Lee Marvin on Winning At The Oscars | The Dick Cavett Show
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Dick Cavett questions American film star Lee Marvin about winning an Oscar for Best Actor in Cat Ballou and how he finds inspiration and ideas when playing a "bad guy" in a movie.
Date aired - October 9th 1970 - Lee Marvin
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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Want to see more of Lee Marvin on the Dick Cavett Show? Here he discusses his reflections on past interviews and the influence of Hollywood and war movies on his training in the Marines! ua-cam.com/video/iPcyYvDs2WI/v-deo.html
Lee marvin fine man .
Cavett wasn't very good. He just wasn't. Good format, but he's not a very perspicacious interviewer.
Tooo rite
He reminds me of Robert Mitchum: appears disinterested in most things but was intelligent, articulate, laid-back, real, straight-forward, unpretentious with a deep, rich voice and an underlying intensity in his presence.
Lee Marvin is from my dads generation. These guys didn't need to talk tough. They just walked into the room and you knew not to mess with them .
Man first. Actor 2nd. Most are actor first, man 2nd.
Thank you! My dad was literally half of my weight but I knew not to mess with him. He fought in Korea and WWII. Don't even think of crying around him. They were made of sterner stuff.
So true john wayne. Robert mitchum
My relationship with my father significantly changed when I became a wounded combat veteran like he was in WW2. It was a silent respect between two men. No longer a father and a boy.
What a weird mentality. Why would anyone’s first thought be to choose someone to mess with? It sounds like in your world anytime someone walks into a room you’re immediately assessing if you can successfully mess with him. A bit Neanderthal don’t you think?
Great great actor a legend I never saw a movie that he was bad and when he definitely deserve the Oscar for Cat Ballou. I wish we had actors like him today .
Lee Marvin was sooo dreamy!! I love The Dirty Dozen and Ship of Fools especially
He should have won an Oscar for "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
Yes, that’s true. He has too few scenes, and in each one, he blows the other actors off the screen.
One of my favorite westerns.
Yes
Yeah, one of the few movies in which Jimmy Stewart was upstaged.
Agree 100%. he was fantastic. He was a very "controlled" actor in that he never exaggerated a performance. He was himself.
Great actor with an amazing baritone voice!
Paint Your Wagon. He carried that entire movie. The movie changed my outlook on life. Thank You for that Lee.✨💙💜💚✨🇺🇸✨
What a thoughtful and sharp man. Truly, I had forgotten. so glad this popped up. He's wonderful
Paint Your Wagon ... a true classic
Mr. Marvin is brilliant in interview! He is real and genuine and Legendary!
I've never seen Marvin as good as he was in Ship of Fools. He gives an unbelievable performance as a washed up ball player haunted by his father. The drinking scene with his dwarf acquaintance (Michael Dunn) is a stand-alone classic. It's better than the entire film. If you love Marvin and don't know what I'm talking about, maybe give it a search & stream.
He was the epitome of intense masculinity
Great actor
One of my favorites
Truly a terrific actor
I really like how precise Lee Marvin is with his choice of words.
One of my favorite actors of all time. A great!
Audiences and celebrities today often talk about "authenticity", but this is true authenticity, knowing what to say, and what to keep private, and being oneself without feeling the need to please anybody.
It's always interesting to see Lee discuss his work. He was such an intelligent and humble guy, Of course he knew he was good, sometimes great. But I don't think he ever too it for granted and considered the work and craft as seriously as any responsible performer would. What a sharp man, though.
I've watched enough Dick Cavett interviews to tell his style was very different from nowadays. It's non-scripted and totally off the cuff. Kind of like two people meeting at a restaurant bar. He's shooting for spontaneity and it does create everything from pure awkwardness to very revealing moments. It's a gambling type of approach and it is nowhere to be found now and ever again after like 1980.
...like when he, fatefully:ie with his life in his hands, asked Marlon Brando to recite the ad for that segment
Good insight. I can no longer stand the awkwardness, it's like he's desperately fishing and brown-nosing simultaneously. But his Bette Davis interview was revealing.
I didn't think this was one of Dick's better efforts. He didn't seem to know what to ask Marvin about.
Despite Dick's idiosyncracies, tics and bad habits I miss this kind of intelligent interview. He seems genuinely interested in the guests and their answers. And no gigantic arena of an audience thinking they're watching a stand-up routine, waiting for the jokes.
his awkwardness is excruciating.
He was only 46 - 47 years old in this clip. Born in 1924 and this was October 9th, 1970.
46? I thought he was at least 69 or 73. Seriously. He was an old looking guy when he was young
That would make him about 29 when he did The Wild One.
That's what lots of smoking and lots of drinking will do to you......prematurely age you.
@@adrianotero7963 he was a WW2 vet too, that experience would age anyone!!
@@FuShengAlex agree 100 %.
Lee Marvin should have won an Oscar for "Monte Walsh." His portrayal of an old cowhand seeing the last of the Old West slipping away is heart rending. "Monte Walsh" should have won a packsaddle full of Oscars, including best title song: "The Good Times Are Coming," sung by Mama Cass Elliot. The song, movie and acting are superb. You can't watch "Monte Walsh" without crying.
Excellent observation! I agree wholeheartedly, that was a superb movie.
Nobody gets to be a cowboy forever.
Lee Marvin had range way beyond any immediate perception. I loved his characters in many roles but his roughneck sidekick to John Wayne in "Donavon's Reef " was subtle genious.
Loved that part of his.
Marvin was appreciated long before his Oscar. His Liberty Valance character was extraordinary. His voice is like honey poured over hot granite. A hard drinking man. He looks huge beside Dick!
With sidekicks like Strother Martin and Lee Van Cleef a sure winner.
I miss this type of actor
I love the detailed interplay between them. A lot of these artists, if you don't challenge them in an interesting way, you are going to have a boring interview, but Dick brings up subjects that people usually don't, or do in a reckless way.
One of the coolest individuals ever, some big actors of the time didn't really have a sense of humour but he went along with it well 👍👍
Marvin is like a giant next to Cavett when he first comes out.
Perhaps my favorite line Marvin delivered in a movie was perhaps in one of the westerns, I forget.
Anyway, he does something that causes a bad guy character to call him a bastard, to which Marvin's character replies:
"Yes, but with me it is an accident of birth, but you are a self-made man."
Yes, I was surprised to see how tall and broad he is compared to Cavett!
0:46 It's like he's walked into an Ames Room and Cavett's off in the other corner.
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When I was watching The Dick Cavett Show way back when, I guess I was too young to register DC's height, except it was mentioned on occasion and understood by all. A couple of years ago I saw an old clip of Don Rickles coming on the set and I was like, "Whoa! he makes Cavett look... _tiny_ "; it was weird.
That line is from "The Professionals" 👍
that line was in The Professionals (1966)
He should have won an Oscar for Monte Walsh.
The delta force! Or dirty dozen
They took feature film acting seriously: dedication, conviction, insight, awareness, psychology, emotion were all aspects.....
Not used to seeing Cavett appear so clumsy!
Lee isn't there for chit chat. And he's not taking the bait that Cavett is throwing out about Lee being a tough guy.
Never realized what a big guy Lee Marvin was. Just comparing the two different sizes of heads is interesting.
I loved him in Raintree County...In Shout at the Devil he was so funny with Roger Moore!!😄
Nice fella!!!
Heard a story that Roger Moore punched out Marvin on set because he was being difficult. Marvin confirmed this by saying he would never underestimate him again he is made of granite
Wow! Most of this interview Dick was on a different page, like Marvin was speaking another language. Jesus! The first two and a half minutes were painful. The rest not much better. Best thing about it was hearing two great voices. As well with his interviews on Carson. All of these men had voices for radio. Just listening to them talk would keep you glued to the dial.
The Dirty Dozen.
There is something about the actors of this generation that projects authenticity! Today’s actors do not have this quality!Marvin’s version of “Monte Walsh” is a good example!
I've never really seen or heard from Lee Marvin, but I've been going on a tear recently watching Dick Cavett interviews of anyone and everyone as I'm a new huge fan, and I just LOVE this dude's energy. What a cool cat. And Dick Cavett is a beast as an interviewer, you can sense the gears turning in his head. Very witty and intelligent, such a joy to watch his interviews!
Hes a legend. Watch Man who shot liberty valance or cat ballou
@@lilchaos4792 thanks for taking the time to offer some recommendations, I will definitely seek these out!
@@LaughterCraft ofc anytime !
Check out Lee Marvin in Point Blank. It’s an awesome revenge film.
Thanks again everyone for the recommendations!
Lee Marvin actor legendary 🎭
Theatre 🎭
I remember, as a little kid, watching Lee Marvin in M Squad, the TV homicide procedural. Always one of my favorite actors.
Lee Marvin, a true badass
Glad to have him as one of the idols of my youth.
Even his voice tells you don't get him mad at you
John Boorman talking about Mel Gibson: "He thinks he's Lee Marvin, but doesn't realize he's a foot too short"
Mel Gibson is of nothing.
happy 31st birthday lee marvin
One of the sexiest men to ever live.
there is no way Dick Cavett's published height is 5'7. Lee Marvin at 6'2 is like a foot taller here than him.
A class act.
My fathers gun shop was a mile or so from St.Leo College in Pasco County Florida that Lee attended and every so often I'd walk the footpaths just for myself to to know I walked the same ground he'd once trod.
Silly perhaps but he too was a truly rugged individualist,a trait I greatly admire and is so seldom seen anymore.
That's what I call show business!
It’s surprising how sometimes Cavett doesn’t seem to be listening to what his guest is saying.
Within the first minute and a half he misunderstands two points that Marvin has made.
Excellent actor. Apart from Paint Your Wagon loved everything he's been in.
Lee Marvin tried to lay a sloppy, drunken kiss on my Grandma in elevator in Las Vegas. She was getting married and pushed him off her, calling him a drunken ass!!
And don't forget his long time live in girlfriend, Michele, sued him for "Palimony" in CA setting a precedent in law.
Dick was just the greatest interviewer. Never backed off.
Actually not sure where Cavett was going with a lot of his questions and he certainly had not done his research as Marvin was a very respected character actor even back in the 50s.
Today, Feb 19, 2024, Lee Marvin turns 100 years old. Great actor. One of my favorite movies with Lee in it is "The Dirty Dozen".
Cavett brilliant again.
On aime toujours Lee Marvin. Même en France..
😊
Interesting thought by Lee Marvin on why he wasn't challenged by guys off-screen; because he generally didn't get the girl in his films, guys didn't feel the need to challenge him. It's when the actors who are playing tough guys win the girl that the provocation occurs.
Richard Alva Cavett (/ˈkævɪt/; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s.
87 AÑOS. (88)
Lee marvin towers over cavett
When I saw them next to each other I did a spit-take! Marvin was HUGE.
Big head and big face show on camera better. Lee is tall too yep
5’3” vs 6’2” lol
Lee Marvin (Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 19 de febrero de 1924 - Tucson, Arizona, 29 de agosto de 1987) fue un actor de televisión y cine estadounidense. Recordado por el tono grave de su voz (bajo profundo), su pelo cano y su estatura (1,88m). Ganador del premio Óscar al mejor actor en 1965 por su doble papel en la película La ingenua explosiva.
Dick Cavett was incredibly vague and dense during this interview.
They don't make em like they used to. Lee was great. Like most actors during WW2 joined the military. They were patriotic and hard-working.😊
Lee Marvin IS Major Reisman!
1970’s…..Lee Marvin
2020’s….George Clooney
That says it all.
What happened to the rest of the show I was waiting for it
That was a pretty excruciating to watch. Learned more about Cavett than Marvin.
I love Cavett but that was a horrible interview
It was strangely awkward. Marvin isn't on Cavett's typical repartee, and Cavett isn't aware of the problem at all.
Great chemistry be
A Real American guy. Great actor but also a great man.Sad we don't have guys like that anymore.
The thing about Cavett is either his interviews are great or really bad, not much in between.
Why is this? I’m not asking this in Jest.... I’m 37 and didn’t grow up on DC.... I’ve just seen him on YT interviewing legends like Ali or sinatra or John Lennon or someone like that and I’ve always thought he was excellent! Then I saw this one tonight, and yeah, super awkward. I’m confused!! Ha
At 5:29 - an example of “offensive conduct” that Lee demonstrates in the following seconds can be seen in a 1962 episode of TV’s “The Virginian” (Season 1, Episode 9 - “It Tolls For Thee”). The captured judge (Lee J. Cobb), laying on his belly, is served breakfast on a plate, and as the judge is about to dig into it, Lee’s villainous character blows the plate away with the back of his hand.
Lots of beige back in those days...
Those were the days of national malaise - which pretty much also sums up the 21st century so far.
Lee Marvin, back when actors were real people.
Lee Marvin in Scotland means …starvin’. As in ‘I’m Lee Marvin’. What a one off actor.
No one comes close to these two in 2021.
Great suits guys.
What's interesting is that Lee Marvin has a similar charm to that of Jimi Hendrix.
Cavett, normally so good, seems to purposefully or accidentally do a truly awful job interviewing Marvin. Strange, awkward questions, seems ill at ease from beginning to end....just a real headscratcher.
Probably extends back to high school inadequacy- cool and tough versus short and precocious. Cavity here is rude and unpleasant toward Marvin.
@@schmittyhanrahan8126 - I could not agree more! But I always thought Cavett was too stuck in his head for his own good, and that of the guest/audience. Just seems like a strange/awkward fellow. Just my take, as obviously enough people liked him to have a show like that.
Such cooool guy ... Definitely one of the best actors of all times.
It's amazing how Marvin is on such a higher strata than Cavett. Cavett is always trying to play catch-up to him. A great example of a man who has lived life versus one who's only read about it or watched it pass by from a New York City sidewalk cafe.
Whoa ... let’s make more assumptions.
@@fifthbusiness1678 let's call it an educated guess. cavett was always trying to play catch up with everybody.
Is it just me or did Dick Cavett seem awkward in this interview?
Intimidated may be the appropriate term. Marvin's personality was not conducive to a flowing interview.
Love this guy, only Oliver reed could out drink him! A genuine guy, affected by the war, probably exacerbated his drinking, Lee always comes over quite shy, doesn't give much away, he would have been an interesting guy to have a discussion with. But I doubt he'd talk about his war experiences!
You can read about his war experiences in Lee: A Romance by Pamela Marvin!! Great book
@@user-fb2sm4jq1v iv bee n meaning to get this book for years now, thanks for reminder📙😊👍
Back in this era “the Yanks” were often called brown suits...can’t imagine why.
Unless when they came to Ireland in Kelly Green trousers
It 'was' the 70's everything was Tan in those days!
Cavett seems uncomfortable and unprepared.
So is Mr. Marvin.
What year was this interview ? the 70s ?
And intimidated.
Cavett is such a drag.
Stole every scene in Gorky Park
I noticed those guys, Lee Marvin, Henry Fonda, they call bad guys, "heavies."
I know as much about acting as I do neurosurgery, but Lee Marvin always seemed like an 'effortless' actor, similar to Gene Hackman. By that, I guess I mean he didn't chew the scenery but relied more on his presence in a role, if that makes any sense.
Dick Cavett can be excruciating to listen to with his tired east coast cocktail party wit
Yep exactly
lee's responses to dick's passive aggressive queries were just wonderful, eg., when Dick glibly informs Marvin that he'd be very interested in hearing the details of Lee's personal life :
Dick: "I'd be interested in hearing about it."
Lee (without any emotion): "I'm sure a lot of people would be."
Perfect for dealing with a dick. lol
I’ve watched hours of Cavett interviews over the years, and this one is a great example of how bad Dick could be at his worst. Smarmy, insufferable. Trying to be clever at the expense of gaining a rapport with his guests. Repetitive. Boring. Petty. Trivial. He’s caught up in his own preconception of who Marvin is, based on his typecasting as a heavy, rather than using his limited time with a great actor to find out what he likes about acting, or what his interests are outside of his film career. He could have asked about what kind of kid he was, or who his favorite comedians are. A better interviewer (like, say Carson, or Griffin, or even Costas) would guide the guest toward something relatable and humanizing rather than the idiotic minutiae of what it’s like to win or lose an award. And the passive-aggressive putting down of Marvin’s past roles as a “rat” (a word he uses repeatedly, I think to try to get a rise out of him) seems to be a ploy to create tension for ratings, because he seemed to think that was the only thing he could do to compete with the smoother late night hosts who could generate genuine laughs rather than awkward, nervous ones. The older I get, the less I like Cavett. He had an amazing array of legends from all walks of life on his show, and he missed so many opportunities with them by making the interviews about his own hang up about proving how smart he thought he was. Faux intellectual with a chip on his shoulder, and a seeming grudge against those with more talent or charisma.
When actors were actors and awards were awards completely different to the modern day joke awards and all for me overpaid crap celebs
I know nothing of Dick Cavett ( being from the UK) but this is the worst interview I have ever seen, its appalling and amateurish. I can only congratulate Lee Marvin for his patience as under his breath must think this guy is in the wrong job.
My dad was a big fan of his...but not his mom, my grandma, LOL!!!!
I DON'T WANT THE CONSTANT INTERRUPTION OF UA-cam NOTIFICATIONS!!! THE GOOGLE NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP! IT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED FOR EACH ARTICLE IT RIPS OFF AND FINED FOR EACH NEWSPAPER IT DESTROYS! IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, THE ARROGANCE OF THIS COMPANY. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TURNED OFF NOTIFICATIONS? BUT THEY KEEP COMING AND I HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF AGAIN!
Whoa, Lee had a really huge head!
Christ he's smart.
My favorite is a Texan in Charade with Cary Grant. Excellent film!
That was James Coburn playing the Texan. Lee Marvin
wasn't in Charade.
At 0:06:
Dick: “He’s spent 19 years in Hollywood making a lot of movies, many of which have been forgotten...”
Audience: “Ha Ha Ha”
🤔
What’s so funny?
He's one of those actors who's been incredibly prolific and has become a household name and yet many of his films, his presence, developed before the advent of Hollywood and mass interest. Thus there's humour in knowing someone well but having lost a lot of their back catalogue. Someone you know more from childhood memory and reputation than because you've seen everything they've done.
That's near unheard of now because so much is kept, but back then some things produced and developed to film are just gone! There's no chance of recovery barring the chance find of some old forgotten film reel in a cupboard.
But while it might be sad to consider that an actor's work has large parts of it missing from the catalogue, there's a jollity to that, as delivered by Cavett, that makes for a small joke.
Had Marvin been dead and we only had one film then it would be a tragic thing. But because he's alive, kicking and active the sadness is offset into humour. And that could be why they laugh...
To me,two words.
The Irony Shawn
They broke the mold after Lee Marvin arrived. None since have come close.
D.A.
What's with Cavett? All these backhanded compliments are really annoying. It's as if he was trying to provoke Marvin. Of course, Lee was far too smart to take the bait...
Careful what you ask for.
Like most actors without a script they have to adlib hoping they can get the message across!