Ok for y'all who were complaining on incest. In this version, they are NOT cousins. Mr Archibald was a friend of Mary's dad and they are not related. They are NOT cousins here.
I remember this version, but not well. I only really know the 1993 version but still had memories of seeing another version where they showed the cholera epidemic instead of an earthquake. But what I really did not remember at all was Colin Firth. This is amazing. He's so young! But his voice hasn't changed. Dreamy then, dreamy now.
I'm remember to, but also Collin's marry proposal to Mary, in the movie of 1993. im remenber that the version of 1993, adult Collin have blond hair and adult Mary was dessed whith a whit dress and hat, Mary was waiting for Collin in the secret garden touching de pond water, then Collin arrived......Mary Said that she was waiting por him to a lot, and he said to her....i love you Mary marry with me .....then they kissed . I was just a little girl (5 ), but I remenber that end in de version's 1993 because in that time i was thinking ...why they will get marry if they are cousins?
I'm remember to, but also Collin's marry proposal to Mary, in the movie of 1993. im remenber that the version of 1993, adult Collin have blond hair and adult Mary was dessed whith a whit dress and hat, Mary was waiting for Collin in the secret garden touching de pond water, then Collin arrived......Mary Said that she was waiting por him to a lot, and he said to her....i love you Mary marry with me .....then they kissed . I was just a little girl (5 ), but I remenber that end in de version's 1993 because in that time i was thinking ...why they will get marry if they are cousins?
I remember young Colin being hot and grown up Colin being ugly. Lol. From the eyes of my 10 year old self. The 1993 version came out when I was ten, which mum dad took me to see, and shortly after my mum found a copy of the 1987 version at a thrift shop. Had no memory of it being Colin firth but that’s because Colin firth wasn’t yet a household name. Why would I connect the memory of that movie to the hot guy oil Bridget jones diary when my memory of grown up Colin craven was an ugly actor? Lol
For those complaining about how they don’t fall in love in the original storybook, this little ending bit is part of a frame story for the movie. While the original book is a children’s book, this movie adaption is a little bit more mature, and the secret garden storyline is told as a flashback that Mary is remembering as she comes home to the garden after being away with the Red Cross in WW1. The child’s book ending is the scene right before all this. Don’t know why ppl insist on coming to a video about a movie just so they can complain about it in comparison.
"I wrote to you and asked you to marry me. Why didn't you give me an answer, Mary?" "I wanted you to ask me here in our garden." "Of course. I should have known." Well, she could have dropped him a note saying "ask me in the garden" instead of leaving the guy hanging like that.
Some of you commenting are just too dense for words. Colin/Mary is the much more realistic pairing. Not only was it quite common for cousins to wed at that time but her situation would never have allowed her to marry someone of Dickon's station. It never addressed anything but friendship between any of the children in the book anyway so you can't even claim she preferred Dickon.
Yeah I really don't see or get the supposed attraction between Mary and Dicken. I only ever saw them as friends in every film version I've ever seen.. that's okay I'll take Colin lol
I think it's amazing that he walks in the garden needing to use a cane and then he kisses her and... Voila! NO cane needed! Hahaa. (IMHO, really bad kissing)
The best version! The music in this movie and the location just make it 100x better. Also, about a year ago, I realized that Colin Firth played grown up Colin even though this movie was my childhood. (Derp😜)
@Terras1fan It may interest you to know that in this particular version of the movie, Colin and Mary are not related. The family had connections and Colin's grandfather and Mary's Grandfather were dear friends, so younger Mr. Craven, Colin's father, felt obliged to give the girl a home. In every version of the movie, at least a few circumstances have changed. The 70's version is the most faithful.
PLEASE, the "original story" is the lovely children's novel which ENDS with Mr. Craven coming home and seeing Colin well for the first time. All this romance and war nonsense is fabricated. Read the flippin' book.
I haven't seen this old version, however I am very disappointed. Colin here looks like a captain or someone like that, while in the book he was strongly insisting that he was gonna be a scientist, which so very much fitted that character!
Siempre mi mente mezclo los dos O_O, pensaban que estaba loca cuando les decía que se no era final, que el final era cuando ellos estan grandes XD y resulta que era otra versión y especialmente con mi Colin Firth, te adoré desde que tenía 4 años Collin!!!
I watched this about once a week as a kid. I was sad that Dickon died, because I wanted her to be with him. The lonely boy with animals as friends, not the pouty, heir.
It was never implied Mary fell in love with Dickon (not even in the book) and in this version Colin and Mary are just friends so stop making things up.
Cousin marriage in high society was very common. A mary and collins marriage is much more realistic and less utopian for financial and social reasons that matters in marriage than romanticizing relationships without thinking about social reality.
In this version they are not actually cousin, but when I first saw this as a kid it was on the Disney channel and I did not see it from the beginning to hear that part, and my parents my parents told me marrying your cousin is normal in Europe. So I would not ask awkward questions.
You know, I think everybody interprets The Secret garden in their own way, and there's nothing wrong with that. The book and the films are special and how it makes you feel emotionally, well to each their own....
Dicken was a friend. Mary probably wouldn't have considered him more, because of the class differences back then.Of course Colin adored her. She gave him back his life.This book was written about a time of innocence, sadly lost.
As I child I shipped Mary and Dickon, but watching the 1993 movie as a (young) adult, I've understood it better... I think Mary and Colin are simply meant for each other; (I know they are cousins and all) but she gave his life back to him!!!!
Mmmm young Colin Firth. He's lovely. Even though everybody knows that Mary belongs with Dickon. To all you people who are grossed out by the cousins thing: please get some historical perspective. You can't judge historical novels by modern standards. In that time (mid 1800's) marrying your cousin was not only accepted, it was encourged. No doubt Lord Craven would have encouraged Mary and Colin to get married, because it would keep the money in the family.
@forevergreenning Actually, in this version they weren't cousins. In the book and all other movie versions yes, but in this they say at the beginning that Mary and Colin's mothers were best friends so Mr. Craven was like her godfather or something. Hallmark threw that little bit into it because they worried about complaints from viewers over having the first cousins marry, even through it was a normal practice in that time.
When I was young, I remember hating that Mary for ending up with Collin, the whiny rich boy and not Dickon, who was actually cool, friends with animals and had spirit. Admit it Mary, you just wanted the castle and the title Lady.
After 9 years frome you comment......I'm thinking the same ......life is about two things....money and beauty....even though we neither choose to be ugly or poor but if we are we second roles in life
THANK YOU for posting this! I saw this back in fifth grade (1993-94) and always remembered it because I felt kind of grossed out that they were cousins getting married. But, in Europe they do things differently I guess. :) The weird part to me now is that I am the same age Colin Firth was when he made this-27. Oh, how far he has come!!
After both reading the book and watching the 1993 movie, Mary and Dickon would have been a much better couple, especially as Colin is Mary's cousin in the book. I take it this ending was some Hollywood invention since the original author didn't write this.
@XFiles1993 Glad you enjoyed! Yes, they're cousins in this film, and get married, but yes again, in Europe it was quite normal. Even more so because of inclination to keep things in family. Maybe NOW it's not just so obvious.
In the book, Mary and Collins are cousins because the wife of Mr. Craven is the sister of Mary's dad. The mother of Collins' is Mary's aunt and she married Mr. Craven so that makes Mr. Craven as Mary's uncle and Collins as her cousin.
Cousin marriage in high society was very common. A mary and collins marriage is much more realistic and less utopian for financial and social reasons that matters in marriage than romanticizing relationships without thinking about social reality.
I was so surprised 😲 when I saw Colin firth at the far end of this film 🎞 but even as they were separate from a good long while I thought she made a better choice just to accept his Proposal in the rightful spot 😇
@XFiles1993 Erm, actually cousins all over the world have married, not just Europe. It's mostly the time period being so accepting of it, not the region itself.
I swear when I watched this as a child there was a line about him dying in the war in a field and mary says he would have liked to die surrounded by growing living things
Wow, i've never read the book, and i've only seen the 1993 version that came to the theatre (one of my favorites of all time), so seeing this version with the kids all grown up is really strange to me.
@NarglexD it really shocked and stroke me too ... It would be great and more natural If she had... Dickon was representing the values that led her through the discovering, 'flourishing' and taking care of her garden... He was reminding her of something that she longed for and was fascinated by before her arrival to England. And he had an open, gentle soul; something opposite to what Colin was hurt n imprisoned by: his family n origin. Dickon was meant for her, they've been bound together...
And I want to make one thing clear: I LOVE Colin Firth, but I truly thing Colin is not in love with Mary. And the one who plays Dickon is such a teddy bear!!!!!
@annie2shoes You don't believe it. I managed to delete ALL my vids - at once! Just marked upper little window... such a silly mistake!!! Now I'm trying to restore most of them and to do it much better. This one was the first I placed here, and - most popular of all, can you believe it? About 40000 viewers I think. Despite it was quite bad in picture and sound (awfully out of synch).
I don’t have any real scruples about the incest thing that some commenters seem to have. I mean, I’ve read too many classic books to not know how common cousin marriages were in that time. My problem is that, in my heart of hearts, I always wanted Mary and Dickon to grow up and fall in love.
The speaker was much more realistic. Much idealization the relationship between Mary and Dickon. They are of different social class and this can indeed weigh on their relationship, they can romanticize impossible loves and both challenge society to be together, but in real life money, social position are important.
If you watch the whole film- it expplained that they are unrelated; Mr. Lenox's father and Archibals's father were friends; so Archie saw it fit to take Mary in. (Part 2 I believe; its posted)
While I grew up with the 1993 version and must admit I prefer it overall, this ending while not in the book is rather touching, - kind of sad they had to kill off Dickon in the war and near a forest too
@forevergreenning Actually it was the 1993 version that that Mary & Collin are cousins. In this 1987 version their parents were just friends, so there was nothing weird about it.
@hididdleydee It was that way in the 1993 version, but not the 1987 version. In the 1993 version Colin was Mary's cousin, but they call Mr. Craven a friend of Mary's father, not her uncle.
@tjk200081 Oh i also was a bit wodered because in the novel they are cusins but maybe the 1987 film version it is more different to the novel as the other films
The wild otaku Krista yes in the book they were cousins and most films that stay traditional to the books, but in this particular movie they were of no relation!
@tjk200081 But the whole reason Mary is sent to live with the Cravens is that they are her only living family. Colin's mother is Mary's mother's sister.
I do not recall Dickon dying in the book. Well, I stick to the book then... Shouldn't Colin F. change his name to Dickon?! Oh no, there were people talking about that Dickon did not suvive in the 1987 version... hmpf. I adore Mr Firth... with a different name and ending... Well I can't have it all ;-)
@tjk200081 According to IMDB there are THIRTEEN versions. (There are also TWO stage musicals). All presumably based on the novel. Mary has ALWAYS been related to the Cravens. If this film decided to change it, that's silly and stupid. The story is about healing and rebirth. It doesn't need a romantic love ending to validate it. Sheesh!
Cousin marriages were common in the high aristocracy. Isos ai is not a disney film and its utopias, real life, money and social status are not important, mary would never marry dickon in real life, only in utopian films.
why are we being censored?? Every movie in theaters in like a fucking porno, but they took out dickon's bravery for going into the war?? Most copies don't have the original story.
