William Friedkin Wins Best Directing | 44th Oscars (1972)
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- Frank Capra and Natalie Wood presenting the Oscar® to William Friedkin for Directing "The French Connection" at the 44th Academy Awards® in 1972. Introduced by Jack Lemmon.
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William Friedkin winning the Oscar® for Directing
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The 70's was a gold standard period. Look at all the movies nominated for Best Picture between 1970 & 1979. 50 of the greatest movies ever made.
The 70’s was a big transitional period for film in production method, directorial philosophy, and technology.
Yeah
The “New Hollywood”. What a hell of a time. We are in need of another.
The 2010s had Green Book 😁
Rocky! The little movie that probably surprised a lor of people!!!
RIP William Friedkin (August 29, 1935 - August 7, 2023), aged 87
You will be remembered as a legend.
I met Friedkin at one of those meet-the-director events in which a new print of "Sorcerer" was shown. He was very personable and happy to chat with fans of his work. He's a cool guy now, just as he appeared to be when he won an Academy Award right out of the gate. His acceptance speech was a prototype for how it should be done: succinct, grateful, and very generous toward his colleagues.
new print where? in what manner?
@@intensivecareunitpee5838 This was many years ago when Friedkin was promoting his memoir "The Friedkin Connection." So it must've been around 2013. It was a showing at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. You can probably find the post-viewing discussion with Friedkin on UA-cam somewhere.
Jack Lemmon, Frank Capra and Natalie Wood in one video. It's like a late birthday present to me come to life.
Happy Birthday, Buddy! 🎂
Natalie Wood was so gorgeous. I love her long hair. She was so respectful toward Frank Capra. When she read the last two names, she had already planned to let him read the winner’s name. He just thought she got carried away, but was willing to let her read the winner’s name as well.
@@jimhaggard7436 *!Her dress..X*
God, Natalie Wood was so beautiful.
RIP Crazy Billy. I will miss you deeply. We love you ❤
Rest In Peace William Friedkin. An iconic Director…immensely talented. Love, prayers to your friends/family & fans! 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️
R.I.P. William Friedkin, please spread some love and heartfelt condolences to his family. The Oscar winner behind The French Connection and The Exorcist was one of the most admired directors to emerge from a wave of brilliant filmmakers who made their mark in the 1970s.
That was a very good speech William Friedkin. Quick and to the point.
re: "William Friedkin Quick to the point." I admire the quick jump up & race to the stage, rather than a "kissy/huggie" routine to show the world ... "how lovable I am." Deservedly Won !! What A Movie !!
*th4ts him...one of my 4LL time f4vorite movie Heroes..X*
He’s as true now as he was back then
Holy hell Natalie Wood looks so pretty here and her dress is timeless!!!!
Dude she got murdered. Please show a little respect
William Friedkin is my second favorite movie director ever. What a talent. Brilliant man in every way !
It's a shame that Kubrick never won best picture or directing.
Kubrick abused and demeaned the actors that worked for him. Worst Kubrick victim-- Shelly Duvall.
But he won best visual for 2001 Space Odesey
@Brupcat yes i know that, but finally he ever won an Oscar for Best Visual Effect. And he must won an Oscar before he died
@@alexferguson9899 The worst part is that he didn't deserve the Oscar for visual effects, the rules for that category weren't the same at that time, so to avoid any troubles Kubrick signed as the visual effects director despite the fact that other guys were the masters behind those revolutionary effects.
Kubrick should have won in 1968 for 2001. He lost to Carol Reed who directed the musical "Oliver!" Carol Reed, in turn, should have won for The Third Man in 1948. It never ends.
It's August 29, 2020...William Friedkin turns 85 today. Happy Birthday legend. 🎂
RIP William Great Director.
Bogdanovich, Friedkin, Jewison, Kubrick and Schlesinger, presented by Capra... Wow!
You'd never get a line-up like that anymore.
that's not true look at the 2020 line up. Scorsese, Todd Phillips, Sam Mendes, Quintin Tarantino, and he's now known but then he was least known Bong Joon Ho
@Brupcat true I’m just saying we still have pretty insanely good line ups. Especially for 2019 in 2020 but I guess this comment was made 7 years ago
Don't Leave out Brian de Palma
@@5litreho don’t get me wrong legendary director, but he wasn’t nominated that year...
maybe cuz theyre all dead, idiot
And Frank Capra is one of the great directors also.
Natalie Wood was and still is a Time Less Beauty!
Natalie Wood, Lord almighty what a beauty!
The French connection was a violent but brilliant movie.
He kept it all so very simple as opposed to droning on about people he forgot to thank like the average award winner does.
Man..what a year for movies. Every single one of those movies are legends even today. Friedkin won the Oscar, but every one of them was a winner that year.
erm, no, only French Connection was the winner, the rest of them were outdone by Forrest Gump
R.I.P Jack Lemmon and William Friedkin
R.I.P. William Friedkin.
36 years old with one masterpiece under his belt and quite a few more to come
RIP Legend🙏🕊
Jack Lemon is so wonderful - he is the best of all the actors I've seen because he can play in comedy and serious roles too.
Frank Capra and Natalie Wood to resent your academy award - amazing. Billy was a legend - his work gets better and better.
An acceptance speech that short and without any moral parading. Love me some Billy Friedkin
Natalie Wood is so beautiful and graciously. She's so gorgeous!
Friedkin is a legend
Very gracious acceptance speech.
yeah but inside he think it's all down to him; people are too scared to be seen as arrogant
Coincidentally I saw “Killer Joe” unrated (NC-17) edition on Blu-ray Disc on interlibrary loan last weekend. Well directed and uncomfortably tense toward the ending. RIP great filmmaker.
I DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE MR. CAPRA HERE!!!!! Im happy to see how he looks when he gets old!:) One of the greatest Movies directors ever!!!!!!!!
Friedkin didn't just beat Kubrick. That's a gold standard of great directing in that nomination. Bogdanovich, Jewison and Schlesinger (winner for MIDNIGHT COWBOY), are all superb filmmakers. THE FRENCH CONNECTION did proud that night.
justcan award means nothing really
My regards to you both after 11 years/days! This particular year is one I must agree with the Oscars!
@@liamreddy8366 Friedkin would disagree. He was very proud of his Oscar.
Did he tell you that mate ?
@@liamreddy8366 He says it quite succinctly in his autobiography, "The Friedkin Connection."
Natalie looks absolutely stunning.
Natalie is still the most beautiful actress in Hollywood history..
Friedkin should have won a couple of years later for The Exorcist. This year should have been Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, a total classic.
myautomobilefunk Who? they give a shit.
myautomobilefunk I agree it's mostly for commercial purposes and frankly I lost a lot of respect for the awards over the years . But, and it's a big but, even if they're for commercial purposes, directors who want their films to be seen by as many people as possible would be morons to not give shit. i can imagine Jodorowsky or Cassavetes not giving a shit because they never pandered to the masses. But Kubrick did, Welles did, Hitchcock did, Friedkin did...Friedkin accepted his Oscar for The French Connection and would no doubt have accepted another for the Exorcist. So don't fool yourself or try to fool others. Don't put in the indie bag all the directors, actors or actresses who never got an Oscar, because that's bullshit.
myautomobilefunk Woody Allen actually campaigned for the Annie Hall's Oscar. Not his, Diane Keaton's.
Friedkin won an Oscar in 1972, and because he was hot he was chosen to direct The Exorcist, which made him a billionaire, so after that he can give a fuck all he wants. Surely he didn't give a fuck before.
Hitchcock accepted his lifetime achievement award. He was a guarded individual but was the perfect example of a director who was into commercial mainstream successs, and would have loved an Oscar if only for that reason. He wasn't inmune to praise either. When the nouvelle vague directors began to consider him their hero he was very pleased, and gave Truffaut the famous interview describing his techniques. He was actually hurt because Hollywood only considered him a craftsman and never anknowledged him as the master he was.
Welles spent half his life kissing ass to get his movies financed, only to be disdainfully rejected time and time again. No wonder an academy award was the least of his expectations. Guess what? he would have accepted any finance from Hollywood, let alone an award that would icnrease his commercial pull.
Coppola, again, another independent who formed Zoetrope and wanted to do personal films. He didn't exactly reject all the Oscars for the Godfather, even though he considered the movies as a mere job.
So, again, stop living in your renegade director fantasy. It might be true in a few cases, but most of them do give a shit about Oscars. Period.
myautomobilefunk You know what? fuck you, I didn't read yours, go troll somewhere else, moron.
+Fer Abra Only beacuse you called it `a total Classic´ does not means the directing was as much great as the masterpiece film itself
All of Williams' movies are Friedkin GREAT!!!
OMG, William and Peter, they was very young and handsome, especially Friedkin.
How did Billy Friedkin not win for The Exorcist?!
It's his Sistine Chapel, his obra maestra.
Rest in peace William friedkin 🙌🏻
The speed in which friedkin got up on stage was staggering.
Incidentally...where were kubrick and schlesinger that night?
+GavinJ37 Friedkin ran too imitate Frank Sinatra who did something alike when he won.
Bro Vado correct. Kubrick was never a fan of the Hollywood culture and the USA cinema industry in general.
Also Kubrick was terrified of flying and spent the evening at home in England
They were both in England. Kubrik was afraid to fly and Schlesinger has already won an Oscar a couple of years prior, so i asume he thought it was almost impossible to win another that year.
I dont know what it is but this just made me leap for joy. Friedkin is such a character, I mean look how quick he is getting to the stage! And he's either ridiculously tall or frank capra and natalie wood are very short.
Friedkin thanks everyone but the man who did the music soundtrack, music that the orchestra here in this clip is playing when he comes on stage to get the Oscar, the late Don Ellis, the jazz trumpeter, composer, producer and orchestra leader, who remains criminally unknown and remains one of the greatest American figures in music history.
Wow, that was vintage Oscar year.
Anyone wanna acknowledge that Bogdanovich and Friedkin are basically twins?
Natalie Wood was astoundingly gorgeous.
Wood.. forever gorgeous.
Sorcerer is another great Friedkin movie that is sadly overlooked.
wish natalie would have been around for so much longer
Oh man, I love the Seventies.
I love how Friedkin and Bogdanovich were juxtaposed.
Kubrick is Kubrick, I know, but Friedkin is a damn good director too.
Also, love the "hippie" version of Natalie.
i prefer the version with her legs in the air and my face in between them
He really deserved it for The Exorcist but they had no way of knowing in 1972 that his next movie would be his best movie.
A discreet genius.
The Last Picture Show vs The French Connection.. what a difficult choice.
A Clockwork Orange takes it.
Friedkin is a master.
Frank Capra is a legend!
Man what a beauty!!! Capra was blubbering over himself......and I would have too!!!!
William Friedkin was, simply put, a legend.
His technical prowess, mastery of tone and commitment to storytelling were unparalleled. And so was his willingness to push the boundaries of what was acceptable. It wasn’t that he was merely challenging good taste; it was that he wanted to go beyond what had come before. And sometimes that made people very uncomfortable. Friedkin’s career is largely defined by this kind of artful provocation, and it makes his passing - especially in the current age of pre-packaged, vacuum-sealed mass entertainment - all the more devastating. We didn’t just lose one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation; we lost an outspoken advocate for the kind of movies they just don’t make anymore.
Thankfully, Friedkin .
Wow what a lineup of nominees! Truly a rare year.
William Freadking Friedkin
Truly a deserving win.
RIP
French connection is a master piece
Wood and Capra had that natural chemistry as presenters and I loved it when she deferred to the legendary director to read the winner out.
This was the nomination of insanity.. all the nominees were great that yr.. none of these directors wouldve been blamed for being awarded.. Bogdanovic, Friedkin, Jewison, Kubrick, and Schlesinger and their films.. just wow.. and look at the beautiful presenters Natalie Wood and another legendary film director Frank Capra..
Friedkin, brilliant Director
check out SORCERER William Friedkin behind-the-scenes / Super 8 1977
Where?.. Got it. Sincere Thanks for mentioning.
Even in his acceptance of the Oscar, no messing around from Friedkin. A no-bullshit director. Loved his films and his commentary on making movies.
The awards to French Connection for best picture, best actor, best adapted screenplay and best film editing were really deserved. The best director that year was truely the amazing Stanley Kubrick for his extraordinary work in A Clockwork Orange.
no one comes close to Kubrick
Maybe Chaplin or Hitchcock… maybe…
she was so beautiful, man.........
After Friedkin left the stage with his Oscar, he walked past Alfred Hitchcock who was sitting in one of the rows. Hitchcock had humiliated Friedkin years earlier while Friedkin was working as a director in TV, criticizing him for not wearing a tie at work. Friedkin walked up to Hitchcock on this night and snapped his bow-tie, saying "How do you like the tie now, Hitch?" and walked off. Hitchcock had never won an Oscar and never would. Source: Friedkin's great autobiography
I love Friedkin but I love Hitchcock too, its not fair that he didnt win at least one oscar. I think he didn't win because he was British and because the academy doesn't like the thrillers.
I was so surprised Friedkin passed away! A pioneer of noir action films. RIP William Friedkin.
Natalie Wood was such a beautiful woman.
The Oscars used to be so cool, the talent unbelievable. Now we have Ellen doing selfies and the likes of Pitt and Jolie getting nominated.
And the stupid Smith´s racial complaints along with shitty movies winning awards. Movies no one will remember anymore like Crash.
Oh, and don't forget the word "star" being thrown around. So very few of them left.
Not to mention the Trump bashing and the overall needlessly political tone.
@@Whoa802 ummmmmmm you must dont remrmber George c Scott
@@MrCarpen7er u sure
His films are genius. The guy is a Kubrick. Exorcist is the greatest film ever made.
nothing will ever be able to top that movie. it's just something else.
RIP William Friedkin.
Billy basically teleported onto the stage there
He should’ve won for the exorcist.
1971 was a loaded year. Friedkin beat Kubrick and Bogdonavich, who both created arguably their best work that year. Crazy.
Natalie Wood looks great
he was pretty good looking!
RIP William Freidkin 1935-202$.
He won with some serious competition, too.
Friedkin should have got the Oscar for "The Exorcist" and Kubrick should have got it for "A Clockwork Orange." Of course, Bogdanovich would have been a worthy winner for "The Last Picture Show." Jewison and Schlesinger are good directors, but I do not think they should have won for the movies they were up for in 1971. Just my humble O.
Wow Natalie Wood is gorgeous!
Funny how no-one applauds when each nominee is read out. Great to see Capra and Wood here though.
Friedkin should've also won for The Exorcist.
A great director R.I.P
William Friedkin really fired a gun on set to get realistic reactions from the actors. Talk about commitment to realism! 🔫😳
young friedking looks like michael showalter
Jeez...how tall is Friedkin?
"The French Connection" is a great film! "A Clockwork Orange" is above that. "The French Connection" fits ideally in 1971. "A Clockwork Orange"; it's just as great today!
Bogdanovich should have won the screenplay award. It is amazing that he lost considering that he shared the nomination with author Larry McMurtry.
Apparently he and Friedkin were very good friends -- maybe that says something.
hell yah! Frank Capra!
RIP
THANKS MR. FRIEDKIN
wow, imagine going up against those other movies/directors. I really believe the 60s and 70s had some amazing people who did tons of amazing work and went above and beyond. Kubrick.... dude beat out Kubrick.
(As of October 2023) Out of everyone seen/mentioned in this clip, only Norman Jewison is still with us at 97
I LOVE MRS. NATANIE WOOD. BEAUTIFUL SUPERB ACTRESS AND LADY. I GOT A LITTLE DOWN WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE DIED WHEN I WAS A TEEN. R.I.P.