Sidney Poitier (Lilies Of The Field, 1963, and The Oscar)

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2 жыл бұрын

In a month's time we have lost Bell Hooks, Desmond Tutu and now one of the finest actors to dazzle the silver screen with a range of magnificent performances. Sidney Poitier played a myriad of complex character with an uncommon elan. In 1963, he became the first Black actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor. This is the ending from the same film, which was directed by Ralph Nelson. In this scene, Homer Smith, played by Sidney Poitier leaves Mother Maria, played by Lilia Skala after building them a chapel. After taking one last look at the chapel he built, Smith, knowing that his work is done, slips into his car and drives quietly off into the night. What a fitting tribute for an actor and activist who paved the way for many from the Black community to leave their mark on the big screen. The clip is followed by the actor receiving the Oscar.

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@sevenirises Күн бұрын

One of my favorites I never tire of watching.

@jackspry9736 Жыл бұрын

RIP Sidney Poitier (February 20, 1927 - January 6, 2022), aged 94 You will always be remembered as a legend.

@ThatbooThatboo Жыл бұрын

God bless you, and thank you for your contributions to mankind

@denisedubois5127 28 күн бұрын

An amazing human being. He will always live on in my heart

@JohnSmith-ct5jd Жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier had an intensity few actors possessed. He did not have to have violent scenes in order to draw his audience in. He used his personal gifts. In any scene he was in, in any movie, he was never dull,

@DineshBhadwal Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed. Sidney Poitier was a highly accomplished and sophisticated actor.

@danwaldis4553 Жыл бұрын

I'll second the comment about intensity. He could stand in one spot and say nothing, and you could still feel the energy. And he starred in movies in a time when special effects practially didn't exist; the acting had to carry the film. And he did that so well!

@michaeldavidson9939 Жыл бұрын

I wish they still made movies like this.

@danwaldis4553 Жыл бұрын

I wish they still made actors and people like this! :)

@mariaeddycesario3067 8 ай бұрын

This movie is a precious gem. Pity that Hollywood does not make gems like these anymore. Sidney Poitier is perfect in this movie.

@williamjohnson7963 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely, on both accounts! 👍

@atikva3804 Жыл бұрын

Gosh, how deep has Hollywood sunk since then!

@dave327ful Жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier lent an air of profoundness to all his films, which is a rare, beautiful thing.

@jest-fn3qq Жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier, as Homer Smith, in Lilies of the Field. He was the greatest.

@caesarvalentin6332 Жыл бұрын

He was born to play that role.

@fjfjrfjfjr Жыл бұрын

Is anyone more appealing than Sydney Poitier? ❤️

@ronwatson4135 Жыл бұрын

I love how the movie doesn't end with The End but *AMEN*

@Neaptide184 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing movie, I first saw this as a young boy when it first came out. I have watched it maybe a hundred times in the following decades. This is the most difficult good bye scene in any movie I have seen. The women in that room had suffered so much in Europe at the hands of fanatics, and the departure of Homer Smith brings out an expression of the woeful loneliness and loss for Mother Maria’s life. They are so pronounced it is almost impossible not to tear up. Almost 60 years and over a hundred times, it still saddens me to the core.

@roberthealy3551 Жыл бұрын

Tearing now.

@007ndc 6 ай бұрын

The scene makes this cynical grown man cry every time. I also love the obvious joy on the face of Anne Bancroft in giving the historic Oscar to the great Sidney Poitier. RIP

@vic5684 Жыл бұрын

When she relises he is leaving for ever. Broke my heart but he was a nomad and would touch a lot of peoples lives on his way. We all do no matter what job we do. People remember us and we them. When he left and drove off to his new life adventures with out them, Dammm. Life goes on and sometimes ends.

@tombasye1016 Жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier Was A Great Natured Actor, And Honored To Never Be Forgotten In Hollywood And Around The Whole World.

@feliciakidd9358 Жыл бұрын

I love his movies. R.I.P Sydney Portier.

@vasantinamdar2204 2 жыл бұрын

He was equally brilliant in the Heat of the night

@davidjthayer7417 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful movie !!!! Gotta ❤️ it !!!

@nanners829 2 жыл бұрын

He will truly be missed! Amen, amen, amen!

@drdeddykasong2331 Ай бұрын

FELICITATION LEGENDE

@triciajohansen7124 Жыл бұрын

Quality movie and acting. RIP Lilia Skala and Sir Sidney Poitier. You are missed.❤🙏😪

@davidmartinez4274 Жыл бұрын

It is a wonderful movie Sidney and the cast did an excellent job. One of the most moving movie ever . love this movie . 🎥.

@ramonacardona1430 2 жыл бұрын

Such great childhood memories watching these wonderful actors on my black & white TV!

@caesarvalentin6332 Жыл бұрын

It brought me a lot of memories of my childhood. I was born in 1959

@caesarvalentin6332 Жыл бұрын

It brought back a lot of memories of my childhood.

@garrison6863 2 жыл бұрын

This and The Defiant Ones were probably his two best performances.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424 2 жыл бұрын

A Raisin In The Sun, To Sir With Love, and In The Heat of the Night > these. Those were some borderline Magical Negro performances. I even liked his turn with the late Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue more.

@wandavannerson2421 Жыл бұрын

To Sir with love

@temesgenworku5971 2 жыл бұрын

I saw most of his films and read his biography,I also heard that he has visited my country.A gentle Saul,a magnificent actor,a great input to our civilization...I always remember him.

@kristablais9095 11 ай бұрын

Well l never thought about a biography. I read All the time. Will order it tomorrow.

@marybrooks1118 4 ай бұрын

Not the end, but AMEN!

@wasanapanarin5454 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie , wonderful.

@mduncan28 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest actors of all time and one of the best films. great story. My mom and dad loved this movie and after I watched it I could see why.

@terrymoro4392 Жыл бұрын

BAYE POTYÉ, NOS VEREMOS NO NOVO MUNDO DE JEHOVAH DEUS,..É ISSO QUE JEHOVAH QUER LEIA EM SUA BÍBLIA NO LIVRO DE joão 5 ;VEXSOS 28 E 29.

@terrymoro4392 Жыл бұрын

@rayhewitt4688 Жыл бұрын

That was his greatest movie my opinion thanks

@bonniekeough244 Жыл бұрын

A perfect movie.

@TheBigWrist 2 жыл бұрын

When I first saw this movie, I just KNEW I was watching an Academy Award winning performance. It was incredible to watch for the first, 5th and 10th time. A real classic.

@anthonycalia1317 Жыл бұрын

A most touching movie.

@smpanimator6536 2 жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. It was not until 2001 that another Black man would win Best Actor again (Denzel Washington in Training Day).

@DineshBhadwal 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and now Will Smith.

@nanners829 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad Will Smith ruined his own reputation! He was very low class, while Chris Rock was a true professional. He proved by his behavior that he’s not worthy to walk Sidney or Denzel’s footsteps.

@tommycat1213 2 жыл бұрын

@@nanners829 Bruce, that is a truth.

@kellie8468 Жыл бұрын

I just love that it was Anne Bancroft presenting best actor. Two class acts!

@DineshBhadwal Жыл бұрын

The happiness on Bancroft face says it all! She wanted him to win.

@kellie8468 Жыл бұрын

@@DineshBhadwal absolutely! It couldn’t have gone better.

@scottmccue5875 Жыл бұрын

Great picture

@fredfarmer5952 8 ай бұрын

I was a kid, but I can still remember, ".... Smit... you must wash yourself Smitt."

@mikenaughton4298 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful movie from an era of similarly crafted movies. Among them: A Patch Of Blue, 12 Angry Men, The Miracle Worker, A Thousand Clowns and I'll include a non black and white film, They Might Be Giants. We are very fortunate that Sydney Poitier helped society usher in better relations between people in the middle of the 20th century. Intelligence and dignity was his gift to us all.

@DineshBhadwal Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful comment.

@contractmed1 7 ай бұрын

I'd like to add "Inherit the Wind" to the conversation as well.

@loisraymcinnis6006 Жыл бұрын

Love this man! 10:43 PM WED 14-DEC-2022.

@wandavannerson2421 Жыл бұрын

I love it

@debbiejennings7822 Жыл бұрын

Love Sidney Poitier ....great actor .......and his birthday is the same as mine .... February 22.

@deborahadams4721 8 ай бұрын

It is 2-20-2023

@jcoltrane8976 Жыл бұрын

You don’t histrionics to convey emotion. This is acting at its finest.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424 2 жыл бұрын

Big shoutout to the late, great Jester Hairston, most famous from his role as Rolly Forbes on the 80's sitcom Amen (ironic eh?). He provided the singing voice for Sidney in the film.

@PuffKitty Жыл бұрын

Jester actually wrote the song Amen as well

@joycedentremont2152 Жыл бұрын

I loved him in this movie.

@jesco_biafra Жыл бұрын

Gaaahhhh Sidney is such a cutie 😍

@cahegape1179 Жыл бұрын

Parabéns meu amigo ⁉️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@fifthbusiness1678 2 жыл бұрын

Oy, Anne Bancroft was stunning.

@darrylwiggins1156 2 жыл бұрын

God never appears himself to fillful the wishes of those worthy of his attention,he always sends agents.Homer Smith was one of them.And he knew it.

@user-pk8lk5mt3o 9 ай бұрын

I would like to see the full movie

@marie-luisepeetz2610 Жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier ist für mich der hübscheste u. schönster Schwarzer . Außerdem ein sehr guter Schauspieler .

@andreedullaert4784 Жыл бұрын

Hy was een prachtige mens en al zyn filmen

@mcbrion1951 Жыл бұрын

This was a momentous moment in the American film industry's history. Another Black man would not win the Oscar for Best Performance By An Actor in A Leading Role until 2002, when Denzel Washington won (Halle Berry won the same year, making the Oscars that year another significant "first": both Performance by an Actor and Actress in Leading Roles were Black).

@DragonBellyTravels Жыл бұрын

If the legendary actress, Anne Bancroft doesn't channel Jenny Slate from Parks and Rec here....wow.

@Teddy54669 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@wandavannerson2421 Жыл бұрын

Also Mr. Tibbs

@jennyb7745 2 жыл бұрын

??? They were both men of great inspiration & both were a huge loss to this world.

@fifthbusiness1678 2 жыл бұрын

Who?

@ronllewellyn616 2 жыл бұрын

Por favor, en español y completa, muchas gracias

@leonorcosta603 2 жыл бұрын

Amei

@user-vm3bo6eq1d 2 ай бұрын

Is it a coincidence that after 35 years in the same desert five monks from Mt Athos, Greece built St Anthony monastery?

@angloaust1575 2 жыл бұрын

Just acting a part as in all his films In real life one has to be oneself!

@luizgomes4125 2 жыл бұрын

[ A SUPERAÇÃO DE TODOS OS MALES ] É A REENCARNAÇÃO DO HOMEM , O CONHECIMENTO MAIS IMPORTANTE QUE DEVEIS SABER. ELA VOS DA O PROCESSO , OU MELHOR A OPORTUNIDADE DA EVOLUÇÃO . A FACULDADE DE RECORDA- SE DAS REENCARNAÇÕES PASSADAS CESSA DURANTE O PERÍODO DE TEMPO DE UMA VIDA TERRENA. POR ESTE MOTIVO , TODO O PROGRESSO TORNA-SE PRECIOSO.. CADA SABER, CADA TALENTO , CADA CAPACIDADE E CADA EXPERIENCIA QUE O HOMEM TENHA CONQUISTADO DURANTE A VIDA SOBRE A TERRA OU OUTROS PLANETAS. [ PAZ SOBRE TODAS AS FRONTEIRAS ]

@user-uz7dm6qn3y 2 жыл бұрын

Sidney Poitier was a person of inspiration, Desmond Tutu was no loss at all.

@jennyb7745 2 жыл бұрын

Huh . . . . !??

@jasonengelage2907 Жыл бұрын

The only reason didn't give this a thumbs up is because didn't want to be number 666 hate that number of the beast but enjoyed the video.

@kristablais9095 11 ай бұрын

The most Beautiful Show about The Jesus Christ

@angloaust1575 2 жыл бұрын

Guess whose coming to dinner!

@Terry-te1ij Жыл бұрын

What was the Reverend Mother thinking about as Homer is leaving?

@DineshBhadwal Жыл бұрын

That's a good question.

@reneelafountain6740 Жыл бұрын

Sad sad sad

@007ndc 6 ай бұрын

She's heartbroken when she alone realizes that he's leaving. Notice how at the end of the song she says not sings Amen . Giving a solemn prayer of thanks for a miracle. Gets me every time

@Terry-te1ij 6 ай бұрын

@@007ndc Nuns were isolated. They'll have more contact with ppl now with chapel Homer built. Wish he'd stay there and get mgt job with contractor

@007ndc 6 ай бұрын

@@Terry-te1ijsome Orders were isolated, others not so much. I think Mother Superior was very sad to see Homer leave but may have realized that a miracle had happened in the building of a chapel by an itinerant worker sent by The Lord. One way of looking at it

@danielrees2523 Жыл бұрын

I think why "Lillies of the Field " is such an excellent film is because of the unity to get something done, but ultimately because of the centrality of Jesus Christ through and in it all.

@alessandrosouzzasouzza7881 2 жыл бұрын

ALESSANDRO

@SOULRELIEF22 2 жыл бұрын

This is RESURRECTION DAY time of year 2022! I was atheist but GOD saved me on CHRISTMAS EVE in 1972! AMEN! I prayed "FATHER touch me in the name of JESUS!" I had been weeping and reading a Gideon King James Authorized Version New Testament for TWO WHOLE DAYS as I prayed wrongfully. GOD'S WORD washed my filthy, atheistic spirit. And when I had forgiven EVERYBODY and was cleansed, JESUS led me to John 16:24 where He taught me how to pray in HIS name! So THEN when I prayed correctly, PAPA GOD immediately sent HOLY GHOST gently and tenderly down into my heart! GLORY! I woke up CHRISTMAS MORNING, BORN AGAIN! HALLELUJAH! 🙏🙌💞💃 2022 is my 50th YEAR living HOLY! ALL PRAISE, HONOR AND GLORY BE UNTO THE LIVING LORD JESUS! 💓💓💓 JESUS IS RETURNING FOR US SOON! I'M EXCITED! 🙏🙌🙌👏👏👏💃💃

@SOULRELIEF22 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in LOVE with JESUS! I fell in love with Him BEFORE HOLY GHOST came into my heart! JESUS was so kind, and sweet but they CRUCIFIED HIM! As I read I questioned WHY HE had to die! In my spirit I heard, YOU'RE going to have to love prostitutes, winos and junkies, enough to die for THEM just like JESUS died for YOU! DIED for ME? THAT got me reading the rest of the gospels to see if there would be a HAPPY ENDING for my Sweet JESUS. But no. They killed Him every time and I was so heart broken. I didn't UNDERSTAND WHY JESUS had to DIE for ME. Now I know He was making a way for us to be free from sin so we wouldn't end up in the lake of fire! "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:15! JESUS saved me from HELL and ETERNAL damnation by securing my name in His Book of Life! GLORY! HIS BLOOD will NOT suffer loss! ALLELUIA! 🙏🙌💞👏

@angloaust1575 Жыл бұрын

Taken from scripture Consider the lilies of the field They toil not spin not Obviously a parable about people Dressing up in gaudy clothes!

@cynthiarosas8214 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone needs salvation here are the words of salvation please forgive me jesus im a sinner come into my heart and save me from my sin I no that you are the savior and I no that you died for me on calvary and I no that God raise you from the dead and you are alive and I thankyou for your salvation in Jesus holy name amen and its important to always ask for forgiveness every night 🌙