Magic, excitement, music, action, fantasy, thrills, and adventure. What an entertainment with King Brian and all the other leprechauns dancing to the music of the fiddle played by Darby O'Gill, the frisky old storyteller. The fun goes on forever and ever and it never gets old. I love the song. It's also for people of all ages, young and old. You're never too old to be young.
Why this film wasn't even nominated for Best Visual Effects is fucking amazing. All the forced perspective, the banshee scenes, plus the fact that Albert Sharpe couldn't play the fiddle and so two professional musicians had to hide behind him, one doing the bowing and the other doing the fingering.
Huh? Come ON! You 8? You think like a kid! Soooo ya really think that’s LIVE MUSIC recorded WHEN IT OCCURRED in the movie? LMFAO oh my……yea nope! 😂🤣😂🤡🚌 It’s just a RECORDING dearie put in the movie AFTER THE FILMING…..so no damn violinists we’re hiding behind curtains…..unbelievable nonsense you’d even think that….
Wonderful scene from one of my favorite childhood movies. It is spellbinding and magical the way in which these scenes were done, with forced perspective and matte painting. Traditional yet very creative special effects. A very underrated masterpiece by Mr. Walt Disney.
cellofingers That's right. Many classic Disney films like Darby OGill and Mary Poppins contained matte paintings by artist Peter Ellenshaw for the sets and backgrounds and forced perspective.
I absolutely love this scene, I'm 25 and my sister and I grew up on a lot of this stuff. Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a seriously underrated Disney live action movie. And every time I hear this song, I get SO F**KING SQUEE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! :D One of the best things about this movie, too, is Darby and King Brian and their frienemies thing going on, for certain parts they wanna beat the hell out of each other but at the end of the day, they're still bros, and their facial expressions are just AWESOME! Love, love, love this movie! :D
Interestingly enough though, when this movie was about to debut in Ireland, a few politicians there wanted to prohibit screenings. They felt that it was offensive and stereotypical. I don't see why though. The movie is one of my childhood favorites and is absolutely charming. It made you want to learn more about the Irish folklore.
My grandparents bought all these old classic Disney moves for me when I was little. Old Yeller, Candleshoe, Freaky Friday, The Love Bug...a whole collection if them. These will always hold a place in my heart. Love these old movies.
Aye! if ye know anything the Fae are the devils! It wasn't exactly like the Townsfolk be a-invitin' ol' King Brian to Church every Sunday now, weren't it!? But not necessarily evil devils, well, not really evil. Villainous like petty mischief makers but not a *problem*, see, alls you had to do was outsmart them! So there be no need to destroy them or drive them out.
Everyone wants to hear the devil song on my fiddle. Or, for some reason, they want the banjo music from Deliverance. I do my best. The theme from the singing nun is one I do well- but all on the fiddle.
According to the lore of the movie, the Leprechauns were angels who didn’t get involved in the war in Heaven because they were too scared. They didn’t get sent to Hell with Lucifer because they didn’t fight for him, but God kicked them down to Earth to punish them because they didn’t help Him either.
i love everything about Darby O'Gill and the little people my dad was 9 years old when it came out in 1959 I'm 30 my dad and i would sit and watch it together when i was a little girl and we still do every chance we get it is just so much fun to watch.
I was also 9 when it came out. I am learning on my fiddle the song Darby played. I have been a fiddler for many years. I want to get some more Irish songs for Saint Patrick's Day events and I remembered this movie.
@MountcastleFilms Man I love this scene, it always gets me. They don't make movies like this anymore. not at all. This one scene which has no ultament relavence to the plot is more emotionally moving than all of the movies made in the last 5 years put together. I consider this Movie to be one of the classics right up there with The sound of music and Ben Hurr.
King Brian's put the Come Hither on Darby, and Darby essentially is a prisoner of the Leprechauns. But Darby knows a Leprechaun cannot resist booze, dancing, and hunting. By playing a song, he gets them to dance away any suspicions they may have had of him trying to escape their kingdom, and by playing a song about a hunt, they decide to go for a hunt. It all makes sense if you watch the movie all the way through.
I love this movie... I used to watch it with my grandfather during my childhood in Italy. He left this world 13 years ago, but he will always live in my heart and in my memories. Rest in peace, Grandpa, I miss you so much... I hope that one day we will be able to watch this movie together again.
Sorry for your loss. I remember watching this with my dad when I was a kid. He passed in March. I was thinking the same, I wish I could watch it again with my dad.
I love this film. I used to watch all the time when I was little and reminds me of my childhood spent with my grandfather. That Banshee still scares me 25 years later! You can tell that our folklore was researched and the seanchai were consulted. Unlike some atrocious films such as 'Leap Year'.
The movie wasn't actually based directly on folklore. It was based on the Darby O'Gill Stories (which are from an old book which I've never read). Disney obviously got every bit as bewitched and enchanted and fascinated with the book as I am with the movie. ☘️ I think he did also do a fair amount of research, however. (Somewhat mentioned in "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" which appears as an extra on the DVD and which also appeared for many years on the Disney Channel 'round about this time of year.)
@@Sonichero151 They used an orchestra dubbed but, it seems to me, but as a fiddle player , he was playing the song as I watched his fingers. The movements were accurate as I could see.
Once there was no greenscreen or CGI effects... This was on of those times... All totally in camera and seamless... ... Also, those aren't his hands. The Actor playing Darby couldn't play the violin. Instead, the right hand was being played by one violinist, and the left hand played by another.
+Dr Moon Rat Wow, that's why it seems slightly clunky playing, at times the bow is far off into the finger board. But it's so well made I didn't notice it wasn't his hands, just deduced he knew how to play and it was (obviously overdubbed)
@@ivyssauro123 sry but no the violin playing is not even close to what it should actually be. The bow is extremely crooked and should be staying mostly on the A and E strings but the bow here is playing broken chords. Again this comment was made 4 years ago so who really cares at this point anyway lmao I just felt like responding.
@@verybratsche9467 hey I don't even remember making this comment haha buy you're right! He isn't playing anything remotely pleasant in the studio, it's certainly dubbed
This is not nonsensical at all, as another user explained the piece of music Darby plays on the fiddle is called "The Fox Chase". He is tricking the Leprechauns into going out of the cave on their horses, so he can escape.
In the day of CGI this scene may not seem impressive, but these are astounding visual effects! And... the scene makes perfect sense; Darby gets the leprechauns so caught up in the merriment that he is able to escape.
Its not really non nonsensical to me. He is trying to get the Leprechauns to let him go from their hole. So Darby played this rousing song to get the Leprechauns excited and in the mood to hunt as he explains. Once the Leprechauns ride out of their hool in the mountain, Darby slips out.
@@howellmundholiday689 If it hadn't been a hole in his pocket it would have been something else. No mortal gets away with Fae treasure. As Miss Price observed, "I should have realized that it would be quite impossible to bring something from one world into another."
This movie is extremely underrated, I brought it to my elementary class on St. Patricks Day and the teachers seemed to enjoy it, but one kid looked at me and said "this movie is gay", if I was smart enough at the time I would have flipped him off.
@@janpiet4740I couldn't as I had bad social issues due to bullying and I had no skills to smack talk at that age, if I had the sense I would have smacked him upside the head lol
My grandmother put this horror film on every time I was at her house, especially on holidays. She didn't own any other disney films. I have a lingering irrational terror of little people because of it. I get sweaty and nauseous at the thought of them. Don't even get me started on the the banshee scene, it was way too intense for a home-schooler in the 80's. I cried all night and would not sleep alone for weeks. Still gives me the heeby-jeebies!
This was once my favorite movie as a kid! It played every so often on Family Channel, like once every 2-3 months. I always danced when this scene played!
Wonderful underrated Disney film. The special effects are amazing for its time. I love the forced perspective scenes between Darby and King Brian, the matte painting resource and the optical effects used for the ghostly images. Amazing stuff.
This is my favorite scene in the movie, I love the way the music tempo continually increases. I've seen great Irish bands do this on a more complex musical level and it blows me away. Makes me want to ride off into the full moon. I know purists will bitch about "stereotypes" , but this is great fun.
This is a classic. The affects, the music, the acting, it’s a shame that the “new” versions on dvd are dubbed because of the Gaelic accent of Sharpe and O’Dea, as well as the rest of the Leprechaun actors. As Darby said the three things that the little people were fond of was dancing, whiskey, and hunting, there are three things that still scare this grown adult, the Death Coach, The Banshee, and the theme music to Unsolved Mysteries.
Do what??? I guess there are probably still some laserdisc versions floating around out there with the original Gaelic accent but that sucks that they would dub this classic like that. It reminds me of the American English dubbed versions of the original 'Mad Max'. I'm an American and I prefer the Aussie accent and slang version hands down.
Being of Irish descent, my feet are tapping away. Ireland, how I loved my school holidays there every year - Cork and County Cork the homes of my late parents. Good Luck to those Irish (and not even Irish) on the soon to be St Patrick's Day. Great fun watching this, many thanks.
I loved this movie as a kid (the banshee scared the living shit out of me though,) and the special effects are incredible considering when it was released.
They caused a blackout in Burbank filming just this scene, because of the amount of power it took for the lighting. The power station couldn't handle it.
Holy shit! Such a great movie! I watched this as a young boy all the time when I was 6,7&8. Wtf you talking about “nonsensical” lengthy fiddle scene? The fiddle scene is long cuz he’s trying get them hyped up to go hunt so they’ll open the cave so he can escape.
I know it's an old show, but I'm pretty sure that more than one violin or stringed instrument is being played. Which means that the violin must be magical. XD
It shows this song as a solo violin piece, but you don't have to listen very carefully to figure out that it is actually played by a group of instruments. At 2:54, you can clearly hear brass instruments, and throughout the song you can hear percussion.
This scene is in no way "nonsensical"~unless you're totally clueless about legends/mythology. It makes complete sense to most of us. Nonsensical: I don't think you know the meaning of the word if this is how you use it.
if you just see this it's nonsensical, Darby's actually fallen into King Brian's court and uses the song (The Fox Chase) to stir all the leprechauns into a hunting mentality (three things leprechauns will always go for being dancing, whiskey, and hunting). Darby then escapes through the door that King Brian opens. It really does make sense, I promise.
my friend Jeze lives in Dublin Ireland and she says this film is a very very accurate portrayal of the Irish people and the Leprechauns they live among , great film !!
ya, people put a lot of work in movies back then, imagine getting that many horses and riders that could synchronize like that to go around in that huge set (im assuming most of the size stuff is perspective), movies were an art back then, especially musicals, you had to be a triple threat.
St Patrick's day 2017 & i'm keeping it green with a few buds. This always reminds me of school as every so often we got to watch this gem of a movie instead of actually learning. I suppose it was educational in the sense of it taught you not to mess with leprechaun's or try to outsmart them. This is up there in my all time favourite movies.
@EmBeesWeb This scene was explained a few months back by this gentleman. "if you just see this it's nonsensical, Darby's actually fallen into King Brian's court and uses the song (The Fox Chase) to stir all the leprechauns into a hunting mentality (three things leprechauns will always go for being dancing, whiskey, and hunting). Darby then escapes through the door that King Brian opens. It really does make sense, I promise. tendoking48 3 months ago"
I love this movie. The playing is obviously fake, but that kind of adds to the charm of the movie. We once watched this on St. Patrick's Day in my High School Orchestra. It is a fun movie to watch and the teacher could make a lesson out of it because of the violin playing in it.
I just saw this movie a few minutes ago and I loved this scene xD the special effects are awesome (I saw the making of the movie too)... I just love it
Incredible effects before computers! With the exception of a matte painting, EVERY shot was done in camera on the set. No compositing of different footage. This has to be the greatest forced perspective visual effects work in film history. And they did it in Color, not B&W! Back in 1959! Mind-bogglingly brilliant.
