they actually filmed this scene around 3 am here in rhode island. the fireworks going off pissed off the entire neighborhood. love this movie.

Maybe one day, when Hollywood relearns what cinema really is, they will begin making epic films like this again.

The same words I said to my dad before he left...... not a man like you. You still my hero for ever.

Bill: “Should I be afraid?” Joe: “Not a man like you.” May I live the rest of my life, however long that may be, to be worthy of hearing my “Joe” say the same words to me..

You know, sometimes in a film its the little things you notice that can mean everything. @1:40 when Bill looks at Joe, the realization hits him. Death has an understanding of what a treasure life is, he's completely engrossed in the beauty of the fireworks and the simple existence of just living. Bill gives the tiniest of smiles with his understanding, and then simply states "Its hard to let go isn't it." Joe, still consumed with the beauty he sees before him he almost can't speak and simply says quietly "Yes it is Bill." "Well that's life. What can I tell you." Nothing else needs to be said :) You have a moment where Death doesn't want to let go of living. Its a great film!

This scene is cinematic perfection.

Its hard to let go isn't it? Yes it is. That's life, what can I tell.

The musical score of this movie is impeccable.

Bill skips steps going up the flight. He's ready. Bill turns around first and Joe can't seem to turn away. Because he's not.

This is one of the most emotional endings to a movie I cry every time I see this scene beautiful music and amazing acting.

My mother suddenly passed away recently at age 53, just before I could turn 20 years old. But I know my mother lived a very happy life. We wished her to see me growing as an adult, spending time with my father after retirement, more traveling, exploring more into her interests, meeting my fiancee & her grandkids, and so many more. I wish her the best of all in heaven and looking forward to a day when she gets life again to us, to a baby between me & my fiancee. Rest in Peace.

2:03 the fact that he turned around first to meet his maker tells something about his character.

As a father, with a daughter, this film moved me. A true daddy-daughter epic.

I love how Bill turns to the bridge first, like he is now more ready than Joe. Every character in this movie shines. I even love Quince, Alison, and of course, Susan.

I'm a 66 year old guy and I tear up every stinkin' time I watch this scene.

" . . . It's hard to let go isn't it ? . . . That's life , what can I say . . ." 🔥 Sir. Anthony Hopkins (Bill Parish) What a movie, what a scene, what a legend! ❤

Best movie scene in association with music, acting and camera ever!!!!

Can there be a more powerful picture than two of the greatest actors ever walking away over the bridge? This is so impressive and mind-blowing!

"Don't blow smoke up my ass, you'll ruin my autopsy." What a boss thing to say while facing your own mortality.

Such a good movie. At 2:02 Bill turns almost all the way away from the fireworks and life while looking at death. Death meanwhile doesn't and even glances back at them. He has found why people want to live, that is can be very hard to let go.

- It's hard to let go, isn't it? - Yes, it is, Bill. - That's life. What can I tell you...

The day Anthony Hopkins passes away this scene is going to hit way too hard 😥

This is hands down one of the best films ever made but so underrated at the same time this movie deserved awardssssss

The whole world should see this scene, and realise that death ultimately comes unto you, whether it’s your birthday, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, or eating or drinking.....it comes to you at an appointed time.

"Should I be afraid?" "Not a man like you." May that be said of all of us.

Death waits for no man….except Bill Parrish

Such an underrated movie

After that, the whereabouts of Dr. Hannibal Lecter will forever remain a mystery.

that's life what can i tell you ...

I've been on those steps. Aldrich mansion Warwick Rhode Island.

Something about that music and them walking down that bridge…I get chills!!

Going to a friend's wedding today, just had to see this scene before I watched my friend walk down the aisle. "That's life, what can I tell you?"

Epic film. Brilliant acting. Hope that one day we will see great films like this being made again.

Watching this make my eyes tear up. Dad i still miss you every day. I hope we will meet again some day. Give my regards to all you meet. I love you.

Kills me every time. Beautiful film and a score to match...

What is so great about this movie is that it is timeless!!! This movie could have been filmed in 1920, 1990 or 2022.

I saved this on repeat when I was black out drunk. True story.

This soundtrack really made the movie.

The scene when the two walk together towards the end of the path is so emotional 😭

Films like this , blade runner, fallen angels , Drive 2011 and vanilla sky etc are some of the best cinematography and stories ever.

This has to be one of the best endings ever filmed and the musical score is one of the best ever created.

What a beautiful ending . I love how Death said "Happy Birthday Bill " And "These things have a way of working out " this second comment seems to calm me as I suffer from anxiety at times. I think about it with that in my mind ...(these things have a way of working out) ....in the grander scheme of life I guess they do...

long film, but this scene is a masterpiece

It's hard to let go, isn't it? -yes, it is, Bill. Well, that's life. What can I tell you?

Bill: Should I be afraid ?? Grimm: a man like you ?

Should I be afraid? Not a man like you. I always think that this would be what death would say to my beloved father when he passed away 🙁

It's great that Bill leads Death and turns first. At first, Bill wasn't ready to let go but by the end of the film, it's Death who isn't ready.

Whatever time i have left i hope that when it is time to go i can be as comfortable as Bill walking across that bridge knowing i was a good person. And my loved ones waiting on the other side to welcome me home. Its what dreams are made of :)

Wonderful film...filled with so much sweet pain!😥

This movie will always be my favorite movie because my life is so similar to this movie and I wish I could say to my dad like she did . It very hard to let go ..

Thanks for this and the following scene. My hdd cut my movie taping short.

This movie is beyond good. I patiently wait for another great film. They come here and there but not like they used to.

The moment right before susan turns around, she knows who he is and what is happening.

Its weird when you stop and look...and get a real sense that it will all end one day...and not knowing truly what happens when you die...is a very scary and empty feeling.

One of my favorite movies ever!!! Especially this scene and the hospital scene.

End ending to a marvellous flim. One of the most beautiful theme songs I've ever heard thanks

2 Timothy 4:6 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Such a Beautiful scene. Thomas Newman should have won an oscar for the score.

The ending is Bizarre. The guy doesnt remember anything that went on with Susan. Plus he is not IRS agent, death really messed it up for him and Susan.

Less superheroes movies, more epic ones like this

This is such a wonderful film

Such an underrated scene beautiful setting

Very few scenes have made me cry. This is one of them.

This movie in some ways has changed my life and I am more attuned to eternity than ever before

This is one of my favourite scenes within film!!

amazing scene. Very meaningful

The score complements the dialogue perfectly.

The music is spectacular...

I love how at the very end, Parrish saying to Death "It's hard to let go, isnt' it?" and Death is speechless. It's perfect. Death has been doing his bureaucratic job for millenia, only finally seeing it thru human eyes with all the pathos...and he's the one struggling to contain his emotions against the fireworks.

The music is so beautiful ❤❤

great movie. proves one important thing. whatever you have, whatever you achieved or obtained, whatever success or despair, all of it will not matter once it's your time to cross that bridge. Imagine Bill is a billionaire. He still could've life in front of him but then he meet Joe Black. And all of it, including the company does not matter to him anymore.

It's hard to let go when you have loved and enjoy every minute

Very underappreciated movie

A Beautiful movie and One of newmans best scores.

There are masterpieces written about love from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to Boris Pasternak’s Zhivago. In concept most show human pain and exquisite suffering as circumstances unfold and human strength and frailties are exposed. In comparison, if this were just and possible, this seemingly mundane titled Joe Black, originally written as an Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella, explains its almost operatic vision of love. The depth revealed here transcends human emotion and gives us a glimpse of love’s quintessential power that we all possess and cannot fathom, in making us imagine what could happen if Death fell in love. That in the end even with all ‘authority’ at his disposal Death is overwhelmed by the power of human love and lets her go. And in a final act of love he gifts her the person she wanted in the first place. Forlani, Pitt and Hopkins are marvelous here.

Beautiful scene.

One of the true masterpieces.

Awesome scene.

If you know this scene you are a lucky person. Its one of the most beautiful in cinema history.

This is honestly the most beautiful and underrated ending I’ve ever seen to any movie.

this may sound crazy but i've watched this movie over 100 times.....lost count

The dress on her 😳😍

Love this film, really wish there was a scene that showed what joe was capable of power wise.

The ending is stirring…loved the film! One quirky thing about the screenplay…. Bill & Joe walk over the grassy berm to disappear together. Then reincarnated “Joe-the-diner heartthrob” returns without Bill to greet Susan where she understands her father just died, yet all her focus is on Joe. Dreamy-eyed, they walk off hand-in-hand to start their life together…leaving dead Bill’s warm corpse sprawled-out laying somewhere behind the grassy berm, likely dead from a heart attack. Now that doesn’t make sense. Actually, were I Bill, and with his $$, I would have sought the best cardiologists in the land to where Bill might have only been away from work recovering from bypass heart surgery…but he’d be alive. That of course would have destroyed the script.

I can't find a movie that blows you straight what make life. It's time.

Every story ever told is true, and it is also true that every story has an ending! ❤🎉

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Wonderful scene

The music reminds me of Genie sets free from Aladdin 2019.

The music...

Best movie ending ever hopkins was amazing

The poor Pyro tech guy who was hoping bill was watching.

Imagine how the partygoers would react and find out the birthday man have disappeared in thin air without a trace!

They don’t make movies like this anymore

Death is so noble here!

His body is on the other side of the bridge. I couldn't stop laughing about as they were having their lovers connection at the end.

this is the best scene in the whole movie and it's epic

There is another film that Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins starred in that is underrated. It’s called Legends of the Fall. They both play father and son.

So underrated.

Good thing he didn't die He instead became odin who rules nine realm's