The Fugitive: One Shot Is All You Need To See!

Naturally, we think a lot about what turns a movie a 191 movie - one you can watch over and over and still have fun with it!  Sometimes, the answer is right in front of you.  Sometimes, it's all in a single shot.  There are probably lots of good examples, but the one that comes to mind the fastest is from The Fugitive.  Dr. Richard Kimble is back at Chicago Memorial Hospital, looking for the one-armed man.  He's in great danger, but another doctor (beautifully played by Julianne Moore) asks him to help out - and take a young patient to an examination room.  Harrison Ford, as he always does, plays it intensely and delivers the scene on the money.  He quickly diagnoses the kid and takes him instead to surgery.  As they wheel the kid off, director Andrew Davis plays it all on Harrison Ford's face:  he goes from a hunted killer back to what he really is:  a great doctor.  It doesn't last long, but it's all there and you thrill to how Ford pulls off that transition so perfectly. He makes it believable and real.  It takes a great actor playing at his best and a great director who trusts the actor to just deliver what's needed.  We're not sure, but we get the feeling that all 191 Movies have a scene like this.  The scene that keeps you following this character throughout the entire story.  The scene that makes you realize this movie is worth watching - again and again!