00:00
1409
More
See all Show me
Bradley Jackson's videos
This film could win 20K. Please help us out by voting up to 10 times. Details in this link: t.co/ZYnY2iWw

Ralph Winston has never cried; not when he was a baby, not when his heart was crushed by his high school sweetheart, not even when he first saw Steven Spielberg's E.T. So when his father dies, Ralph - age 32 - decides to embark upon a true emotional journey with hopes to shed his first tear before the funeral - and before it's not too late.

Winner of the 2010 Doorpost Film Project $100,000 grand prize and Audience Choice Award

ralphsmyth.com

Writer/Director: Bradley Jackson
Producers: Andrew Lee, Russell Wayne Groves
Cinematography: Ricardo Diaz
Editor: David James Ward
Music: Halli Cauthery

Cast:
Ralph Winston - Keir O'Donnell
Ginny - Jess Weixler
Janie - Madison Burge
Tad - David Ramirez

Camera: RED Mysterium X
Lenses: Zeiss superspeed lenses. Shot around a T2-2.8.
Behind the Scenes footage: vimeo.com/themanwhonevercried/videos

Credits

Likes

See all likes

Tags

  • zenit 3 months ago
    Brilliant! Made me cry!
  • Carlito Meyer 2 months ago
    Yes.. me too.
  •  
  • Short of the Week plus 3 months ago
    Cool! My fave from the Doorpost comp. Congrats on your success.
    +
    vimeo.com/channels/shortoftheweek
  •  
  • Brad Betts 3 months ago
    Brilliant!!!!
  •  
  • keisuke 3 months ago
    nice ending :)
  •  
  • Brendan O'Neill 3 months ago
    Really nice work. Congratulations on video of the week
  •  
  • Brad Nguyen plus 3 months ago
    Love it!!! Really nice ending!
  •  
  • Haadi 3 months ago
    That's good job. Added to vimeo.com/channels/minivalley

    Also shared on MiniValley facebook page, facebook.com/pages/MiniValley/197830470248926
  •  
  • Cezar Siqueira 3 months ago
    Amazing!
  •  
  • Myles Thompson plus 3 months ago
    Excellent work!
  •  
  • Agustian Hermanto plus 3 months ago
    What a beautiful story!
  •  
  • Blair Dog plus 3 months ago
    glad to see this on Vimeo.
  •  
  • Jared Monroe 3 months ago
    Loved it! Which RED did you use? And which lenses?
  • David Ward plus 3 months ago
    Hey Jared,

    We used a Red with the Mysterium X sensor.

    Lenses were Zeiss superspeed lenses. Shot around a T2-2.8.

    Thanks for checking it out.
  •  
  • Aztech Productions plus 3 months ago
    Phenomenal!!
  •  
  • paflechien 3 months ago
    That.
    I've just signed in Vimeo to post this.
    Just awesome, I've been through smiles, laughs, and tears during the whole movie.
    But his child's birth? Man, I was the same at my son's birth :) I was crying of joy.
    BTW, the story-telling is perfect, as the whole production.
  •  
  • Alfred Lindal Haug 3 months ago
    Beautiful!
  •  
  • Tom Davis 3 months ago
    Bravo. Beautifully done.
  •  
  • Jason Fernandez 3 months ago
    Took a simple story and made it powerful. Good work.
  •  
  • Brad Liew 3 months ago
    this is amazing work
  •  
  • AMFM STUDIOS LLC pro 3 months ago
    caught this at the rockport film fest. awesome awesome stuff
  •  
  • Teresa Klassen 3 months ago
    Loved it! Shared it!
  •  
  • Kasper 3 months ago
    Absolutely brilliant!
  •  
  • Joe Moya plus 3 months ago
    WOW... extremely well done... and I mean everything - storyline, acting, writing, audio, editing, camera work,.... just everything...
  •  
  • Leigh Doughty 3 months ago
    EXCELLENT film! Story well told, amazingly shot, brilliantly edited!
  •  
  • Oliviero Lacroce 3 months ago
    simply one of the best videos here on vimeo...
    and i have to quote all the above comments: it's just perfect in every aspect!
    compliments!
  •  
  • William Gallego 3 months ago
    What an amazingly touching story... It deserves all the recognition for the cast, crew, & writer/director. Superb!

    I hope you all the continued success!
  •  
  • Michael du Sautoy plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful!!Thank you
  •  
  • SE SOUVENIR DES BONNES CHOSES 3 months ago
    superbe
  •  
  • SIDE FILMS plus 3 months ago
    WOW.. Everything was great, acting, writing and cinematography. excellent. (btw we used the same clown suit in one of our videos! :)
  •  
  • Mustafa Arikan plus 3 months ago
    Fantastic!
  •  
  • Tiago Ribeiro 3 months ago
    Loved it.
  •  
  • Eduardo Santella plus 3 months ago
    Very well done and very inspired by your film! It has lots of touching moments and the mixture of joy makes it outstanding! good job... There are only two things I noticed with the film that I wanted to point: The audio is a little phased out (it might be when it was uploaded to vimeo) and the other one is that their are some shots that have picture over picture, I noticed it in the GRIEF Scenes and in the Funeral close ups. but other than that its perfect.. all the best from Guatemala. Regards
  •  
  • Lakshminarayana N 2 months ago
    Very nice short film, well done for the wonderful efforts!!
  •  
  • Juan Carlos Herrera plus 2 months ago
    Great work Bradley! That was really well done.
  •  
  • Gordon Yarboro 2 months ago
    Awesome
  •  
  • Abobakr Mohammed Ashiblie 2 months ago
    a perfect ending
  •  
  • Simon Edwards 2 months ago
    Sweet tears ;o)
  •  
  • Jamie Soaki 2 months ago
    This is exceptional work and a perfect ending.
  •  
  • Jordan Oram plus 2 months ago
    Amazing story Brad.. People often forget what tears represent.
  •  
  • karan shetty 2 months ago
    Simply amazing...absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
  •  
  • Tyler Carlson 1 month ago
    I remember seeing this video about a year ago from another site and loved it. Just remembered it and decided to check it out again. Wonderful stuff. Wish I could get it on itunes.
  • Bradley Jackson plus 1 month ago
    thanks so much man! we're hoping to get it up on iTunes soon.
  •  
This conversation is missing your voice. Take five seconds to join Vimeo or log in.

Advertisement

About this video

MOV
00:23:29
  • 1920x1080, 1802.89MB
  • Uploaded Mon October 24, 2011
  • Please join or log in to download

Photos

Statistics

Date Plays Comments
Totals 57.8K 490 43
Feb 24th 0 0 0
Feb 23rd 36 0 0
Feb 22nd 79 2 0
Feb 21st 64 1 0
Feb 20th 179 0 0
Feb 19th 139 2 0
Feb 18th 83 3 0