Actor did a great job of portraying a frightened man faced with his own imminent death, his thoughts disjointed and all over the place. Brilliant movie.
Expect he portrayed a botched hanging. The knot breaks your neck and the noose in the movie was made correctly so that prolonged death wouldn't have happened. His neck would have snapped and it would have been instant lights out. If you want to see what a real hanging looks like, go watch the hanging of Saddam Hussein. You will see as soon as they drop they are dead. The way he died in the movie is what would have happened if they didn't make a noose and just tied a rope around his neck. But other then that, your right. His acting was phenomenal
The real execution took 11 minutes for him to die. His knees gave way and he began to collapse as the executioner pulled the lever to open the doors on the floor. This caused all slack of the rope to be removed and the fall to be too short to cause a break in his neck.
When he said "someone say a prayer for me" and it was just quite, complete silence and they put the bag over his head you could really sense his fear, he knew if there was a afterlife he wasn't going to heaven
@@alanstevens1296 What do you mean? You can say a prayer for someone without being vocal. The priest could have prayed for him and not made it vocal, which would have upset those present. Yikes.
@@tethryss5001 Northcott was obviously unrepentant and arrogantly so. Why didn't he get saved? The reverend nodded and smiled at him . . . he looked like a liberal churchman.
Oh well if you believe the fairytales, he is up in the magic castle with Jesus. If he prayed for forgiveness and repented his sins. Read it up in the magic book called Bible. And all those who never did any harm and maybe snatched a chewing gum or two, they are swimming forever in a pool of lava with goblins poking them with. If they never prayed and did not believe the fairytales. Oh and the fairytales about heaven and hell was invented by Sumerians or Etruscans i think, many thousands of years ago. Hilarious that some people still believe that stuff :D
Those of you who are wondering why he was executed, he kidnapped little kids, held them in a chicken coop, and then killed them by beating them with an axe. He also forced his little nephew to help him, or else he would get killed as well. I saw the movie, it's really sad yet interesting.
In real life, it took 13 long minutes for Northcott to die. The rope was too slack, so as a result instead of dying instantly due to a broken neck, he died of suffocation.
I love that around 2:17, when he is begging for someone to say a prayer in his name, the priest seems almost indifferent after smiling to him at the beginning, because not even him, a man of God, can bring himself to have any pity for a child rapist and killer, is such a subtle yet great detail
@@hamilcross absolutely no, just strictly in the fictional context of this movie, in the sense that a character that would be stereotypically righteous, pious, and merciful towards criminals because of their vocation, and would probably say a prayer for any other sinner out there, draws the line at pedo child murderer. Gordon in his hour of death tries to talk to him for comfort as he had done before, and the priest just smiles at him, but when Gordon is begin for someone to pray for him, he doesn’t even bother, he even looks annoyed because he was disgusted by him from the very beginning, is just smart subtle writing that may fly over peoples head, the type of “show don’t tell”
It's so sad. This movie is based on a true story and the mother never stopped looking for her son. She just dissipated and died alone. There was evidence that they found his hair/bones at the crime scene along with other victimes but she refused to believe any of it. Such a heartbreaking story.
*This mother let her son go to the movies by himself?* That wasn't unheard of in those days. Marilyn Monroe, who spent her childhood in foster homes in and around Los Angeles, was often left at the movie theater by her foster parents, while they went to work or whatever.
Wonderful performance from the actor. Northcott was a monster and deserved to feel all that panic and pain he put his victims through just before his painful, miserable and most likely terrifying end.
I say he deserved worse but, it's not humanly possible to deal with people like this the way they deserve to be dealt with. At least they got him outta here, though. That's the most you can ask for sometimes.
"In the end, Northcott’s bravado failed him. On October 2, 1930, he was led to the gibbet, whimpering and blindfolded because he said he could not stand to view the gallows. He collapsed as he was taken from the death cell and had to be supported by two guards. His final words as the black hood and noose were put over his head were “don’t, don’t.” The last bit of poetic justice came right before the executioner pulled the trap lever. Northcott’s legs gave way and he began to collapse just as the trap sprang. His collapse took the slack out of the rope, and as a result his fall was too short to snap his neck. It took him 11 minutes to strangle to death."
Good, I have no sympathy at all for child abusers! I only wish I knew the name of this movie so I could watch it and clap when the pos fell to his death.
My mom made me watch this as a kid to hit home the lesson of not getting in a car with strangers & stranger danger. Well, 11 years later I can say it did the trick. I watched this at 10, and was almost kidnapped at 12 on my way to school one morning. Fortunately I remembered this horrific movie & did exactly as I was told when confronted with a stranger.
sometimes i feel like all little kids should be equiped with a panic vutton in their pockets and hidden gps..i mean its doable with the technology we got.
My parents always drilled into us the importance of staying safe. They almost never let me out of their sight. Mostly cause I was almost kidnapped when I was maybe 5 or younger. I don't remember too too much really, but it's a dangerous world out there.
+kingsol767 In Northcott's case, it wasn't. As a result, he suffered an unnecessarily cruel death. Death by the State should be clean and quick. This was a travesty.
Now THAT is gallows humor, or humour I should say since it's also classic English dry wit. Great flick w Sir Richard Attenborough as Christie and John Hurt as the simpleton who was hanged an innocent man for one of Christie's victims. Man, this is a gut wrenching scene. Props to that actor--I was feeling that one.
Gryphon Studios molesting and murdering a innocent child who can not defend themselves who can call themselves human after those horrendous acts he deserved to be tortured. So yes death was well deserved
Bryant Paradine you are not GOD you cannot never say who should die or not he should be in prison for life and prison is not a good place to be and the nasty food the inmates and not having any control over yourself and being their got the rest of your life is worst than death and death is a easy way out
And took 13 minutes for him to die, rope is meant to snap your vertebrae but the hangman (more than likely on purpose) botched the know so he'd have a slow death suffocating
Same here except it started because of a youtube video I made which led to reddit which led to a bunch of wikipedias on torture, executions, religious organizations, and all stuff related to that and now i'm here...
When I saw the thumbnail and recognized where it was from my stomach sank and my heart clenched, how horrible it was to witness such a monstrosity at such a young age, I didn’t think I’d ever see a piece of this movie again even after a decade or so
Was this scene really that disturbing for everyone? I kind of enjoyed it, of course because it's not real, but also because Green Mile already desentisized me from this kind of stuff.
@@BrunoHartmann- Yup, once you see Green Mile as a little kid, this movie is a walk in the park. I'd take a long drop hanging over what happened to Del ANY day of the year. XD
@@ARedMagicMarkerman same here! Although the camera angle of seeing the noose as he's being led right to it is a bit freaky from a psychological standpoint. And I definitely had a shudder as he twitched. But yes, Green Mile was far more brutal!
This was a crime for which only the death penalty was the most appropriate sentence; 20 boys sexually abused, held captive before being brutally murdered.
@@Gartneren1234 I think for the heinous crimes he committed if the penalty was not a death sentence then let him just spend the rest of his days in a small cell like Steve McQueen had to endure in the movie Papillon. And never let him out. That 8 foot by 5 foot cell will be his whole world. Drive him to madness.
@@Gartneren1234 nah he deserved it imo. The kids he murdered would have begged for their lives as he tortured them and they died in the most painful ways imaginable. How they took their last gasps of air, having their lives stolen from this world. They would never see their families again, never get to see their friends again, never get to see the beautiful outside world. He deserved the death penalty. Hope he cried and begged for his lives like his victims did whom were mainly children. Hope he suffered and cried for more oxygen. Sounds bad but, he deserved it. His victims never got to breath again and died in agony. Good thing he did too.
Facts your heart is just beating like crazy and there’s a black hood over your head and your just dreading the drop! I believe the drop is the most terrible of hanging methods.
@@WilDBeestMF The drop breaks the spinal cord at the C2/C3 vertebrae, resulting in a broken neck. If done right, there is no pain at all even though the heart beats on for a few minutes more. The hanged person is already brain dead.
In the end we, as civil people, seem to forget that the pain and suffering that these monsters inflict on innocent people are so much worse than the death that society gives them.
If a hanging is done correctly, the spinal cord is severed, there's only one twitch of the body and that's it. The vertebral arteries supplying the brainstem are torn, so loss of consciousness is immediate. It can take quite a few minutes for the heart to stop though.
Crime against children is the most heinous of all crimes. Any person who commits such crime has no right to live in this world. This guy killed a lot of children and I can't even comprehend the trauma their parents must have gone through when they found out their children were killed by this monster. This is really heart breaking. Unfortunately, children are still kidnapped and murdered in this day and age. The parents of small children should teach them not to talk to strangers.
Unfortunately a child is far more likely to get hurt by someone they know than a stranger. Not saying they should trust blindly, but they should be aware that a stranger isn’t the only danger.
I can understand the victim's mother wanting to be there, because of him, she was wrongly declared insane and put in a psychiatric hospital and her son was murdered.
samsquanch1996 .. Yeah, too bad you didn't see the "fucking incredible acting" of his victims - young boys between the ages of 9 and 12 abducted, tortured, raped, bludgeoned, decapitated, and dismembered. The media/liberals work hard to make us feel sorry for the criminals, ignoring the victims.
According to Wikipedia: "The rope used for the execution was too slack to cause breakage of the neck, and it took thirteen minutes for him to die from strangulation." I'd bet anything that slack wasn't an accident..... 😉
This is a similar case to a hanging that happened in yemen 2003. A little 17 year old girl called Habiba Ibrahim who was convicted of killing a high ranking officer who attempted to rape her. She sentenced hang by her neck until dead. On her execution day, she begged the guards to show her mercy. The guards dragged her from her cell to the gibbet. She was screaming and crying as the guards pushed her up to the noose. It was not clear what her last words were, but it was said as the hood was placed on her head she uttered "Please don't hang me!". When the noose was tied round her neck, she reportedly began singing the Yemeni national anthem, she thought she could save her neck. But her last ditch attempt had failed, she was dropped at 1:05 pm. It was reported the noose was too short and the was only 2 feet. As a result the execution was severely bungled as Habiba struggled against the rope gasping for air. She kicked and writhed in pain for a whole 14 minutes when she finally expired on 1:15 pm. This goes to show how bad dictatorships are.
@@youssefabdelaal434 You know that's a relatively good reason why the death penalty should be used for some cases. It's the only way to deal with corrupt leaders. There are cruel and evil people in positions of power. She did not deserve to die because of their evil. They do.
This movie is 10/10. Clint Eastwood is a great director, J. Michael Straczynski is a great screenwriter and Angelina Jolie is a great actress. And Jason Butler Harner, who played Gordon Northcott, is also a great actor.
@@haanis5458 i think he meant that he cried bc the scene itself was really powerful, like crying out of anger for example, definitely not out of compassion for that worm
I remember in 1971, in Ireland, a car stopping near my home and the driver asked my sister, two years my senior, to get in his vehicle. I was about to do so when my sister stopped me. I was 7 years old. I have shutter to think about what would have happened had I been alone that day and entered that vehicle...
It was chilling when he began singing "Silent Night," particularly because the last words he sings are "mother and child" just as the trap-door opens and he falls through to his death. This is significant, because the entire movie was about a mother's search for her missing child, who may have been a victim of this man.
Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin, mother and child Holy Infant, so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace
@@youssefabdelaal434 and died. Death by hanging makes a great climatic comeback for a villain who abducts little boys. He got what he deserves. Sorry Gordon you don't deserve to go to heaven cause Hell is where you'll belong, you have been warned! Oh Youssef nice job 👍 Love it!
That in itself is not strange. The heart always continues to beat for up to 20 mins after a long drop hanging, even if it has gone properly and the neck breaks and the prisoner is unconscious. You know you've screwed up if the prisoner is moving for the whole time though!
Streicher's last words before hsnging were"No! No! Aaaaaaaiiiiiieeeee!"; the hsngman, Pierrepoint. Said "He died like thr coward we all knew that he was"; even the othet Nazis despised him.
This is what murderers and pedophiles deserve... people say "they don't suffer from the death penalty"... no, they live the last moments of their disgusting lives in fear and terror, as all men fear death. Those last moments of psychological torture is punishment that could never be served in a comfortable prison life.
My mom showed me this movie when I was very young many years ago. It scarred me for many many years. I never found the movie again until today, when I just right now stumbled upon it. Not as scary as it used to be to me, but the fact that it’s based off a true story is still frightening to me.
And what about all the cries and screams he elicited from all the bucking Children he killed, he bucking deserved it, "D-DON'T M-MAKE M-MEE W-WAALLLKKKK S-SOOO F-FAST!!!😭" B¡⁷CH HOW DARE YOU BEG FOR MERCY AND NOT TO BE RUSHED TO YOUR DEATH, I BET ALL THE KIDS YOU MURDERED BEGGED THE SAME WAY YOU DID, and how dare you beg for a prayer of forgiveness, where you're going there is no hope or prayer of Salvation!!!🤬😤😒
The planned killing of a human being is never a "good" thing. At best, it can be a necessary thing. But never something for a good person to celebrate.
Nikhil John When they were describing the case I recalled this movie, but it was vague until searched up his name. This movie scared me so much when I was younger ;-;
Very Nice theres a difference between saying someone is worthless to humanity because they cant stop killing kids and because they're IQ isnt high enough or because they're gay or Jewish or whatever else the nazis hated
I wondered what was uttered before he went upstairs, after watching this movie for years, i just got what was said. The most chilling words to me of this scene, and the irony in them.... "will it hurt"?? After ravaging the lives of innocent young boys, he asks "will it hurt" . Even if it wasn't actually said by the real Gordon Northcott, this scene is brilliant in the way they portray him.
Yup you could tell he was terrified Sweating it 😳😥 he Soo didn't want to be left Hanging till All the way Dead he was screaming when he drops Awww NOOO 😵 then kicking around gagging mostly Hoping OMG PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME DOWN 😵💀 lol but Noo Sir your Hanging till Dead anyways LOL and he kinda Deserves every second wouldn't you agree?
According to a news article from this time, he actually DID say that in real life. As his hands were being strapped he asked "will it hurt?" He also in real life screamed "please pray for me" just before the drop. Even the "walking fast" part was said in real life as he was being forced up the stairs.
The scene depicts a very accurate portrayal of the actual event. Even then, they filmed executions for the record. But these are NOT made public!!! I do wonder if someone got a look at that film. After all, approximately 80 years had passed since the execution. (Just my thoughts.)
See. When you give them a literal death sentence, they are scared of it. But they can deal it out. I don’t care how deprived of humanity you are, *Death* terrifies us all. He couldn’t accept his fate. His singing of ‘Silent Night’ is a sign of weakness, as a man, and absolute regret.
Baymax The Robot it was a reference to the fact that this guy used chicken coops to kill small children in & hide the bodies!!, Do some history reading before trying to troll.
Toadstool which is TOAD-ally awesome it was a reference to the fact that this guy used chicken coops to kill small children in & hide the bodies!!, Do some history reading before trying to troll. or at least read the other comments first ..smh
I had no business watching this at 7 but I did and it scared me but in a good way. At the time, I would leave my house and ride on my bike all around my city late at night to get away from my abusive house. It was my comfort thing to do but after watching this I stopped riding my bike late and found other outlets to do. This movie so good and it's sad that the real Christine never was reunited with her son (alive but I'm sure they are reunited in heaven) and from what I gathered. He was killed there along with the other boys.
I wish they wouldn't give killer's a time of their life in jail with free WiFi now which is really stupidly dumb and that ain't teaching them what they did for there crimes
They r high and mighty when they perform these acts but become so squeemish and behave like a frightened child themselves when the end is near how I feel for those young ones and what they went through they r in heaven he's with satin
I like how it didn't break his neck but left him to choke. I heard he did some sick things and watching him struggle and try to untie his feet at least gave the families some satisfaction.
@@bottle3124 No, when some is hanged it is designed to snap their neck on the drop, it depends on the position of the knot. There are many cases of the execution being rescheduled because the prisoners neck did not snap and it had to be redone. But of course you can also strangle someone via hanging but as an execution method it’s supposed to break the neck. It’s embarrassing I have to explain this I don’t like your arrogant attitude
@@rhysnichols8608 your toxic for no reason, the snapping cuts off circulation people break they’re necks all the time, not only you’re being overly pretentious by insisting on calling me arrogant for no reason, your factually wrong, your arrogance is your downfall, you annoying piece of shit
