Lulu - To Sir, With Love | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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Lulu - To Sir, With Love | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION
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@wallyllama2926 2 года назад

This film was so deep on so many levels. It was beyond simple black and white. It was also about class and dignity. It was soo sooo meaningful.

@sarahdee374 2 года назад

also about self-respect and love. Love the movie, it's message and Mr Poitier. HIs death has me grieving. I'm 67 and somehow thought he'd be with us forever. At least his work lives on. Watch to film, it's very well done.

@KenOtwell 2 года назад

@@sarahdee374 yes, this was about so much more than color. Poitier was black, the supposed underclass then, but actually was a higher-class character than the students. This movie bent the conventions all over the place - and, of course, Poitier portrayed the character brilliantly.

@sarahdee374 2 года назад

@@KenOtwell excellent explanation! I own the DVD and will watch it again soon in honor of Mr. Tibbs!

@Mckatt2 2 года назад

Yes this was such a fabulous film I wish Jordan had posted right at such a beautiful moment in the song but he does that all the time

@delicatefleur 2 года назад

This film takes place in the UK and while prejudiced exist there as well it was definitely different and the movie wasn't really about prejudice. It's the classic story of a teacher getting unruly students in a bad neighborhood and teaching them the joy of learning. The short-haired girl in the clips is the singer, Lulu. She was married to Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, around the time this film was made. She was and is a huge star in the UK

@carol3843 2 года назад

This wasn’t a story about him being disrespected for his race. The students disrespected all authority & were acting as what society had written them off as - lost causes. He helped them find self respect. But I do agree that the film’s message to society of the time was the wonderful portrayal of a Black man as heroic, intellectual, compassionate, upholder of values and agent of positive change for his students regardless of their race. Another of his films with a similar message is A Patch of Blue where he befriends a young white blind girl from a dysfunctional home and helps her to become strong young woman with options to shape her own life. I saw it on a date when I was a teen myself and we liked it so much we went back the next week to see it again.

@alansmith7626 2 года назад

Very well said Carol ! You saved me a lot of writing and I could not have said it better

@eviekelpie1 2 года назад

Oh I love A patch of blue, one of my favourites. Shelley Winters won an Oscar for her portrayal as the girls mother

@johnd8892 2 года назад

My feelings also. But better expressed.

@naynay3710 2 года назад

A Patch of Blue is one of my most favorite movies from my childhood. Sydney Poitier was magnificent.

@51Dss 2 года назад

you said it better than I could have. thumbs up on your comment

@RachelSDay1982 Год назад

This story is about a Black male teacher, Sidney Poitier, who went to college to be an engineer, but can't land a job in that field. So, he goes into teaching to pay his bills. He gets a teaching job in a really rough area of London, which is all White, except for one Hispanic teenage boy in the class. This teacher has his work cut out for him, but his patience, wisdom, and concern for what is happening in his students' personal lives finally wins them over. When Lulu sings this song to Sidney Poitier at the school dance at the end of the school year, it brings happy tears to my eyes... every time I watch it. 😊❤

@mysticalmargaret6105 5 месяцев назад

The boy (Seales) is actually not Hispanic, his father is Black, his mother is white. But otherwise, yes to the rest.

@sjbict 4 месяца назад

@@mysticalmargaret6105 also Asian and a Chinese girl student in the class

@arveypeterson3349 2 месяца назад

You’re are so on point and I think at the end, he did get a letter for the engineer position, and he ripped it up at the end I’m guessing the impact will have on young adults is more important 👏👏👏 hooray for him💪💪💪

@pafetter Месяц назад

@@arveypeterson3349 I saw the movie many years ago and came away from it thinking he was resigning from his teaching position there. I seem to recall that he wrote it some days or probably weeks before the end of the school year when he was experiencing incredible pushback from the kids. After graduation he debated on submitting it and then finally just ripped it up. I could be wrong though! Such a beautiful movie and even after years of not hearing that song it still brings a smile and a tear whenever I hear it. Lulu nailed it.

@jamessteen6667 3 дня назад

Tears bigtime!!!

@garrythomson6006 Год назад

As a 69 year old, semi-retired educator this song and those movie clips still brings me to tears.

@tomiegreen1798 11 месяцев назад

Like you, I'm a retired teacher. I can truthfully say this is one of the reasons I became a teacher. At the time I saw this movie, I had never seen a Black male teacher. It told me I can reach for teaching as a career.

@ccchhhrrriiisss100 6 месяцев назад

It's such a great film!

@cajunsushi 5 месяцев назад

Retired warehouseman and I agree 100%.

@walky240251 4 месяца назад

ha, me too...the ultimate evergreen

@pjhinman7917 Месяц назад

Memories.😊

@lolamagenta 2 года назад

His class was comprised of low-income students that everyone had given up on. It also shows him trying to get them to understand their value as human beings. Lulu played a role in the film (she has the short hair) It is a wonderful film so do yourselves a favor and watch it. Rip to Sidney Poitier one of my favorite actors.

@jacklewis5452 2 года назад

Correct and they were in a high school in England not the US.

@marleybob3157 2 года назад

@@jacklewis5452 The there was a TV movie sequel that took place in an American city - I believe Chicago. It is essentially the same movie but bookends his career. In TSWL, he was at the first year of his teaching career. In TSWL2, he spent thirty years teaching in London and retired, came to America to tie up loose ends in his life and winds up in a classroom again. Same premise - low-income students the system has essentially given up on but Mark Thackeray to the rescue again to help them learn to value themselves. While not as good as the first, for a TV movie, it's pretty good.

@eviekelpie1 2 года назад

I cried and cried when I heard the news. Especially knowing his background story when he came to America

@davidkelly2355 2 года назад

I was surprised to see Patricia Rutledge in this film. I just knew her from the British sitcom “ Keeping Up Appearances” as Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet)

@hmmmyeahnahdoh823 2 года назад

Lulu played Barbara 'Babs' Pegg in the movie.

@Shrykespeare 2 года назад

He wasn't the FIRST black actor, but he was the first to win an Academy Award in a leading role, in 1964. One of the classiest acts who ever lived, and he paved the way for future legends like Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington. RIP Sidney.

@fishfood8719 2 года назад

Before the Sidney Poitier there were others, but not considered "stars". Lincoln Perry (1902-1985) is often credited as the world’s first Black movie star. Using the stage name Stepin Fetchit, he is also said to be the first Black actor to become a millionaire. You are correct.

@smedleybutler1969 2 года назад

Nope Hattie McDaniel won best supporting actress in Gone With The Wind!

@Shrykespeare 2 года назад

@@smedleybutler1969 I said "in a leading role". But yes, you are correct, Hattie was the first African-American to win an Oscar for acting.

@tvgator1 2 года назад

Exactly. Denzel Washington proudly claims that Poitier meant everything to him. He was our North Star he liked to say.

@clash5j 2 года назад

Please let's not forget Paul Robeson - Singer, Athlete, Actor, Activist. How a movie has never been made about this man's life is incredible

@ThePablo1961 4 месяца назад

Lulu is doing her final tour at 80 . Her voice is still powerful.

@garyvandecar2580 3 месяца назад

Lulu was born Nov 3 1948 so she's 75 nowhere near 80 yet.

@WildStar2002 3 месяца назад

The only reason I even had any idea who Lulu was is from seeing her on "Absolutely Fabulous"! 🤣

@you727tube 3 месяца назад

I'm 58 now. Saw movie when I was a lot younger. That song always make want to cry. If U want to cry this is an awesome movie to watch!

@jwb52z9 Месяц назад

@@WildStar2002 I always wondered how many other Americans would recognize Lulu after seeing AbFab.

@shuroom57 24 дня назад

God love her.

@ChuckHackney 7 месяцев назад

The movie was as stunning and poignant as this master vocal piece by LuLu. Sidney Poitier is absolutely one of the greatest actors ever. This song could teach as much today as when it was released.❤Sidney and Lulu, part of the magical 60s, when our generation thought anything was possible.

@redchick5278 2 года назад

This movie was about a teacher (Sidney Poitier) who come to teach in a really rough school in London! They disrespect him at every corner. He decides to teach them about life instead of typical school curriculum! When they are going to graduate Lulu (the redhead with the shirt hair) sings this song to him as they call him Sir! Also Lulu was married to Maurice Gibb for a while! So that makes her Barry’s former sister-in-law!

@chriswtever5356 2 года назад

Check out Lulu singing 1st of May with Maurice.

@bradsullivan2495 2 года назад

The movie is about a teacher who takes over a seemingly incorrigible classroom of kids and ends up leaving a deep connection with them by the end of the film. Definitely worth watching. Later that year, he made an even more important film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" about an interracial relationship where both sets of parents are taken aback by the news.

@lolamagenta 2 года назад

This movie is one of his best.

@hectorsmommy1717 2 года назад

Don't forget his third great and important movie that same year, In The Heat of the Night. When Rod Steiger won an Oscar for his performance, he credited Poitier for being his mentor and teaching him about what it feels like to be on the receiving end of prejudice, which made his performance as Gillespie more nuanced.

@debjorgo 2 года назад

Right. I haven't seen this since it was new, but I think Sidney's character was given this hopeless class to set him up to fail. Lulu was one of the blonde young ladies in the class.

@kvoltti 2 года назад

@@debjorgo I think it was more that he wasn't a teacher he was an engineer but couldn't find a job so had to take the teaching gig at a dead end school for the dead end class.

@debjorgo 2 года назад

@@kvoltti He was an engineer, not a teacher. Hmm? I remembered there was another element making success more of a task for Sydney. I just couldn't remember what it was.

@user-us5pv8zw3z 29 дней назад

I’m a teacher. I remember the first time I saw that “lightbulb “ go off in a student’s head, and you knew they got it. There’s nothing like it.

@shuroom57 24 дня назад

I cannot tell you how much I love hearing that! I find the notion of that experience to be an object of extreme desire, to struggle like hell to communicate a concept to a student and have them finally melt into a giddy, rapturous "I get it!" state. Please share any stories you have with me. Use this here comments section.

@MrEvensteven59 Год назад

You guys gotta watch the film, I am a 63 yo Caribbean male and this is my favorite move of all time, gets me choked up everytime. The song is one of my favorites as well. Sidney Poitier is my fave actor of all time. The setting of the film is London, England.

@sandrasofiahsexton3917 2 года назад

The boy he hugged had lost his mother, not the boy who was about to assault someone. All his students grew to respect him. He modeled respect and fairness. They learned these from him as well as academic subjects. One of the best movies I ever watched, meaning much to me as a retired teacher.

@margaretnicol3423 2 года назад

So sad that we've just lost Sidney Poitier. He was a great man in his kindness and constant fighting for civil liberties - as well as being a great actor!

@hectorsmommy1717 2 года назад

It is very sad, but he had 94 years on this earth and made it better for having been here. Definitely a life worth celebrating

@jprph1 2 года назад

At times SIDNEY is my favorite actor of all time. Dive deep into his movies ! He’s brilliant ! You’ll love TO SIR WITH LOVE.. Lulu is in the cast and The tune is in the movie as part of the movie. ENJOY !!!

@scottski51 2 года назад

Not sad. He lived long, lived well, did incredible things, left a lasting impression. We will MISS him for sure, but please... celebrate the man and his achievements and impact! Don't imagine he wasn't ready to move on.

@hectorsmommy1717 2 года назад

@@scottski51 I need to remember that any life lived for a long time is a good life. Plus. if you left the world better for having been in it, you did good, no matter how many years you were granted on earth.

@margaretnicol3423 2 года назад

@@scottski51 You're right of course but I'm still allowed to feel sad.

@BarbaraPryor-Smith Год назад

Oh this movie is so profoundly beautiful. Sidney Poitier was the embodiment of nobility and it transformed everyone in his classroom! The movie was based upon a true story. I read the book just before the film was released. Deeply moving. 😌💜

@Lex-Hawthorn Год назад

Crayons to perfume. Black man, in a tough, poor neighborhood. About giving kids with no future, a sense of being. The desire to be seen and heard. We called teachers like this, 'progressive teachers'. I had 2 of these teachers at schools i attended, and their input into my life was and is, still there. Open your mind to the four corners of the universe. Anything at all is possible.... This song still brings a tear to my eye. Not sure why?

@ugtawna 2 года назад

This movie changed my life. I still have a crush on Sidney Poitier. He was an inexperienced teacher and the unruly class of students soon learned that learning was valuable. The song mentions "took me from crayons to perfume," illustrating his teaching style to bring accountability to the classroom. I wanted be a teacher after that. This came out my sophomore year of high school and I will never forget the impact on me. Thank you for reminding me of the values I gained from this film.

@GeoffCB 2 года назад

Yes, I saw this movie when I was a kid and I still remember the intensity with which it struck me.

@TheScavenger71 2 года назад

While not as deep as To Sir With Love, another film from the same time with a similar theme (teacher with an unruly class who wins their respect) was Up the Down Staircase.

@christamarch947 2 года назад

It wasn't only about racial prejudice. The kids he was teaching were from one of the poorer working class sections of London. He was teaching them to respect themselves and each other as they move into adulthood. Please watch the movie. He is a great actor.

@OCGal78 7 месяцев назад

This film is classic, and shows just how much influence one person can have on another’s life. One of my all time favorites. And Lulu…❤️❤️❤️

@theresawilliams5470 Год назад

He was a school teacher in a school where the students weren't interested in learning or being respectful to others. He found a way to reach them and they not only learned but become such better human being. One of the best movies to watch and learn from.

@stevejoshua9536 2 года назад

Poitier's character in this movie was actually based on a real life teacher and the challenges he faced with his troubled students, back in the days of post-war London, following WW2. However, I don't recall this movie having necessarily anything to do with race. Poitier's character was simply a man who happened to be Black, but his race was not really played up beyond that, which that in itself was groundbreaking.

@rebeccasimantov5476 2 года назад

I believe the movie was based on a book... and a true story.

@mysticalmargaret6105 5 месяцев назад

@@rebeccasimantov5476 It was.

@richdiddens4059 2 года назад

He had the "bad" kids, the rebellious ones, in their final year of school. He started trying to teach to the book but realized it was too late for that so he started teaching them about life and adulthood. How to budget your money and pay your bills. Personal responsibility and respect, both how to give it and how to earn it. How to be an adult at a young age instead of being a child at an adult age. Hence the line, "from crayons (childhood) "to perfume" , (adulthood). His other great early move was Lilies of the Field.

@irenejohnston6802 2 года назад

True nowadays young adults do not lead a responsible life. Forever adolescents and in 'college'.

@lindawolfe2885 Год назад

This movie is so heartbreakingly beautiful. Can’t hear this song without welling up a bit. Love it. Thanks. 💐

@briandonald689 2 года назад

You gotta watch the movie to fully appreciate the song. Both are fabulous.

@alsanchez1813 11 месяцев назад

I can't believe they didn't watch it first. WTF?

@ychaps 2 года назад

It was an iconic movie. It wasn't about prejudice against him....it was about him teaching them to respect each other. It was about a very tough area of England. They came to love him for showing them a better way to live their lives.

@Calmontheoutside Год назад

And to respect themselves.

@cristywyndham-shaw5111 2 месяца назад

Exactly. It was about him teaching these kids self-respect and respecting others. He took them from kids going nowhere to adults with a future.

@theadviser123 Год назад

This song wasn't just the theme song of the movie, it was a very popular song that was played on the radio. So beautiful! Expressing the emotions and gratitude of how he made them better people. Something a lot of teachers do. I imagine the two of you included!

@frankrusso9200 4 месяца назад

I think that it's one of the most emotive pop songs ever recorded. Lulu is outstanding.

@theadviser123 4 месяца назад

@@frankrusso9200 UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL!

@darleneclopton9999 Год назад

Lulu was only 16 when she was in this movie. What a great talent.

@davetherave3511 Год назад

Judy Geeson and Christian Roberts were amazing in the film too

@cate5849 6 месяцев назад

Those actors were very young. Some in this film were cast without prior acting experience because they actually embodied these roles in their personal life (East End of London underprivileged school kids)

@garyvandecar2580 3 месяца назад

Lulu was born in 1948 and To Sir with Love came out in 1967 just like the song so Lulu was 18 in To Sir With Love.

@mouseketeery 2 года назад

Race isn't overly much of an issue in this film - in fact, I believe he wanted the role because it wasn't a "black role" as such. It's an inspirational teacher role. The part was a good one that could have been played by an actor of any ethnicity - the character and his difficulties/achievement would have been much the same. You absolutely should watch this film - I think you'd both really enjoy it.

@chestrockwell8328 2 года назад

People have been manipulated to think in ways that separate, especially racially these days. Thanks for pointing out the movie wasn't solely about race.

@patrickwells8349 2 года назад

The fact that the movie was made in the UK and not the USA is undoubtedly why the race factor wasn't the focus of the movie. Most Americans watching this clip automatically assume it was about him being black when that's not the case at all. Watch and learn America.

@OneVoiceMore 2 года назад

@@patrickwells8349 Climb down, high horse. Calling a black man's blood 'ink' says you're not so much in a position to lecture. Have you SEEN the movie?

@OneVoiceMore 2 года назад

The "What did you expect, idiot? INK?" says it was also about race, as an overt subtext.

@patrickwells8349 2 года назад

@@OneVoiceMore What the hell are you talking about? Do you have me confused with someone else?

@bengilbert7655 2 года назад

It's based on a 1959 autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite set in the East End of London. He's an engineer who can't find work in post-war England and takes a teacher's position. He requires them to address him as "Sir". A singer very similar to Lulu is Petula Clark who had a hit with "Downtown."

@chriswtever5356 2 года назад

Petula Clark is another great singer. She also acted in another great movie about a teacher as well, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" starring together with Peter o'Toole. Check out Petula Clark's music like Downtown, This is my Song, Kiss Me Goodbye

@realise6 2 года назад

@@chriswtever5356 - And Don't Sleep In The Subway, my favourite.

@bengilbert7655 2 года назад

@@chriswtever5356 I saw her on stage as Norma Desmond in the Sunset Boulevard musical.

@feeleffect Год назад

The first movie I ever saw as 6 year old kid. I didn’t understand the movie at that age but “ To Sir With Love” stole my heart as a kid. The singing and music were a perfect blend. Some songs are timeless and this one definitely is.

@casey4602 Год назад

Me too, I viewed TSWL the first time with my mom in 1974.

@michaelmulvaney1605 4 месяца назад

'To Sir With Love' is an autobiographical book by ER Braithwaite, a black, Guyanan RAF pilot who took a teaching job in tough post-war, East End London. It was the first 'grown-up' book I bought and enjoyed at 12 years old. (I got it off the 6d {£0.02.5p} shelf at Woolworths, that dates me!) I was a hardened Manchester slum kid, so it resonated with me and helped shape my favourable view of black folks. The film was fairly faithful to the book (though set in the 1960s, not the 40s} but glossed over much of the seedier aspects of slum life as was some of the racism, and was overly sentimental. But of course, Poitier was good in any film he was in. Looks like I've remembered another classic book to revisit. Thanks for the reaction, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

@larryodonnell9320 2 года назад

He carried himself with such dignity that he demanded and received great respect

@wallyllama2926 2 года назад

Literally cry every single time I watch this movie or hear this song. Sydney Poitier was a beautiful actor.

@randybliss6480 2 года назад

Me too!

@TiptonMama 2 года назад

Me too!

@cariaus3758 2 года назад

I'm crying now 😢

@davidmalzac3511 2 года назад

Tears Right Now.

@tchampagne1494 20 дней назад

Sidney Poitier was a man with pure class. He commanded respect and was a person with grace and style. One of his greatest lines in film, "They call me, MISTER Tibbs." demanding the respect he deserved.

@nancikuba42 21 день назад

One of my favorite songs & it still makes me get chills & tears.

@SanJoseBob 2 года назад

If you didn’t know, the schoolgirl in the Purple Sweater is “Lulu” the singer of this song. This takes place in London England in the ‘60’s. It was only suppose to be a Temporary Teaching job at a Hard ass school, but he gets their respect and love so you see him tear up his transfer letter and decides on staying there. Yes, Please watch the movie!…..SanJoséBob

@patticrichton1135 2 года назад

'''Sir" wasn't being transferred to another school, he tears up the letter from an engineering job he had applied for, which was his training. He couldn't get an engineering job initially so took a teaching job temporarily until he could find a job in his field. In the end, he decides to stay at the school instead.

@lilmissness 2 года назад

You’re exactly right, he taught those kids to have self respect.

@juliemanarin4127 2 года назад

And Jimmy Page played guitar on her records!

@martinbatley9512 2 года назад

It's actually based on a true story. E. R. Braithwaite was a Guyanan recently demobbed after WW2 who unable to get a job in engineering took a temporary job in teaching. He had a privileged upbringing attending top schools and gained a masters degree from Cambridge. This along with impeccable manners put him in a totally different world to the deprived kids of bombed out east London. His tale was moved from post war era to the sixties probably to make it more relevant to the time but also I think to take best advantage of Lulu. He later became a social worker and then a diplomat and had success with three autobiographies each about these careers.

@lesleyhill143 2 года назад

@@martinbatley9512 His book was excellent

@sherryhoerr5857 2 года назад

This Movie gives me all the feels. It has since I was a child. Sidney Poitier is a Class act. This song is EVERYTHING! You MUST SEE THIS MOVIE! Everyone needs to see this movie. We need this lesson! Thanks!

@kayohmberger5294 2 года назад

Tears whenever I hear this song.

@jackbarlow8520 Год назад

Lulu knocked it out of the ball park wuth this gorgeously sang tune and when i was young my mom and i loved Sidney Poitiet

@debbiethomas2622 8 месяцев назад

Definitely check out the movie. Yes, he's coming into a school with underperforming students with some prejudices. It was a growing time for both a teacher dealing with the prejudices and students as a guide to maturing young adults and not kids anymore. Another great movie he was in, "They call me Mr Tibbs."

@Head-ck4hu 2 года назад

I was born in the 50's. This man was the epitome of class. He won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field. But "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" changed attitudes in this country. You have to watch it. He was the first black actor to win Best Actor in a Leading Role. Hattie McDaniel won Supporting Actress in Gone With The Wind. His daughters are successful directors. I usually tell young people he was the first Denzel Washington.

@norsechick 2 года назад

And he was sooooo handsome.

@karynmitchell2509 2 года назад

It wasn’t so much as these kids being prejudiced but more about them being troubled kids and being rebellious. He was able to tame them so to speak.

@alsanchez1813 11 месяцев назад

They were considered "throw away kids"

@allisonoconnor8055 Год назад

You have to watch the film. Beautifully acted beautifully done. Not everyone knows by Lulu was Maurice Gibbs wife at this time. Yeah from the Bee Gees

@rhondadananay2106 Год назад

He had decided to leave,because of the disrespect. The kids learned many great lessons from him,and are trying to let him know they appreciate him and respect him. He decides to stay….❤️

@eddie11214 2 года назад

We lost a national treasure in Sidney Poitier. The movie To Sir with Love was, and still is, iconic, and this song is as beautiful now as it was then. In the context of the movie, it still makes my eyes water.

@rhondafoy7403 2 года назад

Me too 😭

@kkay3784 2 года назад

He's in England in a tough school of lower class students nearly graduated. He's only teaching for as long as he needs to before getting a job as an engineer. But he turns these kids around and they show him he has a gift for teaching. This is one of the most touching movies of all time.

@toniswift6058 Год назад

Exactly what you said. Rough times for all back then.

@vettewinans3080 Год назад

Yes

@platterjockey Год назад

And, as a twist: this movie could never have been made in America at the time. They had to take the plot to England for it to work in 1967. Much of the U.S. still found it difficult to accept integration of the races, much less having a Black teacher of White students, just as Star Trek's interracial kiss was in the context of a science fiction setting. People still didn't like it in some areas, but it was a degree removed from home, so to speak.

@davetherave3511 Год назад

Not England. LONDON to be precise, there are loads of Cities in England just like America and all are totally different

@platterjockey Год назад

@@davetherave3511 Thanks! I said "England" because I wasn't sure exactly where in England it was set in.

@florencewatts3185 Год назад

Fabulous actor- Sydney Poitier was always watchable. Luke was a big star and her first husband was Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees.

@florencewatts3185 Год назад

Lulu 😂

@oldschool72 Год назад

Bit of Trivia.. Lulu was married to Maurice Gibb ( The Bee Gees ) from 1969 to 1973 ). She was also Another British Pop Star...

@timcarr6401 2 года назад

"From crayons to perfume" was the line, not crowns to perfume. Sidney's character, Mark, is taking a temporary position as a teacher in a tough neighborhood in the East End of London. As soon as the music begins, before the vocal sounds it brings back memories and sentiments. The word "Sir" was used to address those in authority. This movie in 1967 has a surprising number of featured players still living. For a film that's almost 55 years old, that is distinctive.

@avidrdr5640 2 года назад

We streamed "To Sir With Love 2" (the 1996 sequel) last night and it's as incredible as the 1st one. The story takes place in Chicago, after his retirement in England. (Lulu also appeared in it.)

@noracola5285 2 года назад

In some regions of the US "crayons" is pronounced like "crowns". I assumed that was what was happening and that the captioning got it wrong.

@NJbakintheday 2 года назад

@@avidrdr5640 What?? There's a sequel? I had no idea. Gotta see it. Thanks!

@avidrdr5640 2 года назад

@@NJbakintheday I didn't know either until my daughter discovered it yesterday. We were blown away by how many movies this icon starred in over the years. He was in usually no less than 2 and sometimes 3 or 4 movies a year, for decades. I think it's time for a little Poitier binge watching!

@JimiBurleigh 2 года назад

Lulu is Scottish but she doesn't sing with an accent. At least not usually, anyway. I subscribe to a channel called Scottish History Tours, the presenter is a guy caled Bruce Fummey and he has an unmistakable Scottish accent that confuses the heck ot of RU-vid's auto-captioning - he actually has someone redo the captions for the public videos It does make me wonder if Lulu's Scottish accent had anything to do with hearing "crowns".

@Twin66 Год назад

He was an engineer, but he took a job as a teacher but they gave him the school worse students. He taught them life, responsibility, personal hygiene, and how to be young men and women. Awesome movie!!!

@JulieS261 2 года назад

"To Sir with Love" is a British film set in London in the late 1960s. At the beginning of the movie he only takes the teaching role while he is waiting for a job he really wants. Throughout the school year he changes the students and they change him. It's a little sad that you hadn't heard of him until just now and it makes me think of all the great actors you might have missed. Maybe you should react to some classic films (made before 1980)...you will be surprised at all the gems out there.

@user-zv9xe2pj9v 28 дней назад

This was in England not America, so this is not about black predjudice in the South. It is much greater. It was about teaching those kids to respect themselves. They only had an 8th grade education before going out in the street.

@pammcnary 2 месяца назад

“From crayons to perfume” Love that line! :)

@jaynemorin747 2 года назад

I have always loved this song! Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees was married to Lulu the singer of the song! They stayed good friends after their divorce. Lulu was in the movie To Sir with love

@agnesregards2286 2 года назад

'Crayons to Perfume' lyrics refer to how he brought his students from immature/childish behaviours to repect themselves (and each other) as more mature young men and women. Great movie in its time. Sydney Poitier had great screen presence and charisma. Very popular with the ladies! RIP.

@GinMae 2 года назад

I usually make up songs for my siblings' birthdays... for my next youngest sister a few years ago, I used this song, and changed the lyrics to say "how can you forgive someone who used to STEAL your crayons and perfume..." - just a joke, but I ended with "To Sis with Love" -- kind of fun to do...

@reneewauchula Год назад

His speaking voice would make me swoon. Excellent actor with world wide respect.

@jackbarlow8520 Год назад

He iss the coolest most effortlessly powerful actor.

@tdali8347 2 года назад

In the movie, "Sir" had an engineering degree and, even after taking the teaching job, he was applying for positions in his preferred field. That envelope he tore up near the end of the video was a corporate acceptance letter. He decided to remain a teacher.

@greeneyedredhead61 Год назад

Exactly

@bobclarke1815 Год назад

I always thought it was his resignation letter.

@ban2fab4 2 года назад

This movie was set in London. He was an Engineer trying to find a job when he took this teaching assignment. This class was made up of students no one wanted to teach and they were rough on any teacher that stepped in the door. There was a black white issue but primarily this movie was about learning to treat each other with respect and to conduct oneself with dignity.

@pjmurphy920 Год назад

You need to see the movie. It's awesome!!

@user-ii1pt5vq3e 22 дня назад

This movie is more of a "coming of age" story and learning to not just respect others, but to learn to respect and value yourself. Lulu performed the song and played one of the students. In the movie the students address Sidney Poitier's character as "Sir". (While "To Sir, With Love" IS an original movie, another movie called "Blackboard Jungle" preceded this one by a little over 10 years. In it Sidney Poitier plays a high school student in an inner city school with disciplinary problems.)

@amontaineaurore4700 2 года назад

He wasn't the first black actor, he was the first black actor to win an academy award. His movies, A Raisin in the Sun, and In the Heat of the Night, are two of his best.

@lindajardee 2 года назад

He was the teacher that moved mountains with these kids. They grew to respect and love him. Lulu sang this song for him when they graduated to show their love and respect from him. One of my favorite movies that brought me to tears.

@jennellew.6036 3 месяца назад

You are sitting on, listening and watching very BRAVE PIONEERS OF THE PAST. They helped to bring PREJUDICE to the forefront and make it better for future generations of people. Mr. Sidney Pointer, a great actor. ❤ Rest in Peace and thank you.

@greg6470 4 месяца назад

She is a wonderful voice. Look at her video singing this song for even more enjoyment

@mhaynes8192 2 года назад

Also while prejudice is definitely addressed, it isn’t the main part of the story in his one. The kids keep,chasing away all their teachers. I would say it’s much more about their social strata and access to education and mentors in their lives who show them what is possible. Now, an earlier Sidney Poitier movie called Blackboard Jungle has prejudice as am very core theme . Poitier plays a high school student in that one with Glenn Ford as the teacher. Very good movie too

@Jeff_Lichtman 2 года назад

Yes. He wins over the kids not by insisting just that they treat him with respect, but that they treat each other with respect. The respect they both give and receive gradually opens their eyes to their own self-worth.

@fishfood8719 2 года назад

Yes, about a class of students with disciplinary problems, who live and attend school in a lower working class section of London. Basically the London version of a rough-inner city school in a rough inner-city neighborhood.

@Mckatt2 2 года назад

Yes! Exactly that was not the point of the movie! The whole point was about him as the teacher he happened to be black was all!

@debjorgo 2 года назад

Blackboard Jungle! The film that launched the song Rock Around the Clock. Very historic!

@mhaynes8192 2 года назад

@@debjorgo I have always loved the way rock around the clock is used in that film both at the beginning and to close it out . Blackboard jungle really seems quite controversial for its time and worth remembering

@kevincaulder9001 2 года назад

I remember as a young black boy in the 6o's, how my Mother was infatuated with Sidney Poitier. The way he spoke. That he stood tall. His even manner. And his pride in being a black man. These are things I to construct my own image and character as I grew up. His quiet command for respect was not to be mistaken for weakness. He stood up for himself. He stood up for others. He stood for what was right. And he did it with dignity and grace. Some black people didn't think he was radical enough. Or militant enough. But he was both in his own quiet manner. Much like Jackie Robinson before him, he recognized that he was the right man at the right time of history to bring us all forward. But I wanted to impress my Mom. So I followed his cues and learned to navigate my own path as my family traveled to many states during our 2o years in the military. It made her proud to see me get along with any number of people from a variety of backgrounds. But there was someone else I learned from who was even more important. My own Mother. I try to remember that I represent her everyday. And I owe it to her to be the best person I can be. So when I saw that Sidney passed away, yesterday I wanted to take a minute and remember them both. May they rest in peace.

@newfie1843 2 года назад

What a wonderfully written comment!

@Windowswatcher 2 года назад

Your mother seems to have been an amazing woman and your own ethos, certainly seems to echo her's, and you sound like an amazing person, too. Yes, we lost a strong but quiet light in the world when Mr Poitier died... but it sounds like it's still there in folk like you.

@railroad9929 Год назад

This movie was made in 1967 as was two other great movies starring Portier. That same year he also did In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. All three were great movies. Portier was one of my all time favorite actors.

@pennymcguckin6098 Год назад

My favorite movie ever!! Oh my goodness I can watch this over and over and still get tears when Lulu starts singing. Perfect!!

@bookbabe001 2 года назад

You should absolutely watch this movie. I've probably seen this movie 20 times, and I cry every time. Sidney Poitier was an amazing actor, and a beautiful human. You should also watch "In the Heat of thr Night" and "A Patch of Blue." And yes, Lulu has a beautiful voice.

@floyd2222 2 года назад

this was not about the students disliking the black teacher, because he was black - it was about underclass kids who nobody gave a shit about, and this teacher making them believe they had self-worth. not a race movie at all, it was about classes in society

@floyd2222 2 года назад

and by the way, this movie was filmed in England and about English kids at school, not about the United States.

@isjus4kix 2 года назад

In the Heat of the Night one of the top 10 movies in American cinema.

@sunnycalico6643 2 года назад

A Patch of Blue is a great movie with great acting. It's from 1965 about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement.

@hoxtondean9855 2 года назад

Do young people these days bother going beyond headlines and highlight reels :-) it's all insta this, tik tok that.

@johnmavroudis2054 2 года назад

Can't listen to this song without shedding a tear. The film is fantastic. Well worth seeing. Even more than racism, this was a story of disaffected youth and how he reaches them.

@linda1541 2 года назад

I’m glad that someone else sheds a tear. I’ve been watching the video every day since I heard of his death. The words of the song and the singer is perfect

@kahuna754 2 года назад

Same. It get me every time.

@ruthmyers6272 Год назад

I grew up on this movie and song. It was one of my favorites and i went around the house as a teenager singing the song all the time. I listen to it even now and it brings back some real sensitive memories. You kids don’t know the music in those days were very meaningful. We sang our hearts out with deep deep passion. Thank you for your acknowledgment 😊.

@margaretreid8692 4 месяца назад

Sidney was one of the most prominent and gifted actors in the sixties and also had a very large fan following (the girls loved him!)

@geraldinekight7887 2 года назад

This was about a group of hard core kids that ran all the other teachers off.He stayed and stood his ground.He taught the boys to be gentlemen to get jobs and made the girls into ladies to be respected. At the end he finally get a great job but the new class of rough kids show up and he gets rid of the job papers and takes on the new class.Brilliant movie.Sidney was a great actor.

@thefaceofthecentury 2 года назад

Sidney Poitier was a living legend who broke the color barrier in film internationally and paved the way for generations of black actors.

@joekahno Год назад

Sadly he was one of a kind and we're entering an age where we need men like him in wholesale lots. His finest movies could not be made today. People with an agenda cannot tolerate the intellectual and emotional honesty that made them classics.

@chipurBillWhite Год назад

Sidney was a wonderful actor. Check out In the Heat of the Night.

@myyklmax Год назад

Harry Belafonte' singing his iconic song 'Banana Boat' ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H5dpBWlRANE.html

@sheilacape4794 Год назад

Yes a great actor, 9ne of the best!

@angelagardner5230 Год назад

he was a beautiful man

@lindatyler6396 Год назад

this was in London and he was sent there because no other teacher could handle the class,I highly recommend watching the movie,Sidney Poitier is awesome

@ianwelburn5158 2 года назад

Lulu is the first girl shown in the video, in the purple top. Her real name is Anne Marie Laughlin Lawrie. He first hit was as a girl of fifteen called ‘Shout’. Lulu is still going today in her 70’s

@coolcpa3321 2 года назад

Lulu still seems younger than her years. She was married to Maurice Gibb for several years in the early 1970’s.

@eggy1962 2 года назад

Lulu was singing on new years eve on Jools Hollands Hootenanny, i watched most of the show.

@Casforum 2 года назад

She was also married to Maurice Gibb at one point

@grantstewart130 2 года назад

73 last November and looking 3 decades younger. Still touring.

@mulatanyc865 2 года назад

The movie “To Sir With Love” was about the students being out of control from lack of Discipline, love and understanding from their homes and family members. The actor Sidney Poitier in the movie play the part of the teacher trying to get through to them so they can move forward to become decent productive intelligent Adults. Definitely should see the movie and also I love the song sung beautifully by Lulu’s. The movie & song was release in 1967.

@coyoteken1000 2 года назад

Agree, race actually has very little to do with the movie.

@tubester4567 2 года назад

Right, it wasnt really about prejudice. They were the poor badly behaved kids who gave all teachers a hard time. Then over time they warmed to this teacher and liked him. People are so brainwashed with narratives they see race/sex/gender in everything. These reaction channels are dumb, now I remember why I stopped watching them ages ago.

@finallythere100 2 года назад

Agreed. Sidney P broke boundaries just being a teacher that HAPPENED to be black. I never got the impression that there was prejudice involved. The story was that they were a tough group to control from I think London. (Yeah, they don't look like hoods but they were notoriously unruly before he got there.). Reading too much race into it, presumptions of racism that does not apply. . See the movie.

@user-ip1kx6zm1r 4 месяца назад

I have loved him since I learned how to tie my shoes, my mom watched all his movies, and I have read his books . Great actor and a good man.

@cathyabicht73 Месяц назад

As a teacher he deserved their respect. He also had to gain their respect. Great movie. Please watch it.

@elainewaller-rose9707 2 года назад

I loved this song. Another nuance of the movie is that the students lived in a working class neighborhood in England. They were considered rotten, hudlum kids who couldn't be taught. So teacher and students had to see beyond what society socialized them to believe about each other. He made them see how intelligent they really were. Kudos to all who teach, from kindergarten through post-doc. And thanks to Mr. Poitier, who amazed me at age 7, seeing a man like us in the movies for the first time. R.I.P., Sir. Sydney.

@wisdomoftheearlychristians2037 2 года назад

Very true! One of my favorite movies. When I left the fast track after thyroid cancer, I decided to do something that made a difference and became a vocational teacher of adults. I have to say that I used many of the techniques in the movie, and they work. It's called the Halo Effect. People will rise to your expectations of them; you have to show them a picture of themselves as intelligent and capable of great things so realistically that they believe it; then they change their self-image. It was my favorite job I ever had.

@katherinem.4414 2 года назад

Thank God for real-life teachers who see youth for who they really are….and what they really can become!! These youth in this movie were filled with gratitude for what he had done for them….may there be more of this.

@kimwilson3863 Год назад

I find it amusing that Americans instantly assume this is a film about race and is referring to the slavery of the American history. This was a social change film about working class children learning that they have the same abilities and chance of improvement as anyone else. Self worth and self determination not being the monopoly of the upper classes or the wealthy. The race of the teacher was not important but his educating abilities were. Prejudice was not exclusive to colour although it certainly existed at the time. Unfortunately Americans have a very limited knowledge of the history of other countries and tend to see and judge everything according to their views and customs. This is a brilliant film and deserves to be seen. 🇬🇧

@elainewaller-rose9707 Год назад

@@kimwilson3863 Dude, did you read the comment you responded to?No one said anything about slavery but you. I was literally talking about the class dynamics through which the youth were viewed in their society. Portier's character would also have likely been viewed through a biased lens, but not the same bias present here in the U.S. It's true we Americans can be pretty ignorant of history but this time, I think the ignorance falls on you.

@kimwilson3863 Год назад

@@elainewaller-rose9707 Please forgive me if I mistakenly answered a comment, I was commenting on the reaction not anyones comment so my apologies if it looked like it was a reply to a particular comment. Not a dude by the way lol. I watch lots of reactions many of them American and find most view the world and other cultures as similar to theirs and that what happened in American history is somehow known and relevant to them and their country. It does come as quite a shock to them that those things which are foremost in the minds of Americans are anathema to much of the rest of the world. This is probably because of the education system in the USA.and not a reflection on it's people. It is a very insular country but it's people are curious and inquisitive with a thirst for knowledge and understanding of other people and cultures. I wish my countrymen had the same interest but we are quite arrogant and find it risible that Americans know so little of other nations rather than emulating their curiosity. 🇬🇧

@shilohauraable 2 года назад

A piece of trivia: The young woman w/short blonde hair is Lulu & she sang this song. She was also married to Maurice Gibb of the always great BeeGees! 💖

@sarahm.5356 2 года назад

Lulu didn't know Maurice Gibb at the time this movie was made. He didn't even arrive in the UK until February 1967, after this movie was filmed. They started dating late in 1967, broke up, got back together in '68, got married in '69.

@mysticalmargaret6105 2 года назад

Actually, Lulu's short hair was rather a ginger more than blonde. 🙂

@doraflores6684 2 года назад

She also wrote and Tina Turner sang "I Don't Want to Fight."

@juliettespain7994 2 года назад

Wow, did not know that.

@finallythere100 2 года назад

I never got the impression that there was prejudice involved. The story was that they were a tough group to control from I think London. (Yeah, they don't look like hoods but they were notoriously unruly before he got there.). Reading too much race into it, presumptions. See the movie.

@83redshadow Год назад

Hattie McDaniel was the first black actor to win the Oscar. Sidney Poitier was the first male black actor for a lead role.

@blackprix 2 года назад

You do really need to watch the movie “ to Sir with love“. It was deeper than color, it was about growing up in the times, and finding ways for you to be able to get through school, and go on and be prepared for a better life outside of school. Sidney Poitier who they called sir was a significant aspect in their lives. He prepared them for life, and yes he gained their respect while doing so. A very special movie!!

@darceynixon6628 2 года назад

He had so much class. "A patch of blue" and " Guess who's coming to dinner" was another great movie

@emmysdaddyguy1083 2 года назад

He made a lot of Great movies, but A Patch of Blue was the only one I saw in a theater and I saw it twice, ON CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS! Probably just me, but I thought it was that good!

@debbiecurrie7336 4 месяца назад

You both need to watch to sir with love

@margaretnicol3423 2 года назад

The original Guess Who's Coming For Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, The Defiant Ones - so many great movies worth checking out. He's an absolute icon.

@andyfletcher3561 2 года назад

"Lillys of the Field" was also great..

@csn10 2 года назад

In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Sidney Poitier's outburst in anger toward his father was the first time in an era of Leave to Beaver and My Three Sons that I'd heard a parent be put in their place by their child so passionately. I can imagine how shocking that film was in 1960's theatres. One of my favourite scenes from one of my favourite actors!

@SpookyMomma918 2 года назад

Also 'A Patch Of Blue'

@bobmorneau6738 2 года назад

"They call me, Mr. Tibbs!" Always loved that scene in "Heat of the night." Both he and Rod Steiger nailed those roles! Worth watching if and when you start your movie reaction vlog.

@alicerobb5924 Год назад

Sidney Poitier is one of my favorite actors and has been since I first saw him in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner & In the Heat of the Night. My family immigrated from Scotland & when I watched To Sir with Love as a teen my mother informed me that her sister(my aunt) dated the drummer from Lulu’s band.

@marykennedy2051 10 дней назад

My God I love this song. Have it on my playlist and belt it out, but I always have a tear in my eye. Saw the film when it first came out. I was just a kid but the memory of it is emblazoned on my memory.

@DaveM-FFB 2 года назад

I remember seeing this movie in the 1960s. It's a movie about rejection. He took a teaching position in England because there were limited opportunities for him in America. It was a job no other teacher wanted because the students were delinquents, and anti-authority. He was able to connect with the students in a way that others couldn't. Great movie. Great life lessons. Reminds us that people shouldn't be discarded, regardless of where they come from.

@richardcramer1604 2 года назад

Limited opportunities in America had nothing to do with this film. In the movie Sir (Sidney Poitier) is from the British Crown Colony of the Bahamas he moved to London for an engineering job, which fell through. Broke he reluctantly took the teaching job until he could get an engineering job. The letter you see him ripping up is from an engineering company offering him a job, however by this point the teaching job has grown on him. This movie was made in the late 1960's while the Bahamas were still a British Crown Colony, the Bahamas gained their independence in 1973.

@DaveM-FFB 2 года назад

@@richardcramer1604 Thanks for the clarity. It's been 40 years since I last viewed the movie. I didn't recall him moving from the Bahamas to London. I just assumed from the USA. Now that you mention it, I do remember that he was waiting for an engineering job, and temporarily took the teaching job.

@diannestucki5732 2 года назад

@@richardcramer1604 The film is actually based on an autobiographical book by the same title, by Richard Braithwaite.

@WaitAMinute1989 2 года назад

I'm an ex-pat black brit now living in Canada, I was born in London, England and went to school in the 60's before moving to Canada in 72'. We refer our male Teachers as "SIR" and female teachers as MISS or MRS. We never talked back to teachers if not the strap, no fighting or cussing teachers out. When we moved to Canada, we saw there were little or no respect to teachers.

@lilmissness 2 года назад

He wasn’t from the US , I believe it was British country in Africa

@MrDportjoe 2 года назад

Lulu was 18-19 when she starred in To Sir With Love and recorded the song. Her signing career launched when she was 14 with a cover of SHOUT! Yeah the Isley brothers song. He is her first adult crush and yeah he had the 'bad kids' in his first year and being young enough he was able to reach and cross the gap a bit. Keep in mind that in UK you finish at 16 NOT 18 for the required creds then you have university or trade school of apprenticeship or you walk into what ever biz is around.

@_Sarby1 2 года назад

Back then a lot left school at 14

@annaparry4045 2 года назад

You could leave school at 16, or even 15 then, but to go to university you would have had to stay until you were 18ish and do A’Levels, just like now. Or perhaps you could have enrolled at a technical college ( but there were really more vocationally based or night school to get the requisite qualifications after leaving school, many (most) I suspect did not!

@MrDportjoe 2 года назад

@@annaparry4045 Thank you for the clarification. We Americans can be tone deaf and are easily confused by variances in the system. I'm married to a retired teacher, and oldest is a classroom and basketball coach, so I guess I better dig into the history of how we wound up with system that goes for at years (6-18 = or - minus depending on date of birth), and how not only UK but most of Europe landed on one that tends to put people in either the work/training force or higher education a bit sooner

@dorothymercer73 Год назад

I see your reaction was a year ago, and maybe you know this by now, but Jordan this is going to blow your mind. Lulu was married to Maurice Gibb! They were only married for 6 years. They were so young. But an interesting fact! Love love your reactions! You make my day when I listen to you. Thank you.

@user-lu6sy2oo1d 8 месяцев назад

Oh god I just love Lulu, always have since she appeared on TOTP with 'Shout'.

@russelbarnes7235 2 года назад

Amber nailed it. This film, and "Sir", as the great Sidney Poitier was so aptly named in the film, was a great source of pride and inspiration for young people of color. It cannot be overstated, the impact this man had on Hollywood and the world through the medium of movies. You must watch his movies, To Sir With Love, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Patch of Blue, Lillie's of the Field, and In The Heat of the Night. All amazing, and groundbreaking. He has many other great movies, those will get you started. Whether you react to his movies, or not, you owe it to yourself to check them out. No regrets, you'll love them all. Enjoy. Peace.

@descendantoffools9767 2 года назад

Lilies Of The Field is one of my all time favorites. Great movie.

@Databyter 2 года назад

Agreed. Sidney Poitier movies are a must watch element of American Cinema at it's best. Databyter

@stevesilsby5288 2 года назад

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is also a must see!

@patrician7445 2 года назад

I own it and have watched it many times. Wonderful film!

@audreycumby1075 2 года назад

So true..Sidney Poitier's films are brilliant!

@russallert 2 года назад

As a couple of others have mentioned, Poitier's role in To Sir With Love was a twist on the role he'd had a decade earlier in Blackboard Jungle, where he'd played one of the incorrigible students being taught by another teacher (played by Glenn Ford) trying to bring out the best in them. Both movies also tapped into the popular music and culture of their times. Rock Around The Clock was the theme music for Blackboard Jungle, and the students were very much in the mode of the "greaser" types later popularized by James Dean, Elvis, and later by Henry Winkler as Fonzie in Happy Days. To Sir With Love showed high school students caught up in the fashion and music of the Swinging London of the 60s, and one of them was played by Lulu, who was a huge pop/rock star of that time and place.

@michaelfrost4584 2 месяца назад

My goodness, showing my age as 67 yrs old, great movie, great song.

@terriaustin1753 Месяц назад

OMG ..from crayons to perfume.....duh...girl to woman........gen z🙄🙄🙄

@malkum61 2 года назад

From "crayons to perfume" pretty big change, brilliant movie, great song.

@malkum61 2 года назад

I'm sat here with a tear in my eye, fyi.

@aikimcr 2 года назад

If you've seen the movie, this song is deeply emotional. By the time they get to this point in the movie, everything has changed for all the characters. This song never fails to make me a little misty. It's such a deep and emotional point in a deep and emotional movie.

@pennymcguckin6098 Год назад

I still get tears. No matter how many times (and it's a lot) I get tears when Lulu starts singing.

@michelleb9808 3 месяца назад

There is not a single time I hear that song that tears dont come to my eyes. LOVE the movie, LOVE that song 😅

@cindemcclurg9294 Год назад

He was a young teacher who was sent to a tough school in England. I grew up during the whole British Invasion and was really into the whole "Mods" and "Rockers" scene!! This is one of my favorite movies of all times and I was lucky enough to find a DVD of it!! You would BOTH love this movie!!! I went to a multiracial junior high school and my best friend there was black and I am white. This was back in 1967 so it was not the norm, however, I didn't judge a person's color. I go by character!!