10 Great Fireworks Scenes from Movies

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Happy 4th of July everyone! It's not hard to imagine that my favorite part about this holiday is the fireworks! I love lighting them up and watching them go off. I even attempted to make my own at one point… I'll never do that again. As a tribute to this patriotic American holiday celebrating our independence, I've put together a top 10 list of great fireworks scenes from the movies. 

The Sandlot

This is by far one of the most American 4th of July scenes ever put on film. You've got a group of kids playing baseball in the 1950s on the 4th of July. 

Sandlot Fourth of July scene Ray Charles-American the Beautiful

An American Tail

Behold, the Giant Mouse of Minsk! This scene is both thrilling and incredibly scary. It's such a cool fireworks scene though.

ENGLISH----------------- Piece of the movie An American Tail wich it shows the Giant Mouse of Minsk going out of the Professor Digitalus' Museum of the Wierd and Bizarre (BTW This is full-blown nightmare fuel). If you like it, go and buy the movie! This movie it's from the brilliant Don Bluth.

To Catch a Thief

Alfred Hitchcock was a filmmaking genius, and this scene features fireworks going on in the background as Cary Grant and Grace Kelly are making sparks of their own.

In this excerpt from the 1955 Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief, Grace Kelly baits a trap for Cary Grant -- with faux diamonds. For more on law, fashion, and the culture of the copy, go to http://www.counterfeitchic.com.

V For Vendetta 

I absolutely loved the scene where Natalie Portman and Stephen Rea watch as Parliament is destroyed by an explosives-filled train. It's not necessarily fireworks at first but they do come. 

Final sequence from "V for Vendetta" (2005) V's big explosion and fireworks in London. music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture *Copyright owner: Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures *No copyright infringement intended. Uploaded videos are made purely for entertainment.

Return of the Jedi

A series of fireworks light up the sky as the Rebel Alliance celebrate their victory against Imperial Forces. That definitely calls for a celebration!

The original Ewok celebration ending scene from Return of the Jedi; just as audiences saw it in theaters in 1983.

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

I just wish fireworks like this actually existed! That would so much freakin' fun. It looks like Bilbo Baggins had the best birthdays.

The giant dragon firework Merry and Pippin stole frome Gandalf on Bilbos birthday. I do not own the rights to the song and trailer, and do not condone ownership. All rights belong to Warner Bros, Howard Shore and J.R.R Tolkien.Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Revenge of the Pink Panther

In one of the most climatic scenes of the film, Clouseau is chased into a fireworks warehouse. During the sequence, the fireworks are set off and the explosions cause all kinds of awesome and fun chaos.

Revenge of the Pink Panther Movie Clip - watch all clips http://j.mp/111nKFs click to subscribe http://j.mp/sNDUs5 Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) chases Clouseau (Peter Sellers) into a fireworks factory with the mob on their tail.

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix 

It was such a fun moment when the Weasley twins came flying in, firing off magic fireworks to distract the evil hag Miss Umbridge. I just wanted her to die.

Harry Potter 5 Movie Clip - watch all clips http://j.mp/AhgCTJ Buy Movie: http://j.mp/vLGnoG click to subscribe http://j.mp/sNDUs5 The Weasley twins (James Phelps, Oliver Phelps) disrupt the students' test-taking and terrorize Professor Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) with fireworks. TM & © Warner Bros. Ent.

Manhattan 

This classic scene from the opening of the film is absolutely beautiful. The fireworks work perfectly with the amazing musical score. This scene always made me happy. 

The opening sequence from Woody Allen's "Manhattan"

Mary Poppins

To bust up the Chimney Sweeping gang from dancing and singing on the rooftops, the Admiral shoots a canon full of fireworks at them. 

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