Julianne Moore discusses "Ring Of Bright Water" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien 

Virginia McKenna was not a bad actress at all.

Excuse me...Virginia McKenna was a good actress.

That movie totally traumatized me as a kid.

Great film with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.

I just rewatched Ring of Bright Water for the first time since i was a small child. Turns out i just re-traumatised myself.

I saw this movie when i was a kid too and have adored it for my whole life, apart from that ending. Now I'm starting to discover that there's a lot of other people out there that were quite heavily effected by this film. I've found it here on RU-vid and will be watching it again shortly, it will be interesting to see how it compares to my memories of it now, 50 years later. Contrary to Ms Moore, the only detail I remember from this film is Midge the otter being brutally killed, which is why I haven't showed it to my kids...

Horrible people discussing such a traumatic scene in this manner. Some of the comments in here are very relatable though. I don't remember exactly how old I was when I saw it, but whatever age I was it was too young. I never forgot the sick, horrified feeling of that unexpected scene

It's a true story. They used to kill them in the highland because they thought they eat a lot of the wild salmon. I think otter killing was banned after this movie. It was a real husband and wife in the movie and after the movie they got in to animal conservation in Afruca. I think he was killed trying to stop elephant poachers in Africa. He was a big actor at the time and he left it all after ring of bright water to look after endangered animals. My favo6movie as a child too.

Well the very ending of the movie is rather happy, the couple discover a litter of baby otters - and suggests that the two of them adopt them all. So that’s quite nice.

Virginia McKenna is a terrible actress? Don't think so.

That was my favorite film as a child!!! We had it on VHS as a kid. I just watched it again recently. MIDGE IS THE GREATEST!!!

I saw it when I was 9. I searched for it for 50 years

A perfect example of why I hate late-night talk shows: They take a true-life tragic scene from a beautiful, excellent movie (the kind they don't make anymore) a scene that was truly heartbreaking... ...and they laugh about it and make stupid, tasteless jokes about it, and the brain-damaged audience laughs right along with it. They miss the entire point of it, goes right over the host's empty head, and instead use it as an excuse for cheap laughs. I'm glad I don't watch TV anymore.

Silly American didn’t watch the film properly & thanks for giving the ending away Well done Only in America

i watched it as a teenager on late night cable during xmas break….i cried and cried. years later thanks to google i’ve rediscovered it while touring the UK with my kids….I’ll have em watch it before we leave

Wonderful movie, great story, beautiful Scottish coastal scenery, engaging animals, 'interesting' local characters, & a brilliant theme song from the mercurial Val Doonican!! If you've seen it, you'll know! If you haven't, then see it, then you'll know! 🤣

I never got over that scene.

I never saw a decapitation of the animal in the movie?

growing up in england things were harsh for kids. watership down was released as a u certificate in the 70,s and thats 1 harsh film. ring of bright water and watership down and possibly plague dogs were very harsh films that dealt with death but were aimed at small kids, weird.

Had Ring of bright water on VHS. Watched it again recently so this was recommended to me

Great Movie

Reading the book right now and looking forward to watching it!

Excuse me Julianne Moore, Virginia McKenna was a fine actress in her time.

Virginia McKenna, a very, very fine actress. Ungallant.

Julianne has sharp memory❤️

Tarka the Otter.....nightmare fuel, when you're 6....😱

The movie took a lot of liberties that were not in the book.

The book (the first in a trilogy) is wonderful, and a bit different from the movie. This documentary/re-enactment/ docudrama shows the true story a bit better, although the production values aren't great and it's best watched at 1.25 speed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ppAawATjDM4.html (but better to read the books!)