped off the dam.
@@kathyastrom1315 How about High Fidelity? I remember Ebert talking about how well it captured Chicago and how smartly it was transitioned to being a Chicago movie from the British setting of the book.
This movie has had some cultural touchstones that are referenced in other movies. "I don't care" and the dam jump are two big ones, but "It was the one-armed man" has been referenced elsewhere (on that note: put The Mask on your docket of movies to watch--not to be confused with Mask, which you've already seen; without the "The", it's a Cher film and with the "The" it's a Jim Carrey film). Also, for more Tommy Lee Jones, definitely Men in Black is a must-see. As with every video of yours, I recommend the movie Imagine Me & You, as well as Zsazsa Zaturnnah.
this movie is a perfect example of how to professionally direct, shoot, cut and edit. just a superb example of filmmaking that should be taught or shown to film students across the globe.
You should 1000% watch the mini-series Lonesome Dove, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall. It is one of the greatest pieces of film ever shot. The acting, characters, and story are something that will stick with you for the rest of your life.
This is based on the TV series from the mid 1960s. Starred David Janssen, who was a great character actor of the day. That series is probably his best known role.
One of the best films for 1993. Harrison Ford was once the no.1 Box office draw of all time. This film here is part of that legend and his career. Tommy Lee Jones won his only Oscar from this performance. Well played as the obsessed lawman without any clue of the truth and only taking down Kimble. Based on the classic tv series (1963-1967), 120 episodes. One of the most successful small to big screen adaptations. But this story was worked into something incredible. The show was re-broadcasted on TV Land following the film's release. There was a sequel called "U.S. Marshalls" in 1997. TLJ reprised his character with a few other actors from The Fugitive. Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jr. were co-stars and it did well commercially. Unexpected sequel, but with exceptional storytelling. You could check it out or not. BTW, Air Force One (1997) is another smash with Harrison Ford that you'll definitely enjoy.
I mention this every time you swoon over Harrison Ford, but you have to check out the movie "Working Girl". It is a romantic comedy with Harrison Ford as the male love interest, and I know you would absolutely love it.
And it has Sigourney Weaver in it, she would love it so much. I reckon after Addams family values she will love Joan Cusack so she’ll probably love her in Working girl too.
This movie was based on a TV show that ran from 1963-67 that was also titled, "The Fugitive." The final episode in August 1967 (where the actual killer was revealed) was the highest-rated TV episode ever for a number of years, with 72 million people watching.
His favorite role was as G'kar. I remember him saying in an interview that he usually only ever got hired as "Italian Thug 27" in pretty much anything he did. Like this film, where he's basically just that, an Italian thug. But with G'kar, he was able to actually play a character, to give them depth, and range, and to watch them change and evolve. Plus he loved working with Peter.
@@happyninja42 Yes, he loved the series so much that his dying wish was for Straczynski to come tell him all the untold secrets and mysteries of the B5 lore before he died, which he did
Another great selection, Ashleigh. Big thanks to Ingy-Bingy for suggesting it. I envy you you so much, Ashleigh, you basically have a day-gig opening a massive pile of christmas gifts. You have no idea what's in them and they're of such calibre that we just love sitting here watching you open them up, one film at a time.
7:49 The Guiness World Record for the tallest dive from a diving board is 192 feet. Given the right circumstances and technique, a 100 foot leap into water could be survived.
The film was nominated for Best Picture, and won Tommy Lee Jones the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The basis of the film was the based on the 1960s TV series. David Jansen was Kimble, and Berry Morse was Gerard. The finale was one of the highest rated series finales of all time. The concept of the story is based in part on Victor Hugo's classic novel 'Les Miserables' (1862) with Kimble as the stand-in for Jean Valjean and Gerard for Inspector Javert. A convict paroled, breaks his parole and goes on the run, who helps people all the while being chased by a dogged policeman determined to bring him to justice. There are a few film versions of the story including the film of the legendary musical with Hugh Jackman (Valjean), Russell Crowe (Javert), Anne Hathaway (who won an Oscar as Fantine, singing "I Dreamed A Dream"), Amanda Seyfried (Cossette), Eddie Redmayne (Marius), Helena Bonham Carter (Madam Thenardier), Sasha Baron Cohen (Thenardier), and stage musical performers Aaron Tveit (Enjolras), Samantha Barks (Eponine), and original stage Valjean Com Wilkinson in a small and crucial role as The Bishop of Digne. The actor who plays Sykes, the one-armed man, actually had two arms and is a beloved actor for many sci-fi fans for his work in several TV series like Star Trek, but most especially his role as Narn Ambassador G'Kar in the 1990s series Babylon 5. His name was Andreas Katsulas, and he passed 2006. He and fellow B5 actor Peter Jurasik as Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari had the most amazing character arcs over the five year run of the series, which was like a novel for television before so many of the series made today did it.
Awww u left out the past at the end where they get in the car and Jones removes his cuffs and gets Ford a cold compress. Ford says I thought you didn't care and Jones replies I dont. L ol. Me and my late wife LOVED this movie. 5 years and I miss her as much as I did in the first few minutes she was gone. I can't watch movies we watched. But I flipped around your react. Brought back warm memories. The 1990s were so great for so much especially movies.
Fun fact, the scene in the parade was filmed during the actual St. Patrick's day parade and nobody in the crowd knew they were filming. So if you go back and watch again, you can see people in the crowd recognizing Harrison Ford.
they did a special on this a while back and the train crash was a practicle effect , and after they left most of the wreckage there because it cost too much to clean up .
This is such a great movie based upon the show from the 60's. Harrison Ford is a legend and him working alongside Tommy Lee Jones is incredible. The story, acting, action sequences, and dialogue were great. Nice reaction Ashleigh.
16:56 I was SO CONFUSED what this movie had to do with Scrubs or Glee (both I have seen some episodes but not too familiar with)…turns out the cop who had less than 10 seconds of screen time played the janitor on Scrubs. 🤷🏻♂️ I thought it was a random reason to recommend this movie…but Google told me it was a subplot of one episode were the janitor is recognized as the actor in the movie by one of the doctors. So it makes sense now!
I saw this as a kid in a drive-in theater, in a double feature with Free Willy. As children, my brother and I were basically there to see Free Willy, but this movie was actually the one to leave an impression on my 12 year old mind. Great movie!
Fantastic reaction, Ashleigh. 😊 I adore this movie. I saw it twice in the theater back in 1993 (what a great year for movies!), and the audience reaction to the train scene was priceless. Another Harrison Ford movie you might be interested in reacting to is "What Lies Beneath". It might be more suited for Hallobeans, but I'm sure you could make an exception? 😉
I agree about 1993. It was probably the last time I went to the cinema multiple times in one year. Since then, and with rising prices, it's rarely been worth it. The Fugitive, Groundhog Day, In The Line of Fire, Falling Down, Jurassic Park, Loaded Weapon, and a few comedy sequels including Hot Shots 2, Wayne's World 2 and Another Stakeout were all highlights from that year for me.
Remember there was a whole scrubs episode about the Janitor playing a cop in The Fugitive. That was based in reality since that actor (Neil Flynn) played the cop on the subway who raised his weapon at Kimble
I remember watching the TV show from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen as The Fugitive. This is back in the days when we only had three channels to choose from and we only had a Black & White TV.
If you liked this, I think you'd REALLY enjoy Double Jeopardy with Ashley Judd. It amazes me that no one has reacted to that movie, it's one of my favourites
The Glee and Scrubs references in the movie are Jane Lynch who played his friend the research doctor Kathy Wahlund, was Sue Sylvester on Glee, and the cop that Sykes kills on the subway train was is an actor named Neil Flynn who was the janitor on Scrubs.
Great reaction Ashleigh, I am glad you enjoyed this movie! You kept on mentioning 'Scrubs' but missed that the cop shot on the elevated train was the Janitor in that show! LOL
Ashleigh I love your opening it makes me feel warm and fuzzy and I know I'm about to have fun and forget my problems for a while, thank you for all your hard work on your channel and giving your reactions to us❤🎉
14:41 those are SROs (single room occupancy) such as the YMCA where the rooms were likely a bed separated from other beds by a cubicle wall or even just a sheet with a bathroom similar to what most of us probably had in high school gyms. These were very chap lodging options for vagrants, recent parolees, and similar people just looking for a bed. If you recall Roger Miller’s “King of the Road”, he sang about SROs in the first verse.
that "I don't care" line by Tommy Lee Jones was adlibbed by the way :P And it became one of the most memorable quotes of that movie. Heck even the Simpsons spoofed it in one of the early seasons of the Simpsons where Bart put Millhouse on the FBI wanted list and there were several cut away gags them feds chasing Millhouse and one scene was a recreation of this Dam-jump scene.
There's a great connection between this film and the comedy series Scrubs. The Janitor in the hospital is played by the same actor that is the Police Officer that confronts Kimble, just before jumping from the storm drain, and the main character in Scrubs, JD (Zach Braf) is convinced that he wasn't always a Janitor but he denies it. This plays out over many series.
@@waltersvg I'm sure that many of the actors went on to do other work, but the significance of Scrubs is that it actually references The Fugitive and the actor's role.
I saw this one in the theater, and I loved it. I knew when I went to see it that it was based on a t.v. show, because my father had told me about the show. Tommy Lee Jones stole every scene he was in, and the spin off U.S. Marshals is just as good because of Tommy Lee Jones.
Another bit of Chicago trivia: the scenes at the Hilton (the keynote and laundry room) were filmed in two different hotels a few blocks apart. The Hilton (that you see the outside) is the main set, and the laundry room was in the Palmer House, at the time another Hilton (and you can briefly see the name on a laundry bag).
Part 2 of the TV series finale (aired August 29, 1967) is still the 23rd highest rated TV broadcast in the US. Of the broadcasts that had higher ratings than this, 15 were Super Bowls. Of the rest, most were movies, but only two were other TV show episodes, those being the series finale of MASH, and the reveal of Who Shot JR episode of Dallas, which are ranked 1st and 2nd. Pretty impressive.
I was a Senior in HS when this movie came out. I saw it at least 3 times at the movies. Still watch it everytime it comes on. Definitely one of my all time favorites
Jane March (Glee) was the doctor (livers) and the janitor from Scrubs was the cop on the train 16:56. His small role was actually mentioned on an episode.
Met Tommy Lee Jones in a small restaurant in Port Isabel, Texas, where I was a regular.... I was having breakfast. He came in, sat across from me.... looked over and said hello. He asked me what was good and I replied, "Everything, but try the cinnamon roll first." He did and later offered to buy my breakfast and give me an autograph. I just said no thanks, but I admired his work, and went to pay. Paid my and his bill and left. The next day the owner tells me Tommy Lee paid in advance for a cinnamon roll for me the next time I came in. yea Also, grew up watching the TV series with my mom, she LOVED the program. Did my dooty: Ads 🤑✓ 👍 Thingy 💰✓ Comment 💲✓ Urrrrrr welcome 🤗
Ashleigh, If you enjoyed The Fugitive with Harrison Ford I'm sure you'll love part 2 which is: US Marshals with Tommy Lee Jones, some other original cast members from The Fugitive and a very special guest star playing a new fugitive!!;!!!!
I took a quick glance through the comments and didn't see it get mentioned at all. But one very awesome Actress (Who was incredibly young in this and you almost can't recognize her) that you might not have gotten very acquainted with yet, is Jane Lynch. She has the quick part reading off the files in the computer. She has a very prominent role in Glee, but has been in countless other comedic roles over the years.
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"I don´t care." is such a great line. he doesn´t care about guilty or not. he´s doing his f*** job! i just love this movie.
When Tommy was on Inside the Actors Studio, they talked about that line & Tommy said he spent time with US Marshalls, was even on a take down that they did. He said what he got from them was, "You're supposed to be caught & you're not. That's all they care about".
Textbook example of Lawful Neutral.
Precisely. His job is not to decide on guilt or innocence - that's what the court already did. If Kimble wasn't guilty, he could request an appeal or retrial. That's what the courts are for. It's not up to him to make those decisions, his job is to re-capture an escaped fugitive who has been found guilty of a violent crime before he can harm anyone else.
@@siukong As it should be. It's just a pity our basic COPS don't often fall into that category.
But he did.
Have you seen "Witness" yet Ashleigh? Because that is absolutely peak Harrison Ford for me. Fantastic action, detective, suspense but super wholesome too. I think you'd love it.❤
The movie was directed by an Aussie man Peter Weir. He also directed The Truman Show and a few excellent classic Aussie movies.
Also has the villian from Die Hard
@@Reggie2000 Severus Snape would break you like a twig for saying that
@thoso1973 Hmph! You're just another American who saw too many movies as a child. (Said in British accent of course)
Harrison's *only* Academy Award nomination to date
As people have mentioned , this was based on the 1960s tv series "The Fugitive" which starred the late David Janssen. For 4 years, Dr. Kimble traveled around the country looking for the one-arm man he saw running from his house the night his wife was murdered while always helping someone in need & alluding Lt Gerard of the police department of his home town. It ended with a two part episode of Kimble finally finding the one-arm man who was only seen in about a dozen episodes.This was also back in the day when they produced at least 30 episodes per season, so there were 120 episodes. Oh, & a 12 year old Kurt Russell appears in one episode as Gerard's son.
I believe it was a record number of televisions were tuned in for the finale. Only 3 major networks to choose from back then.
@@195511SMYep, it held the record until the finale of "M.A.S.H." in February of 1983.
Also based loosely on the Sam Sheppard murder case....near Cleveland
The Incredible Hulk TV show was also loosely based on this
@@Lynxdocboth based on Les Miserable Chavert chasing Jean Valjean for years aka Gerard and Kimbal in the fugitive and McGee and Banner in the Incredible Hulk
It's funny that you mentioned Scrubs, Ashleigh. The train cop who gets shot by Sykes was played by the same actor who later played the Janitor on Scrubs, and one episode of the show used that fact to create a backstory for the Janitor that he was a failed actor who never got more work after he was in The Fugitive.
He played the first baseman in Rookie of the Year LOL.
@@WarrChanand was Mike Heck in The Middle for a number of years.
That was just the joke, he's been in Seinfeld and That 70's Show too among other things.
She also missed Jane Lynch from Glee, portraying the doctor talking to Kimball about the livers.
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Well in case you didn't already know, Tommy Lee Jones did win an Academy Award for best supporting actor for this movie. His character from The Fugtive (Sam Gerard) actually comes back in an unoffical sequal called "U.S Marshals" (no Harrison Ford in it though)
I think my favorite part of Tommy's performance in this film, is the unspoken way you see his character start to believe Richard's story. As he finds clue after clue, and runs into oddity after oddity in Richard's behavior, it starts to become too much to ignore. And you can see it in his demeanor, his tone of voice, the way he looks at people during questioning. Such a fantastic, subtle performance on his part.
The great Wesley Snipes & Robert Downey Jr are in the sequel 'US Marshals' though and it is highly underrated and a decent follow up in my opinion.
US Marshals is a fantastic movie. Hope we get around to it 🤞🏽
It’s kind of funny, because according to what people have said, Tommy Lee Jones’s default personality in real life is pretty similar to Gerard’s in the film.
He certainly does have a knack for this type of authoritative role. He was excellent in “Lonesome Dove” and “Men In Black”
"Don't break the law and you won't go" Ashleigh says as she's watching a man who didn't break the law being bused of to prison 😂
Just as a very minor, technical detail, there was no HIPAA violation in the hospital scenes because the HIPAA law wasn't passed until 3 years after this movie came out.
The more you know 🌈 (NBC logo music)
Good to know.
And technically, to have a HIPAA violation someone shown in the scene would have had to report them to the board in order for anything to be initiated, so as this is a movie and they are all actors and HIPAA didn't exist it really wasn't an issue lol
It’s also not really a HIPAA violation because Kimble isn’t leaking the boy’s information out to anyone and is also a licensed doctor (assuming he wasn't stripped of his qualifications). So he could be considered a second opinion. Though that last part might not hold because informed consent…🤔
Hipaa laws only apply to insurance companies and medical business people.
The actor who plays Sykes, Andreas Katsulas, played a lot of “heavy” roles, including a Romulan officer in a couple episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but his S-tier role was G’Kar in the series Babylon 5. That show really let him show character depth and development, and he was fantastic.
RIP Andreas Katsulas. He loved his Babylon 5 role as G'Kar and it showed. He stole just about every scene he was in. Only Peter Jurasik's Londo portrayal could match him on screen.
Every other actor that played a Narn hated their make-up, the process it took, and the painful red eyed contact lenses. Never a complaint from Andreas.
Andreas was a method actor. It was said if you needed to talk to Andreas about anything on the B5 set, you had to get to him before his make-up was applied. After the make-up, you would only be talking to G'Kar.
@@dunringill1747 It was the end of the Earth year 2260, and the war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly. All around us, it was as if the universe were holding its breath…waiting. All of life can be broken down into moments of transition, or moments…of revelation.
And he did it behind significant prosthetic makeup. I loved the character of G'Kar.
G'Kar was phenommenal. So was his primary TNG character Romulan Commander Tomolak
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One bit of trivia about this film is that Harrison Ford injured himself in one scene. Where he's running through the forest after the train crash, he tore some ligaments. Ford refused surgery on the injury, so he could have a limp for the production to make it realistic. This is one of his best films.
I remember hearing that. Thanks for the reminder.
A bit more trivia: This was the first movie shot in Dolby Surround Sound. The train wreck was filmed in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and the wreckage is still there.
Thank you for saying "trivia" and not "fun fact."
Its so funny to see how much he cared about stuff he worked on when he was younger, and now he just phones all his performances in for a paycheck lol.
"Part time"
@@__Andrew - People keep saying he "phones in" his performances, but I haven't seen it. Age of Adaline. The Force Awakens. Blade Runner 2049. He's committed and engaging in all of them. Even in "Dial of Destiny" (which had its problems), Ford was all in.
Tommy Lee Jones not only did "U.S. Marshals" he also did the "Men in Black" flicks. Tommy Lee has great timing and screen presence. Good reaction. I'm glad you got into this one. It's a classic.
And he was the colonel in Captain America.
"US Marshals" is like sequel, cause TL Jones and rest of cops are playing there with the same names.
The cameo by Dr Jan Itor is the best part of the film.
Best way to say it.
I liked his cameo in Major League more. Though is it a cameo when you've got 4 scenes (however brief)?
(if you never noticed him, he's the construction worker when they do the "who are these guys?" scenes, and he's got a bit at the bar at the end when he and a punk hug and do the "wait, who a I hugging, oh who cares!" routine.
Cameo requires the person who is making the cameo actually be famous at the time. So having a bit part in a sitcom years later means nothing he can do is a cameo.
@@kevinwilson140 It wasn't a serious comment, Jan Itor isn't real. Your Kevsplaining was not required.
Thats one of my favorite endings. Girard admitting Richards innocence, the confrontation, the admittance he was wrong, and the somewhat friendly final scene where he has respect.
They don't (usually) make them like this anymore.
Not to mention the interesting twist of Richard saving the life of the very who's been pursuing him for the entire film.
"One of my biggest fears is going to prison." ME TOO GIRL!! It's the only thing that stops me from doing a third of the things I think about.
SAME
They aren't real "fun" to visit either. LOL
Now I have to know those things you think about. LOL
It’s the ONLY thing that stops you? Yikes. 🤣
Right like whaaaat things...hmmmm???? 😂
Couple of my favorite lines...."I knew that was an elevated train". & "If they can dye the river green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?" :)
"I don't like you using words that have no meaning."
Trivia for you. This movie was filmed less than 2 hours from where you lived in Knoxville. The scene at the dam was filmed and Cheoah Dam at the end of The Tail of the Dragon (Hwy 129). My cousin was a forest ranger and rescue squad member in the area and was on the set. He's one of the guys in the rescue boats at the foot of the dam. ALSO, the train crash was filmed outside of Dillsboro, NC and you can still go there to visit it.
I've ridden the Great Smokey Mountain Railway - You can see the wrecked trains on one of the trips
I thought it was Fontana dam at the foot of the Tail.
I checked Google maps, Fontana Dam is a few miles down 28 from Cheoah.
I drove to Dollywood last summer and my route took me right through Dillsboro. If you make a certain left turn you can pull off to the side of the road, walk across the street, and see the train at the base of the hill
"Show me a man with more fabulois hair than Harrison Ford"
Kurt Russel and Michael Douglas both say "hold my bottle of conditioner." ;)
On the novelization, when Kimble saw the injured boy in the hospital, there is a line that Kimble decided to save that child, even if he had to broadcast his own name over the PA system. IIRC he recalls he and his wife hearing they couldn’t have kids of their own so he wanted to prevent another woman from hearing bad news about her child.
Fun Fact: home theater stores or departments used to use the train crash scene to demo home theater systems. Back then systems were still over a thousand dollars, so there had to be a real hook to convince someone to buy.
My mom used to tell me that she saw an interview with the guy that played Tommy Lee Jones character in the 1963 TV series that this movie was based off of and the guy said that almost every day when he wasn't on set doing the show he would get harassed by fans demanding that he leave the Dr. alone and that he was not guilty. The fans of the show didn't realize that it was a TV show and not real life.
yea it was a great abc show for 4 seasons leading to the most watched FINALE in tv history in summer of 1967 until MASH finale. amazing that ABC showed it in AUG and reason was they wanted a HUGE audience for their fall season. My personal story is as a KID i loved the last season and I was so upset that MY MOM & grand dad had a planned VACA to CANADA from thurs to sat in that yr and I NEVER saw the final conclusion until yrs later when it was on A& E network lol.NO vcrs or anything and mY aunt had to tell us what happened !
@@michaelceraso1977 I turned 9 years old in late August '67. Yes, I knew what "The Fugitive" series was at that age but I was obviously too young to have watched with any regularity. But the night of the finale' was a different matter. The Judgement Part 2 was too huge an event and we all watched as a family - I was so excited I can't tell you. Of course, in my adult life I have watched The Fugitive many, many times over because it is simply the best. The finale' is probably my only memory of the show when it was actually running on ABC - but it's a good one.
6:05 When I was first diagnosed with MS I had to give myself shots 3 times a week for almost a year. They were extremely painful and after that long I just couldn't do it anymore.
I concur with everyone who says you need to watch Men In Black, I think you'd really enjoy it Ashleigh.
I am shocked that she hasn't watched MIB yet.
Agree!! Someone please get her to watch MIB. Like that was my first movie I saw with Tommy Lee Jones.
Yes, Please! Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are great together! Ashleigh, you'll love it just for the talking dog cameo! 😆
I thought she would've watched it and was surprised she didn't recognize him from it
Men in Black is a great movie, if you can remember watching it...
1993 is arguably among the best years in movies. Most people at the time didn’t think The Fugitive would do all that well. But it ended up being the #2 box office movie of the year ( some movie about dinosaurs was #1).
Ashleigh, fun fact: if you’re ever in Dillsboro, North Carolina, you can go see the train crash set. It’s still there and has become a tourist attraction.
I highly recommend another Harrison Ford action thriller masterpiece, "Patriot Games". Once you've reacted to it, you will be ready for Leslie Nielson in "Wrongfully Accused", which spoofs the hell out of "The Fugitive" and "Patriot Games", and will make you cry from laughter!
I'd have to look up which movie came out first but this one and "Double Jeopardy" (starring Ashley Judd) are pretty much the EXACT SAME film because they share extremely similar storylines.
And the most bizarre thing of all is Tommy Lee is in both of them and plays to all intents and purposes the same character in each one!!
Funfact: Harrison Ford is a licensed pilot rated in fixed wing and helicopters. He has flown several volunteer search missisions in which he rescued two people. He owns several antique aircraft.
There is a spoof of The Fugitive starring Leslie Nielsen called WRONGFULLY ACCUSED (1998). It also spoofs Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, North by Northwest, Mission Impossible, The Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, Star Wars, Titanic... It is written and directed by Pat Proft, one of the writers of The Naked Gun trilogy and the Hot Shots duology.
And Pat was also the writer for several of the funny Police Academy films in the 80s.
+1 for Wrongfully Accused. I definitely want to see Ashleigh react to that one, it's so funny
@@JingIeFett Anyone who doesn't like Wrongfully Accused is a pee-pee head!
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Movies like The Fugitive, as well as The Godfather & The Hunt For Red October, are what one might categorize as "comfort food for dads".
My Mom’s all time favorite film. One of my favorites as well. The music was phenomenal; especially when Kimble was being chased down the stairs.
Tommy won an Oscar for this movie.
"I love Harrison Ford. That man can do no wrong."
Oooh...I think it's time you watched What Lies Beneath...😏
I wish she would. It's such a good movie.
That whole movie was filmed in Chicago. At the time, the guy I was dating, his dad was a Chicago police officer who worked security on the movie. They used some real police in the film as extras and his dad is in a few shots. Pretty cool!!
My Mom and I watched it on tv once, My mom is an elderly lady who usually is not for these kind of movies but she loved it and was pretty much on the edge of her seat.
11:20 - "Show me a man with more fabulous hair than Harrison Ford. You can't!" That's why he's called HAIR-ison Ford. 😉
One more comment, Ashleigh. When you're a doctor, you most assuredly are a genius. This is a person who's able to assimilate an extreme amount of knowledge. He's able to remember an extreme amount of information. A genius is able to recall it nearly instantly. I know this because I'm a genius.
such an underrated movie nowadays, the sequel U.S Marshalls was also good and had some amazing stunts(also has Wesley Snipes & Robert Downey Jr).
"You cannot make that!"
"Never tell me the odds."
This was derived from a real story about a doctor in Bay Village, Ohio (which is right next to my home town) whose pregnant wife was killed .
It was a big scandal back in the 1950s.
They made a TV show in the 1960s (very) loosely based on it, called 'The Fugitive'.
This was a movie remake of the TV series.
This movie is one of my all time favorites.
Sam Sheppard was the doctor convicted in 1954 and who spent 10 years in prison before being released. He was re-tried two years later and acquitted, but died in 1970.
@@bradsullivan2495 There was so much more legal mess than that. Like the whole wrongful imprisonment suit, the multiple denials for a retrial despite multiple *blatant* violations of due process, the police arresting a thief with Mrs. Sheppard's jewelry in his possession and *letting him go,* his son trying to get a declaration of innocence and the case being closed because Dr. Sheppard died (you can still file such petitions after someone's death, it shouldn't have mattered)...
The State of Ohio *really* didn't want to admit they'd screwed the pooch and just *kept* screwing the pooch harder in their efforts to avoid it.
I'm next to Bay Villlage too! Avon Lake, I totally forgot about that story, crazy stuff
I can't believe you missed Jane Lynch's cameo! I don't remember her from Scrubs but she didn't change THAT much from here to her Glee days haha
One of my favorite movies. I have watched this so many times and continue to watch when I can’t find anything else to watch or if it’s on TV or something. Great story, great acting, just all around great.
"Cmon Sam, he's fish food"
"Well then go catch the fish, that ate him"
😂😂
So this film was based off a 60’s tv show and was the first film based on a show to be nominated for Best Picture. Also Tommy Lee Jones won for Best Supporting Actor.
Yes. I don't think I watched any of the tv episodes, but even I knew of the "one-arm man," which became sort of a trope. Like "who eat the last piece of chocolate cake?" "It must have been the one-arm man."
BTW, The Sequel to this was U.S. Marshals, also with Tommy Lee Jones, where Wesley Snipes was the Fugitive. Underrated movie.
Watching the original TV Series is one of my childhood memories. Although I only remember a few highlights from "four seasons, with 120 51-minute episodes". I was not disappointed when the movie came out. 🙂
I have a trivial oddity I am hoping at least one of you might know the answer to. In the T.V. series, the man pursuing Kimble was Phillip Gerard. Why did they change it to Samuel Gerard for the movie?
@@Taylorswiftfan13308 Sam is a more earthy name.
Went to the theater to see this movie.
I remember watching the TV show from back in the 1960s, (in reruns. I'm old, but not THAT old!)
I watched this movie over and over when it came out on video. It was one of my favorites but to find out later that much of what Tommy Lee Jones and his "crew" for the movie was improv makes me love it even more. Such an amazing dynamic and it seemed natural because it was.
“What beef did he have with ya’ll….oh, you knew his dad?!” Priceless, that’s why I am a super fan of this reaction show!!! 😂😂😂❤❤
One of the best films for showing off the city of Chicago. We have downtown in the parade scene, but better yet, we have all of the neighborhoods, from gentrified Pullman (where the one armed man lives) to more rundown ones like where Kimball rented the one room in the basement from the Polish lady and her druggie son. Back in the ‘90s, I ran into Polish women like her all over the northwest side near Little Warsaw at Belmont and Central.
I almost always post my comment about this movie. One of my favorite hometown centered movies, being on top of all the locations that just hit home for me, for a while I lived a block away from the bar Kimble walked out of to go to the one armed man's house in Pullman. I used to take the 111 Pullman bus to the 95th street station up the hill from Pullman in Roseland where I grew up. Big smiles seeing that location. 😁
Agreed! I always enjoy films shot in Chicago, but this one feels like "home" to me!
Is it better than Ferris Bueller's Day off or The Blues Brotherss?
@@donovanmedieval IMO, it’s better than Ferris Bueller because it shows off the neighborhoods. Blues Brothers does that as well, but they branched out into the suburbs and further into the exurbs, whereas The Fugitive stayed in the city itself once Kimball jumped off the dam.
@@kathyastrom1315 How about High Fidelity? I remember Ebert talking about how well it captured Chicago and how smartly it was transitioned to being a Chicago movie from the British setting of the book.
This movie has had some cultural touchstones that are referenced in other movies. "I don't care" and the dam jump are two big ones, but "It was the one-armed man" has been referenced elsewhere (on that note: put The Mask on your docket of movies to watch--not to be confused with Mask, which you've already seen; without the "The", it's a Cher film and with the "The" it's a Jim Carrey film). Also, for more Tommy Lee Jones, definitely Men in Black is a must-see.
As with every video of yours, I recommend the movie Imagine Me & You, as well as Zsazsa Zaturnnah.
I recently rewatched this movie and i noticed the literal very first thing to happen in this movie is him returning the car keys to kimble
this movie is a perfect example of how to professionally direct, shoot, cut and edit. just a superb example of filmmaking that should be taught or shown to film students across the globe.
Also, gotta love The Janitor in this movie. He really killed it as the cop.
You mean Doctor Jan Itor?
You should 1000% watch the mini-series Lonesome Dove, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall. It is one of the greatest pieces of film ever shot. The acting, characters, and story are something that will stick with you for the rest of your life.
My absolute favorite
This is based on the TV series from the mid 1960s. Starred David Janssen, who was a great character actor of the day. That series is probably his best known role.
One of the best films for 1993.
Harrison Ford was once the no.1 Box office draw of all time.
This film here is part of that legend and his career.
Tommy Lee Jones won his only Oscar from this performance.
Well played as the obsessed lawman without any clue of the truth and only taking down Kimble.
Based on the classic tv series (1963-1967), 120 episodes.
One of the most successful small to big screen adaptations.
But this story was worked into something incredible.
The show was re-broadcasted on TV Land following the film's release.
There was a sequel called "U.S. Marshalls" in 1997.
TLJ reprised his character with a few other actors from The Fugitive.
Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jr. were co-stars and it did well commercially.
Unexpected sequel, but with exceptional storytelling.
You could check it out or not.
BTW, Air Force One (1997) is another smash with Harrison Ford that you'll definitely enjoy.
Just curious, what Jo Danville is doing here? :)
I mention this every time you swoon over Harrison Ford, but you have to check out the movie "Working Girl". It is a romantic comedy with Harrison Ford as the male love interest, and I know you would absolutely love it.
I totally agree she would love it. It’s such a good movie❤
And it has Sigourney Weaver in it, she would love it so much. I reckon after Addams family values she will love Joan Cusack so she’ll probably love her in Working girl too.
Absolutely!
4:54 - The train used in this stunt is still imbedded in the hill to this day.
Ashleigh would LOVE the Jack Nicholson film "As Good as It Gets." 🥰
This movie was based on a TV show that ran from 1963-67 that was also titled, "The Fugitive." The final episode in August 1967 (where the actual killer was revealed) was the highest-rated TV episode ever for a number of years, with 72 million people watching.
And that was more than one third of the population, at the time.
Andreas Katsulas, the one-armed man, was a truly talented actor. His speeches and monologues on Babylon 5 both inspired and could make you cry.
And one of the best TNG villains as well.
GKar was the best character on that show by a country mile
Rip G'kar ❤
His favorite role was as G'kar. I remember him saying in an interview that he usually only ever got hired as "Italian Thug 27" in pretty much anything he did. Like this film, where he's basically just that, an Italian thug. But with G'kar, he was able to actually play a character, to give them depth, and range, and to watch them change and evolve. Plus he loved working with Peter.
@@happyninja42 Yes, he loved the series so much that his dying wish was for Straczynski to come tell him all the untold secrets and mysteries of the B5 lore before he died, which he did
I remember watching this randomly at my grandparents house as a young girl. It remains a favourite today.
Another great selection, Ashleigh. Big thanks to Ingy-Bingy for suggesting it. I envy you you so much, Ashleigh, you basically have a day-gig opening a massive pile of christmas gifts. You have no idea what's in them and they're of such calibre that we just love sitting here watching you open them up, one film at a time.
7:49 The Guiness World Record for the tallest dive from a diving board is 192 feet. Given the right circumstances and technique, a 100 foot leap into water could be survived.
The film was nominated for Best Picture, and won Tommy Lee Jones the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
The basis of the film was the based on the 1960s TV series. David Jansen was Kimble, and Berry Morse was Gerard. The finale was one of the highest rated series finales of all time.
The concept of the story is based in part on Victor Hugo's classic novel 'Les Miserables' (1862) with Kimble as the stand-in for Jean Valjean and Gerard for Inspector Javert. A convict paroled, breaks his parole and goes on the run, who helps people all the while being chased by a dogged policeman determined to bring him to justice. There are a few film versions of the story including the film of the legendary musical with Hugh Jackman (Valjean), Russell Crowe (Javert), Anne Hathaway (who won an Oscar as Fantine, singing "I Dreamed A Dream"), Amanda Seyfried (Cossette), Eddie Redmayne (Marius), Helena Bonham Carter (Madam Thenardier), Sasha Baron Cohen (Thenardier), and stage musical performers Aaron Tveit (Enjolras), Samantha Barks (Eponine), and original stage Valjean Com Wilkinson in a small and crucial role as The Bishop of Digne.
The actor who plays Sykes, the one-armed man, actually had two arms and is a beloved actor for many sci-fi fans for his work in several TV series like Star Trek, but most especially his role as Narn Ambassador G'Kar in the 1990s series Babylon 5. His name was Andreas Katsulas, and he passed 2006. He and fellow B5 actor Peter Jurasik as Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari had the most amazing character arcs over the five year run of the series, which was like a novel for television before so many of the series made today did it.
Now I'm thinking about Tommy Lee Jones singing, "And I'm Javert!" 😆
Awww u left out the past at the end where they get in the car and Jones removes his cuffs and gets Ford a cold compress. Ford says I thought you didn't care and Jones replies I dont. L ol. Me and my late wife LOVED this movie. 5 years and I miss her as much as I did in the first few minutes she was gone. I can't watch movies we watched. But I flipped around your react. Brought back warm memories. The 1990s were so great for so much especially movies.
Fun fact, the scene in the parade was filmed during the actual St. Patrick's day parade and nobody in the crowd knew they were filming. So if you go back and watch again, you can see people in the crowd recognizing Harrison Ford.
they did a special on this a while back and the train crash was a practicle effect , and after they left most of the wreckage there because it cost too much to clean up .
This is such a great movie based upon the show from the 60's. Harrison Ford is a legend and him working alongside Tommy Lee Jones is incredible. The story, acting, action sequences, and dialogue were great. Nice reaction Ashleigh.
You need to check out “double jeopardy” with Ashley Judd
16:56 I was SO CONFUSED what this movie had to do with Scrubs or Glee (both I have seen some episodes but not too familiar with)…turns out the cop who had less than 10 seconds of screen time played the janitor on Scrubs. 🤷🏻♂️
I thought it was a random reason to recommend this movie…but Google told me it was a subplot of one episode were the janitor is recognized as the actor in the movie by one of the doctors. So it makes sense now!
I only asked cause who knows what ashliegh is familiar with already. Thought there was a chance she may be familiar with some heavily syndicated shows
And jane lynch from glee is also in it
@@ingibingi2000totally make sense…just trying to connect the dots for others who are aware but not too familiar with Scrubs.
@@erikawilliams9558 Lynch was the Dr. friend that Kimble talks to at the hospital.
That's right, I forgot that Jane Lynch was in it. But to be fair, this movie is 30 years old. (Seriously? Damn, I'm getting old!!!!!!!!!)
The train cop was the janitor from scrubs. I was racking my brain to figure that one out, as I’ve seen this 10 times.
I saw this as a kid in a drive-in theater, in a double feature with Free Willy. As children, my brother and I were basically there to see Free Willy, but this movie was actually the one to leave an impression on my 12 year old mind. Great movie!
That "Men Only" hotel at 14:30 is a real place in downtown Chicago, a real relic from the past but still around to this day.
Fantastic reaction, Ashleigh. 😊
I adore this movie. I saw it twice in the theater back in 1993 (what a great year for movies!), and the audience reaction to the train scene was priceless.
Another Harrison Ford movie you might be interested in reacting to is "What Lies Beneath". It might be more suited for Hallobeans, but I'm sure you could make an exception? 😉
I agree about 1993. It was probably the last time I went to the cinema multiple times in one year. Since then, and with rising prices, it's rarely been worth it. The Fugitive, Groundhog Day, In The Line of Fire, Falling Down, Jurassic Park, Loaded Weapon, and a few comedy sequels including Hot Shots 2, Wayne's World 2 and Another Stakeout were all highlights from that year for me.
Remember there was a whole scrubs episode about the Janitor playing a cop in The Fugitive. That was based in reality since that actor (Neil Flynn) played the cop on the subway who raised his weapon at Kimble
I actually cried when this was over. The stress was overwhelming
I remember watching the TV show from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen as The Fugitive. This is back in the days when we only had three channels to choose from and we only had a Black & White TV.
YES!!! This is one of my favorite movies growing up (I'm old) and I'm so glad you are reacting to it 😄😊😄
The one-armed guy was played by Andreas Katsulas who played G'Kar in Babylon 5.
If you liked this, I think you'd REALLY enjoy Double Jeopardy with Ashley Judd. It amazes me that no one has reacted to that movie, it's one of my favourites
The Glee and Scrubs references in the movie are Jane Lynch who played his friend the research doctor Kathy Wahlund, was Sue Sylvester on Glee, and the cop that Sykes kills on the subway train was is an actor named Neil Flynn who was the janitor on Scrubs.
Great reaction Ashleigh, I am glad you enjoyed this movie! You kept on mentioning 'Scrubs' but missed that the cop shot on the elevated train was the Janitor in that show! LOL
This film is so tense and well-made. Tommy-Lee Jones is incredible and I always love to see Joe Pantoliano in anything
Ashleigh I love your opening it makes me feel warm and fuzzy and I know I'm about to have fun and forget my problems for a while, thank you for all your hard work on your channel and giving your reactions to us❤🎉
14:41 those are SROs (single room occupancy) such as the YMCA where the rooms were likely a bed separated from other beds by a cubicle wall or even just a sheet with a bathroom similar to what most of us probably had in high school gyms. These were very chap lodging options for vagrants, recent parolees, and similar people just looking for a bed. If you recall Roger Miller’s “King of the Road”, he sang about SROs in the first verse.
It's strange, because one of my biggest fears is Ashleigh going to prison, too! :)
that "I don't care" line by Tommy Lee Jones was adlibbed by the way :P And it became one of the most memorable quotes of that movie. Heck even the Simpsons spoofed it in one of the early seasons of the Simpsons where Bart put Millhouse on the FBI wanted list and there were several cut away gags them feds chasing Millhouse and one scene was a recreation of this Dam-jump scene.
There's a great connection between this film and the comedy series Scrubs.
The Janitor in the hospital is played by the same actor that is the Police Officer that confronts Kimble, just before jumping from the storm drain, and the main character in Scrubs, JD (Zach Braf) is convinced that he wasn't always a Janitor but he denies it. This plays out over many series.
Don't forget Sela Ward was also in House.
@@waltersvg I'm sure that many of the actors went on to do other work, but the significance of Scrubs is that it actually references The Fugitive and the actor's role.
Hi Ashleigh, the actress who played the tech in the hospital that helped him discover the liver samples, is Jane Lynch. she was the tie in with Glee.
I really liked her role as Charlie Harper's sarcastic psychiatrist in ' 2 & 1/2 Men'.
I saw this one in the theater, and I loved it. I knew when I went to see it that it was based on a t.v. show, because my father had told me about the show. Tommy Lee Jones stole every scene he was in, and the spin off U.S. Marshals is just as good because of Tommy Lee Jones.
Another bit of Chicago trivia: the scenes at the Hilton (the keynote and laundry room) were filmed in two different hotels a few blocks apart. The Hilton (that you see the outside) is the main set, and the laundry room was in the Palmer House, at the time another Hilton (and you can briefly see the name on a laundry bag).
Part 2 of the TV series finale (aired August 29, 1967) is still the 23rd highest rated TV broadcast in the US. Of the broadcasts that had higher ratings than this, 15 were Super Bowls. Of the rest, most were movies, but only two were other TV show episodes, those being the series finale of MASH, and the reveal of Who Shot JR episode of Dallas, which are ranked 1st and 2nd. Pretty impressive.
I was a Senior in HS when this movie came out. I saw it at least 3 times at the movies. Still watch it everytime it comes on. Definitely one of my all time favorites
Absolute banger of a movie. Pretty much the definition of "they don't make them like this anymore"
Jane March (Glee) was the doctor (livers) and the janitor from Scrubs was the cop on the train 16:56. His small role was actually mentioned on an episode.
Met Tommy Lee Jones in a small restaurant in Port Isabel, Texas, where I was a regular.... I was having breakfast. He came in, sat across from me.... looked over and said hello. He asked me what was good and I replied, "Everything, but try the cinnamon roll first." He did and later offered to buy my breakfast and give me an autograph. I just said no thanks, but I admired his work, and went to pay. Paid my and his bill and left. The next day the owner tells me Tommy Lee paid in advance for a cinnamon roll for me the next time I came in. yea
Also, grew up watching the TV series with my mom, she LOVED the program.
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If you enjoyed The Fugitive with Harrison Ford I'm sure you'll love part 2 which is: US Marshals with Tommy Lee Jones, some other original cast members from The Fugitive and a very special guest star playing a new fugitive!!;!!!!
90s-00s was truly a golden period in film. Glad you enjoyed this classic.
I'd call more like 78-04ish
@lynnevetter That is certainly fair. I would argue that the density and consistency during the nineties and the 00s were higher.
The Fugitive has a very good poster it doesn't give anything away but really gives you the tone of the movie well.
I took a quick glance through the comments and didn't see it get mentioned at all. But one very awesome Actress (Who was incredibly young in this and you almost can't recognize her) that you might not have gotten very acquainted with yet, is Jane Lynch. She has the quick part reading off the files in the computer. She has a very prominent role in Glee, but has been in countless other comedic roles over the years.
one of my favorite lines is "well, hell yeah! I got a prosthetic arm don't I?!" from sykes. I say that a lot.