Hallelujah (1993) | Charles Lane | Dennis Haysbert Phylicia Rashad James Earl Jones Christmas Gem

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i hate moving come on dad let's go [Music] well they had better treat you right and take good care of you because they're getting the very best that there is oh i want to enjoy this but i can't help thinking that this should be you i still can't figure why they chose me they didn't god did yo money money didn't we tell you about that didn't we tell him about it fellas told him all about it money must be hard of hearing either that or he just don't care look i care okay i care then why are you dumping on us man huh you know why tin man get off me you're ruining my coat nap man why you got to go be a preacher's kid i told you my dad got his own church what do you want me to do about it yo gee what about your mom's though yo man the hell you doing you know they feel about us moms shut up come on that man my folks say you crashing our crib to the end of school you can go live with your pops in the summer thanks man but i can't do that to him he's worked hard for this we're all we've got merry christmas rubbish merry christmas merry christmas merry christmas fellas what do you say son let's hit it [Music] you know i was just thinking dc's got a good football team yeah well i like the best you okay son look i don't feel like talking about it right now let's just go dead look now i promise i'll make this one stick see you guys [Music] uh oh oh [Music] [Music] come on miss thing i've got people to reach out and touch too [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey baby [Music] [Applause] you in the lord lord lord girl you sure look sexy today oh come on woman turn around let me see that face huh [Music] damn girl what you gonna do that for you know we could've i um i mean um i'm sorry man excuse me [Music] [Applause] [Music] man is doomed hope is dead god is dead that would be no more miracles the world is going to end and there is nothing and i mean nothing nobody can do to satan our rainforests are dying and you have the audacity to say merry christmas we are doomed and so there's nothing nobody can do i'm offering you the story [Music] the kids from 192. although it's been said many times many ways merry christmas merry christmas to you and you yeah all right thank you thank you now listen here much as i like applause i'd rather have the cash because i got something that nobody should be without this christmas and here it is last batch of the day the beautiful and mysterious wishing point center so step right up and make all your will just come true that's it that's one wish per plastic for the beast and two for ten yeah all right come on up girl a little green for little red thank you thank you yeah little red blue green okay yeah i like that okay now merry christmas whoever sent money is the root of all evil must have had a hole like it all right you've been eating lots of cakes and pies or is that a baby in your belly i thought you were blind now how in the world you figure that well those glasses what you wearing for if you're not blind because i like them they make me look like ray charles i use a he's a little monkey don't you i say about uh 16 am i right no i'm 16 and a half oh well that ain't answered my question is that a baby in your belly well what if it is i haven't done anything wrong you ain't done nothing wrong then what you're doing pregnant 16 because i was because she was what that's none of your business so where's the daddy oh come on don't run away angry hey look look look it ain't none of my business i'm sorry yo you got the eyes of life man make a man's thoughts go clear out of his head look here i'm big really thought you know my mama called me that on the counter i was almost 14 hours when i was born so where are you from louisiana just outside shreveport you got the well i'm supposed to my grandfather i tried to calm but i guess he's not at home we've never seen each other before but he doesn't know i'm here i mean i didn't even know i was coming excuse my asking but you got money about five dollars well i had to use the rest on the bus ticket to get here munchkin what do you do soon soon soon like how soon like any day i don't have mercy you know somebody ought to spank you because there's a there's a big bad world out here you need money to be in it you got any wishes inside of you i've got lots of them why because i want you to pick up the prettiest one you got and whispering into the air my little baby here afternoon mr taylor haven't seen much of you lately what you want what why mr taylor what makes you think i want something my colleagues and i just simply wanted to know if you were going to honor messiah with your presence for this sunday's christmas worship i don't told you i don't go to church i don't believe in god i don't like preachers i don't like nosey or women but in my business merry christmas mr taylor so merry christmas eunice something for the family all right then where is he delaware he phoned make a note minnie late to his new assignment our new minister starting off on the wrong foot make us comfortable eunice we're waiting for him here please join me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] excuse me i'm looking for a church called messiah is that the street there what are you blind well not what do you want [Music] you wouldn't happen to know a man named no i guess you would merry christmas mr taylor hey girl how do you know my name your mailbox you see i'm not blind at all [Music] [Applause] [Music] saved that might be him [Applause] good afternoon the reverend crawford i hope guilty you please forgive me but it's just that we'll see everybody expected you to be a much older man but one day if i'm lucky i will be miss or is it missus miss eunice perry your assistant and you're very late mister or is it mister there's no mrs crawford if that's what you mean you're the new minister here and you're not married no but i have a son how many points is he worth wow a sense of humor that's good you'll need it because there's a storm brewing in the office right now bigger than the tornado in the wizard of oz i'm afraid you've got a date with the committee and they're about as much fun as an audit i swear what's a committee the committee's on my pendleton company mostly old church stiff collar types except omar is tougher than any politician on capitol hill as far she's concerned she runs this place minister and all but you didn't hear that from me so welcome to messiah reverend and brother are they gonna love you shall we lean on oh that's our choir they're not half bad [Music] [Music] either merry christmas kind of young looking isn't it the late reverend crawford i presume you must be the committee i've heard a lot about you already this is minnie tompkins deacon connolly and our associate minister reverend foy now let's do this how old a man are you old uh 34 last august why koji was young what's your marital status and please pardon the questions but we never received your files at the moment i'm single but if you've got someone in mind i'm now accepting photos and resumes that's a joke of course may i ask who this young man is this is my son nathaniel nat uh he's 15. doesn't drink do drugs or clean his room 15. that means you were 19 when at least he doesn't deny it deny what he's my son what's there to deny where's the boy's mother boy lady man his mother and i were never married her parents no no no no no let's let them hear it her parents dragged her off just after he was born we haven't seen or heard from her since now are there any other questions that you'd like to have answered i wear a size 46 long suit don't eat red meat and i watch the arsenio hall show i believe in god slam dunk and life beyond this planet i think aids is a man-made disease you know i really do believe that anita hill told the honest to god's truth and i think that football players should be allowed to celebrate in the end zone after a touchdown reverend surely by now you realize you weren't our first choice to replace reverend cooper may he rest in peace thought had occurred to me wanted the reverend for here we made that quite clear to the district conference and we have always gotten our way that is until now can i say something believe me i never wanted your job that's them talking not me i'm happy man god's been good to me got no complaints fact is i'm not a preacher never have been sit down franklin [Applause] you see reverend crawford foy here has been with us for some 25 years now he has a wife and three children and with them projects the image of family and godliness imperative to any congregation so we must express great concern that both your age and your present family structure would prove counterproductive in your attempts at serving this church to the fullest besides we are from the old school and we like our preachers to be that way old and that's four all over i beg your pardon so until i reach 60 i guess i'm out then huh no but you are on trial i may be a tough old broad but i'm a fair one you're an impressive young man reverend here at messiah we're accustomed to magic spiritual magic of course we'll give you till christmas worship two days find a way to impress us some more and we'll see thanks nothing like a little pressure merry christmas spiritual magic they want jesus christ i'm not even joseph how can anyone impress these people could you part the potomac that would impress the heck out of me afraid not well then i think you should just go back downstairs and get in your car why where am i going your new home i'll take you over to the parsonage you must be exhausted christ our savior was born on christmas day to [Applause] it's been doing that since yesterday it could be some sort of electrical storm pardon me please can we help you young lady well is this messiah i'm new in town and i'm looking for my grandfather a man of the seventh street bus stop told me the church might give me a place to stay till i found him miss barry this bear miss baron are you okay who's your grandfather well his name's jones i've been trying to reach him all day but i guess he's just not at home right now we find a place to stay probably but we'd have to go to the proper channels check our list of housing volunteers uh yes i see the bigger the church the more red tape there is listen what's your name catherine marie campbell i'm reverend crawford katherine this is my son nat how would you like to stay with us tonight say what reverend first impressions i don't know if you've noticed but she's awfully young and very pregnant to be taken home by an unmarried man let alone a preacher stepping into a church that may not want him mr perry you make a lousy lawyer but i do appreciate your concern all right then but at least let me show you a little bit of dc very well i'll get that well what do you think my goodness it uh has four bedrooms uh reverend cooper turned one into a study um this way okay it's beautiful only seen houses like this in magazines so this finally means i got my own room right can i go up sure it's all yours boy back at calvert we had a one bedroom apartment even reverend sherman's place was only a third this size now reality sets in reality yeah the massive responsibility that goes with this job it's a little bit overwhelming you'll be fine oh the things you sent ahead of down the hall there as for your schedule let's see tomorrow you have a 10 30 brunch at the mayor's office what's his name his name is alyssa turner and she's very anxious to meet you she's had a rough first year and she's looking to the city's religious leaders to help get some of her ideas embraced so dress to impress why me i'm not a city leader reverend the minister of messiah methodist is the third busiest person in town behind only the president and the mayor of course the catholics like to argue the order of succession the plus is you're a mayor of turner's generation you may have a lot in common you're both looking for magic maybe you can help each other find it miss perry thank you very much for everything especially for bringing us here i never would have found this place i'd still be looking for the one room shack well this was the easy part i only live three doors down and if you and i are finished that's where i'll go [Applause] now nat get down to my house for a while i've got a set of twins kevin and carmen they'd love to meet you what does carmen look like math she's gorgeous made sophomore homecoming queen this year besides kevin's got nintendo in his room i likes i like catherine you're welcome to come too oh thank you man but i'm kind of tired i think i'll stay here reverend reverend is it me or is that child glowing oh pregnant ladies glow miss mary you know that yes but there's something about [Applause] well she can't stay here forever you know and in my humble opinion that baby will be here a lot sooner than later [Music] miss perry it's christmas time and a young lady arrives in town any day pregnant and looking for a place to stay and all about her is this unexplainable glow not from a strictly religious historical standpoint [Applause] but you turn this young lady away from your door good night counselor your bag is bearing i'll see you in the morning that you will [Music] let's go sugar [Music] it's christmas eve in washington dc and we're taking calls on the radio from children you're on the air and what is your name hi barbara how are you and how old are you six six okay and what would you like santa to bring you for christmas well i would like a a chalkboard a television set a television set a cat a cat a dog a dog what what kind of dog a great dane a great dane how big is your apartment pretty small well we will have to talk to mother about that one hold on the air while i take another call captain ho ho ho you're on the air are you okay with your name max awfully quiet okay i'm fine they have santa claus on the radio taking calls from children peace in the world that's a good one [Applause] okay max hold on here while we take a commercial break and i want everyone out there radio land to know that it's christmas time and it's a time for hope streams and wishes [Applause] you must be the new savior crawford right right so far i'll get right to the point now i found that uh a good man listens when folk talk but a great man actually hears what's being said so what i'd like to know is are you just another good man huh are you a great one i don't know i guess i'd have to hear what you have to say that's fair enough yeah i've lived here 30 years past 15 of which i've worked at a homeless shelter up on capitol hill now i have picketed fasted protested even pitch temper tantrums in the middle of pennsylvania avenue trying to garner assistance from our so-called leaders wait a minute i just got into town and i have personally i have personally stormed 47 offices in this city for which i've been arrested 47 times well now there you go maybe if you stop storming people would listen to you no brother people don't listen because nobody cares not the politicals not the religios all they're doing is talking loud ain't saying nothing man i've got phds in my shelter bank presidents decorated war veterans and a whole bunch of hungry women and children hey look i ain't gonna lie to you i don't go to church much but i believe in god and i promised him that if he were to guide me to a person who was going to reach out and help my people that i would support that person with everything i got so again i'm asking you are you a good man or a great one and look when you figured out you you look me up i'm big really thornton come up on capitol hill all the senators know me hello willy oh hey what's say there munchkin well it's good to see you sorry crawford me the young lady have already met world huh you tell me the truth now you treating you right oh yes he's been wonderful good good oh i almost forgot her i brought you a housewarming dear i'll take it okay [Applause] well i see you again willie oh i guarantee [Applause] so you're uh you helping out yeah well she cried out i happened to hear yeah maybe maybe you are the man we'll see you take good care of that one here she's special [Applause] [Music] [Music] catherine who was this [Applause] katherine kevin what's wrong i tried to call my grandfather again today there was still no answer i asked the operator for his address but she said it was unlisted katherine why don't you just go back home i'm still a virgin you know i am [Music] last year the night before my mama died she whispered to me no man could take a woman's virginity away from her it's hers until she gives it away freely [Music] she's still there that's why i can't go home my mama's husband but but it's all right cause i found a place that i can go i go there all the time whenever i'm afraid it's the prettiest place i've ever seen i call it the upper room cause whenever i'm there i feel safe again we'll find your grandfather but until we do captain you can stay here as long as you like [Music] [Music] laughs [Music] hey good morning good morning very nice keep dressing like that and you'll make the cup of gq the mayor should be very impressed [Applause] let's go thank you my friend remember rev mccarthy these are the most influential people in the city mr phillips thank you so much thank you so much for coming oh and thank you sir father weston may i ask whom you're staring at so intensely no you may not oh you scared me your father already left but i saved you a plate are you okay never had a woman do the cooking in my house before look just stop doing stuff okay catherine when the baby comes are you gonna keep it yes nat i'm gonna keep it and i'm gonna love it very much the baby should have mother once again thank you for coming bishop talley as always your presence has been heartwarming and enlightening yes thank you madam mayor and may i say that your views are just as radical as ever a bit more streamlined than at last year's meeting well i'm trying bishop i'm trying yes of course you are my dear of course and that's all we can ask speaking of asking i should like to ask a question of our new colleague from messiah if i might well that would be entirely up to reverend crawford go right ahead yes it's a simple question really a newly formed fetus three weeks old is it life a lady lies comatose for a year on life support is it life then one night in private her husband pulls the plug is it murder yes well good day reverend merry christmas everyone merry christmas that was deftly handled i must say he asked me the same question last year i didn't fare nearly as well i'm starting a new panel to go before the senate when it reconvenes to argue on behalf of housing for the homeless i'd like you to be on it madam mayor do you believe in magic magic two weeks before election day a city-wide poll had me 16 percentage points below my esteemed colleagues in the y-chromosome sect and yet i stand before you today the mayor of this city yes i believe you and i are about the same age does that put us on the same page perhaps and if i may ask what is your affiliation democrat or republican preacher thank you for coming it's my pleasure thanks for having me [Music] what section of town is this right now we're on capitol hill or never never land as my ex-husband likes to call it a place where victims never get justice and the real crooks never get caught quick miss perry pull over please do it now listen up uh i know that man he came to my house last night oh him i'll be back later on tonight with something for the kids in fact i'll have something for everybody oh yeah willie thornton tonight everybody get something okay just wanted to talk hey man see you later all right [Music] look at god's children yeah it's all over the city there's a police door nearby yeah there's one out near us why would you take me there please no okay [Applause] [Music] hey nathaniel jonette matt catherine he's in his room he's been that way since this morning [Applause] so sound what's wrong come on talk to me you know what dad catherine's keeping a baby so why didn't she why didn't who what man what are you talking about you know what i'm talking about my mother man i think you better chill no i'm through chilling i want to know where my mom is i told you a thousand times i don't know you don't even have any pictures of her that's because we that's because we weren't together long enough now to take any pictures you know she'll never find me now and you know why because we're always moving every day someplace else look she won't find you because she's too selfish to look and i'm sorry about that son honest to god i am oh man she the best son a man can have you hear me the woman doesn't know what she's missing oh come on matt where you going come on back now yeah i love you this food [Applause] are you mad oh yeah more worried though good night son [Applause] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Applause] nat matt yeah hey guys i'm going down for a little while matt you stay put he didn't even ask me where i'd been he doesn't care preaches kid hardest thing in the world to be everyone expects you to be perfect well i'm not nat do you wanna do you wanna tell me about her don't know anything about her except she walked out on us just gets to me sometimes here here give me your hand you feel it what's that is the baby's silly it's kicking wow cool catherine what's it like i mean having a mother well it's about the nicest thing i know you know what i want for christmas i want to see your face just once i want to hear say she loves me nat i think your father may be the best mother you could ever have [Applause] [Music] can i it's kicking again [Music] you think [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah i guess so come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] sickness yeah so what you stand at this ain't no zoo and we ain't no freaks so take whatever it is you selling and get out of here we don't want it [Music] i'm looking for a man named big willy came to visit me at my house last night you must be a politician and we don't like politicians i'm not a politician my name is reverend oliver crawford from messiah church well willie ain't here he ain't come tonight willie always comes he never missed the night yet we don't know what's happened we're afraid for him willie's our angel he brings us things we'd be in the streets if it wasn't for willie [Applause] he's the only santa i've ever known what a christmas without santa claus [Music] what's he gonna do mama i don't know sweetheart [Music] all right santa's got something for everyone come on here we go [Music] whenever one of us does something good he lets us wear it it's your turn now willie is a decorated war hero and he still is to put it what's your name kevin but everybody calls me peanuts [Music] i i gotta find willy [Music] does anyone know where he lives i do i know where i can take you there ho ho santa hey there cute little boy five or six years from now when you get a little older you come look me up then again five or six years from now i might not be around well merry christmas anyway because education is the key so [Music] make them come true merry christmas oh chestnuts roasting any room in the end need a place to stay oh you know we ain't got cable we missed you lilly why aren't you gonna come see us i couldn't get any toys this year folk i've been dealing with 15 years close the door in my face said we've no longer given away for free what we could get good cash money for i just couldn't face the kids empty-handed preacher man look at me i i haven't had a drink since 81. but willie we got toys everybody got something this year santa claus brung on i figured it out willy i want to be a great man now it's your turn you wear it for a while i've been laying here looking at the clouds and i got this feeling that something special is going to happen free to me something real special oh god oh god [Music] hello oh hi miss perry merry christmas to you too no i haven't seen him his bed he's probably down to church okay we'll be ready yo catherine get dressed we're going to church with the perry oh you're up i said the parries will be here okay yo what's wrong with you oh nothing nothing i'm fine you're sweating buckets girl oh am i really oh i'm doing my breathing exercises yeah okay we'll get dressed we're riding with the parries okay the berries are coming okay the berries okay [Music] oh [Music] this [Applause] cheese and crackers whatever to the alarm button oh man oh you're in a box preacher man ain't no alarm clock oh yeah yeah i'm sorry look i gotta go i'm supposed to be preaching this morning at least i was before i overslept oh cheese and crackers if i lose this job and that will kill me i'll see you later what about peanut i'll get him home don't worry there's a preacher man yeah remember what i said something special is happening something special is happening already i face elmira he isn't here and we're not waiting and you're going to conduct the service by yourself i can't do that i didn't prepare a sermon on anything it's heaven no listen franklin ford you have been a minister for 25 years surely you have at least one spare servant in that brain of yours look there's miss perry miss perry it's barry you gotta talk to this woman she wants me to conduct entire service by myself she wants me to preach elmira you can't do that where's reverend crawford he's late as usual he isn't here franklin start us off i'm not a preacher you may have to today that says his father already should have been here i'm a little worried come on let's get to our seats moving again look i don't mean to be a pain but are you sure you're okay you're sweating again i'm fine it's just a little warm today that's all hey come on let's go down friend um i'd like to sit back here if that's all right with you ma'am sure [Music] merry christmas i know you figured that our new minister reverend crawford hasn't arrived as of yet until he comes which i pray will be any second now i will be conducted today's service alone by myself me is it hot in there to you is it just me no wait a minute people this isn't right wake up dog on it i said to wake up but jonas walker i have been here for 25 years and for the last 25 years every time i have laid foot in this book you're going to sleep on me you all have a dog on it you're not going to go to sleep this morning nobody is because i'm talking about god a god who made it so the birds [Applause] [Applause] in december [Music] he's gonna light a fire outside your body so this is a good god i'm talking about people we're talking about jesus the great god almighty who's heading straight into our faces in this good world [Applause] overcome the world oh please please be home come on answer it hello hello is somebody there hello i'm i'm looking for mr jones please mr benjamin jones benjamin jones who is this well i'm he doesn't know me i'm sort of look look look i don't know who you are what you want but benjamin jones is dead he died three years ago honey what [Music] my grandfather's dead [Applause] hallelujah [Applause] thank god [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] huh [Music] special let's get you to talk no don't don't move me please oh the church the messiah canadian from crawford reverend crawford your poop is waiting just a minute i'll speak for myself in saying that i refuse to sit here and be preached to by a man in a silly santa claus suit it's sacrilegious and violates what i consider to be the true meaning of christmas excuse me ma'am but you're wrong who are you i'm nobody just one of the multitudes but i refuse to let you talk to reverend crawford like that because this is a great man he hears those who cry out for help he heard me this man right here spent the night at my house last night on christmas eve he spent the whole night with me not very significant except for the fact that my home nor will we my home is a six foot by eight foot box in the back alley of an apartment in southeast you see i am a homeless man he's santa claus lady he would do it for all our kids we all got something that's why he's wearing the suit so you see lady it's not about a suit it's about the man in it that's right so how about prophet are you going to preach a lot [Applause] speak [Applause] um thank you willie thank you reverend boy thank you all you know a preacher wiser than myself recently told me ali look for the upper room it's where god keeps his miracles and he said you'll know when you get there because there'll be an angel standing by the door singing and he said if god is pleased with you he'd open up the doors of his upper room and in a heavenly second your body would be surrounded by the power and light of the father's holy love well i never made it to the upper room but i know it's there because i believe in the holy ghost's power and the undying love god has for his children that love that gave the man the woman and the woman the man and that same love that gave us the sun in the morning the moon at night and the stars twinkle above [Music] and that same love that gave me a son nathaniel whom i loved very much the love that brought him back to me when i know that you didn't want to come back i know man i know that indeed that magical love that gave us the star above that showed us the way to the king of kings so when you're feeling down discouraged indeed fearful about your faith know that god is near and be patient and wait because with his love comes a promise that he'll never come too early but he'll never ever come too late he's our new minister [Applause] young blood that's what we've needed all [Applause] along [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] me he took me [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] i'm looking for crawford well you found him sir what can i do for you not me i got a girl in labor she asking for you katherine she won't let me move her i call 9-1-1 but she's pretty far along she opened my garage excuse me everyone take me to her come on man [Applause] oh [Music] [Music] you see big willie one of my wishes did come you got a true big old healthy baby boy ah you're done good it looks good oh a special baby born on a special day i mean it's snowing out yet it's warm mr taylor thank you for helping me would you like to hold my baby would that be all right this man i like that very much i'm stuck digging around in my things last night and i found this in my little box i thought you might like to have it merry christmas song is this her yes it is but you listen to me don't you ever run out on me like that again because i'm your friend and you're mine and we are all we've got do you understand that i understand love you dad i love you too son [Music] i love you too well let me introduce to you the newest angel the son of god and catherine got him well love him strong and keep him safe from harm all the days of his life because [Music] this is the child of hope the son of catherine is special hear me world this child is the light yes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] um [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so

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Hallelujah (1993)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107072/
Comedy, Drama, Romance