An africanamerican baby, abandoned by his crack addicted mother is adopted by a white social worker and her husband. What pain it must be for them to lose him to someone else. Mar 23, 1995 in the new film losing isaiah, a black lawyer representing a black mother who has abandoned her infant son argues in court that the child should be taken from his white adoptive parents and. Natural parents sue for custody, adoptive parents sue to keep the children they have grown to love, divorced couples fight desperately for possession of the children. Losing isaiah is a 1995 american drama film starring jessica lange and halle berry, directed by stephen gyllenhaal. Oct 06, 2010 what is the bible verse in the end of the movie losing isaiah. In the process of fully recovering from crack she discovers that her baby, isaiah, is still alive. She is compelling as the gone straight crack addict that threw her son away.
Losing isaiah 1995 cast and crew khaila richards halle berry, a crackaddicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find. In the new film losing isaiah, a black lawyer representing a black mother who has abandoned her infant son argues in court that the child should be. What is the bible verse in the end of the movie losing isaiah. Unknown to khaila, the case worker investigates and discovers isaiahs adoption. Margaret jessica lange and khaila halle berry are saves isaiahs marc john jefferies life right now, and but isaiah marc john jefferies is shall lead them. She then goes through a rehabilitation program, during which her main source of support was her case worker and counselor. May 21, 2012 the movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Losing isaiah paramount, priced for rental, rated r 1995. By being raised in a white environment he wont understand why his skin colour is different to. I thought the ending was good, considering the circumstances. Just from reading the plot of losing isaiah, i felt the film is better suited to a lifetime movie.
Losing isaiah 19 movie clip you aint leaving that baby here 1995 hd duration. Losing isaiah 49 movie clip i threw him away 1995 hd duration. As losing isaiah turns twenty, sarah kurchak takes a look back at the films. Isham otherwise delivers now familiar fare rooted in. Adoptive parents often fear having their adoptions overturned and losing their child. The papers are filled with heartbreaking stories of tugsofwar over children. The original music score is composed by mark isham. Losing isaiah makes an admirable attempt to tackle complex, worthwhile themes, but.
Mar 27, 2015 in the 20 years since losing isaiah, though, the mainstream film world hasnt moved that far beyond the movies worldview. I was just watching the lifetime movie losing isaiah. Losing isaiah touches on many fears related to adoption. The next morning, khailia realizes to her horror that she left her baby behind, and she runs back to the crack spot to retrieve him. In society, people tend to be controlled by some stereotypes. In the 20 years since losing isaiah, though, the mainstream film world hasnt moved that far beyond the movies worldview. I personally thought the judge messed up giving sole custody to khaila, and that proved to be true in the end. Losing isaiah script transcript from the screenplay and. I love the ending though cuz you know his birth mother had to love him so much to give him back to his adoptive mother knowing she was best for him. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line.
Losing isaiah makes an admirable attempt to tackle complex, worthwhile themes, but loses sight of effective storytelling during a descent into melodrama. What is lost in losing isaiah isnt isaiah but somebodys nerve. She wants to go get some cocaine, but the other squatters prevent her from leaving isaiah because he is crying. While craving her next hit, khaila richards halle berry, an african american crack cocaine addict, abandons her baby isaiah in. What sets it apart is the caliber of its supporting cast, led by jazz saxophone icon wayne shorter and vocalist lisa frazier their solos lend real beauty and vitality to rather pedestrian compositions. The aspects of isaiahs life that affected isaiahs health were the presence of his mothers drug abuse, abandonment by his mother at a young age and lastly being brought up in extremely poor living conditions. Prematurecryingsensitive to noise little to no eye contact learning disabilities low birth weight stressbirth defects 3. Great plot and great cast, too, except for the father. Mar 24, 1995 but losing isaiah paramount, r ups the heat on the issues as only a high concept feature movie can or feels it must. Placement of isaiah for placement of isaiah with his biological mother khaila isaiah should be brought up in an environment where he does not feel racially different. Overall i think the performances were great and natural. Though the movie is about a transracial adoption, the issues raised are central to all adoptions.
Losing isaiah 29 movie clip stop the blade 1995 hd duration. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Losing isaiah 39 movie clip isaiah grows up 1995 hd. The next morning, realizing her mistake, she races outside, but it is too late. Meanwhile a social worker margaret lewin discovers the newborn baby and instantly falls in love with him. Losing isaiah by stephen gyllenhaal jessica lange, halle. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. True, the subject of birth motheradoptive mother custody conflict is a television staple.
One night, desperate to get high, she leaves her child in a cardboard box on the street. What, asks producer screenwriter naomi foner and her husband, director. The screenplay is written by naomi foner gyllenhaal. Apr 02, 2019 losing isaiah is a powerful story about the emotional tugawar between adoptive parents and natural parents.
Losing isaiah jessica lange halle berry david strathairn 1995 an excrack addict halle berry fights for custody of her son adopted by a social worker jessica lange and her husband david strathairn. He is the author of six earlier novels, including losing isaiah, which was made into a film starring halle berry and jessica lange. Emotional losing isaiah ignores key issue sun sentinel. Watch losing isaiah movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Losing isaiah is a movie that attempts to deal honestly with the issues of interracial adoption. The movie losing isaiah is about a young mother named khaila who is poor, illiterate, and a crack addict. Indeed, the bigger message in this dramatization is about how children suffer, becoming emotionally scared casualties in these battles. Losing isaiah, inspired by various actual cases, tells the story of a. But there is no denying the emotion the film provokes and the sympathy that is created for each woman. With no home or family support, she is alone with her new infant. While craving her next hit, khaila richards halle berry, an africanamerican crack cocaine addict, abandons her baby isaiah in. Losing isaiah is in many respects a typical mark isham film score, emphasizing mood and texture to the detriment of stylistic variation.
In losing isaiah margaret lewin, a white social worker in chicago, adopts isaiah, a black baby who was found in a cardboard box on the street and assumed to. Frankly, losing isaiah seems mostly like the prequel to another film which never. Overall, losing isaiah is a great movie but it could have been more if it wasnt for that horrid ending that left me with even more questions. Losing isaiah 99 movie clip i love him too 1995 hd movieclips.
Losing isaiah 59 movie clip she wants him back 1995 hd duration. This tough, vivid urban drama looks at a wrenching social situation with a blinkless gaze until the very end and then it. I knew it wasnt right, the script wasnt right, there was no ending. Many birth parents might fear for what has happened to their child, and feel loss, grief, or guilt for the child being in the system. A film that missed its opportunities to address crucial issues of race.
Hallie berry gets the baby back, but gained a friendship with the mother because they both realized they loved him the child tooo much to let him suffer. Im not someone who cries often, especially not because of movies, but this one moves me. Weve seen films based on reallife events, like the blind side. Two women of dramatically different social, economic, and ethnic circumstances find themselves locked into a bitter child custody dispute in this emotionally. The natural and adoptive mothers of a young boy are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle. While craving her next hit, khaila richards halle berry, an. Support is defined as a means to endure bravely or quietly merriamwebster. The battles between adoptive parents and birth parents over. Khaila the birth mother and former junkie and margaret the adoptive mother argue over isaiah and who would be better suited as his mother, given their pasts and current situations. Drug addict mother khaila richards abandons her son isaiah in a cardboard box, because of her own lack of responsibility of raising her child. But losing isaiah paramount, r ups the heat on the issues as only a high concept feature movie can or feels it must. Losing isaiah original soundtrack mark isham allmusic. Losing isaiah 99 movie clip i love him too 1995 hd youtube.
Meanwhile, khaila is caught shoplifting and is sent to rehab, unaware isaiah is alive. Starring jessica lange, halle berry, david strathairn, cuba gooding jr. Halle berry plays a crack addict who, one night desperate to get high, leaves her newborn baby in a pile of garbage and when she returns after her mission. Moviechat forums losing isaiah 1995 discussion what an awful ending.
Was interesting to hear him say that due to the fact that he played a character that opposed that mindset. The happy ending notwithstanding, losing isaiah leaves a bitter aftertaste. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of losing isaiah. It is based on the novel of the same name by seth margolis. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. It would have been unrealistic to just end the movie with khaila halle or margaret jessica to get isaiah and let that be the end of it. He is the author of six earlier novels, including losing isaiah, which.
Halle berry is almost unrecognizable of course, her natural beauty gives her away in the first part of the film. Losing isaiah, inspired by various actual cases, tells the story of a cocaineaddicted black woman named khaila halle berry who, in a drugged haze, stumbles out of a crack house and abandons her son in a cardboard box in an alley. Also the trivia says that jessica lange was talked into the movie and that she thought the script was all wrong, there was no ending and that the entire movie was just wrong. In the end, it seems that both mothers are working through their own emotional pain for the best. Losing isaiah has garnered more tv movie comparisons than i can count, but the comparison isnt entirely appropriate. Finally, the losing isaiah script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the halle berry and jessica lange movie. If you like losing isaiah you are looking for emotional, serious and touching movies about with adoption, courtroom drama, custody battle, racist, single parent, parents and children and legal action themes of drama genre shot in usa. In conclusion, the movie losing isaiah is a great movie that portrays the main character khaila as a three dimensional african american female and shows both sides of a white family and a black family directed by a white male stephen gyllenhaal. Khailia richards halle berry is a poor and drugaddicted single mother who, while stumbling out of a crack house one night, accidentally leaves her infant son isaiah in a cardboard box near a trash heap. Three years later, khaila successfully completes her treatment and confesses to her case worker that she abandoned isaiah in the alley.
The aspects of isaiah s life that affected isaiah s health were the presence of his mothers drug abuse, abandonment by his mother at a young age and lastly being brought up in extremely poor living conditions. Seth is a writer whose most recent novel, the semper sonnet, will be published on april 19. It also too rarely transcends the heated yet simplistic polemics ken loachs. In losing isaiah, khaila, a recovered crack addict, serves some time incarcerated. Losing isaiah 89 movie clip were always together 1995 hd duration. Jessica lange said in an interview i let myself get talked into losing isaiah because i hadnt worked for awhile. Several years later, the babys mother finds out her son is not dead, as she thought before and goes to court to get him back. Losing isaiah is a moving and wellacted drama that takes a hotbutton issue to an emotionally manipulative level but will involve you to the point of taking sides. Jessica lange, halle berry, david strathairn, samuel l.