Rest In Power to Veteran Film/Television/Theater Actor and Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer (1929-2021). Thanks for a lifetime of great performances. You will be sadly missed, Sir.
I enjoyed this interview so much ! Christopher was so Charming & Very Funny here ~ I'm Simply Ga GA over him. He's quite dashing at 82 years of age, he inspires me everday !
This is one of the best interviews...ever. To have Mr Edelstein so knowledgeable, prepared and an excellent listener as the moderator allowed us the experience and be in awe of the great Christopher Plummer. I will continue to watch this over and over because of it excellence and the fact that I’m an admirer of both these wonderful men. Thank you .
I'm so glad that in the later years of his life, Chris Plummer's once-negative attitude towards "The Sound Of Music" changed and he began to recognize it as a classic of the cinema. Rest in peace, Chris.
I think at some point he just realized he wasn't winning any points by endlessly pointing out that SoM was cloying and sentimental. Nobody cared, the vast majority love it; and the fact that CP would publicly sneer at a film so widely loved, endeared him to _nobody._ So he adopted a much more diplomatic stance toward it. In his maturity he also learned to tolerate (and work with, again) the 'equally cloying' Julie Andrews. :^D lol
@@pbasswil all fair points except the julie part. he never ever mentioned hating working with her (or disliking her in any way, the movie was another thing entirely though), not back then nor in his recent years before his passing. he talks about their friendship from back then in his autobiography, they talked about it in many interviews together and separately (to the point he said he had a crush on her when he first saw her in my fair lady, I mean...), so nah... 😭
@@milenel Good to know. I think he did say something about her being too goody-two-shoes for him (or some other wording of similar) though - a kind of comment which would be pretty true to form for him, the hard-drinking womanizer that he was in his youth. Maybe it was sour grapes on his part, though, since I don't think she was the kind to hop into bed at the drop of a hat.
@@pbasswil oh yeah, he was a very Bad Boy (kind of terrible when it came to some things, really) and she loved him dearly as a friend but yup, nothing ever happened between them despite him mentioning crushing on her and her saying she kind of did too. They became the best of friends though, is what they said. He def had a lot of resenting feelings towards the film (that he learned to let go of as the years went by as you both mentioned in this section) but never toward the cast and crew as a whole, especially not her.
What a great career. And he was getting major roles right up to the time of his death. Notably J.P.Getty ( All the money...). And it was always of a high quality of acting. One thing about these legendary actors, their lives yield a rich vein of experiences and anecdotes. I was rivetted throughout. RIP Atahualpa.....
From Senneville on the west side of Montreal island....very much a quintessential Canadian...a shy man I suspect...a unique man and his like we will not see again.
It's always so interesting to hear actors speaking for themselves, rather than repeating a script in a play or film.😊. I just watched " On Golden Pond", ( 2001), done as a video of the play : with Christopher Plummer was the great Julie Andrews, and they both did justice to the story and their characters, IMHO. 😊🇬🇧😊🥀🌹💕🇬🇧😊.
I walked down to the corner of my street on the westside one afternoon, and waiting in front of a Turkish Restaurant, was Christopher Plummer. I figured out later, he was waiting for a meeting with director Atom Egoyan, for 'Ararat') I had just seen his 'Barrymore' solo show, and even though I felt the play was rather simplistic, Plummer was a startling lookalike for Barrymore.( Al Hirschfield, who'd seen them both on stage, said Plummer, who was an admirer of Barrymore, was in fact, a much better actor) Anyway, I introduced myself, and said I appreciated his Barrymore, but loved his Iago. Right away he said, "I love that shirt you have there" It was a Pendelton wool shirt that my mother made for me. I told him that, and he said, "Marvelous" And then he nodded , as if to cue me that we were done. So I moved on. That night, I called Mom, and told her Capt VonTrapp loved her shirt. It made her year...at least.
Lucky you, love that! Living here in Manhattan, I was blessed to see Mr. Plummer live on stage in Barrymore also. Great seats, we were center, 5 rows from the stage, an aisle seat for me my favorite, yes he was awesome, such a special night! One dark evening early 2000's, I was walking from the Food Emporium Upper West Side on Broadway near 94th street and who should walk out of a building same time I was passing, legend Tommy Tune. What timing! I was shocked, said hi, how are you, he was very nice and pleasant. I asked if he had anything coming up, he said he'd been working on a new show. I'm 5 ft tall, you know how tall he is, 6'7, I was looking UP! Later on I see in the paper he'd injured himself, his leg or hip it was; the show was not to be. Years later I'm coming out of City Center from seeing a musical Tommy was part of choreographing, but not performing in. I was coming out of the lobby doors to the street, see him, wave and yell, hi Tommy! He looks back, sees me, smiles and waves. Soon he will be 85, here in 2024.
I saw the Sound of Music in cinema but all I remember about it was how much I disliked the kids. I thought Julie Andrews was good but that's about it. And then I saw Napoleon and thought Christopher Plummer was amazing in that. I never knew anything about his stage career at all, so I'm glad to learn more about this amazing actor through this video. There was something about him that can't ever be replaced.
Love the way his mid-atlantic accent was only modestly apparent, until he delivers 'a line' @ 8:01 :^) The richest folks on Montreal's west island may've hung onto a posh (-ish) accent 'till the inter-war period, but Plummer definitely trotted out a grand theatre version of it when performing, or in this case, when 'holding forth'.
The mechs involved in creating dialogue for a movie script always intrigued me. What better way to learn it- albeit belatedly- but from Christopher Plummer - man I wanted to tame since he was the clueless father in TSOM 🤣🙃🤣🤣
General Chang from Star Trek Undiscovered Country! I was disappointed that his character was vaporized in the movie. Very talented and versatile actor who's earned a lot of respect over the years.
His explanation of Portier turning down the role of “Othello,” because he didn’t want to somehow give an impression of a black actor being “duped” makes no sense. The interviewer hit it on the head when he noted that Portier was not classically trained. That in itself is an enormous, inhibiting factor when it comes to playing the lead in anything written by Shakespeare. Plummer also pokes fun at the obscure “Wind Across the Everglades,” in which he and Burl Ives starred. It was certainly an odd and eccentric movie full of strange characters, but it’s also fascinating in a way. It’s all about Plummer’s character risking life and limb on behalf of the Audubon Society to save wild birds from a band of ruthless poachers. But it’s also got an exotic beautiful woman and some good honky tonk jazz. The TCM channel just ran it again the other day. And I’m very pleased that Plummer mentioned the influence of Mike Wallace for his role in “The Insider.” More specifically he recalls how Wallace had the first hard-driving, one-to-one American TV interview show, which was aired in the late ‘50s. Plummer notes with humor how Frank Lloyd Wright was the only guest who was completely unflappable and managed to turn the tables on Mike. Coincidentally I watched that particular interview a week or so ago on UA-cam, and I came to exactly the same conclusion. I think the comment I left was “Mike finally met his match.” I recommend to all UA-cam travelers to check out “The Mike Wallace Interview.” All of the interviews are excellent. And part of the reason he smoked during the show was that his sponsor was always a cigarette company.
One of the greatest actors ever. RIP Christopher Plummer
Still handsome as ever. Will miss him dearly.
Such a great actor and person. Still adorable ❤
Rest In Power to Veteran Film/Television/Theater Actor and Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer (1929-2021). Thanks for a lifetime of great performances. You will be sadly missed, Sir.
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What a mans man! Such a masculine fellow, but not over the top! A great!! Thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed this interview so much ! Christopher was so Charming & Very Funny here ~ I'm Simply Ga GA over him. He's quite dashing at 82 years of age, he inspires me everday !
This is one of the best interviews...ever. To have Mr Edelstein so knowledgeable, prepared and an excellent listener as the moderator allowed us the experience and be in awe of the great Christopher Plummer. I will continue to watch this over and over because of it excellence and the fact that I’m an admirer of both these wonderful men. Thank you .
He's just amazing for an 82 year old and he knows he's one of the greatest, rightly so
What a privilege to have listened to this brilliant, artistic man describe some history of film making and stage performances. So valuable.
Wonderful !
I'm so glad that in the later years of his life, Chris Plummer's once-negative attitude towards "The Sound Of Music" changed and he began to recognize it as a classic of the cinema. Rest in peace, Chris.
I think at some point he just realized he wasn't winning any points by endlessly pointing out that SoM was cloying and sentimental. Nobody cared, the vast majority love it; and the fact that CP would publicly sneer at a film so widely loved, endeared him to _nobody._ So he adopted a much more diplomatic stance toward it. In his maturity he also learned to tolerate (and work with, again) the 'equally cloying' Julie Andrews. :^D lol
@@pbasswil all fair points except the julie part. he never ever mentioned hating working with her (or disliking her in any way, the movie was another thing entirely though), not back then nor in his recent years before his passing. he talks about their friendship from back then in his autobiography, they talked about it in many interviews together and separately (to the point he said he had a crush on her when he first saw her in my fair lady, I mean...), so nah... 😭
@@milenel Good to know. I think he did say something about her being too goody-two-shoes for him (or some other wording of similar) though - a kind of comment which would be pretty true to form for him, the hard-drinking womanizer that he was in his youth. Maybe it was sour grapes on his part, though, since I don't think she was the kind to hop into bed at the drop of a hat.
@@pbasswil oh yeah, he was a very Bad Boy (kind of terrible when it came to some things, really) and she loved him dearly as a friend but yup, nothing ever happened between them despite him mentioning crushing on her and her saying she kind of did too. They became the best of friends though, is what they said. He def had a lot of resenting feelings towards the film (that he learned to let go of as the years went by as you both mentioned in this section) but never toward the cast and crew as a whole, especially not her.
It’s called being nice.
Definitely my favorite actor ❤❤ RIP
He is just amazing!
Wonderful storyteller. Thanks for sharing.
Great conversation, a lot of ground covered. Interesting anecdotes.
Many thanks.
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What a great storyteller!
What a great career. And he was getting major roles right up to the time of his death. Notably J.P.Getty ( All the money...). And it was always of a high quality of acting.
One thing about these legendary actors, their lives yield a rich vein of experiences and anecdotes. I was rivetted throughout. RIP Atahualpa.....
Beyond Talented! Thanks for posting!
Eternal Charisma and wits, this virtuoso actor never ceases to amaze, even when gone 😢❤
From Senneville on the west side of Montreal island....very much a quintessential Canadian...a shy man I suspect...a unique man and his like we will not see again.
It's always so interesting to hear actors speaking for themselves, rather than repeating a script in a play or film.😊.
I just watched " On Golden Pond", ( 2001), done as a video of the play : with Christopher Plummer was the great Julie Andrews, and they both did justice to the story and their characters, IMHO.
😊🇬🇧😊🥀🌹💕🇬🇧😊.
Wow, he was in National Treasure. How cool, now I know who he is! He is Quite handsome 💕 and he has a fantastic voice!
Plummer has it all. Great looks, voice. Classical. Classy.
You are the best❤️
Probably one of the best interviews he ever gave. Great Moderating by Edelstein
RIP Christopher Plummer
I walked down to the corner of my street on the westside one afternoon, and waiting in front of a Turkish Restaurant, was Christopher Plummer. I figured out later, he was waiting for a meeting with director Atom Egoyan, for 'Ararat')
I had just seen his 'Barrymore' solo show, and even though I felt the play was rather simplistic, Plummer was a startling lookalike for Barrymore.( Al Hirschfield, who'd seen them both on stage, said Plummer, who was an admirer of Barrymore, was in fact, a much better actor) Anyway, I introduced myself, and said I appreciated his Barrymore, but loved his Iago. Right away he said, "I love that shirt you have there" It was a Pendelton wool shirt that my mother made for me. I told him that, and he said, "Marvelous" And then he nodded , as if to cue me that we were done. So I moved on.
That night, I called Mom, and told her Capt VonTrapp loved her shirt. It made her year...at least.
Ahh sweet
Lucky you, love that! Living here in Manhattan, I was blessed to see Mr. Plummer live on stage in Barrymore also. Great seats, we were center, 5 rows from the stage, an aisle seat for me my favorite, yes he was awesome, such a special night! One dark evening early 2000's, I was walking from the Food Emporium Upper West Side on Broadway near 94th street and who should walk out of a building same time I was passing, legend Tommy Tune. What timing! I was shocked, said hi, how are you, he was very nice and pleasant. I asked if he had anything coming up, he said he'd been working on a new show. I'm 5 ft tall, you know how tall he is, 6'7, I was looking UP! Later on I see in the paper he'd injured himself, his leg or hip it was; the show was not to be. Years later I'm coming out of City Center from seeing a musical Tommy was part of choreographing, but not performing in. I was coming out of the lobby doors to the street, see him, wave and yell, hi Tommy! He looks back, sees me, smiles and waves. Soon he will be 85, here in 2024.
I saw the Sound of Music in cinema but all I remember about it was how much I disliked the kids. I thought Julie Andrews was good but that's about it. And then I saw Napoleon and thought Christopher Plummer was amazing in that. I never knew anything about his stage career at all, so I'm glad to learn more about this amazing actor through this video. There was something about him that can't ever be replaced.
Fascinating
Love the way his mid-atlantic accent was only modestly apparent, until he delivers 'a line' @ 8:01 :^) The richest folks on Montreal's west island may've hung onto a posh (-ish) accent 'till the inter-war period, but Plummer definitely trotted out a grand theatre version of it when performing, or in this case, when 'holding forth'.
@1:06:43 the line from Waterloo that he's referring to is: "Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won."
The mechs involved in creating dialogue for a movie script always intrigued me. What better way to learn it- albeit belatedly- but from Christopher Plummer - man I wanted to tame since he was the clueless father in TSOM 🤣🙃🤣🤣
Girl with a Dragon Tattoo was my favorite Plummer work.
I love you so much, Chickpea!
The Boyfriend...N.Y. Theater musical....introduced us to Julie Andrews...
The last aristocrat of the movie and theater world.
True
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An interesting fact: Christopher Plummer shares the same birthday as Dick Van Dyke two very different actors who shared the screen with Julie Andrews.
Great classy actor truly
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General Chang from Star Trek Undiscovered Country! I was disappointed that his character was vaporized in the movie. Very talented and versatile actor who's earned a lot of respect over the years.
that intro was pure vaporwave
Rest in Peace. You be missed.
His explanation of Portier turning down the role of “Othello,” because he didn’t want to somehow give an impression of a black actor being “duped” makes no sense.
The interviewer hit it on the head when he noted that Portier was not classically trained.
That in itself is an enormous, inhibiting factor when it comes to playing the lead in anything written by Shakespeare.
Plummer also pokes fun at the obscure “Wind Across the Everglades,” in which he and Burl Ives starred.
It was certainly an odd and eccentric movie full of strange characters, but it’s also fascinating in a way.
It’s all about Plummer’s character risking life and limb on behalf of the Audubon Society to save wild birds from a band of ruthless poachers.
But it’s also got an exotic beautiful woman and some good honky tonk jazz.
The TCM channel just ran it again the other day.
And I’m very pleased that Plummer mentioned the influence of Mike Wallace for his role in “The Insider.”
More specifically he recalls how Wallace had the first hard-driving, one-to-one American TV interview show, which was aired in the late ‘50s.
Plummer notes with humor how Frank Lloyd Wright was the only guest who was completely unflappable and managed to turn the tables on Mike.
Coincidentally I watched that particular interview a week or so ago on UA-cam, and I came to exactly the same conclusion.
I think the comment I left was “Mike finally met his match.”
I recommend to all UA-cam travelers to check out “The Mike Wallace Interview.”
All of the interviews are excellent.
And part of the reason he smoked during the show was that his sponsor was always a cigarette company.
I think Welles would have disagreed about Plummer’s assessment of Wise’s abilities as a film editor.
I know
In spanish please
Traduzione in italiano
Rachel Roberts was a magnificent actress. She never got the help she needed. She committed suicide, at age 53, by drinking lye.
He tries hard to sound English.
His accent was never american
"Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!"
Noone exclaims this line better than Mr Plummer.