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The dead birds in 'On the Waterfront'
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Date: Thu. Nov. 8 2007 1:57 PM ET
The moment
Terry picks up one of his beloved dead pigeons on the roof of his apartment, after a bloody fight with corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly.
Why we get choked
Terry was a prize fighter who "coulda been somebody" but instead he took a fall, and the only things he now has left to love in the empty world is his coop of flying friends. As he laments their assassination, Brando makes us sympathize with this bruised giant. It's far more powerful than the celebrated "contenda" scene.
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Maybe it's that moment when Wind in his Hair asks Dances with Wolves if he can see that "he is his friend" and tells him that he "will always be [his] friend" that we missed.
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