Not Without My Daughter (12/12) Movie CLIP - We're Home (1991) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Betty (Sally Field) carries her daughter (Sheila Rosenthal) in her arms towards the U.S. embassy.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In this docudrama based on true events, a mid-'80s Michigan housewife finds her life turned upside down when a vacation to Tehran with her Iranian husband turns into virtual imprisonment for her and her young daughter. Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is reluctant to visit the wartorn homeland of her doctor husband, Moody (Alfred Molina). But, depressed about the racism of the American medical establishment and pining for contact with his family, Moody convinces her to join him for a two-week jaunt. The Islamic fundamentalism and strange customs of Iran bewilder and frighten Betty and her daughter, Mahtob (Sheila Rosenthal). But nothing prepares her for Moody's announcement that the family will be remaining in Tehran indefinitely. Despite beatings and more pervasive psychological control from her husband and his relatives, Betty makes it to the Swiss embassy (there is no American ambassador at the time). There, she learns that as the wife of an Iranian, she is now automatically considered a citizen and that she has absolutely no parental rights over Mahtob in this country. Betty then endures several years as a virtual prisoner, escaping only with the help of Westernized Iranian friends. Based on the book by the real-life Mahmoody and William Hoffer, Not Without My Daughter was coincidentally released during the long build-up to 1991's Gulf War.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1991)
Cast: Sally Field, Sheila Rosenthal
Director: Brian Gilbert
Producers: Harry J. Ufland, Mary Jane Ufland, Anthony Waye
Screenwriters: Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, David W. Rintels

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[anglobostonian]

MGM- the producers- did not want to include this scene because they thought it was too "corny." Betty Mahmoody fought- and thankfully won- to insure that this scene was included because it wasn't until she saw the American flag at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey that she knew for certain that she and her daughter Mahtob were safe.

[withurshield]

Imagine being the gate guards, seeing this poor broken mother and child, walking toward you. Bruised body, covered in dust, tired, thirsty, hungry and eyes full of tears.

[RooRoove]

The relief she must have felt after seeing that flag.

[yessy]

Unbelievable! This clip after 30 years, still makes me cry of joy !

[RachelParker-]

This scene always makes me cry and gives me goosebumps. She is a truly amazing woman. Thank God for my American citizenship. I thank every soldier for my freedom.

[Autumn-zdnq]

I’m glad I saw this movie as a young girl. I think I was 14 or 15. As a black woman, people tell me to despise America but I realize all the freedom and rights I have here. I think we all face a different battle here but boy am I glad I wasn’t born anywhere else.

[charles]

I’m a former US Marine and I cry at this part.

[isabela.]

My mother taught me once you see the American flag in any Go to it. You are on American soil at the American embassy.

[WhiteBlack-]

The ending part of this movie is a happy ending. Betty and Mahtob finally escape from Iran to go back home in America. I love this movie. It's my favorite movie.

[shineykurian]

This is such an impactful film. I watched this as a child with my mother in Canada and now I am 38 and still love and value this film. It is a beautiful film about freedom. Thank you for this film.

[natalianikolakopoulou]

This movie changed my life and my views on certain things completely, as a European woman

[DENAANN]

Can't begin to imagine how happy she was too see that flag. U.S.A. ROCKS!

[danielletripkoff]

I'M GLAD THAT MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE BOTH HOME SAFE!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Chicopico]

When I saw this ending I cried! Seeing that flag made me so happy! We are so fortunate to be able to live in the USA. Freedom! One of of my favorite movies. ❤️

[imjunipernow]

One of the greatest sounds in a movie - that flag.

[actorben]

This was so awesome!  Finally, after all Betty & Mahtob have been through, they've finally made it!  Suck on that, Dr. Mahmoody!

[raulvazquez]

IM SO GLAD TO BE A AMERICAN. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A .

[milovela]

I had tears running down my face when she made it home 😭😭😭

[sophiapapadopoulos]

This part always brings tears to my eyes. God bless our America 🙏🇺🇸🙏

[chrisa]

, , Betty was there 2 years I was there 10. The same man that helped her get out of the country help me also. I left I was eight and a half months pregnant I have an almost two year old and a 10 year old. I was there during the war I was there after the revolution I was there during the hostage crisis. I remember Landing in LAX I suddenly saw my mother I ran as fast as I could into her arms buried my face in her chest and cried oh mama I'm home I'm home I couldn't stop crying. I never wrote a book about it because the man who helped me said he got thrown in prison for Betty's book. And I promised him I never would do it and I never did I never have I have kept true to my word thank you mr. Myers for you helping me