Burt Lancaster was a true gentleman with class, intelligence and artistic integrity. He and his kind are dearly missed.
@grahamdenman3023
Жыл бұрын
I'm in full agreement. Burt brought his roles to life.
@nicholassgouros8612
Жыл бұрын
There was nobody like him.
@steveperry1344
Жыл бұрын
a real movie star.
@FrankIsAlwaysRight
Жыл бұрын
He was also great dancer…he could dance the pants off Churchill.
@johnrogan9420
6 ай бұрын
Rock Hudson and he were close friends.
@paulkitt2376
Жыл бұрын
Burt Lancaster an impressive individual expresses himself so eloquently and intelligently that it's hard not to agree with him.
@nathanwhite2129
Жыл бұрын
A towering figure of not just true manhood and supreme acting ability but a very insightful, intelligent and eloquent man, few like him exist today.
@LPMAN02
Жыл бұрын
RIP Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994), aged 80 You will be remembered as a legend.
@melodicman3032
Жыл бұрын
What a man. No one like him. Articulate, educated, handsome, well spoken, a brilliant actor on all fronts.
@chemicalbrother7613
11 ай бұрын
To me, Burt Lancaster is up there with Paul Newman as a true star, actor, and genuine human.
@robertwilson123
Жыл бұрын
I never ever saw a bad Burt Lancaster film, always intelligent and feeling... He commanded the screen with his presence.. Always unmissable.
@SpeegBJ
Ай бұрын
100% unmissable roles and films. A natural and major talent.
@user-nq9gz4xf7f
Жыл бұрын
Burt Lancaster, i will always remember him for a haunting role he had in The Swimmer, someone who seems to have it all, and it is slipping away imperceptively, wonderful film.
@claudiocorleone7856
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely haunting indeed! Burt made really good movies. He also produced many very good movies.
@kennethbrady
4 ай бұрын
Love that movie. Check him out (if you haven't) in The Leopard.
@judex3226
Жыл бұрын
What a guy. A great actor, and a genuine Hollywood legend
@lovetitleist69
Жыл бұрын
And an atheist to his last dying breath. How sad.
@nicolasbouyiouclis4726
11 ай бұрын
@@lovetitleist69I'll guess he way smarter than you I suppose.... he didn't believe in BS like you do...
@Io-Io-Io
Жыл бұрын
He was physically very strong, tall and at the same time very empathetic with others. That's rather rare. Fascinating character
@gringochucha
Жыл бұрын
I don't think it's that rare, to be honest. I've met a lot of "gentle giants" in my life. To be fair though, Lancaster was also famous for having a fiery temper. Human beings are complex things...
@lovetitleist69
Жыл бұрын
And an atheist to the end. Sad.
@gringochucha
Жыл бұрын
@@lovetitleist69 You mean he wasn't deluded. Doesn't seem sad to me.
@mickeyh1961
Жыл бұрын
@@gringochucha there are many forms of delusion Atheism amongst them
@gringochucha
Жыл бұрын
@@mickeyh1961 Yeah, not imagining there are magical fairies in the sky is equally deluded as imagining them. Right.
@stevehinnenkamp5625
Жыл бұрын
What a sensational interview! Unlike anything today. Of course we don't have stars like Burt Lancaster, or interviewers like Dick Cavitt to bring out the inspiring humanity of Hollywood's most charismatic actors. A gem of a find! Thank you.
@jamesdrynan
Жыл бұрын
Lancaster was one of the big stars of Hollywood. An eloquent actor. His perspective on various incidents is very articulate.
@ronmackinnon9374
Жыл бұрын
Just the way he contrasts theater and film acting in this interview -- articulate is right.
@MTMF.london
Жыл бұрын
They don't make stars like them anymore. The big stars of the Hollywood heydays were not just actors, a lot of them concerned themselves with the human conditions and politics of the day. The "stars" of today are mostly shallow and superficial, happy to shill their films or have a side-hustle, making millions in the "wellness" industry. Of course, they do pay lip service to whatever is the "woke" agenda of the day but never really care to get their hands dirty.
@jerrylevi8269
Жыл бұрын
Love these type of interactions. You watch Kimmel or Fallon or anyone else and it’s all entertainment, pomp and in your face based around humor and sarcasm. They’d never let a guest get so articulate because our attention spans aren’t weren’t they were in those days. It’s very indicative of how we’ve come as a society. Zero conversational skills and limited vocabularies that rarely delve into the human condition…
@duderama6750
Жыл бұрын
Those guys are performers. Second rate at that. Dick Cavett was always just Dick Cavett.
@JeffKellyMedia
Жыл бұрын
In Agreement 100%
@zorkwork3841
Жыл бұрын
When television was intelligent.
@JohnC-er3rg
Жыл бұрын
Yes it’s not all staged of questions and answers it’s a conversation. It achieves the same of promoting the movie or record but it gets there through an intelligent conversation and not a stupid gag
@MTMF.london
Жыл бұрын
@@duderama6750 One of the consummate talk-show hosts of all time - intelligent, articulate, funny, knows his subjects and doesn't take himself seriously.
@KingKenny.
Жыл бұрын
His humble warm intelligence shone through ! What a legend !
@jeffsilverman6104
Жыл бұрын
An interesting, shy but open man filled with talent and natural charm. I would've liked to hung out and had a beer with Burt. Old time class, is what he was.
@zovalentine7305
Жыл бұрын
I went to elementary school w/his son. Rest in powerful peace Burt Lancaster 🙏 2 November 1913 ~ 10 October 1994⚘
@at_brunch3852
Жыл бұрын
🌹✨♥️🇨🇦 my favourite actor. Thank you.
@frankporter6169
Жыл бұрын
@@at_brunch3852 Mine too.
@waynej2608
Жыл бұрын
Was he Bill Lancaster, the screenplay writer? I believe he wrote the original Bad New Bears. Cool.
@ronmackinnon9374
Жыл бұрын
@@waynej2608 If it's Bill they're talking about, he also appeared in of one of Burt's films (credited as William Lancaster) -- 'The Midnight Man,' 1974.
@h.calvert3165
Жыл бұрын
@@waynej2608 He wrote John Carpenter's The Thing, too. 👾
@jimtruscott5670
Жыл бұрын
For my money one of the true GREATEST greats of twentieth century movies.
@SpeegBJ
Ай бұрын
You said it!
@BeauDare-ov7py
6 ай бұрын
I had the pleasure of corrosponding with Burt Lancaster when I worked in Hollywood as an actor/ screenwriter and he was a joy to behold. Thoughtful, intelligent and had this wonderful way of including you in his life. A true gentleman and a unique human being.
@seadog2396
Жыл бұрын
Burt Lancaster - A talented, handsome, strong and warm-hearted individual who just radiated confidence, intelligence, worldliness and wisdom. Very Talented. We need more like him....
@MTMF.london
Жыл бұрын
Don't hold your breath. They don't make men like him anymore.
@chanang453
Жыл бұрын
The Rainmaker , Elmer Gantry , Birdman of Alcatraz were classic performances of his. Loved Burt Lancaster movies
@robertp7209
Жыл бұрын
The Train 🤷🏼
@h.calvert3165
Жыл бұрын
From Here to Eternity, too! 🌊
@robertp7209
Жыл бұрын
8 days in May. 👍
@robertp7209
Жыл бұрын
Rub silent run deep 💪.
@dbarker7794
6 ай бұрын
Brute Force Atlantic City
@nataliacaetano6326
Жыл бұрын
I love his voice...😍
@melissamell1785
10 ай бұрын
WHAT A VOICE!
@frankporter6169
Жыл бұрын
Underrated as an actor and human being. One of the best ever. God Bless you.
@movid
6 ай бұрын
😮😅😊😂... there's always an idi*t who has nothing to say and comes up with the famous 'underrated' comment 🎉😅😅😅 Burt Lancaster was never underrated or overlooked either, he was a major star ⭐⭐ from the 50s to the 70s and later, I grew up in the middle east and he was a ✨ star in Lebanon, Sir.
@janmargaret7972
Жыл бұрын
What a lovely man and he had such an endearing smile.
@torontoross
Жыл бұрын
Dignified, charming, a gentleman. Just love watching and listening to him. A natural class act.
@ZulcanPrime
Жыл бұрын
You can tell Burt is an authentic person who doesn't hide under a mask when interviewed. A man of great integrity and a great actor too. Something that is very rare in this acting world today and missing in Hollywood too.
@andrewmacdonald4833
Жыл бұрын
I could listen to these guys for hours...Dick was a wonderful host..
@nicolasbouyiouclis4726
11 ай бұрын
What an Icon of an actor and a gentleman !
@Confused_Philosopher
19 күн бұрын
Never realizec to this moment just how eloquent and intelligent Burt lancaster was. I loved his work and now repect also his humanity and insights.
@janiegolden5338
Жыл бұрын
Nice talk with my favorite actor. I wish he did more interviews or a sit down with fans in a theater like Cary Grant did.
@4hereyez
Жыл бұрын
My childhood hero growing up in Middle East,. I remember back then in the 60s during the golden age of Hollywood , great memorable films were a treat for children and became part of the culture and childhood memories. We could easily identify with them like other kids around the world I guess. Cinema had a world of its own. It had so much meaning and impact. I'm glad I lived through those times and not the time of Netflix and youttube like now, to see those movies including Western ones with legendary actors like Burt Lancaster.
@cushyglen4264
Жыл бұрын
I can’t think of any current Hollywood star talking so intelligently.
@JSB1882
Жыл бұрын
There's few actors that I'll watch in anything. Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster.
@LoyalOpposition
Жыл бұрын
All amazing. All before my birth. My generation has contribute NOTHING but misery to the world. I also will watch anything with Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Mort Sahl, John Cassavetes. There's a great Jimmy Hoffa on Cavett episode.
@waynej2608
Жыл бұрын
Those are some of my favorites, too, esp Mitchum. I'd also put Humphrey Bogart on that list. Paul Newman as well, although he came along a few years later.
@briandubois-gilbert8182
6 ай бұрын
I’ll add to that list Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino.
@SpeegBJ
Ай бұрын
That's a great lineup of actor choices before your time. I was born in '48, so it's what led the way for me to appreciate. In film and television
@SpeegBJ
Ай бұрын
Robert Mitchum 'Night Of The Lonely Hunter'. Absolutely stunning role.
@zorkwork3841
Жыл бұрын
Always loved Burt..great actor..very complex and intelligent man.
@elizabethgalligan1805
Жыл бұрын
What a great actor and Gentleman!😊
@mark11967AD
Жыл бұрын
Damn Burt Lancaster was man. Total dignity and masculinity but also total chivalry and charity. Great example of the up side of his amazing generation.
@rievans57
Жыл бұрын
...and a great, great actor!
@photo161
Жыл бұрын
I am surprised to find Bert Lancaster altogether more attractive a man in this interview than I ever found him to be in film.
@Cefdfsacq
Жыл бұрын
Gotta love a guy so free of bull. Being an actor was his job. He wanted to be great at his job.
@LoyalOpposition
Жыл бұрын
I wasn't even born, but everything I like (music, movies, comedy) was all made before me.... Please keep uploading this. The people in my groups don't care for the last 40 years of stuff. Those who are serious will eventually find talent.
@ronmackinnon9374
Жыл бұрын
I'm older than you (though I would have only been 3 at the time of this interview), and I agree with you.
@LoyalOpposition
Жыл бұрын
@@ronmackinnon9374 Odd that I just got this notification! What do you like? Favorite stuff? Might as well exchange...
@railwaystationmaster
4 ай бұрын
What a fantastic bloke , powerful good looking intelligent a true legend of the silver screen .
@eottoe2001
Жыл бұрын
He was 56 when this was done. He is brilliant Was he an acting teacher? It sounds like a lecture at UCLA. There is a nice ease to him that you don't see in a lot of people. You want to get a couple of beers, give him one, sit on a wall and talks. Magic.
@benfernkay8974
Жыл бұрын
The Truth is spoken by Lancaster.... a legend in the movies , classy man and his expressions are incredibly stated,, what a great actor, i loved alot of his movies, the BIRDMAN movie i own on DVD and its an incredible story and no one could have portrayed it better, what an actor,,, God bless
@Bigmonk54
Жыл бұрын
Great actor, humble human being, a class act. Loved him in Field of dreams but his best performance for me was in Twlights last Gleaming, not enough superlatives for this film. One of my all time film heroes.
@qwer123211
Жыл бұрын
My two favorite films: "Jim Thorpe - All American" and "The Scalphunters", great actor.
@waynej2608
Жыл бұрын
Awesome films, esp Jim Thorpe. Mine are Sweet Smell of Success, Brute Force and Atlantic City. He's had so many gems, I think I've seen and enjoyed most, if not all of them. The Train, Seven Day's in May, Local Hero... A one of a kind actor.
@Jehucurliss2kings
Жыл бұрын
I just turned this on and I already know what movie he's talking about...I think. Lol. "Valdez Is Coming " was a great great movie. The man could still really move at that age.
@robandchristheateam5053
Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful human being
@SpeegBJ
Ай бұрын
Lancaster not only an exquisite actor, but so, so intelligent.
@RussMcClay
Жыл бұрын
GREAT! There are so few interviews with Burt Lancaster. Thank you. 😊
@user-zj1ft5tx5f
2 ай бұрын
He was so great in all of his movies. I loved the Birdman of Alcatraz. He is so gracious speaking about Robert Stroud. I like that he felt him very interesting and felt he didn't get fair treatment with the penal system. He will always be remembered as a class act.
His films were so good. The Train. Is my favourite
@DrCrabfingers
Жыл бұрын
No one laughs like Burt Lancaster! Ha ha ha! He looks totally devoid of physical tension and very at peace...great to see. The Birdman film, made by one of the very great directors John Frankenheimer simply didn't portray the fact that Stroud was a nasty violent psychopath who murdered a number of people and made everyone in the prison very nervous. Perhaps Hollywood didn't want Burt to play a part like that. Love Burt though...there were some real greats around this time...Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston...
@cinesanti7
Жыл бұрын
That and apparently, from the post-screening trivia commentary by TCM's Mankiewicz, Lancaster decided to construct the character of Stroud without any research and solely from his imagination
@stephenclemence5856
Жыл бұрын
I lost all respect for Lancaster when he portrayed Stroud as he did. In real life Stroud was was described by inmates and guards as “an aggressive homosexual with a bad temper.” He was a murderer, and wrote stories about having sex with children. He was a very sick man, and Lancaster never should have played the role the way he did.
@jeffsmith2022
Жыл бұрын
A splendid man and actor...
@iap-ug3oy
Жыл бұрын
I really miss actors like him these days 2022 …I used to go to the cinema twice a week when I was a young girl …82 now and so called stars are not what they used to be……mores the pity….
@ged3680
Жыл бұрын
Good evening from England, UK. I hope you have many more trips to the cinema. Merry Christmas to you. Ged
@mfrost71w
Жыл бұрын
The western he mentions he's about to make must be "Lawman", one of my favorites of his
@mccypr
Жыл бұрын
Burt was obviously a bright Man. Thanks! 😎
@leonardbenzies6374
Жыл бұрын
Three great actors Burt Lancaster,Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. .....Three great guys.
@tancreddehauteville764
Ай бұрын
A man of huge charisma and a wonderful actor. One of the greats.
@peterohalloran5954
Жыл бұрын
Magnificent in all his movies especially in Elmer gantry classic
@Io-Io-Io
Жыл бұрын
Good man. Never seen these interviews over here in Europe
@LoyalOpposition
Жыл бұрын
America used to have talent.
@Io-Io-Io
Жыл бұрын
@@LoyalOpposition America had values and decency
@lucajordan525
Жыл бұрын
Burt the best
@Needcollegehelp
9 ай бұрын
Happy birthday Burt Lancaster 2023 classic American actor one of a kind with no college degree just a dream of acting and becoming a Hollywood legend. Only in America can someone achieve immortality by chasing their natural talent. 🙏🏽🇺🇸🙏🏽🎥
@melancholiac
Жыл бұрын
Burt Lancaster is so intelligent and articulate. The only other actor I have found so impressive in this regard is Peter Ustinov.
@williamfinnie5005
Жыл бұрын
what a great man
@okay5045
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Lancaster was at the March on Washington. A great activist.
@wotan10950
9 ай бұрын
There are so many wonderful things one could say about Lancaster, as an actor, producer, civil rights advocate. But I always marvel at his perfect diction! After Brando made an art form of mumbling, Lancaster never abandoned his commitment to the author’s words. Even in this interview, you can understand every word.
@Moondoggy1941
Жыл бұрын
We had gentlemen who was a retired guard at Alcatraz, he was interviewed by a local paper, and was there when Robert F. Stroud was at Alcatraz he stated that he liked the movie and would NEVER turn his back on Robert.
@steveperry1344
Жыл бұрын
two good guys in an insightful discussion.
@emmgeevideo
5 ай бұрын
My grandfather was the associate warden at the Springfield Medical Center, the prison where Stroud was held at the end of his life. He was annoyed at the portrayal of Stroud as a sweet, kind man. He said he was a cold-blooded killer and his prison term was very justified.
@Milkman4279
Жыл бұрын
People weren't sent to Alcatraz because they were sweet guys. I heard Robert Stroud spent almost his entire time on Alcatraz, in solitary, because he was too dangerous to be around other inmates.
@jeffsilverman6104
Жыл бұрын
I too always understood him to be full blown violent crazy. Keeping a man segregated especially under the conditions Stroud was kept, you know he was dangerous. I wish Hollywood had told his real story.
@waynej2608
Жыл бұрын
Read the book, Birdman, by Jolene Babyak. She was the daughter of a correctional officer on Alcatraz. She spent her childhood on 'the rock' and her father knew Stroud. To say that Stroud had antisocial tendencies, would be an understatement. Amazing read. But, I take nothing away from the great Burt Lancaster, who gave a brilliant performance of a complicated man, even though the film veered away from some hard truths. Karl Malden was impressive in that one, too, as the warden.
@stephenclemence5856
Жыл бұрын
@@waynej2608 I lost all respect for Lancaster when he portrayed Stroud as he did. In real life Stroud was was described by inmates and guards as “an aggressive homosexual with a bad temper.” He was a murderer, and wrote stories about having sex with children. He was a very sick man, and Lancaster never should have played the role the way he did.
@h.calvert3165
Жыл бұрын
@@waynej2608 He was too violent to be rehabilitated. But his research on birds is peerless. One of his books is still a standard in the pet bird keeper community. 🐦
@open_water2411
5 ай бұрын
When I visited Alcatraz in 1994 I was told that if you wanted to imagine what Stroud was like you’d have to think of Hannibal Lecter. That focussed my mind. None of what he says though takes away from his brilliance as an actor - he’s left us with such amazing performances.
@kenmccready2870
11 ай бұрын
The Prison system, political conduct, the circus, and his movies were off the mainstream trend, acting, independently-minded he was great !!
@ighdesigns
Жыл бұрын
No man is perfect, but he’s about as close as you can come.
@fredfungalspore
Жыл бұрын
All people are given a gift Burtons gift was to portray characters in-depth and bring that person to life on the Big Screen Being a Movie Buff I can tell you only a handful are ever successful The likes of Sidney Poitier Charles Laughton Kirk Douglas Spencer Tracy and Burton Stephen Lancaster had such a gift 🙏✴️✴️✴️✴️✴️✴️
@Bertiesghost
9 ай бұрын
Thoughtful, intelligent, all round lovely bloke.
@dmoney668
Жыл бұрын
From here to eternity baby
@christoph404
2 ай бұрын
Mr Lancaster is incredibly intelligent and articulate here...nowadays chat shows are strictly 100% for laughs.
@jackspruceiii3920
Жыл бұрын
I ❤ BURT ... not only my all-time favorite actor ... but favorite all-time human being ... and a real, old-time New Yorker ... he was one of a now nearly extinct brand of human being; a courageous, sensitive, intelligent artist ... exactly the opposite of the cry-baby, postmodern, critical theory, vain, IDIOT "personalities" of today.
@aimaction7393
23 күн бұрын
A GREAT ACTOR. THE PORTRAYAL OF THE BIRDMAN FROM ALCATRAZ WAS MAGNIFICENT.
@okay5045
Жыл бұрын
I saw Mr. Lancaster having dinner in Sardi's in New York not too many years before his death.
@stephenannese8228
Жыл бұрын
I stopped by to watch this because of Burt Lancaster....and ...because I watched Kevin Costner on Rich Eisen, ...Kevin worked with Burt (Field of Dreams?)..and they chatted about "The Kentuckian"....great stuff.
@Cola64
Жыл бұрын
Hawaii misses you Burt , Aloha
@risatzinberg1170
Жыл бұрын
What a gentle human ❤️
@schinaro
Жыл бұрын
A very intelligent man
@puma51921
4 ай бұрын
Love so many of his movies. The train is probably my favorite
@marcspardello1254
Жыл бұрын
They say never meet your heroes. I have a strong suspicion that this did not apply to Lancaster. At times I feel like he is overacting, but when it’s all said and done he is my favorite actor of all time. If you have not seen the film A Separate Table and your like Burt Lancaster, I think you will really enjoy the film.
@_SPREZZATURA_McGEE_
Жыл бұрын
..and THE LEOPARD. Burt was superb in that Italian movie, imho.
@11seconds26
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the videos I'm sure some people just forget to press like
@dennisdobin8640
Жыл бұрын
Cavett was one of the very elite host that could connect the subject the host and more importantly his audience into moments of TV magic,he never appeared to divide any of the three elements. As for Lancaster,his description of movie making was an education.
@plasticweapon
Жыл бұрын
bullshit.
@BruceBlackman
11 ай бұрын
Discouraging how so little has changed since 1969.
@jaygbardo8781
5 ай бұрын
Very articulate....
@darrenwalshe8513
11 ай бұрын
Dicks interviews with orson welles n Burt are fantastic, intelligent men 👌
@HardRockMiner
Жыл бұрын
Hollywood from a time when it didn't turn my stomach.
@user-be2cq4wk5j
5 ай бұрын
Burt a class act
@4jeffinseattle
Жыл бұрын
my favorite actor and birdman my favorite film
@2msvalkyrie529
8 ай бұрын
Burt .! A true LEGEND ! 🇬🇧 👍 !
@simonclayton3813
Жыл бұрын
Well said Sir!!!
@deerhoda7574
Жыл бұрын
Not just another pretty face that Burt.❤
@robertfreedman6651
3 ай бұрын
Burt was from the Bronx. DeWitt Clinton High School. He played on the city championship basketball team.
@johnwest194
6 ай бұрын
If you erased cavitt from the interview it would be even better as he had no business having a show with his arrogance and pompous attitude but Burt Lancaster was such a special human being who had such good character and articulated himself so precisely
@Americaone1
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Lancaster movie is Trapeze👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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