younger people of today will never get a sense of what a watershed moment this was in time. Up until this series there was nothing to parallel the fusion of music, coolness and outstanding videography. I have never forgot the day that I saw this particular scene, knowing that I had stumbled upon something special, that was revolutionary for its time.

@hubertka9122

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I was born in 1994. In 2013 I was 18 and finished my high school. Before the University I had 3 months of holidays. During this 3 months I watched whole Miami Vice serie with mind blown. I felt like alien because my peers were watching bulshit produced by nowadays tv and I stuck with this 80's show. Learning many things, getting to know a lot of wonderful music, simply feeling like time spent with it is not waste of time at all. I remeber being 18 and how much this call to Caroline hit me. I am from Poland, this show was played here around 1995-1998 propably. Years after it was produced. I was also imaginating how my dad felt while watching Ferrari Testarossa and Sonny making a call while driving - watching it in gray post-communist Poland. I disagree as a youngster! There are young units like me which love this show and gets emotional because of it!😃

@bradryan8071

2 жыл бұрын

@@hubertka9122 Very nice to know that you enjoyed it so much.

@erwina4738

2 жыл бұрын

Disagree, there’s better things now if you know where to look

@ninawildr4207

2 жыл бұрын

@@hubertka9122 love your comment

@ValhallaRaven

2 жыл бұрын

Without Miami Vice, most modern day cop shows wouldn’t exist

This scene is so 80s… even the 80s are jealous.

@milosvasin

3 жыл бұрын

Damn straight !

@aboutmyfamily

3 жыл бұрын

Abso-freaking lutely!

@smcdonald9991

3 жыл бұрын

The 80s.. Back when people didn't live in a phone.. No Covid..

@dionnefaulkes

3 жыл бұрын

say it again!

@Adino1

3 жыл бұрын

Benchmark 80's

One of the coldest, coolest scenes ever shot. And whoever picked this song deserves a raise.

@roguedravidan2746

Жыл бұрын

Michael Mann. "Despite never taking a directorial role on the series, Mann went to great lengths to ensure the show was aesthetically appealing and, more importantly, visually unique. His simple instructions to the production team insisted that "no earth tones" be used. Mann personally researched the Miami area for shooting locations and to capture the lifestyle of the city, and many dilapidated Art Deco buildings were restored and repainted to fit the shots he called for. As a result of Mann's intense work (and his sense of neo-noir), Vice shot into the Top 10 in the summer of 1985, during the reruns of its first season. "

@nickytommymancinelli8066

Жыл бұрын

NO ONE combines visuals w/soundtrack like MANN

@Chris-si5gg

11 ай бұрын

@@nickytommymancinelli8066 absolute facts.

@Dwesk

10 ай бұрын

​@@roguedravidan2746his films are all distinct in this way too, but I wonder if Miami Vice stands the test of time compared to the 90s hbo shows and the rest of the 21st century greats? I've never seen the show but it's probably more a buddy cop drama than anything?

@ericliin

10 ай бұрын

This scene made me in fascinated in, and fall in love with, Miami. I know modern Miami is nothing like this, but I just love the atmosphere of this scene. ICONIC.

As a film director, I'm just going to say it. This has to be one of the Top 3 scenes in Television history. The Directing, the Acting, the cinematography, the editing, the storyline, the minimalistic writing to allow the visuals to take center stage, and of course the music...is on a different level. The combination of all those things makes this my favorite TV scene of All-Time

@Marc-io8qm

2 ай бұрын

Sadly, enforced diversity, racial division and PC Marxist culture have all eviscerated any chance of ever approximating this era and period of creativity.

@MultiMichael72

Ай бұрын

I completely agree! Would you mind sharing your other 2 Top 3 scenes in television history?

@recline69

Ай бұрын

@@MultiMichael72 Surely the Marine Biologist scene from Seinfeld is number 2 and number 3 is the chase scene in The Sopranos pilot.

@crazymage9636

Ай бұрын

​@recline69 the sea was angry that day

@coryddavis

7 күн бұрын

@@crazymage9636 ...my friends. like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

The single most epic car drive in television history.

@Carousel5883

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@chadk890

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@nicotoscani9030

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadk890 they copied this from the opening to ‘American Gigolo’. That film came out in 1980. Miami vice started in 1984

@nicotoscani9030

3 жыл бұрын

They copied this from the opening science to ‘American Gigolo’ , which came out in 1980

@candyphillips2642

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

This scene will forever give me shivers. The phone call Crockett makes with his wife before knowing some heavy shit is about to go down... truly epic

@stephenm8725

2 жыл бұрын

exactly! while the lyrics are timed quite well to it

@skipringelli2423

2 жыл бұрын

Sonny just desperate to know that he was part of something good once, that he hasn't been a total fuck up.

@billyknott8079

2 жыл бұрын

Best ever

@SeanConnoly

2 жыл бұрын

And if you have been there it’s even more profound.

@stephenm8725

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeanConnoly in Miami?

Probably one of the best pieces of music to listen to when you're driving your car at night in the neon glow of the city or the moon. Wonderful memories.

@trevorroeder117

Жыл бұрын

And riding a motorcycle too!

@sandrapowell4166

Жыл бұрын

You are so right!

@sandrapowell4166

Жыл бұрын

Maybe this influenced me to buy my black Camero in the early 90s

@ferrisxlove

Жыл бұрын

It really is.

@nickytommymancinelli8066

Жыл бұрын

That neon glow of the moon and city was real wasn’t it???...

I was a kid in the 80s, born in 73... Amazing time to be alive.

@JackFraz1972

3 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@margo.m6147

3 ай бұрын

Right. Im born in 74

@PerfectHandProductions

3 ай бұрын

I'm ten years younger, but I think you got the better deal.

@thekingofra5063

3 ай бұрын

@@PerfectHandProductions I left school at 16 in 1990, the 90s were good but if I'm to be honest I wished I'd be born in 63 and left school in 80 so I could of experienced the 80s as an adult. The 80s were phenomenal as a kid though. Bliss

@vernonlowery7898

2 ай бұрын

just telling my Wife about this Scene when this song came on Pandora I remember watching this on Friday night with my dad As a Kid I remember this scene sending chills down my spine

Tubbs casually loading that shotgun might be the most badass thing I've ever seen.

@Revan2908

9 жыл бұрын

Stillwater100 Or when Calderone turns around and finds himself nose-to-nose with said shotgun.

@KMakoENVtuber

5 жыл бұрын

It’s the first sound we hear in this sequence. Pure genius

@Godchild1124

5 жыл бұрын

Stillwater100 the fact that the director wanted us to hear the sound of the shells sliding in was amazeballs!

@josephcarroll7027

5 жыл бұрын

yep..just yep..

@MrGahbage1

5 жыл бұрын

100th like

Michael Mann... probably most underrated visionary director ever

@butchyshoe

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Mann was in my graduating class, 1960 Amundsen high school, Chicago. No weren't friends.

@AEMoreira81

3 жыл бұрын

When he passes on, there should be a statue of him in Miami Beach. This show revitalized that neighborhood into the upscale neighborhood it is today (before the show, that area was high crime and run down).

@miltontavares9506

3 жыл бұрын

The same man who gave us one of the great crime epics of all time:Heat.

@Babyboo186

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately he didn't direct any of the TV episodes, only executive produced the show. Would have loved to see him direct a few though.

@sebastianpedone7209

3 жыл бұрын

remove the probably!

40 years later and this is still the reigning champ for a cool bad ass car, cop buddy and music scene...

Michael Mann…the innovator & master of nighttime cinematography.

@Samsaraindo

3 ай бұрын

Hes a genius

@bobafett9662

Ай бұрын

On point!

Love how tubbs knew he was on a one way trip, looked at Crockett and then loaded the shotgun.....chills decades later

@Vonnels

3 жыл бұрын

@Cookie Monster Are you kidding?! Women LOVED these two. My mom and I used to watch this show. These 2 were the epitome of hot in the 80's, and actualy defined a lot of it.

@MarcosLopez-yz2wr

3 жыл бұрын

Tubbs knew that he wasn't gonna be the same. And New York City was out of the picture. From here on, it's him and Crockett

@orlandoaguasvivas6580

3 жыл бұрын

Kimberlee Clemensen That was powerful and orgasmic at the same times

@orlandoaguasvivas6580

3 жыл бұрын

Cookie Monster u need a lot of attention

@RichWeigel

3 жыл бұрын

@Cookie Monster Ha back then my mom was watching Days of Lives during the day and Miami Vice at night. Who are you kidding.

Saw Phil Collins in Miami at the Orange Bowl in 1987 and when this song came on the crowd went fucking wild. The 80s were the best.

@happytraveller2122

3 жыл бұрын

Australia... early 80’s Sydney. Went OFF!

@icarsten6625

3 жыл бұрын

Even Magnum PI did something Miami Vice it his last season.

@andrewsmith754

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the combo of American culture plus English music plus Jan Hammer's soundtracks plus Michael Mann's directing is what makes this show a classic. It's a wokes worst nightmare

@DCD4Ever

3 жыл бұрын

As a 90s baby, I'm jealous AF! 😫

@s.patrick6136

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. My favourite decade. Miss those good old days.

Growing up, I never missed a single episode of Miami Vice!! I'm 50, and to this day, not many shows can even come close to this

This might just be the single greatest scene in television history; if not, almost certainly the most iconic. This was *the* scene which defined a decade--a decade of lavish excess, bright colours, effortless style, and incredible music.

@Rory-ct1zu

Жыл бұрын

The front corner of the car, the back wheel spinning, hitting the bumps, Crockett thinking just about everything in a few seconds, and Tubbs giving that look and raising up the sawed off click clack....

@margaretstutts4362

10 ай бұрын

And I was lucky enough to live through it all.

@lukeskywalker1840

10 ай бұрын

No argument there. I was watching on NBC in the 80s when it came out the first time. I was blown away by it.

@marvindebot3264

8 ай бұрын

This and "did you see the sunrise".

@shepherd5234

7 ай бұрын

It was a kick ass decade, and we had people in charge of the country that actually knew what they were doing. Something we haven't had the last 30 years or so.

The 80s were so epic....who wants to go back with me?😎

@hardilestarigan5634

5 жыл бұрын

Do you have the flux capasitor?

@MrJwestman

5 жыл бұрын

I can supply plutonium. We also need a good source for jigawatts

@hardilestarigan5634

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrJwestman that'll do.

@punmidas1890

4 жыл бұрын

Lets go!!!!!!

@hardilestarigan5634

4 жыл бұрын

Ok that's mean all set... If my calculation is right we can back to where it was this night

This scene always gives me a lump in my throat. The music, the show, Crockett calling his ex, the 80's era. I remember when the Vice came out. My pops would come home from work, beat and tired. He'd shower, grab a Miller light and head to the couch. Mom would be cooking dinner for us. Pop would yell, "babe, it's on". Mom would run in with dad's plate, and sit next to him. I was young, so I'd probably be playing with my toy guns, imitating tv. Or chewing on a chicken drumstick. I vaguely remember the episodes ,but I was there when they aired the 1st time. The best times were the simplest times. Love ya'll guys.

@asheruk9064

2 жыл бұрын

What a great memory for you, I enjoyed reading it! 😍

@hybrid5568

2 жыл бұрын

Slow mo I can match you brother. I was staying in the country with my stepfather. I musta been about 6 or so. It was spring to summer and this episode was on. My stepdad had a beer also. He was watching this and I had no choice but to so I sat next to him and watched. I'll always remember this episode and the one with Phil Collins guest starring. So memorable. Remember those oversized satellite dishes? 🤣. Oh man I can't tell you how happy my stepdad was when he finally took it down a couple years later lol

@PerfectNormal

2 жыл бұрын

☹️👍🏼

@billyknott8079

2 жыл бұрын

Best ever

@MamiGotHer0wn

2 жыл бұрын

Amen very nice memory this is why I try my best to give my kids a great childhood they can remember

I was 32 when this show came out. I'm 68 and still love it

@user-qv2ur2bw3z

10 ай бұрын

I was 17 when this came on in 84 and was hooked

@slimpickens01

3 ай бұрын

I'm watching the series from the beginning thanks to Tubi. When I was a kid I saw an episode here and there but never got into it. I saw the first episodes and I'm hooked.

@FreedomFighter2112

2 ай бұрын

As a film director, I'm just going to say it. This has to be one of the Top 3 scenes in Television history. The Directing, the Acting, the cinematography, the editing, the storyline, the minimalistic writing to allow the visuals to take center stage, and of course the music...is on a different level. The combination of all those things makes this my favorite TV scene of All-Time

From the epic music to the telephone booth, the hairstyles, the neon, these four minutes encapsulates the 80s like no other. It’s art in itself, too: tension, perfect pacing, long shots, perfect angles, little talking and big emotions… This defined an era, the entire show in fact.

@FreedomFighter2112

2 ай бұрын

As a film director, I'm just going to say it. This has to be one of the Top 3 scenes in Television history. The Directing, the Acting, the cinematography, the editing, the storyline, the minimalistic writing to allow the visuals to take center stage, and of course the music...is on a different level. The combination of all those things makes this my favorite TV scene of All-Time

@tyronesanford784

4 күн бұрын

This is why I love the 80's. 😎

35 years later and still haven't seen another scene as intense or iconic as this........

@viowave

5 жыл бұрын

1 year later: Second season 3rd episode: "Out where the busses don't run" ending scene. Brothers in Arms , Dire Straits and the whole scene. Goosebumps every time. Here is the scene: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iairwZaee9LdfpM.html

@dawnfoster5666

5 жыл бұрын

Watch the sopranos

@zelloguy

5 жыл бұрын

Breaking Bad, Sopranos....

@nigemorris7118

5 жыл бұрын

This is a good scene. Personally like this one too. Miami Vice even by today's standards is still ahead of the curve in terms of cinematic presentation. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZmZmq-MXbSxZag.html

@rayshardrobinson7878

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t agree with you more

even if you have a Fiat Panda. this song and diving at night you are for 3 minutes in a Ferrari and in Miami. its f-ing magic 80's god we were cool.

@eestiqaatsi

5 жыл бұрын

Genesis ** I think that diving with your car wouldn't be a smart move

@derekulrich3830

5 жыл бұрын

and one sawed off boi

@Nozownik85

5 жыл бұрын

How about multipla?

@hammerhi99

5 жыл бұрын

And when you check your mirror at 2:50, you see Mike Tyson on your backseat playing the drums.

@maynardj.keenan8957

5 жыл бұрын

hammerhi99 lmao 🤣 absolutely.

i don't think there will ever be a decade like the 80's

@user-gc9dy2hp9u

5 ай бұрын

90s !

@PewZapDie

5 ай бұрын

@@user-gc9dy2hp9uwas all down hill from there

@delmanpronto9374

5 ай бұрын

90s matched... and bettered imo.. post 9/11 though... things have never been the same.

@perpetualmotion357

4 ай бұрын

I find the 80's absolutely superior to the 90's in about every way. Mike Tyson was entering his prime, Michael Jackson and Metallica at their best, Magic and Bird basketball rivalry with a young Michael Jordan beginning to change the game. Arcades, Cartoons, Music, Movies, Nintendo was at its height. SRV and Bill Hicks in their prime and tearing up clubs. The 80's was the last true outlaw decade with the best talent and the perfect balance of innovation without too much intrusion.

@kanento

4 ай бұрын

80's was the best some 90's but since then it has been downhill

The music, editing, cinematography and mood is on another level. People laugh at the 80s as being the decade of excess but you simply cannot deny that this is pure quality

@explodyz

5 ай бұрын

The 80s was a great decade for a lot of stuff man

@girthatbirth

3 ай бұрын

@@explodyzno shot

@JimNortonsAlcoholism

3 ай бұрын

We lost the ability to be campy after the '80s unfortunately

@she_sings_delightful_things

3 ай бұрын

💯

@FreedomFighter2112

2 ай бұрын

As a film director, I'm just going to say it. This has to be one of the Top 3 scenes in Television history. The Directing, the Acting, the cinematography, the editing, the storyline, the minimalistic writing to allow the visuals to take center stage, and of course the music...is on a different level. The combination of all those things makes this my favorite TV scene of All-Time

I can smell the gentle breeze and essence of that summer night...

@neoncity8535

3 жыл бұрын

I like your music

@thezdbailey

3 жыл бұрын

As an Iowan that's always been fascinated by Miami, it almost feels like you can sense the light humidity in this scene.

@SA-hz1rs

3 жыл бұрын

miami has the worst humidity on the planet

@thezdbailey

3 жыл бұрын

@@SA-hz1rs Lmao. I'm just guessing Crockett and Tubbs look halfway dry because of that convertible. I can't stand Iowa's humidity. There's no way in hell I could get used to Miami's.

@SA-hz1rs

3 жыл бұрын

@@thezdbailey its worse than Iowa. Miami looks much better on tv than In real life too.

This show is almost 40 years old (goodness) and a lot cooler than anything on tv today.

@ignacio6454

2 жыл бұрын

Simple, it is because BEAUTY was glorified back then, and now uglyness is. All this trying to change the human soul, how low can those in power go? They won't change me though, forever beautiful, if not outside, at least inside. What reminds me all the beauty that Don Johnson had and how it contrasted with Philip Michael Thomas because, Philip Michael had his beauty in his eyes! We always have to remember to be that who we dream, no matter the wrinkles, if not our looks, then our behaviour. Another good example was Castillo, how tough and rough and yet how sweet he was inside! All of these things tell you how the arts in those days were focused in goodness, no matter how bad things were.

@rolltide9547

2 жыл бұрын

Great way to put it

@rolltide9547

Жыл бұрын

@Zack Smith Today a 21 year girl who is 50lbs over weight, blue hair, a nose ring, piercings all over her body, dresses like homeless person, just looks unkept and hair looks like a rat nest is viewed as beautiful.

@Frankcastlepunisher74

Жыл бұрын

One of the best crime procedural shows on TV showing the gritty side of law enforcement

@avynian

Жыл бұрын

So true. Most shows today make me turn off TV after some minutes because they are boring and repetitive. 80s and 90s shows like Miami Vice make me watching reruns even 4 o'clock in the morning.

I'm 53 years old,i cry imediately😢now watching...

@benhmedmoez6950

8 күн бұрын

Name movie 🎥

@HTownChick09

6 күн бұрын

I cried for no reason

Don Johnson was so friggin cool with his perfect face and his perfect voice and perfect outfits. Never gets old

@nickytommymancinelli8066

Жыл бұрын

It was his NAME ***DON JOHNSON***

@francesconero1953

4 ай бұрын

By..gio..sss..junior..in..by..gio..sss..primo..miami..florida..ciaoo

@ALK-le6pv

Ай бұрын

His daughter has a perfect face and voice too. I hope Dakota gets that perfect role soon too.

A lot of commenters have brought up different elements of this scene. Let me put it together for you guys. This is the moment where Crockett and Tubbs become the badass partners we all know. Up to this point Crockett hadn't wanted to believe anyone in his department was crooked...but it was the case. It hurt even more that the dirty cop was his own former partner. A man he had trusted, considered a brother above all else and the fact he would sink so low hurt a lot. Tubbs didn't want to be right...but he was. That slight look he gives Crockett at 0:27 says "I feel your pain, and I'm sorry. So I'll stand by you through this whole mess. I'll watch your back if you watch mine." Neither of them needed to say anything else. The trust was there. And Crockett, so torn up by what his former partner had done, called his ex-wife to see if that was all fake too. Not to mention if he didn't walk away from this alive, he wanted to find some closure and do his job without any further regrets. Crockett lost a lot, but he gained a friend who had his back for five years, and knew Tubbs would walk beside him through hell itself. And this translates to real life people. Even if you only have one friend you trust above all else. Sometimes that's all you need. They are a treasure and should be cherished as such. That's how I see it. Enough Said!

@jimmyfranchise4405

Жыл бұрын

Read your comment and re-watched this video for that look Tubbs gives Crockett. Excellent observations and insight. Tremendous acting! And, a personal comment, loyalty like that is a rare commodity these days...

@fcmovies

Жыл бұрын

Well said and articulated.

@StormWolfJachinDue

Жыл бұрын

@@fcmovies True Loyalty is a very rare commodity anymore. If you have at least one truly devoted friend. Then consider yourself extremely lucky. Treasure them.

@ottonorse827

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@marioalll

Жыл бұрын

excellent insight pal..

When you needed to stop to make a call ☎️ 80’s, the greatest decade ever...

@halharris2317

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky to be growing up as a kid in 80s. No cell phones, texting. When u wanted to talk to someone u actually used a phone.

@Daveoceanair

3 жыл бұрын

Truth 👍

@vizionaryentertainment8464

3 жыл бұрын

@@halharris2317 I mean there were bad elements of the 80s just like every other decade such as the cold war, the crack epidemic tearing major metropolitan areas apart, and so on

@ady8097

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we were lucky. Best decade.

@sonnycrockett_92

3 жыл бұрын

Had to do it

When Phil sings „The last time you‘ll hear from me“ and he hangs up the phone can’t be coincidental

Nostalgia is a helluva drug.

@dirtyharry4716

4 ай бұрын

So true bro

@brandonclark8395

Ай бұрын

Yep

Remember kids, this was just the pilot episode.

@dinkyramirez9866

2 жыл бұрын

1984 - 1990 It was a Hell of a Ride 😎

@SIKE01

2 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece movie pilot

@orlandoaguasvivas6580

2 жыл бұрын

They had me when this scene and song came on

@marquelleivey4910

2 жыл бұрын

@@orlandoaguasvivas6580 , me too. Was a fan from this moment

@BrianRenardDavis

2 жыл бұрын

@@dinkyramirez9866 Was Born In 88. I can only imagine.

The best scene in the history of television.

@vonessiamarshall1758

3 жыл бұрын

When they found that body in the wall

@sonnycrockett_92

3 жыл бұрын

Lars knows

@seanmetro3496

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, director THOMAS CARTER

@humanchannel7825

2 жыл бұрын

Atmospheric

@leesmith6866

2 жыл бұрын

@@vonessiamarshall1758 Yeah, that shit scared me. I was 10 when this show/episode first aired. My Dad and I used to watch it together. I'd love to see a modern production of this show but taking place in the same era.

If you don't get goose bumps during this scene, well, you weren't a fan. The twin "thumps" of the shells is an iconic moment.

One of the greatest, quietly intense scenes in television history.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

6 ай бұрын

Yes, it conveys the feeling and the essence of running a high priority mission with your wingman. The intensity is all between the lines, but it's damn near seismic activity. Something IS coming. And you CAN feel it in the air. It's a Red Sprite, and the air is beginning to crackle. Terajoules.

@justinwillis78

5 ай бұрын

Agreed, I can't think of much that rivals it (but please share examples if you know of any).

@DTSeventies-cv6tu

2 ай бұрын

@@justinwillis78 One I can think of is Sons of Anarchy, the baby kidnapping scene with Gimme Shelter playiyng. Goosebumps guaranteed. But it's totally different.

2019. Take me back to 1986 please.

@manco828

5 жыл бұрын

1984

@aryaman61

5 жыл бұрын

What's the difference?

@troykelso

5 жыл бұрын

@@aryaman61 Two years. You must have gone to public school...

@akosleoszilagyi2529

5 жыл бұрын

@@aryaman61 Ask an Ukranian...

@vladua8

5 жыл бұрын

@@akosleoszilagyi2529 What?

I remember when this first aired on TV. "In the Air Tonight" was known, but after this aired it exploded and that's when the era we know as the 1980s really began.

@dellahicks7231

3 жыл бұрын

I remember that too, it took it from not well known, to blowing up the airwaves!

@malvolio01

3 жыл бұрын

The 80s 80s that everyone really thinks of, and is nostalgic for, was only from about 1984-1987. Roughly 4 yrs. I feel like it was kind of over by 1988.

@olo-burrows

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and we were treated to Phil Collins everywhere, all the time, until we were barfing him out our a$$.

@eugenebrown6379

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. 1980 - 83 was basically 70's lite.

@jayreedart

3 жыл бұрын

@@malvolio01 I would say more 1982-1987, but you are right that most of what people consider "80's nostalgia" happened between 84-87.

80s was just the pinnacle of everything. The end of the golden era

I worked for MCA Records and Universal Pictures. I started in the mailroom in 1984 and we had the casting director for Miami Vice (Bonnie Timmerman) on the floor I worked on. I did her a favor 1 day and she gave me 2 Miami Vice jackets that only people who work on the show had. 1 was for me and the other was for whatever girl that was in my life. I still got my jacket but I never wore it. She also did the casting for the movies "Dirty Dancing w/ Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey" and the casting for the movie "Carlitos Way w/ Al Pacino and Sean Penn", she was a really nice woman and we gave much respect to each other !

this very well may be the most badass scene in tv history..

@AddSeymourJr

4 жыл бұрын

That is sooooo efffn true.

@orlandoaguasvivas6580

4 жыл бұрын

The scene....the song...Phil Collins hunting voice.....orgasm

@dopamine2921

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@faithv127

4 жыл бұрын

agreed

@iamaltright2625

3 жыл бұрын

Badassery of the highest order

The ONE scene that would forever redefine television shows and HOW they would be filmed! The perfect marriage between MUSIC and VISUALS!

@maynardj.keenan8957

5 жыл бұрын

So COOL

@Sorrowdusk

4 жыл бұрын

MTV made this possible

@ripp4775

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Mann was The Man!

@SIKE01

3 жыл бұрын

thank you, THOMAS CARTER

@ukrainiansniper5916

3 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice - the TV show for the MTV generation.

My childhood rushes back so hard. 47 in 2023. Who else does this bring back sitting on the carpet in front of the console at your grandparents house watching Miami Vice. Best show all time.

Miami Vice, a TV show with production quality better than most current films.

Their silence.... the breeze... the somberness.... such an incredible scene!

@__._1

Жыл бұрын

The silence!!!!

@richardlacey4923

Жыл бұрын

A fan and fake stock film background

@rebeltvr6046

Жыл бұрын

@@richardlacey4923 Come on man...

One of the most epic scenes from Miami Vice Season 1. The part where Sonny pulls over to use a phone booth and calls his ex wife Caroline is priceless. He calls her because there is a distinct possibility he may never come out alive with his confrontation with Calderone. And the close-up of the Ferrari Daytona and its chrome wheels spinning as he and Tubbs speed to their confrontation with the drug dealer Calderone is truly epic!

@Qboro

5 жыл бұрын

Then Calderon dip off on his plane..Classic

@ricardorasteiro497

5 жыл бұрын

He also called Caroline because he felt betrayed by his former partner and had to make sure that at least what he had with her was real. This show was amazing.

@kflo01

5 жыл бұрын

@@ricardorasteiro497 That phone call chilled me. She could tell something was up. He wasnt himself. Deep deep scene.

@nateratchet9091

5 жыл бұрын

@@ricardorasteiro497 beat me to it xD

@hardilestarigan5634

5 жыл бұрын

You bet it was

One of the most badass moments in cinema history

such a powerful scene that is loaded with emotion. yet theres little to no dialogue at all.

Nearly three and a half minutes of driving and four lines of dialogue. Those were the times. What an epic scene!

NBC is lightyears away from being this cool now.

@johnenigma8506

3 жыл бұрын

TV is lightyears away from being this cool now.

@nicholasbrown4109

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnenigma8506 The first season of True Detective was this cool

@davidsavage5630

3 жыл бұрын

Except for Hannibal. I can't BELIEVE they got away with that on NBC. CSI: Hellraiser is what they should've called it. It was as good at horror/fucked up as this is as good at being a cop show..

@Adino1

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasbrown4109 But to be fair that was premium cable, not network TV. And S1 True Detective was the best TV I've ever seen. Nothing has topped before or since.

@A7xeno

3 жыл бұрын

@@Adino1 Both Hannibal and True Detective [S1] absolute fucking pieces of art.

Everything about this scene was absolutely perfect. Television as an artform peaked during this 4 minutes. From everything but the music and the shotgun loading being silent at the beginning to how steady the camera was at the start and how shaky it got toward to the end to echo their confidence turning to anxiety, this 4 minute scene held more emotion and gravitas than some entire films. Brilliant is a gross understatement.

@jjw3956

10 ай бұрын

You know I never caught the camera thing . Holy shit man good eye . Its really shaking the last scene of the hood shot while driving . And now that you pointed it out , well it makes this that much more awesome . And we thought shit was gonna go down and the prick Calderon got away, which actually makes it better . In other words you’re rooting for them but they are let down , just like real life . There’s a video on here from the director and how they came up with the song and the scene , really interesting . And I suppose you could say I was lucky , got to watch it the night it premiered in 1984. This was THE SHOW of the 80s .

@spartansix2323

8 ай бұрын

@@jjw3956I was 14 when this aired and me and my whole family watched it together. After it was over we sat there in silence until my dad who never really says much about tv or movies literally said “holy s#i+, that was awesome!” Never heard him talk that ever before or since.

My dad was a Jazz musician. I once asked him, "What's the definition of the slang term, "cool?" He just show me this clip.

The timing of pauses between phill colins lyrics and Caroline lines is amazing . Not a single word overlap... Editing of this scene is top notch.

@aidangreen7006

5 ай бұрын

Not only that, but the lyrics interact with and serve as subtext for the dialogue. “Well I remember…” as she thinks back to answer his question. Amazing.

@MonotoniTV

3 ай бұрын

Sorry but the words do overlap Still great tho

@she_sings_delightful_things

3 ай бұрын

They overlap, but yes, FANTASTIC!!

How many here saw this on TV the day it aired

@Donciu89

5 жыл бұрын

Hah I was born 5 year later, and even if I were living in 84' I couldn't watch the show because I was living in the the wrong side of the Iron Curtain...

@kurts.1811

5 жыл бұрын

Friday was pizza and Miami Vice at my house.

@chriswilson5750

5 жыл бұрын

Guilty and was 7 at the time. Best cop show ever

@xfiler-gl7nc

5 жыл бұрын

A time when families had one t.v. And it was tuned into Miami vice 😂.

@Bacchus1983

5 жыл бұрын

Right here! It became the reason for going out later on Fridays!

One of the most iconic scenes ever shot on television

This scene is highly symbolic, the direction, the actors, the music and the overall atmosphere gives a timelessness. It is transcendental, beyond the limits of the series itself.

This scene changed tv forever September 1984

@SIKE01

3 жыл бұрын

September 16, 1984

@melissadunn2618

3 жыл бұрын

Day after my 4th birthday!

@BruteStrength99

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissadunn2618 Happy Belated birthday

@cocoatea56

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissadunn2618 I just turned 5!

@jammydodger9402

3 жыл бұрын

@@cocoatea56Wow! You have amazing literacy skills for a 5yr old.

I wish every kid today, can live in the 80s. No smartphone, no social media, no reality tv. Best life ever!

@hellothisisnotava

3 жыл бұрын

i was born in the early 2000s, but my mom got to live through the 1980’s. she’s the one who got me into 80’s music, movies, and T.V. shows. I’m jealous of her!

@Pensfan5919

3 жыл бұрын

@@hellothisisnotava Same here, with emphasis on rock music and mid-80s TV and movies.

@solid_fire9388

3 жыл бұрын

i was born in the early 90s but i still prefer 80s music/movies 😌

@averyj8924

3 жыл бұрын

ESPECIALLY NO REALITY TV BULLSHIT

@nicotoscani9030

3 жыл бұрын

I was a teenager in the 80’s. What an absolutely fantastic period to grow up in !!! No mobile phones, no Facebook or social media, no internet, and everyone spoke and looked each other. I reminisce all the time about this period in my life. Miami Vice was a class act. And I wore grandad t-shirts just because of Sonny Crockett. 🙏

It's the song that paces the scene. Superb show, superb directing, superb acting. But the perfect song for the perfect scene. Please give Phil Collins credit for this. One of the greatest drummers of all time. His style was and is like no other. Unique.

@stoicfabianwtfradio1398

8 ай бұрын

True, and this should be In The Air Tonight’s official video, it’s so perfect, the reflections on the black bonnet, the phone booth stop, the shinny wheels… perfect

The looks the clothes the car the night the location the music the little talking the neon the drugs the guns the phone its all there A perfect scene

This scene changed Television forever. So much style, So much story in a 4 minute clip. It was an amazing taste of things to come. The cinematic quality of this scene is unmatched in television history.

@francesconero1953

2 ай бұрын

By..gio..sss..primo..end..by..gio..sss..junior..miami..florida..ciaoo

The iconic 80's. Best decade of all time.

@micklats5584

5 жыл бұрын

Nemesis Enforcer no way! The 90’s all the way. Forget about it.

@wwallace0071

5 жыл бұрын

I have never seen this show but i saw the movie with jamie fox etc, I thought it could have been a lot better. This Tv series looks good!

@Dank_Dank

5 жыл бұрын

@@micklats5584 The 90s has to be the most overrated decade in history

@robbur1730

5 жыл бұрын

@@micklats5584 lol you're funny...

@springbloom5940

5 жыл бұрын

@@wwallace0071 That movie had way too much to live up to.

How many people have been in their car, and this song comes on, and you see yourself in the video.

@bluebeard6189

5 күн бұрын

You know this song is responsible for quite a few speeding tickets

The 80s was such a cool magical decade! That decade is what real freedom and expression was all about! Whoever didn't experience the 80s MISSED OUT!!!

I wouldn't mind if the drive was a at least minute longer. The whole scene is so relaxing as you watch it a couple of times.

@64siskat96

3 жыл бұрын

ajmo breeee

@Shifftee

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they arrived too early to the boat

@eriklarson9137

2 жыл бұрын

@@64siskat96 partraully prophyderling

@Gillan1220

Жыл бұрын

In the Air Tonight makes me want to drive in a highway at night.

This scene defined an entire decade! The music, styles, cars, movies, and fashion of the 1980’s were made manifest from this scene. Thomas Carter, the director of this episode is an underrated GOAT!

People don’t realise how much this single scene changed TV and how we view it today

@smartalek180

2 күн бұрын

Truly visionary & revolutionary. It's been imitated -- but this was the FIRST.

I remember watching this scene when I was a teenager and we all looked forward to watching the weekly episodes of Miami Vice on television. Sonny's calling his ex-wife...Wow. No words. Watching it just now gave me chills all over again.

Miami Vice is its own genre. The show set out to capture the essence of Miami and it succeeded so well that Miami has tried to live up to it ever since.

Michael Mann one of the best directors, He directed one of the best movies ever: Heat

@mikalsutherlin2600

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to talk about “Heat.” Thank you!

@jsusna1972

2 жыл бұрын

1981's "Thief" with James Caan also had some great music by Tangerine Dream.

@gregthomas1323

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Mann did Manhunter the best movie ever, the precursor to Red Dragon, William Peterson better than Edward Norton. 💯🔱

@skateboard446

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregthomas1323 love manhunter

@nectarinedreams7208

2 жыл бұрын

The shot of the street lights reflecting off the car bonnet is straight out of Thief, like five years prior

So I was born in 87 and throughout the years I never took the time to watch this series…until today. When this scene played out….I was absolutely speechless as I let out a loud “OH MY GOD” because I couldn’t believe how fkn cool this was entire part was playing out. Easily the COOLEST scene in television history.

Driving at night in the 80s with city lights to this type of music was the shit.

The most iconic scene of 80's television from the most iconic show of the 80's. This one scene put Miami Vice on the map. It was one of the first shows that showed the good guys in shades of grey. Crocket we learned had lost everything because of his job. We also learned there was nothing that Tubbs wouldn't do to get the killer of his brother. Miami Vice showed the world that at times the good guys have tough choices to make and sometimes they make the wrong one.

@neonnoir9692

5 жыл бұрын

Vice was an incredibly dark show for its first few seasons. So many episodes ended on a dark note, flawed characters making flawed, often tragic choices. The early 80s shows were good at that. Hill Street Blues was another good cop show that was super dark, but nothing comes close to Vice imo, not then and not now. Mann was an aesthetic genius.

@juangallego7197

4 жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Hats off to you for such an appropriate description 👌🏻

@bronte8989

4 жыл бұрын

Nicely said

@RCAvhstape

3 жыл бұрын

This was the first show in 80s prime time I can remember where they actually showed people getting violently blown away. Leading up to this we got happy fun schlock like A-Team where guns are everywhere but nobody ever gets hit.

My Dad, God rest his soul, was (I swear to God I am not making this up), a vice cop in Miami back in the 60s and 70s. I was born in 73 and we left Miami when I was around 7. After he retired he had his personal business cards made saying " William Kennedy I was Miami Vice before Miami Vice was Miami Vice"

@geminijalexander879

Жыл бұрын

That was back when cops were respected. It's sad how 1 or a few badd cops make almost the entire country's law enforcement look badd. I say not to defund the police but reform them. Defund what a stupid idea

The cinematography is better than most shows today.

Phil Collins is an ICON Miami vice is an Iconic 80's T.v show And this song is an Icon as well... one of the best songs ever made! Pure classic ... still listening to it in 2023 . Nothing like the 80's

I remember watching this as an 11-year old when it first aired and thinking it was literally the coolest thing I’d ever seen. 35 years later and it’s still up there!

@OxC-BIRD

2 жыл бұрын

Born in 74 I'm onboard with you! The 80s when you could still smoke in a bar and no p.c. culture!

@dedricderesenn6424

Жыл бұрын

@@OxC-BIRD smoke in a bar?? I remember going to regular ass restaurants here in San Diego that had cigarette machines in the lobby. Different times 😂😂😂

The most perfect scene ever...feels like its straight out of a movie! This scene will forever live in TV history!

@aitorsanchez5549

Жыл бұрын

Esta escena,junto con la que muere Zito de sobredosis son brutales.

Crocket and Tubbs were top tier gorgeous and this scene will forever have that flare and nostalgia!

Nothing and I mean NOTHING is more powerful and emotion fueling than a night drive with in the air tonight playing, every time this happens to me my entire life goes on a playback and makes me question everything I’ve done before, this song is something else

Michael Mann knows mixing music and video like nobody else.

@leobatchelor8952

3 жыл бұрын

He really does - and across genres (the last 10 minutes of Last of the Mohicans and the last 10 minutes of Heat for example)

@jsusna1972

2 жыл бұрын

1981's "Thief" with James Caan and music by Tangerine Dream is another great example.

@sleazyriffage

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsusna1972 Fucking a right!

As a 19 year old, I've been listening to 80s music for less than two years. Weird to think that there was a time when all of this was actually mainstream. To the old lot, lucky you.

@8mmFlashback

4 жыл бұрын

But on the other hand you still have alot of life to live 🤷‍♂️

@markjohnson2403

4 жыл бұрын

nothing quite like it!

@pacopaco897

4 жыл бұрын

80's music made you feel something

@mexicansoutherngirl

4 жыл бұрын

Weeeeeeeeeelcome :)

@christianamericandominican2470

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we were cool, creative, and funny as heck. But never mind the music. For now just fix the present cancel culture butt-hurt situation.

This is the epitome of the 80’s for me in a nutshell! I couldn’t wait for Miami vice to come on as a kid. It was so influential to me at such a young age. Wish I could go back in a Time Machine to those times without a care in the world.

I love the way Philip Michael Thomas was looking at Sonny he knew what was on his mind.. and they were coming... Phil Collins playing in the background makes this scene so epic... My favorite Miami vice scene

@FlyDog79

2 ай бұрын

💯! Yeah that look!

This is art, they don’t make television like this anymore

@ivanfreely6366

Жыл бұрын

Sadly no.

@EQOAnostalgia

Жыл бұрын

Nope, it gave young men a father figure to look up to, someone strong, moral, upright. We can't have that no mo.

@alexsanchezjr6860

Жыл бұрын

It's cause it's all real.. theirs people living like this 🥸

@francesconero1953

Жыл бұрын

By..gio.sss.primo..composizione.e..produzione.ciao..by..gio..sss..primo..compani..Milano.. italy..ciao..

@kennethconway2605

Жыл бұрын

ill name 5 shows made in the past 20 years with more creativity and better story telling wym

Absolutely the coolest scene in TV history!!!!….. No other song could've sufficed!... The night-lights dripping off the black Ferrari Daytona Spyder... The chrome rims... The stone cold faces on Crockett & Tubbs... Time to get Cal'Derrone… LET'S GO!!!

@sonnycrockett_92

3 жыл бұрын

And that’s exactly what we did

Phill knocked this song out the park . One of the best songs of the 80’s🔥🔥🔥🔥

I love reading everyone’s comments on this scene. This song went perfectly with this scene and the song is musical genius in and of itself. I don’t think I could find another song that would fit the mood of Crockett and Tubbs driving at night, along with the tension that was already created in the storyline. Absolutely brilliant.

When she says, "You BET it was." Shivers.

Coolest scene in television history. Period.

This scene was so epic back then, i came looking for it!

I'm 67 years old and I still listen to Phil Collins and every now and then I watch this clip. Young people think they have it going on but believe me when this went down it was the s#h#t

One of the most iconic movie scenes ever known to man

@lionhart2728

3 жыл бұрын

did you no that Netflix doing a Miami Vice series😊

@williamrivera1394

3 жыл бұрын

@@lionhart2728 yoooooo!

@PhilipFry.

3 жыл бұрын

@@lionhart2728 They will destroy the legacy of Miami Vice, im 100% sure

@lionhart2728

3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilipFry. come on give it a chance let's see what happens

@PhilipFry.

3 жыл бұрын

@@lionhart2728 Nah, we have enough bad reincarnations of old Movies and Shows

Hadn't seen this since I watched the pilot as it aired. I never forgot this scene because of its intensity and the context. They're going after the guy who killed Tubbs' brother, if I recall. Pure suspense, and Sonny's call just adds to it. He's closing things up, just in case.

@jackblack3718

Жыл бұрын

They're going after a drug kingpin named Calderone. He killed Tubbs' brother, and Crockett's partner. He also worked with a crooked cop who Crockett ended up having to expose in front of his own family.

I've had a similar experience with this song Ended up in some run down bar with this one guy I knew, drank a few too many, talked with him about life, and just tried to catch up with everything. He did time in prison and was just set free, I was back in my hometown after many years of working abroad, no family nor friends to talk to. So we were there just talking like, "how is life? yep, haven't seen this place in years either" After we finished our last drink, we sat in the car, turned the radio on and this song comes on first. We were both just sitting there like these two guys, pure silence and this song blasting on the radio as the car just drives along the empty, lonely freeway. You could feel how broken we were at that point. Crazy, and confusing times those were.

As with much of what Michael Mann has put his fingers on, Miami Vice was an existential masterpiece. There's a soul in there - that isn't in the dialogue, it's not spoken out loud - but it's in the shots, the setup, what's NOT said, and in the look. From this show, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Collateral, and more - Mann always captured something that dug to a deeper level, something that left you with more to consider than you bargained for - even in a cop show. To me, that was what separated Miami Vice from the rest of the pack.

Kids will never know how cool the 80s were.

@anaruizguti

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately … the freedom, old and new perfectly mixed .

@piscinaiv7937

10 ай бұрын

So much stuff you couldn't even show on television any more if you wanted to. :(

@Rico-ow3ys

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, everything they know was either influenced or ripped off from the eighties.

@josh05683

6 ай бұрын

@@Rico-ow3ysKinda like how everything the 80s offered was ripped from or influenced by previous decades??? Styles live, die, live, repeat all the time. Thats how that works bud…

@Ragnarok2O

6 ай бұрын

I'm one of those kids and I wish I was there...

Powerful scene...Just found out he had been sold out by a partner he knew for years and had to know if one of the few things he even cared about was real or an illusion as well.

@DanG-zp3zz

Жыл бұрын

100%

the shot of the streetlight glare reflecting off the mirror-shined hood is one of the best shots in tv. it's so stunning.

This scene still holds up today visually. Waaay ahead of it's time in that regard.