I generally agree w/you, but here, I think Cavett talked too much about himself - and he cut off Hopper several times when I wanted to hear Hopper, not Cavett. Decent interview with a few thoughtful questions, but Cavett's ego got in the way too often. I prefer interviewers who let the interviewee talk nearly the entire time - which can be done w/incisive questioning - and I rarely care to hear much from the interviewer about himself. Cavett was smart, but often appeared too eager to prove it.
@@steveconn I respectfully disagree. For me, Cavett's humor was the key to his approach. But when I say "respectfully," I mean it! Costas is a champion, as well.
Nicholson's campfire speech about the difference between talking about freedom and actually living as a free individual....man that still holds up, even more today. And the speech about alien life on this planet is legendary.
Roger Paris it’s still there. It’s just on podcasts, not television. I know what you mean though. The idea that this was simply the discourse. Granted clowns have always existed. This certainly wasn’t what you’d see on “Regis and Kathie Lee” the same year as this.
Dennis" speech to Christopher Walken in True Romance is probably the best thing I have ever seen in cinematic history, those 2 hvy monsters and that dialogue is just beyond, nothing quite like it.
When Hopper was improvising his lines “you are part eggplant” Walken didn’t know how to respond but he saw Hoppers bald head and that’s why cantaloupe popped into his head
What is shame that we don't have interviewers like Cavett today. The current clowns on TV are just there to promote themselves and whatever the latest guest is up to.
Ryan Ranger you should relax. He’s just making a point that shouldn’t be overlooked. That is why they’ve got away with it for so long. Folks reading 📖 books taking walks while looking the other way while these scumbags went on destroying children’s lives.
LOVE Dennis giving props to Harvey! In my memory, the "comeback" of Keitel with Reservoir Dogs and Bad LIeutenant was the same great feeling as Dennis' "comeback" with "Blue Velvet" and "The River's Edge" (and "Hooseirs") a few years earlier. It was great to have them both back! Too bad the two never appeared in a movie together! Can you imagine?!!!
yeah, that's really too bad. I bet Hopper was probably complimenting Keitel hoping to get in something with him. I'm also amazed Tarantino never used Hopper in anything.
@@foto21 He was in "True Romance" and has said many times that the scene with Hopper and Walken is the one he's most proud of, partly because of the writing, but also how honored he was to have actors he admired nail his dialog to a TEE. He said they didn't change a COMMA. I'm sure he considered Hopper for parts; just because an actor doesn't appear in a director's movie doesn't mean they never thought to use them in anything. Tarantino doesn't have that many movies, and Dennis is dead. What part would you have liked Dennis Hopper to play? It's a matter of matching an actor to a part, not just having a fantasy of casting someone. I can see him as the Bruce Dern part in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", I guess. Maybe we should have axed De Niro and had him play that part in Jackie Brown instead? (I'm being sarcastic, lol)
It's really good, but very dated. I doubt kids today can relate to Billy and Captain America like we did. Their values have evolved quite a lot in the last 50 years.
@@davemathews7890 Interesting.. Based on what I see, I don't think they have any values. The educational system and the media (to say nothing of progressive politicians) have done their job extremely well: INDOCTRINATION. 😥
My parents 1969 took the whole family to capitol drive in East side SJ About 10 yrs old watching from the tail gate of 1967 chevy Nova II station wagon Wow what a movie! Left huge impression
Lots of critics slammed Waterworld, but when my friends and I finally saw it, we were amazed by the scale and ambition of the film. It really is incredible and Hopper is amazing in it, second only to Costner's lead but with the villain role, milking evil to the max as really only Hopper could. Sometimes critics have no idea WTF they are talking about.
Hopper was a really smart guy and a multi-talented artist, but he gets more credit for partying his ass off in the 60s and 70s and surviving to make a big comeback in his fifties. Actually, it was pretty impressive. He out lasted Brando and Dean and pretty much all of his contemporaries. Now I forgot what my point was.
Miss this man. He's so polite, talented,humble, funny. James Gadolfini tended to come off the same way, that big teddy bear behind closed doors.this segment is so torn, happy to watch sad to as well . RIP
@@briangreen6602 get 4 Yorkshiremen together and you'll never escape the "you're lucky, our family lived in a shoebox in a small hole in the middle of the road."
One of Hopper's best characters was the crazy referee on Nike ads. Great movies hold up no matter when they were released for example Casablanca, On The Waterfront, Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver to name a few movies that represent the era they were released in but the story is still relevant today. Easy Rider also stands up well.
Easy Rider will hold up forever. Great movie and as said a time capsule for that era. I wanted to get a motorcycle and tour the USA like in the movie. My older brother actually did on a Triumph and again in a van. The whole movie stayed real. From the drug deal to the road rage killings. Almost a documentary of the times.
D.C. once again show's us how it's done. He can communicate effectively with hippies, intellectuals, misfits, athletes, actors, actresses etc. And the best part is, he didn't get political.
One of, if not my very favorite movie is Coppola's Rumble fish. Although not my favorite Hopper role because he was a drunk and played a drunk. Never the less: The Motorcycle Boy Reigns
Cavett set the interview standard in many ways. What a great gift and talent Mr. Cavett has! God Bless him. I will pray for America. Please pray for me.
Jack had made a strong impression with Bert Schneider while working on the Monkees film, HEAD, which Jack wrote. Everybody loved him. And thanks to the success of that rock group---and the piles of money they made for Schneider and Rafelson---(and the connection to Jack Nicholson, who wrote that crazy film, HEAD), EASY RIDER got made.
Rafelson loved Jack. He wrote him in as the lead in Five Easy Pieces because he wanted to give him a break in movies. To be fair, Nicholson is superb in that film.
The world is over unfortunately. Culture has been on a big slide, and the generations are following it into the basement. AI is the nail in the coffin. Erudition and intellect is going away, at least in America, and I don't see the UK or Australia saving it either.
Easy Rider holds up very well. And its not just Nicholson. Hopper did a really nice job directing it and the photography is simply first rate, as is the editing by Canbern. The last shot is simply epitomic: America dividing up into two different countries.
I truly love Dennis Hopper AND Dick Cavett. Easy Rider is up there in the top 10 (whatever?!!! Right now, what kind of story are you looking for? LOL!!!) Seriously great film. My favorite role portrayed by Dennis Hopper? He was PERFECT in playing the character Frank Booth in Blue Velvet. OMG! Perfectly mind-blowing.
Rip Torn was originally going to play George Hanson, not the guy Hopper mentions in this interview. But Torn and Hopper got into a fight, Hopper pulled a knife on Torn, so Torn quit. Nicholson had been hired by the film's production company (Bert Schneider, mentioned by Hopper, was a partner) to go on location with the film crew and monitor the progress of the filming. Hopper was having a tendency to lose focus from time to time. After Torn left, Schneider didn't want to lose time searching for a new George Hanson, he knew Nicholson could act, so he told Hopper he wanted Nicholson to do the part. A few years later, on a talk show, Hopper said that Torn had been the one who pulled the knife during the fight. Torn sued Hopper for defamation and won a verdict of $950,000. That lawsuit was pending when this Cavett show interview took place, so I guess Hopper had to avoid talking about it so he came up with the story he tells here.
I attended a memorial service for Rip Torn a couple of months ago, and the subject of that a lawsuit arose there. It was the first I had heard of it. Also mentioned at the memorial by Rip's daughter: Rip went on the Cavett show in 1971, I believe it was, and denounced the Vietnam War, and that night someone took a shot at Rip's apartment. The bullet hole is still there in the bathroom window. Evidently that episode of the Cavett show has been lost, it was said at the memorial.
I kind of wish I didn't know this. Nicholson certainly popped in the film, but I found myself struggling to suspend disbelief with that character. Rip would have been far more believable as a hard-living football-jock-turned-attorney, trapped in his podunk hometown. Even Hopper seems to side-step his performance by talking about what a nice guy and good friend Nicholson is.
I would have liked to hear what Hopper's opinions were of Nicholson in that film. Especially when/if his opinion of Jack changed during filming. IOW, more about Jack.
Habe vor ca 20 Jahren einen Song geschrieben und performt. Dennis hopper war n Typ den ich immer geil fand, ne echte kante mit nem exzessiven hang. Er bekam nie genug von dem ganzen Kram der auf seinem Weg so rumlag.....3 gramm Koks 30 Bier ne Flasche Brandy jeden Tag, das ist was ich mal gelesen hab und ich fands irgendwie interessant. Ich habe ihn mal getroffen, er weiß es nicht mehr, aufm keith Richards Konzert in Köln. Er hatte links und rechts ganz locker 2 Blondinen auf der vip Tribüne eingehakt und er sah so geil aus sehr entspannt, süßer Wahnsinn im Schlaraffenland, keith und er haben sich bestimmt gekannt..... Hollywood fängt in der Vorstadt an, der wahn gedeiht in dünner Luft, und der Condor landet überall wo er landen muss. Er saß ständig im Flieger und war irgendwo am Set, kannte jeden in der glamour welt, wunder gibt's wirklich hat er mal gesagt weil er dem Tod mehrfach von der Schippe sprang, und keiner lag so oft im Dreck und stand trotzdem wieder auf, hat mit Jack nicelson n joint geraucht und Peter fonda der hat's auch gebraucht. Hollywood fängt in der Vorstadt an der wahn gedeiht in dünner Luft, der Condor landet überall wo er landen muss..... Oh Dennis hopper, ruhe in Frieden. Oh Dennis hopper, American dream. Oh Dennis hopper, von LA nach New Orleans. Erschossen auf ner harley, von redneck nazis..........
When some people have discussions about the great performers of the 20th century. Its usual to hear names like Caruso, Tracy, Hepburn, Brando, McCartney, Stewart and the like. With all his great work in so many "era" worthy films its rare that people mention the great Dennis Hopper. Just think Rebel without a cause, Giant, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, True Romance, Blue Velvet and all kinds of honours among some of the things hes done. Underestimated by a lot.
Dennis Hopper was a terrific actor and such a nice human being. I remember him during the filming of Waterworld with Kevin Costner back in 1995, when he was playing the role of the Smoker. He had to shave his haïr off througout the movie.
'Would I have a slant-eyed operation?' Hopper asks. I swear, he must have thought Cavett said 'Vietnamese' at 1:24, when what he really said was 'Viennese'!
I'd always been under the impression that Rip Torn was the first choice to play the part of the alcoholic lawyer Nicholson portrayed but demanded to much money to make it viable and Nicholson was then brought in for the part and agreed to do it for essentially nothing no doubt thinking it was a great vehicle to stardom after perusing the part. And he really wasn't in the movie that long his character being murder somewhere around the middle of the film. Rip Torn I dare say being a great actor would have been great in the part as well. And who knows if he'd have been a big star afterward because was pretty much more of a character actor than Nicholson was because as Cavett seemed to imply he has a infectious personality that appeals to a movie patron, even playing an antagonistic part such as in "A Few Good Men" and "The Departed."
I had also heard that the role was initially intended for Rip Torn. It was the same production company behind 'Easy Rider' that, the following year (1970), went on to make 'Five Easy Pieces,' directed by Bob Rafelson, and that would be Nicholson's first big starring role, really moving him into the forefront of film actors of the time.
Dick Cavett knowing about Japan’s rockabilly subculture and explaining so eloquently is why he was such a great interviewer and class act
And he had Bob and Ray as his convention corespondents at the mid and late 1960s Dem & Rep conventions. Sublime.
@@lesilestone5019I didn't know that. But, it's very cool. And, not surprising.
Cavetto no yankii desu~
I generally agree w/you, but here, I think Cavett talked too much about himself - and he cut off Hopper several times when I wanted to hear Hopper, not Cavett. Decent interview with a few thoughtful questions, but Cavett's ego got in the way too often. I prefer interviewers who let the interviewee talk nearly the entire time - which can be done w/incisive questioning - and I rarely care to hear much from the interviewer about himself. Cavett was smart, but often appeared too eager to prove it.
OF COURSE Dick Cavett **would** know about bosuzoku.
I am a younger person who never would've heard of Dick Cavett without these amazing uploads. Thank you archivists
I don't think there's a better interviewer than Dick Cavett, and Dennis Hopper is a subject worthy of his time and talent. Great stuff.
I agree with you Kidd.Dick Cavett in the USA and Michael Parkinson in the UK.Hoppers scene in True Romance is unforgettable.
Bob Costas was kind of better, doesn't feel the need to be cute every other sentence like Cavett.
@@steveconn I respectfully disagree. For me, Cavett's humor was the key to his approach. But when I say "respectfully," I mean it! Costas is a champion, as well.
Cavett was terrible. Parkinson, Frost, the Australian Mike Willesee were all better than this bloke
@@hoatattis7283 Ah! The one that likes to throw turds in punch bowls has arrived. Given your estimation on Dick Cavett, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE?!
Nicholson's campfire speech about the difference between talking about freedom and actually living as a free individual....man that still holds up, even more today. And the speech about alien life on this planet is legendary.
Those speeches were iconic
@@Riverofveins Have you ever researched which one of them wrote that scene?
@@corycole123 I don’t know but I think it was Dennis Hopper
Quentin Tarantino said it best-"Easy Rider was dated in the 80s but since the 90s it holds up & doesn't seem dated.
"Nik, nik, nik.... SWAMP!"
This reminds me how much I miss intelligent and thoughtful conversation.
Roger Paris Not like today where the hosts are constantly trying to one up the guests by jamming in jokes instead of genuinely reacting to them.
Roger Paris it’s still there. It’s just on podcasts, not television. I know what you mean though. The idea that this was simply the discourse. Granted clowns have always existed. This certainly wasn’t what you’d see on “Regis and Kathie Lee” the same year as this.
That is the problem every time I have to talk to cops, which is often.
They don't know how to listen...., and don't.
AND, they are NOT intelligent.
Indeed!
You need a well spoken friend....
Dennis" speech to Christopher Walken in True Romance is probably the best thing I have ever seen in cinematic history, those 2 hvy monsters and that dialogue is just beyond, nothing quite like it.
Agreed! Probably the best & most intense scene in cinematic history!!
Great Movie!
@@williamzrenner7206One of my favorites and that scene with Christopher Walken was epic
When Hopper was improvising his lines “you are part eggplant” Walken didn’t know how to respond but he saw Hoppers bald head and that’s why cantaloupe popped into his head
Dennis in his best behavior is a great interview
Dennis Hopper is one of my favorite humans. RIP
What is shame that we don't have interviewers like Cavett today. The current clowns on TV are just there to promote themselves and whatever the latest guest is up to.
Hi there promote liberalism, socialism, the elites who are pedos, pedos in Hollyweird, child sex trafficking, 5G, chemtrails, etc etc
ParkourBear Jesus Christ. Read a book and take a walk....
...and whatever dumbass liberal "cause" they're currently eaten up with.
True ! And he doesn`t hide behind a desk like all the other dicks !
Ryan Ranger you should relax. He’s just making a point that shouldn’t be overlooked. That is why they’ve got away with it for so long. Folks reading 📖 books taking walks while looking the other way while these scumbags went on destroying children’s lives.
LOVE Dennis giving props to Harvey! In my memory, the "comeback" of Keitel with Reservoir Dogs and Bad LIeutenant was the same great feeling as Dennis' "comeback" with "Blue Velvet" and "The River's Edge" (and "Hooseirs") a few years earlier. It was great to have them both back! Too bad the two never appeared in a movie together! Can you imagine?!!!
they would have been in apocalypse now 😊
@@DANTHETUBEMAN That's true! Wow, imagine Harvey reacting to Dennis Hopper! :D
yeah, that's really too bad. I bet Hopper was probably complimenting Keitel hoping to get in something with him. I'm also amazed Tarantino never used Hopper in anything.
@@foto21 He was in "True Romance" and has said many times that the scene with Hopper and Walken is the one he's most proud of, partly because of the writing, but also how honored he was to have actors he admired nail his dialog to a TEE. He said they didn't change a COMMA. I'm sure he considered Hopper for parts; just because an actor doesn't appear in a director's movie doesn't mean they never thought to use them in anything. Tarantino doesn't have that many movies, and Dennis is dead. What part would you have liked Dennis Hopper to play? It's a matter of matching an actor to a part, not just having a fantasy of casting someone. I can see him as the Bruce Dern part in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", I guess. Maybe we should have axed De Niro and had him play that part in Jackie Brown instead? (I'm being sarcastic, lol)
Dick Cavett Great interviewer. Perhaps the best.
Does the movie hold up?
ABSOLUTELY!
It is as good, and meaningful, today as it was when I first saw it in 1969.
An authentic classic.
Does it hold up, Man? I guess we would have to watch it again to make our own personal determinations.
@@erichvonmolder9310
Yep.... that's the way to do it. Make your own determination. 👍
It's really good, but very dated. I doubt kids today can relate to Billy and Captain America like we did. Their values have evolved quite a lot in the last 50 years.
@@davemathews7890 , I dig.
@@davemathews7890
Interesting..
Based on what I see, I don't think they have any values.
The educational system and the media (to say nothing of progressive politicians) have done their job extremely well: INDOCTRINATION. 😥
My parents 1969 took the whole family to capitol drive in
East side SJ
About 10 yrs old watching from the tail gate of 1967 chevy Nova II station wagon
Wow what a movie!
Left huge impression
Lots of critics slammed Waterworld, but when my friends and I finally saw it, we were amazed by the scale and ambition of the film. It really is incredible and Hopper is amazing in it, second only to Costner's lead but with the villain role, milking evil to the max as really only Hopper could. Sometimes critics have no idea WTF they are talking about.
Hopper is charming and accommodating in this interview despite his wild reputation .
Hopper was a really smart guy and a multi-talented artist, but he gets more credit for partying his ass off in the 60s and 70s and surviving to make a big comeback in his fifties. Actually, it was pretty impressive. He out lasted Brando and Dean and pretty much all of his contemporaries. Now I forgot what my point was.
Yeah very cool here and friendly too. Doesn’t come off arrogant or insecure like other movie stars.
have you seen speed? he acted like a crazy man in that
Dennis had cleaned up his act by this time.
@@davidblaska4738A good thing, too. He added many years to his life.
RIP Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda -- the Real Captain America!!!
Blue Velvet and The River are two of my favorite Dennis Hopper movies. The depth of his characters is amazing. RIP
The River's Edge is a gem of a film. Crispin Glover was great too.
Easy Rider is one of the greatest films ever made!
Miss this man. He's so polite, talented,humble, funny. James Gadolfini tended to come off the same way, that big teddy bear behind closed doors.this segment is so torn, happy to watch sad to as well . RIP
I like how Hopper is dressed like a British police detective from the 1920s.
More like a Yorkshireman
@@briangreen6602 get 4 Yorkshiremen together and you'll never escape the "you're lucky, our family lived in a shoebox in a small hole in the middle of the road."
Class acts. Gentlemanly men at work.
Not like the clowns we have in entertainment today.
Easy Rider holds up for sure. That rebellious streak lives on.
I was 14 when Easy Rider came out. I remember it well. RIP DH and PF.
It great, that I only discovered Dick Cavett recently, it means I can troll through You Tube, and watch all his fantastic interviews.
Yeah dicks good
His ABC show of the early 70’s was the best. IMO it was the only real competition Carson had,
At around 0:50 - UA-cam finally got it's ears to pop!
I thought I was going deaf !
You just tripped me out
Thank you for the warning!!
That was like a sound of relief.🤔😁
Man, that's a great looking jacket old Hopper's wearing
"From Easy Rider to Super Mario Bros.....quite a journey, Dennis."
What a great film Easyider is.
Great Actors.R.I.P. DENNIS HOPPER
Way before my time and I’ve only ever watched Dick interview on UA-cam, but I love his interviews. Extinct breed of interviewer.
Thanks for posting this! What an interesting man he was! Both these men come to think of it! :)
How did I not come across even seeing this show existed in 94’? I thought this was all 70’s.
One of Hopper's best characters was the crazy referee on Nike ads. Great movies hold up no matter when they were released for example Casablanca, On The Waterfront, Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver to name a few movies that represent the era they were released in but the story is still relevant today. Easy Rider also stands up well.
How about the "Deerhunter"?
@@petechau9616Yes, that one too. And The Godfather.
Dennis is real and genuine.
Easy Rider will hold up forever.
Great movie and as said a time capsule for that era. I wanted to get a motorcycle and tour the USA like in the movie. My older brother actually did on a Triumph and again in a van.
The whole movie stayed real. From the drug deal to the road rage killings. Almost a documentary of the times.
Yes. And such a great soundtrack! 😎👍
And at the same time a relevant commentary for today. Freedom.
D.C. once again show's us how it's done. He can communicate effectively with hippies, intellectuals, misfits, athletes, actors, actresses etc. And the best part is, he didn't get political.
Yes Easy Rider will be a great film every generation. Told my grandchildren to watch it, when they are old enough.
Unwatchable now, gibberish.
@@Pete-z6e says more about you than the film.
@@Pete-z6e 20 years old that movie shook me
No writers, no prep, no audience, just two men having an honest conversation. I want to go back.
imo
two class guys make class conversation...cool
imo
This is amazing interview without cutting the actor from talking and without clapping that ruin the conversation
What’s your favorite Dennis Hopper role? I gotta go with True Romance.
Alex Gitter that’s excellent and also Gary Oldham is fun to watch in that!
One of, if not my very favorite movie is Coppola's Rumble fish. Although not my favorite Hopper role because he was a drunk and played a drunk. Never the less: The Motorcycle Boy Reigns
Blue velvet
Nails and True Romance
Blue velvet for me
Now I need to rewatch this movie ! I’d love to see it on the big screen again!
I could listen to Hopper forever. Cool dude.
Cavett set the interview standard in many ways. What a great gift and talent Mr. Cavett has! God Bless him.
I will pray for America. Please pray for me.
I struck up a conversation with Dennis at the luggage carousel in Miami Airport while we were waiting for luggage. He was a totally nice guy.
Rest in peace Dennis and Peter. Easy Rider is one of the reasons I’m still crazy about motorcycles to this day. I can’t thank them enough.
Jack had made a strong impression with Bert Schneider while working on the Monkees film, HEAD, which Jack wrote. Everybody loved him. And thanks to the success of that rock group---and the piles of money they made for Schneider and Rafelson---(and the connection to Jack Nicholson, who wrote that crazy film, HEAD), EASY RIDER got made.
Rafelson loved Jack. He wrote him in as the lead in Five Easy Pieces because he wanted to give him a break in movies. To be fair, Nicholson is superb in that film.
Would be amazing to view Easy Rider like that today somewhere, Far out 🌿🤩
Loved Dennis Hopper. RIP man....
Even though it got alot of hate I Loved waterworks and hoppers performance! RIP!
Water World?
@@therealrobinbullock lol sorry it was auto correct
Blue Velvet. Oscar caliber performance
Here we are in the end of 2023, and Easy Rider still holds up, at least in my estimation.
Dennis Hopper picked out the songs for the movie. They soundtrack was iconic.
The Byrds singing "I wasn't born to follow" is still as perfect as you can get for this film.
Man, I miss Cavett and Carson. Late night TV has died.
Late Night died when the best to ever do it, David Letterman, retired.
@@cactaceous Hahahaha what are you smoking. He was a dirtbag. Carson was head and shoulders a better man!
Cavett was class act...Carson was an arsehole
"I'm in the middle of shooting Waterworld"
Ouch
I thought the same thing
Waterworld killed the future of such risky film ventures for a while.
The movie was trash, but Hopper was fucking awesome as always.
Ouch but work is work and pay is pay.
Hopper was one of a kind.
This is so much more intelligent and classy than you’d see in mainstream tv these days.
Rip Dennis Hopper
The world is over unfortunately. Culture has been on a big slide, and the generations are following it into the basement. AI is the nail in the coffin. Erudition and intellect is going away, at least in America, and I don't see the UK or Australia saving it either.
He was the best actor in Apocalypse Now
What about that other guy,I think his name is Brando!
He's only in it for like 3 minutes.
Paul Orlando Hopper underrated actor. Granted Brando was best in Last Tango in Paris and Reflections in the Golden Eye
Best actor in apocalypse now was Martin sheen, holds the movie together with his performance
He really wasn't, it's not his best performance either by a long shot
Dennis Hopper, Michael J. Pollard, Karen Black and Sam Rockwell were/are actors you cannot take your eyes off no matter how small their role.
Dennis is a legend.
Was*
I was in Westwood when it premiered. Grouch Marx was also in line with a very tall brunette.
Just a class interview.
A great interview
Nicholson's "Easy Rider" performance just blew me away. I just knew he'd be a big star after that.
He was Great in PARIS TRAUT , worth watching one of my favorites along with BLUE VELVET 🎉🎉
Hopper always seemed like a down-to-earth person.
Cavett could carry on a conversation with himself and really enjoy it.
Dennis, don't worry, the film holds up
I still feel like Dennis is alive. And that he is just not acting anymore. Luv him miss him so so much. My fellow Taurus hug bugs Hopper❤
Easy Rider EASILY HOLDS UP. Forever.
Being 16 even nowadays and lighting a joint with my friends and watching easy rider it definitely holds up.
Easy Rider holds up very well. And its not just Nicholson. Hopper did a really nice job directing it and the photography is simply first rate, as is the editing by Canbern. The last shot is simply epitomic: America dividing up into two different countries.
Carson was my favorite, but Cavett brought an intelligence to late night like no other. I miss them both so much.
Frances Forde Copola called him °Crazy Dennis"
I truly love Dennis Hopper AND Dick Cavett.
Easy Rider is up there in the top 10 (whatever?!!! Right now, what kind of story are you looking for? LOL!!!)
Seriously great film.
My favorite role portrayed by Dennis Hopper? He was PERFECT in playing the character Frank Booth in Blue Velvet. OMG! Perfectly mind-blowing.
Damn do I miss this kind of intelligence in interview shows.
Rip Torn was originally going to play George Hanson, not the guy Hopper mentions in this interview. But Torn and Hopper got into a fight, Hopper pulled a knife on Torn, so Torn quit. Nicholson had been hired by the film's production company (Bert Schneider, mentioned by Hopper, was a partner) to go on location with the film crew and monitor the progress of the filming. Hopper was having a tendency to lose focus from time to time. After Torn left, Schneider didn't want to lose time searching for a new George Hanson, he knew Nicholson could act, so he told Hopper he wanted Nicholson to do the part.
A few years later, on a talk show, Hopper said that Torn had been the one who pulled the knife during the fight. Torn sued Hopper for defamation and won a verdict of $950,000. That lawsuit was pending when this Cavett show interview took place, so I guess Hopper had to avoid talking about it so he came up with the story he tells here.
I attended a memorial service for Rip Torn a couple of months ago, and the subject of that a lawsuit arose there. It was the first I had heard of it.
Also mentioned at the memorial by Rip's daughter: Rip went on the Cavett show in 1971, I believe it was, and denounced the Vietnam War, and that night someone took a shot at Rip's apartment. The bullet hole is still there in the bathroom window. Evidently that episode of the Cavett show has been lost, it was said at the memorial.
@M T "American Friend" was a good film.
I kind of wish I didn't know this. Nicholson certainly popped in the film, but I found myself struggling to suspend disbelief with that character. Rip would have been far more believable as a hard-living football-jock-turned-attorney, trapped in his podunk hometown. Even Hopper seems to side-step his performance by talking about what a nice guy and good friend Nicholson is.
I would have liked to hear what Hopper's opinions were of Nicholson in that film. Especially when/if his opinion of Jack changed during filming. IOW, more about Jack.
Habe vor ca 20 Jahren einen Song geschrieben und performt.
Dennis hopper war n Typ den ich immer geil fand, ne echte kante mit nem exzessiven hang.
Er bekam nie genug von dem ganzen Kram der auf seinem Weg so rumlag.....3 gramm Koks 30 Bier ne Flasche Brandy jeden Tag, das ist was ich mal gelesen hab und ich fands irgendwie interessant.
Ich habe ihn mal getroffen, er weiß es nicht mehr, aufm keith Richards Konzert in Köln. Er hatte links und rechts ganz locker 2 Blondinen auf der vip Tribüne eingehakt und er sah so geil aus sehr entspannt, süßer Wahnsinn im Schlaraffenland, keith und er haben sich bestimmt gekannt.....
Hollywood fängt in der Vorstadt an, der wahn gedeiht in dünner Luft, und der Condor landet überall wo er landen muss.
Er saß ständig im Flieger und war irgendwo am Set, kannte jeden in der glamour welt, wunder gibt's wirklich hat er mal gesagt weil er dem Tod mehrfach von der Schippe sprang, und keiner lag so oft im Dreck und stand trotzdem wieder auf, hat mit Jack nicelson n joint geraucht und Peter fonda der hat's auch gebraucht.
Hollywood fängt in der Vorstadt an der wahn gedeiht in dünner Luft, der Condor landet überall wo er landen muss.....
Oh Dennis hopper, ruhe in Frieden.
Oh Dennis hopper, American dream. Oh Dennis hopper, von LA nach New Orleans.
Erschossen auf ner harley, von redneck nazis..........
Glad I found this =)
I cant seem to find the date, when was this interview? And why isn't it listed anywhere on the clip?
Date aired - 12/9/1994
When some people have discussions about the great performers of the 20th century. Its usual to hear names like Caruso, Tracy, Hepburn, Brando, McCartney, Stewart and the like. With all his great work in so many "era" worthy films its rare that people mention the great Dennis Hopper. Just think Rebel without a cause, Giant, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, True Romance, Blue Velvet and all kinds of honours among some of the things hes done. Underestimated by a lot.
Dennis Hopper was a terrific actor and such a nice human being. I remember him during the filming of Waterworld with Kevin Costner back in 1995, when he was playing the role of the Smoker. He had to shave his haïr off througout the movie.
I saw Cavett and Robin Williams do an improv interview in Shakespearean verse... both were feeding off each others' adrenaline...
Dennis Hopper was the fucking man. One of the most intense actors of all-time. Played some evil S.O.B.’s in his day.
Dennis looked like he was auditioning for 'Last of the summer wine'
It seems he lived a good life, doing what he loves for a living.
Presumably someone told Mr Hopper is was auditioning for a part as a Yorkshire ferret legger.
the true wildman who was ahead of his time, Godspeed Denis you lunatic!
'Would I have a slant-eyed operation?' Hopper asks. I swear, he must have thought Cavett said 'Vietnamese' at 1:24, when what he really said was 'Viennese'!
He s been a great Actor a truly great Actor!
I'd always been under the impression that Rip Torn was the first choice to play the part of the alcoholic lawyer Nicholson portrayed but demanded to much money to make it viable and Nicholson was then brought in for the part and agreed to do it for essentially nothing no doubt thinking it was a great vehicle to stardom after perusing the part. And he really wasn't in the movie that long his character being murder somewhere around the middle of the film. Rip Torn I dare say being a great actor would have been great in the part as well. And who knows if he'd have been a big star afterward because was pretty much more of a character actor than Nicholson was because as Cavett seemed to imply he has a infectious personality that appeals to a movie patron, even playing an antagonistic part such as in "A Few Good Men" and "The Departed."
I had also heard that the role was initially intended for Rip Torn.
It was the same production company behind 'Easy Rider' that, the following year (1970), went on to make 'Five Easy Pieces,' directed by Bob Rafelson, and that would be Nicholson's first big starring role, really moving him into the forefront of film actors of the time.
Dennis was quite the character. i would have loved to have a conversation with him
It was funny that Cavett mentioned the role of a Viennese aristocrat, and Hopper thought he said Vietnamese, and talked about getting slant eyes.
The sound quality is a bit poor! Muffled and bassy at times. All the same good to see this interview. Thank you.
MORE! Please
Stay crazy Dennis in this world and the next x
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In an alternate reality, Brando is the photo-journalist and Hopper is Kurtz.
Dick Cavett was the man, knew when to speak and when to let the interviewee talk. His style is lost these days.